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QUESTION: Should Thomas Roberts Host The Miss Universe Pageant In Anti-Gay Russia?
When Andy Cohen dropped out of hosting the Miss Universe pageant in Russia, he left a huge void, which was then filled by fellow gay, MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts.
Roberts defended his motives and apparent support of Russia — which has come under fire for a series of anti-gay legislation and violence in the lead-up to the 2014 Sochi Olympics — by noting what a "huge visible opportunity" the gig is, adding that he's going to "prove there's hope."
Some members of the LGBT community have been highly critical both of Roberts and of parent company NBC Universal for replacing one gay with another in hopes of deflecting the negative spotlight on Russia's increasingly homophobic climate.
Whether the reason is giving hope, collecting a paycheck, or something in between, the question remains:
Is Thomas Roberts right to host the Miss Universe Pageant in anti-gay Russia?
You've already put this before the Queerty crowd, and we know how most of the people here think: he is attractive, so it's ok. Personally, I find him to be a disgusting uncle Tom and I hope awful things happen to him. Filthy Kappo scum.
I disagree with his decision to be the host MU.
I understand the reasoning for athletes to want to go to Sochi, since they've been preparing for it all their lives.
But MU is an annual beauty peagent and Mr. Roberts is not competing.
@Fitz: A part of me agrees that these toadying sycophants are only of use to our community as a statistic in the deceased column.
Their work against humanity is the only thing that will be remembered in the long run, and when we get what is just we will not forget, or forgive.
Another shameless opportunist. How does anything he does prove there's hope for Russian gays? Like Sochi, all it shows them is that there's hope if you're rich, famous, or not a Russian citizen.
Yeah, and Jennifer Lopez used the same type of B.S. to defend performing for former the Libyan dictator.
Look, this guy is just like Elton John. He was handed a check to he dropped his pants for them.
He should go if he wants to get shot or kidnapped, which Obama does not need right now, he already has a house of screaming children to babysit, He doesn't need a reason to converse with a contrary child like Putin.
If he needs the money/publicity, who are we to judge. If he doesn't, then he clearly has no moral center and a complete hypocrite if he ever claims to support gay civil rights.
Yes GO!
I've never liked him so I want to see him enhance his newsy "resume" by asking Miss Ubequistan with a straight face "How would YOU combat global warming?"
Didn't Walter Cronkite start out like that?
He's hot, gay married and has GAY SEX, and I say f*uck yeah! Let him go. Anything to piss off those Russians – Haters gonna hate! Have an awesome time representing the G&L community, Thomas. We all need money and great resumes. This just goes to show that you can't please people. Let 'em talk!
Who cares. He is a self important, pompous ass. He is doing it for his publicity and to advance his career.
Wow, so basically he should go and be a smiling step and fetch-it to entertain people in a country that is literally slaughtering gays.
You may want to rethink.
It is just disgusting the name calling in here! Since when do you get to decide what someone does? You have a right to your opinion but calling people asses and hoping they get hurt somehow is just horrid and it shows how shallow and ignorant you are. We need to be an example of how we are just like every other human. We need to understand and explore other people in order to show them we are just like they are and deserve the same treatment and protection under the law. When Thomas goes there and does a great job, as I know he will, that alone shows the law makers and people of Russia that gay people deserve equality.
He can do whatever he wants, but he better be ready to deal with the consequences. I think many gay folks had a lot of respect for him previously, but this action changes everything. I wrote him and told him he'd lost my respect. I took what little direct action I could by un following him and now I wont watch his show anymore… too bad. I wonder what Rachel Maddow thinks about him…
Oh sweet Jesus!
So we do not like it when the religious right tells us how to live our lives, who to love and how to form families but somehow we feel it is our right to tell Roberts how to live HIS life, right? The hypocrisy of it all.
There was no issue when Tilda Swinton stood in front of the Kremlin with a gay flag. There was no issue when Madonna performed in Russia either, so what exactly is the issue right now?
He owes no one an explanation, yet he gave one; and a good one: Right now, Russian gays need someone to BE visible for them, since they themselves can not be visible. If there is anything that Russian gays need right now is for people to come there and create international embarrassment for the Russian Government. What are they going to do? Piss off Trump and embarrass the country by creating a scene over Roberts?
Russian gays need people to go there and challenge the law. Ideally, It should be the ambassadors from every country in Europe the ones challenging the law. It should be diplomats and Prime ministers and law makers, who risk arrest and create an international situation for the Russian Government. While we wait for those politicians to grow a set of balls, it is celebrities like Roberts that, because of their fame, will generate the attention and create tension in the government.
Larry, I don't agree. What he is doing has bigger consequences that just for him and his pocket book. He is legitimizing the current politics, and helping them bring in a lot of money. In other words, he is bad for my people. Yes, he is large and handsome, and for those reasons a lot of you will think that whatever he does shines. IMO, people like him help Russian officials not feel the sting of public condemnation. This really is an example of "your either with us or against us".
@Fitz: Why is it [nearly, brent and BJ are exceptions] always people with either 1 or very few comments who make these stupid posts.
I wonder if like on Twitter and Facebook, the PR companies who work for the people in question are indexing sites looking for the name and jumping into defence mode of their client. A lot of similar comments always crop up within maybe 3 hours….
Funnily enough the time it takes to run a spider bot looking for particular text strings through Google API's.
hmmm…. so, I'm really not hip on technology issues, but I get your point. I bet you are right. Professional "tipping point" fire starters. Well… sadly, it often works. This current douchebag kappo is so obviously a pig that it'd mostly not working– but I can see the effort.
If he wants to prostitute himself out and try and justify it go ahead. We've all done shameful things for money before…
The only way this'll do any good is if he gets himself arrested over there. Otherwise, he's an opportunitic attention whore.
The only way this'll do any good is if he gets himself arrested over there. Otherwise, he's an opportunistic attention whore.
If he were honest about that, I would probably be a lot less upset with him. If he said "look, money is tight, I've taken my career as far as it can go based on looks, and I need to make a buck" I would respect him a little more.
@deltabadhand: I will reserve judgement until I see what he does and says while he's hosting. I think if he takes this gig with the rationalization that he is helping Russians to realize that gays can be successful people and to give hope to gay Russians than he has a duty to make a statement during the program telling the world what he thinks of the new Russian law and Russian homophobia. If he does that then he has proven his worthyness as a LGBTQ representative, if not, he is just a big-talking opportunist.
I am surprised to find that no one has mentioned (unless I missed it) how absurd it is that any professional news anchor would host a beauty pageant. So he is going to Russia to protest the oppression of LGBTs by hosting a pageant that demeans women?? Can't he go there on a less ridiculous mission? Maybe he's attracted by the camp value of a pageant. While I know that protesting beauty pageants is a bit old school, I am surprised that there is not as much outrage about that as there is about the homo hate. I know that it is more appropriate to this website to discuss the LGBT factor, but still…
Roberts is Donald Trump's whore for $$$. No longer will I listen to anything he has to say. Enjoy your luxury vacation to Russia while gay people are beaten and killed daily while you lounge by the pool. Hypocrite Kappo
@Lindoro Almaviva: said…
"Oh sweet Jesus!
So we do not like it when the religious right tells us how to live our lives, who to love and how to form families but somehow we feel it is our right to tell Roberts how to live HIS life, right? The hypocrisy of it all."
The false equivalency in your comment should be embarrassing to you.
1. The religious right isn't telling us how to live. They are trying to pass laws preventing us from doing this.
2. You are trying to say that somebody working for and catering to people who have supporting the arrest and torture of gays is something that gays may not have an opinion about. Nice try.
So what you are basically saying is that gays cannot have an opinion about anybody who wants to do us harm. I would think that you troll accounts would have figured out something smarter to say by now, but I guess not.
I can't believe we're still on this. Leave Roberts alone. It's not his fault that Russians are killing gay people and there's nothing wrong with him making money. Gosh!!! Him and his husband have to eat, they have bills to pay and I know he's going to do a very good job – I know that. Do you people always have to make such a fuss of everything? I know and understand that you'd probably hate "entertaining" the Russians because they're killing our people but Thonas alone can't do anything about it. Leave the man alone – he's amazing!
Just admit that you're doing it for the $$$.
The insulting part is these trashy western celebrities calling themselves "courageous, altruistic, brave…
Their self centered presence will lead to more violence towards Russian LGBT.
So go spit on Russian gays because you get some $$$, but don't do tell the rest of us what a "hero" you are.
I can't put this one together.
Thomas Roberts is a news guy, right…? Who presumably wants to be respected as a news guy, right? Then why would he even consider hosting a beauty pageant regardless of where it's held? I can see Andy Cohen doing it–for so many reasons–but Thomas Roberts???
I'm not trying to be snarky–I just don't see it. In what way would he be raising LGBT visibility in Russia? Is he planning on coming out during the show? Won't Russian authorities be watching for that and censoring the broadcast?
Thomas is so good looking, I can't even gather myself. Guffaw. What are we talking about?


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First run in 1853 at Chantilly as the Grand Criterium, its name was changed in 2003 to the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere in tribute to the president of France Galop, who died on 14 March that year. The race will be held for the 154th time in 2014. It was switched to Longchamp in 1857, and was cancelled in 1870, 1914-1918, 1939 and 1940. Tremblay hosted the race in 1943 and 1944. Originally contested over 7½ furlongs, it was extended by half a furlong in 1864, and shortened to 7 furlongs in 2001. Record time over 1 mile: short track, 1' 36'' by Hula Dancer in 1962; long track, 1' 37'' 60/100 by Loup Solitaire in 1995. Over 7 furlongs: 1' 18'' 40/100 by Naaqoos in 2008. The race has ended in a dead heat on two occasions. In 1879 Basilique beat Louis d'Or by a neck in a rerun, and in 1941 Marcel Boussac and Ernest Masurel, the respective owners of Nosca and Martia, decided to share the race. The smallest fields in the history of the race were three in 1857, 1858, 1861 and 1999; and four in 1891, 1905 and 1994. The largest were 19 in 1873 and 1926; and 18 in 1875, 1879 and 1880.
Jean-Luc Lagardere (1928-2003).
A qualified engineer who became a captain of industry (owning Hachette, Matra and other major aeronautical and defence companies), he was also one of the most prominent figures in French horse racing and pure breeding in his capacity as a breeder, owner and administrator.
A passionate racing lover and breeder, he bought his first yearling filly at the Deauville sales in 1966 and his second the following year, Reine des Sables. A successful flat racer, she was the granddam of Resless Kara, the 1988 Prix de Diane winner. At the Newmarket sales in 1969 he snapped up the first of his broodmares, Lutine (the future granddam of Linamix) and sent her to the Val Henry stud farm (near Livarot, Normandy), which he had opened in 1967. In doing so he laid the foundations for a breeding empire that would be expanded in July 1981 with the purchase of the historic stud farm at Ouilly, where Francois Dupre reared his top racehorses.
Within three decades of starting out Jean-Luc Lagardere had become the top breeder in France, claiming the number one position in 1988, one he would occupy a further 11 times up to 2005. In 1995 he achieved a long-cherished dream when Miss Satamixa (sired by the Ouilly-bred Linamix, the winner of the 1990 Poule d'Essai des Poulains, in his first year at stud), gave him his first Group I win in the Prix Jacques Le Marois. She was the first winner to roll off an extraordinarily successful production line, and the culmination of the programme that the breeder had put in place, although, as Lagardere himself recognised, it had taken some time to come to fruition: "Overall, I would say that it's easier to be the leader in the field of technology than in breeding because there are so many factors beyond your control. The job of crossing and the rewards that may follow all hinge on the balance between taking your time and watching closely."
On 3 May 1995 Jean-Luc Lagardere was elected president of French racing's governing body, France Galop. It was not a job he had aspired to, the body asking for the support of the undemonstrative 67-year-old, who was nevertheless a very keen observer of a sport in which he had become one of the main players. The new president took on the challenge of addressing the problems faced by the organisation, assuring that he had not taken the post to oversee its inexorable decline. Bolstered by his maxim, "French racing is a wonderful asset", he expressed the belief that "the organisation can be saved and can flourish in the future provided that all its members speak with a single voice and out of a firm belief in changing things for the better, re-establishing in the process a genuine partnership with the state. After all, we are all driven by the same passion, to serve horseracing as best we can."
At the head of France Galop, Jean-Luc Lagardere would ensure the continued existence of French racing by championing a new vision, and ushering in a host of changes and innovations during the course of his eight-year presidency: he brought flat racing and harness racing together, a union that had been fiercely resisted by some. In the drive towards expansion; he promised to decentralise the sport by setting up regional centres with the support of local bodies; he transformed the malfunctioning Tote into a dynamic commercial enterprise by providing the racing industry with the resources it needed to restore its ailing health; and he also brought racing to television, helping the sport reach a new audience while also keeping the regulars happy.
This radical transformation was carried out with the consent of the members of the various boards, all of them with widely differing origins and representing multiple interests at the same time yet willing, nevertheless, to give him a third term as president at the end of 2003. His sustained success can be attributed to a willingness to listen and the entrepreneurial spirit of a man who remained intensely and passionately involved in breeding, the very activity upon which the sport is founded.
The crowning achievement of Jean-Luc Lagardere's career in racing came in 1998 when his horse Sagamix won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Linamix was the champion sire of the season, and he himself finished the year as both the leading owner and trainer.
In the grey silks and pink cap (formerly the colours of Francois Dupre and adopted by the Lagardere family in 1986), Jean-Luc Lagardere's horses picked up no fewer than 12 Group I wins: the Prix de Diane (Resless Kara) in 1988; the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (Linamix) in 1990; the Prix Jacques Le Marois (Miss Satamixa) in 1995; the Prix Saint-Alary (Luna Wells) in 1996; the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (Fragrant Mix) and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Sagamix) in 1998; the Grand Prix de Paris (Slickly) and the Prix Royal Oak (Amilynx) in 1999; the Prix Royal Oak (Amilynx) once more and the Criterium de Saint-Cloud (Sagacity) in 2000; and the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (Vahorimix) and the Prix Jacques Le Marois (Vahorimix) in 2001.
Four other Group I races have been won by Ouilly-bred horses after being sold to other owners: the Prix du Jockey Club (Polytain) in 2000; the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (Slickly) and the Breeders' Cup Mile (Val Royal) in 2001; and the Prix Ganay (Fair Mix) in 2003.
Two months before his death, his progeny Clodovil came home first in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains (Group I), and the grey and pink were much in evidence again in 2004 thanks to three quality juveniles: Diamond Green (second in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, the St James's Palace Stakes, and the Prix du Moulin at Longchamp), Valixir (third in the Prix du Jockey Club) and Cherry Mix (first in the Grand Prix de Deauville, and second in the Arc de Triomphe). In spring 2005, however, the Lagardere farm was sold en bloc to Prince Karim Aga Khan. The silks may have disappeared, but the progenies of the Ouilly stud continued to excel themselves at the highest level, claiming four Group I wins through Valixir (Prix Ganay and the Queen Anne Stakes), Vadawina (Prix Saint Alary) and Carlotamix (Criterium International).
A brief history.
It is the oldest and richest of France's races for two-year-olds, and its most prestigious and famous. Fittingly its first winner in 1853 was called Celebrity.
Held in late September or early October, it was always considered the blue riband race for two-year-olds. The 1900 race offered a purse of 30,000 F to the winner, more than the other races open to juveniles in an already very busy autumn calendar. The situation was as follows at the turn of the 19th century. After its return from Deauville (Prix Morny) and Baden-Baden (Zukunfts Rennen, also known as the Prix de l'Avenir), seven races were organised around the Grand Criterium:
1. The Prix La Rochette (20,000 F, created in 1882), the first leg of a three-race programme, was run at Longchamp in early September over 5½ furlongs on the sprint track (where the horses had to pull up quickly after crossing the line) and was open to horses still owned by the breeder that reared them.
2. The Prix de la Salamandre (10,000 F, first run in 1872), which was held in mid-September and was moved from Chantilly to Longchamp in 1900 and run over 7 furlongs. Prize money for the 1908 race was raised to 15,000 F in 1908.
3. The Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte (10,000 F, created in 1891) was another 7-furlong race held in mid-September, with the purse for the 1904 race standing at 20,000 F.
4. The Criterium International (25,000 F), created in 1893 and run a fortnight or so after the Grand Criterium over 5½ furlongs on the sprint track at Longchamp. The race was cancelled in 1911 when the expected foreign entrants failed to turn up.
5. The Prix de Conde (15,000 F, held for the first time in 1867) took place in mid-October and was run over 1¼ miles at Chantilly before being switched to Longchamp in 1907. In 1911 the purse was raised to 20,000 F.
6. Another mid-October race was the Prix de la Foret (20,000 F, first race in 1858) which pitched two-year-olds against their elders over 7 furlongs at Chantilly. Moved to Longchamp in 1907 and run over 1 mile, the race's purse was increased to 30,000 F in 1911.
7. And finally, at the end of October, the Prix Eclipse (10,000 F, first contested in 1891), a 6-furlong race on the sprint track at Maisons-Laffitte and with a purse of 20,000F in 1906.
Although the calendar remained unchanged in the aftermath of the First World War, the purses on offer were increased substantially, the result of intense competition between race organisers. In 1909, the Deauville Racing Association increased prize money for the Prix Morny from 25,000 to 40,000 F. The Societe d'Encouragement followed suit in 1910 by raising the purse for the Grand Criterium to the same level. They were both trumped, however, by the Societe Sportive d'Encouragement, which doubled the purse for the 1911 Omnium de Deux Ans (run in July and the future Prix Robert Papin) to 50,000 F.
Following the re-organisation of European races into groups in 1971, French racing afforded Group I status to six of its races for two-year-olds: the Prix Robert Papin, the Prix Morny, the Prix de la Salamandre, the Criterium des Pouliches (created in 1969), the Grand Criterium and the Prix de la Foret (2yos and over). Over the next two decades or so two further changes were made. In 1987 the Criterium de Saint-Cloud (a mid-ranking race set up after the racecourse opened in 1901, but which grew in stature in 1924 when it was lengthened to 1¼ miles) was promoted to the Group I category, with the Prix Robert Papin being demoted to Group II the following year.
The advent of the 21st century saw further changes to the calendar, no fewer than four of them made in 2001: the Prix de la Salamandre was removed altogether; the Grand Criterium was shortened to 7 furlongs (the distance of the defunct Prix de la Salamandre); the 1-mile Criterium International was introduced at Saint-Cloud in November; and the Criterium de Saint-Cloud was moved back to the week before the new Criterium International.
These switches were made because the Prix de la Salamandre was being systematically targeted by two-year-olds trained overseas, many of them from the USA, and because the average number of starters had dropped to 6.3 over the ten previous years. In addition the Grand Criterium was being overlooked by French mounts concerned as to their futures as three-year-olds and unwilling to take on their more precocious foreign competitors in early October. Hence the race's chronic inability to attract entrants, with an average of only 6.6 starters in the last ten years, a figure that drops to 6.2 over the last five.
Results from the first twelve years:
2001: only five starters in a Grand Criterium dominated by the Irish outsider Rock of Gibraltar.
2002: a fourteen-strong field was led home by another Irish challenger Hold That Tiger, followed by the Italian Le Vie Dei Colori and the home-based Intercontinental.
2003: Aidan O'Brien's three Irish contenders dominated their three French competitors, with American Post striding to an easy win.
2004: another field of six with only two French horses this time, Early March and Layman, who were narrowly shaded by Oratorio, giving O'Brien another triumph.
2005: the size of the field remained unchanged for the third year running, as did the winning trainer, Horatio Nelson entering the winner's enclosure on O'Brien's behalf yet again.
2006: nine starters including six foreigners, who occupied the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th places, with the victory going to Holy Roman Emperor, from the stable of… Aidan O'Brien.
2007: eight starters, seven from across the Channel and one bred at Chantilly, Shediak, who claimed a creditable third. Aidan O'Brien's pair of representatives were not placed, with victory going to their direct rival Rio de la Plata from the Godolphin stables.
2008, seven starters, with four from across the Channel taking on three French horses, two of whom, Naaqoos and Milanais, clinched first and second place. Mastercraftman, representing the O'Brien stable and unbeaten in four attempts, had to content himself with fourth place; he would make up for it as a 3-year-old.
2009: another field of seven including five foreign bred horses. Aidan O'Brien's Beethoven finished down the field and the French horse Siyouni in the Aga Khan's colours and out of a "Lagardere" horse took the laurels. The other French runner, Lope de Vega, finished fourth but would go on to win the Poule d'Essai and the Jockey Club as a three year-old.
2010: nine starters, including five foreigners. One of these, Wootton Basset (unbeaten after four races), took an easy lead from the start of the race and won, with two French horses, Maiguri and Tin Horse, trailing in his wake. Tin Horse went on to win the Poule d'Essai des Poulains at 3 years old.
2011: seven starters, including two foreign runners. The winner, French-born Dabirsim, trained at La Teste by Christophe Ferland, took the laurels in his first four races, including the Prix Morny.
2012: eight starters, including five foreign horses, one of which was the future winner of the race. Olympic Glory, trained by Richard-M. Hannon, had already won two Group II races in Britain before taking the laurels in the 2012 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere.
2013: A runner from O'Brien's yard (Wilshire Boulevard) and Spanish champion Noozhoh Canarias lined up against six other competitiors, including Chantilly-trained Charm Spirit and favourite Karakontie. The latter, a great-grandson of the illustrious Miesque, outran the ebullient Spaniard, while Charm Spirit took third place ahead of Wilshire Boulevard.
There were six starters in the 2001 Criterium International, with victory going to the Chantilly-trained Act One, who saw off his rivals with nonchalant ease, all of them from outside France. There was one fewer entrant for the 2002 race but Chantilly remained supreme as Dalakhani outran a field containing three foreign challengers. Seven horses contested the race in 2003, four of them overseas-based and all of them soundly beaten as Bago romped home by six lengths. 2004 saw a straight battle between four French horses and a foreign quartet. When the clear favourite Early March faltered, another home-grown challenger Helios Quercus took up the gauntlet and held off an attack by England's Dubai Surprise. Disappointingly, though the winner was unable to repeat such form as a three-year-old. The six runners and riders in the 2005 race comprised just one overseas-based horse, Aidan O'Brien's Poseidon Adventure, who finished a lowly fourth. On good going and racing on the rails, Carlotamix ran out an easy winner ahead of Stormy River, who nevertheless proved far superior as a three-year-old. In 2006, the ten starters included six foreigners, who secured first and third places courtesy of Mount Nelson and Yellowstone, two of Aidan O'Brien's protégés, despite the valiant defence mounted by France's Spirit One. In 2007, the six starters included only two foreigners (but none for O'Brien), who had to content themselves with third and fourth place, the victory going to André Fabre's American-born protégé, Thewayyouare. In 2009, seven horses took the field including two O'Brien proteges, one of whom, Jan Vermeer, triumphed ahead of Godolphin's, Emerald Commander and the Prix Marcel Boussac winner, Rosanara. It was O'Brien again who triumphed in 2010, with a single horse in the race. Roderic O'Connor easily beat the French horses Salto and Maiguri, followed by three British and four more French horses.
There were eleven starters in 2011, with victory going to French horse French Fifteen, ahead of German steed Pakal, English-born Bonfire and Ireland's Learn. In 2012, there were only six competitors, including two from across the channel which would take first and second place, with English horse Anna's Pearl being pipped to the post by Ireland's Loch Garman, who had clinched a triumphant debut win in Navan a week previously. 2013 saw a record low for the number of runners with only four horses lining up at the start, including a German horse born in France, Stillman. Forced to set the pace, favourite Ectot easily outran Earnshaw, Prestige Vendôme and Stillman.
At first sight the new Grand Criterium appeared to be a straight replacement for the former Prix de la Salamandre even though it was scheduled three weeks later. As for the Criterium International, although it has proved an attractive proposition for foreign horses, they have recorded just five successes and had to give way to French horses on eight occasions, three of them very fine mounts who benefited from a few extra weeks of training to overcome the odds. Act One provided one such example by finishing second to Sulamani in the 2002 Prix du Jockey Club, which was won in fine style a year later by Dalakhani en route to claiming the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. This quality was confirmed in 2004 by Bago, the winner of the Prix Jean Prat, the Grand Prix de Paris and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
The key role played by fillies.
Since its inception in 1853, 36 of the 154 winners of the Grand Criterium (one dead heat in 1941) have been fillies (23.37%). These statistics are slightly deceptive, however. Among the 60 winners between 1853 and 1913, 19 were fillies (31.7%), with a further six figuring among the 20 winners between 1919 and 1938 (30%). Their success rate dropped off alarmingly thereafter with only 11 fillies appearing among the 74 winners between 1941 and 2013. No filly has won the race in the last 15 years since a remarkable streak of four consecutive wins between 1983 and 1986 (Treizieme, Alydar's Best, Femme Elite and Danishkada), the latter wisely opting out of the Criterium des Pouliches, which on paper is generally the easier race.
Through the years many fillies have overshadowed their male counterparts and confirmed their immense talent as three-year-olds. Here are just some of the Classic races they have won:
Poule d'Essai des Pouliches: Isabella (1860), Stradella (1861), May Pole (1888), Roxelane (1896), Sauge Pourpree (1907), Caravelle (1942) and Apollonia (1955).
Prix de Diane: Stradella, Sornette (1869), Roxelane, Dorina (1925), Mistress Ford (1935), Caravelle and Apollonia. Prix Vermeille: Durban (1920), Dorina and Mistress Ford.
Grand Prix de Paris: Sornette.
One Thousand Guineas: Bella Paola (1957) and Hula Dancer (1962).
Oaks: Bella Paola.
The most successful of them, each with two Classic wins as three-year-olds are Stradella, Sornette, Roxelane, Dorina, Mistress Ford, Caravelle, Apollonia and Bella Paola.
A stepping-stone to the Classics for three-year-olds.
Colts winning the Grand Criterium have also won the following classic races:
1. Poule d'Essai des Poulains: Revigny (1871), Vinicius (1902), Val d'Or (1904), Ouadi Halfa (1906), Indus (1930), Brantome (1933), Rigolo (1947), Tantieme (1949), Right Royal (1960), Neptunus (1963), Soleil (1965), Blushing Groom (1976), Irish River (1978), Recitation (1980), Kendor (1988), Hector Protector (1990), American Post (2004) and Karakontie (2013).
2. Prix du Jockey Club: Celebrity (1853), Revigny (1871), Jongleur (1876), Stuart (1887), Sicambre (1950), Right Royal (1960) and Hard to Beat (1971).
3. Grand Prix de Paris: Stuart (1887), Rueil (1891), Dolma Baghtche (1893), Kefalin (1921), Sicambre (1950) and Fijar Tango (1987).
4. Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe: Kantar (1927), Brantome (1933) and Tantieme (1949).
Some other famous names.
Some of the race's many winners have enjoyed unique careers:
- Mlle de Fligny (1868): the winner of ten races (three at Baden-Baden, two at Bordeaux and the rest at Deauville, Moulins, Nevers, Longchamp and Marseille, Bordeaux) out of 12 starts as a two-year-old, a record that was not bettered until 1957 by Texana, who won all 11 races she contested that year.
- Swift (1878): the winner of nine races out of ten, being beaten into third by her elders in the Prix de la Foret.
- Holocauste (1898): the brother on his mother's side of Gardefeu (Prix du Jockey Club). Broke a leg in the English Derby when well ahead of the eventual winner Flying Fox.
- Prestige (1905): unbeaten in his seven starts as a juvenile and in his first nine races as a three-year old. The first two-year-old to complete the Omnium de Deux Ans-Morny-Grand Criterium-La Foret quadruple.
- Epinard (1922): the fastest horse to be bred in France. Left at the post in the Prix Morny, the Pierre Wertheimer progeny won the six other races he contested as a juvenile, using his searing pace to leave his rivals trailing.
- Pantalon (1932): victory in the Grand Criterium was his seventh triumph in 11 starts that season. A small, mottled white colt, his breeder Jean Stern bade him farewell on 29 March following a claiming race. His first buyer Guy de Mola sold him on a matter of weeks later after another victory in another claiming race. His buyer on that occasion was the trainer David Englander. It proved to be an astute purchase, Pantalon going on to finish third in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as a three-year-old.
It would be unfair to finish without mentioning the most famous of all the Grand Criterium's losing horses: Sea Bird. The 1964 defeat was the only one of his career. Finding his rhythm late in the race, he closed down fast on his training companion Grey Dawn, emboldened after triumphing in the Prix Morny and Prix de la Salamandre, but was unable to reel him in.
The record of eight victories is held by Marcel Boussac: Durban (1920), Nosca (1941, dead heat), Caravelle (1942), Priam (1943), Nirgal (1945), Ambiorix (1948), Apollonia (1955) and Abdos (1961). His future wife, Mlle Fanny Heldy, was the owner of the 1923 winner Clavieres.
Next come:
7 Edmond Blanc: Reverend (1890), Rueil (1891), Marly (1892), Cazabat (1897), Vinicius (1902), Val d'Or (1904) and Ouadi Halfa (1906).
7 Mme John Magnier: *Second Empire (1997), *Ciro (1999), **Rock of Gibraltar (2001), *Hold That Tiger (2002), *Oratorio (2004), ***Horatio Nelson (2005) and and Holy Roman Emperor (2006).
5 Comte Frederic de Lagrange: Nuncia (1858), Sonchamp (1863), Le Bearnais (1864), Montgoubert (1866) and Le Sarrazin (1867).
5 Paul Aumont: Damier (1862), Mlle de Fligny (1868), Revigny (1871), Fra Diavolo (1883) and Alger (1885).
4 Baron Arthur de Schickler: Perplexe (1874), Perplexite (1880), Dolma Baghtche (1893) and Le Sagittaire (1894).
4 Baron Edouard de Rothschild: Flamant (1926), Godiche (1929), Brantome (1933) and Teleferique (1936).
4 Baron Guy de Rothschild: Dragon Blanc (1952), Le Geographe (1953), Soleil (1965) and Mariacci (1974).
3 Comte Gustave de Juigne: Jonquille (1875), Jongleur (1876) and Mantille (1877).
3 Baron Arthur de Schickler: Perplexite (1880), Dolma Baghtche (1893) and Le Sagittaire (1894).
3 Edward Esmond: Dorina (1925), Indus (1930) and Mistress Ford (1935).
3 Mme Jean Couturie: Tiepoletto (1958), Right Royal (1960) and Neptunus (1963).
3 Daniel Wildenstein: Yelapa (1968), Lost World (1993 ) and Loup Solitaire (1995).
3 The Aga Khan: Blushing Groom (1976), Danishkada (1986) and Siyouni (2009).
3 Mahmoud Fustok: Dragon (1979), Green Forest (1981) and Fijar Tango (1987).
2 The Niarchos family: one for Stavros Niarchos, Hector Protector (1990); and one for the Niarchos family, Way of Light (1998) and Karakontie (2013).
2 Hippolyte Mosselman: Allez Y Gaiement (1854) and Tonnerre des Indes (1857).
2 Prince Marc de Beauvau: Miss Cath (1855) and Duchess (1856).
2 Baron Leon Niviere: Isabella (1860) and Stradella (1861).
2 Major Fridolin: Sornette (1869) and Franc Tireur (1872).
2 Henry Jennings: Czar (1865) and Basilique (1879).
2 Auguste Lupin: Fideline (1873) and Cromatella (1889).
2 Henri Delamarre: Vigilant (1881) and Vernet (1882).
2 Comte Jacques Le Marois: Sauge Pourpree (1907) and Uriel (1909).
2 William K. Vanderbilt: Prestige (1905) and Montrose II (1911).
2 M. et Mme Ralph B. Strassburger: one for M. Strassburger, Clarion (1946); and one for Mme Strassburger, Angers (1959).
2 Mme P.A.B. Widener: Hula Dancer (1962) and Grey Dawn (1964).
2 Khaled Abdullah: Tenby (1992) and American Post (2003).
* In association with Michael Tabor;
** in association with Sir Alex Ferguson;
*** in association with Mme David Nagle.
The record of eleven victories is held by Henry Jennings: Miss Cath (1855), Duchess (1856), Isabella (1860), Stradella (1861), Czar (1865), Revigny (1871), Jonquille (1875), Jongleur (1876), Mantille (1877), Basilique (1879) and The Condor (1884).
Next come:
7 Etienne Pollet: Tyrone (1956), Tiepoletto (1958), Right Royal (1960), Hula Dancer (1962), Neptunus (1963), Grey Dawn (1964) and Silver Cloud (1966).
6 Aidan O'Brien: Second Empire (1997), Ciro (1999), Rock of Gibraltar (2001), Hold That Tiger (2002), Oratorio (2004), Horatio Nelson (2005) and Holy Roman Emperor (2006).
6 Robert Denman: The Condor (1884), Frapotel (1886), Vinicius (1902), Val d'Or (1904), Ouadi Halfa (1906) and Ptolemy (1924).
5 Tom Jennings: Nuncia (1858), Sonchamp (1863), Le Bearnais (1864), Montgoubert (1866) and Le Sarrazin (1867), all five owned by the Comte de Lagrange.
5 Charles Semblat: Nosca (1941, dead heat), Caravelle (1942), Priam (1943), Nirgal (1945) and Ambiorix (1948).
4 Frank Carter: Dorina (1925), Indus (1930), Mistress Ford (1935) and Gossip (1937).
4 Maurice Zilber: Yelapa (1968), Mississipian (1973), Treizieme (1983) and Femme Elite (1985).
4 Francois Boutin: Manado (1975), Super Concorde (1977), Hector Protector (1990) and Arazi (1991).
3 Spreoty: Mon Etoile (1859), Damier (1862) and Mlle de Fligny (1868).
3 Charles Pratt: Sornette (1869), Franc Tireur (1872) and Swift (1878).
3 William Webb: Perplexite (1880), Dolma Baghtche (1893) and Le Sagittaire (1894).
3 Arthur Carter: Rueil (1891), Marly (1892) and Cazabat (1897).
3 Francois Mathet: Tantieme (1949), Bella Paola (1957) and Blushing Groom (1976).
3 Geoffrey Watson: Dragon Blanc (1952), Le Geographe (1953) and Soleil (1965).
3 Mme Christiane Head-Maarek: Saint Cyrien (1982), Okawango (2000) and American Post (2003).
3 Andre Fabre: Jade Robbery (1989), Goldmark (1994) and Loup Solitaire (1995).
3 Aidan O'Brien: Second Empire (1997), Ciro (1999) and Rock of Gibraltar (2001).
2 Thomas R. Carter: Vigilant (1881) and Vernet (1882).
2 Fred Carter: Fra Diavolo (1883) and Alger (1885).
2 Edward Flatman: Reverend (1890) and Hero (1895).
2 Charles Bartholomew: Le Mandinet (1901) and Ecouen (1912).
2 William Duke: Prestige (1905) and Montrose II (1911).
2 Philippe Hanse: Sauge Pourpree (1907) and Uriel (1909).
2 George Stern: Durban (1920) and Clavieres (1923).
2 Lucien Robert: Brantome (1933) and Teleferique (1936).
2 John Cunnington: Martia (1941, dead heat) and Clarion (1946).
2 Mitri Saliba: Dragon (1979) and Green Forest (1981).
2 Alain de Royer-Dupré: Danishkada (1986) and Siyouni (2009).
The record of six victories is held jointly by George Stern: Vinicius (1902), Ob (1903), Val d'Or (1904), Ouadi Halfa (1906), Durban (1920) and Clavieres (1923); and Roger Poincelet: Ambiorix (1948), Cosmos (1951), Tiepoletto (1958), Right Royal (1960), Hula Dancer (1962) and Yelapa (1968).
Next come:
5 Jacques Doyasbere: Nosca (1941, dead heat), Caravelle (1942), Priam (1943), Nirgal (1945) and Rigolo (1947).
4 Edgar Rolfe: Mantille (1877), Vigilant (1881), Vernet (1882) and Alger (1885).
3 Arthur Watkins: Isabella (1860), Czar (1865) and Mlle de Fligny (1868).
3 Charles Pratt: Stradella (1861), Sonchamp (1863) and Franc Tireur (1872).
3 Charles Bouillon: Godiche (1929), Brantome (1933) and Teleferique (1936).
3 Paul Blanc: Sicambre (1950), Dragon Blanc (1952) and Le Geographe (1953).
3 Lester Piggott: Sir Ivor (1967), Breton (1969) and My Swallow (1970).
3 Michael Kinane: Second Empire (1997), Ciro (1999) and Rock of Gibraltar (2001).
3 Kieren-Francis Fallon: Hold That Tiger (2002), Horatio Nelson (2005) and Holy Roman Emperor (2006).
2 Edward Flatman: Miss Cath (1855) and Duchess (1856).
2 R. Hunter: Fideline (1873) and The Condor (1884).
2 Tom Lane: Rueil (1891) and Dolma Baghtche (1893).
2 James Dodd: Hero (1895) and Ramadan (1899).
2 Maurice Barat: Golden Sky (1908) and Faucheur (1910).
2 Frank O'Neill: Montrose II (1911) and Ptolemy (1924).
2 Albert Sharpe: Odol (1919) and Amorina (1928).
2 Guy Garner: Kefalin (1921) and Dorina (1925).
2 Guy Duforez: La Bourrasque (1931) and Turbulent (1938).
2 George Bridgland: Mistress Ford (1935) and Gossip (1937).
2 Serge Boullenger: Beau Prince II (1954) and Apollonia (1955).
2 Pat Glennon: Neptunus (1963) and Grey Dawn (1964).
2 W.P. Pyers: Hard to Beat (1971) and Missisipian (1973).
2 Henri Samani: Satingo (1972) and Blushing Groom (1976).
2 Philippe Paquet: Manado (1975) and Super Concorde (1977).
2 Maurice Philipperon: Irish River (1978) and Kendor (1988).
2 Alfred Gibert: Green Forest (1981) and Fijar Tango (1987).
2 Freddy Head: Saint Cyrien (1982) and Hector Protector (1990).
2 Cash Asmussen: Jade Robbery (1989) and Way of Light (1998).
2 Gérald Mossé: Arazi (1991) and Siyouni (2009).
2 Olivier Peslier: Lost World (1993 ) and Loup Solitaire (1995).
2 Richard Hughes: American Post (2003) and Olympic Glory (2012).
2 Lanfranco Dettori: Rio de la Plata (2007) and Dabirsim (2011).

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The Field Museum presents "Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age," an exhibit running March 5-Sept. 6. The star of the show is Lyuba, a 40,000-year-old, intact baby mammoth a Siberian reindeer herder discovered in 2007.
Hands-on displays reveal the differences between a mammoth and a mastodon (the latter were shorter and stockier) and what may have caused their extinction. Visitors can try their hand at picking up objects by manipulating a mechanical trunk and help a mammoth balance the weight of its tusks. Video installations, large-scale projections, walk-through dioramas and ancient artifacts tell the story of an age when these early cousins of the elephant, along with giant bears and saber-toothed cats, roamed the earth.
Look to the stars
The neighboring Adler Planetarium on March 26 unveils "Planet Explorers," a permanent exhibit geared toward ages 3-8. The junior scientists and astronauts can study the moon with a telescope, operate a robotic arm and blast a 26-foot-tall rocket off to new worlds.
The biggest Broadway in Chicago event of the season will be the March 18 debut of "Billy Elliot the Musical." Set for an extended run at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts/Oriental Theatre, the show features music by Elton John. It won 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical in 2009.
Set against the British miners' strike of the 1980s, the story follows Billy's journey as a boy in a small mining town who discovers a ballet class while on his way to a boxing lesson.
"August: Osage County," a Broadway hit starring Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons as the matriarch of a troubled Oklahoma family, plays the Cadillac Palace Theatre from Feb. 2-14.
Dance masters
The Joffrey Ballet presents Sir Frederick Ashton's "Cinderella" from Feb. 17-28 at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. The comedy of Cinderella's two stepsisters, portrayed, as is tradition, by male dancers, provides the perfect foil for the developing romance of Cinderella and the Prince.
Also in a fairy-tale vein, the musical "Beauty and the Beast," based on Disney's animated feature film, plays March 23-April 4 at the Cadillac Palace Theatre.
"The 101 Dalmatians Musical" brings the classic tale to the Cadillac Palace from Feb. 16-28. In addition to human actors playing dogs, it showcases 15 talented Dalmatians, many of which were rescued from animal shelters.
Dog fans also will pant for the 2010 International Kennel Club Cluster of Dog Shows on Feb. 27-28 at McCormick Place convention center. It spotlights more than 10,000 purebred dogs from 161 breeds in a variety of competitions.
Guests are allowed to meet and greet dogs and their handlers. Also on the agenda are "Dancing With Your Dog" demonstrations, dog-themed entertainment and seminars.
A theatrical theme and visions of spring will inspire visitors to the 16th annual Chicago Flower & Garden Show from March 6-14 at Navy Pier. Among the 25-plus gardens will be several pairing Chicago theaters with top Midwest landscapers in keeping with the show theme "Cultivating Great Performances."
"Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age" (exhibit), Field Museum, Lake Shore Drive at Roosevelt Road, March 5-Sept. 6. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Tickets (including basic admission) are $23 for adults, $20 for seniors and students with ID, and $13 for children 3-11. For information, call (866) FIELD-03, or visit fieldmuseum.org.
"Planet Explorers" (permanent exhibit), Adler Planetarium, 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive, opening March 26. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, to 4:30 Saturday-Sunday. Admission is $10 for adults, $6 for children 3-14. The "Universe Package" ($25 adults, $21 children) includes unlimited sky shows, guided tour and all exhibits. Call (312) 922-STAR, or visit adlerplanetarium.org.
"Billy Elliot the Musical," Ford Center for the Performing Arts/Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St., opening March 18. Tickets are $30-$100. Call (800) 775-2000, or visit broadwayinchicago.com.
"August: Osage County" (tragicomedy), Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., Feb. 2-14. Tickets are $25-$80. Call (800) 775-2000, or visit broadwayinchicago.com.
"Cinderella" (ballet), Joffrey Ballet, Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Pkwy., Feb. 17-28. Tickets are $25-$145. Call Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787, or visit ticketmaster.com.
"Beauty and the Beast" (musical), Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., March 23-April 4. Call (800) 775-2000, or visit broadwayinchicago.com.
"The 101 Dalmatians Musical," Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., Feb. 16-28. Tickets are $18-$85. Call (800) 775-2000, or visit broadwayinchicago.com.
International Kennel Club Cluster of Dog Shows (competition/expo), McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, Feb. 27-28. Hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, free for children 12 and younger. Call (773) 237-5100, or visit ikcdogshow.com.
Chicago Flower & Garden Show (expo), Navy Pier, Grand Avenue at the lake, March 6-14. Hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Saturday, to 6 p.m. Sunday. Adult admission is $15 weekdays, $17 weekends; children 4-12 are $5. Discounted parking is $14. Call (773) 435-1250, or visit chicagoflower.com.
— Randy Mink is a freelance writer based near Chicago.


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"Glee's" favorite mischievous bad boy is making a comeback.
Jesse St. James, played by Jonathan Groff, is most known for being Rachel Berry's (Lea Michele) ex-boyfriend from the rival Carmel High School.
"I love his confidence and how unabashedly full of himself he is," Groff said. "Is he good or is he bad? Jesse certainly had a secret. He's likable and unlikable at the same time. It's a fun balance."
In the last episodes Jesse appeared in, he egged Rachel in the WMHS parking lot after their relationship turned sour then led the Vocal Adrenaline glee club to a win over the New Directions in the Regionals competition.
"It was awesome. I loved it," Groff said of the parking lot scene. "The only thing that was hard was not laughing. It took five or six takes. The lines were so intense."
"I wish I knew more," he said of Jesse's return. "I found out last week. Ryan Murphy contacted me. I start in a week or two."
"I'll be singing with Lea probably but I don't know if he's raising havoc or coming to apologize."
"Their relationship was a little unresolved," he said. "I would like some resolution."
"Obviously I'm rooting for him," Groff prefaced. "Jesse was the only one who gives Rachel a run for her money. He challenges her in a very unique way but Rachel and Finn are sweet. It depends on what happens when Jesse comes back."
Despite rumors circulating the internet, Groff is still unsure whether Jesse will attend the WMHS prom.
"Is that legal? Jesse graduated so I'm not sure if that would work," he said. "But I think it would be fun and dramatic."
"I went to prom three times in high school. I was asked by a senior in my freshman year who played opposite me in the musical. I went my junior and senior year with my friend," he added.
Although Groff and Michele play ex-flames on "Glee", the pair have been best friends since performing in the Tony Award-winning "Spring Awakening" on Broadway.
"I've known Lea for five years. The key to any long-term relationship is re-negotiating. With really good friends you know you're really good friends even if you don't talk a lot," Groff said.
"My favorite song to perform from 'Spring Awakening' is 'Left Behind.' It's the most beautiful song. The music score is unreal."
Although he supports the concept of a "Spring Awakening" film, Groff is unsure he would revive his role as Melchior Gabor.
"I would love to but I'm afraid I'm too old. It would be an amazing movie though," he said.
"We're all bonded for life," Groff said, admitting that the cast from the original Broadway show remains close.
Groff also said he attended three performances of Broadway's "American Idiot" where his former co-star John Gallagher Jr. played a lead.
Groff lists "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Hello" as his two favorite songs that he performed on "Glee."
"Hello was the first song we played together. It was a fun reunion," he said of his duet with Michele.
"Bohemian Rhapsody is an epic, amazing song. I loved the Vocal Adrenaline dancers."
"One of the most fulfilling parts of 'Glee' was working with Adam Anders. He's the king of the music on 'Glee'," Groff said.
"He opened up a part of my voice I didn't know existed. I'm thankful to Adam and 'Glee' for introducing me to a new side of my voice."
"Ryan Murphy is Superman. He's brave enough to address issues like bullying and being gay. He's breaking new grounds. It makes me so proud to be part of the show."
"The talk between Kurt (Chris Colfer) and Burt (Mike O'Malley) was amazing. They're making these things so universal and accessible," Groff said of a scene in the recent "Sexy" episode. "They're really taking advantage of the popularity to push the envelope."
Although many fans are hopeful for a "sing-off" between Jesse and Dalton Academy's leading Warbler Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss), Groff is unsure whether one will occur.
"It would be cool, wouldn't it?," he prefaced.
"Tell them to write one on the show," he said with a laugh. "I really don't know who would win."
As a seasoned veteran on Broadway, Groff recalled the differences between acting for television and theater.
"Working on 'Glee' is very intense. It's like a sprint run. It's high energy for a short time. You only have one chance to film scenes, you'll never do it again in your life," Groff said.
"Broadway is about endurance. You can take care of yourself and you know when to conserve."
Recently Groff spent time in London while he performed in "Deathtrap" on the West End.
"London was great. I loved doing the play. I had never been out of the country until a few years ago when I went to Italy. It changed my life," he said.
"'Deathtrap' is a comedy thriller written in the late 70's with lots of twists and turns."
"I died three times and came back to life twice," Groff added with a laugh.
In addition to his highly anticipated return to "Glee", Groff is also featured in the new film "The Conspirators" which has a release date of April 15.
"It's the story about Mary Surratt (played by Robin Wright) and the boarding house she had for conspirators in the Lincoln assassination. It's the story of her trial and whether or not she would get the death penalty. It's really exciting," he said.
"I play a real person (Louis Weichmann) who lived in the boarding house. He's not found guilty. He's on the witness stand testifying. There's a little Jesse St. James in him," Groff said, calling the character "shifty."
"James McAvoy (who plays Frederick Aiken) was one of my favorite actors. I was so excited to do a scene with him."
Despite his loyal fanbase, Groff says he's not likely to cave to the Twitter craze most celebrities immerse themselves in.
"I'm not too into the internet. YouTube is enough for me," he said.
"Adele's new album is burning a hole in my iPod," Groff admits. "I listen to it non-stop."
Although he said he enjoys all the tracks, "I didn't like 'Rumour Has It' at all when I first heard it but I'm obsessed now."
Despite his dislike of technology, Groff said he remains thankful for the support of fans.
"I love them, appreciate them, and I'm really grateful for them," Groff said.
"After 'Glee', I don't know," Groff admitted about future projects. "I hope to have more film work. I'm looking for the next right gig."
"I'm not drawn to a genre. I'm drawn to good people and good material. I like what excites me and makes me a better actor."


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A determined Island Storm squad defeated the Halifax Rainmen 114-105 Friday in a physical and feisty National Basketball League of Canada contest.
The win came a day after losing in Moncton to snap a six-game win streak.
"We were kind of mad about it," Storm point guard Adrian Moss said. "We felt we should of won that game. We let one go. To . . . bounce back is huge."
Moss did his part on Friday with 20 points, 13 assists and five rebounds in front of the home crowd at Eastlink Centre.
"For any point guard to score 23 points and dish out 13 assists, that's definitely a big accomplishment," said his partner in the backcourt Nick Okorie.
It was Okorie who propelled the Storm to an early lead with 12 first quarter points.
"I felt like we came out a little bit slow," said Okorie, who finished with a team-high 27 points. "I had two really good looks and I was like, 'I have to hit these.' Once I hit those two I felt like I could get going a little bit and push our team ahead."
Ed Jones picked up the ball in the second quarter and scored 10 of the Storm's 22.
The Storm held quarter leads of 30-25, 52-49 and
The host squad appeared to pull away during a 70-second span in fourth quarter. Leading 85-81 Moss found Jones on an alley-oop, Steve Tchiengang found Moss for a layup and Moss hit a three to give the Storm a 92-83 lead.
But Halifax bounced right back, cutting the lead to four with five minutes to go.
"Halifax played great tonight," Moss said. "You have to survive the other team's runs."
Storm coach Joe Salerno credited Halifax for giving the Storm all they could handle. He said the Rainmen's top-five players are as good as any team's in the league.
"Our depth really paid off tonight," Salerno said.
He pointed to a stretch midway through the fourth when Antwi Atuahene, Moss, Dwayne Smith, Jones and Tchiengang gave the team valuable minutes together as a unit.
"They carried the load for us," Salerno said. "The bench came up real big tonight."
The Storm had 23 turnovers, but the coach said Halifax forced many of them.
"We weren't real thrilled with how we played this game. It was certainly sloppy at times."
The Storm's leading scorer this season Antonio Ballard had 15 points and seven rebounds after playing 42 minutes in Thursday's loss.
"Everybody has to step up. It can't always be Tone and Nick every night," Moss said.
"Tone is a marked man," Salerno added. "Teams are getting more physical with him now."
Many of the Storm players took time to get iced up after the game.
"Three games in four nights is tough," Salerno said.
The team, while a little banged up, will be OK. The team is off until Tuesday's rematch with the Rainmen at Eastlink Centre and is hoping to get point guard Al Stewart back for the Feb. 16 game in Halifax.
Guard Shawn Vanzant missed Friday's game to attend a family funeral in Cleveland. He left Friday and will be back for Tuesday's game.
Highlight Reel
Halifax Rainmen – 105
Island Storm – 114
Score by the quarters
Rainmen – 25-24-30-26
Storm – 30-22-28-34
Top scorers
Rainmen – Olumuyiwa Famutimi, 29; Jason Williams, 23.
Storm – Nick Okorie, 27; Adrian Moss, 20; Ed Jones, 19.
Top rebounders
Rainmen – Tim Parham, 10.
Storm – Jeremy Williams, 8; Antonio Ballard, Steve Tchiengang, Antwi Atuahene, Bilal Dixon, 7.
Top assists
Rainmen – Jujuan Cooley, 10
Storm – Adrian Moss, 13.
Field goals
Rainmen – 39-89 (44 per cent)
Storm – 42-87 (48 per cent)
Rainmen – 9.
Storm – 23.
Rainmen – 6-25.
Storm – 18-14.
50/50 Draw
"Ed Jones had a great bounce back game tonight."
"Nick came out hot as a pistol. That's what Nick can do."
Storm coach Joe Salerno
Up Next
The Storm hosts Halifax Tuesday at 7 p.m.


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Please permit me to refute Mr. Quiles' Dec. 29 comments on my previous letter regarding LWCF funds and related issues.
A specific expenditure attached to a funding bill is by generic definition an "earmark." An asphalt parking lot at a Maple Valley trailhead is an unnecessary expenditure of borrowed money as well as being highly questionable as a conservation measure.
The $900 million from drilling lease proceeds he refers to has only been achieved once since 1965 due to repeated and prolonged environmental impact statements and legal injunctions initiated by various environmental lobbying organizations. This Maple Valley parking lot can be considered part of the $17 billion he states have been diverted to unrelated issues.
Regarding buying and selling oil on the world market: if we produce sufficient quantity, the price goes down. That's high school economics.
Regarding the 1872 mining law, etc: This law was originally written for the pick and shovel prospectors. Royalties were paid by the capitalizing corporations to the patented claim holders. Corporations pay taxes and the prospector pays income tax on his royalties and his wages when he becomes a day laborer in the mine.
Regarding logging: Trees are a renewable resource. Private enterprise can build the roads to new leases. Many of the 300,000 miles of logging roads Mr. Quiles refers to are being closed down as part of USFS Travel Management Plans, creating more de facto wilderness areas. Domestic lumber production is at its lowest level since the 1940s. Consider these things when you try to make your next mortgage payment on your crackerbox house on barely enough land to support the foundation, built with Canadian lumber sawn on an offshore Japanese sawmill barge and sulphuric acid riddled gypsum board from China rotting out your Chilean copper plumbing and wiring.
Everything we consume is at some point mined, drilled and extracted, or grown and harvested. My point is that we're not doing this for ourselves. These products are what money is exchanged for.
We have nothing backing our currency. We have a fortune at our fingertips and our government appears to be selling it out from under us or abandoning it. We have people in tent cities surrounded by millions of vacant acres. I sincerely believe that the only thing keeping many people saluting the Stars and Stripes is an extended unemployment check made good by a foreign loan or U.S. Treasury junk bond. Conduct a poll in Nickelsville or Uncle Bud's trailer park in Buckley or at a temporary day labor agency and you'll find a lot of truth in this statement.
I've been a miner, a sawyer, a soldier when the soup line got too long, and after 10 years my fourth go round at self employment is going down the tubes with the economy. I will eventually recover from another repossession and another bankruptcy, but this time I'm perturbed.
To paraphrase a famous document, human events have nearly run their course. While not yet disloyal, I am a western American, not necessarily superior but certainly distinctive. lf our government won't let us use what we have here, we need to go our own way. Hopefully we can find a political way to stay united besides pacification in the form of government checks and handouts. Any potential allies aren't going to help us just because they like us. Given the left-leaning prevailing mindset in western Washington, Seattle will be all in favor of a communist takeover as long as it keeps us safe. I want the Republicans to shape debate and campaign agendas on the above and related issues and stop wasting breath on social issues like abortion and gay rights. We can win on this stuff. Now you know why I've been so critical of Congressman Reichert on environmental issues.
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Davenport advanced to the title game with a big 4-2 win over Hope College late Friday night and finished off a great weekend with the 5-4 win over the Cardinals in the championship. Davenport, who entered the MCHC last year for the first time in their three year program history, got the game winner from captain Chad Ouellette (Windsor, Ontario) in the third period.
The Panthers opened the scoring with a pair of goals in the first period as Zack Feher and Mike Soto each put away goals to put DU on top 2-0. Jordan Steger and Taylor Keyworth assisted on the first while Justin Welker (Speedway, Ind.) and John Brooks (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
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BRATTLEBORO -- Multiple people were taken for medical treatment following a two-vehicle accident that caused a lengthy traffic jam along Interstate 91 North around noon Friday.
Rescue workers, Vermont State troopers, ambulances and a fire truck were on the scene not far from the on-ramp near Exit 3. One vehicle, with a New Hampshire license plate was damaged and facing the wrong way on I-91 North while the other vehicle, a van with a Vermont license plate, had come to a rest in the highway's median with its airbags deployed and the hood severely damaged. The New Hampshire car was towed from the scene a little after 1 p.m.
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Way back in the cold month of January, TUAW reviewed the Lantronix xPrintServer, a US$149.95 intelligent print server designed to put networked printers in reach of iOS devices. As noted in the review, the device worked great and is perfect for offices big or small, but it didn't work with USB printers. Now Lantronix is shipping the xPrintServer Home Edition, a $99.95 version that makes wireless iOS printing to USB and networked printers a lot easier.
Like the enterprise version (called the Network Edition), the Home Edition is a white box roughly the size of an iPhone but a bit thicker. On one end of the box are three ports — one for power, one for an Ethernet connection, and another for a USB connection to a printer.
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Setting the device up is a piece of cake. Since this is made for USB printers with no available networking capabilities, you plug a USB printer cable into the USB port on the xPrintServer and the other end into your printer or a USB hub. Next, you take an Ethernet cable and run it from the Ethernet port on the xPrintServer to your wireless router. Plug it in, let it recognize your printer (or printers), and it (they) become instantly available in the iOS printing dialog.
I know that the first question I'm going to hear is "Why would you spend a hundred bucks on this when you can buy Printopia for twenty?". The answer is that Printopia requires that you have a computer up and running all the time in order to print. While that's not a big deal in many offices, it can be an issue in homes with one or no computer.
Here's a perfect use case: my father has an old MacBook that is his usual computer, but I gave him an old first-generation iPad to try out. He likes it so much that he's made comments about wanting to make it his only computer. However, to print anything he needs to have the MacBook running, and on occasion he's actually had to boot up the laptop just to print from the iPad. The xPrintServer Home Edition would be perfect for him, as he could just plug it into his existing printer and be ready to go.
The chart below shows the difference in capabilities of the Network and Home Edition xPrintServers:
In a home or office environment with a few USB printers, a couple of network printers, and no need to restrict access to certain printers, the Home Edition is going to be perfect.
I tried the xPrintServer Home Edition and found it to be a snap to set up and use. Lantronix includes an Ethernet cable and a power adapter with regional adapter plugs, so if you already have a printer with a USB cable you're ready to go. For networked printers, just have to make sure that you're plugging the Ethernet cable (and the box) into the same subnet so that the xPrintServer can "see" all of the printers.
The total time for setup (less the time for me to find an open outlet near my wireless router) was about a minute. The xPrintServer takes that time to auto-discover all printers that are either directly connected via USB or on your network, and when the orange X in the word Lantronix begins pulsing, you're ready to go.
If you're ready to make the jump to a post-PC world, then you'll want to get an xPrintServer Home Edition for those situations where you still need to make a hard copy. It works with over 4,000 different models of printers, and could not be any easier to set up. If they're not doing so already, Apple needs to sell these in every Apple Store in the world.
- Incredibly easy setup
- Reduces the need to have a Mac or PC running constantly just to print from iOS to a printer
- A great way of sharing USB printers to iOS devices over a network
- Price is high for a consumer product; a $49.95 or less price point would make buying this device a no-brainer
Who is it for?
- Anyone who wants to print from an iOS device to a networked or USB printer, but doesn't want to keep a PC or Mac turned on all the time just to enable Printopia.
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The food bank's Hope Mobile service stops in Paulsboro each month with food and supplies for local residents in need, and had planned to add bottled water to this month's shipment to help those who have been affected by possible contamination of the borough's water supply.
Paulsboro Mayor Jeff Hamilton recently mailed a letter to the town's 6,100 residents urging caregivers of infants to refrain from using the public water supply due to possible contamination of PFNA (perfluorononanoic acid), an unregulated chemical used in making plastics.
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Tensions between football players and the administration have reached a boiling point at Grambling State University as a meeting between the two sides Tuesday turned into an act of protest on the side of the players over their treatment and overall state of the program.
According to a report from the Shreveport Times, players are upset about how the administration has handled football operations, forcing the team to take long bus rides rather than flying to locations such as Indianapolis and Kansas City from the school's Louisiana campus. The report also cites complaints about missed meals on road trips, the sorry state of athletic facilities, an overall "disrespect" from the administration and anger over the mid-season firing of head coach Doug Williams.
"It was basically a mutiny," an unnamed player told the Times. "(The team) rode the bus all that way (to Indianapolis), and then come back and are disrespected like that (in Tuesday's meeting).
"(The team) is standing together because they don't know if anybody else is standing with them."
The news comes on top of a brutal season so far for the Tigers. One of the most historic historically black college football programs in the country, Grambling State has fallen on tough times in recent seasons, as evidenced by the controversial firing of Williams.
The Tigers currently sit at 0-7 and are coming off of a 48-0 loss to Alcorn State in the Circle City Classic at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
School officials met with members of the team at a support facility outside the team's stadium following a practice session on Tuesday. It was there that the tone of the discussion turned negative, leading the entire team to walk out of the meeting, the unnamed player said. University president Frank Pogue, interim coach George Ragsdale, athletic director Aaron James and student government president Jordan Harvey were reportedly present.
Meanwhile, University spokesman Will Sutton told the news source that the meeting was meant to show support for the football program and not all players left the meeting.
"(The administration) knew that emotions were raw," Sutton said. "No matter what, it was going to be a challenge for the team to feel good after this season and last season.
"That's part of the reason why we have a new (athletics director) and are looking for a new football coach. The president wanted to make a point that the university supports and appreciates the team and these students, and that the administration will do everything we need to do for the future success of the program."
The Tigers, an FCS program in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, have had some success with Williams as their head coach. The former Super Bowl winning QB for the Washington Redskins was first hired in 1998 before spending some time as an executive for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Virginia Destroyers of the UFL before returning to the post in 2011. However, Williams was fired after a pair of losses to open the 2013 season.


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Mr. Arsenec attended McKee High School, where he studied auto mechanics and was on the track team. He later attended the College of Staten Island.
He served in the U.S. Army in the early 1970s and was stationed in Germany, where he learned to speak the language fluently.
After his return from military service in 1973, he was an auto technician for many years. He then began working as a traffic enforcement agent for the NYPD, assigned to Manhattan, and received many awards and citations for his work, family said. He retired in 2008 as a supervisor.
Mr. Arsenec's hobbies included chess, paddleball, card games and movies.
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Surviving are his son, Jamaal Isbell-Arsenec; his daughters, Ruth Arsenec-Smith and Andrea Arsenec; his mother, Dorothy Arsenec; four brothers, Antoine, Etienne, Emile and Pierre; two sisters, Yvette Arsenec-Weir and Celeste Arsenec, and two grandchildren.
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An air monitor near the ExxonMobil Chalmette Refinery measured elevated levels of sulphur dioxide on Sunday and Monday, but it remains unclear whether the chemical is being released into the air by the refinery or the nearby Rain CII petroleum coke processing plant, state officials said.
The elevated levels of the toxic gas follow a Friday incident where passengers aboard the Chalmette to Algiers ferry said they became sick after smelling sulphur dioxide in the air. The ferry was shut down Friday night, but resumed operations on Saturday.
The monitor in the Chalmette Vista neighborhood, labeled CH VISTA on the state's monitoring web site, recorded elevated levels of sulphur dioxide during five hourly measurements on Sunday and one hourly measurement on Monday. The highest amount measured was 216.8 parts per billion at 8 p.m. Sunday. The monitor did not measure elevated levels of the gas on Friday or Saturday.
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality spokesman Rodney Mallet said the monitor measurements seem to indicate a violation of the state standard for release of sulphur dioxide, which is no more than 75 parts per million during a full hour.
"DEQ has recommended that this area be designated as nonattainment for the hourly standard," Mallett said, which would likely require permits for air emissions at nearby facilities to be ratcheted down when they are renewed, a process that usually occurs every five years. "Once EPA makes that designation official, DEQ and EPA will develop a plan to get the area into attainment with the hourly standard."
Mallet said the two main facilities that have sulphur dioxide releases are the Chalmette Refinery and Rain CII.
"Providence Engineering does all air monitoring for Chalmette Refinery," Mallett said. "When the (sulphur dioxide) readings are elevated for 100 ppb or more for an hour, the site pulls a trigger sample and sends notification to Providence. Providence then notifies Chalmette Refinery and CII."
On Friday and Saturday, state Department of Environmental Quality officials said they suspected that Rain CII was the source of the gas that caused the ferry passengers to be ill.
Officials with ExxonMobil and Rain CII did not respond to requests for comment on Monday. Rain CII officials on Saturday denied that their facility was the source of the gas involved in the ferry incident.
The Rain CII plant produces calcined petroleum coke by heating petroleum coke produced by oil refineries to remove contaminants so the carbon-based material can be turned into anodes for production of aluminum.
That process removes sulphur dioxide and other pollutants from the coke.
According to DEQ records, Rain CII was verbally granted a variance on Nov. 30 to increase the number of hours that a piece of equipment called a pyroscrubber stack was allowed to vent sulphur dioxide and other pollutants into the air at the company's Chalmette Coke Plant. According to an approval letter signed Dec. 5 by DEQ Assistant Secretary Sam Phillips confirming the earlier variance approval, the variance was required because of "another boiler tube rupture which has disabled the waste heat recovery system" that normally removed the pollutants.
However, the variance does not allow an increase in the allowed amount of sulphur dioxide that already was being emitted from the plant, which would have been 268.8 tons through Feb. 28, the end of the variance period, according to the letter.
Normally, the gas stream is vented through the plant's waste heat boiler or baghouse, both of which are pollution reduction processes. But the company also is allowed to use the Pyroscrubber Stack as a bypass for up to 500 hours a year during outages of the waste heat boiler or baghouse.
The variance would add to the bypass total by 336 hours, according to the DEQ variance.
"A variance does not authorize the maintenance of a nuisance or a danger to public health and safety," said the letter from Phillips.
The Chalmette refinery, jointly owned by ExxonMobil and Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., the Venezuelan national oil company, has been operating under a series of consent agreements with DEQ and EPA following lawsuits charging the company with violating state and federal air emission regulations that were filed by neighborhood and environmental groups.
In a 2005 letter to DEQ criticizing a consent agreement between DEQ and the Chalmette Refinery that required it to buy the Chalmette Vista monitoring equipment for DEQ, Tulane Environmental Law Clinic director Adam Babich said additional monitors should be required all along the refinery's fenceline to assure that the source of air pollutants could be identified.
"Without fenceline monitoring, debate will continue as to whether the pollutants measured by the monitors come from the Chalmette Refinery or from some other nearby facility," Babich said.


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Medicare has been a big topic of debate among politicians. It would do us all good to look at history.
In 1965 when Medicare was passed, about 50 percent of seniors had no health insurance and at least 25 percent were getting no health care at all. Seniors then, as today, had much greater health-care needs than the general population. The day that Medicare went into effect, I was an intern. We were overwhelmed by seniors who had no health care for years.
Today, hips can be replaced, cataracts removed and lives can be restored, but it all costs money. I am certain we can reduce costs and be more effective, but we must not go back to a time when seniors must suffer without health care.
Medicare may be seen as a benefit, but it truly is not. The senior has paid in for his or her entire working life and pays about 25 percent of the costs in copays, etc.
I am sure that "Obama care" will need lots of improvement, but "Ryan care" will put healthcare out of the price range of millions of senior citizens.
Dr. LAWRENCE HOROWITZ


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ConAgra Foods Inc. should begin production in less than a month at its new sweet potato processing plant near Delhi, company officials say.
The company began training its final group of 80 employees this week to complete its 241-worker payroll. ConAgra plans to process about 20 frozen sweet potato products, most of them variations of french fries.
Sweet potatoes will come from regional growers.
The project was landed with the help of up to $34.7 million in state economic development funding. The $210 million plant is intended eventually to employ at least 500 workers within five years.
State officials have said the plant will be the largest private sector employer in Richland Parish.
Company officials provided plant tours for about 100 local growers, politicians and community leaders Monday. Delhi Mayor Lynn Lewis said the town is buzzing with new activity.
"We're growing by leaps and bounds," Lewis told The News-Star. "The traffic in town is unbelievable. It used to be a lazy flow on (Louisiana) 17, but now sometimes it takes a while to get where you're going."
The town of Delhi borrowed $18 million for water and sewer improvements for the plant.
Grower Lev Dawson said the plant, which will process more than 20 frozen sweet potato products, most of them variations of French fries, will provide a direct market for growers. The plant will be able to process 25 tons per hour.
"It's going to make a huge difference," he said. "In the past, a lot of potatoes have been left in the field or sold to canners, and you had to take whatever price they gave. These will be contract prices."
ConAgra said it drew employees from 14 northeastern Louisiana parishes with 34 percent coming from Richland, 22 percent from Ouachita and 18 percent from Morehouse.


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Q: With what projects or art shows have you been involved?
A: I have been involved with PAFAC (Parma Area Fine Arts Council), the Greenbriar Art League, Brecksville Art Mart, Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, etc.
Q: How do you integrate technology into your teaching?
A: I use Adobe Photoshop Elements to rearrange and organize the material I will use for teaching.
Q: How do you draw out a hesitant student?
A: I mostly have mature students who are enthusiastic about painting.
Q: What have your students gone on to achieve?
A: They have exhibited at the PAFAC shows. One of my students won best in show and first place, and another won third place in the watercolor painting category.
Q: What do you want your students to take away from your class, Watercolor with Emery?
A: I want them to like art and to find their own way of creating it. They should be happy to come to my class and waiting to come. We paint a different painting each time because with every painting you learn something new. You miss a lot if you miss the classes. For instance, with oil painting you can scrape it off and make changes. With watercolor, it is not so easy to make corrections. We plan ahead of time. I teach them the basics, from the first wash, to the second wash, to the finicky pieces at the end. After you learn those basics and the different tools, then you find your own way. Everybody puts themselves into whatever they are doing. The same scene may not look at all like another's. That is what makes each so wonderful, so different, but all very beautiful.
A portfolio of Emery Bogardy's watercolor paintings can be viewed at www.bogardyart.com
Bogardy's classes are offered through the PAFAC.