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John Reese has spent the past decade as the head coach at Bryan High in Texas and no one has come calling. But now Reese has become one of the most attractive targets in the country for head coaches putting together staffs and filling positions – and CBSSports.com has learned that he now holds job offers from Texas A&M, Texas Tech and LSU.
Reese is considered one of the top high school coaches in the state. He's never had a losing season and has gone to the postseason nine of 10 years. But there's a reason Billy Gillispie, Trent Johnson and Billy Kennedy are all in pursuit of the elder Reese now.
His son, J-Mychal Reese.
The younger Reese is one of the elite point guards in the country, a likely program-changer for all three programs. He'd be the centerpiece of what Gillispie is trying to put together in Lubbock, could be the savior for Johnson in Baton Rouge and would certainly help maintain Texas A&M as a legitimate national player in the post-Mark Turgeon Era.
Reese has the big boys in pursuit, programs like Kansas, Texas, Louisville, Memphis and Baylor. But could Reese and his father become the latest package deal? The elder Reese, according to a source close to the situation, could opt to make a move now, wait a year and go to the college ranks at the same time as his son – or take a pass and remain at Bryan High. If he goes to any of those three places, it may not be a lock that his son goes with him – but it certainly won't hurt their chances.
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Father-son package deal for elite 2012 recruit?
Posted on: June 7, 2011 3:09 pm
Category: NCAAB
Since: Apr 6, 2007
Posted on: June 8, 2011 3:49 pm
Father-son package deal for elite 2012 recruit?
This example just goes to show you that the whole system is broken. Other than the POTENTIAL for impropriety, why should an accomplished coach not be allowed to take a job with a college program that his son is interested in. If he goes, what is so bad about him playing for the team he is a coach at? What if he is a glorified water boy, what if he works in some admin position at the school, what about being a professor, what aboutif they were at the position before the kid was recruited. How many years before, 2, 5, 10? What if the parent took a job after said kid went to school? What if they have multiple kids? There are too many scenarios to make a blanket rule and too many cases to handle one-on-one.
What if there is NO impropriety at all, is it fair that the kid can't pick school X because dad works there?
The bottom line is that kids many times want to go where their parents went because it is driven in their brain their entire life. The other fact is that alot of times alums work at the school. Its called having school pride....but somehow the only solution to prevent potential impropriety is to ban ANY association because you can't really "draw the line" anywhere. Its sad, but really, I don't know how to fix it.
Since: Dec 21, 2009
Posted on: June 8, 2011 3:43 pm
Father-son package deal for elite 2012 recruit?
Exactly. Glad one reader on here understands the rules and isn't just screamer cheaters (and I don't root for any of the teams involved with the kid). The assistant jobs on a staff are a huge deal. A head coach isn't just going to give one away to lure a player. Back in the day, like you stated with the Wagner example, coaches could easily game the system and give parents/aau coach video coordinator type positions.
Since: Nov 12, 2006
Posted on: June 8, 2011 3:36 pm
Father-son package deal for elite 2012 recruit?
You should post more on the rule. Things changed after Milt Wagner and Memphis. People with association can only be hired as assitant coaches. They can no longer be put into the BS admin type roles (director of basketball operations and below). If a staff is willing to give up a very important assistant spot thats a pretty big commitment.I actually have a close friend who was recruited by Cal, before he left UMass for the NBA, and is at another school now (having worked for Cal and other Cal disciples since). I visited him at Memphis while Milt and DaJuan were there. I can tell you for a fact that Milt did nothing but offer advice to the coaching staff and some light admin stuff (trading film with other teams and scheduling practices) while holding the title of "Coordinator of Basketball Ops". It was clearly a situation where Cal exposed the rules again and basically was paying Milt to sign DaJuan.
Now, if a coach like Cal hires a recruit's dad to be his 1st, 2nd or 3rd assistant, that's a different story. There is much more responsibility involved, and those positions have a huge effect ON the court. So I agree with you completely!
Since: Jan 30, 2008
Posted on: June 8, 2011 2:57 pm
Father-son package deal for elite 2012 recruit?
I just checked player Reese's, the son, Rivals college choices. He's only high on Kansas. So chances are no better than 50-50 that he would want to go to any other school than Kansas, no matter where his father coaches. Texas A&M and Texas Tech hasn't given him any offers yet, but LSU has.
Since: Sep 5, 2006
Posted on: June 8, 2011 2:52 pm
Father-son package deal for elite 2012 recruit?
Press and Pete in 1966
Since: Oct 6, 2008
Posted on: June 8, 2011 2:43 pm
Father-son package deal for elite 2012 recruit?
Sort of like Perry Watson becoming a Michigan assistant coach and bringing in players....MICHIGAN is just a flithy as everyone else. GO GREEN!
Since: Mar 6, 2007
Posted on: June 8, 2011 2:42 pm
Father-son package deal for elite 2012 recruit?
Arkansas was not and is not and never has been under any investigation for hiring Malzahn or any of his players from Springdale. That is a lie, get your facts straight son!
Since: Feb 17, 2007
Posted on: June 8, 2011 2:34 pm
Father-son package deal for elite 2012 recruit?
I may be wrong, but I think there is a rule like that in place. I know that Arkansas hired Malzahn as OC and then landed several top recruits from his high school team. The NCAA was investigating them since it is against the rules to hire a staff member from a high school in order to sway the recruits in your direction. I dont think anything ever came from it since they couldnt prove that the players came there just because their coach did. Very hard to prove one way or another.
Since: Feb 24, 2007
Posted on: June 8, 2011 1:15 pm
Father-son package deal for elite 2012 recruit?
So if he takes the job this year he can't talk to his son except for on official recruitimg visits? LOL. Kidding about that but how can this not be a conflict of interest? Since he never has been offered a job before, it doesn't even pass the reasonable doubt test unless he takes a job and his kid goes somewhere else .How is this any differetn from AAU coaches negotiating jobs to get Beasley...umm I mean some kid to go to a particular school? Personally I think if the kid committs to a school and they want to also hire his father to mento the kid I don't have any problem with it, but it's tough to enforce the rule against someone else if you do this blatantly.
Since: Jan 24, 2007
Posted on: June 8, 2011 12:32 pm
1GoBlue-you are wrong
Reese was offered HEAD coaching Football job at Suckeyes. Length of contract is dependent upon either how long younger Reese plays basketball or how long Suckeyes football program is on probation,whichever is shorter. My guess younger Reese will be gone before probation ends.


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U.S. Senate congratulates Kenya on completion of peaceful elections
Bipartisan resolution calls for the continued implementation of political, institutional, and accountability reforms
WASHINGTON – The United States Senate congratulated the Republic of Kenya on its commitment to peaceful elections last month, adopting a bipartisan resolution Monday night introduced by U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs. The resolution called on Kenyans to "come together to continue to implement political, institutional, and accountability reforms envisioned in the Kenyan constitution."
"The generally peaceful and credible elections last month are a testament to the progress Kenya has made implementing democratic and institutional reforms necessary to ensure its long term stability and economic development," Senator Coons said. "The Kenyan people deserve strong democratic institutions that give all Kenyans a voice in their future and an opportunity to fulfill their potential. Through this resolution, we affirm our commitment to partnership with Kenya and to principles of democracy and accountability, as well as hope this newly elected generation of leaders will herald in a new generation of responsible leadership. I look forward to continuing to work with the people and government of Kenya as they continue to realize the full promise of their new constitution, end impunity for political violence and corruption, and further strengthen the bonds between our two countries."
"I am pleased to support this resolution that reaffirms the U.S. commitment to stand alongside those in Kenya working to foster democratic ideals," Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who cosponsored the resolution, said. "Peaceful elections and public assemblies will help ensure Kenya's long-term political stability." Senator Flake is the ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs.
The 2013 elections were the first national elections since the disputed 2007 presidential election, and the first under Kenya's progressive new constitution. The new constitution sets out reforms designed to address the underlying causes of the 2007-2008 post-election violence. Last month's successful elections provide an opportunity for Kenya to build on the progress it has made by moving forward with key reforms such as the devolution of power to 47 new counties, land reform, and police reform. The new government has indicated it will honor Kenya's commitments to seek justice for victims of political violence, and the resolution calls on the Government of Kenya to honor its obligations to cooperate fully with the International Criminal Court.
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Title: Congratulating the people of Kenya on their commitment to peaceful elections, as demonstrated on March 4, 2013, and calling on Kenyans to come together to continue to implement political, institutional, and accountability reforms envisioned in the Kenyan constitution.
Whereas the Governments of the United States and Kenya have long shared a strong bilateral partnership, and Kenya plays a critically important role as a cornerstone of stability in East Africa and as a valued ally of the United States;
Whereas Kenya's disputed 2007 presidential election threatened the country's stability and its democratic trajectory, triggering an explosion of violence that resulted in the deaths of some 1,140 civilians and displaced nearly 600,000, some of whom have still not returned home;
Whereas a mediation effort by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and an African Union Panel of Eminent African Personalities, supported by the United States, led to the signing of the National Accord on February 28, 2008, which led to a series of constitutional, electoral, and institutional reforms to address underlying causes of the crisis;
Whereas, as part of that reform process, the citizens of Kenya participated in a national referendum in August 2010, approving a new constitution that mandated significant institutional and structural changes to the government;
Whereas those constitutional changes have led to important reforms in the judicial sector and the electoral system in Kenya that aim to build greater public confidence in government institutions, and which demonstrate meaningful progress;
Whereas Kenya's Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Post-Election Violence (the "Waki Commission") concluded from its investigation in 2008 that there had been "no serious effort by any government" to punish perpetrators of previous incidents of ethnic and political violence, leading to a culture of impunity that contributed to the crisis that followed the 2007 elections, and, since then, despite laudable judicial reforms, few perpetrators or organizers of that violence have been held accountable for their crimes in Kenyan courts;
Whereas, based on the findings of the Waki Commission, mediator Kofi Annan submitted a list of key suspects to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2009, and several have been subsequently charged at the ICC with crimes against humanity;
Whereas the Department of State's 2011 Human Rights Report on Kenya notes, "Widespread impunity at all levels of government continued to be a serious problem. The government took only limited action against security forces suspected of unlawful killings, and impunity in cases of corruption was common. Although the government took action in some cases to prosecute officials who committed abuses, impunity ... was pervasive";
Whereas President Barack Obama's Strategy on Sub-Saharan Africa, released in June 2012, states that the United States will not stand by while actors "... manipulate the fairness and integrity of democratic processes, and we will stand in steady partnership with those who are committed to the principles of equality, justice and the rule of law";
Whereas, in a February 2013 message to the people of Kenya, President Obama highlighted the power Kenyan communities have to reject intimidation and violence surrounding the upcoming election, resolve disputes in the courts as opposed to the streets, and "move forward towards prosperity and opportunity that unleashes the extraordinary talents of your people";
Whereas, five years after Kenya's post-election crisis, the country held its first general elections under the new constitution on March 4, 2013, which were largely peaceful;
Whereas Kenya's presidential candidates and their political parties committed themselves to a peaceful electoral process, and to resolving any resulting disputes through the judicial process;
Whereas the Kenyan Supreme Court ruled on March 30, 2013 that Uhuru Kenyatta was validly elected and his opponents pledged to respect and honor the decision of the Court;
Whereas the White House issued a statement on March 30, 2013 stating that "The electoral process and the peaceful adjudication of disputes in the Kenyan legal system are testaments to the progress Kenya has made in strengthening its democratic institutions, and the desire of the Kenyan people to move their country forward. Now is the time for Kenyans to come together to fully implement the political, institutional, and accountability reforms envisioned in the Kenyan constitution….We welcome and wish to underscore the importance of Kenya's commitment to uphold its international obligations, including those with respect to international justice."
Whereas in his inauguration speech on April 9, 2013, President Kenyatta said, "I will lead all Kenyans – those who voted for me – and those who voted for our competitors – towards a national prosperity that is firmly rooted in a rich and abiding peace in which unity can ultimately be realized…Indeed, national unity will only be possible if we deal decisively with some of the issues that continue to hinder our progress. Achieving peace and strengthening unity will be the goal of my Government. This work begins now. We welcome all Kenyans to hold us to account."
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
(1) congratulates the people of Kenya on their commitment to peaceful elections, as demonstrated on March 4, 2013;
(2) calls on Kenyans to come together to fully implement political, institutional, and accountability reforms envisioned in the Kenyan constitution;
(3) calls on the people of Kenya to continue their efforts to end intimidation, impunity, and violence;
(4) notes that many of the underlying grievances that have underpinned ethnic divisions and fueled the 2007–2008 violence remain largely unaddressed;
(5) affirms that accountability for the 2007-2008 post-election violence is a critical element to ensure Kenya's democracy, peace, and long-term stability;
(6) calls on the Government of Kenya to respect commitments to seek justice for the victims of political violence, including by honoring its obligations under the Rome Statute to cooperate fully with the International Criminal Court with regard to the three cases that remain before the Court slated to go to trial in 2013;
(7) calls on the Government of Kenya to ensure ICC witnesses are fully protected and not subject to interference but afforded the protections they deserve to ensure justice is served;
(8) recognizes that, while the Government of Kenya has made important progress since the 2007 election, aspects of the Kenyan reform agenda specified in the National Accord and 2010 constitution remain unfinished, particularly with regard to police reform, devolution, land reform, and security;
(9) encourages the people and Government of Kenya to support ongoing implementation of constitutional reforms, rule of law, the establishment of county level government and efforts to strengthen governance, security, and judicial institutions that respect the dignity and rights of all the people of Kenya and ensure protection for judges;
(10) supports the devolution process in order to enable constitutional reform to be fully implemented
(11) encourages the Government of Kenya to respect and protect the freedom of civil society organizations and activists which have historically led the process of political reform in Kenya;
(12) expresses hope that newly-elected members of government will herald a new generation of responsible leadership in Kenya; and
(13) reaffirms that the people of the United States will continue to stand with the people of Kenya in support of democracy, partnership, and peace.


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Santa Cruz Film Festival
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Fall; Various locations, Capitola
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Greek Culture and Food Festival
Fall; 223 Church St., Santa Cruz
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Holiday Lights Train
Winter; 400 Beach St., Santa Cruz
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Fungus Fair
Winter; 301 Center St., Santa Cruz
Every January, after the rains have sent chanterelles and witch's butter popping up, mycophiliacs from all over Central California converge on Santa Cruz for the Fungus Federation's Fungus Faire, a celebration of all things mushroom. Features identification workshops, cooking demonstrations and more.
Mole & Mariachi Festival
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What great tutorials on edcanvas and slidesnack! Both are new to me, so I truly appreciate learning about these new tools. I...
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What great tutorials on edcanvas and slidesnack! Both are new to me, so I truly appreciate learning about these new tools. I would rate the ease of this at a 9 because you show AND tell how to use both tools. These are both practical technologies to use in the classroom at a station, or to post on a teacher website for students to use at home. It would also be nice to use for a presentation. The only problem I had were the slight pauses which I'm sure just happen due to processing time. Thanks for the learning! Technical Remarks:Small pauses, but does not effect learning.
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Good job, Lacey on your project! I really enjoyed the layout that let the audience not only choose what tools they wanted to...
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Good job, Lacey on your project! I really enjoyed the layout that let the audience not only choose what tools they wanted to learn about, but also the way they wanted to learn about it as well. Great if you're in a cafe or someplace and don't want the whole place to hear about how great Edcanvas is. The only problem I had with the presentation was the screencasts did not automatically work when I viewed the presenation. I did notice that you had the videos in another folder so I could play them if I exited the presenation.
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The emergency manager running Detroit says he wants to see the city get out of bankruptcy by Oct. 15.
Kevyn Orr's 18-month term expires in September, but he can stay unless the city council and Mayor Mike Duggan remove him.
Orr made his remark about a bankruptcy exit Thursday during a court hearing about an $85 million debt settlement with banks. He told Judge Steven Rhodes that the settlement would help Detroit plow more money into city services. Some creditors are opposed.
Rhodes plans to hold hearings in July on Detroit's overall plan to wrap up the largest public bankruptcy in U.S. history.
Gov. Rick Snyder appointed Orr in March 2013. He was a corporate bankruptcy specialist at Jones Day law firm.
Judge to rule on swaps deal April 11
Judge Rhodes announced Thursday he will deliver a ruling on the $85 million debt settlement with banks, or "swaps" deal," at 10 a.m. April 11.


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November 27, 2015
The Elmore County sheriff is still shaking his head over a recent jailbreak.
Sheriff Bill Franklin says five inmates managed to escape through a small hole in the jail last week. He says the most shocking part of the story isn't that they escaped but why they escaped.
Each escapee was only facing minor charges like failure to pay a seatbelt ticket and public intoxication.
One of the escapees has been apprehended. The U.S. Marshall Service is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the remaining suspects.
Each of the escaped inmates would have been released in a few days time. Now, however, they each face up to 20 years, and anyone helping them faces one to 10 years.
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December 1, 2015
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - At least 17 Kentucky school districts are disposing hundreds of pounds of meat as part of the largest nationwide beef recall in history.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of beef Sunday from a Southern California slaughterhouse that is under investigation for animal abuse.
The company provided meat to various federal programs, including Kentucky school lunches. Officials estimate that about 37 million pounds of the recalled beef went to school programs, though most of the meat already has been consumed.
The recall affects beef products dating to Feb. 1, 2006.
A spokesman for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture says 17 Kentucky school districts have received recalled beef products, but no illnesses have been reported.
Information from: Lexington Herald-Leader, http://www.kentucky.com
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Apple executives sell over 1 million in personal shares
updated 12:40 pm EDT, Fri March 26, 2010
Individuals claim tens of millions in profit
Several Apple executives have become even richer after a stock selloff on Thursday, Fortune reports. Over a million restricted Apple shares became fully vested on Wednesday, and the next morning, four executives sold most of them under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. COO Tim Cook is noted to have profited most, having sold 300,000 shares at prices ranging from $226.90 to $230.70; the shares were originally worth $72.01 apiece. Cook's total haul is noted to have been $68.8 million, although $32 million was diverted to taxes.
CFO Peter Oppenheimer is recorded to have sold 200,000 shares, taking home $45.98 million. Apple's senior retail VP, Ron Johnson, conducted a similar transaction, but gained slightly less with $45.95 million. Phil Schiller, the company's senior VP for worldwide product marketing, sold 150,000 shares and brought in $34.47 million.
Three other senior workers are said to have sold shares, but only enough to meet minimum statutory withholding requirements. These include Serlet Bertrand, Scott Forstall and Robert Mansfield. Bertrand was granted 150,000 shares in 2005, while Forstall and Mansfield were given 50,000 each.
The impact of the selloff helped to push Apple stock down $4.57 on Thursday. It has since more than rebounded with a value closer to $231.
Cook's take comes on top of a $5 million bonus paid two weeks ago, at which time he was also awarded $17 million in stock options.


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|Metabolism and transport of amino acids studied by immunocytochemistry.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 2875229 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|The immunocytochemical method for demonstrating amino acids makes it possible to study accumulation and depletion of amino acids in individual tissue compartments resulting from experimental manipulations. We have incubated hippocampal slices in oxygenated Krebs solution, containing various additives, under basal conditions and during synaptic release of transmitters evoked by elevated K+ concentrations or by veratrine. Immunoreactivities for glutamate (Glu-LI), aspartate (Asp-LI), glutamine (Gln-LI), gamma-amino-butyrate (GABA-LI) and taurine (Tau-LI) have been demonstrated by specific antibodies after fixation of the slices in glutaraldehyde. Prolonged depolarisation depleted Glu-LI, Asp-LI and Gln-LI from nerve-ending-like structures. GABA-LI was less affected and Tau-LI not affected at all. The depletion of immunoreactivities could be prevented by metabolic precursors of transmitter amino acids, notably glutamine. This effect of glutamine was abolished by inhibiting glutaminase with diazooxonorleucine. Glu-LI, Asp-LI, GABA-LI and Gln-LI accumulated in astroglial cells during conditions of prolonged depolarization-induced release. The accumulation of GABA-LI in glia was strongly increased by inhibition of aminotransferases by aminooxyacetic acid. The described changes in Glu-LI were prevented by low Ca2+/high Mg2+, and promoted when the glial enzyme glutamine synthetase was inhibited by methionine sulfoximine. D-Aspartate, a metabolically inert competitive inhibitor/substrate for high affinity uptake of glutamate, inhibited the accumulation of Glu-LI in glia. The results confirm the biochemically derived theories on metabolic compartmentation in nervous tissue, and add knowledge on the dynamics of the cellular distribution of amino acids. They also indicate the possibilities offered by the present approach for studying metabolism and pharmacology at the cellular level.
|J Storm-Mathisen; O P Ottersen; T Fu-Long; V Gundersen; J H Laake; G Nordbø
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|Type: In Vitro; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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|Title: Medical biology Volume: 64 ISSN: 0302-2137 ISO Abbreviation: Med. Biol. Publication Date: 1986
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|Created Date: 1986-09-30 Completed Date: 1986-09-30 Revised Date: 2006-11-15
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Amino Acids
Aspartic Acid / metabolism
Biological Transport, Active
Glutamates / metabolism
Glutamic Acid
Glutamine / metabolism
Hippocampus / metabolism*
Taurine / metabolism
gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / metabolism
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|0/Amino Acids; 0/Glutamates; 107-35-7/Taurine; 56-12-2/gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; 56-84-8/Aspartic Acid; 56-85-9/Glutamine; 56-86-0/Glutamic Acid
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According to the Rattlestick, "In South Texas, two things loom large—the Catholic Church and Texas pride—and Joe Garza, a strong, hard-working man, embodies one more than the other. But when he learns that Gilbert Gonzalez has returned as the new pastor at the basilica, Joe's confronted with the choices he made in life and questions the past the only way he knows how—with anger, pride, and a biting tongue."
Basilica will have scenic design by Raul Abrego, costume design by Carisa Kelly, lighting design by Burke Brown, sound design by Jane Shaw, property design by Andrew Diaz and fight direction by David Anzuelo.
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The Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet (SMBQ), with the support of the Jackson County Arts Council, commissioned internationally known musician, David Sampson, to compose a fanfare to be played by the SMBQ at the grand opening of the new Jackson County Public Library Complex set for June 11. The composition has just arrived and members of the Quintet look forward to performing the new piece titled "Smoky Mountain Fanfare." They plan to frame and display the composition in the new library.
A resident of Morristown, N.J., Dr. Sampson, composer, educator, and master trumpet player, teaches trumpet students grades 6-12 in the Randolph School District where he is known to his students as "Doc." He also is music director at the Brookside Community Church in Brookside, N.J. Sampson has received major grants from the NEA, Barlow Endowment, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Jerome Foundation, Cary Trust, and the Dodge Foundation, among others. He holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music, Hunter College, Manhattan School of Music, and the Ecoles d'Art Americaines, where his teachers included Karel Husa, Henri Dutilleux and John Corigliano in composition; and Gerard Schwarz, Gilbert Johnson, Robert Nagel, and Raymond Mase in trumpet. He has served on the Board of the Composers Guild of New Jersey, the Bergen Foundation and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
A sampling of Sampson's compositions includes: Hommage JFK commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra; Monument commissioned by the Barlow Foundation for the Akron and Memphis Symphony Orchestras; Turns for Cello and Orchestra commissioned by the Bergen Foundation and cellist Paul Tobias and premiered with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Triptych for trumpet and orchestra commissioned by the International Trumpet Guild and premiered by Raymond Mase at the Aspen Music Festival and with the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall; Dectet commissioned by the Chicago Chamber Musicians; Strata commissioned by the NEA and the American Brass Quintet; and three orchestral works commissioned by the Colonial Symphony Orchestra. For further information about Mr. Sampson's compositions, recordings, and performances visit www.davidsampsoncomposer.com
Dr. Sampson writes: "It has been so much fun to write 'Smoky Mountain Fanfare' for the Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet. I created the work after listening on the internet to many performances of shaped note music, bluegrass and mountain folk tunes. Understanding that the music was meant to be celebratory, I began the Fanfare with a tune that shows the influence of my explorations and then moves into what brass does best: 'make a joyful noise'. Enjoy!"
For further information about the Quintet, visit their website at www.smbq.org.


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It seems that many immigrants to this area of the world shared a similar travel route from Europe. Once the Atlantic crossing had been made, many found themselves in the port at St. John, New Brunswick. Next came the journey up the St. John River by steamer and/or tow boat to the next destination. For the Danes in 1872, the destination was New Denmark, New Brunswick. For the Scots in 1873, the destination was New Kincardineshire, New Brunswick. For the Swedes in 1870, the destination was New Sweden, Maine. For more on how the trip was made, read my page about Travel Route From Sweden.
Archive for the 'New Sweden' Category
Travel RoutesFebruary 24, 2009
Mathilda Anderson hosts researcher Melvin 1950February 18, 2009
Charlotte Lenentine Melvin visited New Sweden as a student researcher in 1950. She was invited to stay at the home of Mathilda Anderson during the visit. The notes that Charlotte took from her conversation with Mathilda provide an interesting view of the hardships in the early days of settling New Sweden.
Do you know who Mathilda's family was? Please help me find out about them.
Boston Post CaneFebruary 14, 2009
The most recent recipient of the Boston Post cane was Edmund F. Anderson, born April 1, 1912. Debbie Eustis-Grandy made a presentation at the November 2008 meeting of the New Sweden Historical Society where Edmund and his wife Eloise were honored guests. The page about the cane recipients that I have added gives some more information as well as some photos. Photograph by William L. Duncan.
New Sweden GrangeFebruary 13, 2009
New Sweden had a grange. Like many towns in Maine, the grange was dissolved in the sixties. I have been looking for information, but there doesn't seem to be too much. Here is part of the story based on an article that I did find about the end of the grange.
More 1970 PhotosFebruary 13, 2009
I have enjoyed exploring a second set of photos sent to me via email from Anders Tidstrom of Sweden. He visited the New Sweden area in 1970. Please enjoy looking at the page "More Photos from 1970 New Sweden." Please help me tell the story by adding comments or sending me tidbits (as well as any errors or omissions!)
If you missed the first set of photos, be sure to read the page "1970 Photos of Anders Tidstrom of Sweden."
Murder in WestmanlandFebruary 11, 2009
The page "Murder in Westmanland" tells the 1899 story of the murder of Gus Johnson by Albert Bjorkman. Apparently jealously prompted Bjorkman to hunt Johnson down at Anders G. Olson's lumbering operation. Olson's daughter was married to Johnson. The funeral for Johnson was held at the West Road home of John W. Holmquist who was married to another of Olson's daughters. A huge caravan of horse-drawn wagons traveled from the site of the funeral to the New Sweden Cemetery where Johnson was buried. Johnson's wife remarried and lived to age ninety three years.
First Lutheran Pastor of New SwedenFebruary 8, 2009
I found a newspaper clipping from an old Aroostook Republican. It tells the story of Rev. Andrew Wiren's grandson and his search to find his grandfather. I had wondered what had happened to Wiren after he left New Sweden. I had taken a photo of Abbia Vaughan Wiren's cemetery stone, but there was no sign of her husband. This newspaper article held the expanation! Please read my page about Rev. Wiren.
Mystery Photos 1970 New Sweden, MaineJanuary 27, 2009
I recently received an email from Anders Tidström from Örebro, Sweden who had visited New Sweden by chance in 1970. At the time he was a social anthropology student at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, and traveled to Newfoundland, New York, Quebec, and the Canadian Maritimes. Upon crossing the border at Van Buren, Maine, he noticed the names Stockholm, Jemtland, and Westmanland on the map. Fortune led him to meet David Anderson, a most hospitable and knowledgeable host with a keen interest in preserving all things Swedish in the New Sweden, Maine area.
Anders was saddened to hear that David had died in 2001 and thus began a series of emails between us that led to an exchange of stories focused on a series of black and white photographs that Anders had taken on his 1970 tour around New Sweden with David. Many local people from the New Sweden area contributed their memories, identifications, and tidbits to piece together the story behind the photographs. The result is posted as a page on this blog:


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Photoshop CS5: crop tool stopped working, updates broken
Photoshop CS5: crop tool stopped working, updates broken
Last night the crop tool in Photoshop CS5 stopped working. I run a MacBook Pro with OS X Mountain Lion. When I try to install updates I am told that the Application Manager is already running. I've stopped all Adobe applications & services and still no luck. I have a business that depends on this - please I need help now.
EMPLOYEE0Chris Cox (Sr. Computer Scientist) April 22, 2013 18:46Odds are that the crop tool just has settings on the options bar that you've forgotten about. Have you checked the settings? Have you tried resetting the tool? Worst case, have you tried resetting Photoshop's preferences?
And unfortunately, I don't know why the application manager is giving you errors.
But the good news is that CS5 hasn't had any updates in a long time.
Thanks Chris - you were right. The only thing I don't understand is how that could have happened since I never type in manual sizes when using the crop tool. I'm not aware of any stray animals having wandered across my keyboard but ... stranger things have been known. :-)
As for the broken update - we will see what Adobe come back with since the graciously agreed to support that one without charging me $40.
Chris Cox (Sr. Computer Scientist) April 23, 2013 17:06It could have been from selecting a tool preset, running an action, or just unintentional typing into an active number field that you didn't realize was active...
It happens to all of us.


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Anthony Odoardi
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Winning a Triple Crown at the Francis J. Robinson Memorial International Tennis Tournament is an amazing feat. Given the competition, the pressure when the brackets are whittled down, and the intense weather - it always seems to be scorching hot - it's truly an impressive accomplishment.
But it's hardly the most prestigious award.
There are two awards decided on by the Robinson Tournament committee each year placed above all else: the Francis. J Robinson Award and the Mike Clary Award. ...


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NANTUCKET — Ashley Wilson bounced back from a 10-inning first round victory to hold back Millis through seven innings in a Division 3 South quarterfinal, 6-4 win for Nantucket on Sunday.
Wilson held West Bridgewater to two earned runs on four hits through 10 innings on Saturday and improved upon those numbers in Sunday's tilt. Wilson again allowed just two earned runs, but this time on just one hit while fanning 10 for the second straight day. She issued three bases on balls.
The Mohawks made some noise in the top of the sixth, scoring two runs with one out in the inning to pull within 6-4.
Wilson struck out two to end the inning and finished off her strong weekend by fanning the side in the top of the seventh.
Wilson and the No. 6 Whalers (15-5) head to Taunton on Tuesday to face Greater New Bedford Voke in a semifinal game at 5 p.m. Nantucket split a doubleheader with the Bears in late April.
The Mohawks, seeded No. 19, finish 9-15.
The Whalers quickly turned a 2-0 deficit after a half inning into a 2-all tie in the bottom of the inning as Kezia Duarte doubled in Michaela Molta and Mackenzie Holdgate. Molta upped the lead in the third inning on a sacrifice fly that plated Christine Sisson, who led off the inning with a single.
Madison Duce doubled in Holdgate for a run in the fifth before she and Duarte scampered home on a Joelle Vierra triple for a 6-2 lead.
Bristol-Plymouth 12, Pope John Paul II 0: The Lions were knocked out of the tournament by B-P for the second straight season.
The Division 3 South quarterfinal was called in the sixth inning because of the slaughter rule. No. 8 PJP2 finishes the season 15-7.
Top-ranked B-P is 21-1.
Pope John Paul was held to four hits, by Kristen Hayes, Sarah Dorman, Jaclyn Smith and Hadley Tate.
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Monessen board hires kindergarten teacher
After two months of conducting interviews and delaying a vote, the Monessen School Board on Tuesday hired its fourth — and final — kindergarten teacher.
Garnering applause from nearly two dozen residents in attendance, the board voted, 6-1, to hire substitute Dena Mornak as a full-time elementary instructor for the 2013-2014 school year.
There had been five candidates for the new position, according to board president Sharon Mauck.
A 2007 Belle Vernon Area graduate, Mornak had been a substitute teacher at one of the district's four kindergarten classes since the start of the school year.
Board members Cheryl Galilei, Donna Fantuzzi, Kim Egidi, Lee Johnson, Brett Lepresti and Cindy Pawelec voted to hire Mornak while Mauck cast the lone vote in opposition. Board member Amy Bukowski was absent.
Mauck said she cast the lone negative vote because there were other candidates with more experience who interviewed well.
"Some of the candidates that we had interviewed, there were one or two of them that just knocked it out of the ballpark," Mauck said. "I do feel badly for the candidates who did not get it, but you have to congratulate this young lady and wish her well. She's already been in there and we've gotten some wonderful feedback and a majority of the board thought we should just continue with her."
Maria Scuteri abstained from the vote, saying she had not sat in on interviews due to work and family priorities. After the meeting, Scuteri said while Mornak has done "a fantastic job," she disagreed with the hiring because it had been "muddled from the beginning."
"I could have gone with the board's recommendation, but I like to make my own decisions and don't like the way this whole process went down," Scuteri said. "I'm still happy for (Mornak) and think she'll do an outstanding job. ... There were a number of parents who approached me and expressed hopes we would keep her on because their children loved her and they would be upset if there had been a change."
At last month's regular meeting, the board was poised to make a hire, but the motion was tabled because of confusion over the measure's wording.
During Tuesday's public comment session, Roberta Bergstedt congratulated Mornak, who was in attendance, but criticized the board for passing up a long-time substitute for the job.
"Congratulations to Miss Mornak … although I am saddened that we once again passed over someone who has been very loyal to this school district and who could've been hired the day that class opened," Bergstedt said.
The district needed another instructor because of a larger-than-expected kindergarten class of nearly 80 students, which included a number of last-minute enrollments.
Mornak will be paid a first-step, bachelor's salary of $34,518. Business manager Linda Powell said the money would come from federal Title II grant money.
Superintendent Linda Marcolini handed out certificates to Galilei for 16 years of service on the board and Scuteri for eight years of service.
Monessen High School Principal Brian Sutherland announced the school will be hosting a Halloween dance Oct. 24 in the cafeteria, the first of its kind "in quite some time," he said.
Marcolini said there are still approximately 10 seats available for a "Fan Bus" for the football team's game Friday in Frostburg, Md. Cost is $18 for the round-trip and does not include cost for game tickets. Anyone interested can call Darlene at 724-797-6882.
In other action, the board:
• Unanimously approved the sale of a lot at 445 McKee Ave. from Vincent Campbell to David Crews for $450.
• Approved payment of bills in the amount of $373,721.
• Accepted Jim Stepoli's resignation as middle school basketball coach and hired Dave Wojtanowski to replace him at a salary of $2,700.
• Approved a contract with Fayette-Greene-Washington Intermediate Unit to provide Title I services to students for the 2013-2014 school year.
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Four northern Virginia horses have exhibited cases of equine herpesvirus (EHV) myeloencephalopathy, a rare neurologic disease, according to TheHorse.com.
Three of the horses were euthanized, and a fourth is recovering.
EHV is a version of EHV type 1, known in respiratory form as rhinopneumonitis.
Veterinarians are on the lookout for other unusual symptoms.
Necropsies on the two horses submitted for testing have been inconclusive, says Joseph P. Garvin, DVM, laboratory director of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Warrenton Regional Animal Health Laboratory. Tests results were also inconclusive at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa. Yet scientists have ruled out other possible neurologic diseases, including West Nile virus, equine encephalitis and Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis.
Garvin explained that tests of the tissue are conclusive only if EHV-1 is grown out from the tissue or its DNA is found through a sensitive laboratory test. Further complicating matters, the virus might not be present in the horses by the time of their deaths.
Usually horses with this disease will run a high fever prior to developing symptoms, but the horses had no fever, Garvin reports. However, each displayed hindlimb ataxia, loss of control of their bladder, a flaccid tail, and they eventually went down.
The neurologic form of EHV-1 often is cured with supportive care, but once a horse is down, it's difficult to nurse it back, which is why veterinarians elected to euthanize the horses.


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Bacon turns 1 tomorrow so I figured I would show you photos of the last 10 months of his life and how he's grown to be my little menace to society----someone (and by someone I mean the loogie hawking drunk next door neighbor---I just can't imagine why he doesn't like me with a description like that---called the animal warden on a barking complaint. So yesterday Bacon was given a warning---no barking, or else. Now I could say he's guilty of murdering stuffed animals in 5 minutes or less but he's not the biggest barker in the 'hood. Oh well, trying to move on and enjoy the rest of birthday weekend.
Bacon's last 10 months in photos:
(I can't even stand it)
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(he is totally sticking his tongue out at me)
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(it appears his ears are a bit too big for his head)
My little menace! Happy Birthday Bacon.


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X-Files veteran plans show that sounds exactly like the X-Files
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J. Mark Schwanz's curator insight, July 8, 2014 11:29 AM
Time for teachers to have a little time off and to put some planning time in on next year's projects. I like Heather's approach of finding engaging topics first, then incorporate the standards as they best work in.
Mary Reilley Clark's curator insight, June 10, 2014 11:16 AM
This is a great site to share with teachers who might still be hyperventilating about how to "do" Common Core. Lindsey has generously shared her lessons, so teachers can see how to take what they already teach, and adapt to the Common Core. Lots of good stuff on her site, so be sure to explore!
Mary Reilley Clark's curator insight, January 22, 11:34 AM
Very useful ideas that teachers can easily implement. Amanda's two points for making the CCSS connection obvious would be a great help to teachers doing creative work, yet worried about administrators' evaluations.
Mary Reilley Clark's curator insight, February 19, 2014 4:01 PM
This is what I was aiming at with my lesson plan for using primary source images. Here's a link to that lesson. You'd need to log in to see the Common Core Standards it addresses, as well as the graphic organizers and rubrics: http://aasl.jesandco.org/content/picturing-historyanalyzing-and-researching-primary-source-images
Jackie Lerch's curator insight, April 29, 2014 6:53 PM
Cool resources - especially like the cartoon and photo anaylsis
Melissa Marshall's curator insight, April 30, 2014 1:37 AM
Researching gives the need to identify, organise and rate primary sources. Here are some great graphic organisers that allow students (or teachers) to do just that.
Matt Weld's curator insight, April 23, 2014 8:17 PM
Evaluating online sources is probably one of the most important daily skills for students to learn.
Mayra.Loves.Books's curator insight, May 4, 2014 3:51 PM
A very timely article, especially when I am presently coming up with a way to explain this to fifth grade students.


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Archive for February 1st, 2011
Italy Day 6
by Nathan on Feb.01, 2011, under Travel
Click here to read all of my Italy trip posts in proper order.
Welcome to Day 6! Today is our final day in Rome. I didn't plan anything for this day, because I figured there would be something we would want to do, that I wouldn't be able to predict ahead of time. Let it be known, I can function, without a plan, for at least 1 day. Of course I did have a couple of ideas sketched out in my head, just in case. One of those ideas was to visit Ostia Antica, which is what we decided to do. Ostia Antica is an ancient Italian port town that was covered in river mud a long time ago, and thus well preserved until uncovered by archeologist somewhat recently. It's kind of like Pompeii, but much closer to Rome. Getting to Ostia Antica is fairly easy, you take the Rome metro system to the edge of Rome, and then you can use the same Metro ticket to board a regional train to Ostia Antica. As an added bonus, Ostia Antica is near the beach, so you can also check out an Italian beach while you are there.
We took the Metro to the Pyramide station, where we would switch to the regional train. Something seemed off, because there were a lot more people in the Metro stations, and they all seemed to be in a big hurry to board the trains. Still, we made it to the Pyramide station, and headed towards the regional train tracks. Then they started closing all the gates. When we looked confused at the Metro workers, all they said was "strike, strike". The Rome public transportation system had gone on strike. Wonderful. The good news is we didn't make it all the way to Ostia Antica, which would have been around 20 miles from Rome, but we were still about 2-3 miles from the central part of Rome. Fortunately, the taxis were still running, of course now everyone wanted a taxi, but after a little wait in line, we got a taxi to take us back to central Rome. Below is a picture of the Pyramid near the Pyramide Metro station, where we waited for our taxi.
I wasn't really sure what to do at this point. We had seen most of the main attractions in central Rome, but with the public transportation strike, I wasn't really comfortable going anywhere else. One place we hadn't seen was the Castle St. Angelo, so that's where we went. The Castle St. Angelo is near the vatican, and once upon a time, it was used as a fortress and hiding place for the Pope. Supposedly, there is a secret walk way between the Castle and the Vatican. I tried to find it, but I was unsuccessful. Today the Castle St. Angelo is a museum. Here is the bridge leading to the Castle.
The best part of the Castle St. Angelo is that you can climb to the top, where it has great views of Rome and the Vatican. This is the view of St. Peter's Basilica.
Here is Rome and the Tiber river from the top of the Castle St. Angelo.
After the Castle St. Angelo, we took a Tiber river cruise. The Tiber river isn't as scenic as say the Seine or Thames, but the cruise would take us to Trastevere for lunch, without walking or finding a cab.
This is a street in Trastevere. Trastevere is a neighborhood in Rome with many pubs and restaurants. I would describe it as artsy. If you look closely in the picture below, the restaurant has a chalk board that reads: "We are against War and Tourist Menus". We didn't eat there. We did eat at the Ristorante Paris, where Anthony Bourdain ate in his show No Reservations. We had the fried artichokes, and they were very good.
After Trastevere, we walked around the Villa Borghese park for awhile, where I saw this graffiti. I had been practicing my Italian before the trip, and I was able to translate this as: "And after a year, we are still here to talk" or something like that. Good for them. Also, is graffiti an Italian word? Because it sounds Italian, and that would make a lot of sense, because there is a lot of graffiti in Italy. Hmm…
A view of Rome from the Villa Borghese with St. Peter's Basilica in the background.
This is some type of water clock in the Villa Borghese. It was so hot, I totally could have jumped in that water.
Here is another fountain in the Villa Borghese. This fountain is on the way out of the park, and while walking by it, an Italian girl came up to me and said: "Scusi, dov'e Villa Borghese?". And I knew what she meant!!! I was so proud of myself, I pointed up the hill and said, "Uh, that way". She looked at me funny, said "Okay", and walked off. It was exhilarating. But now that it's over, I wonder, why did she think I was Italian? I also got mistaken for German on this trip. That I can kind of understand, but do I not look American. I always heard that Americans stand out in foreign countries. Is that a myth? Or do I just have an international flare? I'm going with flare.
On our last night, we ate dinner near the Spanish steps at the same restaurant we went to on night 4. Kiko was a fun waiter, and we wanted to see him again. We also walked around the shopping district near the Spanish Steps. Here is a street artist doing her thing with spray paint. She was fairly talented.
Our last stops on the trip were for gelato and to see the Trevi fountain at night. It was a Friday night, and the Trevi fountain was packed with tourist. Very pretty though. Afterwards, we tried to get a taxi back to our apartment, but the taxis in Rome on a Friday night only want to take you places that will pay them to bring people. Like some casino the taxi drivers kept mentioning. The metro was still shut down, so we had to walk for a bit until we found a taxi that would take us. Ugh.
And that is pretty much it. It was only 6 days, but they were exhausting. I'll have one more post with some odds and ends. Expect that sometime in the next 4 months or so You can see more pictures from my trip here and a few videos here.


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DAVID CRISTOBALIllustration // Tuesday, 15 May 2012
David Cristobal is a young artist born and raised in Spain who has spent the past two years living in Italy. He graduated from the School of Art in Madrid, and he continues his artistic journey in the city of Milan, where he has gained an intensely personal style. His most recent exhibition of graphite illustrations was a series of images influenced by the sounds, words and music of contemporary artists who, somehow, were an integral part of his life.


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Effects of Zinc Magnesium Aspartate (ZMA) Supplementation on Training Adaptations and Markers of Anabolism and Catabolism
1 Exercise & Sport Nutrition Lab, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2 IMAGINutrition, Laguna Nigel, CA
Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 2004, 1:12-20 doi:10.1186/1550-2783-1-2-12Published: 31 December 2004
This study examined whether supplementing the diet with a commercial supplement containing zinc magnesium aspartate (ZMA) during training affects zinc and magnesium status, anabolic and catabolic hormone profiles, and/or training adaptations. Forty-two resistance trained males (27 ± 9 yrs; 178 ± 8 cm, 85 ± 15 kg, 18.6 ± 6% body fat) were matched according to fat free mass and randomly assigned to ingest in a double blind manner either a dextrose placebo (P) or ZMA 30–60 minutes prior to going to sleep during 8-weeks of standardized resistance-training. Subjects completed testing sessions at 0, 4, and 8 weeks that included body composition assessment as determined by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, 1-RM and muscular endurance tests on the bench and leg press, a Wingate anaerobic power test, and blood analysis to assess anabolic/catabolic status as well as markers of health. Data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA. Results indicated that ZMA supplementation non-significantly increased serum zinc levels by 11 – 17% (p = 0.12). However, no significant differences were observed between groups in anabolic or catabolic hormone status, body composition, 1-RM bench press and leg press, upper or lower body muscular endurance, or cycling anaerobic capacity. Results indicate that ZMA supplementation during training does not appear to enhance training adaptations in resistance trained populations.