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June 15, 2004 - ASM Comments on Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct
Federal Register Notice: Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct; Proposed Rule
Chris B. Pascal, J.D. Director
Office of Research Integrity
11101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 750
Rockville, MD 20852
Re: RIN #0940-AA04 Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct Comments of the American Society for Microbiology
Dear Mr. Pascal:
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Public Health Service Policies on Research Misconduct: Proposed Rule published at 69 Federal Register 20778 (April 16, 2004). The ASM is the largest single life science Society with over 43,000 members, who work in university research, clinical and public health laboratories, in government service and in pharmaceutical, food, and environmental industries. The mission of the ASM is to promote the microbiological sciences and their application for the public good. The Society has a Committee on Ethical Practices with responsibility for assisting ASM in developing policies and procedures on issues involving scientific conduct. The Society also has a Code of Ethics to advance the profession and uphold its integrity.
This comment focuses on a specific and important provision in the Proposed Rule for policies related to research misconduct. In Section 93.502, the PHS proposes that a single Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) appointed from the Departmental Appeals Board (DAB) Administrative Law Judges conduct hearings on allegations of research misconduct and issue a recommended decision for review by the Assistant Secretary for Health. This procedure would constitute a substantial modification of the current process through which a Research Integrity Adjudications Panel (RIAP) consisting of three members conducts a hearing on charges of research misconduct. The ASM submits that hearings on allegations of research misconduct should continue to be conducted before a Research Integrity Adjudications Panel and that, at the request of either party, at least one member of the panel should be a scientist with research experience and knowledgeable in the scientific area focused on in the hearing.
Under the current procedure, one individual is designated as the Presiding Panel Member. Upon the request of either party, one of the other two Panel Members must be a scientist or other expert. The scientist or expert serves as a full member of the Panel, including attending the hearing, reviewing the evidence, and participating in the making and crafting of a decision. Under the proposed procedure, at the request of either party, the ALJ must retain a scientist or technical expert. Crucially, however, the expert would play only a consultative role and would not have any right or responsibility to participate in the deliberation concerning, or rendition of, a recommended decision on the allegations.
The ASM is not aware of any compelling evidence that use of a panel of adjudicators causes the hearing process to be ineffective. The ASM submits that inclusion of a scientist or technical expert in a formal, decision-making capacity rather than as a consultant does not complicate unduly the hearing process. Most importantly, inclusion of a scientist as a decisionmaker rather than as a consultant assures application of science in the process of reaching and writing a recommended decision on a charge of research misconduct.
Because such charges may turn upon issues uniquely related to scientific concepts and principles, it is important that the parties have the right to demand full participation by a scientist or expert in the adjudicatory process. For example, a charge that a scientist has manipulated materials or equipment so the research is not accurately presented may well present issues that are beyond the knowledge, expertise, experience, or background of an ALJ. Although an ALJ may utilize a scientist as a consultant on such matters, the scientist would not have a right to participate in the process of making and writing a decision. Thus, the accused or agency could rely only upon the ALJ's willingness or ability to take into account expert assistance in arriving at a recommended decision. Further, the Assistant Secretary would be deprived of an analysis in the recommended decision prepared by an expert in the subject matter of the hearing.
For these reasons, the ASM submits that recommended decisions be issued by a RIAP and that, upon the request of either party, a scientist or technical expert participate fully as a member of the panel. With the appointment of a Presiding Panel Member, other procedures for expediting a fair and effective hearing may be utilized and the parties and Assistant Secretary may be assured that the recommended decision of the Panel reflects full participation of a knowledgeable expert.
Again, we appreciate the opportunity to comment on this important subject.
Thomas Shenk, President, ASM
Gail H. Cassell, Ph.D., Chair, Public and Scientific Affairs Board
Julius Youngner, Ph.D., Chair, Committee on Ethics


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It's hard enough being a Spanish bank these days. The U.S.-listed shares of Banco Santander are down more than 20% this year amid concerns about the health of the Spanish financial system and Spain's (as well as Europe's) overall economy.
But there's some good news for Santander. It is about to get a new ticker symbol on the NYSE that is less likely to be mocked. Santander wasn't doing itself any favors with the ticker symbol of STD. I've simply referred to this on Twitter as an "unfortunate" ticker symbol. (Get your mind out of the gutter and stop making jokes about the European debt "contagion.")
That will all change on Thursday June 14. Santander (STD) will begin trading instead as SAN. The bank announced the shift back in April. The move was made possible after Santander's Chilean unit Banco Santander Chile (BSAC) said it was giving up the SAN symbol in favor of BSAC.
In its release two months ago, Santander said that the change to SAN "aligns the use of ticker symbols within the Santander Group." Santander already trades as SAN in Madrid. A spokesman for the bank in Madrid added on Tuesday that the ticker symbol change was done to avoid causing confusion from having the Chilean unit trade on the NYSE with the same symbol as Banco Santander in Spain.
Still, this won't end all the confusion. Santander has been listed as STD in the U.S. for awhile. One could argue that it's more confusing to get rid of a somewhat entrenched symbol. What's more, Santander's stock on the London Stock Exchange trades under the symbol "BNC." So it's not as if the U.S. shares were the only ones that are trading sans SAN.
Whatever the reason for the ticker symbol change, investors still probably need to remain wary of any of the Spanish banks. The rescue euphoria following Saturday's request for funding from the EU was short-lived. Investors are still very nervous. And in case you forgot, big U.S. banks didn't hit bottom until months after the TARP bailout was announced in 2008.
That's why I'm surprised by the move up in Santander and rival BBVA (BBVA) Tuesday. In fact, I dubbed it my Stupid Stock Move of the Day!
It's curious that both stocks have bounced off the bottom considering that Spanish bond yields surged perilously close to what I've dubbed the Pau Gasol status of 7%. (The Spanish-born Los Angeles Laker -- although not for much longer? -- is 7-feet tall.) The market is clearly sending the message that Spain itself needs even more help ... and that 100 billion euros for Spanish banks may not be enough either.
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FORT KNOX, Ky. (AP) - The soldiers of Fort Knox's 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) are preparing to depart for Afghanistan and Kuwait and plan a ceremony on Friday to mark the occasion.
The unit will hold a casing ceremony, which prepares the unit flag for movement.
Fort Knox says the 3d ESC's mission will be recovering and returning military equipment from 12 years of war, transferring and closing bases and providing sustainment to soldiers still in the area.
The post says more than 200 soldiers from the unit completed certifying training in February to simulate what they will encounter in Afghanistan.
The casing ceremony is set for Friday afternoon.
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It's been a tough year for the Green and Gold with a disappointing series defeat to Sam Warburton's British & Irish Lions followed by home and away losses to New Zealand and South Africa in the Rugby Championship.
But they have showed signs that they could be on the rise under new head coach Ewen McKenzie after they hammered Argentina in Rosario earlier this month and ran the All Blacks close at the weekend.
The Wallabies hit a half century against the Pumas before losing 41-33 to the World Champions in Dunedin in their final game before their tour opener against England at Twickenham on November 2.
And while the statistics don't always tell us everything we need to know, the figures from that most recent outing certainly suggest that McKenzie and co are heading in the right direction.
Former skipper and World Cup winner John Eales picked out the following stats in his article for the Sydney Morning Herald after suggesting that his countrymen should be more than confident of holding their own in the northern hemisphere:
• The Wallabies had more possession (55 per cent), made more line-breaks (6-4), and missed fewer tackles (12-23) than the All Blacks.
• The Wallabies scored three tries - the most they've scored against the All Blacks in the last two years and as many in total as they scored in the previous four Tests combined versus New Zealand.
• The Wallabies scored 33 points. Only twice before have they scored more against them, 35-39 in a losing team in 2000 and 34-19 in 2008.
• The Wallabies won the second half, the only time they have won a half against the All Blacks this year.
• The winning margin of eight was the All Blacks' narrowest against any team this year.
Another positive can be found in the form of fly-half Quade Cooper, with Eales describing his personal performance as 'outstanding'.
The Queensland Reds playmaker missed out on the series with the Lions after falling out of favour with former coach Robbie Deans following a controversial year dogged by a public outburst that saw him heavily fined and reprimanded.
But the 24-year-old now appears to be starting to shine once more under the tutelage of his old Super XV boss McKenezie, who, although he isn't getting carried away with Cooper's form, is certainly happy with how his star man is shaping up.
"I've seen the 100 per cent goal kickig, I've seen him manage a game and I've seen him make try-saving tackles," said McKenzie, who believes his side are also on the up.
"Everyone likes to say, 'he can't do this' and 'he can't do that' or 'because the crowd's booing he can't play'. Well, it didn't seem to affect him on Saturday, he just gets out there. Maybe he had the full gamut on display but I know what he's capable of doing.
"We have to stick tight together as a team and continue to build for something we're working hard at, which is being a world-class team.
"Those things don't happen overnight but we can see the end result and the closer we come as a team, when we play against the All Blacks and South Africa, the better we'll be in the long run."


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Is it rude to stay in a class like aerobics, yoga, or zumba if you don't know all the moves or find it hard to keep up?
I do Zumba, and the instructor always says that if a move is too complex, or hard on knees, etc., to march in place. You're still getting a workout, and modifying any of the moves for our needs is encouraged.I'd think twice about going back to such a gym as in the OP.
I find the telling somebody they are 'messing people up' in a situation like that is very rude. Both these instructors seemed annoyed that there were people in the class who couldn't do everything perfectly which I find very off putting. Is it rude to stay in a class like aerobics, yoga, or zumba if you don't know all the moves or find it hard to keep up?
I don't think the instructor did anything wrong in the second scenario. It was being billed as an intermediate class with pre-knowledge required. If you take a course without meeting the pre-requirements for it, then you're not going to be able to keep up with the class and it will affect the people around you. If nothing else, the instructor has to spend more time teaching you the basics, when the whole point of more advanced classes is to allow the class to do more without having to cover the basics. Since you said the instructor said it politely, I say she was in the right in that situation. In the future, if you aren't sure if you meet the prerequisites for a class, ask.The Zumba instructor sounds really mean, though. I wouldn't want to go back to that class either!
I am also queen of the uncoordinated and un-graceful, and have also taken a variety of classes over the years, regular aerobic, step, kickboxing, etc. My issue, esp in classes where you need to something separate with your arms and legs at the same time, is that I get confused. My brain won't let me do both at once, so, say for example, in step class, I would simply do the legs, while letting my arms hang. If its a class I'm not familiar with, I will hide in the back so as not to get in anyone's way, if i can help it.
I may be oversensitive, but it is never fun to get the vibe of 'you suck, go away', even if it is said politely.
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2006 Entry Draft Preview: The Goaltenders
Submitted by pete on June 12, 2006 - 16:51
We've already begun to shift gears at Bolt Prospects into coverage for the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by examining organizational strengths, weaknesses, tendencies and philosophies. Today we'll take the next step on the road to June 24th in Vancouver by starting to examining some of the Lightning's potential options at their pick, 15th in the first round. First up under the microscope are the goaltenders. It should be noted this is generally considered a down year between the pipes for draft prospects with no dominant top tier NHL prospects on the level of recent draftees like Roberto Luongo or Karri Lehtonen or even Rick Dipietro and M.A. Fleury. There is, however, some depth in terms of goaltender in this class if the Lightning choose to wait beyond the first round pick to try and land another goaltending prospect. In studying up on this draft it is clear the Lightning may have the opportunity to grab the first goalie off the board, if they so choose to do so, and it also appears that decision will come down to two prospects: Jonathan Bernier of Lewiston of the QMJHL and Riku Helenius of Ilves Jr. A in Finland. Bolt Prospects rates goaltending as a secondary need in this draft, but if the Lightning feel either player is the best player available at the 15 spot they could and should grab him. [b]Name: Jonathan Bernier Position: Goaltener Catches: Left Height: 5'11.5" Weight: 177 lbs Born: 8/7/88 Rankings: #1 North American Goaltender (CSS), #17 Overall (THN), #23 (Red Line), #2 Goaltender (TSN.ca/ISS)[/b] [i]Lewiston (QMJHL) 54 GP, 27-26-0, 2.70 GAA, 2 SO, .908 sv%[/i] There is not a consensus top goaltender in the 2006 draft class, but the closest thing to one is Jonathan Bernier of Lewiston. The Laval born goaltender is considered a solid if unspectacular pick with no glaring weaknesses. As could be expected of a Quebec born netminder, Bernier is well trained in the classic butterfly technique who has good rebound control, is hard to beat in close and has a good glove hand. His athleticism is considered to be good but he does have a tendency to allow the odd soft goal. Red Line and THN differ on Bernier's mental resiliency with the former panning it while the latter quotes one NHL scout as praising Bernier's ability to shake off mistakes and battle on. Red Line compares Bernier to Marty Turco and points out that his stats may be artifically low due to a poor Lewiston team in front of him. At the U18 World Junior Championships Bernier went just 3-3-1 but he did have a solid 1.71 GAA with 1 shutout and a .942 save percentage. [b]Positives:[/b] [i]Well schooled. Good athleticism. Strong glove and rebound control. No glaring weaknesses.[/i] [b]Weaknesses:[/b] [i]Allows the occassional soft goal and had a few too many bad games this season. Size is well below the ideal for the style Jeff Reese teaches.[/i] [b]Name: Riku Helenius Position: Goaltender Catches: Left Height: 6'3" Weight: 202 lbs Born: 3/1/1988 Rankings: #5 European Goaltender (CSS), #46 Overall (THN), #86 Overall (Red Line), #1 Goaltender (TSN.ca/ISS)[/b] [i]Ilves Jr. A (FIN) 26 GP, 2.68 GAA, 4 SO, .919 sv%[/i] If there is a goaltender who will be first off the board before Bernier, it will likely be Ilves Jr. A's Riku Helenius who has made a strong final push due largely to an impressive performance at the U18 World Junior Championships. At that tournament, Helenius practically carried a mediocre Finnish junior team on his back to the silver medal going 4-1-1 with a 1.83 GAA, 1 shutout and a .942 save percentage. Still, if Helenius pushes all the way up into the first round it will be a mild surprise, partly because he has only played half the number of games Bernier did this season and in a lesser league in Finnish Jr. A. Helenius has great size and uses it to his advantage by playing his angles well in more of a standup style but he will use his size effectively in close in the butterfly as well. He has a good glove and solid athleticism and in the mental game he is lauded for his competitiveness and his willingness to battle. Red Line criticizes Helenius' rebound control, although it notes he is not asked to control his rebounds by his coaches, as well as his tendency to play deep in the net. They compare him to Vancouver's Alex Auld and suggest his ascension in the rankings may be more about Finnish goaltenders being en vogue rather than Helenius' own ability. At least one scout in THN's draft preview disagrees noting that while Helenius is well coached in Finland his athleticism is also strong and there is little downside to him as a prospect. [b]Positives:[/b] [i]Has ideal size and plays a style similar to that taught by Jeff Reese. Has a good glove hand a solid athleticism. Very competitive and battles between the pipes.[/i] [b]Negatives:[/b] [i]Hasn't played a lot of hockey in Finnish Jr. A league and will struggle to see time in the SM-liiga so long as Tuukka Rask is with Ilves. Rebound control is a question mark and he occassionally plays too deep in his crease.[/i]
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Data Presented Today at the 19th Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. and NEW YORK, Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the 19th Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference, Dr. Dennis I. Goldberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Transport Pharmaceuticals, Inc., presented compelling clinical results of a Phase 2 study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the company's lead drug/device product, the SoloVir(TM) Electrokinetic Transdermal System (SoloVir(TM) ETS) for recurrent herpes labialis (cold sores). SoloVir(TM) ETS uses single-use drug cartridges containing Transport's novel, five-percent acyclovir gel.
This unique study was designed to determine the optimum treatment protocol based upon the immediate delivery of a large bolus of acyclovir into the skin during a herpetic episode, i.e. whether treatment at either the prodrome or erythema stage on day one of the herpetic episode was significantly better than placebo. TPI-H-221 was a multi center, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study that enrolled approximately 260 subjects.
Dennis I. Goldberg, President and CEO, commented on the clinical results, "The TPI-H-221 study has demonstrated that treatment at the erythema or papule/edema stages, the first visible signs of a cold sore, decreased the number of patients who progressed to classical lesions, and resulted in a dramatic decrease in healing times. Patients who treated earlier, at the prodrome stage, did not see a statistically significance benefit. Our Phase 2 study provides valuable insights into the treatment of herpes labialis. SoloVir(TM) ETS is the only one time treatment to achieve a statistically significant and clinically meaningful decrease in herpetic lesions. This study provides a number of important findings that provide a clear path for completing the development of this novel combination drug/device product."
Spotswood Spruance, MD, a noted expert on herpes labialis and a member of Transport's Scientific Advisory Board, commented, "Based on two well controlled Phase 2 clinical studies, Transport may offer the clinical community a new paradigm for treating herpes more efficaciously by administering treatment to the site of viral replication at the first visible evidence of a lesion."
Dr. Spruance continued, "There has been some controversy in the medical community about treating this patient population during the prodrome stage because as many as one third will have aborted lesions without receiving any treatment. SoloVir(TM) ETS may mitigate that controversy by allowing patients to wait for the first visual signs before initiating treatment, thereby treating patients with a higher probability of progression to classical lesion."
TPI-H-221 Study Results
Data from this Phase 2 clinical study indicate that treatment at the erythema or papule/edema stages resulted in a statistically significant effect on the herpetic episode. In particular, the study demonstrated a 79 percent increase in aborted lesions (43% active; 24% placebo; p= 0.03; active n= 61; placebo n= 72) in SoloVir(TM) ETS treated subjects versus placebo. These subjects also experienced a 3.5 day reduction in time to complete healing (p= 0.015). Furthermore, this study demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction in pain. SoloVir(TM) ETS was shown to be well tolerated with a compliance rate greater than 98 percent, with no serious adverse events reported related to study drug in all groups.
Based on the strong clinical results from TPI-H-221, Transport will advance SoloVir(TM) ETS into its next clinical stage of development in 2008. Transport has retained worldwide rights to SoloVir(TM) ETS for the treatment of herpes labialis.
TPI-H-221 Study Design
Patients were randomized in a 1:1:1 ratio into one of three iontophoretic treatment groups, two active arms and one placebo arm.
Primary efficacy in this patient initiated study of approximately 260 subjects was measured by duration of the herpetic episode. Prevention of progression to classical lesion, time to complete healing, and duration of pain were key secondary endpoints. Treatment phase ended after at least 80 patients in each treatment group had experienced a herpetic episode and received either drug or placebo treatment. The small size and portability of SoloVir(TM) ETS allowed patients to treat themselves immediately at the first signs and symptoms of a herpetic lesion with a single, ten-minute iontophoretic application of either active acyclovir gel or placebo gel. A second, investigator-supervised treatment followed 6 - 18 hours later in the clinic.
About SoloVir(TM) ETS
Transport's lead product, SoloVir(TM) ETS, utilizes the company's proprietary five-percent acyclovir gel formulation to treat herpes labialis, or cold sores. SoloVir(TM) ETS consists of a reusable control unit and a disposable, unit-dose, single-use medicated cartridge. The small, wireless control unit uses a low voltage which is varied in response to patient skin impedance to provide constant current and control of drug delivery. The drug cartridge contains a unit dose of the drug formulation as well as the drug delivery electrode. Portability of the battery-powered device allows patients to easily self-administer topical drugs for a variety of indications. Both product and technology were developed by Transport's scientists and engineers and are protected by a broad patent portfolio.
Pharmacokinetic data from a Phase I study (TPI-H-111) indicate that a single ten minute treatment with SoloVir(TM) ETS delivered more than 100 times the published peak tissue levels (2 ug/ml) of acyclovir achieved with a 1 gram dose of Valtrex(R), a leading oral-antiviral drug marketed for the treatment of herpes labialis. In addition, the peak tissue levels are achieved at the time of administration with SoloVir(TM) ETS, while orally administered Valtrex, requires more than two hours to reach peak acyclovir levels in the skin. Results of an earlier reported, clinic-initiated proof-of-concept study with a prototype device and 5 percent acyclovir cream demonstrated a three day (or 71 hours; 49 hours versus 120 hours; p= .03) reduction in healing time among a subgroup of patients that were treated at the first visible stage of infection or erythema stage. {Clinical Infectious Diseases, August 15, 2006}.
About Herpes Labialis
Herpes labialis, also called cold sores, is caused by the herpes simplex virus, most commonly type I (HSV-1). Up to 90 percent of the U.S. population is infected with HSV-1, and approximately 30 percent suffer from recurring outbreaks. On average, a patient has four cold sore outbreaks per year. As a result, there are an estimated 360 million recurrent herpetic episodes in the U.S. per year. It is second only to the common cold in prevalence. Currently approved treatments for herpes labialis, including acyclovir cream, penciclovir cream, n-docosonal 10 percent cream, valacyclovir, the oral prodrug of acyclovir, and famciclovir, the oral prodrug of penciclovir, are all labeled to treat at the prodromal stage. None of these treatments are proven to increase the frequency of aborted lesions (aborted lesions are those that do not progress to vesicle, or ulcer stages of classical lesions).
About Transport
Transport is bringing together cutting-edge medical electronics with drug formulation and material sciences to develop drug/device combination products that enhance movement of drugs across the stratum corneum (the skin's outer layer) by means of electric current. In addition to the lead drug/device product, SoloVir(TM) ETS, Transport has a pipeline of earlier stage dermatological products based on its electrokinesis platform including onychomycosis, acne, actinic keratosis, keloids, warts, psoriasis, skin cancer and medical aesthetic applications.
Transport is a Massachusetts-based, privately held specialty pharmaceutical company. Current venture investors include Quaker BioVentures, The Carlyle Group, The Hillman Company and The Halleran Company. For more information, please visit http://www.transportpharma.com.
|SOURCE Transport Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Pequot Lakes community action group forms
Individuals and businesses in Pequot Lakes are recruiting members for a non-profit community action group with a primary goal of fundraising.
The group is modeled after the Brainerd community action group. The Pequot Lakes group was founded out of a desire to provide support, primarily financial support, to special events and projects in Pequot Lakes.
The community action group specifically wants to support the Miss Pequot Lakes Scholarship Pageant, the annual Pet Parade and the Santa's Bobbin' Into Town event.
"We need funds to help promote these things," said Barb Merritt, group vice president.
Another project the group would like to raise money for is streetlight banners for Pequot Lakes.
"We're just hoping that this can grow into a nice, large group that can help people and help the town," Merritt said.
In addition to gathering funds, the Pequot Lakes community action group is hoping to find and recruit people to help with projects and events.
"We would love volunteers," said Kimberly Ziesemer, group president.
It is also considering pursuing some type of project that could help families in need, perhaps during the holiday season.
Membership in the community action group is open to individuals as well as businesses, and local residence is not required.
"This group is an overarching group to help support the community, and members can be businesses, they can be individuals, they can be families, they can be out of the area — just people who come and live in Pequot for the summer," said Nancy Adams, Pequot Lakes mayor.
The community action group is a different entity from the chamber of commerce with a different focus, said Mark Jurchen, member of both the chamber and community action.
"The community action group is probably going to be looking at more of collecting funds primarily for certain projects in town," Jurchen said.
The community action group will be less focused on businesses than the chamber.
"The community action group is probably going to be a little less politically involved. It's primarily for events and projects that are focused on enhancing the community," Jurchen said.
"It's all really a cooperative type of situation with two groups that have different events and different projects that are in mind," he added.
Membership in the Pequot Lakes community action group is $25 and is open to any individual, family or business.
"It's a very inexpensive way to support the community," Adams said.
Interested individuals can email firstname.lastname@example.com. The group hopes to have membership applications available soon at Merritt Jewelers and the Pequot Lakes Library.


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Former-Chelsea defender Michael Mancienne has been backed for a shock England call-up.
The ex-England youth international swapped the Premier League for the Bundesliga last year when he joined Hamburg from Chelsea for a fee in the region of £1.75m.
And the 24-year-old has quickly settled into life in Germany, establishing himself in the heart of Hamburg's defence.
So well in fact, that Hamburg sporting director Frank Arnesen believes Mancienne should be in line for a call-up to Roy Hodgson's England squad.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror: "If I was the coach then I would definitely look at him, absolutely. He could be a good shout for the squad as he can play right-back and centre-back. He has been outstanding."
Hodgson finds himself short of options in defence following John Terry's international retirement. England coach Gary Neville revealed earlier this week Manchester United Rio Ferdinand is unlikely to be considered, leaving Joleon Lescott, Gary Cahill and Phil Jagielka as recognised centre-backs.
And England's first-choice right-back Glen Johnson is suspended for the Three Lion's next match, a home tie against San Marino next Friday.
So Mancienne's versatility could stand him in good stead, and Arnesen thinks his European experience in the Premier League gives him an added advantage.
"I think the Bundesliga is as tough as, or tougher than, the Premier League because the rhythm of the league is very high and it's physically tough," said Arnesen.
"He has learnt so much from coming here. Not many English players go abroad but he's improved through doing it. He's developed as a player and as a person."
Hamburg have started the season in middling form, and currently lie 10th in the Bundesliga. Mancienne came through the Chelsea academy but only made four league appearances for the Blues before he left Stamford Bridge.
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Who's been using sum good RC exemestane? Need to pick sum up. I've only tried HCP.
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Who's been using sum good RC exemestane? Need to pick sum up. I've only tried HCP.
Did you not like the HCP exesmestane?
its not that, i think its working but cant say for sure because i haven't gotten bw done. But its stop my gyno from getting bigger if that make sense. I prefer tabs, rc dont taste the best lol
This is really the wrong section for your question.
There are many sponsors on the site that carry some form of Exemestane.
RC and Pharma.
I rep for CEM Products and can vouch for their Liquid Stane because I have used it with the expected results.
I also rep for SFY and can vouch for the Pharma Cabaser. I've used it successfully as well.
As I said, there are many sponsors with Exemestane so the two I mentioned are not your only options.
If You Want tabs You cant use an RC sponsor,they only come in liquid form


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The Long Line Outside Romney's Door and His New Message to Supporters
(NEW YORK) -- On Friday morning, Mitt Romney and his wife Ann drove themselves to campaign headquarters in Boston. Gone were the secret service detail and the motorcade that had trailed them in the final months of the campaign. Instead of the long lines of supporters waiting to see them, there was now a line of dozens of staffers outside Romney's office door; some waiting to shake his hand, others looking for a quiet moment with the Governor after a loss that stunned a confident campaign Tuesday night.
One Romney staffer said the line easily reached a hundred employees Friday as the former presidential candidate ate pizza out of the box in his office. Mrs. Romney wore jeans and a sweater. The Romneys came to headquarters every day after the election after telling staffers they would do anything they could to help them find their next job.
Their pledge to help came just hours after the loss Tuesday night. Romney called a staff meeting at headquarters the next morning. With emotions still raw from the night before, Romney and his wife arrived to deafening applause and chants of "Mitt, Mitt, Mitt." As workers wiped away their tears, one staffer said Romney was clearly moved and that Mrs. Romney cried as they stood before the team.
Campaign manager Matt Rhoades told the Governor and his wife, "We would rather lose with you than win with anyone else," sources said.
Romney's top advisers were convinced they had a solid shot at the presidency right until the end. Pointing to their internal data and their swelling crowds, Romney and his team believed the state polls were overestimating President Obama's standing given Romney's support among independents and what they believed was an enthusiasm gap favoring Republicans.
In the days after defeat, a source close to Mrs. Romney said she described the moment she walked onto that stage on election night as 'surreal.' The source added Mrs. Romney wondered to herself, 'Are we really conceding?' In fact, it was Mrs. Romney who remained most optimistic as returns started pouring in. She was playing with her grandchildren and received updates from others whose eyes were trained on the television screen.
In the hours after his concession speech, Mitt Romney offered praise for his top advisers and donors who gathered at breakfast. According to a source at the breakfast, there was a standing ovation for Rhoades and applause for Mitt's 'Body Man,' Garrett Jackson, who was by Romney's side throughout the campaign. Jackson often captured and tweeted images of the Governor during private moments that spread at lightning speed among Romney's supporters. Among the images was a smiling Romney backstage watching his wife address millions of Americans from the Republican National Convention.
Romney also thanked top strategists Stuart Stevens, Russ Schriefer, Eric Fehrnstrom, and Beth Myers who led the effort to select a vice-presidential candidate. Donor Sheldon Adelson was also cheered, as was Romney's National Finance Chairman Spencer Zwick.
When asked about the President's overture to Mitt Romney during his victory speech on election night, a source close to Romney was unsure if Romney would accept the President's invitation adding Romney is still 'tender,' and bruised by the Obama campaign's portrayal of him, particularly his tenure at Bain Capital.
Even many of those closest to Romney don't know what he'll do next. The Romneys are expected to travel to their San Diego home to spend time with family. Many expect Romney's focus to include board work and the Mormon Church.
On Saturday, Romney sent a note thanking campaign supporters, "This was more than just a campaign, this was a national movement," he wrote. Romney did not specifically reference his loss to President Obama. "We still believe that better days are ahead," Romney wrote.
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Where is Taco's head in that picture?
He does have a head doesn't he?
Is it like super tiny or what?
Today's recruiting roundup covers last weekend's high school action, the latest on Leon McQuay III, the 2014 ESPN 300 Watch List, and more.
Remember the picture of former Michigan safety Carvin Johnson as the saddest of sad pandas after losing the state title game? Taco Charlton also hates losing, and after his Pickerington Central squad fell 37-0 to Pickerington North—the first time in six tries that North defeated their crosstown rivals—he's the next in line for Agony of Defeat Photo of the Year:
Much like Johnson in that state title game, Charlton was phenomenal in a losing effort, recording ten tackles and 1.5 sacks while playing on offense, defense, and special teams for the Tigers. In the end, though, it was fellow Michigan commit Jake Butt, who finished with nine catches for 92 yards and a TD as well as a crucial fourth-down sack, celebrating a rivalry win on Central's home turf. I'll have much more on this game, including more photos and video highlights, in tomorrow's Future Blue Originals.
Speaking of outstanding two-way efforts, Dymonte Thomas led Marlington to a 34-14 victory with 249 yards and four touchdowns on 25 carries and also recorded an interception—all after suffering an ankle injury that forced him out of the first offensive series. Thomas also threw an eight-yard touchdown pass. You can see highlights from the game at the 4:30 mark of this video.
Channing Stribling continued to show why he's regarded as a fast-rising prospect, returning an interception 25 yards for a touchdown for Matthews Butler. According to TomVH, Stribling now has five interceptions in six games on the season as well as a kickoff return for a TD and a receiving TD.
We haven't heard much from Wyatt Shallman, who's been battling injuries, thus far this season, but he had a breakout performance on Friday. Playing defensive tackle, Shallman finished with six tackles, four hurries, a sack, and an interception (returned for 20 yards), via TomVH.
DeVeon Smith rushed for 123 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries in a 37-14 victory for Warren Howland. Several other commits found paydirt over the weekend, including Mike McCray (77 yard TD catch along with five solo tackles), Gareon Conley (TD catches of 58 and three yards), Ross Douglas (13-yard TD run), Ben Gedeon (71 rush yards and two TDs), and JaRon Dukes, whose 10-yard TD reception provided the winning points in a 7-6 victory.
In other commit news, David Dawson announced on Twitter that he's been invited to represent Team USA in the International Bowl. Also, Magnus has an interesting discussion about Wyatt Shallman's college position over at TTB; I agree with him that Shallman stands out much more on offense, and I believe he'll stick at running back.
[The latest on McQuay's visit plans and more after THE JUMP.]
We'll start with the good news on FL DB Leon McQuay III: according to Sam Webb($), McQuay will bring along his mother, father, and step-mother for his official visit to Michigan, which will span from Friday to Sunday during the weekend of the Northwestern game (Nov. 10). Bringing along the whole family would indicate that the Wolverines are still under serious consideration.
The bad news is old news; Rivals featured McQuay as their recruit of the week, and in this free video Mike Farrell says he believes USC is still out in front with Florida State in second, and Michigan doesn't get much of a mention:
However, Farrell maintains that McQuay is still open and all the schools receiving official visits—a number that now includes Oregon—are in the running. Depending on USC's scholarship availability, this recruitment could come down to the impression each school makes on those critical visits.
In case there's any doubt about Michigan's early recruiting strategy for the 2014 class, the newly-released ESPN 300 Watch List paints quite a picture: Of the 49 offers sent out by the Wolverines, 41 of those players made the cut, according to TomVH ($)—as usual, Magnus has compiled a handy list of commits and targets on the list. Lone 2014 commit Michael Ferns is represented, as are top in-state targets Damon Webb and Malik McDowell. The priority for this staff is clear—send out early offers to the elite national prospects, then wait for junior film and further evaluation before filling in the gaps and covering the Midwest with offers.
McDowell continues to rack up an impressive list of offers from around the country, and the latest comes from Florida ($, info in header). I think he'll end up staying in the Midwest, but he'll have his pick from among the nation's top schools.
2014 IL OL Denzel Ward has set a visit to Ann Arbor for the Illinois game, according to 247's Todd Worly ($, info in header). Ward is playing football for the first time this year after previously focusing on basketball, and at 6'9"(!!!), 295 pounds, he's quite an intruiging prospect. He's also friends with fellow Chicago native and current Michigan lineman Chris Bryant, so there's a Wolverine connection here.
The latest Rivals roundtable features Josh Helmholdt saying Laquon Treadwell has impressed him more than any other prospect this year as well as the panel's take on which factor is most overrated in recruiting—the jury is split between academics and losing a game with visitors on campus in that category, but I personally hope Woody Wommack is spot on:
Uniforms. While most recruits and players enjoy sporting new unis, I don't think there's ever going to be a top recruit who commits to a school just because they have cool uniforms. Fans get excited every time their school gets new uniforms and assume it's going to have an instant impact on recruiting. But if every school has 4-5 variations that they break out every season, does anyone really have an advantage?
Where is Taco's head in that picture?
He does have a head doesn't he?
Is it like super tiny or what?
He does, I just think he pissed off the wrong guy.
It looks like he might have pulled his pads up a bit and sunk his head halfway into his shoulderpads like he was trying to hide, plus the top on camera angle due to his head being down. it explains why you can't see much below his nose.
"Butt turns tables, defeats Taco"
Outstanding! Prime contender for Headline of the Year.
That seriously is the best headline I've seen in awhile.
When you reported Denzel Ward visiting and his being 6'9'' 295 lbs. I was expecting a behemoth, but looking at the picture in your link, he looks more like 5'11 195 lbs. Kid is svelte from the neck up.
I expected him to look more like this guy:
What? Kid's huge! Look at him compared to the kid standing behind him. You might think it's just perspective, but that kid is only 1 foot behind him.
My experience as a Big Ten recruit and Big Ten recruiting host tell me that academics are definitely among the most overrated criteria to recruits. Recruits will publicly give more lip service to academics than they actually are concerned about when you talk to them on their visit. Every scholarship kid I hosted/played with talked primarily about going pro and playing time. They want to be in the program that gives them the best chance to get to the league. This was at Northwestern where we probably saw a disproportionate # of honor roll recruits too. I can imagine academics only become less important to recruits who don't have grades anyway. Parents tend to be more concerned about their kid passing courses than they are the reputation. There are always exceptions of course.
I recruited too from 1992-1994 and I can afirm that every word you wrote was true 20 years ago as well. Discuss importance of academics when microphones are on....discuss PT and pro prospects when talking about what they really think.
Sort of like my work in sales. When you ask customers what's more important - quality or price - you get one answer when their office door is open (quality) but quite a different answer when their door is closed (PRICE!!!!!).
Thanks for posting this. That's really interesting and probably changes my view.
I've been thinking that "good academics" just means something different to football recruits who often are the first in their families to go to college, compared to those of us who believe that you can somehow distinguish whether Michigan is a "better" school than UCLA. In other words, they genuinely care about academics (e.g., going to a real college) - just not in the way that many of us do. Maybe that's not right. There still are kids whose list of choices suggest that academics clearly matter to them (Maurice Hurst, Joshua Garnett, etc.), but I'm surprised by what you said about Northwestern.
McQuay is bringing his mother, father and step-mother? That won't be awkward at all.....
Also, when has Mike Farrell ever said anything good about Michigan?
It doesn't matter to me whether Farrell likes Michigan or not, but he is a complete douche.
I know I've asked this before, too, but what kind of background does Farrell have in actual, like, football? It seems like most of these "analysts" are journalists who just happen to have been interested in high school/college football.
Apparently Farrell's view on academics was very similar to the majority of players...
Mike Farrell is reporting that Florida State remains someone's leader.
Stop me if you've heard this before.
After epic showdown, Taco shattered, Butt relieved
Just how many kids will USC be taking this year, anyways? Even with 5 DB's on board already we have room for McQuay. He and Thomas would make a great backfield duo, and he could play right away in the boundary corner rotation with his height, and coming in 15-20 pounds heavier than our two boundary prospects.
which they already have. Maybe Laney is going to forget about someone who has already gave them a verbal.
Some of their "commits" are taking visits:
Jalen Ramsey (5 star ATH/CB) just visited Florida this week. Also might visit Alabama.
Max Redfield (4 star S) is visiting Notre Dame.
Sebatian Larue (4 star WR) also plan on taking vists.
I'm not really even sure how confident SC fans are about those guys taking visits.
I was thinking the same thing, but who does he forget about? They're all top-250 recruits, and DB is probably the position they need the least. So it would probably have to be another DB. Who from that list do you boot for McQuay? I'm not sure McQuay is enough better than any of them to risk pissing people off over.
Brady Hoke sighting at Pickerington North vs Pickerington Central.
Source: WCMH Columbus - NBC4i.com - Football Friday Nite: Week 6, Part 1
Also seen Montgomery with him. Love how these guys work.
with Hoke at the game; quite the personable guy. He spent the first half with Montgomery in front of the Pick North Marching Band at south end of field.
Glad that both Taco and Jake were able to put up good performances in front of their future coach. Pickerington North really appears to be the real deal this year.
Go Panthers & GO BLUE!!!!
Edit: This was supposed to be a reply to Picktown GoBlue. Newbie poster :-(


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With 2013 now in full swing, many of today's leading performers are making announcements regarding their upcoming tours. One of the big music announcements from the week came from Jim James, front man of the Kentucky based band My Morning Jacket. The performer will be heading on the road to launch his solo career this spring and is planning three shows to help kick off his solo ventures. The first performance will be February 18th in Philadelphia with additional shows in New York City's Carnegie Hall, among other tour dates. Tickets for the performances are on sale now and available to the public.
Other rock superstars; the New Jersey emo punk band, Senses Fail also made tour announcements this week revealing they would be heading out on the road for a spring tour to promote their new album "Renacer" the tour will begin on April 3rd in Lancaster, PA and will take the band to 32 different venues across the country. Tickets will go on sale later this month.


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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The White House is set to nominate White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan as CIA director, an administration official said, according to wire reports.
Tampa, Charlotte among gainers.
• U.S. homeownership at 18-year low
"Brennan has the full trust and confidence of the president," the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Agence France-Presse. "Over the past four years, he has been involved in virtually all major national security issues and will be able to hit the ground running at CIA."
His planned nomination comes to light as President Obama puts in place a revamped foreign-policy and national-security team, having announced last month his selection of U.S. Senator John Kerry to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, after a battle was waged on Capitol Hill against an anticipated move by the White House to tap U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice for the State Department post. Market Pulse: Obama 'proud' to announce Kerry for secretary of state.
Officials also have confirmed that the president on Monday will announce former U.S. senator Chuck Hagel as his new defense secretary, succeeding Leon Panetta. Market Pulse: Hagel defense nomination may come this week.
The official reportedly told AFP that Brennan, 57, had been selected because of his "career of service and extraordinary record," including decades at the Central Intelligence Agency, and will make "an outstanding director of the CIA."
"Since 9/11, he has been on the front lines in the fight against Al Qaeda," the official said.


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Jessica Chastain Is 'Jolene' -- Trailer
Check out Jessica Chastain in the trailer for the drama Jolene, which hit theaters on Friday (October 29)!
Synopsis: "Based on the short story 'Jolene: A Life' by celebrated author E. L. Doctorow, Jolene follows a beautiful young red-headed Southern girl from ages 15 to 25, as she navigates her way through bad foster homes and a failed teenage marriage, escapes from a mental institution, and hits the road looking for love and adventure throughout America. During her journey, Jolene is introduced into a series of relationships with men who all desire her, but misfortune usually intervenes as she searches for the life she yearns."
The flick, directed by Dan Ireland, also stars Dermot Mulroney, Rupert Friend, and Michael Vartan.
WILL YOU WATCH Jolene?
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Hello everyone
I need your help. I should achieve the following: I have one html file that is a interface to the outside world. Like a LogIn page. After submit data it send data over POST method to first php file. First php file processing received data and then send data (same data sent to first file, including some extra data) to second php file (post method too), final destination where data are storing to MySQL database. So basically, second php file (final destination file) receive submitted data from the html interface.
It looks like this:
HTML Interface(submit button) ==> First PHP file(data processing) ==> Second PHP file(final destination)
Files are not at the same server. All data are sent over POST method.
How to create script in PHP that will send received post data to another script? First php file is the problem, it should receive data, do some processing, and send data further. How to do this in PHP?


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Alexander Shapiro,
Current research interests are focused on stochastic programming, risk analysis, simulation based optimization, nondifferentiable optimization and nonsmooth analysis, sensitivity analysis and optimization of queueing networks, sensitivity analysis of nonlinear programs, multivariate statistical analysis. Dr. Shapiro serves on editorial board of a number of professional journals. He was an Area Editor (Optimization) of the Operations Research journal and currently he is the Editor-In-Chief of the Mathematical Programming, Series A, journal. In 2004 Dr. Shapiro joined the list of ISI Highly Cited Researchers.
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Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Council is offering a special afternoon of fun for Scouts of all ages at CoCo Key Water Resort on Sunday, March 22.
Girl Scouts will unite to make a big splash! It's cold out there so join other Girl Scouts, where it will be always 80 degrees, and you can splash, slide and swim all day. For more info on the Danvers-based water park, visit http://www.cocokeyresort.com/
Troops may arrive after 1 p.m. and stay until 8 p.m. at the indoor water park in Danvers.
The cost to register is $18 per Brownie and $18 per adult/leader.
(Note: Typically a ticket to play at CoCo Key from 3 p.m. to closing is $40 per person.)


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It's Just Another Manic Monday…
Robert Frost once said he could sum up everything he has learned about life in three words. "It goes on"…
It was one of those days for the great Mariano Rivera and the Yankees on Sunday. The Yankees had controlled the majority of the game after a Randy Winn triple in the bottom of the 2nd inning had given them an early 2-1 lead.
Sergio Mitre did everything asked of him as he went 5 innings and only gave up 4 hits and 1 run. David Robertson, who has been struggling, came on in relief of Mitre and was effective for two innings.
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So, the Yankees had the perfect formula for victory (Chamberlain + Rivera), right? Wrong. Joba allowed the first batter to reach base during the top of the 8th inning when Denard Span singled. Following a fielder's choice which left Orlando Hudson at first, Joe Mauer walked. Joba struck out the next batter (Justin Morneau), and it looked as though he might escape the inning without any further damage. Unfortunately, an infield single by Michael Cuddyer loaded the bases and ended Joba's afternoon. Manager Joe Girardi called on Mariano Rivera for a four-out save. Mo quickly fell behind the first batter he faced (Jim Thome) and eventually walked him to bring in a run (closing the Yankees lead to 3-2). Mo was unable to shut the door as the next hitter, Jason Kubel, smashed a grand slam to right to give the Twins the lead, 6-3.
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The Yankees tried to rally in the bottom of the 9th and had the first two men on base. But Twins closer Jon Rauch struck out Derek Jeter, Brett Gardner and Mark Teixeira to end the game.
This was a very disappointing loss. The Yankees have had great success against the Twins at Yankee Stadium and had won the first two games of this series. A win today would have put a psychological knife into the Twins or the very least would have given them doubts about their ability to win at the Stadium in October. For the Twins, it was a huge win and it lifted the monkey off their backs. Prior to the game, former Twins great Bert Blyleven labeled it as a "must win"
Star Tribune
So, the weekend ends on a down note for the Yankees as they await the arrival of their fiercest rival, the Boston Red Sox, for a two-game series in the Bronx starting on Monday.
Of course, Yankees-Red Sox can only mean one thing. It's time for another wager between me and my friend Julia of Julia's Rants. For the latest wager, the loser must write a blog about the opposing team's first World Series victory. If the teams split the series, the winner will be the team with the highest run total. The Red Sox did lose today to Johnny Damon and the Detroit Tigers so neither the Yanks or Sox carry any momentum into the latest series.
The Yankees received some bad news when it was announced that DH Nick Johnson may need wrist surgery. They'll first try a cortisone shot, but if it doesn't work, surgery will be the next option which would most likely shelf Johnson until August. This is exactly what Yankee fans had feared when Johnson signed with the Yanks during the off-season as Johnny Damon's replacement. GM Brian Cashman says that Johnson's injury potential was taken into consideration, however, it doesn't appear that there is a solid Plan B in place. I like the lineup with Posada at DH and Francisco Cervelli at catcher, however, that may or may not be a good long term solution. I'd prefer more of a sure thing (trade for Johnny Damon?), but unfortunately, the trade market will not be open until July (or June at the earliest).
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It was a particularly tough sports day for me today as the San Jose Sharks lost 2-1 to the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 1 of the NHL Western Conference Finals. I am sure that if I need to hear some positive sports news, Julia will be more than happy to tell me all about the Boston Celtics' Game 1 win over the Orlando Magic in Game 1 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals… L
San Jose Mercury News
The day did have a great start for me before the games began. I participated in the 99th Annual Bay to Breakers 12K Run in San Francisco. The run started near the Bay by Embarcadero and headed west (up the Hayes Street Hill and through Golden Gate Park) to the Pacific Ocean.
San Francisco Chronicle
In San Francisco, you have to be prepared to see just about anything…and I did! Many runners (and walkers) chose to wear costumes while some opted for nothing at all. I took the more conservative and traditional route myself. I do not know the total headcount but the run was very slow at the beginning and going up the Hayes Street Hill due to the sheer volume of people.
San Francisco Chronicle
Personally. I accomplished my modest goal of running the race inside of an hour. It was a fun and very enjoyable day…well, at least until the 8th inning at Yankee Stadium!


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Yes, I was able to enter BabyD's challenge! I was worried I wouldn't get the chance to make something for it... :(
Anyway, I used this AMV (I hope this counts as an AMV). It's called 【 Tiger & Bunny 】You look better when I'm drunk. I don't know why, but I can't stop watching this video, it's so addictive and fast-paced.
I used this scan, just because I thought the raw emotion on Barnaby's face fit the song rather well. How primitive, Bunny.
I also made a second version of this card with different lighting ( x )


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Just like in 2012, Surname Saturday here at Discovering Latvian Roots is celebrating Latvia's Olympians!
Now, I'm not sticking only to the medalists. And there's a reason for that, which most Latvians, and others paying attention to the Latvian Olympic team (which this week included all of Canada), will know full well – whatever the medal accomplishments of Latvian athletes in Sochi, the real darling of the Latvian sports world right now is 21-year goalie Kristers Gudļevskis.
For those that missed it, here's the short version: Latvia's ice hockey team often makes it to the Olympics, but fails to get out of preliminary rounds. This year was no different – they lost all of their preliminary round matches – but in the playoff round, they had a surprise win against the Swiss team, which sent them into the quarter-finals against Canada, the defending Olympic champions.
Gudļevskis – Latvia's second goalie – was chosen to start in this game, since Edgars Masaļskis, the veteran goalie who had played against the Swiss, was suffering from exhaustion. Gudļevskis, a 5th round 2013 NHL entry draft pick for the Tampa Bay Lightning currently playing for their AHL affiliate Syracuse Crunch, was now up against over $140 million worth of Canadian NHL players.
Now, Latvia did lose the game 2-1. But consider this – apparently 90% of the game was in the Latvian end. Gudļevskis made 55 saves, letting in only two goals. That's pretty phenomenal, especially for a rookie. Now, I don't really know anything about hockey, but considering all sorts of hockey experts (including Canada's goalie Carey Price) said that his goaltending was phenomenal, I'll trust their judgement. I'll certainly be following his career development, and I hope to see him as starting goalie in the 2018 Olympics.
So, after all that, the first name we're looking at in Surname Saturday is GUDĻEVSKIS. Unfortunately, I don't have a firm meaning for this name. It is of Slavic origin, as evidenced by the the -skis ending. It is probably related to the Polish names Gudlewski and Gudlewicz. I did find one Polish surnames website that connects names starting with Gud- to meanings associated with pigs or liars. Another possibility is a Scandinavian connection (by way of Slavic territory) where the "Gudļev" in "Gudļevskis" comes from the Norse name "Gudleif", which means "God's heir". In light of Gudļevskis' performance, and several memes going around Twitter, Wikipedia and Facebook, I think this second option will prove most popular! I know I certainly prefer it.
But we can't neglect Gudļevskis' teammates, many of whom have much more easily recognizable names – longtime NHL veteran Sandis OZOLIŅŠ (diminutive of "oak") has a pretty straightforward name, as do Lauris DĀRZIŅŠ (diminutive of "garden"), Zemgus GIRGENSONS (patronymic, "son of Jirgens"), Armands BĒRZIŅŠ (diminutive of "birch"), Ronalds ĶĒNIŅŠ ("king"), Ralfs FREIBERGS ("free mountain") and Vitālijs PAVLOVS (patronymic, "son of Paul"). Latvia's goalie against the Swiss, Edgars MASAĻSKIS, has a bit trickier of a name – like Gudļevskis, it is also a name of Slavic origins. It could have a variety of connections, Polish "masa" (mass, substance) or perhaps Russian "масло" (maslo), meaning "oil". A Polish surname website suggests that it could be to do with weight (as in "masa" mentioned before), or have a connection to the name "Mosiej", a variation of Moses.
Now we will turn our attention to the Olympic medalists!
Skeleton silver medallist Martins DUKURS, as well as his brother Tomass who finished in 4th, have an interesting surname. Dictionaries tell me it means "scoop net" – that is, a handheld net that is used for fishing. This isn't a surname I see very often, but my surname project shows it as appearing in Mazsalaca, Sēļi and Skaņkalne parishes, all in northern Latvia. Wikipedia tells me that the skeleton racers' roots are in Alūksne, which is also in northern Latvia, though further east than the abovementioned parishes.
Latvia also acquired two bronze medals in luge – in doubles and in the team relay. Doubles winners were the brothers Šici – Andris and Juris. ŠICS is also a surname whose meaning I am not certain about. It looks more like a name ending than anything else. I thought perhaps German, but it doesn't appear in my German surname dictionary. It could be related to the German surnames Schütz or Schütze, which mean "shelter" and "rifleman", respectively.
Rounding out the team relay, along with the brothers Šici, were Elīza TĪRUMA ("field") and Mārtiņš RUBENIS ("grouse").
Best of luck to Latvian athletes in their endeavours after Sochi 2014, and see you in Rio in 2016 for the Summer Olympics, and Pyeongchang in 2018 for the next Winter Olympics!


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Washington and Lee University will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its Athletic Hall of Fame in ceremonies on campus the weekend of September 14-15. W&L has announced that five new members will join the 112 former athletes, coaches, administrators and support staff, who have already been honored as the University's best.
The 2012 induction class includes former swimmer Tad Van Leer '77, former lacrosse player Reid Campbell '90, former baseball and football player Graig Fantuzzi '96, former volleyball player Lindsay Ruckert Mutimer '02 and former Head Athletic Trainer Tom Jones. Additionally, the University will recognize 2011 inductee Jack Vardaman '62, a former golfer who missed last season's ceremony while participating in the U.S. Senior Amateur event.
Vardaman and the 2012 class will be formally inducted at the Athletic Hall of Fame dinner on Friday, September 14 and will be recognized at halftime of the Generals' football game against Centre on Saturday, September 15. Additionally, there will be special events on Saturday morning surrounding the 25th anniversary of the Athletic Hall of Fame and the Five-Star Festival weekend.
Tad Van Leer '77 was a four-year letterwinner and a team captain for the swimming team as a senior. He helped lead W&L to three Top 10 finishes at the NCAA Division III National Championships as a four-year individual qualifier to the National Championships. He earned All-America honors a total of seven times as a member of the 400 and 800 freestyle relay teams and individually in the 50 and 100 freestyle events. A recipient of the Memorial Swimming Award as the team's outstanding swimmer in 1974, Van Leer graduated holding school records in all four events.
Reid Campbell '90 was a four-year letterwinner for the lacrosse team, serving as a team captain during his senior campaign. He played in 53 of the team's 54 games during his four seasons, collecting 168 ground balls as one of the team's top defensemen. Campbell earned First Team All-ODAC honors all four seasons, the only W&L player ever to accomplish the feat and just one of four in conference history. He garnered the C.W. Pacy Award as the team's top first-year player in 1987 when he helped lead the Generals to the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament, and was a USILA Honorable Mention All-America selection as a first-year, sophomore and senior. Additionally, Campbell was an Academic All-State pick his final two seasons, was named to the USILA Scholar All-America team as a senior, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa.
Graig Fantuzzi '96 was a four-year letterwinner in baseball, serving as a team captain for his senior year. He also lettered for the football team as a first-year, starting all nine games as defensive back and producing 31 tackles and two interceptions. On the baseball diamond he played in 86 games, starting 80 of them as a pitcher and outfielder. On the mound, he posted a 4-9 record over 76 2/3 innings of work. At the plate, he batted .359 with 26 doubles, 69 runs scored and 51 RBI, while proving successful on 40-of-43 steal attempts. In all, he graduated holding seven school records and he still ranks second all-time in steals and second in season batting average, hitting .482 in 1994. He was a three-time All-ODAC honoree and a Second Team All-South Region selection as a senior. He also excelled in the classroom, graduating as the school's valedictorian in 1996 and receiving both an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and a Fulbright Scholarship. He was a three-time Academic All-State honoree, a three-time CoSIDA/GTE Academic All-America pick and the 1996 recipient of the William McHenry Scholar-Athlete Award as the school's top student-athlete.
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Skip to comments.50% Believe Fed Government Has Too Much Influence Over States, 11% Say Not Enough
Posted on 08/25/2011 10:47:55 AM PDT by markomalley
Americans overall tend to trust governments closer to home rather than the federal government and worry that the team in DC has too much influence over state governments. However, Democrats and those who are politically liberal take an entirely different view.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 50% of Likely Voters believe the federal government has too much influence over state governments. Just 11% think the federal government does not have enough influence while 26% believe the balance is about right. Thirteen percent (13%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
On the question of which branch of government does a better job, 33% pick local governments, 23% look to the state level, and 15% prefer the federal government. Twenty-nine percent (29%) are not sure.
These results come at a time when just 17% believe the federal government has the consent of the governed and only 14% believe the country is generally heading in the right direction.
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
11%? Isn't that even less than the percentage of federal employees?
Wait until the practical applications of the "super congress" sinks in to all of the disenfrachised States.
That is usually an indication of the
percentage of card carrying communists.
feral employees.
Disturbing that 39% are clueless.
Which means they don't do much thinking about the effect of government on their lives.
This is a good sign. Now we simply have to explain to these 50% HOW the federal government got this much power. Simple: abusing the Commerce Clause to give the federal government control over every aspect of your lives. The federal government restricts the water capacity of your toilet, it tells you what types of light bulbs you can buy, it tells you what types of guns you can own, and it tells you whether or not you can legally use medical marijuana.
That 11% who think the feds don't have enough control, and the 26% who believe the balance is just right should be arrested and deported immediately. That would eliminate all liberals. What a wonderful country we would have if that happened.
"11%? Isnt that even less than the percentage of federal employees?"
On a related note its actually sad, Federal military family are forced to move around in no small part because the Federal Government doesn't want them developing loyalists or sympathies to any particular state/community.
In short they want to be able to uses them to wage war upon the American people if the need arises. This is ironically EXACTLY the reason why our Founders feared a standing army. And Yet our Federal goverment stresses the life's of our military family to even further advance the opposite cause of imperial domination, rather then respecting the consent of the Governed.
It's sick if you ask me.
"Disturbing that 39% are clueless.
Which means they dont do much thinking about the effect of government on their lives."
Nor philosophy, why on Earth would any man be disposes to favor a goverment in which he has at most 1/300 million a share over that which he has perhaps only 1/100 thousand a share?
What is the difference between theses governments that they LEAST control, and can LEAST escape that makes them so favorable?
If you happen to be an authoritarian or otherwise Marxist the answer is obvious, but if you happen to be a patriot or any other kind of American the opposite answer is obvious.
I would at least 20% of our population consist of idiots who have no concept of where they stand in the world.
At least 20% of our population consist of compete idiots. The remaining 10-19% are probably Marxist crazy with imperialist dreams.
Interesting, but not surprising when you think about it. The largest share of voters trust LOCAL government the best, followed by state government, and the least trust the feds. But funny how there's so many "states rights" conservatives on FR who constantly heap praise on state government and demand more powers get allocated to them. You never heard them talk about the 10th amendment guaranteeing more rights to LOCAL authorities (even though it does), or speaking about "LOCAL rights". Nope, they're convinced state governments are the greatest and most trustworthy level of government in America, and that every controversial issue on the planet can be solved if we simply "send it back to the states". I find that a rather odd position to take in this country, especially since many state governments are larger and more powerful than the national governments of other nations.
As for me, I actually have 5 levels of statist government over me:
1) Village/Town
2) Township
3) County
4) State
5) Federal
I'll examine of all of them.
1) Village/Town - Without disclosing where I live, I'll simply point out it's a small town in the Chicago area. Our local authorities in town haven't had a competitive election in about 2 decades and basically it's a one-party system. They aren't Republican or Democrat, they're combiners. This is a hard concept to explain for most non-Illinoisans. Basically the local government officials side with whatever party is in power at the time. During the 80s and 90s when the GOP ran Illinois, they all loved the Republicans, endorsed them, and worked for them. Now they all love Chicago Democrats. In 2010, I thought the GOP would return to power in Illinois and my mayor and trustees would suck up to the GOP again, but alas that didn't come to pass so they're still doing the bidding of Dems. The town has very little power since we're in the same county as Chicago with its 3 million people. On the plus side, they do seem to award patronage jobs like Fire Chief based on years of service and results, rather than nepotism like the rest of Illinois. So I guess that's a plus.
2) Township - The township government is run by Republicans, and closely tied to the local GOP organization (the GOP committeeman is a family member of the Township Supervisor). It's 90% GOP with a few token Dems who got to keep their jobs by being good little combiners and kissing the local GOP's butt even though they vote RAT in the ballot booth. Again in the 80s and 90s, the township was majority GOP voters, but since the late 90s there are more Dems than GOP in my township. But the GOP remains in power because the local RAT boss was a combiner until 2009 and had a backroom agreement not to go after the local GOP and in exchange they wouldn't run candidates against RATs. This changed in 2009 when a independent moonbat marxist was elected Dem committeeman and vowed to destroy the local GOP. Unfortunately for him, he tried to do so during the GOP tidal-wave of November 2010. Bad timing. The township government is of course very approachable and friendly to me since I'm a Republican pct. captain, but they are just another level of bureaucracy with almost no actual powers.
3) County - I live in C(r)ook county, Illinois, which suffice it to say is one of the worst county governments in America. Democrats have complete power and could get Adolf Hitler elected as a Dem in this county if they wanted to. Nepotism and corruption run rampant. There hasn't been a Republican holding countywide office in 40 years. There's four or so token Republicans on the county board, but they're outnumbered by the RATs 5:1 and have no power. My "representative" on the county board doesn't live anywhere near me, he's from some black neighborhood on the lakefront and ignores any emails or phone calls I make. I think the people of Castro's Cuba get better representation than I get in my county government.
4) State - Illinois is just an extension of the county government, since my county can outvote the rest of Illinois and they choose our state government. All 3 branches have a Dem majority. All our "statewide" officials are from my county (no wonder downstaters loathe people who live here) It's also extremely powerful, corrupt, and full of nepotism just like it's clone the county government. (being a super corrupt Crook co. official is warmup to a cushy state job). In 2010, polls showed downstate Republican Bill Brady was ahead and combiner scumbag Mark Kirk was losing, so I thought Illinois voters might finally come to their senses. 99 out of 102 counties DID vote for Brady, but alas, in my county they had thousands of "voters" nobody had ever seen before show up on election day, and they vote their combine approved candidates to remain in power. I wouldn't trust my state government if they told me the sun will rise in the morning.
5) Feds. Needs no introduction, the rest of FR knows the situation if you post on this forum. Currently, the House is controlled by the GOP, the Senate is controlled by RATs, the White House is controlled by a RAT bred from my state and county governments, and the Supreme Court has a narrow 5-4 conservative majority. By those numbers alone, I suppose I marginally trust the federal government more than I trust my state government... but as long as Obama is in the White House things aren't going to get any better. Plus the House of Reps. and Supreme Court don't seem particularly effective at stopping the White House's failed policies.
Given that data, of course I'd have to pick "township government" as the one that does the best job. Perhaps its just partisan bias. But it could also be that the township government is the one that govers the least and interferes in my personal life the least. In Illinois, 85 out of 102 counties have township government and there's been many calls to abolish it because it seems to have little to do and anything it can do could easily be delegated to the village/town level or county level and save taxpayers money. (see http://theinsidedope.blogspot.com/2007/01/why-do-we-need-township-government.html ) Right now, township governments in Illinois serve mainly to provide yet another way to climb up the political ladder and provide more cushy jobs. So, as much as I like the only branch of government over with me sane conservatives in power, I must admit they don't really serve a purpose in the cause to shrink government.
I'm glad the city doesn't have townships governments. Just imagine the shenanigans they could do with another unnecessary level of Government. It's already absurd with County and City government, Chicago should be it's own county (even better Cook should be it's own state give it Gary and Milwaukee too and set IL/IN/WI free).
I don't trust any level of government. Forget state's rights, I'm for Impy's rights. ;-p
ALL levels need less power. When one is screwing you over it doesn't really matter to me which one it is.
Which is worse depends on who's in charge. If we had a conservative-dominated federal government we'd only hear state's rights clamoring from the left.
In some areas I'd love some federal domination. For example a federal ban on fey marriage, If Vermont doesn't like it they can merge with Quebec. They also outta step an in enforce the 2nd amendment in Chicago and other gun-grabbing cities. Entirely constitutionally appropriate AFAIC.
I guess I care more about policy than process.
Brilliant idea!!! Take Milwaukee and just cut a border from that maybe about 10 miles inland then go all the way to Gary and make it its own state. Hell Quinn can govern that and then Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana would be rid of voter fraud. There aren't enough criminals in East St. Louis and Carbondale to screw us over if we have the suburbs and the non city vote.
Also get rid of the needless construction. O.P. is completely a wreck and has been for over a year with construction so the stupid Mayor can build condos that no one will buy. It used to take 5 minutes to drive to my dad's house now I have to take 15 minutes because I have to go completely out of my way to avoid the construction. Makes me want to move back to Naperville.
Original credit for the make new states idea goes to Auh2orepublican though I'm so strongly in favor of it that sometimes I forget it's not mine. ;p
It's a shame that such major reorganization of government is but a pipe a dream that most people would regard as fancy. Even carving out new counties or going to a consolidated city-county is a difficult process. Various proposals to split up Cook county have been made and never go anywhere. A state legislator in Cali proposed spiting the state a few years ago (this needs to happen, Cali is ungovernable).
There hasn't been a serious movement to carve a new state from existing states since the Jefferson state movement in Northern Cali/Oregon that may have eventually succeeded if not for World War 2 coming along.
There a site that has calculated how this state would have voted for President. Mostly Republican.
Forgot to mention the attempted succession of the Valley from LA to form a new city. It passed in the Valley itself but unjustly it needed the approval Los Angeles at large and of course it was thus voted down. The left in LA didn't wanna lose those taxpayers, that's the same reason Chicago would never let the Republican suburbs leave Cook County. I believe in local self determination, they shouldn't have a say. Separating normal people from urban democrat sheep as much as possible would be great for the country.
I think the word you're looking for is "secession," not "succession." : )
It was just last month that a county commissioner from Riverside or something proposed creating a State of Southern California from Orange, San Diego, Imperial, Riverside and San Bernadino Counties. As you may remember, I would prefer splitting CA into 5 states, 2 of them heavily Democrat (one comprising LA County, and the other running from the Bay Area to Monterey County) and 3 GOP-leaning states of about 11 EVs each (one in Orange, San Diego and Imperial Counties, another in the Inland Empire and Ventura, and a third in the Central Valley all the way north to the Oregon border). If the Valley succeeds in seceding from LA County, it can join the Inland Empire GOP-leaning state.
Apparently they DO have townships on paper in Chicago, it's just that they exist only as obsolete geographic distinctions and there is no township government in the city (thankfully as Impy noted, because it would create a brand new layer of corruption and lifetime jobs leeching off the taxpayer's dime). Instead they just use ward organizations for corruption and patronage jobs (wards often don't exist in the suburbs due our size -- many suburban alderman are elected at-large by the whole town). That should be shrunk as well, the city of Chicago has 25 police districts so I think they'd get along fine with 25 wards that have the same boundries instead of the 50 they have now. If anyone is interested, here's a map of C(r)ook county townships with the city townships included:
>> Its already absurd with County and City government <<
They should probably just do what's been done in Nashville and a lot other cities -- merge the city of Chicago and Crook county government into one entity, and give the suburbs their own county. Of course, even though Crook county creates staffs for the two governments and separate paychecks, they don't pretend that the county government is in any way "independent" of the mayor and city council. Our county commissioners obviously take their marching orders from the city officials and don't care a whiff about suburbanites. They don't even pretend to make it transparent -- the city council and cook county board meet in the same building downtown, for crying out loud. Probably the city council has their meetings and they sends someone over to the other side of the buildings to inform the county board what they're supposed to rubber stamp this week. ;-)
>> Chicago should be its own county (even better Cook should be its own state give it Gary and Milwaukee too and set IL/IN/WI free).
Yeah, you make a good point that we haven't adjusted state boundaries in 200 years. Most of these states like California were only allowed to be as large as they are geographically because they were never expected to have such a huge population. California has the population of 3 "normal" states and should be split up accordingly. And who the heck drew those lines to make Maryland/Delaware/West Virgina/Virgina. Our capitol area is a mess. I could make Delaware a nice, decent sized GOP state by simply giving the land west of the Chesapeake Bay that geographically is in the Delaware area but belongs to Maryland and Virgina on the other side of the bay.
>> ALL levels need less power. When one is screwing you over it doesnt really matter to me which one it is. <<
True. Perhaps the one exception and non "lesser government" initiative I'd agree to would be enlarging the membership of Congress, though. From 1789 to 1913, the size of the Congress was regularly enlarged to keep pace with the growing population of the county. Now it's been stuck at 435 for 80 years and the number of constituents for each Congressman has grown to 650,000+. That's too many for a Congressman to adequately hear from and visit, so most of them in same districts (like mine) ignore vast regions of their district. I'd create another 100 or so Congressman, which yes means "bigger government" and more leeches off the taxpayer dime, but if we had term limits and ended gerrymandering it would solve that problem.
>> If we had a conservative-dominated federal government wed only hear states rights clamoring from the left. In some areas Id love some federal domination. <<
This is the one area that Perrybots don't seem to get it -- with all the "Perry has a fundamentally different view of state-federal relations than Obama... Perry believes in STATES RIGHTS". I wish they could have been around in the early 2000s and seen the state and local government of Illinois in action. Since Republicans controlled both houses of Congress and the White House, Illinois government woiuld routinely look for ways to get around federal rules passed by the Bush administration and poke their noses into all kinds of laws they had no authority over (look at all the "local governments" who passed resolutions declaring their city opposed the Iraq War... since when did the Constitution give city governments the power to decide U.S. foreign policy?!) The idea that Obama loves only federal power and would never dream of using state and local government to control people's lives is certainly a fantasy. Plus both Obama and Perry (and Gore and any other RAT) will revert to the "its up to the states" answer whenever they're presented with a divisive issue that could lose them votes if they gave a firm answer about. That's why both Perry and Obama resorted to "it's best handled by the states" when asked if they would support gay marriage.
Also from Illinois.
Isn't the percentage of black people in this country around 11%? Coincidence?
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A California lawmaker has introduced legislation aimed at guaranteeing transgender students the right to use public school restrooms and participate on the sports teams that correspond with their expressed genders.
The bill reflects the accommodations that a number of U.S. schools are being asked to make as Americans start identifying as transgender at younger ages.
If approved by the state Legislature and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano's AB1266 would give young people the right "to participate in sex-segregated programs, activities and facilities" regardless of what sexual category exists on their school records.
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Yet Another Report On Why Forcing A La Carte Cable Is A Bad Idea
from the think-it-through dept
On top of that, it's probably worth pointing out that this debate may soon be moot anyway. As we move increasingly to a world where most TV programs are available online, the entire concept of the channel will go away. It won't matter what channel a particular program is on, because you'll just subscribe to that program, and it will get delivered over the internet. In the meantime, though, there's simply no reason to force cable companies into providing a la carte channel selections.


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Love was definitely in the air last night as the M Zone's own resident babe-machine Benny "The Big Dog" Friedman hooked up in A2 with a Tri Delt hottie for Valentine's Day. After stopping by Rick's to toss a few back -- with girls circling around him like Buckeyes to a booster's wallet -- Benny zeroed in on one of U-M's hometown honeys. When the time was right, he made his move and they went back to her sorority where they made sweet magic for close to six and a half minutes.
Best of all for you, the loyal M Zone reader, being the dirty, dirty bird that he is, Benny was able to secretly snap a photo (or 40) of his passionate hook-up with this brunette bombshell(ter).
Check out one of the pics...
Hope you enjoyed that photo as much as Benny did. Although, now that you've seen it, we're all gonna have this image burned into our brains today. And unfortunately, you can't un-ring a bell, folks. Sorry 'bout that.
P.S. Maybe now you those of you from other schools can understand why we obsess just a little bit about hot co-eds from other schools here at the M Zone.


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When the Dallas Museum of Art announced a spring exhibition of Marc Chagall's work, it was exciting news.
A Chagall exhibition hasn't been seen in this area since, well, since digital recordings of exhibitions have been kept. So a trip to Dallas last week to attend the press preview of "Chagall: Beyond Color" was a welcome journey, even though there was a nagging trepidation: "What do they mean, beyond color?"
Chagall (1887-1985) was a vivid colorist in paint and stained glass, so to shove the word "color" into a title of Chagall show made perfect sense, but "beyond"? Was there some new color spectrum that had been discovered in his paintings, previously seen only by raptors?
It was a puzzlement until the curtain was pulled and the museum director and curator made their obligatory remarks. This is an exhibition of Chagall works that aren't about color. Boo!
This is a collection of his ceramics and collages plus the costume designs and sets he made for a two-city production of the ballet Aleko in 1942, plus enough paintings to keep visitors such as myself from grumbling too loudly.
This is a curator's exhibition, one that delves into lesser known, rarely exhibited works that "advance our understanding of the artist's use of space ... and his previously underexplored engagement with the artistic traditions of Mexico and the American Southwest," announced Max Anderson, the DMA's director. The exhibition was organized by the DMA and the Musée La Piscine de Roubaix; Dallas is its only U.S. venue.
So Chagall's great beyond was the exploration of three-dimensional objects and staged presentations of the ballet. All have a romantic theme, and embracing couples are often seen on his ceramics and sculptures. The threads that follow the visual relationships to Mexico and the Southwest are slight, hardly a blip on the Chagall radar, where the Russian experience is primary. But following the arcane is the nature of curatorial scholarship and often the reason these shows exist at all. Without the beyond, there would be no exhibition.
Some background
Chagall was a romantic and a Russian Jew who was widely traveled, although he used Paris as his home base. He was in Russia at the outbreak of World War I and was not allowed to leave. He fled to the U.S. for World War II.
He was never associated with any of the great 20th-century art movements, preferring to go his own way, painting surreal dreamscapes or translating his vivid imaginings into colored glass for large-scale commissions such as windows for the Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem (1962); a ceiling for the Paris Opéra (1964); a window for the United Nations building in New York (1964); and windows for the cathedral in Metz, France (1968).
Many of his paintings are found in major international institutions, including two museums dedicated solely to his work. They include religious and rural themes, livestock, couples in tender embrace, and ambiguous images of floating violins and violinists. These paintings could easily be used as a theater broadsheet for a production of Fiddler on the Roof.
The Bride With Two Faces (La mairée à double face), 1927, is one such. Here is a before and after of a bride -- chaste under a veil and behind a fan on the left, and on the right, smiling, no veil, an exposed breast and holding a large bouquet of flowers. Floating around the picture plane are a horse, a musical trio (with violinist) and ghostly figures of humans and animals.
The hand-painted costumes used in the 1942 production of Aleko were found packed away in a Mexico City storeroom in the mid-'80s and had to be subjected to conservation measures before they could be mounted. A selection of them is grouped as if in a curtain call on a stage in the DMA gallery. They are individually spot-lit as Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio in A Minor plays. The spotlights highlight individual garments so slowly that the visitor soon loses patience and moves along, looking for more color. The beyond is often boring.
Had the exhibit been titled "Chagall's Love Themes," it might not have engendered such impatience, as every object depicts some tender gesture. Discovering Chagall's romantic inclinations was a welcome addition to his reputation as a colorist.
Gaile Robinson is the Star-Telegram art and design critic, 817-390-7113
Twitter: @gailerobinson


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