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EAU CLAIRE — A University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire forensics student was one of two Wisconsin representatives who traveled to the 137th annual Interstate Oratory Contest April 22-25 in Norman, Okla.
Senior Nick Miller, Hales Corners, advanced to semifinals and then finals, and was named the 2010 Interstate Oratory Champion.
"Nick performed beautifully his oration on creating a national grid before the five lay judges brought in just to judge that final round," said UW-Eau Claire forensics director Karen Morris.
The IOC is the oldest intercollegiate forensics competition in existence. Miller joins a prestigious list of UW-Eau Claire alumni who have won the oratory contest since 1948. He is the eighth UW-Eau Claire competitor to win the title.
"What an amazing way to finally end not only the UW-Eau Claire forensics season, but also Nick Miller's forensics career!" Morris said.
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The leaking of an email about Mayor Hazel McCallion's 90th birthday gala may be emblematic of "a serious systemic problem for the city," Mississauga's integrity watchdog says.
In a 33-page report distributed to councillors, newly installed integrity commissioner George Rust-D'Eye concluded one of two memos on the topic was confidential and should not have been shared with the media.
"[This] constituted a clear breach of confidentiality and breach of trust owed by the city to members of its staff, bordering on contempt," Mr. Rust-D'Eye wrote in his report, a copy of which was obtained by the National Post.
The integrity commissioner could not pinpoint the source of the leaks, and has asked council for direction on whether to continue his investigation.
Mr. Rust-D'Eye's findings come more than a week after the Post exclusively obtained two internal memos outlining a questionable proposal for taxpayer funds. The first detailed the city's offer to send councillors and senior staffers to the Mayor's birthday gala on the city's dime, at a potential cost of nearly $12,000. City manager Janice Baker retracted the offer in a second memo, citing the media frenzy that had ensued.
Mr. Rust-D'Eye was tasked with investigating after councillors allied with Ms. McCallion expressed outrage at the leaks. In his report, while acknowledging the gala tickets issue was a matter of public importance, the integrity commissioner maintained Ms. Baker's second email — including a boilerplate sentence stating it could not be forwarded "without express written permission of the author" — should have been treated as confidential.
"It was marked in at least two different places… that it was of confidential nature," Mr. Rust-D'Eye said in an interview, noting there would have been a "reasonable expectation" of privacy.
While the source of the leaks remained unclear, Mr. Rust-D'Eye said, "whatever it is, it has to be stopped."
Councillor Sue McFadden believes the integrity commissioner's probe should cease with this report.
"The leak is not the issue," said Ms. McFadden, part of a five-member opposition faction that has expressed concern about council's fixation on the leaks over questionable city spending practices.
"Please, let's get on with working together as a team, rather than trying to get one up on each other," Ms. McFadden said. "They are acting like kids in the schoolyard."
McCallion ally Councillor Pat Saito said she planned to provide feedback to the integrity commissioner on his report, but in the meantime declined to comment on whether she felt he should continue investigating.
Mr. Rust-D'Eye's probe was an alternative to Councillor Katie Mahoney's initial call for full electronic searches of city computers, cellphones and fax machines to pinpoint the leak source. Privacy experts scoffed at that idea, calling it heavy-handed. Yet several councillors have also expressed opposition to the integrity commissioner's investigation and associated costs, with Mr. Rust-D'Eye earning in excess of $600 an hour.
So far, close to 80% of the 1,000 available tickets have been sold for Ms. McCallion's February birthday gala, which is raising funds for Sheridan College. A number of councillors have indicated they will not be attending.
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - I had the great pleasure of first meeting Clarence Carnal in November 2008, just before he was to perform for the first time at the Grand Junction Cowboy Poetry Gathering at the age of 99.
He blew the audience away that year with his wit and ability to recite long, long poems by memory in front of a crowd.
Carnal said he'd always liked poetry but didn't start reciting aloud until he was 92, after he could no longer play his guitar or accordion due to arthritis.
Carnal told me he's memorized hundreds of poems - his wife and daughter said it's more like a 1,000.
The Museum of Western Colorado invited Carnal to perform again at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Grand Junction poetry gatherings.
In early February of this year, Carnal attended the national cowboy poetry gathering in Elko, Nev., where he recited eight poems, including works by Robert Service. He was accompanied by his daughter, Dolores Roberts, museum cultural heritage specialist Ronna Lee Sharpe, his wife Rose, of 77 years, and other relatives.
Carnal died Sunday at age 102.
"It was one of the highlights of my life getting to know Clarence and his family, and getting to go to Elko with them," Sharpe said. "He inspired everyone there, too.
"One of the other poets said he was the best reciter he ever heard."
The Elko gathering is attended by well-known cowboy poets from across the country, including Baxter Black, who made a point of introducing himself to Carnal.
Dolores Roberts introduced me to her dad a couple of years ago when she walked into the Free Press to tell me he would be performing at the cowboy gathering and that it might make a good story. That's for sure. Free Press stories about Carnal led to other groups seeking his talents.
I was at Clarence and Rose's house less than a month ago to interview him again about his trip to Elko. He put aside his crossword puzzle to talk with me, crack jokes and recite a few poems for my enjoyment. His beloved and feisty wife Rose, 96, interjected here and there.
Even "a stranger - he gives them a little poem," Rose said that day. "He recites to the grocery man, the cleaning lady, the oxygen delivery guy."
Sharpe said the museum was fortunate to be able to share his talent and spirit with the community.
"Everyone was just in awe of him," she said. "He was a gift to us all."


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Boo, Mixed Company of Yale. Booooooooooooo.
You're telling me that Donna Martin can't graduate, but these women get to continue studying at an ivy league university? Hoo-wah! Come on Dean Baraby, what kind of shit show are you running over there? This is rough stuff. About halfway through, I thought they must have run out of racial stereotypes to exploit for their hackneyed lyrics, but then they found a whole bunch more of them! Also, if they're so smart, why are they called Mixed Company of Yale? Don't the laws of terrible college acapella dictate that they should be called The Treblemakers or some garbage? The Harmonious Korines? The Self-Loathers? Better. The worst is that you can just tell that they're all going to grow up into a bunch of unhappily married (to doctors, fingers crossed) Amys Poehler from Mean Girls, you know, "cool moms." Ugh. I'll walk to school, thanks. Me hate this long time. (Via Urlesque.)
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Gabe, those aren't nice things to say about your girlfriends.
dingo | Posted on Apr 4th, 2009 -1
HATERS this is hilarious
Kelly | Posted on Mar 27th, 2009 +3
Thank you for hating this too!
RobinRubbermaid | Posted on Mar 27th, 2009 +25
"I'll taste your sauce and you can slurp my sushi."
Worst. Sexual. Innuendo. Ever.
could they not find any asian men to dance awkwardly along to their stereotypes?
Mary Mouse | Posted on Mar 27th, 2009 +8
I thought I would never get sick of "Single Ladies" youtube tribute videos. Turns out I was wrong!
The Worst
Gonzalo Cordova | Posted on Mar 27th, 2009 +5
At first I was like, "Oh, these are college students, you are being too hard on them. Everyone's dumb in college."
But then the second part came on and they started with those accents and I as like "Neverminds! This is the worst!"
I am totally offended by this, and I'm not even Asian.
west | Posted on Mar 27th, 2009 +11
MOST OFFENSIVE THING, EVER. As a white male who is in a committed relationship with a girl who is not technically Asian, I am outraged.
I want you to all realize someday when you're in the ER being looked after by a robotic resident that this is what kind of person they are when they're not wearing scrubs.
Droof | Posted on Mar 27th, 2009 +6
Thank god Gabe is here to protect the Asians from being racist towards Asians. We need more white males on sensitivity patrol.
Well, all the Anime club boys just creamed their pants
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Am I the only one who gets that this is satire?
I love that the subtitles included innappropriately placed R's, when the voices didn't.
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This comment is directed to all the liberal politically correct idiots who can't see hilarious satire this video is. Kudos to Mixed Company. Obviously they were making fun of the stereotypes they encounter. Lighten up everyone.
Kelly | Posted on Mar 27th, 2009 +9
I never said I hated it because it was offensive-it is just really stupid and has no actual humor in it!
Erin | Posted on Mar 27th, 2009 +6
I just cringed with my entire body. This was painful to watch. Are people seriously trying to defend it because it's satire? Mad TV was satire too, that doesn't make it funny.
I still think its terrifying to think that someone performing a colonoscopy on me someday might be this uncoordinated.
"Me love you long time" is where this video stopped being anything to me. It's indescribable.
operation don't watch this.
This has made me a self hating Asian American.
e | Posted on Mar 27th, 2009 +4
this isn't clever enough to be satire. sucks.
sc | Posted on Mar 27th, 2009 -2
i thought they made some valid points.
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It's understandable that this video makes people feel uncomfortable, these girls are taking Asian female stereotypes and throwing them in people's faces… but do understand that that in itself is the point. They are openly acknowledging the stereotypes and poking fun at them, which can help to take some of the power out of them.
I think the name "Harmonious Korines" makes up for this video.
as an actual single asian, i am beyond offended.
huh | Posted on Mar 29th, 2009 -3
jeez, for a bunch of people who are so "offended," i'm surprised y'all jumped so quickly to the conclusion that they're all pre-meds. now who's stereotyping?
for what it's worth, i think it's fine, nothing special, has a few funny moments. because i'm not asian, i can't really say whether this is offensive or not. apparently unlike a bunch of you, i don't get offended on behalf of other cultures, because they can defend themselves perfectly well. please.
also i went to their website and they're actually pretty good.
as a Mexican American, i'm offended.
Robert | Posted on Mar 30th, 2009 -1
OK, so I'm shocked that people are so sensitive to stuff like this. In America's effort to be ultra PC, we've lost the ability to make fun of ourselves. If you didn't find it funny, fair enough, but don't get indignant in your anger. It's a joke.
I make many lolz from this, let's get Beyonce on a remix!
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If they ever give an Academy Award to the best moviegoer of the year, I would have to be a nominee. No one enters a packed theater with more flair (or more popcorn).
"How about over here?" I ask.
I prefer aisle seats. In fact, I'm a little nutso about it. I'd rather plop down in an aisle seat up close than be hemmed in farther back.
My date, on the other hand, would climb over 20 people to secure two seats in the middle of the theater. Personally, I hate climbing over strangers. I fall in love too easily. To have me climbing over strangers is to invite heartache and restraining orders.
"How about that spot down there?" I say, pointing to the third row.
"How about in there?" says my date, pointing to two inside seats.
"OK," I say, and begin to climb past the other customers like a fat fullback chasing a fumble out of bounds.
"Whew," I say when we finally arrive.
"You OK?" asks Posh.
"I think I lost my pants," I say.
See, this is why I deserve an Oscar. I'm one of the few audience members willing to do nude scenes.
"It's really quiet in here," I whisper after we get settled.
"Not from where I'm sitting, it isn't," she says, giving me that glare.
I'm telling you it was creepy quiet. You know how everybody says movie audiences are rude and noisy these days? Well, not at this jam-packed Pasadena theater. In the movie's first quiet moments, there is not a peep -- no throat-clearing, no rustling of jackets. I'm pretty sure the rest of the audience has died.
Meanwhile, I crunch my popcorn self-consciously and try not to trombone the straw up and down in my drink. (I got the No. 2 combo, a half-keg of Coke and an acre bag of popcorn. Dropped from planes, it could feed both the Carolinas.)
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China's Ye Shiwen raises doping suspicion with 'impossible' win
BY RICK MORRISSEY Twitter: @MorrisseyCST July 31, 2012 9:00AM
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LONDON – On Monday, China's Ye Shiwen won gold in the women's 400-meter individual medley, breaking the world record by a second. She swam her final 50-meter freestyle in 28.93 seconds, which was faster than Ryan Lochte's final 50 meters (29.1 seconds).
In case there's any confusion here, Lochte is a man and the Olympic gold medalist in the 400 IM.
For those who believe a person is innocent until proven guilty, good for you. But for we skeptics, the people who have seen athletes try to beat the system over and over again, it's impossible to look at Ye's performance Monday and not suspect that something is very, very wrong.
John Leonard, the executive director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, said Ye "looks like Superwoman. Any time someone has looked like Superwoman in the history of our sport, they have later been found guilty of doping.''
He also called Ye's final 100 meters "impossible.''
Almost immediately, her Chinese supporters lashed out, saying Ye had passed more than 100 drug tests. But that's the Lance Armstrong defense, and there are plenty of people who don't believe the seven-time Tour de France winner competed clean.
I was at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta when Irish swimmer Michelle Smith blew away the field three times, winning gold in the 400-meter freestyle and the 200 and 400 IM.
Almost immediately, people associated with the sport said something didn't smell right. American star Janet Evans questioned how someone could progress so quickly, especially someone who was 26, old by swimming standards. For years, Smith had been a middling swimmer on the international scene, and here she was dominating the competition. More importantly, she was dropping her times dramatically. Before 1996, her best time in the 400 IM was 4 minutes, 58.94. In Atlanta, she swam 4:39.18.
It was a chaotic scene after each of her races, with friends and family angrily defending her and Smith herself denying she had ever used performance-enhancing drugs.
Four years later, I was in Kells, County Kilkenny, Ireland, trying to track down Smith, who had been exposed as a drug cheat. After being unable to locate her again and again, FINA, swimming's governing body, finally tested her and eventually banned her from competition for tampering with her urine sample. Three successive tests found a banned substance.
I never did talk with Smith, who wouldn't answer her door or return phone messages. The question now is whether we have found someone to take her place.
There are differences in the two cases. Smith was 26, and her best swimming should have been behind her by the Atlanta Games. Ye is 16. But her record time Monday was five seconds faster than her previous best. She denied she had taken any drugs, saying her results came from "hard work and training.''
The sad part of this sport and others is that we know athletes find new drugs to beat the testers. We also know that WADA keeps drug samples for eight years and can find previously undetected drugs as they come to light. Ye very well could be clean. Or we might learn years from now that she wasn't. That's swimming, where the water is always murky.
Colin Moynihan, chairman of the British Olympic Association, defended Ye on Tuesday morning.
"She's been through (the World Anti-Doping Agency's) program, and she's clean,'' he said. "End of story. Ye Shiwen deserves recognition for her talent.''
It is not the end of the story, of course. Ye is the favorite to win the 200 IM Tuesday night. Given swimming's dirty history and China's record of cheating, some of us will hold off on the cheering.


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Preventing Diabetes: More Steps You Can Take
Amy Campbell
August 20, 2012
With this being a presidential election year and all, many people's thoughts turn to the costs of health-care. The total cost of diabetes, including prediabetes and undiagnosed diabetes, was $174 billion in 2007. No doubt, those costs are higher today and will only continue to climb as more and more people are diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Maybe it's time to jump on the bandwagon and focus on what can be done to prevent diabetes from happening in the first place.
Type 2 diabetes isn't inevitable. Data from the Nurses' Health Study indicate that 90% of Type 2 diabetes cases in women are linked to five factors:
• Excess weight
The bad news is that making changes in these categories isn't so easy, but the good news is that it's possible. Also, it's very likely that men can benefit from changing up their lifestyle, too.
Last week, I wrote about losing weight, doing more physical activity, and making sure you get enough sleep. There's a lot more that one can do, however, to ward off diabetes. So, the list continues:
Drink coffee. It may seem odd to people that drinking coffee is actually a good thing, but apparently it's true. Three compounds in coffee — caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, and caffeine — seem to have a protect effect against diabetes. A study published in 2009 reported that with each cup of coffee consumed per day, the risk of diabetes dropped by 7%. Both regular and decaf coffee provide the benefit. The caveat: leave out the cream, sugar, and other add-ins.
Eat breakfast. Skipping breakfast doesn't do you many favors, especially when it comes to diabetes. People who eat breakfast regularly lower their chances of getting diabetes by 30%. Also, breakfast eaters are less likely to gain weight, ironically enough. But be choosey about your breakfast foods: Wolfing down a bowl of sugary cereal or grabbing a 75-gram refined-carb bagel may not work. The best type of breakfast is one that includes some protein, which helps lower the hormones that trigger hunger. How about a boiled egg and a slice or two of whole grain toast?
Go for the grain. Speaking of grains, which seem to get a bad rap among some people with diabetes, you may be interested to know that eating two servings of whole-grain foods each may lower your diabetes risk by 21%. Whole-grain foods include brown rice, quinoa, whole wheat bread, whole-grain pasta, popcorn, and steel-cut oats. When reading an ingredient list, the first ingredient should be some kind of whole grain. Go easy on refined grains, though, like white bread, white rice, and regular pasta, as refined carbs may actually increase your diabetes risk.
Fill up on fiber. Several large-scale studies have found that getting enough fiber in your diet may lower your diabetes risk by up to 60%. Fiber slows down the digestion and absorption of carbohydrate from your intestines into your bloodstream so that "spikes" in blood glucose are minimized. It's easy to find fiber — just go for fresh fruits and vegetables, bran or oat-based cereals, beans, peas and lentils, and nuts and seeds. Look for foods that have at least 3 grams of fiber per serving. And aim for about 25 to 38 grams per day.
Munch on stone fruits. Summer is waning, but there's still plenty of time to enjoy peaches, nectarines, and plums. Why? Besides the fact that they're delicious, stone fruits (those are fruits with a large, hard seed) contain phenolic compounds that appear to fight diabetes, obesity, and heart disease.
Say cheese (maybe). Cheese is not usually known for its health benefits, mostly because it tends to be high in saturated fat, the kind of fat that may raise LDL ("bad") cholesterol. Researchers looked at data from eight countries in Europe, involving more than 300,000 people. Those who ate the most cheese had a 12% lower diabetes risk than those who didn't eat much cheese. But, the researchers didn't report on what kind of cheese people ate, nor did they explain how or why cheese might lower the risk. So still go easy on cheese, at least for now.
Drink water, not sugar. People who drink water instead of sugary drinks like soda, iced tea, or sports drinks have a lower risk of getting diabetes. In fact, drinking even one or two sugary beverages a day bumps up diabetes risk by about 25%. Drinking sugary drinks is linked to weight gain, and researchers now know that the kind of sugar in these drinks (mostly high fructose corn syrup) may lead to insulin resistance, spikes in glucose, and inflammation (which are precursors to diabetes).
Eat selenium-rich foods. Selenium is a trace mineral and an antioxidant. People whose diets are rich in this mineral are 24% less likely to get Type 2 diabetes than people who don't consume much of it. Food sources of selenium include Brazil nuts, whole grains, poultry, fish, meat, and eggs. Researchers advise against taking selenium supplements, however, because foods contain more than one type of selenium. Also, too much selenium can be toxic.
Try turmeric. Turmeric is a spice widely used in cooking. It gives Indian curry dishes their famous yellow color. Turmeric contains curcumin, a substance that seems to have anti-inflammatory properties. Curcumin has been linked with alleviating many diseases and disorders, including some types of cancer, ulcerative colitis, indigestion, and now, diabetes. In a small study of 240 Thai adults given curcumin capsules, none of them developed diabetes after nine months compared to 19 of the 116 adults not given the curcumin. It's too soon to rush out and stock up on curcumin supplements, but then again, it may not hurt to add turmeric to your cooking.
So, as you can see, there's much that you can do to lower your risk of diabetes. Are any of these guarantees? Maybe not, but you'll still reap the health benefits that these steps have to offer.
Amy, Thank you for writing about diabetes prevention. So many are writing after the fact of diabetes, that it's refreshing to see someone say, "You don't have to get diabetes in the first place. You can lower your risk and here are some ways to do it." Please continue to emphasize prevention. A country without 75,000,000 who could well have a pre-diabetes diagnoses would be a great place! For those folks to know they can do something about it is tremendous. I hope you don't mind, but I will post a link in my little blog to this article. It's important information. Thank you, Phil Ruggiero
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Thanks, Phil! I agree — more emphasis should be placed on diabetes prevention and empowering people to know that there are things they can do to lower their risk.
Posted by: acampbell | Aug 27, 2012 10:53 AM
Thank you for your kind suggestions. It is true that grains get a bad rap among some diabetics. This is because the high starch/carbohydrate content of grains causes a rapid rise in blood sugar in people with insulin resistance/impaired insulin response. The same goes for other starchy foods like beans and lentils and also fruits, which contain natural sugars. The fiber content of these foods is often not enough to lessen the "spike" that occurs after eating them. Now that diabetics have personal blood glucose monitors, they can see this for themselves as clear as day. (My blood sugar easily reaches over 250 mg/dl after eating whole grains.) But I'm glad to see from your recommendations that you are basing yourself mostly on recent findings. Thank you again.
Posted by: Anna | Aug 27, 2012 06:18 PM
Preventing diabetes could be possible with proper diet modification and exercise.
Posted by: Scott Alexander | Aug 28, 2012 06:49 PM
Thanks, Anna. I think we need to be careful in assuming that whole grains, beans, and lentils cause blood glucose spikes in everyone. That's not the case. Many of these foods have a lower glycemic index, or impact, so while blood glucose does rise after eating carbohydrate, when eaten in an unrefined form, eaten in a controlled amount, and eaten with, say, a fat source, glucose levels are more likely to rise slowly and not as high. But you're correct — blood glucose and continuous glucose monitoring are ways to find out how different foods affect your own glucose levels.
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First: It snowed. A bunch. And it's going to keep snowing for the next week. Which means a lot of shoveling. I have to admit I'm still sick of shoveling from last year's snow.
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Here is making the annual gingerbread house. I loved making gingerbread houses growing up, but my mom was the one who had the frustration of making and cutting out the gingerbread pieces, making the frosting and trying to hold the structure together.
I still remember this angst and wasn't ever too excited to fill the mother-role in gingerbread house construction.
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Third. My turn to be in charge of the family calendar. (This is a tradition that goes back about 25 years when my mom would literally cut [with scissors] and paste [with a glue stick] a calendar grid together and mount a 5 x 7 photo on the top page.)
I thought I was so clever when I decided to do it all digitally. Instead it took me hours of frustration trying to figure out the Costco website and get it to upload my photos, then having everyone resend higher resolution pictures, etc.
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No small task but one Rubingisa believes in because he did survive the genocide. About a million people were killed over 100 days during the mass murders. He knows he survived for a reason.
One way he is raising money is a soccer tournament at Benedictine University. Children get an opportunity to participate in a sport while also giving back. They need $10 and a pair of shoes to participate.
"Everyone has one pair of shoes in their closet that they aren't using," said Susan D'Alberti, the public relations manager for Stuff for the Poor.
Using Benedictine as host will bring Stuff for the Poor's message to Naperville, where soccer is a way of life for many families.
"When Stuff for the Poor approached the university and told us about the work they do, it was immediately evident that this organization is one we would be very pleased to support," said Louis Simios, director of auxiliary enterprises at Benedictine University.
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Harry not only led England U18 to a 62-5 win over Portugal in the FIRA/AER Championship in April but also scored his maiden try at that level and contributed 30 points in all to his side's three victories in the tournament that brought the European crown. They included a match-winning penalty with five minutes remaining against Wales in terrible, wet and cold conditions.
He took up the game when 13 at Spratton Hall and his current coaches at Northampton are Mark Hopley, Paul Diggin and Dusty Hare. His initial representative honours were for the North U16 side and the Midlands at the same level.
Harry's aims inside the game are to play for the Saints first team and for England while his other target is to study politics and economics at university and follow a career in that field. He helped the Saints to win the U18 Academies League this season and is a sporting all-rounder, having represented Northamptonshire U17 at cricket and Manchester United in a tournament at Old Trafford.
His most memorable experience has still been on the rugby field – beating Exeter Chiefs in the Academy League final at Allianz Park. The player he most admires is fellow Northampton centre Luther Burrell, now of England, and his top venue is Franklin's Gardens.
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The Grand Tour is a musical by Jerry Herman, Michael Stewart, and Mark Bramble. It started previews Dec 27, 1978, opened Jan 11, 1979, and closed March 4, 1979, it ran for 17 previews and 61 total performances in the Palace Theatre, a Broadway venue. It was based on Franz Werfel's "Jacobowsky and the Colonel". Music and Lyrics were written by Jerry Herman and the book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble. It was directed by Gerald Freedman, and produced by James M. Nederlander, Diana Shumlin, and Jack Schlissel. It starred Joel Grey, Ron Holgate, and Florence Lacey. It received three Tony Award, and one Drama Desk nominations.
The Grand Tour is the least successful of Jerry Herman's Broadway shows, and the least well known. It opened in the season of Sweeney Todd (musical) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, which helped to contribute to its obscurity. It did, however manage to get generally positive reveiws from Time, The New York Post, and Cue Magazine. Of Herman's three "flops" (Dear World, Mack and Mabel, and The Grand Tour), it had the shortest run on Broadway (Mack and Mabel outran it by five) and has not achieved cult status among musical theater aficionados.
The original broadway cast recorded the show at the Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York. It was produced by Mike Berniker and Jerry Herman. Recordings of The Grand Tour are somewhat rare and hard to find. The Lp of the Original Broadway Cast Recording has been spotted and relatively easy to acquire on ebay, with the CD much harder to locate, spotted rarely on such websites as amazon.com
Act 1
S. L. Jacobowsky relates that his incurable optimism has guided him well through a life of flight from one country to another in search of his place in the world. We are in Paris in the spring of 1940. The Germans are advancing rapidly, and Jacobowsky calmly waits outside a hotel for a man with a car for sale, by which he hopes to leave the capital. We meet two other hotel guests, a stiff-necked Polish aristocrat, Colonel Tadeusz Boleslav Stjerbinsky and his orderly, Szabuniewicz. The Colonel has a list of undercover agents in occupied Poland and is to meet a man with a flower in his lapel in the café of Papa Clairon in the French coastal village of St. Nazaire. The man will arrange passage for him to England so he can turn the papers over to the Polish government in exile. Jacobowsky buys the car but as he cannot drive and has overheard the Colonel's plans, proposes that he and the Colonel travel together. The Colonel will have no part of it, but Jacobowsky finally persuades him to do it For Poland , and our Grand Tour begins.
In St. Cyrille we meet Marianne, a lovely young French woman to whom the Colonel has promised to return. Mme Vauclain tries to persuade Marianne to leave St. Cyrille before the Germans come, but she will do nothing of the kind. Late that night the car bearing Jacobowsky, the Colonel, and Szabuniewicz arrives outside Marianne's house, gives a final gasp, and expires. The Colonel wakens Marianne with music, and although she is reluctant to leave St. Cyrille, Jacobowsky persuades Marianne that the best way to fight for her home is by leaving and remaining free. As she sews the Colonel's papers into her hat for safekeeping, they hurry to catch a local train heading west.
The train is halted by a bombed-out rail section and the group moves on to its next mode of transport, the caravan of the travelling Carnival Manzoni. Jacobowsky and Marianne talk, and we see that he is slowly falling in love with her. When the Carnival stops, Jacobowsky sets up a picnic at the side of the road and entertains Marianne while the Colonel glowers jealously in the background. The furious Colonel challenges Jacobowsky to a duel, and they are only stopped from shooting each other by the sudden arrival of an SS Captain. To save themselves, the four masquerade as performers in the Carnival: The Colonel and Szabuniewicz as two clowns, Jacobowsky as the human cannon-ball, and Marianne as his assistant. Jacobowsky is about to climb into the cannon when the Colonel inadvertently gives the game away and they are forced to fire the cannon and make their escape under cover of its smoke and confusion.
They meet several hours later. Jacobowsky has arranged for a truck hauling nets to take them to the coast, but he will not go. It is time for him to head south to Spain and safety. But in his rush the Colonel has left the papers behind! Moments too late, Jacobowsky finds the papers and inspired by duty and the thought of seeing Marianne once more, he starts off to find her and the Colonel in St. Nazaire.
Act 2
Jacobowsky, on his way to St. Nazaire aboard a small barge, reflects on the one person who has never been a part of his life. When he arrives at Papa Clairon's café, his friends have not yet shown up. But a wedding is about to take place, and he momentarily mistakes the boutonniered bride's father for the underground contact with the flower in his lapel. The guests are overjoyed to learn that Jacobowsky's father taught biblical history and that he can perform the wedding. As the ceremony is concluded, the guests barely have time to scramble to safety as the Nazis enter. A man who remains behind is revealed to the Nazis as a Gestapo agent, but in fact, he is the Colonel's contact. Realising that the café is no longer safe, he sends a waitress to intercept the Colonel and tell him the meeting place has been changed to 23 Rue Mace, to the relief of Jacobowsky.
Enroute to the café and now very much aware of the missing papers, Marianne, the Colonel, and Szabuniewicz agonise over their loss. The Colonel realises how much like Jacobowsky he is — running, hunted, and in fear of his life. Arriving on a bicycle the waitress tells them of the new meeting place.
At 23 Rue Mace, the convent of the Sisters of Charity, the Germans have come to billet their troops in spite of Mother Madeleine's outrage. The foursome arrive for their meeting and over-power the Germans. The Colonel is forced to kill the SS Captain, and Jacobowsky throws the other soldiers into the coal cellar and gives the Colonel the secret papers. By now the last barriers are down between the two men, and we see that Jacobowsky and the Colonel are friends at last.
Later that night on the wharf outside St. Nazaire they wait for the boat that will take them to England, but there will be room only for two of the four. Szabuniewicz will not go but will return to Poland and fight the Nazis there. Jacobowsky, though he knows that there is no place for him in France, insists that Marianne leave with the Colonel. Jacohowsky's flight will continue, but this time with a difference; if he has found a place in the heart of a Marianne, then what can stop him from finding his place in the world? His Grand Tour is just beginning.
Scenes and Settings
The action takes place 13-18 June 1940 between Paris and the Atlantic Coast of France.
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Song List
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Original Broadway Cast
Awards and Nominations
Tony Awards
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman nominee
Joel Grey nominee
Ron Holgate nominee
Drama Desk Awards
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