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My son and I watched the first half of TPM this weekend and I probably haven't watched it since right before ROTS came out. I just can't get over two things:Jake LloydJar Jar BinksLloyd is awful, really really awful. He reminds me of the scene from Pee Wee's Big Adventure where Pee Wee gets a part in his life story at the end of the movie. His acting is so bad and he mouths the words of the script as the other actors are saying them. He's that bad...I know Lucas took a huge leap of faith in writing the story but he really should have been better involved in the casting. I remember seeing the casting spots of all the rest of the Anakin tryouts and they were all bad. I get the point of the story, making him to be as innocent and pure as absolutely possible to make his eventual fall to darkness all the more powerful.However, Jar Jar is even more awful, almost 9 years later the CG work is great, the pidgeon English is awful and having him being the butt of all of the gags in the movie doesn't work on any level.I still dig the Neimoidians. The duel at the end is great and so is the Gungan/Droid battle. I also really like the Pod Race but hate the Racers. Meh, I don't hate it but it really isn't that good
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3Dconnexion Achieves One Million 3D Mouse Milestone
3D mouse – the ideal man-machine interface
Groundbreaking developments tend to begin long before there is a genuine need for them in the marketplace, and innovations are triggered by people who have one thing in common – an idea! But oftentimes, years pass between concept and product.
From idea to genuine product
Computer graphics originated in the 1950s, when the Whirlwind computer was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), along with a light pen input source which worked directly with a CRT monitor. The first Computer Aided Design (CAD) application using the light pen dates back to 1963 when Ivan E. Sutherland laid the foundation with his doctoral thesis "Sketchpad: A man-machine graphical communication system."
The computer mouse as an input device also had its beginnings in the early 1960s. Developed under the name "X-Y position indicator for a display system," it was eventually patented in 1970 based on the principle of two wheels fixed at right-angles to one another.
CAD and graphics programs for all
The more widespread proliferation of the mouse began in 1984 with the Apple Macintosh and the first mainstream graphical user interface to be used with a mouse. Within a year, Logitech began selling the first three-button ball mouse. Shortly thereafter, less expensive, more powerful chips for image processing led to the development of more advanced 2D optical mice.
From the 2D to 3D mouse
The history of the 3D mouse started in the late 1970s at the German Aerospace Research Center (DLR), where efforts were made at the Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics to control a robot arm in Cartesian space. In 1981, after lengthy experiments, a six axis force/torque sensor was integrated into a plastic ball. The ball registered the linear and rotational displacements generated by the force and torque of the human hand, which were then computationally transformed into translational and rotational motion speeds.
After further research, DLR introduced a low-cost optical measurement system, using six one-dimensional position detectors. A global patent was granted and in 1993, SpaceMouse, the world's first affordable 3D mouse, was launched. The product was marketed under the name Magellan in the US and Asia.
In 1993, a 3D controller was used for the first time on the space shuttle Columbia, manipulating the first robotic arm in space. That same year, 3Dconnexion (later to become a subsidiary of Logitech) was formed and its 3D mouse journey began.
Progress is everything
3Dconnexion 3D mice deliver a level of natural and intuitive control of 3D models and environments that is unattainable with a traditional mouse and keyboard. Using a 3D mouse, design engineers and 3D enthusiasts are able to work as if they're holding the digital model or camera in their hand. Designed for use along with a standard mouse, 3D mice accelerate performance as users no longer have to position models step by step. Using the 3D mouse controller cap, models can be simultaneously panned, zoomed and rotated while the standard mouse is used for selection, creation and editing tasks.
3Dconnexion's core adaptive micro-precision sensor technology was developed completely in-house with each 3Dconnexion 3D mouse featuring six high performance optical sensors which react to movements in the micrometer range. In addition to constant improvements in sensor technology and device ergonomics, 3Dconnexion works closely with leading software and hardware suppliers to ensure widespread support, integration and adoption of 3D mice in today's 3D environments.
3Dconnexion is committed to driving design innovation by ensuring an intuitive and natural connection to today's 3D applications and design environments. This commitment paid off when 3Dconnexion surpassed its one millionth 3D mouse milestone. According to 3Dconnexion, this milestone underscores the widespread adoption of 3D mice in the market, and confirms that an idea can give birth to a product that becomes a fixed part of our lives. And the future looks bright as 3Dconnexion continues to bring the benefits of superior 3D navigation to an ever wider range of software applications and new market opportunities, bound only by the imagination.

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Ecco creator reflects on The Big Blue Kickstarter failure
Ecco the Dolphin creator Ed Annunziata has discussed the failure of his Kickstarter project for spiritual follow-up The Big Blue, and has discussed the project in greater detail in a new interview.
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Ed Annunziata has failed to get his Ecco The Dolphin spiritual successor funded on Kickstarter. Even so, he still has plans to release his new idea in some capacity.
Ecco the Dolphin spiritual successor The Big Blue hits Kickstarter
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So this weekend I had my in-laws over for dinner on Sunday night because B was working and I wanted to make quiche. Since I LOVE quiche, and he hates it, I always make it when he's gone. I also wanted to make these 'asparagus fries' which I saw on Pinterest.
They seemed fairly easy and turned out great.
I didn't have seasoned breadcrumbs so I put in some garlic salt with the breadcrumbs instead of seasoning. I put the asparagus spears into the egg whites, and then rolled them in the Parmesan cheese, breadcrumb and flour mixture. Into the oven they went and out they came about thirty minutes later. I cooked them differently since my quiche was cooking, so I cooked them for 30 minutes at 375, instead of 15 minutes at 450. The only thing was I had a lot of the mixture I rolled them in left over, which was kind of a bummer because it was just thrown away. So next time I will downgrade the mixture a lot to make it a smaller mixture so I don't waste so much.
Cha-ching, a crispy, in-law approved side to my beloved Quiche!
Which, I must say, I make quiche all the time, on the fly with whatever we have in the fridge, and I cannot tell you how easy it is and how great it always turns out. And, I'm always down to eat quiche. ALWAYS.
Get a refrigerated pie crust. Pam the pan, roll out the pie crust and pinch the edges.
In a bowl, mix together 4 eggs, one cup of milk, a cup (or more) of spinach, a cup (or more) of any kind of cheese you like (I love using pepper jack because it gives it more spice, but usually mix it with pepper jack and something else or else it's pretty spicy), and whatever else you have on hand. You can use
Any kind of meat – chicken, ham, bacon, lunch meat, but my most favorite is peppered lunch meat. Cut it up, and throw it in.
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You can seriously add everything you have! That's what I love about quiche. But this last quiche I used mushrooms, peppered lunch turkey meat, cheese and spinach and it was the BEST quiche I've ever made. I think the peppered meat made a huge difference. Then you just pour the mixture you've made in the pie crust and put it in the oven at 375 for 50 minutes, or until the center is set. Let it sit for 10 minutes before cutting it so it can set outside the oven and you're all set. So, so easy. Too bad B hates it! He is missing out!
Lastly, the night before I made my quiche, I was in the baking mood and wanted to make some Brownies and have had my eyes on the Salted Carmel Brownies for quite some time. I didn't really look closely at the recipe before making it, which was a mistake because it was a fairly detailed recipe. I for one, didn't have the double boiler pan they used, and I've never made my own caramel, so both were new to me.
I followed the recipe, besides taking extra time, instead of 6-8 minutes, my caramel took 15 to get the 'deep amber color' it called for, and instead of using the double boiler pan as requested to melt the chocolate and butter together, I just melted it on very, very low heat in a regular pan, everything was seemingly okay. It did warn of over mixing quite a few places in the recipe and how your brownies would be cake-y, which scares me! I didn't want to over mix and tried hard to mix it just so there was a 'trace amount' of flour mixture left after mixing the flour part of the recipe with the liquid part of the recipe. I also didn't realize that the caramel touching the sides of the pan while baking would burn it, so I was very cautious while pouring the caramel in the middle of the brownie pan to not get it on the edges. It was pretty gooey when I put it in the oven.
It said to bake them for 30 minutes. I kept looking through the oven and they were not even CLOSE to being done at 30 minutes. I watched them and they finally were done at an hour, and they definitely were not burned on the edges, which was a big fear of mine. So after the toothpick test, they came out and cooled. They were still a little gooey in the middle, but that is better in my book than being burned, and I was pretty proud of how they came out. I salted the tops and they were delicious, a bit rich, so I cut them really small and set them all out for B to take to work the following day, setting aside a few bars for his parents as well and two for myself.
They were good for sure. A lot of work and preparation and a lot of different ingredients I wasn't used to but I did enjoy making them and B said they were all gone by 4 pm the following day at the station. He said the response at the station was 'they were good, not a favorite, but quite delicious'
So overall one excellent thing from pinterest, the asparagus fries, one good thing from pinterest, the salted caramel brownies, and then one of my all time and easiest recipes the quiche!


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Almost forgot. There appears to be more of you OUT there who think of AM Costa Rica, 'Your online English-language news source Monday through Friday', as I do. I hadn't checked my emails in a week while we were in San Jose and my last post HERE was about AM Costa Rica... And as usual, people would rather email me than actually comment on the post themselves, but it's GOOD. The original post that got it all started: A.M. Costa Rica is FUGLY- let me count the WAYS.
I didn't get a ton of emails concerning AM Costa Rica- 12 to be exact. But it should be noted, NONE were offended by my opinions of AM Costa Rica and its lack of professionalism on many levels. All had something to say, much more mean-spirited than me I might add, but this email pretty much sums up the 12 emails- very succiently:
"Jay Brodell is a scam artist.
He runs am costa rica out of his house in barrio otoya and his staff is Himself and one other woman.
They basically plagerize everything. And yes it sucks."
I don't know if what this person says is TRUE or not, nor am I willing to make such accusations, but I don't think I'd be surprised if they were.... just sayin.
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CBS has extended Ted Danson's contract for another season of CSI, the network announced on Wednesday.
Elisabeth Shue will also be back, along with original cast members George Eads, Jorja Fox, Eric Szmanda, Paul Guilfoyle and Robert David Hall. Wallace Langham, Elisabeth Harnois, David Berman and Jon Wellner will also return.
Fall TV Scorecard: What's renewed and what's canceled?
"CSI is synonymous with CBS, and we are so proud of the series' creative and commercial legacy and its continued success on our network," Nina Tassler, president of CBS Entertainment, said. "The writers and producers have done an amazing job evolving CSI, reinventing the show around an incredible leading man in Ted Danson, the acclaimed Elisabeth Shue and our beloved and talented core of original cast members."
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liek the name suggests, I'm a newbie, so please be gentle. AFter lamenting over the total lack of decent espresso in GLasgow, I'm taking the plunge into setting up a small business.
Here's the prob:
All the barista work I've done has been on machines plumbed directly into the mains, but now I'll be working form a seperate water supply (water cooler bottles). Since the machine I'll be using, the Elektra Barlume 2 group, needs a 15mm supply with stopcock, min. pressure 3 bar, I'm pretty clueless as to what I need. The company I'll rent from says it HAS to be plumbed in. Is there some kind of pump system I can use?
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Gateholm is a projecting curve of rock, like a sheltering breakwater marking the northern end of Marloes Sands and sticking out like a rudimentary arm into Broad Sound, which separates the bird sanctuary islands of Skokholm and Skomer.
It is really an island only at high tide, since at low water it is accessible on the Marloes side where there is a rather tricky way up onto its grassy top.
It is uninhabited except by nesting seabirds such as fulmars, gulls. cormorants and shags, but that is not to say it has not been a human habitation. Archaeologists have found evidence of rectangular huts arranged round three sides of a rectangular courtyard which is believed may have been an early Christian monastic settlement of around the 6th century. Who knows, one of the many well-known local saints may have stayed here or visited the settlement some time in the dim and distant past!
The grassy top is a mini environment of the usual fauna in the area with vernal squill, sea campion and sea pinks, and choughs often pick at the clifftop turf in search of insects
There is a triangulation station at 132 feet up on the seaward end, which is the highest point, and just around the corner to the north is Albion Sands, a little cove where in April 1837 the paddle-steamer Albion, the first such vessel to be bought by a Bristol Channel port, was wrecked on her delivery trip to a new owner. Six months earlier the vessel had done the trip from Dublin to Bristol in the record time of twenty one and a half hours. But on the fateful day she was taking the risky shortcut through Jack Sound, between the mainland and Skomer Island, when she foundered. Her 50 passengers and crew were rescued together with 180 pigs, five horses and all the movable cargo, fittings and gear. Part of her machinery can still be seen at low tide on the sands, which serves as a secluded bathing place when Marloes Sands are crowded.
Gateholm belonged over the years to several members of the local gentry, including the Philipps family of Haythog, the Laugharnes of St Brides and the Kensingtons of St Brides Castle. Rabbits were kept there as a cash 'crop' and sheep were grazed there until recent times. When a northerly storm blew up, fishermen working round Skokholm would head straight for Gateholm and the Horse Neck on the sheltered eastern side and a flat rock where boats could be pulled up by means of iron rings set into the rocks for this purpose. The men always carried tackle in case they needed to hoist the boat up onto the Horse Neck. Local author Roscoe Howells writes in his book 'The Sounds Between' that fishermen would spend time there when it was too rough for fishing, clearing stones in readiness for an emergency. Others ashore would go there in rough weather to help haul the boats up.


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As ministers and elders of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church can attest, it is all too easy to become so engaged in ministry to our local congregations that we fail to appreciate the work our denomination, as a whole, does in its service to Christ and his kingdom. We miss the proverbial forest for the trees.
However, as commissioners gathered on the campus of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, from June 6 to June 12, ably led by our moderator, the Rev. Anthony Curto, we were given the opportunity not only to discharge our duties as officers in the church, but also to grow in our appreciation of the work that Christ is doing through the OPC as a whole.
Although it was not technically part of the business before the General Assembly, it was a delight to hear the Scriptures opened up by various men in our denomination. The moderator of the 78th General Assembly, the Rev. Danny Olinger, called the Assembly to order at 7:00 p.m. on June 6 and preached a sermon from Genesis 1:1–2. He reminded the Assembly that the Bible teaches us to start with God in this life. The self-existent God has revealed himself to his dependent creation. In God's revelation of himself in his Word, we learn that, though the Fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery, the kingdom of God is redeemed and perfected through the work of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
In addition to the opening sermon, the Assembly heard devotional messages from the Revs. Glenn Ferrell, Randall Bergquist, David Robbins, and John Currie.
After worshipping at area churches on Sunday morning, the commissioners gathered with local Orthodox Presbyterians for a joint worship service. The Rev. John Van Meerbeke preached an edifying sermon entitled "Heaven Is My Home" from Psalm 84.
The Lord used each of these men, varying in their personalities and preaching styles, to bring the truth of his Word to bear upon our ministries in the church and to glorify the person and work of Christ Jesus.
In response to Christ's commission to make disciples of all nations, the OPC has established committees on Foreign Mission, Home Missions and Church Extension, and Christian Education to encourage the church in her ministry to one another and to those lost in sin.
The foreign missions work of the General Assembly is carried out through its Committee on Foreign Missions. The Committee currently sends missionaries to eight fields: China (including North Korea), Ethiopia, Haiti, Japan, Quebec, Uganda, Ukraine, and Uruguay. If the Lord opens the door, the Committee also plans to resume the work in Eritrea with Mehrete Yesus Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Many will remember that work was abruptly suspended when the congregation in Asmara was arrested and our missionaries (after also being imprisoned for a time) were kicked out of the country. The goal, in each of these fields, is to establish healthy indigenous churches.
So that the Assembly could gain a clearer picture of the work being done on the field, it heard reports from two missionaries from Uganda: the Rev. Al Tricarico and deacon missionary Jim Knox, M.D. Dr. Knox works as the medical director at the Akisyon a Yesu Presbyterian Clinic along with his wife, Jenny (a registered nurse), and a number of staff members. Mr. Tricarico shares the pastoral ministry of the Nakaale church plant with the Rev. David Okken.
The Committee thanked the Lord not only for our missionaries who labor diligently on the field, but also for the almost two hundred short-term mission volunteers who gave of their time and energy to assist our missionaries in 2011. If members of your church are interested in short-term missions here in the United States or abroad, visit the OPC website (opc.org) and click on "Short-term Missions" on the left-hand portion of the page under the heading "Ministries" (or go directly to opcstm.org).
The home missions work of the General Assembly is carried out through its Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension. The Committee helps presbyteries and congregations in the OPC start new Presbyterian and Reformed congregations in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. By the end of 2011, twelve new missions works were fitted with church-planting pastors. God also richly provided for the Committee in 2011 by supplying, through the generous giving to Worldwide Outreach, the entire funding needed for church-planting efforts. Now six months into 2012, the Committee already has four organizing pastors preparing to move to the field, with nine additional mission works preparing to call church planters and begin receiving financial support from the Committee.
At the end of the Committee's report, a resolution of recognition for outgoing general secretary Ross Graham was read to the General Assembly and printed in the Minutes. A glance at his labors helps us to appreciate the work of the broader church. Rev. Graham has served as general secretary of the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension since 1990 and has worked tirelessly to strengthen the relationship between the Committee and the presbyteries. The church-planting efforts of the OPC grew from twenty home mission fields in 1990 to forty-six in 2011. During this time, the total number of churches and mission works grew from 195 to 326, the total membership from 18,137 to 30,274, the number of ministers from 325 to 509, and the number of presbyteries from 12 to 17.
Please be in prayer for the Committee as it searches for a new general secretary to replace Mr. Graham when he retires early next year, and for the Lord's continued blessing as the Committee seeks to be faithful to Christ's commission.
The Committee on Christian Education (CCE) was established at the First General Assembly in 1936 to assist in the teaching ministry of the church. As you hold this current issue of New Horizons in your hand, its publication has been overseen by the Committee on Christian Education. Members of the Committee sit on the board of Great Commission Publications, the publishing body that produces the Sunday school material many of us use in our churches. Those who enjoy the privilege of having a summer or yearlong intern do so largely because of the work of this Committee. Even our denominational website, opc.org, is overseen by this Committee.
The Committee is currently engaged in an effort to publish a Psalter-hymnal for use in our churches. This is a multiyear effort, yet the Committee has made significant progress toward the completion of the Psalter portion of the Psalter-hymnal and plans to have this work before the churches for feedback by the end of 2012. Encouraging news has also come out of the Synod of the United Reformed Churches of North America, which met shortly after our Assembly. The URCNA has agreed to partner with the OPC in the production of this Psalter-hymnal for use in both of our denominations.
One of the great benefits of being part of a Presbyterian denomination is our form of government, which allows decisions of lower governing bodies to be appealed. Such a process provides good accountability to these bodies and assures aggrieved parties that their cases will be heard at the highest court of the church if they desire.
Four complaints on appeal were brought to the Assembly. One of the complaints was ruled out of order and not properly before the Assembly because it was essentially a charge of doctrinal error or offense, which should have been brought by the offended party as a judicial charge against an individual or individuals.
The three remaining complaints pertained to the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Franklin Square, New York. They questioned the manner in which the session set up commissions to perform the work of oversight in its three mission works. The complainant granted that our Form of Government allows for the use of commissions, but argued that the powers granted to the commissions at Franklin Square exceeded the powers of a commission permitted by Form of Government XXII.3. After extensive debate, all three complaints were denied.
In addition to the work of the Committee on Appeals and Complaints, it was a joy to see the broader church working to assist presbyteries in resolving conflict within their boundaries. Currently there are two temporary committees working to help presbyteries in our denomination: one for the Presbytery of New Jersey and the other for the Presbytery of Northern California and Nevada.
The Temporary Visitation Committee for the Presbytery of New Jersey was erected by the 77th General Assembly (2010) to address various issues surrounding appeals that had come to the GA through the Presbytery in 2009 and 2010, and to foster reconciliation among various parties. The Committee reported to the Assembly that it had made significant progress toward this goal. In particular, the Presbytery of New Jersey had confessed that it had, by its actions, denied justice to certain members of the OPC as they brought appeals before it. The Presbytery's repentance was communicated directly to the offended parties, and a letter was sent to all the churches in the Presbytery so as to preserve the good names of those individuals.
The Special Committee to Visit the Presbytery of Northern California and Nevada was erected by the 78th General Assembly (2011) to assess the causes of serious division that exists within the Presbytery regarding the length of the days of creation and confessional subscription. The Committee will continue its work of fostering reconciliation in the Presbytery and report back to the 80th General Assembly next year.
It was encouraging to this writer to see that, through the work of the Committee on Appeals and Complaints and these special committees, the peace, purity, and unity of the church is being vigorously promoted in the broadest assembly of the OPC.
One of the great joys of attending the General Assembly is to hear about the work of the Committee on Ecumenicity and Interchurch Relations. This Committee seeks to maintain various levels of relationship with other Reformed and Presbyterian churches and strives for the unity of Christ's church. Members of this Committee travel regularly to various parts of the world to bring a report of what the Lord is doing through our denomination.
As part of this Committee's work, the Assembly had the privilege of hearing fraternal addresses from many churches of like faith. Particularly moving this year were the addresses by the fraternal delegates from the Reformed Church in Japan (RCJ) and the Presbyterian Church of Brazil (PCB). Mr. Yoshida, from the RCJ, praised God for the OPC's ministerial and diaconal support in the weeks and months following the devastating tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. The work of the Committee on Diaconal Ministries, headed by David Nakhla, has been a blessing to our brothers and sisters there.
Ruling elder Solano Portela brought fraternal greetings from the PCB and praised God for the growing relationship that the Lord seems to be fostering between our denominations. A few years ago, members of the PCB arrived at our denominational offices in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, looking for, as they described it, "our mother." Speaking of the OPC, Mr. Portela reported, "Who is our spiritual mother, but the one who continues faithfully carrying the torch of the gospel, standing for the faith, defending and proclaiming the doctrine of the Reformation?" Continue to pray for our growing relationship with the PCB, a church numbering around one million members.
The above committees are not the only ones that labor hard for our denomination. We should not forget the work of the Committee on Chaplains and Military Personnel and the support they give to our chaplains and members of the military. Likewise, the Committee on Arrangements works tirelessly to help the General Assembly run smoothly, and the Committee on Coordination has the often thankless job of crunching numbers to help our program committees present a unified budget to the Assembly.
In closing, though commissioners often come back from the Assembly tired from long days of debate and deliberation, it is the prayer of this writer that we come back with a greater appreciation for the work of our church and seek to instill that appreciation in our churches.
The author is pastor of Second Parish OPC in Portland, Maine. Photos by David Porter. New Horizons, Aug.–Sept. 2012.
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Last week, SSNDEC held two Closing Ceremonies – one for ESL (English as a Second language) and another for HSE (High School Equivalency, formerly GED). Ten HSE students and 55 ESL students received certificates of achievement and many of them spoke about the changes that the programs at SSNDEC have brought to their lives.
"I came here around two years ago and there's been big progress in my life," ESL student Karel Lodondo told me last week. "Now I can express my feelings, I can help my children with their homework, I can go to the doctor and feel comfortable telling him what's wrong."
Now that Lodondo has worked her way through the four levels of ESL classes at the center, she has her mind set on taking classes this fall in other to prepare for the High School Equivalency exam. This story is not uncommon in the center and each certificate distributed last week represented a significant achievement for these women and their families.
"You have accomplished so much," SSNDEC Executive Director Catherine Feeney told the women. "And your accomplishments won't stay here. Your accomplishments are going home to your families, your friends, your neighborhood, even the City of New York."
This echoes the teachings of Mother Theresa Gerhardinger, who founded the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1833. Mother Theresa believed that "if you educated women, you educated the whole family, the community and the world."
Indeed, if you take a pebble and toss it into a pond, it will create ripples that will continuously expand outward, impacting the entire body of water, not just the spot where the pebble landed. That's a good way to describe the impact that the School Sisters of Notre Dame Educational Center has on our community and our surroundings.
Nearly 700 women have passed through the School Sisters of Notre Dame Educational Center in its 10 years, the vast majority of them within walking distance. The work that the Sisters do undeniably makes Woodhaven a better, richer community.
In addition to learning English, the ESL students worked together this year to produce a cookbook entitled "From Our Kitchen To Yours All Around The World." Recipes from Shrimp Ceviche (Ecuadorian) to Pho Ga Chicken Soup (Vietnamese) to Flan Napolitano (Mexican) to Lentil Soup (Bangladesh) fill this handy little book which the students took home with them.
The day following the ESL ceremony, the HSE students gathered for a ceremony of their own. While several of the students still have more classes in their future, a few of them have completed their lessons and are ready to take the HSE exam. In fact, two students have already taken and passed the HSE this year.
I spoke with one of the women after the ceremony about how SSNDEC had impacted her life. "When I came in at first, I was like 'Can I do this?'" she said. "I had a negative approach, but after I started coming and getting involved with the classes and the teachers I started thinking 'I can do this.'"
In fact, now that this student has completed her courses at SSNDEC, she is looking to follow her dream and apply to a culinary school in the near future. There are so many similarly remarkable stories being told within the walls of SSNDEC and we are very fortunate those walls are right here in Woodhaven.
The center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. and is located at 87-04 88th Avenue. For additional information, email ssndec@aol or call (718) 738-0588.


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A stoppage-time goal from substitute Eric Avila helped FC Dallas steal a point from the visiting Columbus Crew in a 2-2 tie at Pizza Hut Park on Saturday. Jeff Cunningham opened the scoring for Dallas before Adam Moffat and Guillermo Barros Schelotto tallied for Columbus.
FCD head coach Schellas Hyndman made five changes from the side that tied with Houston in the season opener, including starting Kevin Hartman in goal for Dario Sala, who has an injured hamstring.
FCD's constant first-half pressure finally paid off in the 28th minute. After a great pass from Daniel Hernandez, FCD midfielder David Ferreira was taken down inside the opposing area by Columbus' Danny O'Rourke, resulting in a penalty kick.
Cunningham stepped up to the spot and quickly converted, sending the ball into the left side of the net to give the home side a 1-0 advantage. It was his third career goal against Columbus, who had drafted him ninth overall in the 1998 MLS Super Draft.
However, Columbus head coach Robert Warzycha must have given some serious pep talk to his team at halftime because the Crew looked inspired from the whistle to start the second half.
In the 51st, a shot from long range by Columbus' Brian Carroll was stopped by Hartman. That was the visitors' first shot on goal of the game.
Carroll's blast proved to be a hint of good things to come for the Black and Gold because just one minute later, Moffat's first goal of the year drew things level. Steven Lenhart sent a great pass to his teammate, who quickly knocked it into the left side of the net to tie the game.
FCD had a great chance to take their second lead of the night in the 68th. After Jair Benitez delivered a great ball from the left flank, Pearce headed the ball squarely inside the Columbus area but his effort went high.
Schelotto's second goal of 2010 came after a penalty kick he took was stopped by Hartman in the 82nd. Columbus was awarded the kick after FCD center back George John took Chad Marshall down inside the box on a corner kick.
Just seconds later, Schelotto stepped up, struck the ball from the spot but was stopped cold by Hartman. However, the Columbus playmaker alertly went for the rebound and headed it into the right side of the goal to make it 2-1.
But FCD wasn't done. After Ferreira was denied near post by Crew goalkeeper Will Hesmer, the ball popped back into the midfield. Avila then hit a low shot toward the far post that tucked just inside the net for the equalizer.
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Parents now behind bars in death of 5-year-old boy
In handcuffs and flanked by police, the stepmother of a 5-year-old boy who died Thursday sobbed as she was placed in the back of the patrol car, charged with felony injury to a child.
"I don't know what happened, I love my kids," said Crystal Williams, 27, hiding her face from TV cameras.
Police also arrested her husband, Charleston Williams, 25, — Josiah Williams' biological father — on the same charge.
"We just didn't think it was that bad," he said standing outside the police car that would take him to Bexar County Jail. "To all my family, I'm so sorry and I love y'all."
Police spokeswoman Sandy Gutierrez said the pair were peacefully arrested on one felony charge each of injury to a child Friday afternoon.
"The medical examiner said there were signs of serious abuse, malnutrition and neglect," she said.
Gutierrez said the medical examiner said bruising found all over Josiah Williams indicated "multiple falls in recent days," but his parents didn't seek medical attention for any of his injuries.
Child Protective Services has taken custody of the couple's two other children — a 2-year-old girl and 8-year-old boy, Gutierrez said. A hearing in their case will be Jan. 9.
Officials pronounced Josiah dead at the scene Thursday afternoon, shortly after he was found unresponsive at his home in the 3900 block of Gayle Avenue.
The Bexar County medical examiner's office performed an autopsy on the child Friday, but the cause of his death is pending and could take several weeks to determine.
Child Protective Services and law enforcement now are conducting a joint investigation into the case, DFPS spokesman John Lennan said.
This wasn't the first time suspicions had been raised about Josiah's well-being: CPS twice had investigated his biological mother on suspicion of neglect, Lennan said. Those cases didn't involve his current guardians.
In the first case, in 2008, no neglect was found. During the second neglect investigation in 2009, CPS offered Josiah's biological mother "services through the department," which are provided in order to help parents address whatever needs they may face. During that process, Josiah's mother placed him with an appropriate relative. Lennan said it was not his biological father.
Although Josiah's mother didn't complete the CPS service plan, because Josiah's "safe care had been arranged" with another relative, CPS did not need to investigate further, Lennan said.
The agency wasn't referred to the family again until Thursday.
As authorities continued their investigation, neighbors on this quiet South Side street tried their best to piece together how this could have happened, on a block where children regularly play together outside. But few people knew anything about Josiah or his family.
"Five years old. That's just sad, man," said neighbor James Kaiser, 23, who lives a few houses away from Josiah's home and saw EMS arrive.
Several neighbors said Josiah's family rented the house about a year ago. They'd either never seen the children or rarely did. Kaiser only remembered ever seeing two children, not a third.
On Friday, the house was decorated for Christmas with red and green tinsel and plastic snowflakes hanging from the porch roof.
Sandra Cortes, who lives across the street, sometimes waved to the man who lived at the house but he really never waved back, she said. Occasionally she heard the woman who lived in the house speak to the children "loud," like when she told them to close the door.
But nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Cortes remembered a pink sign outside the house announcing a child's birthday a few months back.
The last time she saw the family was Halloween. Two of the children were on foot, in costumes; another was in a stroller. They were accompanied by two women.
A Facebook page for Crystal Bell Williams, who also goes by Mrscharleston Williams, showed a woman in a photo with two children. A larger cover photo showed her with two children, a boy and girl, posing with Santa Claus.
In her Facebook bio, she wrote that "we have the best sons in the world, Nickie Boi who is 8 yrs old & Josiah (Siah) who is 5 yrs old." She also referenced her 2-year-old daughter Kymmie.
In his Facebook bio, husband Charleston Williams said he has a "beautiful amazing wife named Crystal." He also said that he's the "proud father of my son Nickieboi and my princess Kymmie."
There is no mention of Josiah.
Friday afternoon, Gayle residents Blanca Degollado and her sister Melinda Flores showed up at Josiah's house, accompanied by their niece and three of Degollado's eight children. They didn't know him but still placed a small blue cross in front of the house.
A couple who Degollado and Flores didn't know showed up at the same time and placed an orange teddy bear beside the cross.
Then all of them stood in a semicircle and prayed.
"May his soul rest in peace," Flores said.
Staff Writer Hollie O'Connor contributed to this report.
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"Florida was a logical choice, as outside of the New York-Pennsylvania region, more patients come to HSS from Florida than any other state in the country," said JeMe Cioppa-Mosca, PT, MBA, director, Hospital for Special Surgery Rehabilitation Network. "In fact, 41 percent of these patients live in the Palm Beach County area. The decision was also based on physician requests for high quality rehabilitation for their patients," she continued.
With a reputation for providing outstanding patient care as the world's leading specialists in orthopedics, rheumatology and rehabilitation, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), based in New York City, receives patients from across the country and from abroad. While patients are willing to travel to HSS for surgery, it can be difficult, or even impossible, for many of these patients to return to the hospital for rehabilitation. To make rehabilitation more convenient for such patients and ensure the same high quality of care they would receive at Special Surgery, the hospital formed the Rehabilitation Network in 1994.
The Network is a partnership between Hospital for Special Surgery and independently-owned rehabilitation centers that includes more than 115 sites within a 90 mile radius of New York City with additional sites now being added in Florida. A center applies to join the network and is put through a rigorous review process that uses Medicare and Joint Commission standards and includes an on-site evaluation. Once accepted, the centers are revisited every 12-18 months by a site examiner, who is a physical therapist with a minimum of 10 years clinical experience, to ensure the standards are maintained.
"We look at everything during the site visit from a basic physical inspection including cleanliness and appropriateness of equipment, to examination of staff credentials, to an evaluation of treatment plans and scheduling systems," says Robin Benick, PT, MA, clinical supervisor, Rehabilitation Network. "They are held to extremely high standards."
The Network has approved its first site in Florida, located in Jupiter. Three additional practices are in the application process and will undergo site visits later this month.
In addition to the benefit to patients, who can now undergo rehabilitation closer to home or to work, physicians can be confident that their patients will receive high quality and, when appropriate, specialized care at a Network member facility.
Members of the Network, in addition to partnering with Hospital for Special Surgery, are also offered exclusive educational and training opportunities, including Continuing Education courses and local workshops. Owners of the facilities, who often operate in isolation, are also invited to owner-only forums where they can share best practices and talk about issues in outpatient care.
For more information on the Hospital for Special Surgery Rehabilitation Network, and to look up Network members by region, please go to http://www.hss.edu/rehab-network.asp.


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Maria, 32, led a full life. Keeping up with her children was a challenge, but David and Christina were a constant source of energy as well.
Then the energy level changed: Maria was diagnosed with breast cancer and had to have a mastectomy. After surgery, she endured a year of chemotherapy. The thought of the disease recurring was frightening; both her grandmother and aunt had died from ovarian cancer. Her tumor had been found late, when there is an 85 percent chance that the cancer will invade other tissues. Seventy percent of these metastases occur in the bone and lungs. If her cancer moved to the bone, Maria's chance of dying from the disease would increase to 90 percent. She would be unaware of the deterioration of her bones until painful, fracture-inducing lesions already existed. Once cancer has moved to bone, it can not be surgically removed.
Andrea Mastro, a professor of microbiology and cell biology, and a team of students at Penn State are working to understand why breast cancer spreads to bone. The problem, Mastro says, hinges on osteoblasts, the cells responsible for building new bone. The lab has evidence that some osteoblasts undergo apoptosis, or "programmed cell death," when exposed to cancer cells.
"The surface molecules of bone cells and cancer cells have some of the same proteins," says Mastro. Because the cells share these proteins, the tumor cells may manipulate other cells into thinking they belong in the bone.
A protein called fas, found on osteoblasts, may be binding to a receptor called the fas-ligand on breast cancer cells, which signals for the normal cell to die. Mastro hopes to collaborate with drug companies on a treatment to stop the cells' deaths. "Right now drug companies target osteoclasts," cells that break down old bone, says Mastro. "The feeling is, If we can keep osteoclasts from destroying the bone, we can help cure the metastases. That isn't true. You don't know there is a metastasis until a hole already exists." With no bone-building cells left to refill the holes, a drug that targets osteoclasts alone will not be enough.
Lining the walls of Mastro's lab are thousands of beakers and test tubes stacked in old wooden shelves; microscopes, centrifuges, and folders rest on dingy black countertops. Two large refrigerators contain millions of antibody molecules, colored green and red; when magnified, the colors identify different types of molecules and proteins.
In the back of the lab, sitting with her hands beneath a large biohazard hood, undergraduate student Michelle Kinder investigates one of the biochemical pathways in cancer cells. As she explains, "The cancer cells may be secreting the protein wnt, which causes the osteoblasts to secrete the protein wisp. The wisp could then act to allow more rapid growth of the cancer cells, causing the pathway to continue." Healthy bone cells are thus tricked into helping the cancer grow.
Kinder has also been working with lab technician Jennifer Jewell counting apoptotic cells—those cells in the process of programmed cell death—with a computerized microscope. Counting these cells is important to prove that the cancer cells actually cause the osteoblasts to die.
Kristin Guttridge, who has worked in Mastro's lab for over two years, is looking at what causes apoptosis. Using an instrument called a flow cytometer, she compares the levels in the cell of the specific protein and receptor which aid in cell death. The flow cytometer uses lasers, optics, and electrons to measure cell properties. A test tube containing millions of cells is inserted into an opening in the machine, which "one by one sucks out the cells and detects fluorescence," says Guttridge. A fluorescent stain labels the protein fas and the receptor fas-ligand. The presence of the two together signals apoptosis.
Robyn Mercer, a graduate student, examines the maturation of cells. "I hypothesize that the presence of cancer is altering the ability of the osteoblasts to mature," she says. Her research will help to understand why osteoblasts, once in contact with cancer cells, no longer lay down bone to fill in the lesions caused by osteoclasts.
Will the team's research help Maria? Fortunately, Maria has beaten the disease. She defied the odds a second time when she gave birth to her third child, Peter, conceived a month after her last chemotherapy treatment. "I feel really good about myself," she writes. Her story, along with those of other cancer survivors, is featured in the book Show Me: A Photo Collection of Breast Cancer Survivors' Lumpectomies, Mastectomies, Breast Reconstructions and Thoughts on Body Image, published by the Women's Health Center of Penn State's Hershey Medical Center.
Kristin Guttridge and Michelle Kinder are members of WISER (Women in Science and Engineering Research) and the Schreyer Honors College and are working toward degrees in biochemistry and molecular biology in the Eberly College of Science. Robyn Mercer is a graduate student in the Eberly College of Science. Jennifer Jewell is a laboratory technician. Andrea M. Mastro, Ph.D., is professor of microbiology and cell biology in the Eberly College of Science, 431 S. Frear Lab, University Park, PA 16802; 814-863-0152; firstname.lastname@example.com. Mastro collaborates with Carol Gay, Ph.D., professor of cell biology and poultry science in the Eberly College Science, and Danny Welch, Ph.D., associate professor of pathology in the College of Medicine. The project is funded through a Life Science Consortium Biotechnology Innovations Grant. For more information on the book Show Me, see http://www.hmc.psu.edu/womens/showme/. Writer Christine Bowen graduated in May 2002 with a B.A. in journalism.


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A Royal Fair Trade
I picked up the typewriter you see here, an Olivetti, from Matt McCormack at Ace Typewriter the other day.
It was part of a spur-of-the-moment trade that took all of two minutes to negotiate. Matt and I are easy.
I proposed a two-for-one deal. I would give Matt a black, crinkle-finished, Depression-era Royal portable in pristine condition along with a gray Remington Model 5 portable. In exchange I would get the Olivetti, a Linea 88, which I admired for its lyrical bulk and Italian pedigree.
Matt rejected the Remington saying that it would only end up in his basement, a kind of typewriter bone yard. He has never liked Remington 5s. The escapements go bad, he said, usually because of chipped teeth. I won't go into the significance of chipped teeth along a typewriter's escapement bar except to say that letters, to say nothing of words, do not follow in orderly fashion when escapement mechanisms fail.
As it turned out, the Remington 5 I was offering for trade was just fine. Matt still didn't want it. But, never mind, he offered a simple straight trade — the Royal for the Olivetti.
So what did I get in this Olivetti?
As you can see, it's a standard, not a portable, but because much of it is plastic, it's remarkably light. It has a clean Italian crispness to its design. Olivetti got that down cold, witness its Lettera machines, universally hailed for their simple elegance.
What Olivetti didn't get was ergonomics — ever. You have to attack, nay, pounce on, the keys to produce even the most mundane phrase. The pinkie stretch to the shift key is at human anatomical limits, and returning the carriage requires the heft I reserve for the weight machines at the community center.
But I'm not complaining. The typeface is a modified Courier with a Euro-design edge to it. I can't quite place it, but it lends a cool Italian flair to whatever you write.
As I snooped around to the back of the machine here in my office warren, I discovered that while the machine's design was Italian (circa 1966), its manufacture was British. In the words on a label, "Made in Great Britain." The label doesn't say where in Great Britain but because of my inherited affinity for Wales, I like to think of its being assembled in Llandudno, Conwy or Llangollen — however unlikely that may be.
On the very same label announcing the Olivetti's British manufacturer as "British Olivetti Ltd.," is fine print. I fetched my magnifying glass, Holmes like, to decipher it. To the right of an honest-to-God Royal Crest are the words "By appointment to H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh Office Equipment Manufacturers."
Imagine, an aristocratic typewriter, right here in Portland, Oregon, right here in this commoner's cluttered office. Astonishingly, I had traded Matt a Royal for a Royal.
I call that a fair trade.
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Hit-and-run victim talks to WISN 12 News about what he remembers
Keontaye Matthews to stand trial
A driver caught on surveillance camera hitting a pedestrian with his vehicle will go to trial.
For the first time, the injured victim talks with WISN 12 News' Marianne Lyles about what he remembers from the crash.
Cameron Ward, 21, was hit at 27th and Hadley streets in Milwaukee on May 28.
"I don't know how fast, but I just turned my head, and the car just hit me. I was trying to back up, but the car just hit me," Ward said.
Police said Keontaye Matthews was driving the vehicle and left the scene. He's charged with hit-and-run involving great bodily harm.
Just a few days after the crash, Ward still looked like he had been in a fight.
"My hand got swollen. My face got swollen. My leg kind of hurts, too," Ward said. "I had a staple in my head. It was kind of bust open."
Matthews' attorney said despite his criminal record, the hit-and-run is out of character and asked for Matthews' bail to be reduced.
"After this accident, and I emphasize, accident, he went straight home. He didn't try to hide with a relative. He could have hidden out in Chicago. He got news police were looking, and he called police on the same day," defense attorney Darryl Smith said.
Ward is still recovering and already back at work.
"The swelling went down. I'm doing pretty good," Ward said.
Matthews' request for reduced bail was denied Monday, but another bail hearing is scheduled for Tuesday.
Matthews was also driving without a license.


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The CloudBees Java PaaS is now available on HP Cloud Services. With this announcement, Agile development shops are encouraged to consider the CloudBees-hosted Jenkins continuous integration service to drive applications through a "continuous delivery" channel to the point at which they are staged/hosted on HP's public cloud.
CloudBees has promised end-to-end application development services — from build and test, to the deploy and manage stages of application delivery — plus options to utilize the integrated services available from the company's own partner ecosystem.
"CloudBees AnyCloud offers a very different approach for deployment, managing the PaaS software stack remotely across environments. This approach eliminates the burden faced by data center operators in installing, updating, and maintaining a complex stack of middleware," said Sacha Labourey, CEO, CloudBees.
AnyCloud is positioned as a flexible route to application deployment. In addition to the HP Cloud Services offering, additional AnyCloud deployment options include Amazon Web Services (AWS), third-party hosters such as OVH, and on-premise enterprise data centers.
"If you are not consuming a service, you are not really simplifying your operations and reducing costs and, therefore, not taking advantage of the full benefit offered by the cloud. Our partnership with HP addresses just that — giving PaaS users the freedom of deployment choice, including on-premise, while still benefiting from a true service offering," added Labourey.


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I. Classify patients with renal tumors by histological categorization, surgico-pathological stage, presence of metastases, age at diagnosis, tumor weight, and loss of heterozygosity for chromosomes 1p and 16q, to define eligibility for a series of therapeutic studies. (Loss of heterozygosity [LOH] testing discontinued as of April 2014) II. Maintain a biological samples bank to make specimens available to scientists to evaluate additional potential biological prognostic variables and for the conduct of other research by scientists.
I. Monitor outcome for those patients who are not eligible for a subsequent therapeutic study.
II. Describe whether the pulmonary tumor burden correlates with outcome in stage IV patients.
III. Describe the sensitivity and specificity of abdominal computed tomography (CT) by comparison with surgical and pathologic findings for identification of local tumor spread beyond the renal capsule to adjacent muscle and organs, lymph node involvement at the renal hilum and in the retroperitoneum, preoperative tumor rupture, and metastases to the liver.
IV. Compare the sensitivity and specificity of pre-operative abdominal CT scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the identification and differentiation of nephrogenic rests and Wilms' tumor in children with multiple renal lesions.
V. Correlate the method of conception (natural vs assisted reproductive technology) with the development of Wilms' tumor.
VI. To evaluate the frequency of integrase interactor 1 (INI1) mutations in renal and extrarenal malignant rhabdoid tumor of the kidney and to determine the incidence of germline and inherited versus somatic mutations to facilitate clinical correlations on the companion study AREN0321. (INI1 testing discontinued as of April 2014)
Tumor tissue, blood, and urine samples are collected for research studies, including immunohistochemistry. CT scans and MRIs are also performed. Loss of heterozygosity analyses (chromosome 1p and 16q) are performed by extraction of DNA. DNA polymorphisms are assayed by polymerase chain reaction using standard methodology. Leftover specimens are archived for future studies. (LOH and INI1 testing discontinued as of April 2014)
Patients are followed up periodically for 5 years.
|Study Type :
|Estimated Enrollment :
|6573 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Renal Tumors Classification, Biology, and Banking Study
|Actual Study Start Date :
|February 27, 2006
Ancillary-correlative (renal tumor classification, biology)
Tumor tissue, blood, and urine samples are collected for research studies, including immunohistochemistry. CT scans and MRIs are also performed. Loss of heterozygosity analyses (chromosome 1p and 16q) are performed by extraction of DNA. DNA polymorphisms are assayed by polymerase chain reaction using standard methodology. Leftover specimens are archived for future studies. (LOH and INI1 testing discontinued as of April 2014)
Other: Cytology Specimen Collection Procedure
Correlative studies
Other Name: Cytologic Sampling
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
- Disease-free survival [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]
- Loss of heterozygosity (LOH testing discontinued as of April 2014) [ Time Frame: Up to 5 years ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 29 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with the first occurrence of any tumor of the kidney identified on CT scan or MRI are eligible for this study; histologic diagnosis is not required prior to enrollment but is required for all patients once on study
Eligible tumors include (but are not limited to):
Nephroblastic tumors
- Nephroblastoma (Wilms' tumor) (favorable histology, anaplasia [diffuse, focal])
- Nephrogenic rests and nephroblastomatosis
- Cystic nephroma and cystic partially differentiated nephroblastoma
- Metanephric tumors (metanephric adenoma, metanephric adenofibroma, metanephric stromal tumor)
- Mesoblastic nephroma (cellular, classic, mixed)
- Clear cell sarcoma
- Rhabdoid tumor (any malignant rhabdoid tumor occurring outside the central nervous system [CNS])
- Renal epithelioid tumors of childhood (papillary renal cell carcinoma, medullary renal cell carcinoma, renal tumors associated with Xp11.2 translocations, oncocytic renal neoplasms after neuroblastoma)
- Angiolipoma
- Ossifying renal tumor of infancy
Patients with the first occurrence of the following tumors are also eligible:
- Extrarenal nephroblastoma or extrarenal neprogenic rests
- Malignant rhabdoid tumor occurring anywhere outside the Central Nervous System
- Required specimens, reports, and copies of imaging studies must be available for submission or must become available during the required timeframe
For ALL patients (with exception of bilateral, bilaterally predisposed or unilateral tumor in solitary kidney planning to enroll without biopsy), the following submissions are required:
- A complete set of recut hematoxylin and eosin (H & E) slides**
- Representative formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue block or if a block is unavailable, 10 unstained slides from a representative block of tumor**
- Institutional pathology report, transmittal form and pathology checklist
- Copies of images and institutional reports of CT and/or MRI abdomen and pelvis
- Copies of images and institutional report of CT chest for all malignant tumors
Institutional surgical report(s)
- Tissue must be from diagnosis, prior to any chemotherapy or radiation
- For patients with clinical features and required imaging findings consistent with the eligibility for the bilateral study, AREN0534 (or successor study), confirmed by central review, biopsy is not required; however, if biopsy is done, tissue must be submitted as for other renal tumors, and initial risk assignment will require pathology and surgical rapid central reviews; transmittal form and pathology checklist are also needed
- Patients with extrarenal Wilms tumor must have tumor tissue available for central review
- Patients with extra-CNS malignant rhabdoid tumor must have tumor tissue available for central review
- All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
- All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met
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): NCT00898365
|Principal Investigator:
|Elizabeth A Mullen
|Children's Oncology Group
|Responsible Party:
|Children's Oncology Group
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2009-00416 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
AREN03B2 ( Other Identifier: Childrens Oncology Group )
AREN03B2 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
U10CA180886 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
U10CA098543 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
UG1CA189958 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|May 12, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|August 22, 2019
|Last Verified:
|August 2019
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
Wilms Tumor
Rhabdoid Tumor
Kidney Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Medullary
Sarcoma, Clear Cell
Nephroma, Mesoblastic
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue
Urologic Neoplasms
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Neoplasms, Complex and Mixed
Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine
Neuroendocrine Tumors
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms, Ductal, Lobular, and Medullary