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Platelet-Oriented Inhibition in New TIA and Minor Ischemic Stroke (POINT) Trial
a study on Transient Ischemic Attack Ischemic Stroke
- Eligibility
- for people ages 18 years and up (full criteria)
- Location
- at La Jolla, California and other locations
- Dates
- study startedestimated completion:
A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a transient episode of neurological dysfunction caused by focal brain, spinal cord, or retinal ischemia, without acute infarction. An ischemic stroke is a cerebral infarction. In POINT, eligibility is limited to brain TIAs and to minor ischemic strokes (with an NIH Stroke Scale [NIHSS] score less than or equal to 3). TIAs are common [25], and are often harbingers of disabling strokes. Approximately 250,000-350,000 TIAs are diagnosed each year in the US. Given median survival of more than 8 years [32], there are approximately 2.4 million TIA survivors. In a national survey, one in fifteen of those over 65 years old reported a history of TIA [33], which is equivalent to a prevalence of 2.3 million in older Americans. Based on the prevalence of undiagnosed transient neurological events, the true incidence of TIA may be twice as high as the rates of diagnosis [33]. Based on our review of the National Inpatient Sample for 1997-2003, there were an average of 200,000 hospital admissions for TIA each year, with annual charges climbing quickly in the period to $2.6 billion in 2003. Composite endpoint of new ischemic vascular events: ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction or ischemic vascular death at 90 days.
Platelet-Oriented Inhibition in New TIA and minor ischemic stroke (POINT) Trial, is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, multicenter trial with the primary null hypothesis that, in patients with TIA or minor ischemic stroke treated with aspirin 50-325 mg/day, there is no difference in the event-free survival at 90 days in those treated with clopidogrel (600 mg loading dose then 75 mg/day) compared to placebo when subjects are randomized within 12 hours of time last known free of new ischemic symptoms.
Its primary objective is to determine whether clopidogrel 75 mg/day by mouth after a loading dose of 600 mg of clopidogrel is effective in preventing major ischemic vascular events (ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction, and ischemic vascular death) at 90 days when initiated within 12 hours of TIA or minor ischemic stroke onset in patients receiving aspirin 50-325 mg/day (with a dose of 150-200 mg daily for 5 days followed by 75-100 mg daily strongly recommended).
Patients over 18 years of age with high-risk TIA (defined as an ABCD2 score greater than or equal to 4) or minor ischemic stroke (with NIHSS less than or equal to 3) who can be treated within 12 hours of time last known free of new ischemic symptoms will be enrolled.
Subjects will be randomized 1:1 (clopidogrel: placebo), controlling for clinical center. A study participant's eligibility will be determined by site personnel prior to accessing the Randomization Module in the WebDCU™, a web-enabled clinical trials management system that was developed by the NETT Statistics and Data Management Center (SDMC) at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).Qualified users will access the Randomization Interface and complete a protocol-specific eligibility checklist. If the Randomization Interface finds the patient to be eligible based on the information provided, a randomization number and a confirmatory e-mail are generated.
Each subject is followed for 90 days from randomization; the trial will be completed in 7 years.
A total of 5,840 patients will be recruited. Recruitment will occur over 90 months, with a goal rate of 0.40 subjects/site/month for US sites, and a goal rate of 0.47 subjects/site/month for OUS sites. Current participating sites can be found at: http://www.pointtrial.org/node/18.
Ischemic Attack, Transient Transient Ischemic Attack TIA minor stroke Ischemia Clopidogrel
You can join if…
Open to people ages 18 years and up
- Neurological deficit (based on history or exam) attributed to focal brain ischemia and
- High risk TIA: Complete resolution of the deficit at the time of randomization AND ABCD2 score of (greater than or equal to) 4 OR
- Minor ischemic stroke: residual deficit with NIHSS of (less than or equal to) 3 at the time of randomization
- Ability to randomize within 12 hours of time last known free of new ischemic symptoms.
- Head CT or MRI ruling out hemorrhage or other pathology, such as vascular malformation, tumor, or abscess, that could explain symptoms or contraindicate therapy.
- Ability to tolerate aspirin at a does of 50-325 mg/day.
You CAN'T join if...
- Age <18 years
- TIA symptoms limited to isolated numbness, isolated visual changes, or isolated dizziness/vertigo.
- In the judgment of the treating physician, a candidate for thrombolysis,endarterectomy or endovascular intervention, unless the subject declines both endarterectomy and endovascular intervention at the time of evaluation for eligibility.
- Receipt of any intravenous or intra-arterial thrombolysis within 1 week prior to index event.
- Gastrointestinal bleed or major surgery within 3 months prior to index event.
- History of nontraumatic intracranial hemorrhage.
- Clear indication for anticoagulation (e.g., warfarin, heparin) anticipated during the study period (atrial fibrillation, mechanical heart valve, deep venous thrombosis,pulmonary embolism, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, hypercoagulable state).
- Qualifying ischemic event induced by angiography or surgery.
- Severe non-cardiovascular comorbidity with life expectancy <3 months.
- Contraindication to clopidogrel or aspirin.
- Known allergy
- Severe renal (serum creatinine >2 mg/dL or 176.8umol/L) or hepatic insufficiency(prior or concurrent diagnosis, with International Normalized Ratio (INR)>1.5 or any resultant complication, such as variceal bleeding, encephalopathy, or icterus)
- Hemostatic disorder or systemic bleeding in the past 3 months
Current thrombocytopenia (platelet count <100 x109/l) or neutropenia (<1 x109/l)
- History of drug-induced hematologic or hepatic abnormalities
- Anticipated requirement for long-term (>7 day) non-study antiplatelet drugs (eg,dipyridamole, clopidogrel, ticlopidine), or Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs(NSAIDs) affecting platelet function (such as prior vascular stent or arthritis).
- Inability to swallow medications.
- At risk for pregnancy: premenopausal or post menopausal woman within 12 months of last menses without a negative pregnancy test or not committing to adequate birth control(e.g., oral contraceptive, two methods of barrier birth control, or abstinence).
- Unavailability for follow-up.
- Signed and dated informed consent not obtained from patient.
- Other neurological conditions that would complicate assessment of outcomes during follow-up.
- Ongoing treatment in another study of an investigational therapy that may potentially interact with study drug, or treatment in such a study within the last 7 days.
- Previously enrolled in the POINT study.
- UCSD Health La Jolla
La Jolla California 92037 United States
- UCSD Medical Center - Hillcrest Hospital
San Diego California 92103 United States
- Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego
San Diego California 92103 United States
- Status
- in progress, not accepting new patients
- Start Date
- Completion Date
- (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Study Type
- Interventional
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The bride in this photo above is Eva Elizabeth Margheim (1882-1950), the oldest sister of John Margheim (1900-1978), my paternal grandfather. Her husband is Johann Friedrich "Fred" Michaelis (1878-1965). Aunt Eva and Uncle Fred were born in Weissenmuller, Samara Province, Seelmann District, Russia. Pictured at top left is Maria Magdalena Michaelis, the mother of Fred. I have no details about her, except these words that were written on the back of the photograph: "Starved to death." How sad.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Michaelis Mother and Son
3 comments:
- Cheri Hopkins aka You Go Girl #2 & Sweetwater Sherry said...
Becky, as always I enjoy your postings and wonderful photos. The one on Talk To Me, Aunt Elsaa was a great photo too. I have nominated you for the Kreativ Blogger Award. You can retrieve the logo from my blog if you would like.Those Old Memories http://thoseoldmemories.blogspot.com/
- November 30, 2009 at 11:11 PM
- kathlingram said...
I also have nominated you for the Kreativ Blogger Award.
Kathleen Carrow Ingram
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It was so easy ordering the set a matter of a very few minutes. The color matches my interior to the t . I had no problem installing them since they fit like a glove. I all never order from another place. AutoAnything has all my business and my son liked them so much he ordered a set . So now it's a family thing in the Flint Hills.


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FBI Almost Entirely Arbitrary In Redacting Info On Freedom Of Information Requests
from the transparency dept
The EFF (which the administration has highlighted internally as an organization deserving more political scrutiny before documents can be released to it) has now pointed out that it appears that the FBI has extremely arbitrary standards for figuring out what to redact when complying with FOIA requests. Specifically, the EFF asked for multiple documents on two separate occasions and was amazed to find that the redactions were entirely different -- even if the reasons for the redactions were the same:
Through a careful comparison of thousands of pages of documents we received from this FOIA request with the same documents we received from an earlier FOIA request, we found that redactions in many of these duplicated documents were strikingly different. In several cases, the FBI redacted more information in later-produced documents than it did in earlier-produced documents. In other cases, the FBI redacted differing amounts of information when it produced two copies of the same report in response to the same FOIA request. Sometimes the agency blocked out whole paragraphs, while at other times it blocked out only the key words that explain the details of its acts. What is interesting is that the FBI claimed the same FOIA exemptions in each version; it just applied them differently.What's most troubling is that the documents in question had to do with evidence of the FBI's own misconduct. So, if it's being arbitrary in figuring out what to redact, what's to stop it from just redacting the information it doesn't want to get out? The EFF page discussing this has some funky "slider" functionality that lets you look at the two different versions of redacted documents to see how the redactions appear to change quite arbitrarily. As the EFF notes, there might be less public demand for things like Wikileaks if the US government wasn't so secretive in such an arbitrary manner.


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Full of promise, Fortuna remembered by Royals
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Most Royals fans never knew Carlos Fortuna. They missed someone special.
Fortuna's career occupies hardly an inch of type in the Minor League section of the Royals' Media Guide. He never got above the Rookie classification in his three seasons, from 2007-09. The line where his statistics should have been for the last three years reads simply: "Did Not Pitch."
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Most Royals fans never knew Carlos Fortuna. They missed someone special.
Fortuna's career occupies hardly an inch of type in the Minor League section of the Royals' Media Guide. He never got above the Rookie classification in his three seasons, from 2007-09. The line where his statistics should have been for the last three years reads simply: "Did Not Pitch."
Fortuna instead was fighting cancer, a disease that began in his liver and crept into his lungs before it was too late for a transplant that might have saved him.
Fortuna passed away on Sunday in the Dominican Republic, where he was born in 1990 at La Romana. He never won a game in the Major Leagues, but he had a major effect on those who knew him.
"I played with him for three years, he was such a good dude. You never saw him without a smile on his face," said Royals pitcher Danny Duffy, who trained in the Minors with Fortuna. "I think we can really learn something from him, the way he carried himself and didn't take a day for granted."
Duffy gazed toward the Royals' practice fields they shared.
"I'll come out here and I'll just go through the motions, and at those times, we've got to think of the drive and desire that Fortuna had," Duffy said. "He just wholeheartedly loved the game, and it was tough to hear that he'd passed away. But he's in a better place, and we're all going to miss him around here."
|"He gave everybody a different outlook on life. I always try to look at things on the bright side, and a lot of that is because of Carlos."
|-- Royals pitcher Everett Teaford
Like many Dominican kids, he signed a pro contract when he was 16, a right-hander with the world ahead of him.
"He was really good," said Scott Sharp, the Royals' director of player development. "He was a different build and body but kind of precursor to Yordano Ventura. When he was 19, he threw 95, 96 [mph], good curveball. Intelligent kid. Learned the language quick, assimilated very quickly, loved to play. He had a lot of upside as a pitcher."
The late afternoon sun was settling on the Royals' practice fields.
"You forget how young he is," Sharp said. "He was 22 and he was sick for three years. He would have been 23 on Sunday."
Reliever Kelvin Herrera remembered when he and Fortuna were roommates at the Royals Dominican Academy.
"When I signed with the Royals in 2007, my first year as a pro player, he was my friend," Herrera said. "I remember I was in the lower bunk bed and he was in the top. He was always moving around and I'd say, 'Don't do that, you'll break it and fall on me!' He'd say, 'No, I only weigh 220 -- it's not that much!' He was a healthy guy, and it was weird that he got so sick."
They were both 17 in those carefree days.
"He was a big guy, we used to call him 'The Beast,'" Herrera said. "It didn't matter what kind of person you were, he was always the same guy to you."
A good guy, and a guy who'd battle cancer with all he had.
"It would be three years ago this summer, and he put up quite a fight," Sharp said. "Unfortunately, it's a devastating disease and he didn't win the fight. But he fought hard."
The Royals did all they could for Fortuna. Perhaps he couldn't pitch, but he was part of the family. Owner David Glass and president Dan Glass made sure the club looked after his medical needs. He made periodic trips to a Chicago-area clinic for treatment.
When feeling well enough, Fortuna worked out at the complex.
"He did, and I think that gave him hope," Sharp said. "He knew in his heart he was going to be able to beat it and he was going to be able to pitch again. And I think if he wouldn't have been able to do that, in his own mind, he would have been giving up, and that wasn't him."
A couple of years ago during Spring Training, manager Ned Yost had him take the lineup cards to home plate before games. The players also welcomed him to a locker in the Major League clubhouse. He could be close to his dream.
Pitcher Everett Teaford was in his first big league camp in 2011 and met Fortuna.
"The thing about Carlos is he was always happy, you would have never known in a million years that he had such a serious illness," Teaford said. "I got sent to Triple-A, and Carlos would have given anything to be in my position, even though it's not where you want to be. He gave everybody a different outlook on life. I always try to look at things on the bright side, and a lot of that is because of Carlos."
Pitcher Bruce Chen, who befriended Fortuna, remembered that the Royals brought him to Kansas City for Opening Day 2011 against the Angels. Fortuna was given permission to join the players in the bullpen on a cold afternoon.
|"He loved life, he loved people. He was an honest person, worked hard, had great tools and was a prospect. It was all the things you wish your own son could be as far as a genuine person. He's going to be sorely missed."
|-- Former Royals bullpen coach Steve Foster
"He wasn't feeling well and he was wearing a Royals jacket, and everyone was freezing and everybody was complaining about how cold and miserable it was," Chen said. "When he came in, all he could say was 'This is the best game I've ever seen. I can't believe I'm here. I had the greatest time!' We were all complaining about the situation, and we're playing a Major League game on Opening Day and he's the one that's grateful and happy to be here, appreciates it and really understands what the most important things are in life."
That day also happened to be Fortuna's 21st birthday.
During his visits to Kauffman Stadium, Fortuna would be in uniform and join the bullpen crew.
"Everybody that would come up to our bullpen, no matter who it was, we'd put their name up on top of the lineup card so we wouldn't forget a man. No man forgotten," said Steve Foster, the bullpen coach at the time. "And when Fortuna came up -- it was a nice gesture by the Glasses to let Carlos come up -- he became part of our family and a lot of those guys got to know him deeper, and it was a special thing. If I ever forgot to put it up in the bullpen, they would recognize it immediately and say, 'Get his name up on the card.' "
Eventually, the visits became less frequent. Fortuna spent more time in the Dominican, close to his family and home.
"He loved life, he loved people," Foster said. "He was an honest person, worked hard, had great tools and was a prospect. It was all the things you wish your own son could be as far as a genuine person. He's going to be sorely missed."
Fortuna, with his big smile and tremendous determination, never pitched in a Major League game, but he had a lasting impact.
"I never heard him complain about how life was horrible or that he had bad luck. I never heard him complain, he was always looking forward," Chen said. "He was a very religious person, he believed in God and he was very thankful for all the people he was able to connect with. He always found the best out of a bad situation."
Foster, the bullpen coach, recalled a day he stood with Fortuna in the outfield during batting practice in Kansas City.
"He stood in the outfield shagging with me and he started crying, standing there," Foster said. "He was talking about the fact that he was so grateful for every day that he had been given and that he had a new perspective going through what he was going through. He was standing in the outfield at Kauffman with tears in his eyes, and he's telling me, 'Don't waste a day. ... Don't waste a day.'"


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ES&S in Hot Water; Diebold et al Continue to Look Bad
Dear Friends of Open Voting:
We don't necessarily enjoy seeing members of the voting system vendor cartel continue to take a public beating, but it doesn't hurt our case, either.
There is an HDNet report by Dan Rather that exposes misdeeds by ES&S, the largest voting system vendor in the US. The report reveals that the iVotronic touchscreen has been made in sweatshops in Manilla, with workers that earn $2.50 per day. As far as I can tell, HDNet is only broadcast on cable and satellite. The program It airs tonight at 8 and 11 Eastern, and it will also air Aug. 15, 17, & 23.
Bowen's Top-to-Bottom Review
On Friday, Bowen will announce what she intends to do about it.
Here are some pictures Assembly member Krekorian
San Francisco or New York, which will be first with open source voting system?
This resolution even goes so far as to quote Richard Johnson, CEO of Open Voting Solutions (and resident of NY). It looks like this is moving in the right direction. One-third of the City Council signed on as sponsors the day it was introduced. Congratulations to our friends in New York for getting this far with the idea.
Another Open Source Resolution Passed
This is Great News and more evidence that the Open Voting idea is catching on. Thanks especially to Tom Gangale for pushing this forward.
Here is what the resolution says:
Supporting Open Source Software for Electronic Voting Machines
Video Clip From Red Hat
John Edwards Supports "Open Source" for Voting Systems
June 27, 2007
Alan Dechert, 916-772-5360
President, Open Voting Consortium
Reference: Letter from Edwards Campaign
9560 Windrose Lane, Granite Bay, CA 95746
Historic Decision by San Francisco Elections Commission Favoring Open Source Software for Elections
This was introduced by Commissioners Arnold Townsend and Victor Hwang. We congratulate them and all the other Commissioners for taking this bold step.
Here is the complete text of the general policy statement they passed:
Report From Red Hat Summit
I have returned from this 3-day conference with a new sense of optimism and hope. It was a great experience, and I thank all of you for helping to make OVC participation possible.
My keynote address on the morning of the first day was very well-received. It helped that the Red Hat CEO, Matthew Szulik, said some very nice things about the open voting project during his opening remarks. Everyone I met spoke very positively about the open voting project.
April 17 Victories for Open Voting
Legislative Efforts Having Impact
OVC is promoting legislation at the federal, state, and local level, to bring about complete transparency in the administration of public elections. The sooner we eradicate secret vote counting methods the better!
During the House Administration hearings (sub-committee on elections, chaired by Lofgren) last month, four of the witnesses spoke primarily about open source. Several of the bills (including HR 811, topic of these hearings) introduced in Congress have technology disclosure language.
We've had a hand in getting changes in the bill language. More meetings are planned.
Last year, State Senator Bowen (now Secretary of State Bowen) congratulated me for pushing for the first ever hearing on open source software for elections. Now the subject is coming up regularly at the local and federal level too.
Last year we sponsored AB 2097, which was carried by Assemblymember Jackie Goldberg (Los Angeles). This year, Assemblymember Krekorian (Burbank) is determined to see his election reform bill passed. It is set to be heard in the Assembly elections committee next Tuesday (Apr 17). It is similar to AB 2097 and has a more gradual timetable for implementation.
Our efforts in San Francisco might be the most interesting yet. The impact of decisions there could be seen sooner than federal or state legislation. The Board of Supervisors' Budget & Finance committee refused to move on the pending Sequoia contract because they insisted on technology disclosure language.
Now, officials in San Francisco are looking at adopting policy and/or legislation that would require full public disclosure of all voting system technology. This Wednesday, (Apr 18), the Elections Commission will discuss a general policy statement on the subject.
Stay tuned as we move forward. Your attention and support will help ensure success.


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Where In The World Is Spain Rodriguez?
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Independent,
I know the question you've been asking yourself lately: What's Spain Rodriguez been up to since the publication of Che: A Graphic Biography?
Spain is perhaps one of the few artists to share a name with a country who is also one of the grand masters of the underground comix with his contemporaries like Robert Crumb, Skip Williamson, Gilbert Shelton and Jay Lynch. Spain is best known in those circles as the creator of Trashman and his work appeared in the East Village Other and Zap Comix back in the day when people were uptight about working for the man, baby.
This October, Spain's illustrations will be enhancing a new book by author David Talbot called Devil Dog: The Amazing True Story of the Man Who Saved America. Published by Simon and Schuster, the book is part of their non-fiction Pulp History series of true stories of "extraordinary feats of bravery, violence, and redemption that history has forgotten." The book also features a promotional blurb by Robert Crumb himself.
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Roy Crane, Wash Tubbs, Captain Easy and Buz Sawyer
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Interviews, Independent,
It's easy to toss around the word "genius," especially when it comes to comics. We all have our favorites and we all like to think ours are the great ones. But one look at Roy Crane's work and anyone can see that he definitely was worthy of the "genius" tag.
Crane created two great adventure classics, Wash Tubbs (which later became Captain Easy) and Buz Sawyer, with Wash being called the first true newspaper adventure strip. He's been dead for 30 plus years, but looking through his strip work, you can see his influence in comics from Milton Caniff to Alex Toth to Howard Chaykin. Even the modern strip, Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson shows a Crane influence as does Randy Reynaldo's Rob Hanes.
And in a classic Comics Journal interview, Art Spiegelman calls Crane an influence on Jack Kirby.
Continuing my series on cartooning and cartoonists, Roy Crane wrote about himself and his work back in 1964. This is pulled from an oversized saddle-stitched magazine from Allied Publications with the creatively-challenged title These Top Cartoonists Tell How They Create America's Favorite Comics. It featured an introduction by Beetle Bailey's Mort Walker and was compiled by Allen Willette.
Here's Crane on Crane:
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Weekend Reading: Comic Con International, Tom Peyer, Ultraverse and Paul Cornell
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Conventions, Editorials, Interviews, Movies, Reviews, Television, Independent,
Comic Con International in San Diego is closer than you think. Years ago, I started compiling my own list of convention secrets starting with a great place to go to the bathroom that's tucked away in a corner, just minutes from the convention floor, and no one seems to know about it. Then I read the list compiled by Tom Spurgeon at The Comics Reporter and I am ashamed of my own ineptitude. If you're going to the con this summer, you need to read Tom's list of 135 tips.
After you've finished reading Tom's tips, here are a few other links to brighten your weekend…
Want To Be A Writer?: Of course you do. Who doesn't? Step into any cocktail party or backyard barbecue and it's full of people bursting with ideas, if only they can find someone who could take a few minutes to write it all down for them. The real trick is finding places that might be interested in publishing something once it's all written down. If you feel like writing some stuff down, John Scalzi (the Hugo Award-winning sf author) and Wil Wheaton (yes, that Wil Wheaton) have joined forces to create a writing contest that's win-win-win for all. Maybe even you.
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Sneak Peek: Scott Pilgrim vs. Chris Evans
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Movies, Independent,
If you were someone (like myself) who had better things to do than watch the MTV Movie Awards pre-show last night, you unfortunately missed out on a first look at a fight scene from Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Well, you're in luck—catch the clip above, which director Edgar Wright introduces himself.
In the scene, Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) dukes it out with Ramona's (Elizabeth Mary Winstead) second ex-boyfriend, skateboarder-turned-A-lister Lucas Lee (Chris Evans). Can Pilgrim defeat Lee and his stunt men? Find out when the film hits theaters August 13!
Second Scott Pilgrim Trailer Released
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Movies, Reviews, Independent,
Memorial Day 2010 has been good to fans of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim comic: out now is a second trailer for the film adaptation, directed by Shaun of the Dead's Edgar Wright and starring Michael Cera as the eponymous character.
In this trailer, viewers get a better look at Jason Schwartzman's character, who is the seventh, final boyfriend Pilgrim must defeat to get with Ramona. I love Wright and his editing, but I'm not particularly convinced that the soft-spoken Cera portrays Pilgrim too well. He looks a little too silly in the action scenes…
On a different note, where's Knives?!
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Comics International: R.I.P.
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Reviews, Independent,
Numerous replaces reported it and then the founding editor confirmed it. The British comics magazine, Comics International, has ceased to be. I've read a lot of comic book magazines over the years, from The Comics Buyer's Guide and The Comics Journal to Wizard and Hero Illustrated. My favorite of all of them was Comics International, which was founded by Dez Skinn and under his guidance ran for 200 issues.
Dez was no stranger to comics before CI – he worked on the magazines Doctor Who Weekly and House of Hammer and founded his own company, Quality Communications. From there he launched the acclaimed Warrior magazine which featured the revival of Marvelman/Miracleman as well as the original V For Vendetta. He started CI back in 1990.
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Sneak Peek: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Reviews, Independent,
When Tony Lee set out to adapt Seth Grahame-Smith's imaginative retelling of Jane Austen's classic, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, his goal was simple and nerdishly fantastic: "I got to 150 pages and noticed that we needed more zombie scenes."
Artist Cliff Richards seemed to have had no problem with adding to the graphic novel's zombie population, as he's worked with other classic monsters on his 5-year stint with Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8.
The book, published by Del Rey, is in stores now. Check out more previews of the novel after the jump!
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Weekend Reading: Vertical, Fantastic Four, Cowboys & Aliens and Lost
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, DC Comics, Independent, Marvel Comics, Viz Media,
Happy holiday weekend for those of us in the US who love a long weekend, some grilled meat and a cold Pabst Blue Ribbon. And since there's no football game, you can spend that extra time surfing the internet. Here are some links to fill the game-less void:
Vertical: Given the significant changes at manga publishers Viz (massive layoffs) and CMX (DC shuttered the division), it's interesting to read about someone with a little different take on events. Rod Lott at Bookgasm has a chat with Ed Chavez at Vertical (publishers of Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack, among other things). "While I will always say there is plenty of grade-A material to license from Japan available, access to those properties has become quite limited over the last three to four years. I find it curious that this lack of competition has occurred during the recent decline of the U.S. manga market."
Steve Perry: The death of the Thundercats and Timespirits writer is just about the saddest way for a comic book creator to go. Johnny Bacardi exchanged correspondence with him recently, but I don't want to spoil his story, except to say that it's one you'll want to read.
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Little Orphan Annie, Dead at 85
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Movies, Independent,
Little Orphan Annie, the plucky little orphan girl, died today after an extended illness, just a few weeks shy of her 86th birthday. The official cause of death was listed as a broken heart after discovering that she'd been appearing in just 20 newspapers.
Afflicted by a disease that gave her blank eyeballs and kept her perpetually a little girl, Annie began her career in the self-titled comic strip as the ward of the infamous war profiteer Daddy Warbucks, a mouthpiece for conservative politics who launched frequent anti-union tirades. Because of her association with one of the world's richest men, Annie was often the target of thieves, spies, and villains.
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Frank Frazetta
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Independent,
Frank Frazetta died this week. I wish there was a nicer way to say it. I never met him - and if I had I'm sure only fanboy drool would've burbled out in place of actual words - but I sure have a lot of his stuff around my office.
If you're not familiar with Frazetta's output, then you are missing out on the main influence of fantasy art for the last couple of generations. And seriously, if you're really not familiar with his work, I'm unfriending you right now.
I bought I lot of books I'm never going to read and am not at all interested in - just because they had a Frazetta cover. I wanted to have that cover and couldn't care less about the pages behind it. Just a couple of weeks ago, I bought a copy of Night Walk by Bob Shaw ("Sightless, marooned on a prison planet, Sam Tallon faces a desperate odyssey - to save the Universe that had disowned him"). Frazetta's cover painting showed some guy using a spear to jam a giant spider into some sort of gooey liquid. I'll stare at that cover again and again, and never read page 1. I'm sure there's a medical term for my condition.
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Cajun Calzone
This is a calzone with a Cajun twist. Spicy sausage and seasonings add distinctive flavor to this welcome variation of a favorite. The creamy mozzarella provides a mellow counterpoint to the spicy flavors.
1 (5-oz.) ball pizza dough
Cornmeal, as needed
1 tbsp. olive oil
6 oz. andouille sausage
1 bell pepper, cut into strips
1 onion, sliced
2 celery ribs, sliced
1 tsp. Cajun seasoning
8 oz. mozzarella, diced
1. Divide pizza dough into four portions; roll each into a 5-in. circle. Place on a baking sheet sprinkled with cornmeal.
2. Heat olive oil in a medium skillet. Add andouille and sauté over medium heat 10 minutes, until browned. Drain and slice.
3. Add pepper, onion, celery, and Cajun seasoning to drippings in skillet ; sauté 10 min.
4. Arrange andouille slices over half of each dough circle, leaving a 1⁄2-in. border. Divide vegetables and mozzarella over sausage. Fold dough over filling and press edges to seal. Cut a slit on top of calzones.
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Salute to Summer
Formal, casual, and Americana come together in a Lake Muaxincukee cottage
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Just say the name--Lake Maxinkuckee--and you can almost hear morning bugle call. Campfires, cannonball dives from a boat dock, and boat races leap to mind. The spring-fed, natural lake (pronounced Maxin-CUCK-ee) in the northern Indiana town of Culver is as all-American as it sounds, and for the family of Gina and Jim Bremner, it is summer at its best.
Every June for 22 years, the Bremners have made the two-hour drive north to the lake from their home in Indianapolis. The Bremners' sons, Matthew, 28, and Josh, 21, grew up skiing and sailing there, and went to summer camps at Culver Academies, a prep school with a postcard-perfect lakeside campus. Matthew and his wife, Carley, who live in Alexandria, Virginia, and college-student Josh still return for family vacations, and the Bremners welcome friends and extended family as well. Jim's and Gina's parents, siblings, and their families often swell the guest list to 16 or more.
"Now our family is spread throughout the Midwest--in Chicago; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Indianapolis," says Gina. Lake Maxinkuckee is equidistant from all three cities--perfect for reconnecting over euchre card games, boat rides, biking, and good food.
Gina and Jim bought a cottage at Lake Maxinkuckee in the late 1980s, and, while it served them well, they were ready for an upgrade. In 2006, they broke ground on a new home on the site, working with Gary Nance, an Indianapolis-based residential designer. "Instead of a brand-spanking-new house, they wanted the look of an old cottage that had been refurbished," Nance says. "We did make the house more formal than most lake cottages, but still it is casual enough that you can walk in with shorts and bare feet and feel comfortable.
" That comfort level comes in large part from Gina's extensive collections of antique quilts, weather vanes, and blue-and-white china. "Gina really loves Americana and has an unbelievable collection of quilts and weather vanes that she wanted to display in this lake home," says interior designer and longtime family friend Suzanne Kasler. The Atlanta-based designer often returns for projects in her native Indianapolis and previously designed the Bremners' primary residence there.
"The design of the lake house really evolved around a classic American look, based on the colors and collections Gina had," Kasler explains. The challenge, she and Gina agree, was showcasing the collections as the art objects they are without overwhelming the rooms with pattern or clutter.
Kasler and Nance created a simple backdrop with walls of vertical and horizontal wood planks painted white and dark-stained, hand-scraped walnut floors. Nance detailed the house with charming beadboard ceilings (painted gray-blue in the kitchen and dining area), built-in shelves, and cozy nooks with sloping walls, replicating the look of old lake cottages. "I mix half a dozen trim profiles in one cottage so it has the look of being added to over a period of generations," Nance explains.
The light-filled front foyer features direct sight lines through the house to the lake. "Gina requested a double stairway to display her quilts, but we still wanted to be able to walk in the front door and see the lake in the back," Nance says. Ornate spiral-turned balusters and newels--also Gina requests--were crafted by an Indiana carpenter.
A blue-and-white needlepoint rug in the foyer introduces a predominant color combo. It reappears in a sitting area next to the kitchen, where Kasler covered swivel armchairs in a blue-and-white crewel pattern that looks as if it were taken from the antique china in the cupboard nearby.
The adjacent kitchen is a study in simplicity, with two-and-a-half-inch-thick marble countertops, marble backsplashes, and classic white cabinets, drawing attention to the room's main ornamentation: a horse weather vane galloping above the range.
Many of Gina's Depression-era quilts are stacked on shelves on the stair landing, and others are in active duty in the home's four guest bedrooms. "I chose a favorite quilt for each bedroom and Suzanne designed the room around it," Gina says.
The exception is the master suite, decked out in blue-and-white toile. "This is my favorite room," Gina sighs. "Our old bedroom was so small I had to step over a golden retriever to get anywhere. My kids joke that I've definitely made up for that now. I have to agree."
Architectural design: Gary Nance, Nance Design, 9800 Westpoint Dr., Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46256; 317/558-8759, garynance.com.
Interior design: Suzanne Kasler, Suzanne Kasler Interiors, 425 Peachtree Hills Ave., Suite 21B, Atlanta, GA 30305; 404/355-1035, suzannekasler.com.
Builder: Mike Stallings, Mirar Development Inc., 504 E. Joliet St., Crown Point, IN 46307; 219/663-0727.
Landscape design: L.M.L. Estate Management, 5728 N. Michigan Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46228; 317/536-0013, lmlestatemanagement.com.
Photography: Tria Giovan
Produced by Betsy Harris
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An antique Pennsylvania quilt hangs near carved balusters and newels on the double staircase.
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Gina's love of Americana shows in blue-and-white fireplace tiles from Country Floors and Lee Jofa plaid fabrics on a slipper chair by Victoria Hagan Home and on club chairs by Edward Ferrell, repeating colors from the Elizabeth Eakins Tree of Life rug.
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A vintage rooster weather vane perches on the mantel painted in Benjamin Moore White Dove.
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An island sink from Waterworks with a vintage-style Rohl faucet faces the living areas. Wm Ohs cabinets and marble countertops and backsplashes contrast with walnut Olde Savannah Flooring.
Kitchen design: Rob Klein, Conceptual Kitchens & Millwork, Carmel, Indiana; 317/846-2090.
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Blue-and-white china inspired the choice of Lee Jofa fabric for Hickory Chair armchairs and a Stark rug in a sitting area by the kitchen.
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Indiana artist John Thom painted a mural of Lake Maxinkuckee for the mudroom.
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Old quilts are stacked on built-in shelves on the second-level landing. Gina was shopping for a quilt to hang on the landing wall when she spotted a 36-star flag. The 8x5-foot flag now hangs above an antique pine bench.
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Blue-and-white toile fabric by Hinson & Company was used for wall coverings, bedding, and furniture, creating a peaceful mood in the master suite. The upholstered headboard is illuminated by sconces from Circa Lighting and accented by a painted wood arch. A blue-and-white needlepoint rug by Stark Carpet introduces a simple grid design underfoot.
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A bay window niche sets the freestanding tub apart in the master bath, which features the same toile that was used in the bedroom.
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Sunny yellow fabrics from Lee Jofa and Schumacher brighten an upstairs guest room. In addition to the four-poster by Hickory Chair, a daybed under the eaves offers a cozy sleeping space. A rail (stored in a closet) converts the daybed into a baby crib.
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French doors lead to a balcony with lake views. The wicker chairs were from actress Bette Davis's Connecticut estate.
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The Bremners have two docks: One is reserved for boats, the other for people to relax without boat traffic.
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Porches, an upper balcony, and large Marvin windows face the lake.
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Jim and Gina Bremner with Remy, their golden retriever, enjoy breezes on the back porch.


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Not gonna lie- we felt sooo fancy
Some invites I don't pass up…they normally include; anything Nike throws, launches of designer stores, parties thrown by liquor companies, birthdays of close friends and Bright Pink events. *notice I did not include; bachelorette parties, showers, destination weddings and girls trips so don't feel like ya'll ever need to invite me!*
Last night I was invited to the Chicago launch of a cognac called D'USSE (sounds like "do say") at The Aviary. What?! And no, I'm not all shocked with excitement over a party that only serves cognac, but when it takes place at one of the best restaurants arguably in the world…you RSVP immediately.
At least I did, I've had Chef Achatz's food and it's- a. amazing, b. not cheap and c. not easy to get a reso for.
The invite said "dinner" would take place between 8-11pm with paired cocktails from Mixologist Charles Jolly, so we all assumed we'd be sitting to eat and therefore, arrived on time.
Well, turns out it was a passed bites and cocktail party- which was a pleasant surprise in my opinion…I got enjoy the party and be in bed before 10pm.
Around 50 of us had our own "Hunger Games" type battle to snag the bites that were total flavor explosions in the mouth. A mini "taco chip with guac"- yes. Little polenta cake with some kind of jam- si. The signature potato crunch bite- we could not get enough.
The drinks were solid too, especially considering I'm not a big dark liquor drinker.
But the real bonus of the night was that Chef was walking around chatting up guests. I pretended like he doesn't intimidate the sh$t out of me and calmly asked about Next's upcoming Vegan menu. I told him how much I was looking forward to being able to eat the food and not be a pain in the ass about substitutions.
They gave me a bottle to take as a prop for the set for my Fox hit, and of course I emptied it into a nice decanter at home and filled the bottle with iced tea. Kidding, but sure wish I would have thought of that last night.


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In the recently completed study in canines and as previously announced, statistically significant survival was observed in dogs that received OrbeShield™ therapy starting both 2 and 24 hours following exposure to total body irradiation (TBI). The program was designed to simulate real world scenarios in which people exposed to various levels of radiation would not be able to reach care centers immediately after a nuclear event. In the study, untreated dogs died at a median time of 8 days when exposed to high dose radiation of 10-12 Gray (Gy) even if the dogs were given intensive supportive care such as antibiotics, intravenous fluids and anti-emetics. Transplant of autologous bone marrow cells also had no effect on the rate of death of the exposed animals due to acute effects on the GI tract. During the observation period, the survival of dogs was strongly correlated to the recovery from acute radiation damage to the GI tract. These studies were conducted by George E. Georges, MD, at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) under a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) funded grant. The OrbeShield™ program is also the subject of a new $600,000 NIAID Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant supporting further evaluation as a treatment for GI ARS.
For more details on the congress, please visit the official congress web site: http://timssnet2.allenpress.com/ECOMradressnet/common/tnt_frontpage.cfm
About GI ARS
ARS occurs after toxic radiation exposure and involves several organ systems, notably the bone marrow the GI tract and later the lungs. In the event of a nuclear disaster or terrorist detonation of a nuclear bomb, casualties exposed to >2 Gray (Gy) are at high risk for development of clinically significant ARS. Exposure to high doses of radiation exceeding 10-12 Gy causes acute GI injury which can result in death in 5-15 days. The GI tract is highly sensitive due to the requirement for incessant proliferation of crypt stem cells and production of mucosal epithelium. The extent of injury to the bone marrow and the GI tract are the principal determinants of survival after exposure to TBI. Although the hematopoietic syndrome can be rescued by bone marrow transplantation or growth factor administration, there is no established treatment or preventive measure for the GI damage that occurs after high-dose radiation. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop specific medical countermeasures against the lethal pathophysiological manifestations of radiation-induced GI injury.
About OrbeShieldTM
OrbeShieldTM contains BDP, a highly potent, topically active corticosteroid that has a local effect on inflamed tissue. OrbeShieldTM is formulated for oral administration in GI-ARS patients as a single product consisting of two tablets; one tablet is intended to release BDP in the proximal portions of the GI tract and the other tablet is intended to release BDP in the distal portions of the GI tract. BDP has been marketed in the United States and worldwide since the early 1970s as the active pharmaceutical ingredient in inhalation products for the treatment of patients with allergic rhinitis and asthma. Oral BDP may also have application in treating other GI disorders characterized by severe inflammation such as Crohn's disease and radiation enteritis.
About Soligenix, Inc.
Soligenix is a development stage biopharmaceutical company developing products to treat life-threatening side effects of cancer treatments and serious gastrointestinal diseases, and vaccines for certain bioterrorism agents. Soligenix's lead product, orBec® (oral beclomethasone dipropionate), is a potent, locally acting corticosteroid that has been initially developed for the treatment of gastrointestinal Graft-versus-Host disease (GI GVHD), a common and potentially life-threatening complication of hematopoietic cell transplantation. Soligenix is also developing proprietary formulations of oral BDP for the prevention/treatment of gastrointestinal disorders characterized by severe inflammation, including pediatric Crohn's disease (SGX203) and acute radiation enteritis (SGX201), which is the subject of a recently completed National Cancer Institute (NCI)-supported Phase 1/2 clinical trial.
Through its BioDefense Division, Soligenix is developing countermeasures pursuant to the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Strategic Plan of 2011-2016 for inclusion in the US government's Strategic National Stockpile. Soligenix's lead biodefense products in development are a recombinant subunit vaccine called RiVax™, which is designed to protect against the lethal effects of exposure to ricin toxin and VeloThrax™, a vaccine against anthrax exposure. RiVax™ has been shown to be well tolerated and immunogenic in two Phase 1 clinical trials in healthy volunteers. Both RiVax™ and VeloThrax™ are currently the subject of a $9.4 million National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) grant supporting development of Soligenix's new vaccine heat stabilization technology known as ThermoVax™. Soligenix is also developing OrbeShield™ for the treatment of gastrointestinal acute radiation syndrome (GI ARS) under a $600,000 NIAID Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant. OrbeShield™ has previously demonstrated statistically significant preclinical survival results in two separate canine GI ARS studies funded by the NIH.
For further information regarding Soligenix, Inc., please visit the Company's website at www.soligenix.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect Soligenix, Inc.'s current expectations about its future results, performance, prospects and opportunities. Statements that are not historical facts, such as "anticipates," "believes," "intends," or similar expressions, are forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results in future periods to differ materially from what is expressed in, or implied by, these statements. Soligenix cannot assure you that it will be able to successfully develop or commercialize products based on its technology, particularly in light of the significant uncertainty inherent in developing vaccines against bioterror threats, manufacturing and conducting preclinical and clinical trials of vaccines, and obtaining regulatory approvals, that product development and commercialization efforts will not be reduced or discontinued due to difficulties or delays in clinical trials or due to lack of progress or positive results from research and development efforts, that it will be able to successfully obtain any further grants and awards, maintain its existing grants which are subject to performance, enter into any biodefense procurement contracts with the US Government or other countries, or that the US Congress may not pass any legislation that would provide additional funding for the Project BioShield program. These and other risk factors are described from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, Soligenix's reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K. Unless required by law, Soligenix assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events.
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Absolutely Avocados by Gaby Dalkin
Who has two thumbs and loves avocaodos? This girl! And also, I'm guessing, a great many of you. But we've got nothing on Gaby Dalkin. Here is a gal who loves her avocados something fierce. We're talking breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a great many nibbles in between — her new cookbook has 80 different ways to work our favorite buttery green fruit into every meal of the day.
Quick Facts
• Who wrote it: Gaby Dalkin
• Who published it: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Number of recipes: 80
• Recipes for right now: Um...all of them. No seriously! Although you can find avocados nearly year-round, the Hass avocado season in California is in full swing right now. With Cinco de Mayo this weekend and summer just around the corner, pretty much everything made with avocado sounds good. But a few recipes from this book to make first? Here you go:
Avocado & Chorizo Breakfast Hash, Charred Corn Guacamole, Mango & Cilantro Guacamole, Avocado Caesar Dressing, Hawaiian Pulled Pork & Avocado Sandwich, Cheese-Stuffed Pupusas with Tomatillo-Avocado Salsa, Cowboy Caviar Couscous Salad, Cheese-Bellied Guacamole Turkey Burger, Mediterranean Avocado Pizza
• Other highlights: Ok, it's not hard to get on board with a book that's all about avocados, but I am awed by the breadth and variety of recipes that Gaby has tucked into these pages. We all know guacamole and have no-doubt fallen in love with avocado on a cheeseburger at some point, but I like the riffs that Gaby offers. Things like adding charred corn or juicy mangos to batches of guacamole or swapping a sweet potato burger for the usual beef before topping it with avocado make these everyday favorites into something fun and new.
The recipes also challenge assumptions about which dishes and cuisines can handle a little avocado action. The foods and flavors of Mexico, South America, and California are well-represented here, to be sure, but I also love the idea of adding slices of avocado to a croque monsieur or whizzing them into a classic Caesar dressing. And hey, what about avocado-coconut ice cream or avocado on top of pizza? These ideas are new to me, but I'm game to try them out.
One of my favorite parts of the book is not actually the recipes at all — it's the several pages at the very beginning that give a brief overview of the traits and characteristics of the more common varieties of avocados on the market. I'm a geek for this kind of info and would have welcomed even more of it! (Side note: I'm pretty sure we have a Nabal avocado tree in the neighbor's hard — we've been calling it the Dinosaur Egg tree for years!)
Count me in for the avocado party. As we head into summer and warm months of outdoor gatherings, you can be sure I'll be keeping this book handy in my kitchen.
• Who would enjoy this book? People who love avocados and are always looking for new ways to eat them and cook with them.
Find the book at your local library, independent bookstore, or Amazon: Absolutely Avocados by Gaby Dalkin
• Visit the author's website: What's Gaby Cooking?
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Exhibitions. At Pompidou Centre Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Alexander Calder's new exhibition-workshop is coming to the Pompidou Centre in Malaga to invite children to consider and reflect on different concepts, such as balance and movement, through the manipulation of coloured objects, everyday materials…
The appearance of reality. Fifty years of realist art in Spain
Exhibitions. At Carmen Thyssen Museum, Málaga, Spain.
The exhibition "La apariencia de lo real. Cincuenta años de arte realista en España" creates a game of simulations, appearances and realities, a crossroads between contemporary Spanish realism and the tradition of baroque naturalism.
This dialogue…
Bacon, Freud and the London School
Exhibitions. At Picasso Museum, Málaga, Spain.
Bacon, Freud and the London School
The temporary exhibition "Bacon, Freud and the London School" shows the joint work of the first class painters who worked with a common denominator: the representation of the human figure.
Their works were…
Starck Secret drawings. 4,000 sketches unveiled
Exhibitions. At Pompidou Centre Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
The Pompidou Centre is to host Starck's hidden drawings. This artist who established his studio in Ubik in 1979 has designed more than 10,000 projects that revolve around one goal: to create objects that are at the service of their users.


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The Department of Global Languages and Theatre Arts pursues excellence in the teaching of world languages, literatures, and cultures with an eye to fostering inter-cultural understanding and appreciation.
As part of its vision, the department will:
- maintain its reputation for academic excellence in the state of Kentucky while continually pursuing potentially more effective means of instruction here and abroad.
- provide information and opportunities to enhance inter-cultural awareness for the university and the community.
- encourage students to study abroad.
- prepare students to become successful professionals in an international community.
- advance faculty development and research here and abroad.
The faculty will encourage more students to graduate as majors in our disciplines to satisfy the demands for more skilled professionals with language training. Our department will remain an environment where students learn to interact with understanding and respect for people of other cultures as well as a greater awareness of their own responsibilities as global citizens.


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Vicki Pike was one of four NRICH Teacher Fellows who worked on embedding NRICH materials into their teaching during the year 2008 - 2009. During the project, Vicki was teaching a maths set, containing 26 children (20 Year 6, 6 Year 5) ranging from level 4C to 5A at the start of the year.
In this article, she writes about her experiences
Where will I get the time to do this as well as teaching all the other objectives? (and subjects)
Obviously within my group there was less pressure on curriculum coverage as most were competent with Year 6 objectives, or took little teaching time to become competent with them, and there was a clear need for extension which the NRICH activities really helped me fulfil in a motivating way. However, I feel that these activities could be used with any group as they are accessible at many levels and offer opportunities for those more lateral thinkers who are not necessarily the most numerically able.
As well as the Topic Search on the site, I found the Curriculum Mapping Documents really helpful as they suggest problems suitable for the various strands and year groups and show the Using and Applying objectives clearly. I think it can be easy to fail to cover all of these regularly because of the focus on knowledge and skills. I used them to track down any problems across Stage 2 and 3 that linked to objectives I was hoping to cover. For example, to ensure pupils were familiar with all the vocabulary of mathematical properties I used the '
Factors and Multiples Puzzle
' (Stage 3 *) which required them to have, or acquire, an understanding of prime, square and triangular numbers.
Why focus on problem solving?
It is a life skill;
It is applicable in other areas and across the curriculum;
It can engender a sense of achievement and satisfaction; improves self-confidence;
It can and should be enjoyable;
It offers opportunities to apply numerical skills;
Oh, and it's in the SATs papers.
I have previously found students to be stymied by problems expecting more than one possible solution. My class this year instead seemed to find such questions reassuringly straightforward compared to some of the NRICH problems we'd considered.
How could I start using these resources?
I found that initially some children found it quite difficult to tackle any question where the answer was not immediately obvious and they also had little idea about how to organise their solutions. I began by using some of the more closed questions (look for those with one star of challenge usually) as starters or one lesson sessions. For example:
Shape Times Shape
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This was great as a starter; everyone could understand what to do and there was some really good discussion generated. It enabled lower ability students to make observations and explain reasoning (especially what happens when you multiply by 0 or 1) It was possible to pose questions like:
Why do you think 7 and 11 are missing? What do we know about those numbers?
and extend thinking.
Up and Down Staircases
(Stage 2 *)
We tackled this using multilink for those who wanted to (this became a bit of a problem for those wanting to make the 10 x 10 staircase). This was a problem I put up on the wall and allowed children to add their ideas to it and continue doing so over the week. The excellent interactivity enabled a clear discussion of square numbers and it was also good for a simple demonstration of algebra/square notation. Children liked having to write clear (but short and easy) solutions for others to read. We focussed quite a lot on how to record ideas and solutions tried. Gradually there was an awareness of the usefulness of tabulating ideas, starting with smaller numbers and working systematically.
As part of my INSET with trainee teachers we considered ways in which these resources could be used and came up with:
a) whole class sessions lasting one or more lessons (these were my personal favourites)
b) extension tasks to be introduced as a whole class and then worked on when other work finished for a period of time. A long-term display could be linked with this, to which children add their solutions as they finish them. I found 'Up and Down Staircases' worked well in this way. There is then a need to have a session considering everyone's ideas and sum things up.
c) Homework tasks for everyone, or to stretch the more able (I found they completed and returned these well but did feel that I didn't always value their work or follow up on it enough. I will plan better for this next year.)
d) Time set aside each month for consideration of the newly published problems and a chance for children to submit solutions and ideas (mine LOVED seeing their ideas appear on the website). Great if you can use a computer suite for this as children can work on the problems away from the computers and then e-mail their ideas. VERY motivating and really makes them think about:
Is my solution correct?
Does my solution make sense to someone else?
One of the most successful problems I used was called
First Connect Three.
There are actually two differentiated games available. We played first with me against the class (very motivating) and then in pairs on computers and using dice and gameboards. I had to fight against the urge to tell my pupils to stop playing but actually they did all get onto tackling the questions related to the game in the end. This was really open ended, some children found it hard to decide what they were being asked to do and we never even got to a very settled solution, but had a lot of fun on the way towards one. I allowed children to choose which one to tackle as one involved subtracting negative numbers, and they self selected well. In hindsight I would have thought more carefully about how to introduce this concept as some really struggled, but many have retained the ideas raised. There is a nice
on the site that might help others with this. Children found it quite difficult to express their strategies and ideas, except for the most able who were eventually motivated by the published solution asking for further info and thanking our class for making a start on it (this was a couple of weeks later, and they were still engaged and wanted to write in with their improved ideas).
I have noticed a definite improvement in their attitude to open ended questions; when I started the July 2008 '
Cubes Here and There
' problem, the children were almost immediately engrossed.
The interactivities are great and often fun - my children enjoyed
Various Venns
More Carroll Diagrams
as they could move the numbers about on screen (even though these were a bit easy for them). However, most of our problem solving went on away from the computer as the resources can be very easily printed off, and it was often helpful to have an IWB to display the site on. And it's FREE and updated monthly, with children's solutions published and acknowledged.
Hang on a minute, these look really hard! What if I can't solve them?
It can be quite intimidating as a teacher to start a lesson with no idea where the children might take you! I find this quite exhilarating but appreciate that it is by no means everybody's cup of tea. Therefore: don't panic! All problems on the mapping documents, and many others, have a 'Teachers' Notes' section suggesting in a helpful, step by step, manner how a problem might be introduced. Most problems (except for the newly published ones) have solutions so it is possible to check where you might be heading before you start.
Part of the importance of open ended work like this is for students to consider how mathematical problems may have one solution or many or maybe none! My children have really warmed to this idea from an initial attitude of, in some extreme cases, abject panic. We have particularly enjoyed problems where the whole class contribute ideas over a longer time, such as
Tiles on a Patio
where children are still adding ideas/contributions a month later.
My school is embracing cross-curricular teaching - does this feed into this? Not directly, but the skills developed by this kind of working could then be employed in a more cross-curricular fashion.
My group worked to develop an outdoor problem-solving maths trail that other classes in the school could use, including researching the cost of playground markings and evaluating each others' questions for clarity. This still needs some work as they tend to favour questions of the 'count how many benches there are and multiply by the number of trees' kind rather than anything investigative but they are slowly beginning to consider the mathematical merit of what a problem could be asking them to do.
Looking forward
I am very keen to continue the use of NRICH resources. I want to use more and formalise my use of them more regularly for display and homework. I am interested in considering more ways to encourage and structure group work to support the less confident. I have used talking partners a lot this year as it has been a whole school focus, and rotated pairs around but I am interested by the idea of setting up formal group roles such as facilitator, group leader, reporter etc as I have used this sometimes in other subject areas but not considered really applying them in maths.
Working with others
I would really like to pair up with a teacher of a much less able set and mentor their use of the site and resources and see what happens, as it is hard to answer the charge of this being fine for me with the more able.
I have worked a lot with others during informal discussion/planning time within my department and this meant it has been easy to demonstrate what I have done or how pupils we all knew well had responded. It was also possible to make suggestions of problems they could use.
I have also posted some ideas and suggestion on the TES website primary forum during relevant discussions. I led an INSET session for PGCE trainees where we considered a selection of problems and evaluated our emotional and intellectual response to them and also considered the importance of problem solving skills (see above). I explained the curriculum mapping document and gave everyone time with a computer to explore the site and identify problems related to their current teaching topics. General feedback was very positive: trainees were unfamiliar with the site and raised questions about time/curriculum coverage/strategies to support less able etc but left feeling positive and with some planning to use examples. More formally, I will lead a whole school INSET for staff as a reflection of the whole year, how well the experience of being a teacher fellow has worked and to structure how my experiences can be drawn on throughout the school.
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Content-Area Literacy: Mathematics
Of all the academic disciplines taught in middle and high school, the one we least expect to entail reading extended texts is in mathematics, but math texts present special literacy problems and challenges for young readers.
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We expect students to face reading comprehension challenges in understanding word problems, for example, and to face some difficulties in understanding the texts and graphic illustrations in mathematics textbooks. But mathematics texts present special literacy problems and challenges for young readers.
The standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) refer to mathematics as a language and a form of communication. These standards suggest using fictional literature that embodies mathematical ideas in the elementary school grades to help children make initial connections between mathematics and the real world. However, what these linkages might mean at the secondary school level remains unexplored.
Math textbooks
Most discussions on reading in mathematics in schools have focused on textbooks. Students are taught to identify the functions of prototypical sections of mathematics textbooks — general statements, use of bold print, definitions, examples, explanations, summaries, margin notes, diagrams — in order to know what kind of information they are reading to understand. Also, many studies employ generic reading strategies, supporting students in previewing, making prediction, re-reading and summarizing. These strategies are useful for tackling math textbooks, but do not necessarily help students to develop conceptual understanding, which comes only through repeated practice with problem solving.
There is no question that mathematics textbooks can serve as a significant barrier for students who are struggling readers. It is also true that students can learn mathematics procedures and concepts in the absence of understanding their textbooks, depending on how instruction is organized.
Some textbooks series explicitly emphasize reading. For example, the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) organizes lessons to require independent reading in mathematics. On the website of their commercial publisher, UCMP offers the following explanation:
Q: Why is reading so important?
A: Studies have shown that students, in general, do not read traditional mathematics books. As a result, these students do not learn to become independent learners capable of acquiring mathematics outside of school when the need arises. UCSMP addresses this problem by making reading a regular part of each lesson and including questions that cover the reading. Here are some reasons for reading that teachers can give to students. You must read to succeed in future courses that use mathematics and in future jobs; because the reading will help you understand the uses of mathematics; because the reading tells you how the material from one lesson is related to other material in the book. (http://ucsmp.uchicago.edu/)
Paul Dowling conducted an examination of a variety of mathematics textbooks used in British schools. He distinguished texts routinely used in schools serving students from working class backgrounds and those in more elite schools, demonstrating that the textbooks used in more elite schools have a greater density of propositions and ground explanations with justifications based on disciplinary postulates, while the textbooks used in working class schools have less text and ground explanations in real world contexts rather than in the self-referential links to mathematical reasoning.
Researchers working on how to make math texts understandable recommend that students understand the logic of stipulated definitions, examine carefully how theorems and proofs are worked through in the examples to be sure they understand the underlying logic, use paper and pencil or calculators while they are reading to re-test and apply equations to their own examples. This is a unique and challenging process, involving a whole different logic from reading in other disciplines such as social science, history, and literature.
Mathematical language and logic
We should not underestimate the importance of our students being able to understand the language and logic of mathematics as captured in math textbooks. Without such understanding, advanced mathematics will simply not be accessible. Even if our young people do not intend to pursue careers in pure or applied mathematics or the various branches of science, taking three to four years of high school mathematics is associated with higher SAT and ACT scores for college admission and also better prepares students for college. Moreover, by successfully navigating high school mathematics courses young people will typically form a lifelong habit of reading newspaper and magazine articles that draw on mathematic evidence more critically, and this ability will help them to act as informed citizens.
John Allen Paulos, professor of mathematics at Temple University, has written widely about the impact of mathematical literacy for the public's understanding of a wide range of issues from health to demographics, including how authors of newspaper and magazine articles can manipulate the numerical data they use to convince lay readers to support particular positions. In A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (Paulos, 1996), Paulos examines newspaper articles on topics ranging from economics, business and social issues, to health and lifestyle issues, showing how readers can pose critical questions about the propositions and point of view in the articles by drawing on a basic background in the mathematics involved. Paulos also examines public discussions that use numerical data to create a sense of urgency about a particular issue, arguing that typical misunderstandings about probability often lead the public to assume that a set of outcomes or events are more probable than they actually are.
If, as a consequence of typical K-12 mathematics instruction, our high school graduates are able to develop core conceptual understanding and enjoy routine opportunities with support to read and critique a wide range of extended texts involving mathematical data, the types of mistaken reading assumptions Paulos cites will naturally become far less common.
There are existing projects that integrate reading in math classrooms. The Reading to Learn Mathematics Project involves helping students better comprehend the technical language, syntax and logic of math textbooks as well as learning to read a range of real life texts involving mathematics. The Project aligns reading in mathematics classrooms with inquiry-based instruction with the goals of helping students learn to think mathematically and to value both the aesthetics and the applicability of mathematics. The designers of this project have developed a series of functions of reading in the mathematics classroom (see the table below).
Categories of reading practices in a inquiry-oriented mathematics classroom
|Category 1: Reading to make public
|Category 2: Reading to comprehend
|Category 3: Reading to get an example
|Category 4: Reading to generate something new
|Category 5: Reading to remember
|Source: Siegel & Fonzi (1995, p. 644).
Just as there are good arguments regarding the inclusion of history and philosophy of science in the middle to high school science curriculum, there are also excellent reasons to call for the reading of extended texts in the history of mathematics. Reading a wide array of mathematics-centric and mathematics-related texts in the classroom can generate lifelong interest and support learning to reason mathematically.
Lee, C.D., Spratley, A. (2010). Reading in the disciplines: The challenges of adolescent literacy. New York, NY: Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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BUIES CREEK, N.C. (Feb. 19, 2010) -- With their hopes of a regular season title hanging in the balance, the ETSU Buccaneers hit the road Friday night for a meeting with league-leading Campbell in a regionally televised game on CSS. Tip is set for 7 p.m. inside Gore Arena.
The Bucs (14-13 overall, 10-6 A-Sun) remain one game back of the league lead in the loss column, while the Camels hope to stay on pace with fellow league leaders Belmont and Jacksonville. ETSU hopes for a repeat performance of its 72-57 win back on Jan. 27 inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
For more on Friday night's game, click on the game notebook link above or read the game notes below.
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With their backs to the wall and in need of a win to stay in the hunt for an A-Sun regular season title, the ETSU Buccaneers hit the road for a matchup with league-leading Campbell Friday night on CSS ... The Bucs had a three-game win streak snapped in their last game, an 82-77 loss at home to Mercer ... Now at 10-6 in A-Sun play, the Bucs are still one game back of the league lead in the loss column and cannot afford to move further back ... Preseason All Atlantic Sun Conference pick Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.) has been out for much of the season and will applie for a medical redshirt to hopefully rejoin the Bucs in 2010-11 ... In Smith's absence, Tommy Hubbard (Boston), along with Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) and Micah Williams (Manchester) have stepped up their games. In fact, Hubbard has posted double-doubles 13 times this season. ... Currently, Hubbard and Tubbs lead the team in scoring, with Hubbard averaging 14.6 points per game, and Tubbs pitching in 12.8 a contest ... Williams is the only other ETSU player averaging double figures with 11.4 a contest.
The series against Campbell
ETSU is 11-1 all-time against Campbell, having suffered its only loss in the series in the last meeting at Buies Creek, a 68-62 loss back on Feb. 23, 2009 ... In the last meeting between the two, ETSU won 72-57 inside the Dome back on Jan. 27, 2010.
Last time against Campbell
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 27, 2010) - Senior guard Jocolby Davis (Meridian, Miss.) hit a 30-foot 3-point basket with just under three minutes left in the game, sparking the ETSU offense and helping the Buccaneers surge to a 72-57 win over Campbell in Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball action Wednesday night at the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. ... Prior to Davis' shot, the Bucs had looked on as the first-place Camels took an 18-point second half deficit and whittled away to make it 51-47 with 3:33 left in the contest. However, Davis' shot was followed by back-to-back 3-pointers from junior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) and the Bucs never let the Camels' surge overtake them ... For the game, Tubbs led the way with a game-high 18 points, and he was joined in double figures by four other Buccaneers. Junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) picked up his ninth double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds, while sophomore forward Isiah Brown (Miami) pitched in 12 points and eight boards, Micah Williams (Manchester) added 11 points, and Davis netted 10. ... For Campbell (12-7 overall, 7-3 A-Sun), Jonathan Rodriguez and Junard Hartley each had a team high 12 points, while Lorne Merthie added 10. ... In the first half, the Bucs used a strong man-to-man defense to force the issue and make for efficient opportunities on the offensive end. While Campbell pulled ahead 1-0 on a Rodriguez foul shot, the Bucs immediately took the lead on a layup by Davis and later built their advantage to as many as 17 at 34-17 with 2:14 left before the break. However, the Camels scored the final five points of the half to make it 34-22 at the break. ... After the intermission, ETSU built its lead to as many as 18 points at 40-22 with 17:17 left in the contest. But Campbell responded with a methodical attack that outscored the Bucs 25-11 over the next 14 minutes to make it 51-47 with 3:33 left. Then Davis responded with his heroics. ... The Bucs shot 59 percent from the floor for the game and 50 percent from 3-point range. Campbell did force 20 ETSU turnovers, but the Bucs won the battle of the boards 33-26. ETSU's defense held the Camels to just 39 percent shooting for the game and 18 percent from 3-point range.
Last time out
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 14, 2010) - Going 25-of-25 at the free throw line before eventually finishing the game with a 33-of-40 clip at the charity stripe, the Mercer Bears took advantage of the ETSU men's basketball team's fouling woes on Sunday afternoon, dropping the Buccaneers 82-77 in Atlantic Sun Conference action at the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center ... With the loss, the Bucs (14-13 overall, 10-6 A-Sun) drop one game back in the race for a conference title with four games left on the schedule. Meanwhile, Mercer improves to 13-13 overall, 9-7 in league play. ... Trailing 72-68 with just under three minutes left in the game, the Bucs missed out on their chance to pull closer by going 1-of-4 at the foul line. From there, Mercer responded by going 8-of-13 at the line to keep the Bucs from rallying. ... It was a game of runs in the first half, as the Bucs went on a 7-0 stretch to make it 17-12 in favor of ETSU with 11:34 left in the half. However, from there ETSU did not score for six minutes of game time and Mercer took that opportunity to go on a 15-0 run and led 27-17 with 6:09 left before the intermission. The Bucs finally responded and outscored the Bears 17-10 the rest of the way to make it 37-34 at the break. ... In the second half, the Bears led by as many as 12 points at 56-44 at the 13:42 mark. The Bucs slowly battled back to make it a two-point game at 65-63 on a 3-pointer by junior guard Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.), but that was as close as ETSU could get the rest of the way. ... Along with their 82.5 percent effort from the foul line, the Bears also shot a blistering 63 percent from the floor in the second half. Both teams committed their share of turnovers, with Mercer finishing with 19 and ETSU ending the game with 15. ... The Bucs were led by junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston), who posted his 13th double-double of the year with 24 points and 12 rebounds. Meanwhile, teammates Tubbs, Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.) and Micah Williams (Manchester) finished in double figures with 13, 10 and 10 points, respectively. ... For the Bears - who played without the services of All A-Sun guard James Florence in the second half due to an ankle injury he suffered at the end of the first half - guard E.J. Kusnyer led the way with 21 points. Meanwhile, post Daniel Emerson finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Florence added 12.
Brown's play coincides with ETSU move in standings
Sophomore Isiah Brown (Miami) has made major strides in his production over the last several games for the Buccaneers ... In fact, over the Bucs last seven games Brown has scored in double figures, and is actually averaging 14.3 points and 9.0 rebounds a contest over those games ... During this time, the Bucs have gone 4-3 and won three of their last four games, moving back into the race for an A-Sun title ... Brown's play went to an even higher level against Kennesaw State, as he set personal bests for rebounds (15), assists (4) and steals (4), while posting his fourth career double-double with 14 points.
Jan. 30 not a good day for Bucs
For the second year in a row, the Buccaneers dropped a critical overtime game on Jan. 30 ... One year ago, the Bucs fell 82-72 at Jacksonville, in a game that Dolphins' guard Ben Smith hit a long range 3-pointer to tie the game in regulation and force the extra period ... The Bucs again found themsevles in an overtime game on Jan. 30, losing a nine-point lead in regulation with six minutes left and ultimately giving up a five-point lead in OT to fall to Lipscomb, 85-84.
Century mark not usual for ETSU defense
Giving up 100 points in the loss to Belmont (1/23/10) was not usual for the Buccaneers ... Before that game, the Bucs had not given up 100 or more point in over two years ... The last time it happened was on Dec. 15, 2007, when the Bucs lost to Syracuse 125-75 ... This season, the most points the ETSU defense had allowed was 85, in games at Arkansas and UAB ... For the year, the ETSU defense is giving up an average of just 67.0 points per game.
Jones steps up at the point
Coming off the bench to play the point guard position in the Bucs' last game against Lipscomb, sophomore guard Jarvis Jones (Memphis) answered in a big way with a career high 17 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer with .4 seconds left in regulation ... Jones played 23 minutes in the game and was 3-of-4 from 3-point range.
Williams bringing more offense to the table
Junior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) has worked his way into the starting lineup thanks to more consistent play on the offensive end ... He has scored in double figures in 13 of his last 18 games, and recently matched his season high with 22 points against Stetson (2/6) ... He most recently scored 10 in the loss to Mercer (2/12) ... Currently, Williams is one of three Bucs averaging double figures scoring this year with 11.4 points per game.
Hubbard steps up game in 2009-10
Much has been written and reported about junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) and his efforts to improve his offensive game, and those strides have led to some solid numbers ... Already considered one of the best defenders in the A-Sun, Hubbard posted a 32-point and 10-rebound effort in the win over Arkansas and dropped in another game-high 26 in the win over UNF ... He currently leads the Bucs with 14.6 points per game and 8.7 rebounds a contest ... while he has posted 13 double doubles on the year, his efforts began to pay off on the offensive end against Chattanooga back on Nov. 17 ... Setting career bests for points (26) and rebounds (13), Hubbard collected his first career double-double against the Mocs ... In addition, he hit his first 3-point shot in three seasons with the Bucs, and didn't stop there -- ultimately finishing with four long-range bombs on the night.
Record setting night from the arc for Bucs
Hitting on 11-of-14 shots from 3-point range against Arkansas, the Bucs put their name in a multiple of record books ... First, those numbers set a new school record for 3-point field goal percentage in a game with a 78.6 percent mark, breaking the previous record of 66.7 percent which had been done three times previously ... In addition, it was the best shooting effort in the "nation" this season for teams taking more than 10 shots in a game ... And it was the best percentage by a team in the A-Sun since Nov. 28, 1999 when UCF was 11-of-14 in a game against South Carolina state.
Home Sweet Dome
Since the 1996-97 season, the Buccaneers are an amazing 137-45 inside Memorial Center, good for a winning percentage of 77 percent ... The Bucs had won five straight at Memorial Center during the 2006-07 season before a loss to Belmont (1/2) ... The Bucs then rattled off 10 straight at home to stand at 15-1 on the Memorial Center floor that season, but fell to Belmont in the championship of the A-Sun Tourney... In 2007-08, the Bucs were 11-2 at Memorial Center ... In 2008-09, the Bucs were 11-2 at home ... This season, ETSU has actually struggled at home, going 7-5 in the Dome and 1-0 in Brooks Gym.
Sollazzo to honor Coy with number change
When ETSU's rising sophomore forward Seth Coy (Montgomery, Ind.) was tragically killed in a car accident this summer, it left the entire Buccaneer community with a deep sense of loss ... As is often the case, those that are left to mourn have looked for ways to remember the Bucs' 6-foot-11 "Gentle Giant." ... For sophomore guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa), who was Coy's roommate, the answer was simple ... Changing his jersey number from No. 20 to Coy's No. 43, Sollazzo will play the 2009-10 season to honor his friend and have that memory with him each night.


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What We Noticed: This red kitchen was one of the last things I saw at EuroCucina, and it stopped me in my tracks. It had modern lines, but was softened by the raised relief pattern on the drawers. And those tiles on the back wall — wow! I discovered they are from a cement (encaustic) tile company in the Netherlands. The kitchen is part of a new line from Hacker called 'Identity,' designed by Claudia Klein Zeggelink. Hard to express how beautiful this whole scene was in person. More photos below...
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