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The Hunters Palette
Said to come from Tell el-Amarna,
Late Predynastic period to 1st Dynasty, about 3100 BC
Decorated with hunting scenes
Slate palettes were used as a surface on which
to grind minerals, probably to be used as cosmetics. Plain slate
palettes were a particularly common element of burnt
The hunting scene can be interpreted as showing the struggle between civilized humans and the forces of chaos, as symbolized by the wild and ferocious animals . This can also be seen in a slightly different form on ceremonial palettes decorated with battle scenes in which Egyptians conquer their enemies.
Hunting was a
favourite pastime of the rich from very early times. The great
variety of wild animals shown here probably represents the species
that could generally be found when hunting, rather than those
encountered on a single expedition. These included hares, deer,
ibex, ostrich and lions. Most of these animals are no longer found
in Egypt. Ostriches were depicted in rock carvings in the wadis and
desert margins until relatively late in Egyptian history. An
offering of ostrich feathers was found at Hierakonpolis, associated
with the return of the goddess
More information
M. Stead, Egyptian life (London, The British Museum Press, 1986)
A.J. Spencer, Early Egypt, The rise of civil (London, The British Museum Press, 1993)
Length: 30.500 cm
Width: 14.000 cm
Length: 30.500 cm
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Biloxi, MS—a recognized Tree City USA for 29 years— observes Arbor Day with annual 5K,1 mile and-1/4 mile charity runs, jogs, walks and rolls hosted by the City of Biloxi, Disability Connection, and Gulf Coast Running Club. The proceeds from the run help programs that support individuals with disabilities. Last year's run assisted the first Disability Connection Community Playground which opened at Gulfport's Bruce Ladner Memorial Park. Following the race, participants received trees for planting at home in honor of Arbor Day. Combining nature with a philanthropic cause is a unique way to celebrate Arbor Day.
Meridian celebrated Arbor Day with a traditional tree planting in a local park. The Meridian Tree Commission donated five pecan trees to mark the occasion. The Apache Foundation provided trees for planting at home to those attending the event.
Hattiesburg observed Arbor Day with their annual Arbor Day tree planting. Each year, the city chooses a school and plants a tree on their campus. This year a tree was planted at Earl Travillion Attendance Center. The annual tradition includes an Arbor Day Proclamation delivered by the mayor, a presentation of Arbor Day Appreciation awards, and concludes with a tree planting.
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Sacramento City Unified School District's nonprofit foundation is kicking off a fundraising campaign to cover the costs of replacing two playground structures damaged by arson fires earlier this summer.
Towards the end of last month, Sacramento Fire Department in conjunction with the Sacramento Police Department arrested a suspect in the crimes. Although SCUSD is moving swiftly to replace the structures, both schools opened Sept. 3 without playground structures.
Sacramento Unified Education Foundation, SCUSD's official nonprofit fundraising organization, is seeking donations to help offset the district's costs associated with playground structure fires at Caroline Wenzel Elementary School and John Sloat Elementary School. Both structures were badly damaged and removed for safety reasons.
The district's insurance deductible is $25,000 for each incident. Without donations, that $50,000 will come out of the general fund budget, further hampering the district's work to rebound from recessionary budget cuts. Community members can donate to the Sacramento Unified Education Foundation by visiting the organization's Facebook page – www.facebook.com/SCUSDfoundation.
The group received a total of $4,000 in donations and pledges on the first day of school:
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"The loss of these structures with the first day of school just around the corner is heartbreaking to all of us," said SCUSD Superintendent Jonathan Raymond. "Our team is doing everything they can to fix this crisis but we need help from the community."
On July 31, a neighbor of John Sloat Elementary School reported to Sacramento Fire Department that the playground structure was on fire. The extent of damage caused by the blaze required removal of the entire structure. Fire officials later confirmed that the fire was deliberately set.
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June 18, 2014
James R. Copland
In a May 8 decision, the Delaware Supreme Court permitted a corporation to include in its bylaws a "loser pays" provision for shareholder litigation that would require a shareholder suing the corporation to reimburse the company its legal fees if the shareholder is unsuccessful in the lawsuit.
In less than a month, lawyers flexed their legislative muscle. On June 3, Democratic lawmakers allied to the trial bar introduced a proposed law, Delaware Senate Bill 236, that would reverse the court's decision.
A quick outcry from the business community has the legislation held in abeyance for now. But the lawyers' pressure on legislators is intense, and the stakes are high.
Delaware serves as the default "corporate law" regime for the nation:
A majority of all publicly traded companies, and more than 60% of those in the Fortune 500, are incorporated in the state. Delaware's specialized business courts, which date to 1792, have given confidence to managers and shareholders alike.
About 20% of Delaware's state revenues derive from corporate franchise fees, so why would legislators be so quick to risk the state's status by second-guessing the state's highest court on a corporate-law question?
The answer lies in the simple fact that the trial bar dominates the Delaware legislature, financially and otherwise. And shareholder-shakedown suits have become big business for the bar. Among corporate mergers valued at over $100 million, 94% faced a shareholder lawsuit challenging the deal in 2013, up from 44% in 2007.
While lawyers for both plaintiffs and defense profit handsomely from these suits, shareholders are left holding the bag. Shareholder lawsuits essentially pit shareholders against themselves, since the money paid to defend against and settle such litigation comes from corporate coffers.
There is an important place for shareholder litigation to prevent boards and managers from enriching themselves at shareholders' expense. But when almost all corporate mergers trigger lawsuits, the lawsuits are clearly not distinguishing between deals that are good and those that are bad.
Instead, such litigation is little more than a "lawyer tax" extracting from shareholders a fee alongside those for investment bankers and deal attorneys that goes to the trial lawyers' pockets.
Enter the corporate bylaw in question in the Delaware Supreme Court's recent ATP Tour decision.
One reason why the rest of the developed world has significantly less litigation than the U.S. is that in virtually every other advanced nation, the losing side in lawsuits pays the winner's fees, which naturally deters lawyers from filing weak lawsuits to shake down corporate defendants.
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"IF…" campaign was agreed with government a year in advance
Posted on February 1, 2013 by Gary Dunion | 17 Comments
Memos from within the UK Department for International Development, released under Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation, offer a glimpse of how the big aid charities' Enough Food For Everyone IF… campaign was developed in close collaboration with the department that is ostensibly the campaign target.
The extracts show how Andrew 'Plebgate' Mitchell, then International Development Secretary, told the chiefs of the big 5 aid groups that he would support their campaign on 12 December 2011 – more than a year before the campaign launch last week.
One civil servant wrote, on 3 February 2012:
DFID's Secretary of State told BOAG heads in their recent meeting that he would be supportive of their campaign.
BOAG is the British Overseas Aid Group, made up of Oxfam, Christian Aid, ActionAid, Save the Children and CAFOD.
Referring to the same meeting, another official writes:
BOAG presented initial ideas for their 2013 campaign to DFID SoS [Secretary of State] at meeting on 12 December.
This means that early plans for the campaign were submitted to the government before they were shared with many of the 100+ organisations that make up the IF coalition.
Repeated references to a 'big moment' or a 'gold moment' throughout the memos show how, from the start, the campaign has been planning with DfID to create a pro-government splash in the immediate run-up to the G8 summit, being held this year in the Lough Erne golf resort-turned-fortress in Northern Ireland.
An internal email from as far back as September 2011 reads:
BOAG public campaign – [Christian Aid Director] Loretta Minghella explained BOAG's interest in a big moment in 2012-13 on food and hunger. People would understand a campaign on these issues because it so tangible. They wanted to work with DFID.
The SoS said there was a lot of common ground in our thinking. But we would never replicate 2005. The SoS suggested a 'golden moment' in 2012, which the NGOs could then follow… He asked what an NGO campaign would be able to add to the food security agenda, beyond the buzz of a campaign?
And a policy analysis document later recounts:
"[Save The Children Chief Executive] Justin Forsyth has submitted a note to the Secretary of State with ideas for the gold moment the most substantive of which was a proposed 'High level hunger commission' which would be mandated to make recommendations to a special meeting convened during the UK G8 Presidency in 2013."
War on Want, whose FoI request secured release of the documents, have outlined their reasons for staying out of the IF campaign, citing this closeness to government as well as recognising that the stated aims of the campaign do little or nothing to challenge the system of impoverishment and hunger. War on Want noted that they are:
"particularly concerned that the IF campaign in promoting a false image of David Cameron and the UK government as leading the fight against global hunger, at a time when nothing could be farther from the truth. A number of the aid agencies at the centre of the IF campaign have already praised the UK prime minister for his "leadership role" in holding a hunger event with Mo Farah and other celebrities at the end of the London 2012 Olympics. Internal documents obtained by War on Want through a Freedom of Information challenge reveal that the government has for two years been planning with the aid agencies to use the IF campaign to promote the prime minister as a leader on the global stage."
Fellow anti-poverty campaigners World Development Movement have also declined to take part, as have the trades unions.
While I absolutely share WDM and War on Want's concerns about the narrow, symptomatic focus, I would never argue that more and better aid, action on tax-dodging, less Northern exploitation of Southern land, and transparency in the global food economy are not worth having.
The real scandal of the IF campaign is that it appears to have been shaped more by the desires of the target department than by those of its members, and not at all by the views of its supposed beneficiaries in developing countries. It is constructed around a 'golden moment' pro-government PR event intended to ingratiate aid agencies (a large portion of whose funding comes from DfID) with the present rulers, never mind that the agenda of those rulers is implacably opposed to reducing inequality or moderating the global capitalism that causes it.
Demanding the commitment of a huge portion of the UK international development movement's campaign resources to a project that masquerades as a campaign but is actually a pro-government marketing drive is worse than bad campaigning – it's campaigning malpractice.
If you, like me, want to see an end to hunger, don't support the IF campaign. Give your time and money to organisations – like War on Want and the World Development Movement – that are prepared to take on power, not pander to it, in the fight to overturn the systemic causes of poverty and hunger.
Update: one of the member organisations of the IF campaign have asked me to draw your attention to this statement, written in response to War on Want. In it, they say it was essential for the campaign not to 'over-promise' and that this is the explanation for what appear overly modest asks, and they defend their strategy of praising David Cameron's 'leadership'.
Despite saying "Debates about the campaign are healthy and essential. We welcome them," they showing regrettable arrogance in likening any dissent to the Judean People's Front. I suggest that had the Judean People's Front agreed their actions with Pontius Pilate in advance, the People's Front of Judea would have been more than justified in being 'splitters'.
Read the full Freedom of Information disclosure below:
17 Responses to ""IF…" campaign was agreed with government a year in advance"
Nelson Mandela
February 2nd, 2013 @ 1:04 am
What a bunch of c*nts
February 2nd, 2013 @ 1:05 am
Surprised that people are surprised. This is only repeating the strategy of 2005 with Make Poverty History. Co-opting and diverting dissent is as much a part of G8 summit security as remote locations, militarised policing and fences.
Pontius Pilatus
February 4th, 2013 @ 9:03 am
I wish in my time the Judean People's Front had behaved like modern-times British NGOs….
Anthony Smith
February 4th, 2013 @ 12:48 pm
I'm trying to imagine how this post could have been more cynical, but I'm not finding it easy.
Clearly you see it as a fait accompli that the G8 will agree to everything the IF campaign is pushing for. Maybe you'd like to justify that? Maybe it's obvious to you that the G8 leaders are just gagging for the opportunity to tackle malnutrition, if enough hype can be generated in advance?
However, I do hope you are right, and look forward to your next cynical post, after global hunger is substantially eradicated, bemoaning the fact that certain politicians have been given far more credit than they deserve for taking decisive action towards that goal.
Or maybe you'd prefer a stronger campaign, demanding a complete overhaul of the global economy – a campaign that is bound to achieve absolutely nothing, but which will allow self-righteous idealists to feel smug about themselves and their courageous assaults on power, while people continue to starve?
"The best is the enemy of the good."
February 5th, 2013 @ 5:41 pm
Thanks for your comment and its generous spirit. Satire is my favourite form of comedy.
I'd say though that many of us remember how badly the world's poor were done by in 2005. That was something we all went along with. A big showy campaign (Make Poverty History) that aimed to deliver big objectives. An agreement that amounted to limited progress and little delivery.
The utter failure to deliver on the Millenium Development Goals is further evidence that this approach is fatally flawed.
So what is the lesson that the corportate NGOs have learnt?
Don't ask for anything that wasn't going to happen anyway, make sure that you heap praise on a government, however damaging their actions are and hope that you can tick it off as an 'achievement'.
Maybe if those corporate NGOs pointed, as War on Want have, to the utterly cynical actions of the UK government (spending overseas aid money on the vital, hunger-ending purpose of marketing for Monsanto), instead of cosying up to it we'd have some hope that this was anything other than an exercise in toadying.
And yes, perhaps that might mean pointing out that the global economic system causes poverty. The actions of some of those involved in this blog, while doubtless not glossy or corporate enough for you have done a substantial amount to put issues like tax dodging on the agenda.
But then perhaps if UK Uncut spent millions on TV ads and asked for things that were going to happen anyway, our actions would avoid your ire…
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February 5th, 2013 @ 6:15 pm
"Don't ask for anything that wasn't going to happen anyway"
"things that were going to happen anyway"
You really think the IF campaign is unnecessary? That the G8 leaders would have gladly done everything the IF campaign is pushing for, even if the IF campaign didn't exist?
February 6th, 2013 @ 10:50 am
There are two aspects to answering your question:
1. We know that what will happen is that the G8 leaders will agree to do something (probably not everything) that IF is asking for. Then they won't do most of what they've said they will. That's what happened after the 1999 G8 on Debt Relief and the 2005 G8 on trade, aid and debt.
So what you'll get is an agreement, but no implementation.
2. Yes, I think the UK government would have pushed for everything in the IF campaign. It was, after all, their idea. They want this to give David Cameron a "golden moment" [as described in the FoIs, which you would do well to read]. So the NGOs, had they wanted to actually achieve a better agreement, pushed the UK government even a little bit to get a better agreement.
The aim is to make Cameron look like a humanitarian and to help him get re-elected. The cynicism here isn't ours, but the governments.
What will happen is that thousands of people die because corporate NGOs don't have the courage to actually take government on. Maybe you're ok with that. I'm not.
Anthony Smith
February 7th, 2013 @ 12:20 pm
"Then they won't do most of what they've said they will."
"So what you'll get is an agreement, but no implementation."
So your basic problem with the IF campaign is that you think it will fail. Fail, that is, to lead to any real change.
February 8th, 2013 @ 3:20 pm
My problem is that it is a wasted opportunity. Wasted because the partners are too timid to ask for serious change. And wasted because it aims to garner positive publicity for David Cameron.
That's the job of government, not campaign organisations.
June 9th, 2013 @ 11:27 am
I read the IF response with an eye to seeing how it might balance out the slightly angry ranting in this piece, checking for pro govt bias.
Frankly, they come across as having a more realistic agenda than you do. Negativity of any kind is divisive, and if there's one thing you need in the face of the G8 idiots it's to stand together.
Briefly – you're not helping.
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Primaloft own recommendations for PL1 are:3" centres for 60 gsm and 6" for greater than 60gsm.Clothing I have is quilted in vertical channels rather than square
Thank you! I have the 100 g/m variety, so that means I need to go with six. Have you noticed any problems with only having vertical channels? I was thinking about doing just horizontal.
not sure it matters?My wifes Patagonia micropuff vest is horizontal . nb they only appear to have the PL quilted to the inner face fabric. the outer faces are loose except at seams...
Thank you for your help. When you say quilted do you mean sewn? I have a nano puff from Patagonia and it is sewn through. I don't see any quilting loops.
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Want £120,000 to make a British science-fiction film? [UPDATE]Posted: 24 July, 2012 Filed under: News, Production, script writing help | Tags: Filmmaking, Low-budget, Science fiction, screenplay, screenwriting, scriptwriting 3 Comments
Film London wants to make a low-budget science-fiction film through its Microwave film fund.
Last week I attended a filmmaking event run by ShowFilmFirst. The day included a talk by Mia Bays, the creative producer of Film London's Microwave film fund.
During the presentation, Bays mentioned that she wants to see more science-fictions scripts submitted to Microwave.
What is Microwave
Microwave funds feature films with production budgets under
£250,000 £120,000. Since starting in 2006, it has completed seven features (release dates in brackets):
- Mum & Dad – a horror film (2008)
- Shifty – gangster drama (2009)
- Freestyle – urban teen romance (2010)
- The British Guide to Showing Off – documentary (2011)
- Strawberry Fields – rites-of-passage (2012)
- Borrowed Time – comedy (2012)
- Ill Manors – urban crime drama (2012)
Out of these films, the two most well-known are Shifty and Ill Manors. The latter, by writer-director and rapper Plan B, came out last month has met with wide critical acclaim.
Partly due to this, partly due to the budget restrictions a micro-budget feature faces, Bays mentioned that most of the scripts submitted to Microwave are gritty urban dramas.
She went on to say that as science-fiction is the only genre not represented in Microwave's resume, so they are very interested in making one.
But finding a good sci-fi script is proving difficult, as the ones they see can't be shot for
£250,000 £120,000.
Low-budget science-fiction is possible
The challenge science-fiction films presents to micro-budget filmmakers is that science-fiction films are usually set in worlds that do not resemble our reality.
Like a period drama, a sci-fi film about the future – even one set within the next few years – could need a great deal of design to make it believable. This doesn't have to apply to high-tech futures: recreating 1984's grungy dystopia could easily demand a huge investment.
However, that doesn't mean writing low-budget science-fiction is impossible. (After all, Eraserhead cost a relative pittance.) But there are great pieces of low-budget sci-fi cinema:
- Exam
- Repo Man (Alex Cox's cult classic, not 2010's Repo Men)
- Primer
- Pi
- Alphaville
- Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into Future (a cult classic – really)
At least two of those films could have been eligible for Microwave funding, if they had been shot in London): Primer's budget was $7,000 and took in $425,000 (source: Box Office Mojo) while Darren Aronofsky's Pi took in $3.22 million (source: Box Office Mojo) on an estimated $60,000 budget (source: Wikipedia) (roughly $82,000 today).
Both of these films were also major commercial successes: Primer took in six times its production budget, while Pi managed to earn nearly 54 times its budget back.
So not only is it possible to do science-fiction on a tiny budget, they can also be massive commercial successes.
Writing a sci-fi micro-budget movie
One of the best scripts I've seen in years is a micro-budget science-fiction thriller.
Its writer has created an imaginative, gripping and disturbing film using two locations – a farmhouse and its garden – and three characters, who are in constant life-threatening danger from each other.
So if you think that a science-fiction film cannot be shot on a micro-budget, keep the following in mind:
- Science-fiction explores how changes in our world – sociological, technological or scientific – effects people at the personal and societal level.
- Science-fiction films do not have feature city-sized spaceships levelling cities. They can show a father and son struggling with grief.
- The best screenplays involve people placed in genuine conflict with each other, and
- These 7 tips on writing micro-budget movies.
You can find inspiration for a science-fiction script in the news. Read Science News, New Scientist, Focus and The Ecologist for scientific advances, and then chew over how one – or more – might affect three people who spend time together – flatmates, a family or workmates.
The Microwave scheme
For full, and current, details on how to get on the Microwave scheme, visit Film London's Microwave microsite.
UPDATE: The deadline for submitting to this year's Microwave fund has passed. In earlier years, the submission deadline was in early May. So you've got nine months to write a script, and find your producer and director, to enable you to enter 2013's scheme.
In earlier years, Microwave would only fund films with production budgets up to £120,000. That level is now could be raised to £250,000 in 2013 in the future. (EDIT: I am waiting for confirmation from Film London about this. I may have mis-heard Bays during her talk)
UPDATE 2: Film London have confirmed that Microwave's budget limit will be £120,000 for the foreseeable future.
Microwave only part-funds films.
Previous years it would It will only cover £60,000 of the production costs – teams had to source the rest of the money elsewhere.
You will also get mentoring and help developing your script.
Any screenwriter in the UK can apply for the Microwave scheme. However, they need to team up with a director and a producer based in London.
The good news is that you don't have to shoot the film in London. Film London prefers its films are shot in London as "it's cheaper and easier", according to its rep. I assume this is due to Film London's existing relationships with London's councils, communities, businesses and filmmaking community.
Writer-directors can apply to the scheme. Bays advised that people do not apply as writer-producers, unless another producer would be working with them – the writer-producer's workload would be too much.
Also, Microwave will only accept a complete script. You can not submit a treatment, outline, short film, or multimedia presentation. You have to treat this submission as you would submitting a script to a studio or a production company.
Film London mentioned that there is a similar fund to Microwave called iFeatures. The differences are that iFeatures aims to fund films that made in the UK's regions – basically, everywhere that isn't London – and that it supports budgets of up to £350,000. As with Microwave, submission close in early May. So get writing, to get yours ready for 2013's call.
Recruiting producers and directors
Finding a good producer and director is tough – finding the former is nearly impossible – but there are sites to help you, such as:
- Film and TV Pro (previously Film Crew Pro)
- Shooting People
- Talent Circle
- The Knowledge
Shooting People and Raindance also arrange monthly networking nights where you can meet a potential producer. And you can always try one of the many film schools in London to see if any recent graduates would be interested in your project.
You can also leverage social media sites in your search.
Many people in the film industry have profiles on LinkedIn and are members of filmmaking groups. The same goes for Facebook.
Filmmakers are also addicted to Twitter. You can find them discussing filmmaking under the #filmchat, #filmmaking and #scriptchat hashtags. (You can also find me there: @rcosgrove.)
My personal advice is that if you are considering working with a producer, get to know them. You not only have to trust this person and feel sure they will do a good job, but you also have to like them on a personal level. Making a feature film is a stressful business, which is slightly easier if you like those you're working with.
Now, get on with writing those micro-budget features for submitting to next year's Microwave or iFeatures programs. (And if you've got one ready, you know where to come for feedback.)
If you would like to pass on your own advice to others working on micro-budget films, please leave a comment below.
Thanks for reading.
UPDATES: I received an email from Film London, asking that I clarify and correct some of the points in this post. Additions I've made at Film London's request are in italics, and errors are striked through.
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they might want sci fi scripts to be submitted, I would be very surprised if they ever selected one for actual greenlight.
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So I knew the coffee culture was big here, but no one informed me of the FOOD! I want to eat everything I see on the street, in the markets and at every cute café… and I probably would were it not so expensive. One of the best features of my apartment is that it is right next to the Queen Victoria Market, a huge (takes up 2 city blocks!) farmers & artisans market where I can score some great deals on the typically pricey produce. The indoor portion of the market is filled with artisan made yogurts, cheeses, breads, pestos, dips, cereals, pastries, chocolates… you name it. They seem very into quality and fresh foods here and I love it.
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American Idol Now Accepting Online Auditions
Another American Idol shakeup!
PHOTOS: Idol judges, then and now
To celebrate its 10th season, the show is teaming up with MySpace to let aspiring singers to audition online for the very first time.
VIDEO: Watch American Idol's worst auditions ever
In a press release Wednesday, Idol announced that submission videos can now be uploaded to the site through October 6. The entries must be sung a capella and chosen from an approved list of songs. Similar to the original audition process, a handful of contestants will then advance to the callbacks round in L.A.
This isn't the only change the show is incorporating into its new season.
PHOTOS: Look back on Season 9's top 12 contestants
On Tuesday, a source confirmed to UsMagazine.com that Jennifer Lopez will serve as a judge on the FOX program, joining Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and longtime Idol judge Randy Jackson. The singer, 41, will reportedly receive a hefty $12 million paycheck.


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Crazy things tend to happen when Estancia High visits Costa Mesa in girls' basketball.
The Eagles barely earned one-point wins each of the past two seasons in the Mustangs' gym. And on Tuesday night in the Orange Coast League opener for both teams, Estancia nearly came back from a 12-point deficit with three minutes left.
This time, the Mustangs finally had an answer.
Her name was Aubriona Mathis.
The junior scored a season-high 18 points and also stepped up defensively, helping Costa Mesa earn a 67-64 victory in the first Battle for the Bell game.
One more win on Feb. 4 at Estancia, and the Mustangs can make sure that they ring the bell for the second time in three years.
"It's always close," Costa Mesa Coach Nichole Maddox said. "I don't need any more gray hairs, I'm too young for that. My kids just had heart and they didn't stop. They made sure that they got a 'W' today."
It was a dominant effort from the Mustangs (9-7), who never trailed after the first quarter. They also received 14 points from senior point guard Danielle Obong, and 13 points from senior forward Alexa Loredo before she fouled out early in the fourth quarter. Senior forward Jacqueline Guerrero added eight points in the Mustangs' balanced attack.
The tough Obong took a hard fall in the fourth quarter and got up limping but stayed in the game. She also made two of her team's four three-pointers.
"I airballed some," Obong said. "Just keep shooting, that's what my coach says. This game really boosted up our confidence. If we play how we did tonight, we can beat any team."
Estancia (14-3), the defending league champion which is off to its best start in recent years and is ranked No. 5 in CIF Southern Section Division 3-A, was led by senior guard Celia Duran. Last year's Newport-Mesa Player of the Year matched her season average by also scoring 18 points, and added a game-high seven steals. But she was defended well by Mathis throughout the game.
"It was a quiet 18, right?" Maddox said. "Aubriona did a really good job playing defense on her."
Costa Mesa also received nine points in the fourth quarter from sophomore Katherine Lawrence, helping the hosts hold off the charging Eagles. Duran did begin to heat up. In a 33-second span, she made a pair of three-pointers. The second one cut Costa Mesa's lead to 65-63 with a minute to go.
But then Mesa senior guard Sheena Reskey found Mathis for a lay-up inside, pushing the Mustangs' lead back to four points. Estancia junior Slade Garnett (15 points) drove inside and was fouled, making one of two free throws with 37 seconds left.
Estancia got a rebound on the other end, but a pass to Duran down the right sideline was out of bounds with 24 seconds to go. The Eagles got another chance, however, after Lehua Alama-Jordan's defensive rebound with 15 seconds left.
Needing a three-pointer to tie the score, the Eagles curiously shot a pair of baseline jumpers instead. Costa Mesa was called for a foul on the second jumper with three seconds left, but Estancia missed a pair of free throws.
To Estancia Co-Coach Xavier Castellano, falling behind early was an all-too familiar sight.
"We're known to do that, start off slow and let the game get away from us," Castellano said. "It's not a good habit, and they played great tonight. [Costa Mesa was] the better team. They did everything right; they hit their free throws, they didn't turn the ball over. At the end, we started playing our game, but they kicked our butts.
"We've just got to regroup. The league's tough ... I'm hoping this is a wake-up call for us."
The Eagles play at Laguna Beach, the place they suffered their only league loss last year, on Thursday night. Costa Mesa plays at Godinez.


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by Grace Lin
ages: 10+
First sentence: "Far away from here, following the Jade River, there was once a black mountain that cut into the sky like a jagged piece of rough metal."
Support your local independent bookstore: buy it there!
Sometimes, what you really need in life is good traditional fairy tale. No bells and whistles, nothing super-fantabulous-exciting. Just a quiet, original fairy tale with all the traditional elements: a good-hearted (but not flawless) heroine, an adventure, a budding friendship, a lesson learned. Stick it in China, and you've got something magical.
Minli and her family live in the valley of the Fruitless Mountain, working hard every day to scrape by. Her mother is disgruntled, especially when Minli's father spends the evenings telling her stories about the Jade Dragon and the Old Man of the Moon. Then one day, Minli discovers that the stories may not be impossible after all, and sets out to ask the Old Man of the Moon how her family can make their fortune. Along the way, she will have adventures, make friends (with a dragon, among others), and learn a few things about herself.
The charm in this book is really in its simplicity. On the one hand, there's nothing grandiose and it's very traditional to the point of being predictable. But on the other hand, there were no wasted words, and the plot clipped along at a very quick pace. I realized at one point that this book would make an excellent read aloud: the words just cried out to be spoken aloud. That, and I think the pacing of the book works better as a story told rather than read. Not that I didn't enjoy reading it -- it wasn't edge-of-the-seat gripping, but it was charming, and I did want to know what happened next. But, to read it aloud to my girls, to give it that added suspension of seeing what will happen next, tomorrow night? I think that would have added a lot to the book.
As it was, though, it's a story well worth reading.
February 2, 2010
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
4 comments:
- melissa @ 1lbr said...
Yes, it would make an excellent read-aloud!
- February 2, 2010 at 9:36 AM
- MotherReader said...
I read it myself, alone, and enjoyed it.
I read it to my 10yr old for our Mother/Daughter book club and it was magical. She couldn't wait for the next chapter, which made me feel more invested in the book too.
And the illustrations. Breathtaking.
- February 3, 2010 at 10:56 PM
- nanscorner said...
I love Grace Lin's books. You have to read Year of the Dog. I read that with an afterschool book club of 4th graders The kids then all wrote to Grace Lin. She sent an autographed bookplate and handwritten letter to each kiddo and sent me an ARC of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Her picture books are great too!
- February 4, 2010 at 5:52 PM
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The ASCEND Study: A Study to Investigate the Safety and Clinical Effect of Nexagon to Treat Slow Healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers
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Diabetic foot ulcers are sores on the feet that occur in 15% of diabetic patients some time during their lifetime. Once an ulcer develops, the risk of lower-extremity amputation is increased 8-fold in people with diabetes. New treatments that improve the number of ulcers that heal and/or speed up healing are urgently needed. Initial studies with a new drug called Nexagon® (developed by CoDa Therapeutics, Inc.) support the concept that healing of diabetic foot ulcers can be improved with topical application of Nexagon®. Further research will be undertaken to assess the safety and activity of Nexagon® when applied to diabetic foot ulcers at various doses. A proposed randomized controlled trial will randomly allocate (e.g., by the toss of a coin) 24 people with diabetic foot ulcers to Nexagon® (one of three different doses) or vehicle (substance containing no medication) to be applied to their ulcer three times over four weeks. Participants will be followed over four weeks to monitor their response to the treatment, specifically with regards to the amount of healing that occurs.
Diabetic Foot Ulcer
Drug: Nexagon®
Drug: Nexagon® vehicle
Phase 1
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double-Blind
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Randomized, Prospective, Double-blind, Vehicle-controlled, Dose-escalation, Single-center Study of the Safety and Clinical Effect of Nexagon® in the Treatment of Participants With Diabetic Foot Ulcers
- To evaluate the safety and clinical effect of Nexagon® administered topically to diabetic foot ulcers.
- To select the optimal dose(s) which can be used in future trials of Nexagon® in diabetic foot ulcers
- To pilot the collection of data that may be considered useful in planning future studies of Nexagon® administered topically to diabetic foot ulcers.
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2009
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female aged 18 and older
- Female subjects must be a) post-menopausal, b) surgically sterilized, c) practicing abstinence, or d) using hormonal contraceptive, intra-uterine device, diaphragm with spermicide or condom with spermicide for the duration of the study
- Diabetes mellitus (type I or II) with an HbA1c < 10.0%
- Diagnosis of neuropathic foot ulcer
- Cutaneous, full thickness (University of Texas grade A1), below ankle surface ulcer between 0.5 and 5.0 cm2 post-debridement
- A viable, granulating wound
- Ulcer present for > 4 weeks prior to study entry
- An ankle brachial index between 0.70 and 1.3 measured during screening or within three months prior to the Day -14 visit
- Signed informed consent form
Exclusion Criteria:
- Decrease or increase in the ulcer size by 30% or more during a14 day "run-in" period
- Cannot tolerate the off-loading method or comply with standard-of-care
- An ulcer which shows signs of clinical infection
- The ulcer to be treated requires operative debridement.
- An ulcer positive for β-hemolytic streptococcus upon culture.
- Requirement for total contact casts
- The ulcer has more than 50% slough, significant necrotic tissue, osteomyelitis, bone, tendon, or capsule exposure
- Presence of an active systemic or local cancer or tumor of any kind (with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer)
- Congestive heart failure NYHA class II - IV
- Coronary heart disease with STEMI, CABG, or PTCA within the last 6 months
- Active osteomyelitis of the study foot
- Active connective tissue disease
- Acute Charcot's neuroarthropathy as determined by clinical and/or radiographic examination
- Treatment with systemic corticosteroids (
- Previous or current radiation therapy to the distal lower extremity or likelihood to receive this therapy during study participation
- Pregnancy or lactation
- eGFR < 25 mL/min
- Poor nutritional status defined as an albumin < 25 g/L
- Significant peripheral edema
- Known prior inability to complete required study visits during study participation
- A psychiatric condition (e.g., suicidal ideation) or chronic alcohol or drug abuse problem, determined from the subject's medical history, which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may pose a threat to subject compliance
- Use of a platelet-derived growth factor within the 28 days prior to screening
- Use of any investigational drug or therapy within the 28 days prior to screening
- Any other factor which may, in the opinion of the Investigator, compromise participation and follow-up in this study
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00820703
|New Zealand
|Middlemore Hospital
|Auckland, New Zealand
No publications provided
|Responsible Party:
|Scott Bannan, CoDa Therapeutics
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00820703 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|January 8, 2009
|Last Updated:
|August 29, 2010
|Health Authority:
|New Zealand: Medsafe
Keywords provided by CoDa Therapeutics Inc.:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetic Foot
Foot Ulcer
Cardiovascular Diseases
Diabetes Complications
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetic Angiopathies
Diabetic Neuropathies
Endocrine System Diseases
Foot Diseases
Leg Ulcer
Pathologic Processes
Skin Diseases
Skin Ulcer
Vascular Diseases
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December 27, 2010
Deepwater Horizon and the Gulf
Don't miss a couple of interesting articles from this past weekend regarding the Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico this past April.
First, this thorough NY Times article (and accompanying slideshow) focuses on the destruction of the Horizon rig, which was a distinct from the blowout itself:
It has been eight months since the Macondo well erupted below the Deepwater Horizon, creating one of the worst environmental catastrophes in United States history. With government inquiries under way and billions of dollars in environmental fines at stake, most of the attention has focused on what caused the blowout. Investigators have dissected BP's well design and Halliburton's cementing work, uncovering problem after problem.
But this was a disaster with two distinct parts - first a blowout, then the destruction of the Horizon. The second part, which killed 11 people and injured dozens, has escaped intense scrutiny, as if it were an inevitable casualty of the blowout.
It was not.
Nearly 400 feet long, the Horizon had formidable and redundant defenses against even the worst blowout. It was equipped to divert surging oil and gas safely away from the rig. It had devices to quickly seal off a well blowout or to break free from it. It had systems to prevent gas from exploding and sophisticated alarms that would quickly warn the crew at the slightest trace of gas. The crew itself routinely practiced responding to alarms, fires and blowouts, and it was blessed with experienced leaders who clearly cared about safety.
On paper, experts and investigators agree, the Deepwater Horizon should have weathered this blowout.
This is the story of how and why it didn't.
Meanwhile, this Robert Nelson/Weekly Standard article points out that it now is becoming apparent that the Gulf of Mexico suffered remarkably little damage from the oil spill that resulted from the blowout:
Oddly enough, however, the ecosystem of the Gulf itself turns out to have suffered remarkably little damage from the continuous gushing of oil into the water from April 20 till July 15, when the leaking well was capped. One group of scientists rated the health of the Gulf's ecology at 71 on a scale of 100 before the spill and 65 in October. By mid-August, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was having trouble finding spilled oil. This squared with the finding of researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California that the half-life of much of the leaking oil was about three days. At that rate, more than 90 percent would have disappeared in 12 days.
NOAA explained one reason for this in a report in August: "It is well known that bacteria that break down the dispersed and weathered surface oil are abundant in the Gulf of Mexico in large part because of the warm water, the favorable nutrient and oxygen levels, and the fact that oil regularly enters the Gulf of Mexico through natural seeps." In other words, the organisms that normally live off the Gulf's large natural seepage of oil into the water multiplied extremely rapidly and went on a feeding frenzy. Another 25 percent of the spilled oil-the lightest and most toxic part-simply evaporated at the surface or dissolved quickly.
Damage to wildlife, too, was relatively sparse. As of November 2, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported that 2,263 oil-soiled bird remains had been collected in the Gulf, far fewer than the 225,000 birds killed by the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska in 1989. Despite fears for turtles, only 18 dead oil-soiled turtles had been found. No other reptile deaths were recorded.
While more than 1,000 sea otters alone had died in the Alaska spill, only 4 oil-soiled mammals (including dolphins) had been found dead in the Gulf region. These are very small numbers relative to the base populations. Similarly, government agencies were unable to find any evidence of dead fish. Fish can simply swim away from trouble. Nor was evidence found of contamination of live fish. In one government test, 2,768 chemical analyses uncovered no signs of contamination.
In the latest irony, marine biologists this fall have actually been seeing surprising increases in some fish populations. It seems that the closure of large areas of the Gulf to fishing amounted to an unplanned experiment in fisheries management. According to Sean Powers, a University of South Alabama marine biologist, "It's just been amazing how many more sharks we are seeing this year. I didn't believe it at first." He attributed the change to the "incredible reduction in fishing pressure," and added, "What's interesting to me [is that] we are seeing it across the whole range, from the shrimp and small croaker all the way up to the large sharks."
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I had heard their were less of an environmental impact after deepwater horizon than people expected. That makes sense that more heat = more bacteria. I wonder if they should take into account factors like heat and bacteria when they are accessing the environmental impact of potential drilling locations.
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Boating education class set for Feb. 8-9 locally
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Watercraft plans to offer a boating education course in two sessions Feb. 8 and 9 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at Gander Mountain, 1320 South Holland Sylvania Rd., Springfield Township.
The course covers state and federal laws, navigational rules of the road, and basic boating safety practices.
The class, which meets Ohio's boating education requirement, costs $5.
For more information or to register, call the Maumee Bay Watercraft Office, 419-836-6003.
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Why do so many couples care about where their diamonds come from? Maybe the best answer to that question is that many diamonds are tainted by bloodshed and violence. But the ethical problems facing the diamond industry run deep, and are more varied than some people realize. In too many ways, diamond mining contributes to the exploitation of people and the environment.
We've brought together some of the key facts you should know about unethical diamond mining in the infographic below. To learn more, please see our Conflict Diamond Issues page.
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Thank you so much for posting this info on your site!! I've been passionate about conflict free diamonds for a while now and have tried to spread the word to other people. Sadly, most people think it's a myth and say that no jewelry store would sell diamonds that were unethically sourced.
My b/f visited every major jewelry store in our city and asked each one if the carried conflict free diamonds, they of course talked to him all about the Kimberley Process but couldn't say whether they had diamonds that were carefully tracked from start to finish. It's sad but most people don't understand or don't WANT to understand.
I'm spreading the word one person at a time! And my b/f has agreed to purchase the engagement and wedding ring from Brilliant Earth when the time comes. He def thought all this was a crock until he did his own research.
Thank you for what you do as a company!
I thought I was well versed regarding conflict free diamonds.I didn't know half of what your email shared. Thank you for sending it to me. I will definitely share it on my facebook page.
this is great information and no many people realize where their diamonds come from nor do they realize the damage it causes.
@Hannah You're more than welcome! It's awesome to hear that you and your boyfriend are asking the right questions at jewelers and demanding more specific answers.
@Dorothy We're so glad you found it valuable, and thank you for sharing the message!
@Brittany That is unfortunately true, though we're seeing growing awareness – more and more people are conscious about conflict diamonds and truly care where their diamond comes from. We're hopeful the message will continue to spread!
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Rare Moravian Redware Bear Bottle, attributed to Rudolph Christ, Salem, NC, early 19th century, molded bottle in the form of a standing fat-bodied bear on an oval base, its arms at its sides, its foot resting on a molded lamb. Figure features a toothed mouth, small tail on reverse, and molded and hand-incised detail to paws. Surface covered in a blackish-brown lead and manganese glaze. An outstanding Southern figural form of significant rarity. Provenance: Christies, Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Decorative Arts, New York, Saturday, October 23, 1993. Restoration to ears. Light wear to surface. 7/8" base flake. H 6 1/2".
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Research at York (RAY)
The Research at York (RAY) program was created to enhance both the research culture of the University and the undergraduate student academic experience. Through the RAY program, eligible undergraduate students will have the opportunity to participate in research projects with faculty members and/or fellow students, while receiving compensation at a competitive rate. Students who are awarded a RAY position cannot hold another RAY, Work/Study, CLAY or YES position concurrently.
You may be eligible for the RAY program if you meet all of the following criteria:
- An undergraduate student enrolled in a degree program.
- Canadian citizen, permanent resident or protected person.
- Demonstrate financial need.
- Demonstrate satisfactory academic progress (i.e. you are not on academic warning/probation).
- Meet the specific skills and experience requirements set by the sponsoring faculty member.
- Fall/winter (September to April): full-time in both the fall and winter terms - i.e. at least 60 per cent of a full course load (nine credits) in each term or at least 40 per cent (six credits) in each term for students with a permanent disability.
- Summer (May to August): student must be registered full-time in at least 60 per cent of a full course load (40 per cent of a full course load for students with a permanent disability) or registered as a full-time student in the winter term and returning to full-time studies in September.
We encourage students to apply for government financial aid (e.g. OSAP or other assistance program in their home province).
Salary Rate
Recognizing the value of their contribution to York research, RAY student wages are set at a minimum rate of $15 per hour, which is above the top rate of other Work/Study University positions.
Rates for RAY positions and hours to be worked vary; details are available for each job posting on the Career Centre Web site.
RAY students are paid by their hiring department through York's payroll system.
Your employer must obtain a York employee number for you, keep track of your hours worked, and submit a payroll timesheet on your behalf every two weeks. If you have any concerns about your pay, you will need to discuss these concerns with your employer. Student Financial Services does not pay students and cannot make adjustments to your pay.
Benefits and Responsibilities
By participating in the RAY program, you can receive financial assistance to meet your direct educational costs (tuition, mandatory fees, textbooks) and gain valuable research experience that will supplement your classroom learning. RAY will also give you a preview of the type of research that you may encounter should you decide to pursue graduate studies. As a RAY student, you will get work experience that will help you in your post-graduation career and receive research mentoring from faculty members and senior/graduate students.
A RAY position can provide you with hands-on research experience while assisting faculty members with meaningful research support. Examples of quality research activities include:
- research proposal development
- literature searches, Web-search/surveys, archival searches
- preparing subjects for interviews
- basic fieldwork or data collection
- interview transcriptions
- basic data/statistical analysis
- translation of research materials
- cataloguing
- preparation and execution of experiments
As a RAY student, you are a valued University employee and have important responsibilities. All students are expected to:
- Complete your assigned duties.
- Keep your supervisor informed of your availability to work the agreed upon hours.
- If you are unable to honour your commitment, speak to your supervisor immediately and try to arrange a more workable schedule.
- If you withdraw or drop to part-time status during the academic session, inform your employer immediately; you will no longer be eligible for the RAY program and will have to resign from your position.
Employment Options Available to International Students
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As he has stated before, three-time scoring champion and four-time All-Star Kevin Durant is tired of finishing second to LeBron James, the Miami Heat, Greg Oden and several other facets in his basketball career since the age of 16.
Oklahoma City Thunder notebook: Kevin Durant makes fifth Sports Illustrated cover appearance
However, this week will mark the fifth time Durant has finished first as Sports Illustrated's choice for the cover.
In an article by SI senior writer Lee Jenkins, Durant revealed he has his own analytics expert (not hired by the Thunder, contrary to a public relations release) and tailors his workouts to remedy imbalances in his game to improve his overall efficiency. This past season was by far Durant's most efficient since joining the league in 2007.
Durant also spoke of the flak he has received for his friendship with James and the two occasionally working out together in the offseason.
"People see two young black basketball players at the top of their game and think we should clash," Durant said in the article. "They want the conflict. They want the hate. They forget (Larry) Bird cried for Magic (Johnson). A friend was getting on me about this recently, and I said, 'Calm down. I'm not taking it easy on him. Don't you know I'm trying to destroy the guy every time I go on the court?' "
Media workrooms at the Thunder practice facility were packed with roughly 50 reporters Tuesday, by far the largest media contingent at the building since the franchise arrived in OKC. (Interviews during the NBA Finals were held at Chesapeake Energy Arena.)
One contributing factor was the Rockets returning to Houston after Game 1 on Sunday night while media who cover the Rockets remained in Oklahoma between games.
Several questions centered on Durant, who has 20-plus points in 27 consecutive playoff games, the NBA's longest streak since Michael Jordan scored 20-plus in 47 straight postseason games (1996-98).
"We're all fortunate to play with him," Thunder veteran power forward Nick Collison said. "I've been with him since he's been a rookie. He's a very genuine person. He works hard and keeps everything in perspective. He's been great for us."
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