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Facial Lipoatrophy Trial: Immediate Versus Deferred Injections of Poly-L-Lactic Acid for HIV Facial Lipoatrophy
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00126308
Recruitment Status : Terminated (no change in primary endpoint at week 48)
First Posted : August 3, 2005
Last Update Posted : April 2, 2009
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|Condition or disease
|HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy HIV Infections
|Device: poly-L-lactic acid
|Phase 4
HIV lipodystrophy can be distressing and result in suboptimal antiretroviral (ART) adherence. Physical changes may stigmatise subjects while the negative psychological and social impact has become a major concern. To date, as there is no proven therapy for lipoatrophy, cosmetic interventions for facial lipoatrophy are being studied. Poly-L-lactic acid (PLA) has been shown to be both safe and effective when administered by injection to facial areas.
Study aims are:
- to evaluate the extent and duration of improvement in HIV facial lipoatrophy of PLA injections;
- to evaluate the impact of PLA injections on quality of life and ART adherence in subjects with HIV facial lipoatrophy;
- to evaluate the safety and tolerability of polylactic acid.
100 HIV-infected ART-experienced subjects with facial lipoatrophy will be randomised in a 1:1 ratio at study entry to receive either immediate or deferred treatment (delayed 24 weeks) treatment with PLA. Randomisation will be stratified by age, severity of facial lipoatrophy, current ART (PI or non-PI containing and thymidine- or non-thymidine-containing) and surgeon.
The study has clinical end points monitoring CD4 cell counts, viral loads and adverse events. The study also has psychosocial end points monitoring quality of life.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|100 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Multi-Centre, Open-Label, Randomised Study to Assess the Efficacy, Durability and Safety of Immediate Versus Deferred Injections of Poly-L-Lactic Acid for HIV Facial Lipoatrophy (FLASH)
|Study Start Date :
|November 2005
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2007
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|May 2007
Experimental: Immediate
poly-L-lactic acid injections
Device: poly-L-lactic acid
immediate injections poly-L-lactic acid (4 bilateral treatments - 8 vials)
Other Name: Sculptra
Active Comparator: Delayed
poly-L-lactic acid injections
Device: poly-L-lactic acid
delayed (24 weeks) poly-L-lactic acid injections (4 bilateral treatment - 8 vials)
Other Name: Sculptra
- The primary endpoint at 24 weeks will be change from baseline in facial soft tissue volume as measured by spiral computed tomography (CT). [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]
- Change from baseline at week 96 in facial soft tissue volume as measured by spiral CT scan [ Time Frame: 96 weeks ]
- Change from baseline at weeks 24 and 96 in physician and patient assessment of facial lipoatrophy severity [ Time Frame: 24 and 96 weeks ]
- Change from baseline at weeks 24 and 96 in peripheral fat as assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) [ Time Frame: 24 and 96 weeks ]
- Change from baseline at weeks 24 and 96 in quality of life [ Time Frame: 24 and 96 weeks ]
- Change from baseline at weeks 24 and 96 in antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence and plasma HIV-RNA [ Time Frame: 24 and 96 weeks ]
- All serious, grade 3 or 4 clinical adverse events and any adverse event leading to change/s in ART or discontinuation of PLA [ Time Frame: 24 and 96 weeks ]
- All serious, grade 3 or 4 clinical adverse events (AEs) and any event leading to change/s in ART reported to week 96 [ Time Frame: 96 weeks ]
- All AEs attributable to study treatment reported to week 96 [ Time Frame: week 96 ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged 18 years or more with laboratory evidence of HIV-1 infection
- Received combination antiretroviral therapy (minimum of 2 agents)
- Antiretroviral regimen should be stable for at least 12 weeks prior to entry with no changes planned during the first 48 weeks. For subjects not on antiretroviral therapy at entry there should be no intent to commence therapy in first 24 weeks.
- Moderate or severe facial lipoatrophy and lipodystrophy at one or more other sites
- Provide written, informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Active AIDS-defining illness including active HIV wasting
- Active herpes labialis or any acute or currently present chronic skin disease (infection/inflammation) on/near area to be treated
- Currently on anticoagulants or any coagulopathy that would preclude safe deep subcutaneous injections
- Women: pregnant, breastfeeding or have positive pregnancy test or not willing to use adequate contraception if of child-bearing potential
- Concomitant therapy with anabolic steroids (except testosterone replacement), corticosteroids at greater than replacement doses, growth hormone or any currently available or experimental agent to improve appetite or weight
- Testosterone replacement for less than 6 months or at greater than replacement doses
- Subjects who have discontinued any prohibited concomitant agent/s must cease this therapy at least 30 days prior to screening.
- Prior use of any facial dermal filling/tissue expansion agent/s
- Any condition which may interfere with ability to comply with study requirements.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00126308
|Principal Investigator:
|Andrew Carr, A/Prof
|Immunology and Infectious Disease Unit, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
|Responsible Party:
|The National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|August 3, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 2, 2009
|Last Verified:
|March 2009
Poly-L-lactic acid
HIV facial lipoatrophy
Treatment Experienced
HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Skin Diseases, Metabolic
Skin Diseases
Lipid Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Diuretics, Osmotic
Natriuretic Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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Timber is one of the most valuable agricultural crops produced in North America. The forest products sector in the United States employs some 1.5 million people (1990) nationwide and adds approximately $80 billion to the GDP. Forest products are especially important to the economies of the Pacific NorthWest and the southern United States. Two-thirds of U.S. forestlands (195 million ha) are considered productive enough to potentially support timber management and accessible to harvest. Less than one-third of U.S. timberlands are publically owned; approximately 15% is owned by the timber industry, and 57% is held by other private landowners. Timberland ownership differs greatly by region, with western forests largely on public lands and eastern forests largely in private ownership (OTA, 1993).
In Canada, direct employment in 1996 for the forest sector was 363,000; the sector contributed $16.177 billion to Canada's GDP. In terms of contribution to GDP, the sector is important to British Columbia, Quebec, and New Brunswick. Thirty-five percent of Canadian forestland is considered productive and accessible enough for harvest, though there may be some constraints on harvesting. Ownership is 71% provincial, 23% federal (including territorial land), and 6% private.
See section 8.3.2 for a detailed discussion of the impacts of climate change on forest ecosystems.
Consumers and producers could gain or lose, and the long-term stability of the forest-products market could be jeopardized.
Enhanced forest growth scenarios and extensive forest dieback scenarios have been analyzed with respect to market processes. Under the most severe ecological scenarios-where forest dieback occurs relatively early and there are long-term reductions in timber inventories and harvest-consumer prices would increase; producers would benefit from higher prices, but overall benefits to society would decrease. Under scenarios of more moderate dieback or forest expansion, consumers could benefit from lower prices; producers might benefit or lose, depending on local forest responses to dieback, local demand, and access to national and international markets. Alternative management practices must be carefully considered if benefits are to be gained under moderate forest dieback scenarios. However, the long-term sustainability of forests and any benefits could vary considerably under different scenarios.
Analyses of the economic consequences of climate change have been based on a number of quite different ecological assessments and a variety of economic models, but all are based on the equilibrium FAR scenarios or on sensitivity analyses. One study coupled the FASOM forest sector model-incorporating flexible pricing and forest management-to output from forest gap models over the conterminous United States (Callaway et al., 1995; Adams et al., 1996). The results, with severe forest dieback, indicated consumer price increases of 100-250%, with economic losses of 4-20% of the net value of commercial forests.
A study by Van Kooten and Arthur (1989) concluded that forest productivity could tend to increase in Canada but could increase or decrease in the United States. Consumer prices could decrease (largely as a consequence of increases in Canadian forest growth and harvest). Producers could sustain economic losses, but with exports from Canada to the United States, net changes (consumers plus producers) could be negative for Canadians and positive for the U.S. market.
Timber growth in the conterminous United States in one study generally increased over a 50-year projection period, pushing prices down by 6-35% (Joyce et al., 1995). A study using a global trade model produced similar results, with general increases in global forest productivity (Perez-Garcia et al., 1997).
A study using a different forest-sector model in the United States incorporated management strategies that optimized pre- and post-dieback forest management practices (Sohngen and Mendelsohn, 1997). The value of the market (consumer plus producer surpluses) could increase by 1-11% under scenarios of either enhanced forest growth or moderate forest dieback. The increased flow of green or salvage trees into the market depressed prices, but overall losses to producers were minimized by shifting biomes or altered yield functions. Economically optimal management strategies (such as thinning, salvage logging, and species transplanting), however, might be restricted by social and ecological constraints.
The most intensively managed industry and private forestlands may be least at risk of long-term decline resulting from the impacts of climate change because the relatively high value of these resources is likely to encourage adaptive management strategies (OTA, 1993).
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St. Croix: Winning for Anglers
The International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades' (ICAST) New Product Showcase Awards recognize the best new fishing products in multiple categories each year. Voted on by attending product buyers and members of the sportfishing media, these "Best of Category" awards represent the pinnacle of achievement in the fishing tackle industry and are fiercely competitive.
Winning one of these prestigious awards isn't easy. It takes good ideas and even better execution to develop a tangible product that helps anglers find more success on the water. Gimmicks are easily seen for what they are and are quickly overlooked. When a company wins one of these awards, it marks the birth of a winning product. And when a company consistently wins multiple awards each year? Well, it's a clear indication of a company that's built - top to bottom - to seek out, understand and serve the needs of anglers.
St. Croix Rod pulls no punches in stating and executing its angler-driven mission: create the Best Rods on Earth® that give anglers the upper hand in any angling situation. That mission was affirmed once again last week, when the 72-year-old, family-owned company headquartered in Park Falls, Wisconsin was awarded Best of Category honors in both the Freshwater Rod and Saltwater Rod categories in the ICAST 2020 Online New Product Showcase Awards.
It's a feat no other rod company has even come close to achieving… 10 total rod-category wins in the past four years, comprised of four back-to-back Saltwater Rod wins, three back-to-back Freshwater Rod wins, and three Fly Rod wins… a category St. Croix did not enter this year.
A grateful St. Croix CEO, Scott Forristall, sheds light on what these awards represent: "These awards honor and belong to every person who has a hand in designing, building, promoting and using the Best Rods on Earth® - the people who deliver the precision, care, dedication, craftsmanship and technology - through their creativity and through their own two hands - that goes into every St. Croix rod. These awards also honor our sales representatives, account managers, marketing team, pro staff, customer service representatives, our partner agencies and the members of the fishing media - all passionate anglers - who promote the brand, the products, the remarkable St. Croix story, and the simple joys of fishing. Most of all, these awards are for every angler around the globe who takes as much pride in using a St. Croix fishing rod as we feel in making them. We exist to serve their needs and are eternally grateful for their support."
Learn more about all the new-for-2021 St. Croix rods and series, available at St. Croix dealers worldwide in Fall of 2020.


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On 12 July 2012, FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter spoke to FIFA.com about the ISL case in the wake of yesterday's decision by the Swiss Federal Court to allow publication of the document by the Prosecutor of Zug.
Mr Blatter, are you P1?
Yes, that is me.
Why all this anonymity? That means the speculation will never stop...
It was the Swiss Federal Court that decided to make the publication of the ISL non-prosecution order anonymous. As far as I am concerned, the whole document could have been published 'clean', to put an end to the speculation once and for all. However, the Federal Court stated that the "names of all non-accused third parties" should be made anonymous. I am not accused, so I have been made anonymous as P1, which quite honestly is not difficult to find out.
You're supposed to have known.
Known what? That commission was paid? Back then, such payments could even be deducted from tax as a business expense. Today, that would be punishable under law. You can't judge the past on the basis of today's standards. Otherwise it would end up with moral justice. I can't have known about an offence that wasn't even one.
The case has been closed from a legal point of view. But isn't there still an ethical question to be answered?
Of course. That is why we have started to strengthen our control mechanisms: to prevent something like this happening in the future. The Ethics Committee, which was created in 2006 on my initiative, is a direct result of the ISL case. The reform process is moving exactly in this direction. To strengthen FIFA's judicial system, some important steps have already been taken with the introduction of a two-chamber system – an adjudicatory body and an investigatory body. The Executive Committee will appoint the chairmen of these two chambers next week.
Ricardo Teixeira and Joao Havelange are named in the ISL non-prosecution order. Teixeira has resigned from the Executive Committee, but Havelange is still Honorary President. Will you call him to account?
I don't have the power to call him to account. The Congress named him as Honorary President. Only the Congress can decide his future.


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HOUSTON -(MarketWatch)- Independent refiners are destined to be in the driver's seat of the U.S. refining industry as integrated oil companies increasingly shed refining assets, according to analysts at Deloitte LLP.
In a report released Wednesday, the consultancy said by the end of 2013, over 70% of domestic refining capacity may be controlled by independent refiners, a radical shift from 1990, when most of the refining capacity in the U.S. was in the hands of integrated oil companies. That likely means a reduction in the cyclical profit margin swings normally seen by refiners, as independent companies are less likely to be able to weather downturns and therefore strive for more efficient and stable operations, Deloitte consultant Roger Ihne said.
"Refiners operate on a very small margin," Ihne said. If it shrinks, "the amount of impact is greater" for an independent refiner than for an integrated oil company buoyed by profitable oil-and-gas production, he added.
For consumers, however, the smoothing of these profitability cycles is likely to have a relatively small impact, Ihne said, as profit margins account for a minuscule portion of the price at the pump. Independent refiners, however, likely are going to be more focused on the retail aspect, which has been neglected by the oil majors. "They're going to provide additional value to the consumer," Ihne said.
The restructuring of the U.S. refining industry comes as there are expectations for a long-term decline in domestic demand for fuel, driven mainly by gains in efficiency. That is triggering refinery sales and shutdowns, both among majors and independents.
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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Yale University baseball team put together a run of three wins in four games during its weeklong stay at the RussMatt Invitational. Unfortunately, the trip began and ended with a pair of losses that erased the good feelings from that run.
The final game of the Invitational saw the Bulldogs take on Ohio State, which put together two big innings to turn what could have been a close game between the two teams into a commanding victory.
Brad Hutton and Greg Solomon each had two hits and three RBIs to help lift Ohio State to a 12-6 victory over Yale at Chain O'Lakes Stadium, sending the Bulldogs back to New Haven with a 3-5 record. The Buckeyes improved to 6-4 with the win.
Hutton belted a two-run single to fuel a four-run rally in the fifth inning that erased a 4-2 Yale lead and gave Ohio State a 6-4 lead.
After a run in the sixth inning that extended the lead to 7-4, Ohio State put the game out of reach with three more runs behind a two-run single from Solomon.
Ryan Cypret and Brad Hallberg also had two hits apiece for the Buckeyes.
Jacob Hunter had two hits and three RBIs for the Bulldogs. Cam Squires added a pair of hits and an RBI. Yale starter Brook Hart took the loss, striking out six batters in five innings of work. He scattered nine hits and allowed six runs, but only two of them were earned.
Yale returns to Connecticut for a pair of games this week at Central Connecticut on Tuesday and Wednesday. Both games begin at 3 p.m.
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Disgraced ousted prosecutor wants another state job
The power of the human ego never ceases to amaze me. And sometimes, it terrifies me, too.
Take John Bradley, Houston native and disgraced tough-on-crime district attorney of Williamson County. Republican primary voters recently ousted him after watching him prolong the wrongful incarceration of Michael Morton, who finally walked free a year ago after a quarter-century behind bars.
Bradley likes to distance himself from the case, reminding everyone that he wasn't district attorney when Morton was convicted in 1987 of bludgeoning his wife to death. The prosecutor in the case was Bradley's former boss, Ken Anderson, now a state district judge.
While it's true that Bradley didn't send the innocent man to prison for 25 years, he certainly did everything he could to keep him there. Bradley fought, for nearly seven years, Morton's request for DNA testing of a bloody bandana found at the crime scene. Bradley belittled defense efforts to find a "mystery killer." Bradley wrote letters opposing parole for Morton because, after 23 years, he still hadn't "accepted responsibility" for the crime. Bradley refused to turn over Morton's original case file to his attorneys.
Even after an appeals court finally ordered the bandana tested - and the results led directly to the arrest and indictment of Mark Alan Norwood, a man with a long criminal record who is now awaiting trial for Christine Morton's murder - Bradley continued to fight Morton's exoneration and argue in court briefs that the bandana was somehow tainted.
Looking for a new job
Before he lost the election, Bradley lost his post as head of the state Forensic Science Commission. Gov. Rick Perry's appointment of Bradley to the post was problematic from the start. Bradley took over the commission at the same time he was fighting Morton's attempts to test DNA evidence. The Texas Senate showed Bradley the door after he stymied the commission's investigation of faulty arson evidence in the capital murder case of Cameron Todd Willingham, a Corsicana man whose execution Perry presided over in 2004.
None of this, however, has deterred Bradley, who is pursuing his next challenge: leading the state's Special Prosecution Unit, which prosecutes crimes in juvenile detention facilities and state prisons, and is in charge of civil commitments of sexual predators.
The Texas Tribune's Brandi Grissom reported recently that he was one of three candidates interviewed for the post.
Bradley didn't return my call for comment, and he told Grissom he wouldn't discuss his plans. But it would seem that Bradley not only wants us to forget his sins against truth and justice in this state, he wants us to reward him with another influential position requiring a strong moral compass. How's that for prosecutorial accountability?
Of course, all this might not be as shocking if Bradley had indeed come clean about his mistakes. After all, his experience has certainly left him a valuable lesson to teach other prosecutors. Bradley had already called up Morton's Houston attorney, John Raley, and offered an apology. Bradley told the Tribune he'd been humbled, that he regretted opposing DNA testing in Morton's case, regretted sending letters urging the parole board to keep Morton locked away. He even suggested that, with hindsight, he might have handled the Willingham investigation differently.
But the softer, humbler, more enlightened side of the red meat prosecutor couldn't survive the Republican primary. In a debate, he defended his handling of the case by reverting to the same old arguments, including the bit about the tainted bandana. When Morton's Houston attorney, Raley, grew concerned about Bradley's campaign rhetoric, and wrote the Austin American-Statesman saying so, Bradley wrote a companion piece smoothing over his mistakes and insisting, "the truth is that we made the best decisions we could with the information that was available to us at the time."
It seems Bradley's "best decision" was to limit the information available by refusing to test it. Prosecutors have tough jobs that require them to make tough calls. Testing the bandana wasn't one of them.
Then, old pal Perry intervened in the race with a letter to Republicans, dismissing Bradley's critics as those "who are trying to mislead and distract you away from John's solid record of integrity, professionalism and support of the law."
'Ethics and justice'
If Bradley's record was such, voters of Williamson County wouldn't have ousted their longtime DA. And Michael Morton might have known freedom 2,400 days sooner.
Gina DeBottis, the prosecutor who currently holds the state position Bradley applied for, declined to weigh in on who should succeed her, although she stressed politics should have Wnothing to do with the hiring committee's decision. When I asked her about the qualifications one must have for the job, she responded this way:
"I certainly think that being fair and open and honest with the defense and with the court are extremely important," DeBottis said. "Ethics and justice are the most important things, and they go hand and hand."


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Colorado River basin water planners gather local input
When Gov. John Hickenlooper signed his executive order for a statewide water plan, he gave it a tight deadline. The state's consultants are now working to gather insights from residents and stakeholders in river basins throughout the state, including the Colorado headwaters in Grand County.
At a Grand County town hall meeting in Granby on Feb. 12, most of those stakeholders included ranchers, water engineers and representatives from the county's municipalities. They came to learn more about the Colorado state water plan, find out what is means for the Colorado River basin and express their concerns.
Last May, Hickenlooper signed an executive order demanding a statewide water plan on his desk by December 2014, and a draft by July.
Louis Meyer, a civil engineer with the company SGM, was contracted to help prepare the Colorado water plan. He said that while the governor's timeline is aggressive, preparing a water plan is both timely and necessary. Most states in the Western U.S. have water plans. Only Washington, Oregon, Arizona and Colorado lack one.
"This was a wise move for the State of Colorado," Meyer said. "We have a lot to accomplish in the next few months to make this happen."
The planning process has held nine roundtables, which included the Colorado metro area and the state's eight major river basins. Within the roundtables, the state's consultants worked to bring together diverse interests within each region, including recreational, environmental, agricultural and municipal interests.
"Those communities that plan for the future, by and large, are better able to meet customer's needs than those that don't," Meyer said.
With a growing population and obligations to send Colorado River water downstream to other states, a Statewide Water Supply Initiative forecasts a looming water shortage, or "gap." This gap could be 500,000 acre-feet by 2050.
The state population is expected to double by that time, jumping to 10 million residents. While most of that growth will be on the Front Range, projections show the fastest-growing counties will be in the Colorado River basin.
Adding to the urgency of the water plan is a prolonged drought and dismal snowpack. Water reserves in Lake Powell in Utah and Lake Mead in Nevada have dropped to alarming lows, which could have trickle-up effects in Colorado. Low levels mean the reservoirs lose their ability to generate electricity. If those electric turbines can't move, utility rates in Colorado could soar, and that lack of revenue could take a bite out of the Bureau of Reclamation's budget for other projects.
Colorado's water-use pie
In the past, Coloradans have used water-rights transfers from agriculture to meet water needs, but the governor and other lawmakers no longer find that model acceptable because of its economic and environmental impacts on rural communities, including Grand County.
According to Meyer's town-hall presentation, municipal and industrial consumption account for 9 percent of the state's water use. Recreation, fisheries, augmentation and recharge take 5 percent. The majority of the state's water use, 86 percent, goes to agriculture. To close the future water gap, at least some of the state's conservation efforts might have to come from agriculture.
But local ranchers took issue with that figure. While most of the state's agriculture is concentrated on the Front Range, east and southwest regions of the state, it's still a significant part of Grand County's economy. As meeting attendees pointed out, many ranchers in the Kremmling area use flood irrigation in the spring for their hay, making their fields look like lakes by the summer.
"You'd assume the water was used and gone forever if you didn't know any better," said Chris Sammons, whose family has ranched in the area for over 100 years. "But the ground is a sponge, soaking up water, recharging it back into the basin and downstream."
Sammons figures her hay only consumes a tiny portion of the actual irrigation water she uses. Sending the rest of that irrigation water back downstream helps Colorado meet its water rights obligations to other Western states and the nation of Mexico. That's not the case with water piped to the East Slope.
Other suggestions coming from Grand County locals included stronger leadership among government officials managing water and lands, with lower turnover in these roles. They also suggested changes to the state's land uses and development, and stronger educational campaigns on the true cost of water in the state.
Many of these suggestions are already being considered as part of the Colorado River Basin's goals and measurable outcomes as consultants like Meyer work on a statewide water plan draft, due to the governor this summer.
Leia Larsen can be reached at 970-887-3334 ext. 19603.
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"They" say by a certain age you fall into a certain pattern of statistics that include ownership of a typical four door sedan, like say a Ford Taurus. Ford had a surefire way to prove "them" wrong—the 1990 Ford Taurus SHO.
Complete with a standard transmission and a 220 horsepower engine the SHO made the Taurus anything but the typical four door sedan. Just when "they" thought they had you all figured out you went outside the box and got a SHO—you know, the one "they" are telling you to buy.


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Welcome back to Hazuki Dojo.
No long speech or nothing. It has not been an easy road back and it appears the old posts are not restorable. However, what happened, happened and I'd like to think we can move forward without dwelling on who, why or what was going on in the last couple months.
As far as I'm concerened, this is my site now and everything concerning it goes through my co-op which includes Yukupo - I extend special gratitude to him for working diligently on restoring the forum.
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Plate 35. 1. Common Hawthorn, or Whitethorn 2. Common Cotoneaster 3. Crab, or Wild Apple Tree 4. White Bean Tree 5. True Service Tree
In her introduction to this work, Mrs. Loudon (1807-1858) stated her goal to be to create a work that would be useful to ladies interested in flowers and would encourage the study of botany "which has hitherto been too much neglected… I shall take only the most ornamental plants, and I shall not figure any flowers that are common in gardens. My object is to enable any amateur who may find a pretty flower growing in the wild to ascertain its name and some particulars respecting it."
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Flatulence occurs when gas accumulates in your dog's intestinal tract and colon. This is a normal process that occurs when bacteria break down certain types of food. While it can be disruptive and disconcerting, it is rarely indication of a severe health problem.
What Are Some Causes of Flatulence in Dogs?
Dietary causes are the main source of flatulence in dogs. Low-quality foods with ingredients that can't be fully digested can cause gas. So do random table scraps and foods containing lactose. Some animals may also have food sensitivities and allergies, too, so it's important to find out what your dog's stomach can and cannot handle.
Flatulence can also occur when a dog eats too rapidly and may swallow air.
Which Dogs Are Most at Risk?
All dogs can develop flatulence, especially if they're fed a low-quality food with fillers and artificial preservatives, random table scraps, too many snacks or foods they're allergic to.
Could Flatulence Be A Symptom of Another Health Issue?
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Charles Krauthammer and his ilk are at it again, characterizing President Obama's cautious reaction to Russian aggression as "weakness." Krauthammer is well-paid to broadcast Republican talking points, but he is either ignorant of history or a devious political partisan hack.
He proposes that a show of armaments and deployment of American troops along Russia's border would display strength and prevent further aggression.
Nothing ultimately prevents further military aggression. The lesson the Krauthammers have never absorbed is the consequence of imperialist aggression is borne out by being bogged down in a country where the locals don't want you. Ask the Afghans in the late '70s when dealing with that Soviet aggression, or our more recent experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our own American Revolution and Vietnam are further lessons. With time, an occupied nation's self-determination is inevitable, despite the military might of the outside forces.
Military power can "shock and awe," but years of resistance from the locals lead to the invading forces eventually returning home, having wasted valuable lives and resources — and for what?
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NEW ORLEANS - July 01, 2010 -
The U.S. House of Representatives today approved legislation containing emergency funds to help states to cope with the Great Recession and stave off massive layoffs of educators and cuts to programs. The spending measure, which includes billions in aid to public schools and other critical domestic priorities, now moves to the Senate. According to a National Education Association analysis, the funds will save the jobs of approximately 138,000 educators.
The timely action by the House of Representatives comes at a critical time. School budgets across the country have already been cut to the bone, forcing massive layoffs of teachers and education support professionals. Some districts are moving to four-day school weeks, gutting critical services and programs for students, or even closing schools entirely. Other districts are projecting class sizes to double as a direct result of the layoffs. These layoffs and cuts are coming at the same time schools are facing demands for better academic outcomes.
NEA launched a national campaign called Speak Up for Education & Kids to mobilize educators and others concerned about the budget crisis facing states and to raise awareness about the consequences of inaction. NEA will continue to put pressure on policymakers until they put students before politics.
The following statement can be attributed to NEA President Dennis Van Roekel:
"We applaud the House of Representatives for speaking up for public education and students. We are especially grateful to Rep. David Obey (D-WI) and the House leadership for working so hard to address the immediate education and jobs crisis.
"Similarly, we appreciate the unbending support of President Obama and his administration, as well as governors across the country, to ensure financial relief for struggling states and keep our nation on the road to economic recovery.
"Today, as a direct result of educators' voices and efforts, we are a step closer to making sure children do not have to bear the brunt of our nation's economic woes. Most importantly, however, the much-needed funds will keep class sizes from ballooning and prevent many harmful cuts to critical services and programs for students.
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Laid-off Durham teacher urges Congress to fund education jobs
As North Carolina braces for more budget cuts, Gina Frutig takes her story to Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON - June 23, 2010 -
While Congress continues to grapple with an emergency supplemental funding bill, Gina Frutig, an elementary school teacher from Durham, N.C., joins National Education Association (NEA) members from Indiana, Illinois and California—who have all received pink slips—to urge their members of Congress to pass the "Education Jobs Fund." Without this infusion of money into state education budgets, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan estimates up to 300,000 educators across the nation could lose their jobs.
"The nation's economic crisis has pushed public education to a tipping point, but there is still a chance to stave off more damage," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, "Congress needs to put students first by supporting emergency education job funding that will keep teachers and other essential personnel and programs in our schools. All students deserve the highest quality education, and their education shouldn't be diminished because we lack the political will to act. Every parent, community member and elected official needs to understand the real consequences of this funding crisis."
In late April, Frutig, a fourth-grade teacher, was told that her contract would not be renewed. Even before receiving a pink slip, Frutig, a single mother of two, would hesitate to go to the doctor when she got sick "because the co-pay and the medication might put me over my budget," she said.
"My own family is feeling the economic pinch, but this crisis is bigger than us," added Frutig. "Budget cuts mean that my fourth-grade students will be in classes that are 50 percent larger when they return to school in the fall. As a teacher, I know overcrowded classes mean less attention for each student; as a parent, I am worried that my children will lose ground academically."
School budgets across the country have been cut to the bone, forcing massive layoffs of teachers and education support professionals. Some districts are moving to four-day school weeks, cutting critical services and programs for kids, and, in some places, even closing entire schools. These layoffs and cuts are coming at the same time that schools are facing rising demands for better academic outcomes.
In North Carolina, one of the states hardest hit by budget shortfalls, a projected 7,000 educators could receive pink slips. If the "Education Jobs Fund" were to pass, the state would receive $667 million that could save thousands of K-12 education jobs.
"The end of the fiscal year is almost here, and we can't allow our children to bear the brunt of the nation's economic woes," said Van Roekel. "Enough is enough. The time to speak up for education and kids is now."
Frutig hopes her visit with members of Congress on Capitol Hill will have an impact. Frutig also has a message to other lawmakers: She is paying close attention to their votes on the education jobs fund.
"I'll be watching every vote not because I have nothing better to do, but because I can't afford to put the responsibility in someone else's hands," said Frutig. "I am confident that the federal and state elected officials will not let us down."
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It's also quite surprising that the Super Hornet was deemed too large, when only one dimension is bigger than the Eurofighter, its length. On paper, the Super Hornet also has a bigger wingspan, but according to this source, it's below 10m wide when its wings are folded, which is around 1m less than the Eurofighter : http://www.airvectors.net/avhorn_2.html
Did you consider how the Super Duper's wings fold? do they fold flat, or are they upwards at a 90° or 60°? My point being that even folded, the tippy tops of the wings might still klonk into the hole in the mountain. I'm guessing the hangar may be roughly elliptical in shape, so folded wingtips may still be too big or too tall.
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A frequent host of special dinners at Chez Panisse, Niloufer Ichaporia King is an amazing Parsi cook whose recipes are truly inspiring. When we saw this one in her new book, it struck us as the perfect marriage of whisper-light omelet and aromatic, dosa-like filling.
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- 2 pounds small to medium yellow-fleshed potatoes such as Yukon Gold
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon brown mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 20 to 30 fresh curry leaves
- 3 to 4 fresh green serrano chiles, slit to the stem
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
- 3 large eggs, separated
- 1/4 cup water
- Garnish: lime wedges; fried or roasted cashews; chopped cilantro
- Cover potatoes with cold water by 1 inch in a medium saucepan, then stir in 1 tablespoon salt and simmer until not quite tender, about 8 minutes. Drain potatoes and cool slightly. Peel potatoes, then quarter and slice about 1/2 inch thick.
- Heat oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium heat until it shimmers, then cook mustard and cumin seeds until a shade darker and mustard seeds begin to pop, about 45 seconds. Add curry leaves and chiles and cook, stirring, 30 seconds. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and translucent, about 10 minutes. Stir in turmeric and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, then add potatoes and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are tender, 10 to 14 minutes. Discard chiles, then stir in cilantro and salt to taste.
- Transfer to a 10-inch heavy skillet with a high-domed lid (or use a metal bowl or inverted skillet as a lid) and keep warm, covered, over very low heat.
- Beat egg whites with a pinch of salt until they just hold stiff peaks. Lightly beat yolks with a fork, then stir in a spoonful of beaten whites to lighten them. Fold in remaining whites gently but thoroughly. Drizzle water around edge of skillet and spread eggs evenly over surface of potatoes. Increase heat and bring liquid just to a simmer (to create steam). Cover skillet, then reduce heat to low and cook until surface is dry and slightly springy to the touch, 12 to 14 minutes.
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I was wrong.
We think that Planet Nine is between 5 to 10 times the mass of the Earth (some evidence that we are continuing to examine suggests that it might even be closer to 20 times the mass of the Earth; Konstantin is optimistic; I'm skeptical; such tensions are what keep collaborations like ours honest). That puts it at a little smaller than Neptune.
But is it a planet? The IAU definition of planet includes the clunky phrase that it has to "clear its orbit." Really, this phrase is just an attempt to explain the concept that planets are the gravitational dominant things of planetary system and that one of the ways they display their gravitational dominance is by pushing around everything in their path. Overly literal critics of the IAU definition will insist that because Jupiter has asteroids which co-orbit with it (the Jupiter Trojans) that Jupiter is not a plane by this definition, etc. etc., but that is simply a problem with the clunkiness of the statement of the definition, not of the underlying concept.
Is Planet Nine gravitationally dominant? I think it is safe to say that any planet whose existence is inferred by its gravitational effects on a huge area of the solar system is gravitationally dominant.
If that is not good enough for you, though, astronomer Jean-Luc Margot at UCLA has recently written a nice paper finally quantifying what the phrase "clear its orbit" really means. To clear an orbit, an object has to be a certain size, given its distance. I've taken the key figure from his paper, which shows the planets of the solar system and compares them to the "planet" criterion (note that all of the planets are well above the planet line, while the 3 dwarf planets are well below it; this wide separation between planets and dwarf planets is another indicator of how solid the concept of gravitational dominance in the solar system is). If we extend this figure out to the distance and mass of Planet Nine, we find that it, too, is above the planet line for all of our considered cases.
(technical note: Margot has several different criteria for clearing; we prefer the "clear the feeding zone in 4.5 billion years" criterion, which is the line that we have extended).
For for much of the predicted range and size of Planet Nine it is comfortably above the line, at its most distant possible orbit and its smallest possible mass, Planet Nine just barely scrapes by as a planet by this calculation. However, we believe that if it really is on the most distant of possible orbits it is probably on the more massive side. Why? Because if it is going to have the effects that we have seen, it needs to be even more massive if it is further away. In short: no matter where it is, the one thing we know for sure about Planet Nine is that it is dominating the outer edge of the solar system. That is enough to make it a planet by anyone's calculation.


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Wow. I'm speechless. What a weekend. So I attended my first French bande dessinée festival as a guest at the Coince La Bulle Fest in Montargis, just south of Paris. Everyone I met was absolutely amazing and my book got an amazing reception. I can't thank everybody enough for a perfect time. But biggest thankses go to Arnaud Floc'h, Thomas Priou and François Pacchioni and Xavier at Scarce magazine.
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Now that the Term is well underway, we Court watchers have lots to talk about. True, opinions haven't started coming down the pike, but the arguments so far have been varied, interesting, and relevant. And this week promises to be equally interesting, with the Court hearing arguments on "" among other things "" the constitutionality of a California law prohibiting the sale of violent video games to minors.
I have already written about some of the most interesting October arguments here; today, I'll discuss a few more, as well as some themes we can draw from them.
Many Plain English readers will be interested in the case of Skinner v. Switzer, a case about a criminal defendant who wants access to DNA evidence collected at the crime scene. Why? Because it may show that he is innocent of murdering his girlfriend, a crime for which he was sentenced to death. Moreover, witnesses have now recanted their testimony, and new evidence has been found.
So why wouldn't Henry Skinner logically be able to get his DNA evidence? Well, for a couple of reasons. First, fearing it would prove his client guilty, his attorney decided not to ask to have it tested before his trial. In the oral argument, Justice Sotomayor specifically commented that his attorney's decision then might mean that Skinner could not ask for the DNA testing now. Second, Skinner might be making the wrong legal argument. The issue before the Court is whether Section 1983 "" a federal statute that allows prisoners and others to claim that the government has violated their constitutional rights "" allows suits like Skinner's. In another case last year, the Court prohibited some claims under the statute, but it left open the possibility that other challenges "" specifically, those similar to Skinner's in this case "" might be allowed. On the other hand, the Court might decide that his proper action would have been through a habeas claim "" or one challenging his conviction and imprisonment as improper. Skinner's response to this dilemma? He claims that the DNA evidence might exonerate him or show him to be guilty. Therefore, the request for DNA evidence does not challenge his conviction directly.
But if the DNA evidence might possibly exonerate Skinner, why can't the Court just decide that, in the interest of justice, it should be tested? Well, this case is one in which the concepts of law and justice might align "" or not. In particular, some Justices may be concerned that allowing prisoners to use Section 1983 in cases like this one might give them a back door to get around the very strict limits imposed by Congress in federal habeas law "" which Congress enacted for the specific purpose of prohibiting endless challenges to state convictions and sentences.
In another case in the October sitting, the Court heard arguments in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, a case about a potential fair labor violation. Kevin Kasten complained to his employer about having to don safety gear before clocking into work and take it off after clocking out. The robing time, he claimed, was time for which he should be paid. After Kasten made several such comments, his employer fired him for failing to punch in and out correctly on four different occasions. Kasten then sued, claiming in part that he was fired as retaliation for his complaints about the time clock. However, because Kasten never wrote his complaints down, making them orally instead, the Court must now look at whether he ever "filed" a complaint for which the employer could not legally retaliate.
The question arises under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which refers to employees who "file any complaint." And with whom must the claim be "filed"? With the employer? Or with the government? Because the federal appeals courts were split on the issue of just what constitutes "filing," the Supreme Court.
Like Skinner, the Kasten case brings up legal and policy issues. On the one hand, Congress sought to protect workers, who would be unlikely to complain about unfairness or lack of safety in the workplace if they thought that they would be fired for raising the issues. On the other hand, employers like Saint-Gobain claim that requiring formal complaints in writing will protect employers from angry and frivolous lawsuits by employees.
One more interesting detail here, and one discussed quite intelligently by Bob Barnes of the Washington Post in a recent article: Supreme Court litigation and decision-making often turn on the meaning of a single word. In deciding what "file" means, or "unavoidable" (see my recent discussion of that statutory term), or any number of other words in other cases, the Court uses what we call "tools of statutory construction." In other words, the Court has a toolbox full of approaches to defining ambiguous terms. The Justices might consider the "plain meaning" of the word, look to the legislative history or intent (or Congress's debates about a bill before it is passed), consider the meaning of the term in similar laws, and so on. In fact, the parties in Kasten have made arguments aimed at satisfying the Justices on all of these fronts, but how the Court will construe the word "file" remains to be seen.
This week will be an exciting one at the Court: not only will we get to hear the Justices argue about video games, but they will also take on a sensitive topic "" religion "" in two different cases: one involves religious freedom for prisoners, while the other considers the constitutionality of an Arizona program that provides tax credits for tuition payments to parochial schools. Stay tuned . . . .
Recommended Citation: Lisa Tucker, The Term so far in plain English, SCOTUSblog (Nov. 1, 2010, 9:55 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2010/11/the-term-so-far-in-plain-english/


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April 5, 2010
Magical Monday - Spring Challenge: 3-D flowers & Leaves
Thought I would save some time and also post these 2 layouts I did for challenges over at Scrapbook.com that I am in a group with. It seems like since I started this digital image journey I don't seem to be scrapping as much as I would like to, I always try to get in these 2 challenges every month. Usually just under the wire, but I love both of them and I so love to scrap my pictures and memories.
This first one is pictures of all four of my children's baby pictures and pictures of how they look right now. The challenge to this lo was suppose to be something on time. This is what I came up with. Fairly simple, but I so love how it turned out.
This one is a lo of our cat Storm. We have had him just about a year now and he is just a lovely cat with a great personality and very loving. I rarely get great shots of him, because he is black for one and when ever I use a flash he always closes his eyes. These were some great ones taken of him shortly after we got him. He was a stray where my daughter worked and she snuck him in late one evening and needless to say we all fell in love with him. The challenge here was to use some masking which I used at the bottom of the lo. I used a piece of paper that was punched for my mask and also to use something that was green, which were my leaves in the flowers.
I hope everyone had a lovely Easter Sunday. The weather was just beautiful here for once and the day was just lovely. Thanks for stopping by and big thanks if you left me some lovins! Have a spring filled day!
6 comments:
- A Consuming Passion said...
Beautiful card Nina......I love that image!
Your scrapbook pages are great too. Love the 1st 'then and now'...what fun! The second one is so striking Storm sitting on the window sill is a good shot ...demure!!! and those flowers are fab!!!
- April 5, 2010 at 7:55 AM
- The Other Patti Sue said...
Your card is AWESOME! That is one of my favorite images of yours! Love,love,love your scrapbook layouts! I am getting so interested in scrapbooking... trying not to! LOL!
- April 5, 2010 at 8:38 AM
- Shelly said...
Such a pretty spring card, Nina! I really like that image and you colored it beautifully.
Your lo's are awesome. I love what you did with the kids pics for the time one. Great idea! The one of Storm has such beautiful papers and colors for a beautiful cat. The masking you did looks fabulous. I need to remember that trick.
- April 5, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- craftieodmae said...
Gorgeous card! I love that image, your scrapbook pages are awesome!!
- April 5, 2010 at 6:53 PM
- Nilla said...
First fabulous card, love the flowers and of course the image! The LOs are lovely, nice to see your family! Hugs Nilla
- April 5, 2010 at 7:55 PM
- Selma said...
Hi Nina. Love your card. That is such a cute image and I love your flowers and verse. Your layouts are so pretty. Great family pictures.
- April 6, 2010 at 9:13 AM


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Christmas is in full swing at our house. The tree is always my favorite symbol of the season, I have hoards of cherished ornaments to show for it, and since this is our first Christmas in our first home I am extra giddy this year! I plan on sharing all my holiday decor in and around our house with you over the next couple weeks but I thought I would start by giving our tree the first introduction and show you some of my very favorite ornaments:
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On the eve of a possible NCAA do-or-die AAC tournament game for the UConn men's basketball team we take time out to reflect on the anniversary of a Husky all-time buzzer-beater. Believe it or not it was five years ago today that UConn met Pitt in the Big East quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden in a game that became famous for a certain Kemba Walker step-back jumper. Oh yeah, the Huskies went on to win eight more in a row after that to win another national title. Here's how The Courant told the story on March 10, 2011:
NEW YORK — As the clock continued its countdown to the most recent, and most stirring, signature moment in his storybook season, Kemba Walker dribbled calmly around the perimeter, killing time to ensure that his actions over the next few seconds would define, and end, this classic game.
Six seconds, then five, four ...
With a growing sense of urgency enveloping Madison Square Garden, Walker darted toward a helpless Gary McGhee, stepped back to create a little space and went left to create some more. Walker ultimately again jumped backward, this time so sharply that McGhee fell to the court, before releasing the shot that now lives beside other magical moments in UConn's storied Big East tournament history.
Walker's jumper from about 18 feet fell softly through the net as time expired, giving the ninth-seeded Huskies a 76-74 victory over top-seeded Pittsburgh Thursday in a wildly entertaining, dramatic quarterfinal that left UConn players dashing onto the court to mob their unflappable star.
"They told me to take the last shot and win the game for us," said Walker, who grew up dreaming of moments like this just a few miles away in the Bronx. "That's what I did, and there is nothing like doing it in your hometown."
Walker, who finished with 24 points, five assists and five rebounds in 40 minutes, had the final answer for the resolute Huskies (24-9), who became the first team in tournament history to begin play on Tuesday and win three games. Now two victories from an improbable seventh title that would tie Georgetown's record, UConn advances to face fourth-seeded Syracuse in a semifinal Friday at 7 p.m. The Orange, who advanced with a 79-73 victory over St. John's, beat UConn 66-58 on Feb. 2 at the XL Center.
"It means after three days I feel so much better about our team," UConn coach Jim Calhoun said. "We have not experienced it recently, but Friday night in Madison Square Garden, it's a pretty special building to walk into."
UConn and Pittsburgh (27-5) made it pretty special on Thursday afternoon. The last three meetings between these teams in New York were tournament championship games in 2002, 2003 and 2004. This only felt like one. When it was over, Calhoun twice jumped and raised his arms. Dejected Pitt players walked off slowly.
"Obviously a great game for everybody to watch," Panthers coach Jamie Dixon said. "Disappointing for us in that we came up short."
Dixon went on to say that UConn essentially beat Pittsburgh at its own game. The Huskies had a 32-25 rebounding advantage, made 21 of 25 free throws and had 20 points off turnovers to none for the Panthers. Jeremy Lamb had 17 points for UConn and Alex Oriakhi 13 points and seven rebounds - 11 and five in the second half.
Pittsburgh shot 55.1 percent, the season high for a UConn opponent, surpassing the 52.1 percent it posted in a decisive regular season victory over the Huskies Dec. 27. So strong and so precise, the Panthers threatened to blow this game open, building a 12-point lead in the first half and riding magnificent guard Ashton Gibbs, who had a career-high 27 points and made 6 of 7 three-pointers.
UConn trailed 60-54 midway through the second half but charged back with a 13-5 run. Walker gave the Huskies a 67-65 lead on a drive. Oriakhi was fouled while attempting to dunk a put-back and made one free throw to break a 69-69 tie. The Garden was buzzing.
With 1:02 remaining, Oriakhi's put-back of a Walker miss gave UConn a 74-71 lead. But Gibbs quickly tied it with 47.9 left on a three-pointer. Walker short-armed an open look in the lane, but Jamal Coombs-McDaniel emerged from a sea of Pittsburgh players to grab the rebound and had the presence of mind to call timeout with 18 seconds left.
Kemba Time, of course.
"As we all know, he's done it the whole year," Oriakhi said. "Those are the shots he hits."
Walker beat Texas with 5.4 seconds left in overtime. He beat Villanova with 2.5 left in regulation. He made go-ahead shots in the final possessions against Wichita State and Michigan State. There have been so many other game-changing moments. And now this: A New York buzzer-beater that elicited memories of Taliek Brown's 33-foot heave against Pitt in 2002 and Ray Allen's game-winner against Georgetown in 1996.
"An amazing play," Lamb said.
Brad Wanamaker, who scored 17 points, was the first to guard Walker, but Coombs-McDaniel, trailed by McGhee, set a screen and Pittsburgh switched. Calhoun said that Walker's options were to take the shot or kick to Coombs-McDaniel.
"There wasn't any doubt in my mind what option was going to be taken, though," Calhoun said. "Once he put that hard dribble down and saw McGhee, he went up and just made a spectacular play. Kemba has made a ton of big shots this year and I think he's the single most important guy for a team in college basketball."
McGhee is a 6-foot-11 center. He didn't have much of a chance of containing Walker on the perimeter.
"He made a great move, a speed dribble to the left," McGhee said. "I thought he was going to the basket. He made a step back, I stumbled, and he knocked down a jump shot to end the Big East championship run we could have made."


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