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Comparative Effectiveness Study for Bipolar Disorder
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01331304
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 8, 2011
Results First Posted : June 4, 2014
Last Update Posted : April 26, 2018
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|Condition or disease
|Bipolar Disorder
|Drug: Lithium Drug: Quetiapine
|Phase 4
Mood stabilizers, medications that prevent future mood episodes, are the foundation for treatment of bipolar disorder. While all published bipolar disorder treatment guidelines recommend that pharmacotherapy should include mood stabilizers for long-term maintenance treatment, no randomized comparative effectiveness studies have examined the real-world advantages and disadvantages of the newer second generation antipsychotic (SGA) mood stabilizers compared to the classic mood stabilizers, such as lithium (Li). No studies have looked at the effectiveness of SGAs compared to mood stabilizers when used in the context of other medications required to manage bipolar patients, since bipolar disorder patients take a median of 3 medications for optimal outcomes. Quetiapine (QTP) is the most extensively studied, broadly efficacious and the most widely prescribed SGA for bipolar disorder. The classic mood stabilizer Li has the largest evidence base for treating bipolar disorder, but has been largely supplanted by the SGAs.
Thus, this study compares symptomatic benefits and adverse effect burden between a QTP foundation with adjunctive personalized treatments (QTP+APT) and a mood stabilizer foundation consisting of Li with APT (Li+APT). APT will include any other medication needed with the following exceptions: the QTP+APT cannot receive Li and the Li+APT group cannot receive an antipsychotic. If, however, participants clinically require a switch to, or the addition of any other SGA or mood stabilizer, then those medications can be added as a rescue strategy that will be carefully recorded. Consistent with an effectiveness trial, participants will be able to continue in the study if they require a rescue treatment. The specific plan is a randomized, open, two arm, comparative effectiveness study of QTP+APT vs. Li+APT treatment for 6 months across 10 sites.
In summary, this comparative effectiveness study compares fundamentally different acute and continuation treatments for bipolar disorder. The investigators address the key question of whether to use a prototypical mood stabilizing SGA (i.e., QTP) or the classical mood stabilizer Li as the foundational treatment in the context of other necessary adjunctive personalized treatments (APT).
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|482 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Comparative Effectiveness of a Second Generation Antipsychotic Mood Stabilizer And a Classic Mood Stabilizer for Bipolar Disorder
|Study Start Date :
|September 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|April 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2013
Li + APT
Study participants will take lithium in addition to any other medications recommended by the study physician.
Drug: Lithium
600-900mg per day over 6 months
Other Name: Lithoboid, Eskalith
Study participants will take quetiapine in addition to any other medications recommended by the study physician.
Drug: Quetiapine
100-800mg a day over 6 months
Other Name: Seroquel
- Clinical Global Impression-Efficacy Index (CGI-EI) [ Time Frame: Average 6 month score minus Average baseline score ]The CGI-EI integrates benefits and harms and yields a score that can be compared across interventions. It is made up of 2 subscales: therapeutic effects and side effects. Each rating is on a scale from 1 to 4. To combine these two subscales into the CGI-EI we report as our primary outcome, we subtracted the side effects subscale from the therapeutic effects subscale. Thus, the CGI-EI we report ranges the integers from -3 to +3 (i.e. possible scores are -3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3). A score of -3 is the most burdensome side effect score (4) and the least therapeutic effect score (1) and a score of +3 is the least burdensome side effect score (1) and the highest therapeutic effect score (4). Higher CGI-EI signifies better outcome (minimal side effects, maximal therapeutic effect). Lower CGI-EI signifies worse outcome (maximal side effects, minimal therapeutic effect).To compute CGI-EI score, we subtract the side effect score from the therapeutic effect score.
- Necessary Clinical Adjustments [ Time Frame: 6 Months ]Necessary Clinical Adjustment (NCA): The Medication Recommendation Tracking Form was developed and successfully implemented in a previous study to capture recommended medication changes at each study visit 17. Clinicians record dosage changes, missed doses, new medications added or discontinued, and specify the reason for each change. Any change in psychotropic medications, or medications used to treat side effects, is coded along with the reason for the change. NCAs include those changes made for lack of effectiveness or intolerance, but not changes for planned dose titrations.
- Risk of Cardiovascular Disease - Framingham Risk Score [ Time Frame: Average baseline score minus Average 6 month score ]The Framingham risk score captures the classic risk factors for cardiovascular disease, including age, sex, systolic blood pressure, total and high density lipoprotein cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, and smoking. The Framingham risk score is used as a simple predictive tool to determine 10-year (short term) risk for developing cardiovascular disease (CHD), with higher scores indicating higher risk. Established benchmarks exist for scores from 0 to 25--though it can exceed this value--that are meant to translate to the probability of developing heart disease.
- Longitudinal Interval Follow up Evaluation Range of Impaired Functioning Tool (LIFE-RIFT) [ Time Frame: Average baseline score minus Average 6-month score ]The LIFE-RIFT asses the extent to which psychopathology has impacted current functioning in work, household chores, interpersonal relationships with partner, family, and friends, recreational activities, and life, satisfaction, leisure activities and social relationships. Summary scores can range from 4 to 20, with higher scores indicating greater functional impairment.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 68 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Meets DSM-IV criteria for BD I or II, which is the primary focus of treatment
- Able to give written informed consent
- Age > to 18 years and < 68 years
- Women of child bearing potential must agree to use adequate contraception (e.g. oral contraceptives, intrauterine device, barrier methods, or total abstinence from intercourse; Depo Provera is acceptable if it is started 3 months prior to enrollment), inform their doctor at the earliest possible time of their plans to conceive, and to understand the risks of lithium and other study treatments to the fetus and infant
- Currently symptomatic, as defined as a Clinical Global Impression - Bipolar Disorder Overall Severity (CGI-BP-S) score of at least 3 (mild)
- If currently taking an SGA, participants would be required to be willing to either discontinue or switch to QTP
- Willing to be randomized to either QTP+APT or Li+APT.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unwilling or unable to comply with study requirements
- If maintained on thyroid medication must be euthyroid for at least 1 month before Visit 1
- Patients who have had intolerable side effects with QTP or Li
- Patients whose clinical status requires inpatient care
- Drug/alcohol dependence within the past 30 days
- Pregnancy as determined by urine pregnancy test or breastfeeding
- History of nonresponse to Li at a serum level of ≥ 1.0 mEq/L ≥ 8 weeks
- History of nonresponse to QTP at doses of at least 600 mg ≥ 8 weeks.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01331304
|United States, Alabama
|University of Alabama at Birmingham
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35205
|United States, California
|Stanford University School of Medicine
|Stanford, California, United States, 94305
|United States, Massachusetts
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|United States, Michigan
|University of Michigan
|Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
|United States, New York
|Weill Cornell Medical College
|New York, New York, United States, 10065
|United States, Ohio
|Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
|The Lindner Center of HOPE
|Mason, Ohio, United States, 45040
|United States, Pennsylvania
|University of Pennsylvania
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
|University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
|United States, Tennessee
|Vanderbilt University
|Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37212
|United States, Texas
|The University of Texas Health Science Center
|San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229
|Principal Investigator:
|Andrew A Nierenberg, MD
|Massachusetts General Hospital
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD, Director of Research, Bipolar Clinic and Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01331304 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01HS019371-01 ( U.S. AHRQ Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|April 8, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|June 4, 2014
|Last Update Posted:
|April 26, 2018
|Last Verified:
|March 2018
Keywords provided by Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital:
Bipolar disorder
Comparative effectiveness trial
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Bipolar Disorder
Pathologic Processes
Bipolar and Related Disorders
Mental Disorders
Quetiapine Fumarate
Lithium Carbonate
Antidepressive Agents
Psychotropic Drugs
Antipsychotic Agents
Tranquilizing Agents
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antimanic Agents


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Kourtney Kardashian may love being a new mommy, but the weight gain that comes along with pregnancy is not her favorite part. During her recent pregnancy, Kardashian gained 45 lbs. Of course, it was worth it to birth a beautiful little girl, and now she's ready to talk about her weight gain, her baby's looks, and even where little Penelope will fit in on Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
After having her first child two years ago, Kardashian worked hard to shed several pounds in order to return to her slim frame. With her second baby, however, the eldest Kardashian sister is less anal about getting back to her former weight. Kardashian recently spoke with US Weekly to discuss her eating tactics as well as candidly note the weight gain.
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With that kind of weight gain, Kardashian is probably not jumping for joy at the prospect of being in front of the camera. Nor is she certain when the big moment should come for her little tyke (her older boy, Mason, has already appeared on some episodes of Keeping Up With the Kardashians), although she did note some footage has already been taken of Penelope.
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Some Michigan schools will be shuttered on Friday, but it's not for snow.
Schools in three Michigan counties are canceling classes Thursday and Friday, with one of them citing fears of violence after the Connecticut school shooting — as well as rumors of the end of the world, per the Mayan calendar.
The superintendent of one Lapeer County school district said he didn't want to stoke the rumors with the school closings but thought it would be counterproductive to have school in session in light of them.
The schools had already been inundated by calls from concerned parents, many of whom planned to keep their children home from school Friday anyway, said Matt Wandrie, superintendent of Lapeer Community Schools.
"Given the recent events in Connecticut, there have been numerous rumors circulating in our district, and in neighboring districts, about potential threats of violence against students. Additionally, rumors connected to the Mayan calendar predicted end of the world on Friday have also surfaced," he said in a letter posted on the district's blog Monday.
"Our communities are anxious, parents are concerned about the safety of their children, there are rumors that have multiplied as a result of social media, and there are threats within local districts that bring pause as to whether conducting classes would be appropriate," the Genessee Intermediate School District said in its own statement obtained by MLive.
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Mark Millar - (ex) Grant Morrison pupil, comic book creator (Kick-Ass 2), and newly-appointed creative consultant to Fox's corner of the Marvel movie universe - recently had some very kind words to say about Warner Bros.' Man of Steel adaptation and the casting of Henry Cavill as Superman. Perhaps he was just softening up DC fans for his latest comments.
In a recent interview, Millar spoke at some length regarding the forthcoming Justice League film - specifically, he talked about how "out of date" the characters are, how "disastrous" the team will be, and how the project is an "excellent way of losing $200 million."
According to Mark Millar (courtesy of Sci-fi Now):
"I actually think the big problem for them is the characters are just too out of date. The characters were created 75 years ago, even the newest major character was created 68 years ago, so they're in a really weird time."
Of course, Batman was created some 74 years ago and he's not only the single most popular superhero in existence, he also just came off one of the more successful film franchises - not just superhero film franchises, mind you! - in the history of time. It's also worth noting that Mark Millar himself practically begged DC and Warner Bros. to let him make a trilogy of Superman movies in the vein of Lord of the Rings. If that 75-year-old character is "too out of date" to succeed at the cinema, why was Millar so interested in attempting just that?
And Sherlock Holmes! That guy was created in the 1800s. There's just no way you could make successful movies or TV shows based around that character in this day in age. Dracula? More like Lame-ula. Snow White? More like Lame White. The Hobbit? More like the Lamelet!
The point being - who cares if a character was created 75 years ago, a hundred years ago, 200 years ago, or more? Isn't the significant (and ongoing) lifespan of these characters - the ones that comprise the Justice League of America - just proof that they have the ability to stand the test of time, not unlike Sherlock, Dracula, and so on?
Millar went on to talk specifically about Green Lantern:
"Now the stuff I grew up with… I adored the DC stuff growing up but really, how do you do a movie about Green Lantern? His power is that he manifests green plasma from his imagination and uses them as weapons against someone? Even that in itself if you just imagine then watching a fight scene with a guy who's like a hundred feet away making plasma manifestations fight someone – it's not exactly raucous, getting up close and personal."
And The Flash (a comic book character that Millar had some success writing, incidentally):
"The Flash has door handles on the side of his mask and if he doesn't wear that mask, I'll be pissed off, you know what I mean? They're in a weird, weird situation – if you've got a guy who moves at the speed of light up against the Weather Wizard and Captain Cold or whatever, then your movie's over in two seconds.
And Aquaman (who, according to recent reports, won't even be a member of the movie version of the Justice League):
"You can get away with stuff in comics that in live action's just a bit sucky – the best one is definitely Aquaman. Aquaman can't even talk under water. If you think about it in comics it's fine, you just have a speech balloon, but how do you have Atlantis and people talking under water? Are they gonna talking telepathically? Is it going to be body forms? The actual logistics of each member of the Justice League is disastrous, and you put them all together and I think you get an excellent way of losing $200 million."
Aside from the fact that most of these complaints seem incredibly nitpicky (Aquaman's inability to realistically talk under water is not a serious roadblock to his cinematic future), couldn't we play this game with every major superhero? Like, every single one?
Captain America: "A guy who throws a shield - with an American flag on it, no less! - at bad guys? And wears wings on his head? And says stuff like 'Golly gee whillickers!' Why, that sounds like a recipe for disaster!"
Or Wolverine: "A five-foot-tall wolf-like Mary Sue who sports mutton chops and has knives coming out of his hands? What an excellent way to lose money!"
Or Thor: "The Norse god of thunder - but, in the movie version, an alien who rides alien horses and just acts like the god of thunder - who sometimes talks like someone out of Shakespeare. 'Verily this' and 'verily that.' Pfft. Like that'll ever make money!"
The comments are particularly strange considering Mark Millar previously talked about the Justice League script and was fairly gracious, saying it could be "a thing of beauty" and "it's in really good hands." Did something happen between then and now to give Millar the impression that the movie is headed down the wrong path? Because the Justice League characters certainly didn't age 75 years in the eight months since his prior comments.
Ultimately, I think Justice League - as with any movie - will live or die (critically, financially) depending on who's writing, directing, producing, and starring in the movie, and not because of any specific character foibles. If those writers/directors/producers/actors aren't the right people, the movie will probably be less successful than it could've been - maybe even terrible. And if they're precisely the right people, the movie probably has a pretty good shot at being a massive blockbuster. After all, who doesn't want to see Superman and Batman on the big screen together?
But what do I know? Maybe Mark Millar's right and all these characters are just too old and out of touch with the world of today, unlike all those hip X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Avengers characters.
What do you think, Screen Ranters? Do you agree with Millar that Warner Bros.' Justice League movie plan (what little we know of it, anyway) is an excellent way to lose money?
The Justice League movie is tentatively scheduled to hit theaters in 2015.
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After three decades in business, Great American Cookies in the Jacksonville Mall will close permanently today, Sunday.
Daniel Bernstein has owned the cookie franchise for nearly five years. His father owned it for nearly 15 years before that after starting as an employee at the business when it opened in 1981.
�I can't sell, I can't stay,� Bernstein told The Daily News on Friday as he served his final few customers. �I got until Sunday, but I don't think my supplies will make it.�
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BURNET – Travis Aaron Marburger has pleaded guilty in 33rd Judicial District Court to a third-degree felony charge of failure to stop and render aid involving a fatal accident, ending a nine-year-old case that began with a 2002 boat crash on Lake Buchanan that claimed a Lampasas teenager's life and injured two others.
"On behalf of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Law Enforcement Division, we are glad to have this case finalized and justice served," said TPWD Lt. Col. Craig Hunter. "Most importantly we hope it will help bring some closure to the victims and their families after all these long years."
District Judge Guilford L. Jones accepted the 37-year-old Marburger's guilty plea and assessed his punishment as a 10-year sentence to Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division; the sentence is probated for 10 years. Marburger will serve 100 days in jail as a condition of probation, pay a $1,500 fine and $7,488.58 in restitution to the families, and will relinquish all hunting and fishing privileges for the duration of his probation.
Courtroom testimony from Marburger was presented today and included a statement of admission from Marburger under oath and victim's impact statements from the families. Marburger had been indicted by a Burnet county grand jury last year on charges of manslaughter and tampering with evidence.
Game wardens arrested Marburger at his rural residence near Bertram on Dec. 7, 2010 on an unrelated misdemeanor charge. However, Marburger later gave wardens a statement in connection with the then-unsolved Lake Buchanan incident. The following day, game wardens executed a search warrant on Marburger's Burnet County property to look for the boat.
A tip to TPWD's Operation Game Thief hotline on Nov. 22, 2010 provided the initial information that led to Marburger.
With assistance from the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Burnet County Sheriff's Department, TPWD investigators using heavy equipment unearthed the hull of a fiberglass boat matching the description of a boat that left the scene of the 2002 Lake Buchanan accident. It had been buried about four feet deep behind a detached carport near Marburger's house.
"On behalf of the team of Texas game wardens we would like to thank Burnet County Sheriff W.T. Smith and his criminal investigators, District Attorney Sam Oatman and his staff and the Texas Department of Public Safety, especially the Texas Rangers, the Texas Highway Patrol and the DPS Crime Lab," Hunter said. "Without the assistance and support of these organizations, as well as from the citizen who came forward with information through the Hill Country Area Crime Stoppers, this case would have never been successfully investigated nor prosecuted."
Justin Wayne Roberts, an 18-year-old Lampasas High School football player, died in the early morning hours of May 3, 2002 when the boat, operated by Marburger struck the boat he and two others occupied. Injured in the crash where 18-year-old Kelly Jean Corbin, Roberts' girlfriend, and a fellow Lampasas football player, Jim Edward Daniels, then 17.
Corbin and Daniels later told game wardens that they had been out in Daniels's boat fishing for white bass and were on their way to shore when a boat struck their vessel nearly head on at a high rate of speed. Eight hours passed before wardens found the partially submerged boat. Corbin was the only victim found in the boat. Daniels had been thrown from the boat and was later located floating in the lake, as was Roberts's body.
Game wardens had recovered pieces of blue fiberglass and gel coat from the victim's boat and also found blue smears on the clothing of the victims. The boat unearthed on Marburger's property during the search warrant was identified as a 16-foot Checkmate and had damage consistent with having struck the other boat.
Jim Daniels is now a Texas game warden stationed in King and Knox Counties.
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Another thing Fluffy may do to try and cool herself off is groom herself excessively. If your furry buddy seems to be obsessively grooming herself on a hot day, she may be overheating.
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If you see any of these symptoms in your kitty, take immediate steps to cool Fluffy off. You can give her some water, wrap her in a cool towel, or hold her in front of an open freezer. Call your vet for further instructions as you are doing this.
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Shapiro's Cafe was a little erratic when it opened. Its hours of operation seemed whimsical, and the staff sometimes acted surprised when customers walked in.
But the midtown spot has settled into a groove, and now Shapiro's feel like a permanent part of the landscape. For one thing, word got out about Shapiro's specialties, namely house-prepared pastrami that some folks thought tasted like Lombard Street's, and shawarma that impressed mavens who insist they know the real thing when they see it.
Its location has helped, too. When it opened in the spring of 2010, I wrote that Shapiro's was convenient to the University of Baltimore. That was before the university went on one of its buying sprees — now, Shapiro's is right in the middle of the campus. And Shapiro's works perfectly as a student stop. There are breakfast sandwiches in the morning. The regular menu is an even mix of deli items like hot dogs, knishes and Reubens, and Middle Eastern cuisine like grape leaves and spinach pie.
I have friends who get a little intense when they talk about Shapiro's pastrami, but it wasn't available when I stopped in on a recent afternoon. A new batch was still cooking in the oven, which is as good a reason I can think of for its not being available. Instead I got the roast brisket sandwich ($6.95) and a side of falafel ($2.95), which Shapiro's packs up with tahini sauce and small chopped salad of cucumbers and tomatoes.
I've had good food at Shapiro's — I can vouch for the shawarma — but I never find myself going crazy about it. I thought the brisket was OK, with some pretty marbling and real-cooked flavor. But I wish it had been more tender and sliced thicker.
Shapiro's falafel are good, too, but a little on the small side and missing the sunniness I associate with my favorite versions of this Mediterranean staple, croquettes made from spiced, ground chickpeas.
The owner, David Shapiro (no relation to Baltimore's supermarket Shapiros), has recently launched a food truck, Charm City Gourmet, that serves a more eclectic bistro-style menu — think New England lobster rolls.
Shapiro's Cafe
Where: 7 W. Preston St., Midtown-Belvedere
Contact: 443-220-0050, http://www.shapiroscafe.com
Hours: Open Monday-Friday for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and Saturday for lunch and dinner.
Lunch entrees: $6.25-$7.25
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Kringle Bear passed suddenly 11/19/2016
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Kringle Bear passed suddenly 11/19/2016
Our rescue Chow Kringle Bear passed suddenly just before Thanksgiving. He came to rest in his favorite spot, in front of the stove in the kitchen where his mom would bake cookies for him. We are still grieving to this day for our Angel. My wife is still inconsolable. We hope the pain fades as time goes on.
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My condolences to you both. These furry, funny beings have a way of worming into our hearts and never letting go. There will come a time you two will think of Kringle Bear, and you will smile. Right now, you know he loved and adored you two for giving him a home and unconditional love. Please take some solace he passed at home, in his favorite spot, surrounded by love. Hang in there...
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I am so very sorry. Having lost our Loki this summer I know the sadness you are feeling. Please take comfort in the fact you gave him such a good home.
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I'm sorry for your loss. I hope your grief is beginning to fade. Perhaps a new rescue fur baby will help you to heal?
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1.1 This specification covers the minimum material requirements and describes the procedures for installing concrete pavements and linings in corrugated steel pipes and structural plate structures in the field. Specific designs with additional or greater requirements shall be detailed in the contract documents. This specification is applicable to paving or lining new pipes and for rehabilitating existing structures. The pipe to be paved or lined is described in Specifications A760/A760M, A761/A761M, and A762/A762M.
1.2 This specification covers pipes 48 in. [1 200 mm] and larger for pavements and 24 in. [600 mm] and larger for full linings.
1.3 New pipes are to be designed in accordance with Practice A796/A796M and installed in accordance with Practice A798/A798M for factory-made pipes and Practice A807/A807M for structural plate structures. Structures to be rehabilitated shall be structurally stable.
1.4 Pipes with plant installed concrete pavements and linings are covered under Specification A849.
1.5 This specification is applicable to product in either inch/pound units as A979 or in SI units as A979M. Inch/pound units and SI units are not necessarily equivalent. SI units are shown in brackets in the text for clarity, but they are the applicable values when materials are ordered to A979M.
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A615/A615M Specification for Deformed and Plain Carbon-Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement
A760/A760M Specification for Corrugated Steel Pipe, Metallic-Coated for Sewers and Drains
A761/A761M Specification for Corrugated Steel Structural Plate, Zinc-Coated, for Field-Bolted Pipe, Pipe-Arches, and Arches
A762/A762M Specification for Corrugated Steel Pipe, Polymer Precoated for Sewers and Drains
A796/A796M Practice for Structural Design of Corrugated Steel Pipe, Pipe-Arches, and Arches for Storm and Sanitary Sewers and Other Buried Applications
A798/A798M Practice for Installing Factory-Made Corrugated Steel Pipe for Sewers and Other Applications
A807/A807M Practice for Installing Corrugated Steel Structural Plate Pipe for Sewers and Other Applications
A849 Specification for Post-Applied Coatings, Pavings, and Linings for Corrugated Steel Sewer and Drainage Pipe
A902 Terminology Relating to Metallic Coated Steel Products
A1064/A1064M Specification for Carbon-Steel Wire and Welded Wire Reinforcement, Plain and Deformed, for Concrete
C31/C31M Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field
C33 Specification for Concrete Aggregates
C39/C39M Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
C150 Specification for Portland Cement
C309 Specification for Liquid Membrane-Forming Compounds for Curing Concrete
C595 Specification for Blended Hydraulic Cements
C618 Specification for Coal Fly Ash and Raw or Calcined Natural Pozzolan for Use in Concrete
D6690 Specification for Joint and Crack Sealants, Hot Applied, for Concrete and Asphalt Pavements
American Water Works Association StandardsAWWA Standards for Cement-Mortar Lining of Water Pipelines-4 in. (100 mm) and larger-in place Available from American Water Works Association (AWWA), 6666 W. Quincy Ave., Denver, CO 80235, http://www.awwa.org.
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Hanno Lustig, Assistant Professor of Finance at UCLA Anderson, and colleagues Nick Roussanov of Wharton and Adrien Verdelhan of Boston University have been exploring one of the most striking recent phenomena in the world of global investments -- currency trading. Their recent paper, "Common Risk Factors in Currency Markets," provides insight into the risky nature of this widespread practice and suggests why it continues in a volatile global economy.
"Currency trading is a huge thing," says Lustig. Observers estimate that nearly $4 trillion changes hands in currency trades each day.
The basic idea is to use the currency of a country with a low interest rate to buy government bonds in a country with a higher interest rate. "For example," says Lustig, "suppose the interest rate for a one-year European bond denominated in euros is six percent and the rate for a one-year U.S. bond is five percent. You might decide to invest in Europe because it will give a higher return."
But Lustig says economists have expressed doubts. "They say this should not work," he says, "because what will happen is that the euro is going to depreciate by one percent, which will completely offset the effect of the higher interest rate. So, economists have said that it doesn't really matter where you invest -- because changes in the exchange rate will offset the difference in the interest rate."
However, currency trading has been a profitable investment strategy for decades. "It seems to be the case that investors make money by chasing higher interest rates around the world," Lustig says. "So if you look at a whole bunch of countries and buy bonds in the ones with the highest interest rates, you will make money. It seems to be an empirical irregularity."
But Lustig and his colleagues argue that currency trading offers no free lunch. "We have found that investing in high interest rate currencies is risky," he explains. "You are taking on risk that looks like U.S. stock market risk. This seems kind of contradictory if you are investing in these foreign currencies but, in reality, you are taking on more U.S. risk.
"We show that bad news in the stock market causes high interest rate currencies to depreciate dramatically while low interest rate currencies actually appreciate," he continues. "So high interest rate currencies are really risky when there is a lot of volatility and turbulence in financial markets."
How risky? "You could say investing in high interest rate currencies is a little like investing in risky stocks," he says. "A bit like investing in value stocks, for example. We know that you can realize higher returns on average by investing in value stocks, and this seems similar to investing in high interest rate currencies."
So what does that mean for currency traders -- many of which are huge financial institutions? Lustig says this means that traders can continue to pursue this strategy, referred to as the "carry trade," but they should be mindful of potentially serious risk. "If you already hold a lot of equity in your portfolio and then you add this carry trade strategy," he says, "you are exposed to a double risk if the stock market tanks. First, your stocks will fall and then your portfolio will take another hit because you're exposed to this currency risk.
"What currency traders do," he says, "is borrow money in low interest rate currencies such as Japanese yen or Swiss francs and invest it in high interest rate currencies such as Australian dollars, New Zealand dollars or Icelandic kronur. What happens when volatility picks up is that traders 'unwind' their positions. They start selling high interest rate currencies and buying back Japanese yen and Swiss francs."
On days when stock markets drop significantly, currency traders can become trapped by the sudden appreciation of low interest rate currencies. "You can easily lose five or six percent in one day," says Lustig. "And if you are highly levered, you can lose a lot more. In fact, it could wipe you out."
Large institutional currency traders hedge their risk by building portfolios of currencies and participating in high volume markets with relatively narrow bid-ask spreads. "After you account for bid-ask spreads," says Lustig, "we show that the typical carry trade strategy, with no leverage, will give you about five percent per annum, which is similar to what you earn investing in the stock market." Investors with leveraged positions can get returns that consistently exceed the stock market.
According to Lustig, the Sharpe ratio for currency trading, which characterizes how well the return of an asset compensates the investor for the risk taken, is about 50 percent. "This is higher than you get in the stock market," he says, "so it seems to be a very appealing proposition. But, if you dig a little deeper, you notice there's actually quite a bit of risk involved."
Lustig's research shows that interest rate is the single risk factor that can explain the variation across currencies in average excess return. "This is what you want to see," he says. "If you think it's a risk-based story, you want to come up with a factor that can explain the variation across currencies so that if a particular currency is more exposed to this risk, it ought to have a higher average return. It's just basic finance. Similar to what you would do for stocks."
Lustig encourages traders to develop portfolios of currencies based on interest rates. "By diversifying your portfolio," he says, "you average out all the idosyncratic noise in the background and focus on what you're really interested in, which is the relation between currency interest rates and risk."
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Memo: 'Don't say entitlement reform'
It only took two hours after the Paul Ryan vice presidential announcement for Republican congressional candidates to get their talking points on how to spin the Ryan budget and Medicare attacks.
"Do not say: 'entitlement reform,' 'privatization,' 'every option is on the table,'" the National Republican Congressional Committee said in an email memo. "Do say: 'strengthen,' 'secure,' 'save,' 'preserve, 'protect.'"
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The email read like a warning shot, alerting Republicans that they would soon face a barrage of Medicare-themed attacks and telling them they needed to be ready for the scrutiny that was to come. The internal email, obtained by POLITICO, was a clear and immediate sign that Republicans knew Ryan could create trouble down ballot for GOP candidates in tight congressional races.
"Predictably," the NRCC wrote, Democrats are "already blasting Mitt Romney's selection of Congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate. Expect your boss to get questions from reporters on how this selection of a fellow House member impacts your race."
The memo — the first of at least a half-dozen the NRCC has sent out to campaigns since the Ryan pick was made public that have been obtained by POLITICO — sheds light on the lengths to which Republicans are going to coach their members and candidates to navigate Democratic efforts to tie them to Ryan and his controversial plan to rewrite entitlement laws.
While Republicans insist they aren't panicking over the Ryan-centered assault, they also acknowledge that their effectiveness in pushing back will play a large role in determining their success in defending their House majority.
On Sunday afternoon, Mike Shields, the NRCC's political director, sent out a follow-up memo that aimed to provide greater detail into how to fend off attacks. The message — which had the subject line "Stay on offense on Medicare" — encouraged candidates to highlight President Barack Obama's health care law and its proposed cuts to Medicare.
The memo included a link to a 10-minute, 27-second YouTube video Shields had created in which he discusses a 2011 Nevada special House election Republicans had won. The race, Shields argues in the video, demonstrated how Republicans can successfully fight back against Medicare-centered attacks and "chase" Democrats "off the field on something they want to talk about."


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A Maryland woman was shocked after she received a traffic ticket -- but it wasn't for speeding.
In fact, she was driving 2 mph under the speed limit.
She was driving in the left lane of I-95 on Laurel last Friday when she was pulled over and cited for failing to move right. According to the citation, she had been driving 63 mph in a 65 mph zone.
The woman, who didn't want her name used, says she's never gotten a ticket before.
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LONDON (MarketWatch) — From Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England downwards, British officials in recent months have made no secret of their distaste for the pound moving above €1.20 at a time when the U.K. economy has been in the doldrums.
After sterling's slide in the wake of disappointing fourth-quarter U.K. growth numbers, and in view of new optimism about the euro, the British government is likely to get what it asks for: a significantly weaker exchange rate in coming months.
With sterling down to €1.17 GBPEUR, +0.0182%, amid widespread reports that the currency is losing its prized "safe haven" status, the reappraisal of sterling's fortunes may not all be plain sailing. David Cameron, the prime minister, has already embarked upon a high-risk strategy with his announcement of a possible referendum in 2017 on U.K. membership of the European Union.
Last week his calibrated gamble on Europe enjoyed a better response than many had expected. Europe's dominant leader, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, refused to condemn Cameron's move and even awarded his European reform plan some words of cautious approbation.
But the prime minister's strategy could fall apart if the U.K. economic slowdown turns into a full-scale recession. This could herald a run on the pound and a slide toward parity with the euro EURUSD, -0.0270%. The outcome would be a sharp fall in foreign asset managers' propensity to buy government bonds, accompanied by a thorough U-turn in the "austerity-first" economic strategy of George Osborne, the chancellor the exchequer (finance minister). This could even bring a leadership challenge before the next general election, due in 2015.
Friday's news of a 0.3% fall in Britain's output — pushing the economy closer to a so-called triple-dip recession — spoiled what had otherwise been a relatively good week for Cameron. By agreeing to demands from his Conservative Party for a plebiscite on U.K. adhesion to the EU, but clothing his call for EU reform with generally pro-European rhetoric, the prime minister accomplished a tricky balancing act. Read Darrell Delamaide on the U.K. drifting away from Europe.
Cameron achieved the difficult feat of neutralizing his domestic adversaries and simultaneously stretching out a constructive hand toward other European leaders. He mapped out a genuine route to a more competitive and (ultimately) prosperous EU better able to cope with the imperatives of globalization.
But the Cameron plan could run into the sand if he is unfortunate enough to be dispossessed before the next election. Boris Johnson, the mayor of London who is Cameron's most serious potential challenger-in-waiting, confronted Cameron head-on. In a speech in Davos, the swashbuckling London leader called on his rival to "junk talk of austerity" and heavily increase investment in infrastructure.
The only possible route for Johnson to secure the Conservative Party leadership and, in its wake, the mantle of prime ministership lies in widespread disillusionment with the government's orthodox economic course. Ramping up his activist image, Johnson declared: "We need to invest in the rail and road infrastructure that will get the work force of London and the southeast to their jobs on time: that is crucial to our competitiveness."
Mervyn King, an earlier devotee of the government's deficit-cutting strategy, last week underlined his disappointment with the course taken so far, urging the government to take supply-side measures to get the economy going again.
Johnson is an excellent entertainer. Although, for many, he lacks the gravitas for the top job, he could become the confidence-boosting leader of choice if Cameron and Osborne lead the British economy down a dead-end. For Cameron, a nightmare scenario is that the economy bumps along the bottom for several months, and that the atmosphere in the Conservative Party becomes increasingly fraught .
In such circumstances, no amount of careful understanding from Merkel for Cameron's European proposal could avert the prime minister's fate. Another spell on the Opposition parliamentary benches would beckon.
If the pound falls too sharply without sparking off an export-led revival, this could be the denouement. British officials must be careful what they wish for. The result they have been urging could turn out more virulent than they had bargained for.


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www.plenaxx.com - the Swiss e-business portal for SMEs.
plenaxx.com AG provides the first integrated business-to-business portal for small and medium-sized enterprises and is aiming to be the clear market leader for far-reaching e-business solutions in the SME segment. With capital investment of approximately 50 million Swiss francs and the expertise of the five founder companies namely, Schweizerischer Gewerbeverband (Swiss Trade Association), Mobiliar, Swisscom, UBS and Valora, a unique service portfolio has emerged. The portal is principally designed as an open platform. It allows access to third parties to present their services or to establish web communities. plenaxx.com AG, which was founded at the end of May, with headquarters in Bern, has set itself the goal of assisting Swiss SMEs in gaining a foothold to e-business by providing comprehensive and integrated solutions which will be available from October 2000 onwards.
www.plenaxx.com AG is an autonomous and independent Swiss enterprise located in Bern and already has a payroll of more than 40 staff members. Four of the founding partners namely Mobiliar, Swisscom, UBS and Valora together hold 99 percent of the five million francs share capital in equal proportion. The Schweizerische Gewerbeverband, as an important strategic partner, also holds a financial interest. Together, these five leading Swiss enterprises and institutions form a strong and creditable company with capital investment of roughly 50 million Swiss francs.
The "plenaxx" brand is a short reference term for full entry and access (plein accès, accesso pieno, plenary access). This serves to emphasise that clients, wherever they may be, are able to access their data, services and functions, processes and tools, plus current information, expertise, competences and partnerships at any time of the day or night.
www.plenaxx.com has been designed on the basis of a multi-channel concept for cross-sector applications. Multi-channel not only signifies that in addition to the specific e-channels offered by the founding companies, other third party providers and competitors launch their products and services on this new platform, it also means that Internet technologies are merged and specifically enhanced with additional distribution and communication resources such as e-mail, fax, voice and WAP.
The products and services together with the clear structure enable SMEs to easily gain access to e-business. www.plenaxx.com aims at positioning itself as the central hub for providers and buyers in the SME segment. plenaxx simplifies access to specialised and sector-specific expertise, whereby sector solutions and sector portals should be integrated as far as possible. The range of products and services provided by plenaxx embraces a variety of business areas and services which can be integrated individually as well as en bloc by the SME or its employees.
The sound sponsorship of the Gewerbeverband plus the commitment of the four founding companies are the guarantee for sector-compatible solutions which are designed to fully satisfy the requirements of an SME's value-added chain. The express aim of plenaxx.com AG is to create a unique and prosperous service platform for the Swiss SMEs e-business requirements.
In a few weeks time, plenaxx will be launching pilot operations in the Zurich, Basel and Bern areas involving 200 SMEs. On 29th September 2000, plenaxx will be making its debut at the Orbit Comdex Europe 2000 in Basel and will be commencing operations in October 2000.
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The main roads around Ocaña converge in this square, where the Town Hall is situated.
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Frustration high at farm bill rally
Bright sun, Johnny Cash tapes, the proverbial hay bales, and a High Plains stem-winder delivered by Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran, exhorting his former House Republican colleagues that it's 3 a.m. with a storm coming: get off the sidelines, hook up the tractor "and let's go harvest a farm bill."
And then there were the signs. "Do You Eat? You Need a Farm Bill Now" or "Old MacBoehner Had a Farm Bill, Ei-Ei-O."
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It was no match for "tractor-cade" under Jimmy Carter or "Rally for Rural America" in the last years of Bill Clinton. But hundreds of farmers and their lobbyists rallied in front of the Capitol Wednesday in a last, bittersweet attempt to pressure House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to take up a farm bill before the November elections.
Moran stole the show but was also a reminder that his fellow Kansan, Sen. Pat Roberts, the ranking Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee, didn't come. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) also stayed away, underscoring the increased partisan tensions as the farm stalemate continues.
Indeed, since talks at the Republicans' national convention in Tampa, the fix has seemed in from the House GOP: no action before the election and a push later to postpone debate into the next Congress.
"There is no good reason why we didn't bring this farm bill to the floor," Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson told the crowd. But as the ranking Democrat on the Ag panel and a veteran of many farm bill fights, Peterson also stung many by gruffly warning that the agriculture movement must exert more grassroots pressure if it is to have real success in Washington.
"The groundswell is not out there. It is not happening at the grassroots level," Peterson said. "This rally is a good starting point but …to change this we need 100 or 200 calls from people in their districts to these members (of Congress)."
"I'm here to tell you if you don't do that we're not going to get a farm bill," Peterson said. "It's that simple. We went through August and we really didn't see the groundswell of support out there. We've got to make this happen. You've got to make this happen. It's got to come from the grassroots."
Pam Johnson, the incoming president of the National Corn Growers Association and a sixth generation Iowa farmer with her husband and sons, was miffed.
"That angers me a lot," she told POLITICO. "It angers me a lot that now the blame is on farmers. Farmers are home harvesting right now. And they're doing their business. They assume their representatives are here doing their business.
"If we ran our business the way they run their business, we'd be out of business."
Nonetheless, for all his rough edges, Peterson, a former House Agriculture Committee chairman, has been one of the most aggressive players in the House or Senate in trying to get a bill through Congress. And the good farm economy — even with this summer's drought — has taken some pressure off the House GOP to move a bill.
What price will be paid politically in November is not yet clear.


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Worldwide Gaetti Cult Member Tracker
Gary Gaetti Highlights
Picture this, you're an all-star Major League Baseball player with a World Series ring on your finger and life is all well and good, but then one day you wake up to have a hot cup of Sanka and read the paper only find out that you have a cult in North Dakota. These things happen.....
And from off the streets of Grand Forks comes The Gary Gaetti Cult.....
Three things are certain, The Gary Gaetti Cult believes in individual liberties, rock 'n' roll, and of course the G-Man himself. The year is 2019 and The Cult now has roughly 21 years in existence. It all started back in 1998 when we were attending the University of North Dakota drinking and dreaming and watching Gaetti and the Cubs on television at the 514 clubhouse. At the time, we were young men who had our first taste of freedom, with a beer in one hand and an American flag in the other, it was a time of testing boundaries, raising hell, pulling pranks, listening to hard rock, and running amuck as free men. We were sports fans and were looking for a player that represented "us"....that man was simply Gary Gaetti. Still today, the average cult member enjoys: watching quality sports (baseball, hockey, football), shooting guns, burning fossil fuels, riding motorcycles, and running pranks on friends and enemies. The page is what it is. I guess time and space met, shared a can of beer, and The Cult was formed.
514 Cottonwood "The Ivory Compound"
We always cheered for Gaetti not just because of his mullet, flapless helmet, wrist hair, and huge bat, but because he busted his ass every night, brought intensity and a commitment of fundamental baseball to the field, and was not out there for a fashion show like Jeter and those other Backstreet Boy players. He was/is the workingman's player....a Miller High Life man of sorts.
We used to drink a few cans of beer at the clubhouse and then at the wee hours call a "Gaetti meeting" at the now defunct Jeannie's Restaurant in Grand Forks (if you try and order a #12 there now, you'll get either a set of wiper blades or a rare Yugoslavian brake pad). A lot of hell would be raised at Jeannie's as the spirit of Gaetti's earlier years always reigned supreme.
Jeannie's Restaurant Jeannie's Epitaph
The Gary Gaetti Cult is something that we have always laughed about but the page seems to be a hit with other visitors as we've had many folks mention that they've laughed their asses off after magically stumbling onto the page. There are a lot of boring web pages out there and we've always tried to be different from your average fan pages, even if we've crossed a few lines in the process.....including alienating the local media. The Gary Gaetti Cult is sort of like the Louvre of 80's-90's baseball player pages, sometimes hard to see everything in one sitting....so please feel free to make multiple visits. So sit back, set your favorite 6 pack of fermented grain next to the computer and buckle up for the ride.
We hope you'll have an enjoyable visit to this strange vortex within the World Wide Web. We will keep doing our part if you keep believing in the G-Man. We're dreaming the undreamable dream. I thank you gentle strangers.--The Chairman and Vice Chair Ronnie James Dio (we went to separate arcades to get our pictures done).
The Gaetti Cult: The years have gone by and I say we've kicked some ass...
Gaetti and the Sugar Land, TX Skeeters
Gary Arguing a Call
1998 Game 163 Cubs HR
1987, Gary homers in first 2 postseason at bats.....
Hilarious video that Gary sent to The Cult of his son Joe impersonating him before a AAA Colorado Springs game
'87 Gaetti Highlight Reel
The Insider Bat training tool/video endorsed by the G-Man
The Upbucket.....endorsed by the G-Man
The Cult Meets Gary Gaetti
A Gaetti Cult plug, on the Jim Rome Radio Show, by the Sklar Brothers
The Gary Gaetti Cult's Own "You Can't Do This In France" Page
Pictures from Gaetti Fests, the Grygla Cup, and other assorted debauchery
While having a cold can of Grain Belt with Gary at the '87 WS Reunion, I (The Chairman) asked him if we should change anything on the page....
He replied: "Don't change anything.......you gotta keep that edge"
The mullet: business in the front, party in the back
The most important man in America and Bill Clinton
Yeah, I've got a cult........
Either ready for ball or Camaro racing
There's nothing we could say here that's funnier than the picture......
If you don't have perfect hair or the ability to conduct proper stretches, you can forget about winning
A Gary Gaetti "used sock" card created by Cult member Jeremy Swanson....nice work
"Swingin a hot stick boys"
Sleeves hide intensity
"Don't push it...or I'll give you a war you won't believe" -Rambo in First Blood
Flapless helmets are a symbol of something you can't be taught: EXPERIENCE
Gary, remember the old days when we'd go out partyin' at 4am and get those um footlong chili dogs
Take your vitamins, say your prayers at night, and stay hungry
Who followed Gary in high school in 1975? "The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude" -Ferris Bueller's Day Off
"Gaetti Vice"
Gary, the camera is over here!
Can we call this guy out just for sliding like a no talent ass clown when there wasn't even a throw???
Patriot Gary Gaetti with troops at West Point. They don't let wimps in there.
Big Mac congratulating Gary on having the toughest webpage in baseball
Gary's not about to go and bullshit with the enemy....
if a 3B has a mustache like this, and a batting glove under his fielding glove, forget about trying to leg out a single on him
Gary's looking either hungover or angry with someone's mechanics.
Gaetti, a "cult" following since '98.......
Welcome to the Skeeters Roge, now lose the frosted hair......
Can't teach an old dawg new moves
GG is synonymous for both Gold Glove and Gary Gaetti
Even as a Cardinal, Gaetti was a Cub at heart
To be a stud 3B, you need the mullet, flapless lid, wrist hair, and x-heavy bat, period.
I love the smell of napalm in the mornin'
No helmet flaps allow the mullet to flap......
Soft-tossing future Cult members one at a time
Great pic from Cult memeber Ian from NY
"Yeah Lori (of Jeannies), it's the G Man, I'll have the #13, eggs over easy....and Glenallen wants fries and gravy."
The weather in Grand Forks, ND (The Mothership)
"North Dakota isn't just a state.....it's a state of mind" -Chairman
Metrodome Memories
All-Metrodome List By Position
Dome Magic!!!
'87 Twins Championship Parade Footage
Apart from the 20th anniversary reunion of the Twins 1987 World Series Championship, Gary had the honor of being inducted into the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame....all of this on the weekend of his 49th birthday. Full Story
The boys are back in town!!!
Mr. G and Hrbek being announced to the crowd
Gary with REX during the '87 team introductions
The 1987 World Series Championship team
Gary with his family on his Twins HOF induction day
Watching highlights with his daughter Gigi
Gary's Twins HOF Speech
"He had the guts and every night he wanted to go out there and kick the other team's butt. And I liked that," teammate Kent Hrbek said in his induction speech
The first pitch of the game was a throw to Hrbek at 1B
"You always heard about Puckett, Hrbek, but as far as backbone and guys that wanted to win, Gary wanted to win more than anybody," Hrbek said. "He was the guy screaming at the opponent from the top step of the dugout. Gary wasn't out there to make friends or headlines. He was just out there to win."
Immortalized in Twins history
Bleedcubbieblue.com homer call
Top 20 Cub Homers (fittingly, Gary's "playoff magic" shot on Sept 28, 1998 is #8)
A single fist....the sign of victory
Runnin' from the shadows of the night
G-Man turned 2 double plays in one game....only modern era human to do so
You didn't want to interview Gary when he had this look
The Sam Elliot Years
What we can tell here is that Gary hit 21 bombs and that Ajax the dog appeared on his card
Chairman's personal favorite pic (bad wrist hair day)
The men of Minnesota Twins hardball
Bustin' ass every play
The wheel in the sky keeps on turnin'
Chuck Norris beard in this one
Gary will be in attendance for his induction into the Italian American Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, February 27th in Chicago, joining 200 other inductees that include Joe DiMaggio, Vince Lombardi and Dan Marino. That's amore!!!!!!
I don't need no stinkin' Viagra or "juice" to go over the top Raffi!
Hot Corner shot
Double trouble
Cardinal mullet
Even skyballs are kinda cool
The Cult likes to think Gaetti and Hrbek used to challenge this rule
Having a cup of coffee in the show......
'87 World Series cut
Gary clearly looks the most menacing out of these boys
Looks like I'm tap dancing to first base in nothin' but powder blue
100 percent effort....nothing less
You're the best around
Gary Gaetti patrolling the hot corner
Wrists of fury
Great magazine title......
Always safe to go with Gaetti
A Total Eclipse Of The Heart (formerly A Moment For Us)
Gary is simply referred to as the "G-man". Gary patrols the hot corner over at third base. Gary never says die....his refusal to keep his #8 jersey clean is an attribute to the man who serves as an everyday Mr.T to us all. We call him the Italian Stallion....others call him a George Washington of sorts pioneering how wearing helmets with no ear-guards should be used, just ask Dave Winfield, Gary Carter, Keith Hernandez, Don Baylor and Tim Raines). *Gary actually was the last man to wear such a helmet until Raines came out of retirement in 2002 to beat Gary's helmet record.
The keen play of Gary along with his tremendous head of hair are popular with the women of the Midwest. WGN makes a note of showing all of these great sides of Gary. My dear friends and I made a pilgrimage, to Wrigley, on September 1999 to visit Gary. He came in to pinch hit and we gave him a standing ovation....unfortunately nobody else felt our sentiments (a few laughs here and there). Gary acknowledged us with a pop-up to left. Gary defines "leadership" whether he makes a snare at 3 bag or if he gets busted by Steve Stone and Chip Caray in the dugout with a golf sweater on (keeping things loose in the clubhouse I guess).
"What on earth is Gary Gaetti doing with that golf sweater on!!?", cried Chip Caray.
"It looks kinda good on him", noted our man Steve Stone. (1999)
No flaps, no problems....
I'm the ruler of the hot corner, let's see if anyone wants to test that....
Great stash shot
Don't make fun of Gaetti's mullet braaaa
Jared Allen on the mullet....
Textbook takeout
I don't care, I'll even takeout the Wiz!!!
Remember to touch home Gary!
G-Maniacs (I think Napoleon Dynamite sketched this one)
missle lock
9 ironed it
.....and to really get the animal instincts I've needed to patrol the hot-corner, I'll go into the forest, over a weekend, with just my bandana and my survival knife and I'll catch whitetail deer with my bare hands and cook them over an open flame. What are your weekends like Aggie???
Cult members also wear aviator shades (most of ours cost $3.99 and say "SPORTS" on the front and sides)
Gary was the rock of that '87 club
Giving the fans at Wrigley a reason to be happy
#8 celebrates in 87'
ALCS MVP Preview? I think so
Tenacious G dominated virtual baseball too, it's like the computer knew of his powers...
Big lumber, big results
Gary tagging out Willie Mays Hayes in the movie Major League.
Gary, were at home today, switch unys!
'84 Topps, a classic
Gary, I'm hungover too but we play ball in 30 minutes, get your butt to The Dome!
Gant: You gotta get me on the webpage man!
Gary: Sure, sure, sure...
The man with the golden stash
Gary with the "contractors" mustache
1 swing, 3 runs
Don't like the way I slide.....do something about it
Where we boozing G Man?
A great finish with the BoSox in the year 2000
An appropriate sponsor for the '83 Gaetti/Twins schedule
Keep your eye on the fruit...
One of the great cards showing a man's determination.....
Cult member Vincent Riendeau's old favorite pic
Vince's new favorite
One of the Chairman's new favorites.....
Trying to buzz the tower on a guy with no ear flaps on his helmet...Gaetti is not scared.
Gary is sending some lumber back to the mound
"What's that, you want some....you want a little?" Gary talking smack to the pitcher who brushed him. (note the adjustable softball-like hat)
Gary laughing after the game
Jolly Jokers
Gaetti was a key part of a clubhouse filled with renowned practical jokers. Blyleven regularly lit the shoelaces of teammates on fire. Brunansky made a habit of tormenting public address announcer Bob Casey, often lining Casey's telephone ear piece with black shoe polish, then calling Casey's number. Hrbek would push his body against revolving glass doors, slamming the faces of his unsuspecting teammates.
"It didn't matter if we were waiting for an airplane at the airport or we were in the airport or we were checking into a hotel or riding the bus on the way to the ballpark - somebody was always doing something that was hilarious," Gaetti said. "You'd have Hrbek lying down on the airport conveyer belt, going through the X-ray machine. Or the $5 bill with the fishing line attached to it in the middle of the airport concourse. "Everybody was always trying to find a way to enjoy the moment. A lot of times it was at somebody's expense, but the guys on the team knew how to laugh at themselves." -Dennis Bracklin (Star Tribune)
Friggin bright out
Gary's lovin' these v-neck jerseys
Mullet + strapped shades = winning
Taking notes on being a secret weapon from Oquendo......
Seated with Twins royalty
Crouching G-Man, not so hidden mullet
The Wall
Sometimes I play on my knees just to give em a chance
Kids, keep those hands back
There's just something about Gary
No time for personal grooming, just hardball baby
The Stroke
I'd like a Budweiser, tall, and a couple dogs
A rare shot of Gary smiling with a mustache
Gary Gaetti: 360 career dongs
Gary used to be in Steely Dan before taking up hardball
Ha ha, Seagal and Van Damme could NOT take Norris and me
The GGC: Intimidating the web since the late 90's
With future Gaetti Cult members
Posterized in '87
Did anyone order takeout???
Gary cuts through shortstops like a Husqvarna chainsaw
Gary telling a minor leaguer how kegs should be thrown into truckbeds.
Damn, I hooked it
As Redd Roxx says: "fugg it"
Flakes of Fury
I get there first, I win
The Rat Pack (thumbs up)
Nothin' but a G thing
Who wants a little???
It ain't easy swinging a small tree
Gary crushing balls with the caveman beard
Gaetti catching for future Cult members!
Gary goes yard.
Gary-Gant after just receiving word that TBS was going to run a Slyvester Stallone marathon.
Word has it the new line of Gaetti clothing is finally available at your nearest hip-hop store
Gary can't believe that his truck made it home last night.
The big cat's callin' you off on this one there buckshot
I know I'm just the grand marshall here Clean Shower guy, but while I'm at it, I'm gonna have to check out that restrictor plate...
Playoff Magic!!!
It pisses me off why guys think they can even try and hit it by me
Do you have any idea who you're throwing at son....
Rookie days, lip salad looking good already
Thank you, I'll be here all week
The Royal Gaetti-bombs
Powder blue
Stache em
Scoring can be funny
'89 All-Star Game Homerun Derby lumber!!!
Gary Goatee-etti
I think Gary was grandfathered in on the flapless helmet and the v-neck jersey....
You want to throw a ball up into the hornets nest......you better be ready to get buzzed
There was no offseason for Gaetti
The birthplace of a superstar (Centralia)
"When I was growing up, two things were big in that area: baseball and beer. It's probably still that way." -Gary Gaetti
Twins owner Carl Pohlad 1915-2009
Kirby Puckett 1960-2006
Chief Contributor David Gatti, his boys and the G-Man
G-Man fan David Gatti at Strohs Spring Training '06
G-Man w/ Cult member David Hamilton
Matt Harris w/ his favorite Cub
Gaetti superfan, DJH, spotted in a Chicago bar after the Cubs/Cards game
Picure submission on straightcashhomey.net....
Gary G and Frankie V*. Frank the Tank.....an absolute witch on the mound.
*I was told that a local Grand Forks punk band was so impressed with the old Frank Viola segment of the Gary Page, that they had a picture of Frankie on one of their show flyers.
A Moment for us
The family picture of the dwellers of 514 Cottonwood (Front:Mike "Yao" Zimney, Brian Geatz/ Back: Brian "Hansel" Hanson, Ben Ehreth, houseguest Jason "Kato" Okstad).
What else would you do with a coupon for free portraits?
Bad Idea Sportscards
Mark....grandma wants her glasses back
Matching game
The Blue Jays' Rance (Sir-Rance-A-Lot) Mulliniks and Kip Dynamite
Dwight Schrute of The Office and former Tiger dork Paul Gibson
A sad Peyton Manning and sad George Michael (Arrested Development)
Official clubhouse beer: Milwaukee's Best "The Beast" Light, good taste/priced right
Official bar beer: Grain Belt Premium
Official source for nutrition: Red Pepper "taco grinders"
Official scent:
Official things to watch on tv: baseball, hockey and action movies
Official TV show: Walker Texas Ranger
Official restaurant: Jeannie's in Grand Forks, ND
Offical Cult server at Jeannie's: Lorrie
Official song: "Holy Diver" by Dio. Ronnie James wants to know if you're a serious Gaetti fan???
Official bar:
The Bun Lounge: Northside, Old Mill Road, Grand Forks, ND...."The Bun For One"
*official bar may very well have been Judy's in Grand Forks, ND where Mike Commodore brought the Stanley Cup, but Cult member Shane Martin didn't like the fact that they remodled, even after wind damage, so they are out.
Shane "Hero" Martin and The Cult's Main Man Pat Davis
William Shatner
Ronnie James Dio
The Sklar Brothers
Jose "The Secret Weapon" Oquendo
Bruce Dickinson
Steven Wright
Juan "Senor Smoke" Berenguer
Coast to Coast Am's Art Bell
Don Cherry
GF legend Bruce Tellmann
Clint Eastwood
Bon Scott
David Carradine
The D
Crispin Glover
Burt Reynolds
Lee Marvin
Carl Weathers
Maverick Al Davis
M. Emmet Walsh
George Wendt
Mike Hagerty
John Goodman
Billy Dee Williams
Chicago's Vince Vaughn
Eddie Money
Conway Twitty
Johnny Cash
ND's Darin Erstad and Pronk Hafner
Uncle Ted
Bruce Campbell
Richard Marx and Steve Perry....faithfully
Former Cubs skipper Lee Elia...goin to battle for his boys (thumbs up by me).
Elia Sound Clip (pause Gaetti jukebox)
Elia Cubs Promo...very funny
Donny Zimmer on Goose Gossage
Managers Corner...with Earl Weaver
Earl says this ump crew is here for one specific reason......
Tommy Lasorda to the mound
Lasorda has news for Bevacqua....
Lou Kicking and Screaming
Carl Lewis and the National Anthem....Uh oh
Lone Wolf McQuade (trailer)
American Movie (trailer)
This Is Spinal Tap (clip)
The Delta Force (trailer)
Slap Shot (clip)
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (show clip)
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (trailer)
Army Of Darkness
Where the Buffalo Roam
Rubin and Ed
The Big Lebowski (clip)
Over the Top (Stallone, trucking, and arm wrestling...obviously #1)
The Rambo Movies (it's like Gaetti with guns and survival knives)
The Octagon (Gary is basically the Chuck Norris of baseball, and the #8)
Résumé of the Gods: Gary's Career stats
Joe Gaetti's Career Stats
The RBI Page
The Red Pepper, a "cult" restaurant in Grand Forks
Twin Galaxies Intergalactic Scoreboard
Coast to Coast AM
The Gary Gaetti Cult's Own: Little Steve Stone Page
ESPN columnist Bill Simmons' Gaetti Cult link
Sklar Brothers Home Page
Cheap Seats youtube.com videos
Top 100 guy movies by Maxim Magazine(Slapshot #1)
Wayne's Hockey Fight Page
When the Mullet Hits the Bone
A Gaetti/Flapless Helmet Tribute (End Of An Ear-a)
15 Classic Baseball Mustaches
When the Mullet Hits the Bone
A Gaetti/Flapless Helmet Tribute (End Of An Ear-a)
15 Classic Baseball Mustaches