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The Stand Up Blog, is ashamed to present the Stand Up Blog You Tube Channel. The channel will serve as the portal by which all those grainy stand up videos taken on your phone can be viewed. First on the bill is Johnny Vegas Performing for the first time in two years at Friday's gig with Stewart Lee. Enjoy
Stewart Lee Interview
It's long overdue, it's unabridged but is finally here, THE STEWART LEE INTERVIEW.
How's the tour been going?
Its been going really good, I gave up stand up for a few years, and then I started again after about four years. I've been getting about two or three times as many people as a few years ago.
Why did you record 90's Comedian with the website Go Faster Stripe?
I made a DVD the year before with a company called Two Entertain, it was really good because aside from the money being nice I had a record of that years show, and then you could draw a line under it for next years one. I wanted to do another DVD, and my management couldn't find anyone to do it for me. And in the end I told them to offer it for free if they just filmed it. Literally in 2005 I couldn't give my work away. And then this guy who was a tech support man at this Arts Centre in Cardiff read the interview, had seen the show and likes it, so set up this company to film it. Basically I didn't get any money for it, but I get a share of any sales. Subsequently he's filmed about ten DVD's with people like Richard Herring and is doing really important work.
Who have you recorded this tour with?
It's been recorded in Glasgow, for a company called Real Talent. Its really great. The main thing about a DVD is – even though I made about £2500 out of the Go Faster Stripe DVD – that when you film the show its like you put the show to bed, its difficult when you're a comedian, its really hard to draw a line under your show. It forces you to move on. So when people come up to and ask you to do so and so bit you can say well there's a video of it, I cant remember it and I've got some new stuff, it's a way of forcing yourself to move on.
Congratulations on becoming a dad, as a father do you think you'll be carrying on with such large tours for many more years?
No I don't, I've been very lucky because we had the baby last year and we really needed to get some money in, to get him his own room. A 70 date tour, up in Edinburgh , it's the longest I've ever done, its just getting ridiculous, it was very hard on my wife.
However two weeks ago BBC 2 decided they were going to do a series with me. It was first talked about in 2005, then it was cancelled in 2006, then it went back on the slate in 2007 and about two weeks ago they commissioned it. The great thing about that is that I can work on that for about a year, then when I do tour again the whole set up will have changed . A 30 date tour of bigger places, in the short term I wont have to be away for much, which is great because every time you go back after three or four days away the babies different. The last year everything has worked out so well, i've been in a real rut for a long time.
Are you going to be doing this years Edinburgh Festival?
I am, I'm going to do a little play, about an audience with Queen Elizabeth I, conducted by Sir Walter Raleigh. I'm also going to do stand up 5 nights a week at The Stand which is a comedy club in Edinburgh, its not a proper show, but it will be used to generate new material for the TV show. Its just going to be a bit cheaper than the other show, a bit of a shambles.
What do you think of the big four comedy venues separating and forming the Edinburgh comedy festival?
I think its really bad, it might not be so bad the big four, coming together under a marketing banner. Its incredibly insensitive and rude. The Edinburgh comedy festival has announced that 'its separating from the main event' , but not a single person involved in it has issued a statement to artistic policy. Its all about branding and money. And also I think it could have a real damaging effect, if they keep talking about it in the same light as Glastonbury.
Why do you think Glastonbury haven't sold out this year?
Its because if you went to Glastonbury twenty years ago, half the bands gave there money back and that went to charity, so there was a real feeling of mucking in. As a comic you got paid about 100 quid but you didn't mind because you were part of a bigger thing. As artists you have to sleep in a ditch with all the mud, but Neil Diamonds not giving his fee back and Kate Moss is flying in in a helicopter.
Then you think hold on a minute someone's doing really well out of this why should have to endure shit conditions. Likewise it's the same with the Edinburgh Fringe, at the moment if you're watching a really good comic, in a cold stage with water dripping on your head you don't mind because everything is done on a wing and a prayer. If I'm in at a comedy festival that has a £500000 pound sponsorship I'm going to be pissed off if I'm on sitting on a wet stage with water dripping on my head. I want to feel like I'm part of something, mucking in for a big free for all. The money wont feed through to the acts, but as usual it will all go on branding and bars. So I think their in danger of really fucking it up in Edinburgh. Part of the fringe is that you don't mind if its rough and ready as long as no one takes any money out of it. If the Edinburgh fringe comedy festival has big sponsorship people are going to feel ripped off. And the same will happen as what happens at Glastonbury, people will stop going and will go to smaller more manageable festivals.
Do you think TV execs have been slightly weary of you since the backlash over Jerry Springer the opera?
I really don't know I think the thing about big Tele people is that I get all these big reviews and they think here's a good one and we will get this one on Tele. Then they come and see me and think I cant have this on Tele. Its not so much about content but style, you've gotta think I'm forty, I talk really slowly about involved things, you cant put me on bbc3 for 16 to 24 year old. So they ask what do you do with me? So its not fear so much. The fact that I've been very lucky that the last few years and have had the best reviews any stand up has ever had really still doesn't mean I make good television. Its difficult for Tele people none of them have got any idea but there in charge .
Any aspirations to become a Tele exec?
Not really no, I know Richard Herring applied for a job at head of comedy at BBC2, but I think they thought it was a joke, but I think it would be really great, he can write and he does gigs, and he knows who everyone is. How about that then?
Once I get the other side of this Tv series I will see if it gets enough viewers to be re-commissioned, if they don't I wont worry, I will have a bit of money to get a room for the baby to sleep then I can go back to doing all the really interesting fun things, hopefully go back to the world of making art with renewed gusto. Although It would be great to do the television thing because you can pass the responsibilities onto someone else, maybe get a driver. ( Lee is currently talking to me in a taxi as his car has broke down whilst travelling to a gig).
Did you find more people recognised you after your guest appearance on Have I got News For You?
Yeah , and it wasn't much fun, you get about 600 quid for going on HIGNFY, 6 million people watch it but really I don't like doing things like that, because I'm not very good at them. But I was getting married and we needed the money for it. A week after we were on our honeymoon in Aberdeen, 1 in 7 people watch it, so every other person in the street was shouting 'hey funny man' its fucking terrible. If you are properly famous you're probably not wondering around Aberdeen at night. You think at 25 it would be really cool to be recognised, but being 40 and being recognised everywhere is quite upsetting and intimidating really.
Richard Thomas is apparently writing another opera this time on Anna Nicole Smith, are you going to be involved?
No I'm not, but I would love to do something with him again. It became very difficult, all the opera stuff, because of this campaign against us from the Christian right, we couldn't get paid anything. I really love his work and I really love him, he is one of my best friends, I did about 4 or 5 years on Jerry Springer but I never really saw any money for it, I will do something with him eventually.
He's good fun to work with, some people are precious about things, and some you have to be careful working with their egos, but Richard works really hard, if he doesn't agree with you , you just have a forthright argument about it. I've worked with some people who have been a real education.
How farcical do you think shows like the hundred best stand up in the world are? You were beaten by Jim Davidson
Funnily enough I was sitting with all the Jongeleurs comics in Bristol the other night, and we were having a laugh, a lot of them were off the main stream circuit, a lot of them do cruises. All the Jongeleurs comics do the same sort of stuff, but there making £50000 to £100000 grand a year, and yet you've never heard of them! There were people playing last night that id never heard of that have three houses! The comics that win awards and get 5 star reviews are on teachers money.
All those sort of shows are farcical, I was asked to do a show called the shows comedians favourite comedians, they asked me to pick my favourite comics, So I said yes id like to talk about Simon Munnery, Chick Murray, so they said we haven't got any of them on the list, can you choose one of these three.
With regards to the hundred best comedians of all time there is no way that me and Daniel Kitson would have got in that list because of a public vote, because were simply not well known enough, but I think they tried to give it a degree of credibility by shoe horning in a few people that are critically seen as good into it. It got my mum off my back for a bit though. I thought I'm never going to be in it again so I will write a show called the 41st best comedian ever.
Any plans for another novel?
I did the first 30000 words of the last one then my management started to tout it around to people. So we got all this money and we got deadline but you cant rush a novel, it sort of went wrong. The one I'm doing i have about 10,000 words for it, but I'm not going to take it anywhere until its done. But also I'm tempted to see if I can get it published without anyone knowing that I'm a comedian. I think proper writers are slightly irritated by the celebrity culture of publishing, there's a section in Waterstones called celebrity hardbacks!
There no Americans on the bill for you ten best stand ups bill, why is that?
If we could have got Chris Rock I'd have had him, but he's doing Wembley throughout that period. Apart from Chris rock there would be a living American i would put on at the expense of any of the people on the list.
– The list includes-
Harry Hill
Simon Munnery
Johnny Vegas
Josie Long
Stephen Carlin
What were trying to do with the series is present people who are not known or have been forgotten about , like Simon Munnery, or like with Harry Hill, people don't realise what good stand up's these people are. I suppose there was sort of an agenda behind it, these people are all really brilliant and you may not know them.
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POMONA >> As the arrangements for Alma Fragoso's wedding dress came together, everything became more tangible.
"It was, 'Oh my God, everything is being real,'" she remembers thinking.
It was a reality that Fragoso, 31, didn't see coming not so long ago.
Cancer got in the way. It made her reluctant. But then something much bigger happened: Love got in the way.
This afternoon, Fragoso – a survivor of cervical cancer who is now engaged in a fight against colon cancer – and her fiance, Juan Franco, 41, will begin a new phase of their journey together from a starting line at Fairplex.
Their wedding will take place at 4:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon, well into this year's Relay for Life of Pomona, which begins at 10 a.m. at Fairplex, 1101 W. McKinley Ave.
Two tough years
Fragoso and Franco have known each other four years. They started out as friends who worked at the same business in La Verne and gradually built a friendship that evolved into a romantic relationship.
That relationship grew to the point where the couple decided to create a family that include Fragoso's daughter Kayla Kinney, who is now 10; Franco's son Juan Franco, who is now 15; plus his two 21-year-old daughters, Sabrina Elias and Julia Franco.
More than two years ago, Fragoso was diagnosed with cervical cancer and she was told her condition was such she wouldn't have children.
Fragoso accepted that. She had her daughter and Franco's children, and she was happy having all of them as her children.
Three months into her treatment she learned she was pregnant. Her doctors told Fragoso she shouldn't have the child because the child could have birth defects resulting from the chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
But she refused to terminate the pregnancy. Instead she stopped treatments for seven months and didn't resume until after Isaiah, who is now 2, was born.
About a year after her son was born, Fragoso was told she was in remission. Everything appeared to be going well, but a month later doctors discovered she had a series of tumors in her colon. She underwent surgery and started chemotherapy and radiation treatment again.
Genuinely in love
About a year and a half ago Franco proposed to Fragoso.
"I told her we were meant for each other," he said.
He wasn't prompted to pop the question because of her illness, Franco said. "I'm genuinely in love with her, she's a good woman," he said. "It's hard to find a woman like that nowadays."
Fragoso is a woman who cares about her family, Franco's family and the people and others she meets. She is a woman of faith who has helped Franco become a better person and a better parent, he said.
Through Franco, Fragoso said, she has developed a relationship with God, improved her relationship with her father and learned there are times she must accept she can't handle problems alone and should let others help her. That isn't all he's done.
"He has brought this joy that a lot of my family wouldn't see in me before," Fragoso said.
Together "I believe we became better people for each other, for ourselves and for our families," she said.
Fragoso accepted Franco's proposal but no wedding date was set. She wanted to get through treatment first.
Reluctant – at first
Several weeks ago Fragoso was at a drug store in Baldwin Park where she met Lisa Lopez-Lozano, the store's manager, and they first began talking about a type of T-shirt sold at the store. The conversation eventually turned to Fragoso's health, said Lopez-Lozano, who is a cancer survivor and is involved in the Relay for Life of Pomona.
The women talked about their health and about relationships with their partners, which led to talking about marriage.
Lopez-Lozano said at one point in the conversation Fragoso seemed reluctant to marry because of her illness, but she explained that Franco seemed to genuinely care about her and came up with a suggestion.
"I said why don't you get married at the Relay," Lopez-Lozano said.
About a month later, Fragoso came into the store and the two women started talking again.
Fragoso said she brought the idea to Franco and he said yes, Lopez-Lozano said.
Lopez-Lozano began working on the wedding.
"When I brought it to the committee, the committee was all for it," she said.
That led to Relay organizers and participants taking up various responsibilities that were part of organizing a wedding, including buying a wedding dress, a cake and flowers.
Having someone exchange vows at a Relay for Life is not unheard of, but it's not a regular event either, said Katie Row, spokeswoman with the American Cancer Society.
The relays, important for raising money that goes to research and other local services, serve to bring cancer survivors, families and others together, Row said.
"It's such a place for community," she said.
They are events where people, who often attend year after year, share their experiences, see how people are doing and share a message of hope, Row said.
In between the women's conversations Fragoso and Franco learned the cancer was advancing.
During a visit to her doctor, her physician, his wife and the nurses on his staff gathered around her to break the news, Fragoso recalled.
"They were crying and I said it's OK," she said.
They've been through so much working with her and other cancer patients, Fragoso said.
For about the last year, there have been times when it seemed she was winning and the cancer was on the losing end, but every time the disease made advances, she said.
Franco said after getting the news he spoke with Fragoso.
"At the end of the day it's God's call," he recalls telling her. "It (isn't) time to give up. It's time to fight harder."
A larger meaning
Fragoso has faith.
"I know God is going to heal me."
The support of family, friends and even strangers helps her continue on her journey, she said.
That's part of what makes the wedding so special to her.
Fragoso sees the wedding as a chance to raise awareness among family, friends and even those she doesn't know of the importance of maintaining a healthy diet, of having regular check-ups and being screened for conditions such as cancer.
The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of activity.
On Wednesday, Fragoso picked up her wedding dress which was purchased by members of the Happily Ever After relay team headed by Tiffany Ramos of Montclair.
During a committee meeting, "Lisa told us her story and it touched my heart," Ramos said.
Fragoso's story stuck with her and she spoke with Relay organizers and decided to purchase the bride's dress.
The team, which consists of more than a dozen family and friends of Ramos, had to raise money to purchase special outfits for the Relay but the money was used to purchase Fragoso's dress, she said.
Pomona resident Virginia Madrigal, who is also participating in the Relay, has been involved in working with the Sheraton Fairplex Hotel and Conference Center to have a one-night stay free of charge for the couple.
The wedding sends a message to people in general, not just those dealing with cancer, Madrigal said.
"It shows there is hope," she said, adding that patients and their families shouldn't give up.
Sometimes it can appear a situation has no hope, but miracles happen, Madrigal said.
Plus there's another message.
"Try to live your life to the fullest," she said.


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"The NRF should focus its attention on responding to the harm that security breaches at several retailers have done to consumers and their financial institutions rather than hurling false allegations blaming the banking industry for these retail breaches," ICBA President and CEO Camden Fine said. "Retailers and their processors—not banks—are responsible for the systems in their stores that process payment cards. ICBA hopes that the massive retail security breaches at Target /quotes/zigman/253872/delayed /quotes/nls/tgt TGT , Neiman Marcus and others will spur retailers to adopt security solutions going forward."
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Judges to face Daniel Webster College Wednesday
The Brandeis University softball team, coming off a 23-16 regular season, has earned the top seed in the 2012 Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III New England tournament. The Judges will take on eighth-seeded Daniel Webster College, with a record of 23-19, on Wednesday, May 9, at 4 p.m.
Brandeis, ranked No. 5 in the most recent NCAA Regional poll, earns the top seed in the ECAC tournament for the third time in the past five years. The Judges won the title in 2008 and were runners-up in 2009 and 2011, making an NCAA tournament appearance in 2010. Brandeis finished in a tie for fourth place in the University Athletic Association, which sent three squads to the NCAA tournament.
Under sixth-year head coach Jessica Johnson, the Judges are led by a strong senior class. They include first-team All-UAA 1B Marianne Specker (.414 batting average, 39 runs batted in, 2 home runs) and second-team selections Brittany Grimm (.424 BA, 34 RBI, 7 HR) at shortstop and Lauren Porcaro (.331 BA, 32 RBI, 8 HR) in center field. Right fielder Amanda Genovese (.385 BA) was named the UAA Rookie of the Year. Senior Caroline Miller led the Judges in the circle with a 13-7 record and 135 strikeouts, the second-highest single-season total in school history.
Daniel Webster is making its first ECAC tournament appearance after setting a school record with 23 wins. The Eagles finished third in the New England Collegiate Conference and reached their first-ever conference title game, falling to Lesley University. First-year head coach Danielle DelPont was named NECC Coach of the Year after guiding DWC to a seven-game turnaround in league play, while junior CF Chelsey Crawford was a first-team All-Conference selection after hitting .375 with 32 RBI on the season.
The teams had two common opponents this year, Lesley and Framingham State. Brandeis went 3-0 against those squads, while DWC was 0-4. The Judges are 3-1 against the ECAC field, having swept Endicott and split with Worcester State, while the Eagles did not face any other teams in the field.
The rest of the ECAC tournament first round sees No. 2 Salve Regina taking on No. 7 Simmons; No. 3 Endicott playing No. 6 Worcester State; and No. 4 Plymouth State facing No. 5 Rivier. The four first-round winners will meet for a double-elimination tournament at the site of the highest remaining seed on Saturday and Sunday.
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Eighteen months ago, Joel Embiid had never played basketball.
He was in his native Cameroon, and despite standing over 7-feet tall, Embiid and basketball were never a match.
Fast-forward to this summer, and Embiid (No. 34 in the video above) has emerged as one of the most talked-about big men on the recruiting landscape.
"He's got untapped potential, when he figures it all out," one Division I assistant coach said. "In two years, he's going to be really good for somebody."
He's 7-1, knows how to run the floor and is already effective on the defensive end. Embiid's offensive game isn't there yet, but his ceiling is what has colleges intrigued.
"He's a high-major kid," said an assistant coach who has watched Embiid multiple times. "He has lots of upside, good timing, good hands."
Embiid began playing at one of Luc Richard Mbah a Moute's basketball camps in Cameroon. Mbah a Moute, a fellow Cameroon native who is now playing with the Milwaukee Bucks, found Embiid and encouraged him to attend Montverde Academy (Fla.), where he attended high school.
In November, Embiid came over from Africa to Montverde, where he played under legendary high school coach Kevin Boyle for five months.
"We didn't cover a lot of things, but he helped me a lot," Embiid said of Boyle. "Coach Kevin Boyle loves me, he helps me."
Because he was playing behind Clemson signee Landry Nnoko -- another Cameroon native -- at Montverde, Embiid played sparingly during the regular season. People who attended practices immediately noticed his aggressiveness and rapid improvement; Embiid simply needed more playing time. He did show flashes at the National High School Invitational in March, but it was his performance on the AAU circuit that truly opened some eyes.
At the Adidas Invitational in Indianapolis in July, there were nonstop whispers about the big man for Florida Elite -- no, not Chris Walker -- and why very few people had seen him play or even heard of him.
When one of his games ended, a media hoard swarmed around Embiid -- and this was after a fairly unproductive game. The intrigue with the big man does not come with consistent points and rebounds at this point in his development; everyone is curious about what Embiid looks like down the road, a couple of years from now.
For someone who has only been playing for a year and a half, Embiid knows how to operate in the post, in terms of getting position and turning to the basket. While some might see that as effective training, Embiid is actually self-taught when it comes to back-to-the-basket moves.
"He learned his foot skills by watching videotapes of Hakeem Olajuwon," said Jeff Simmons, Embiid's AAU coach with Florida Elite. "He taught himself. His footwork is outstanding."
More importantly, Embiid is interested in working on his game and continuing to get better. He pointed out that he is solid in the post, but can certainly improve his post moves. Embiid also said that he wants to expand his offensive game to include more perimeter skills.
"I can play center now," Embiid said. "But I want to be a forward."
Simmons said the basketball transformation Embiid has undergone since he first saw Embiid play is like night and day. He said Embiid was understandably raw in the early stages, and while he still is not refined, he's slowly getting there.
"He's still learning the sport," Simmons said.
Florida and UCLA were both on Embiid early, and he took a trip to Gainesville in early March. His connection with the Bruins lies with Mbah a Moute, who is close with Embiid and attended UCLA before being drafted by the Bucks.
Louisville, Virginia, Texas and Georgia Tech are also expressing interest, while Embiid mentioned that he received letters from Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Florida, DePaul, VCU, Temple and Butler.
The scary part is that the heavy interest from colleges will only increase as more and more coaches see him throughout his high school season (which, according to sources, is not likely to be at Montverde).
"He's special," Simmons said. "He's going to be good."
If Embiid's development over the past 18 months is any indication, that could be an understatement.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 21, 2013) – The ETSU baseball team wraps up its seven-game homestand this weekend as the Bucs host BIG EAST foe Seton Hall in a three-game series, beginning Friday afternoon at 3:05 from Thomas Stadium.
The series continues Saturday and Sunday with game times set for 1:05 p.m., each day.
The Bucs saved their best for last as ETSU scored five unanswered runs to rally past Wofford, 12-10, on Tuesday afternoon at Thomas Stadium. The Blue and Gold pounded out a season-high 15 hits and received a clutch two-out RBI triple by Andrew Green (Powell, Tenn.) to give ETSU the lead in the eighth, while juniors Will Chesney (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Clinton Freeman (Jonesborough, Tenn.) combined for 3.2 scoreless innings pitched out of the bullpen. Chesney earned the win after holding the Terriers to four hits in 2.2 innings, while Freeman picked up his second straight save. Green was one of three Bucs to record a multi-hit game as he, Mason Hershey (Altoona, Pa.) and Dylan Tritsch (Boca Raton, Fla.) all provided ETSU with 3-hit efforts.
- Seton Hall took on No. 1 North Carolina last weekend in Chapel Hill. The Pirates went toe-to-toe with the Tar Heels in the opener as Jon Prosinski allowed one run on three hits in seven innings of work, but he was outdone as North Carolina's Kent Emanuel tossed a shutout. After having Saturday's game cancelled, the Tar Heels defeated the Pirates, 17-2, on Sunday.
- The Pirates – who made the 2011 NCAA Regional – were picked to finish sixth in the BIG EAST in 2013, while Prosinksi was tabbed BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year. The senior right-hander went 9-3 with a 3.52 ERA (37 ER/94.2 IP) and tossed two shutouts in 2012. Prosinksi also struck out 73 batters and allowed 19 walks, along with not allowing a home run. In total, Prosinksi hasn't allowed a home run since 2010, a span of over 189.0 IP.
- At the plate, the Pirates return seven of their top eight hitters from 2012, including senior infielder Giuseppe Papaccio – who led the team in hits (64), doubles (14), and RBIs (36) last season.
- Last season, Seton Hall went 34-24, 17-10 in the BIG EAST and tied for third with South Florida. The Pirates return 24 letterwinners from last season's club.
- Friday – RHP Kerry Doane (0-0, 1.50 ERA) vs. RHP Jon Prosinski (0-1, 1.29 ERA)
- Saturday – RHP Griffin Krieg (1-0, 3.60 ERA) vs. LHP Anthony Elia (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
- Sunday – RHP Jimmy Nesselt (1-0, 3.86 ERA) vs. TBA
- The Bucs and Pirates have played three previous times, with Seton Hall taking all three games back in 1985.
- Live stats will be available for all three games via StatBroadcast by visiting ETSUBucs.com. Fans can access live stats on their computers, mobile devices or tablets.
- Live updates will also be posted on Twitter by following @ETSUAthletics.
Single game tickets to ETSU baseball games are $10 for seats behind home plate and $5 for seats along the baselines. Tickets can be purchased at the stadium, online at ETSUBucs.com, or by calling (423) 439-3878.
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There are many free lists of scholarships available. Check with the Financial Aid Office or the library before you decide to pay someone to do the work for you.
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The Saint Michael's College Archives Department is located in the Durick Library. It is the designated repository for official records of Saint Michael's College. The Department also serves as the official repository for records from the Society of Saint Edmund.
The Saint Michael's College Archives was established in 1972. The collection includes official records and manuscripts, publications, administrative papers, audiovisual recordings, microfilm, and photographs relating to the history of the College.
The Society of Saint Edmund Archives was established in 1974. In 1995, the collection was transferred to Durick Library, where it is administered as an independent collection in the Archives Department. The Society of Saint Edmund Archives includes official records from the Generalate and from both current and former apostolates of the society, as well as manuscript materials from individual members of the Society. The collection also includes photographs and artifacts.
The Archives Department is currently open by appointment only. (You may chance upon us while we are here, but we ask that you please make an appointment to use the collections.) Please make an appointment here. (If you would like to plan to spend more than 1 hour, please make a second appointment. If the available times do not work with your schedule, email Archivist Elizabeth Scott or call 802.654.2540.
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Ash's 30 Tauros are a herd of Tauros that were captured by Ash in the Kanto Safari Zone.
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Ash spent a lot of time in the Safari Zone in The Legend of Dratini, attempting to catch as many Pokémon as he possibly could. However, all he managed to catch were 30 Tauros, as they always ran in front of his Poké Balls when he tried to catch another Pokémon. All 30 were sent to Professor Oak's lab.
Since Ash captured the Tauros in a banned episode, it led to some confusion from viewers as they wondered how and when Ash had obtained these Tauros. The anime only mentions the events of the banned episode once, in IL065: Showdown at the Po-ké Corral, where Oak mentions that Ash captured the thirty Tauros in the Safari Zone, with out giving the details on how he captured them.
The herd are mainly seen to be stampeding. Mostly, this occurs in the wide open space at the lab. Their stampeding has been put into good effect, as they woke up Ash's Snorlax when the Professor needed it. However, their stampeding has also damaged properties, like when Ash first returned to Pallet Town when they stampeded through a fence and when they stampeded through the lab, leaving a huge hole in the wall.
Ash decided to use one of the Tauros in his battle against Drake, in Hello, Pummelo! and Enter the Dragonite. Initially, he was confused by Gengar'sConfuse Ray and had to be recalled. Tauros was then sent out to battle Drake'sVenusaur, which he defeated by himself. He then went on to weaken Dragonite before being defeated.
Ash used Tauros as part of a Tauros-battle tournament in Tricks of the Trade, which he went on to win. Tauros was also used against Gary in Can't Beat the Heat!, where he was defeated by Gary's Nidoqueen.
Upon Ash's return to Pallet Town following his adventures in Hoenn, the Tauros charged towards him along with his other Pokémon. However, in their excitement, they carried Ash off and he had to be rescued by Bayleef. In Talking a Good Game and Second Time's the Charm, Ash used Tauros to battle against Salon Maiden Anabel.
Despite capturing all his Tauros in green Safari Balls, and these being seen in storage at Oak's lab, Ash always uses regular red Pokeballs when sending his Tauros into battle. It is possible he released and recaptured the one he always uses so that he knows for sure it is his best one.
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|Hello, Pummelo!
|Take Down
|Enter the Dragonite
|Horn Attack
|The Ties That Bind
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|Second Time's The Charm
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- indicates this Pokémon normally can't use this move.
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- Brock caught a Tauros at the same time that Ash caught his first Tauros. Because of this, some believe that Brock should own a Tauros, and the writers forgot about it in subsequent episodes. However, he caught him using one of Ash's Safari Balls, and therefore he is one of the thirty belonging to Ash.
- It has never been revealed whether Ash uses the same Tauros whenever one of them is transferred to him or if Professor Oak simply sends him a random one each time. However, it is likely that the one Ash uses is the leader of the herd.
- Despite them all being captured in green Safari Balls, they all have regular Poké Balls when Ash calls them into battle.
- Ash was offered a Rhyhorn in exchange for his Tauros after winning the Tauros battling competition. Ash had tried to capture a Rhyhorn in the Safari Zone, but a Tauros ran past and was captured instead. Despite this, Ash chooses to keep his Tauros.
- Tauros is Ash's only Pokémon to have used a one-hit knockout move.


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Each week, we'll ask our stable of scribes to weigh in on the three most important NBA topics of the day — and then give you a chance to step on the scale, too, in the comments below.
Week 17: Playoff-bound team in trouble | Who can stop the Heat? | Do you want Derrick Rose back at 80%?
Which playoff-bound team do you see slipping after the break?
Steve Aschburner: I'm still mourning Memphis for two trades that weren't driven by the pursuit of a championship this spring, which is what the Grizzlies were poised to do. But I'm even more alarmed by the Golden State Warriors, who returned from the break the way they went into it: losing. With their bad start and poor finish at Utah Tuesday, the Warriors have dropped six in a row and are 8-13 over the past seven weeks. They have sputtered while trying to acclimate to center Andrew Bogut's participation, the defense has been porous and, after the setback in Salt Lake City, forward David Lee cited a drip-drip-drip of small mistakes adding up to a big problem. Golden State played just well enough through the first two months to demand that it be taken seriously — so seeking its level now comes as a legit disappointment. It could have finished eighth — or (gulp) ninth — without getting folks' hopes up.
Fran Blinebury: Despite their 8-1 start in life without Rajon Rondo, I think it's going to be difficult for the Celtics aging pair of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to handle the added burden, so they could drop as far as the No. 8 spot in the East. The Celtics are just fortunate that, barring a stunning and miraculous return by Andrew Bynum in Philly, there's nobody below that can knock them out of the playoffs.
Jeff Caplan: The Bucks started their swoon pre-All-Star break and they might just slip right out of the playoffs if Philadelphia can ever get hot — or if Toronto can stay hot. However, the Bucks aren't my choice. Hellooooo Atlanta. We'll see by Thursday if Josh Smith has a new home. Even if he stays, I still say, look out below. The Hawks have the misfortune of opening the post-All-Star break season with eight road games within a brutal 12-game stretch that starts at home Wednesday against the Heat and ends March 12 at the Heat. The stretch includes a season-long six-game trip that starts on the second night of back-to-back at Milwaukee (Saturday) and includes a stop at Utah followed by a back-to-back at the Los Angeles Lakers and at mile-high Denver. The dirty dozen ends with this challenging three-pack: a back-to-back at Boston and home against Brooklyn, then three nights later at Miami. The Hawks are 29-22. Let's see where they are in 20 days.
Scott Howard-Cooper: Ask me again Thursday afternoon. For now, based on the rosters of the moment, the Grizzlies will take a dip. Not all the way out of the playoff pack, but enough of a slip in a post-Rudy Gay world. Taking a three-game winning streak into the All-Star break was a nice bit of momentum building. The three were against the Kings, the Timberwolves and the slumping Warriors, though.
John Schuhmann: Milwaukee is a prime candidate. The Bucks have a tough remaining schedule that includes nine back-to-backs (the first of which they're in the middle of). And if you look at point differential, their record is a little inflated in the first place. Of course, if they manage to trade Monta Ellis, they would become a better team (addition by subtraction) and maybe make up for the tough schedule. Also, if the Bucks do slip, I'm not sure there's another Eastern Conference team with the chops to take their place in the playoff picture. If you're looking for a higher seed that could slip, I'll go with Brooklyn, who has six more road games than home games remaining and a league-high 10 post-break back-to-backs.
Sekou Smith: Depending on what transpires between now and 3 p.m. Thursday, I could see the Atlanta Hawks struggling to the finish line if they do indeed trade Josh Smith. I don't see a Celtics-like surge coming from the Hawks if they lose their best player (to trade this time and not to injury, as Boston did with Rajon Rondo). The Hawks already have fragile chemistry and the fact that 85 percent of the roster (and the coaching staff) will be finishing up their contracts at the end of this season doesn't bode well for some miraculous finish. If you're going into rebuild mode this summer, and everyone in the locker room knows it, where is the incentive to claw your way to the finish?


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Because most babies in the NICU are too small or sick to take full milk feedings, medicines, and fluids are often given through their veins or arteries. Babies may also need frequent lab tests and measurements of blood oxygen levels. There are several ways a baby may receive fluids and medicines and have blood drawn without additional needle sticks. These include the following:
Intravenous line (IV). Babies may have an IV placed in a hand, foot, or scalp, where veins are easily accessed. Tubing connects the IV to a bag containing fluids that are carefully delivered with a pump.
Umbilical catheter (UVC or UAC). After the umbilical cord is cut at birth, newborn babies have the short stumps of the cord remaining. Because the umbilical cord stump is still connected to their blood and circulatory system, a catheter (small flexible tube) can be inserted into 1 of the 2 arteries or the vein of the umbilical cord. Medicines, fluids, and blood can be given through this catheter. Sometimes blood may be drawn from it as well. After placement of the umbilical catheter, X-rays are taken to check the location in the baby's body.
Percutaneous line. A catheter is placed in a deep vein or artery in the baby's arm or leg. It is used for meeting a baby's longer-term needs than an IV in the hand or scalp.
A baby may need IV lines or catheters for just a short time or for many days. Once a baby is well enough to take milk feedings and is gaining weight, IV lines can often be removed. Sometimes, an IV may be needed for giving a baby antibiotics or other medicine even when the baby can be fed normally.
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"Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, 'Let us go back and visit the brothers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.'" (Acts 15:36 NIV)
I sat there quietly, deep in my thoughts. Alone in my thoughts. Alone in the midst of a crowd, all seated, all in their own thoughts. Time disappeared, seemed not to matter, not to exist. "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound..." Forming a background, then gaining in intensity. The crowd united in chorus, me still deep in my thoughts. That song usually ended these gatherings, this time, beginning. "When we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise..."
How great it'd be to talk to Cindy one more time.
As everyone knows real-estate has been reeling with problems lately. Property values have dropped significantly, making foreclosures for many homeowners immanent. Home foreclosures in fact are at an all time high.
Well, there is more to impending foreclosures than meets-the-eye. Devalued property values are not the only problem. Rapidly rising fuel costs and layoffs have added to and made the situation even worse. For those who made variable interest rate mortgages, that doesn't help, either.
Remember back in the late 80s and the early 90s when buying a computer got you almost as much weight in paper (manuals) as in the hardware? If you have purchased a computer recently you might have noticed the absence of all that paper. And what about those "recovery" CDs? You never see them any more either!
As early as 1997, when you bought a computer you got a reasonable amount of manuals, enough information to get you started with most of your programs. But the "recovery" CDs were missing. As I recall, HP/Compaq were right at the forefront of this change.
"Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink." (Matthew 27:48 NIV)
You never know when you may be reminded of some great and inspirational truth contained in the Word of God about our precious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Just the other day, while Galina and I were making a house call here in town, we ran into a person who told about their unique occupation of working on a sponge boat.
I watched with interest the truck drivers in England who protested the high price of diesel fuel in front of Parliament last week. They were complaining about the eight dollars a gallon they were paying to keep their trucks running. And we thought diesel fuel was high in this country.
European gasoline is nearly as expensive, too, making their gas prices more than double what we are paying.
Interesting that the Euro-dollar is worth more than the American dollar, which means they are paying nearly three times what we are paying for fuel, and we're complaining?
Now that I've covered trip planning through road service providers, Internet trip planning services and software, there is another solution to your trip-planning dilemma.
Some of the GPS manufacturers, Garmin among them, ship certain models of their units with software that allows the user to plan the trip on the computer and upload to route to the GPS for later use. Some of these GPS receivers can store 50 or more routes with 500 waypoints!
We can all learn some very valuable lessons from young anglers. I took two young and energetic anglers fishing last week and they reminded me of some very important parts of fishing.
Lesson one: Every cast is exciting. This is a great sport and when you are positive, every cast has the potential to be the one that catches the trophy, even the last cast of the day. Just chunk it on out there and keep your eyes glued to the bobber and eventually it will go down. Then reel like there is no tomorrow. It's great fun.
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." (Matthew 6:19-21 NIV)
A few people I work with are computer illiterate. That's not a good thing because the work we do requires using computers almost exclusively.
Now days most everything is Microsoft. The world seems to evolve around Microsoft software programs, with the standard being Microsoft Office.
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Black-and-white home decor is one of this year's biggest home trends. This color combination is a classic for a reason. Not only does it work with a variety of patterns, but it goes with almost every interior design style. Whether you're looking for big or small ways to incorporate this trend into your home, these black-and-white home decor ideas will get you started.


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Production of the Mustang started in Dearborn, Michigan on March 9, 1964 and the vehicle was presented to the general public on April 17, 1964 at the New york city World's Fair. It is Ford's third earliest nameplate currently in production. Original sales projections predicted less than 100,000 units for the first year. This mark was surpassed in 3 months from rollout. Another 318,000 would be sold during the model year (a record), and in its first eighteen months, more than one million Mustangs were constructed.
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"My religion compels me–and I love it for it–to be against discrimination of any kind in our country, and I consider [the ban on gay marriage] a form of discrimination. I think it's unconstitutional on top of that. So I think that yesterday was a great day for America because the president in a very personal, as well as presidential way, made history, and hopefully this will bring people together on the issue."
J. Scott Applewhite
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., holds her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 10, 2012.
May 10, 2012: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on why she supports gay marriage.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Belisario missed 3 dates?
El lanzador venezolano ha perdido las tres citas que le ha otorgado la Embajada de Estados Unidos, en Caracas, para el trámite de su visa, por lo que aún no ha podido reportarse en Camelback Ranch, en Glendale, Arizona, donde su equipo tiene su sede primaveral.
(linked here)
Translation: Belisario has missed three dates with the U.S. embassy for paperwork, which is the reason he has yet to report to Camelback Ranch.
This article was published last Friday. I didn't know he had missed three dates. Has this been reported before? I was away over the weekend and did not get online much but this is news for me. I'm sorry if it has already been reported...
I was under the impression that Belisario couldn't come to the States yet because he was waiting to hear something from the embassy and that his arrest from last year had delayed his Visa application.
If he missed these dates recently then it shows that he has no priorities with this team.
Not good...
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9 comments:
- bluefanforever33 said...
It does say he missed three dates. mmmm I wonder if the Dodgers know this. I know that he had missed it before spring training but that newspaper makes it sound like it was recently and you are right, it doesn't say anything about his arrest as a factor for delaying his visa.
- March 10, 2010 at 6:11 PM
- Roberto said...
Weird stuff.
- March 10, 2010 at 6:15 PM
- johnnie b. baker said...
good stuff! wonder what's going on...
- March 11, 2010 at 12:08 AM
- El Lay Dave said...
Nice find Roberto. I hadn't seen this linked anywhere before. Even if the article doesn't mention it, I would imagine the DUI at the very least can't help.
- March 11, 2010 at 10:59 AM
- Roberto said...
Thanks guys.
- March 11, 2010 at 11:02 AM
- El Lay Dave said...
Actually, the article does mention the DUI and the "source" says this:
"That has complicated matters, because they (the Americans) are very strict with these legal issues," said the source familiar with the pitcher, ...
- March 11, 2010 at 11:09 AM
- Roberto said...
Yes I know, but they gave him other dates after this and he has missed it. It would be great if a reporter down in Camelback Ranch can ask about this report...
- March 11, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- Michael K. Smith said...
I asked my wife about this since she understands Spanish and Roberto is right. The report says he missed three dates to appear at the embassy. Yes, the DUI is slowing this but he still missed three dates. You can't defend that. I'm sorry but it just sounds like Belisario does not care. Where's Tony Jacson or Dyland Hernandez to ask about this report?
- March 11, 2010 at 12:02 PM
- El Lay Dave said...
Oh, I agree about the missed appointments. That's inexcusable, and I wasn't attempting to defend that. In fact, with the possibilities of complications obvious (guy with US arrest record trying to obtain visa to enter the US from the Venezuela of today that is run by state-department non-favorite Hugo Chavez and his increasing numbers of Cuban advisors), Belisario really shouldn't be missing ANY appointments.
- March 11, 2010 at 1:37 PM


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Karachi explosion injures 146 people
A Pakistani surgeon says the death toll from a massive car bombing in the southern port city of Karachi has jumped from 37 to 45 as more victims died overnight.
Dr. Jalil Qadir says that 146 people were also wounded in the Sunday evening explosion. At least 32 of them are still in serious condition.
The blast targeted members of the minority Shia Muslim sect who were leaving a mosque when the bomb went off.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Sunni militant groups who do not consider Shia to be true Muslims have carried out such attacks in the past.
The city shut down on Monday for a day of mourning.


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Belcher, Evans, Wiles selected Preseason All-Conference
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 7, 2009) - After making its second consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament a year ago, the ETSU women's basketball team was picked to repeat again in 2009-10, as the Atlantic Sun Preseason Polls were released on Wednesday afternoon. Meanwhile, senior leader Siarre Evans (
"It's an honor to be selected as one of the top teams in the conference, but it also puts more pressure on you as every team will be gunning for us again this season," added head ETSU women's basketball coach Karen Kemp. "Each year the A-Sun continues to get stronger, and I am looking forward to another competitive season."
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FGCU captured the top spot in both polls by a margin of six total votes - 112 to 111 in the coaches' poll and 199 to 194 by the media. The Eagles received six first-place nods in the coaches' poll, compared to the four tallies by ETSU.
Staying in the coaches' poll,
Joining Evans on the all-conference team were teammates and fellow senior leaders Latisha Belcher (
"I am very proud to see our three seniors receive all-conference honors, and have Siarre be named Preseason Player of the Year," said Kemp. "These three student-athletes have played a huge role in our recent success, and all three of these players are well-deserving of this honor."
For a full listing of the A-Sun Preseason Polls and All-Conference selections, click on the link above.
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This was a nice, easy throw-together recipe. We had it for our tea but it would make a lovely lunch or a nice nibble with drinks. Smoked salmon, cucumber, capers, cornichons and dill mixed with a lemony soured cream and then piled onto crispbreads. Funnily enough, we happened to have a couple of packets of crispbreads from Ikea in the kitchen and these worked very well.
He opened it randomly and did indeed get a recipe he hasn't yet tried - Broad Bean and Dill Pilav.
It was served with a spiced yoghurt. We had it as main meal like that and then had the leftovers the next day as part of a cold salad selection and it was great both ways. Moro recommends serving it with lamb kibbeh. They have a recipe for this later in the book and they describe it as "an oval outer casing of ground lamb and bulgar with a stuffing of spiced lamb and pinenuts inside". Sounds good to me - something new for Steve to try? There are actually still loads of things in the book Steve hasn't tried yet. Hope next month's random recipe theme will encourage him to do more.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has whole-heartedly endorsed a new Israeli government plan to more effectively recruit both Israeli and foreign pro-Israel organizations, and in particular university campus movements, to do hasbara, Hebrew for "explanation" or, in this case, "public diplomacy."
The new plan was put together by freshman Knesset Member Dov Lipman (Yesh Atid) and the director of Netanyahu's interactive media department, Danny Seaman.
"We need a unified effort to explain why we have a legal right to be here in Israel," Lipman told the Jerusalem Post. "That is key to defeat the movements pushing to boycott, divest and sanction Israel."
Israel and its government institutions have been criticized in the past for responding too slowly on social media when it comes to national crises, especially in light of the lightning-fast media responses by the Jewish state's enemies.
By recruiting and training the pro-Israel public, both at home and abroad, to respond itself in a more effective and even official manner, Israel hopes to remedy this problem.
The plan should result in the rapid posting of stories on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube at such critical times. One focus is to quickly get out the information and angles that are systematically ignored by a mainstream international media that exercises a clear bias against the Jewish state.
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By J.D. Longstreet —— Bio and Archives--April 19, 2013
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We "deniers" have now become "debunkers!" We have known all along—and have not hesitated to tell the world—that global warning was, and remains, the worst hoax ever played on mankind.
We "deniers" have now become "debunkers!" We have known all along—and have not hesitated to tell the world—that global warning was, and remains, the worst hoax ever played on mankind.
Often focused on century-long trends, most climate models failed to predict that the temperature rise would slow, starting around 2000. Scientists are now intent on figuring out the causes and determining whether the respite will be brief or a more lasting phenomenon.
Getting this right is essential for the short and long-term planning of governments and businesses ranging from energy to construction, from agriculture to insurance. Many scientists say they expect a revival of warming in coming years.
Theories for the pause include that deep oceans have taken up more heat with the result that the surface is cooler than expected, that industrial pollution in Asia or clouds are blocking the sun, or that greenhouse gases trap less heat than previously believed.
The change may be a result of an observed decline in heat-trapping water vapor in the high atmosphere, for unknown reasons. It could be a combination of factors or some as yet unknown natural variations, scientists say."
See what I mean? They're tying themselves into knots as they attempt to cover their derrières! It is priceless!
Hey! Remember how we were told the Himalayan glaciers were melting and would soon be completely gone? Well, check this: "Some experts say their trust in climate science has declined because of the many uncertainties. The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had to correct a 2007 report that exaggerated the pace of melt of the Himalayan glaciers and wrongly said they could all vanish by 2035."
There are some environmental "experts" trying to figure out why there is now MORE sea ice in winter. Seems to me, I recall them telling us the sea ice was melting, especially at the poles. Turns out not to be correct.
Do you remember how we were told that so-called "superstorm" Sandy was a result of melting arctic ice? Oh yes, we were slammed over and over again with that bit of unfounded wisdom.
In the first place Sandy was NOT a super storm. "Superstorm" was a term made up by Mainstream Media as a scare tactic. The truth is: SANDY WAS NOT EVEN A HURRICANE WHEN IT CAME ASHORE AT ATLANTIC CITY! To be a hurricane a storm must have sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour. Sandy was so weak that the storm didn't have winds high enough to be classified as a hurricane and was therefore only a "tropical cyclone." Actually, it was LESS than that. It was, in fact, what is known by meteorologists as a "Post Tropical Cyclone." That's about as weak as a storm can can get and still be classified as some kind of cyclone.
I know, I know! Yeah, I hate to burst your bubble, but thems the facts, Jack!
Remember, there were two other weather systems that combined with what was left of Sandy to create that godawful weather event now dubbed Superstorm Sandy.
Many of us debunkers warned at the time that the "environuts" would use those combined storms as a means to spread fear of non-existent global warming. They did. Oh, how they used it.
Just remember: "Sandy was never a superstorm. There are no superstorms."
So what was Global Warming all about, anyway? Well, former Czech President Václav Klaus said this: "This ideology preaches earth and nature and under the slogans of their protection – similarly to the old Marxists – wants to replace the free and spontaneous evolution of mankind by a sort of central, now global, planning of the whole world"
Global governance. A one world government. To be more precise: A one-world SOCIALIST government.
Let's face it: The socialist movement is relentless. If you ever wondered where all those communist and socialist went when the old Soviet Union collapsed—look no farther than the environmental movement—the Global Warming crowd.
So now we can expect another campaign to shut up those of us who are, in fact, debunkers. But it won't work. See, facts are stubborn things. They won't go away. And most importantly, truth has no agenda. Truth IS—period.
It is the truth we are interested in spreading. Nothing more.
© J. D. Longstreet
(Editor's note: J.D. Longstreet passed away in 2014. He will be greatly missed.)
Longstreet is a conservative Southern American (A native sandlapper and an adopted Tar Heel) with a deep passion for the history, heritage, and culture of the southern states of America. At the same time he is a deeply loyal American believing strongly in "America First".
He is a thirty-year veteran of the broadcasting business, as an "in the field" and "on-air" news reporter (contributing to radio, TV, and newspapers) and a conservative broadcast commentator.
Longstreet is a veteran of the US Army and US Army Reserve. He is a member of the American Legion and the Sons of Confederate Veterans. A lifelong Christian, Longstreet subscribes to "old Lutheranism" to express and exercise his faith.


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28 October 2011
Wanted: Your Ideas for Key PL/SQL Enhancements
It's always great to catch up not just with Bryn Llewellyn, the PL/SQL Product Manager, but also some of the developers themselves (those very special human beings who actually build the programming language at the center of so many of our lives). They'll interrogate me to get a sense of what developers are doing (and not doing) with PL/SQL out there in the "real world." And I'll find out whatever I can about new features in the upcoming release of the language (in this case, 12.1).
I usually take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to also tell them about what I'd love to see added to (or fixed in) PL/SQL. Of course, my ideas are limited to my own experience. So I thought I would ask all of you for your ideas.
What changes in PL/SQL would make the biggest difference for you and your applications?
You can reply to this newsletter/blog with your thoughts. You can also visit ILovePLSQLAnd.net to vote on a set of enhancement ideas, and even submit your own for consideration.
I'll pull together all the ideas I receive and present them to the PL/SQL team. But I must warn you: I don't expect to come out of this meeting with a list of confirmed enhancements planned for future PL/SQLs. That simply isn't the way Oracle plays the game. Instead, you'll just have to hold your breath until some future version of Oracle Database delivers the enhancement you requested.
Thanks in advance for your input!
3 comments:
- Anonymous02 November, 2011 10:10
Hello Steven,ReplyDelete
I have already submittet a few topics to your ILovePLSQLAnd.net site.
In my eyes the most important topics are:
- BULK COLLECT non-sequentially into collections
- Get COUNT of elements in subset of collection
- Show package's subprogram name in call stack and backtrace (which shouldn't be so difficult if PLSCOPE_SETTINGS is set to "IDENTIFIERS:ALL")
And nice to have would be:
- Improve SAVE EXCEPTIONS in FORALL
- Pass exceptions as arguments
- Support definition of private attributes and methods in Object Types
- Better Access to New/Old Data In Triggers
Greetings, Niels
- Anonymous02 November, 2011 18:54
Hello Steven, All,ReplyDelete
Just to continue what Niels already has written above, a natural request that I have already seen in other places as well is to add access in the DML triggers to :OLD.ROW and :NEW.ROW record variables defined implicitly as having type MyTable%ROWTYPE, thus allowing them to be passed as one single actual parameter to other subprograms.
Once the "SET ROW = ..." update syntax and the INSERT of entire records became supported,
adding the :OLD.ROW and :NEW.ROW records is just the natural counterpart of these.
Thanks & Best Regards,
Iudith Mentzel
- Anonymous03 November, 2011 15:32
Another issue that would be very useful is having the possibility to specify the starting row when using BULK COLLECT INTO (without the need to use "Row_Number() OVER ()" or primary-key-filtering to do it manually).ReplyDelete
This would especially be very useful for web-programming, for example if you want to display a maximum of 50 records starting from row 1001 in a table you should be able to easily say:
SELECT fields,...
BULK COLLECT INTO tblData
Greetings, Niels


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Polar plunges raise cold hard cash for charity
WESTPORT -- It was so cold at Compo Beach New Year's Day even the dogs out for a walk wore coats on top of their coats.
Mark Meyer, on the other hand, stood around in wet swim trunks, air-drying his body even as other swimmers who greeted 2013 with a dip in icy Long Island Sound trembled beneath towels and robes.
"It's like an ice-pack therapy," said Meyer, a town resident accustomed to working outdoors during the winter on irrigation and tree projects. "To most people this is brutal, but I'm conditioned to it ... Three years ago, I'd be hard-pressed to talk to you without shivering."
Two separate groups of daredevils gathered at Compo Beach Tuesday morning for the annual polar plunges that raise money for area charities.
Team Mossman Triathlon Club kicked off the festivities at 10 a.m. Upward of 50 swimmers jumped into the frigid water to help raise $3,000 for Westport-based Save the Children.
Organizer Robin Myers of Southport said this was the coldest plunge in the event's 10-year history with the water temperature a chilly 44 degrees.
"With the air outside and the water, it's very cold," Myers said.
Sarra Kennedy of Fairfield only decided Monday to participate.
"I was at work yesterday and thinking about the new year and I wanted to leave so much behind and get a fresh start," Kennedy said. "I'm really happy I did it."
Melissa Pavloff of Monroe and her daughters, 12-year-old Michelle and 10-year-old Allison, spent 2012 working up the courage to participate in a New Year's dip.
And when mom thought the experience passed too quickly, her daughters jumped in a second time to help her extend the moment.
"I still can't feel my toes," Michelle Pavloff said.
Melissa Pavloff said particularly in light of the Newtown tragedy, she thought it was appropriate to help raise money for Save the Children.
"With everything that just went on locally, it felt like the right time to kick off the new year in a positive way," she said.
Meyer was among 30 swimmers who ran into the water at 11 a.m. to raise nearly $34,000 for United Cerebral Palsy of New York. This was the sixth annual plunge organized by Temple Israel of Westport.
"This is near and dear to my heart," said Scott Rutsky of Weston, a temple member and event organizer, as he prepared for the swim. "I sit on the board of UCP of New York and my brother is severely disabled."
It was the first polar plunge for Marshall Greenspan, 73, and his son, Mannie Greenspan, 44, of Fairfield.
"We were going to do it last year but I overslept," Mannie Greenspan said as the pair stripped to their bathing suits.
Marshall Greenspan said a cold water swim was on his "bucket list" and he made the most of it, lingering in the Sound longer than most of the others.
"Oh my God, this is insane," muttered one woman watching from the shore.
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Most perfume bottles, even those not designed by famous artists, can be seen as works of art, for they often have beautiful, aesthetic, and unique designs.
Since 1946 The Dior Perfumery has been developing the art of the perfumer.
Not only do I like this strongly seductive, mild, and romantic scent, I also like this transparent flask with a glass ribbon below the top. How beautiful this perfume bottle is!!
My grandpa arrived in New York, NY from Belgium just over 60 years ago. Perhaps it was romance that got the better of him, but even before he met my grandma, he had decided to stay.
He told me he thought New York had all the good things that his native Brussels was busy losing.
I've been to New York twice, but there never seems to be enough time to explore and see the sights you like when you visit a city. I'm more than ever determined to get there as soon as possible.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Israeli officials were incredulous on Sunday that the Obama White House had once again spilled the beans about a discrete Israeli military operation in Syira.
Last Wednesday, a military base on Syria's Mediterranean coast that was housing advanced missile systems was destroyed in a sudden attack from the sea.
A day later, an unnamed American official casually revealed to CNN that Israel had indeed been behind the attack, and that the target had been missiles earmarked for delivery to Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorist militia.
The leak "came directly from the White House," reported Israel's Channel 2 News, which noted this was not the first time the Obama Administration had "outed" secretive Israeli military actions.
Such behavior was "scandalous," especially coming from Israel's top ally, an infuriated Israeli official told Channel 10 News.
Experts debating the issue on Israeli television over the weekend said it was nothing short of puzzling why Washington was allowing such dangerous leaks.
They explained that American officials were doing grave harm to Israeli national security and actually moving the region much closer to full-scale war.
Said one expert on a Channel 2 News panel:
"By exposing that Israel is behind the attacks, the US is bringing us nearer to the day in which [Syrian president Bashar] Assad will no longer be able to swallow these provocations, and he will have to respond, and if he responds then Israel will probably have to respond in kind, and then maybe, in the White House, people will clap their hands, because they have started a very large fire here."
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Fairfield men's game day: Wednesday vs. UW-Milwaukee
UW-Milwaukee at Fairfield men
WHEN: Tonight, 7
WHERE: Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport
RECORDS: UW 3-7, Fairfield 5-5
LINE: Fairfield by 11 1/2
SKINNY: Panthers coming off a 84-50 loss at DePaul. ... Paris Gulley, who missed the first six games with a hand injury, leads UW with 18.8 points a game. Jordan Aaron is second at 15.5 points. ... Stags won at Rider 65-52 for their first MAAC win as Maurice Barrow collected 13 points and 10 rebounds. ... Freshmen Marcus Gilbert and Amadou Sidibe each started . Gilbert contributed eight points and four rebounds in 21 minutes. Sidibe added two points and six rebounds despite playing with foul trouble for most of the game. A third freshman, Justin Jenkins, enjoyed his best game as a Stag with seven points and three steals in eight minutes.
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Bill Ryder-Jones | DS056 | Released: 25/09/11
With A Leave Taking Soundtrack Bill Ryder-Jones has made a great leap into the field of orchestral music and landed firmly with an exquisite work that's impossible to listen to without feeling that something, whether it's hopeful sadness, joy or its own sheer beauty.
The EP lays out grand orchestral movements side by side with stark, emotionally delicate pieces that weave a bleak but beautifully visceral aural narrative that will appeal to fans of Max Richter and Hauschka.
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- 01. Nothing Ever Changes
- 02. A Taking Leave
- 03. Moel Famau
- 04. Glennon's Theme
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