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Pangasianodon gigas
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Pangasianodon gigas Chevey, 1931
Common Name(s):
Pangasius gigas (Chevey, 1931)
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Critically Endangered A4abcd ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Hogan, Z.
|Vidthayanon, C. & Allen, D.J.
This species is endemic to the Mekong basin. It is known from the Tonle Sap Lake, Tonle Sap River, and the Mekong River. It is not known to occur in the upper 2,000 km of the Mekong River. The current extent of occurrence is estimated at around 4,150 km².
Historical reports indicate that the species was abundant in the early 1900s. However, in the 1970s, local fisheries began to report the disappearance of this fish. Generation length for the species is thought to be between 10 and 15 years. Current population size is unknown, but a decline of more than 80% over the last 21 years (since 1990) can be estimated from past annual catch records, qualifying the species for Critically Endangered under criterion A.
Fishing effort in the Mekong basin in general is increasing. Fishing effort specifically for this species in the Mekong River remains constant, although it may be increasing in some areas, such as in the Tonle Sap Lake. Habitat loss and degradation are also serious threats to this fish. There has been increasing siltation of the Mekong mainstream through past deforestation practices in the northern parts of the Mekong River area. The planned destruction of rapids in the stretch of the Mekong River in the northern Lao PDR, northern Thailand and southern China may also pose a serious threat to the species' spawning habitat. The loss of migratory routes through the construction of dams may also have a negative impact on fish abundance in the river.
Given the ongoing threats to the species and its habitat, the population decline rate seen over the last 21 years is not expected to diminish over the next 24 years. Therefore, the species is assessed as Critically Endangered A4bcde.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|This is a Mekong endemic species (Rainboth 1996). Historically, it was distributed throughout the Mekong River basin from the coast of Viet Nam to northern Lao PDR. Past reports of the species occurring as far north as southern Yunnan Province in China (Smith 1945, Roberts and Vidthayanon 1991) remain unconfirmed. The species' migration patterns are unknown. However, based on catch information provided by Roberts (1993) and others, it is believed that this fish migrates from the deep pools of the lower Mekong, upstream into northeast Cambodia and possibly up to Lao PDR or Thailand to spawn (Hogan et al. 2001). At least one spawning site is known (northern Thailand/Lao PDR), with a further possible spawning area in northeast Cambodia (Z. Hogan, pers. comm. 2003). There may have been other (lost) spawning sites in the middle and lower reaches of the Mekong (M. Kottelat pers. comm.). Its extent of occurrence is estimated at around 4,150 km² (Z. Hogan, pers. comm. 2003).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Cambodia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Thailand; Viet Nam
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
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|The current population size is unknown. A rate of population decline of over 80% can be estimated from combining annual catch data over the last thirteen years in the Mekong River Basin area:
From Thailand, there were 428 fish landed between 1983 and 2009. The species is targeted during the spawning season in Thailand and Lao (for roe). In 2010, no specimens were caught as fishing was banned. There is a quota set each year (catchment wide); in 2010 the quota was zero.
1983 - 2 landings
1990 - 65 landings
1993 - 22
1994-96 - zero
2004 - 7
2009 - 1
In Chiang Khong (northern Thailand), the catch has declined from a peak of 69 fish in 1990 to just seven fish in 1997 (Sretthachuea 1995, Hogan 1998). In 1999, 20 fish were captured in Chiang Khong, however no fish were caught in the area in 2001 (Hogan et al. 2001) or in 2002. In Nong Khai Province (northeast Thailand) 40-50 fish were caught per year in the early 1900s. However, since that time the number of fish caught has declined. In 1967, fishermen captured 11 fish in the area (Pookaswan 1969), and by 1970, the species occurred only rarely as bycatch in the beach seine fisheries (Pholprasith and Tavarutmaneegul 1998). Today, very few individuals are reported from Nong Khai Province.
In Luang Prabang (northern Lao PDR) the catch declined from 12 fish per year to just three fish caught in 1968. No fish were caught in 1972, 1973, or 1974 (Davidson 1975) and there has been no significant catch of the species reported since that time (Hogan et al. 2001). There are no recent data available on P. gigas catches in this area, but catches here are likely to be rare (Z. Hogan pers. comm. 2011).
In the Khone Falls (southern Lao PDR), a few fish were reported by fishermen each year prior to 1993, almost all of them in the first half of the year. No fish were reported in 1993. The status of the species in the Khone Falls area has not been assessed since 1993 (Baird, pers. comm. 2003). Since 2005, there have been some catches in the Khone Falls area; around 0-2 fish are caught each year as they move upstream and possibly over the falls (Z. Hogan pers. comm. 2011).
In the Tonle Sap River (Cambodia), four fish were captured in the bagnet fishery in 1999 and eleven fish reported in 2000. Fishermen report that they catch a few individuals each year (Hogan et al. 2001, Pengbun et al. 2001). No recent data are available from this area, but it is still likely that less than 10 Giant Catfish are caught here each year (Z. Hogan pers. comm. 2011).
Anecdotal information suggests that the species was once present in the Mekong Delta (Viet Nam), but is now reported as being very rare. One fish was caught close to, but not in, Viet Nam in 2003 (Z. Hogan, pers. comm. 2003). No significant fishery for the species exists in Viet Nam (Lenormand 1996).
Overall annual catch data for the Mekong River area indicate that around ten years ago 40-50 fish were caught each year. By 2003, the figure had dropped to approximately 5-8 catches per year (Z. Hogan, pers. comm. 2003). Since 2003, efforts to gather catch data for Giant Catfish have reduced and as a result very little data is available for recent years. However annual catches are still likely to be very low. The Tonle Sap River is one of the last places where the fish is caught in appreciable numbers. Although the species has been disappearing from Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam, there is little information on population trends in Cambodia (Hogan et al. 2001). In 2001 and 2002, no specimens were caught in northern Thailand. Annual catch figures for the Tonle Sap River in Cambodia over recent years were, four in 2000, 11 in 2001 and five in 2002.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|The species is one of the world's largest freshwater fish, measuring up to three meters in length and weighing in excess of 300 kg (Smith 1945, Roberts and Vidthayanon 1991). It is a migratory species. From October to December each year, the species moves out of the lower Mekong, it is believed to migrate upstream into northeastern Cambodia and possibly Lao PDR, or Thailand to spawn (Z. Hogan et al. 2001).
The fish was bred in captivity for the first time in 2001. Individuals artificially spawned from wild-caught parents have been released into the Mekong since 1985, however this practice is now thought to have stopped and fish are now only introduced into reservoirs and not into the Mekong (Z. Hogan pers. comm. 2011). The fish almost certainly spawns upstream of Chiang Khong, Thailand. Possible spawning sites include the Kok River near Chiang Saen, Thailand, although this site requires confirmation (C. Vidthayanon pers. comm. 2011). Previously known spawning sites in the Mekong River are between Loei and Nong Khai Provinces, and in Ubon Ratchathani Province before the river fully enters Lao
First maturation is 17 years, from artificial breeding recorded of the first offspring from wild spawners in the Thai Department of Fishery's ponds. Generation length for captive fish is possibly 35 years, but this is probably not representative of the wild fish. For wild individuals, generation length has been reported as less than ten years, however this is difficult to verify. The best estimate of generation length is between 10 and 15 years (Z. Hogan pers. comm. 2003), but this is a very uncertain estimate and further research on the life history of this species is needed to confirm this.
|Generation Length (years):
|Movement patterns:
|Full Migrant
|Use and Trade:
|The species historically was consumed as a high value food fish, now the species is officially protected and intentional harvesting of the species is banned. Some captive bred individuals (second generation individuals have recently been bred in ponds) have been released to supply some trade. Some wild individuals are still occasionally caught as bycatch. Captive bred stocks are frequently used in game fishing ponds in Thailand.
|Major Threat(s):
The major threat to the species is overfishing. The major future threat to this fish is the damming of the main stream Mekong River. Proposed dams that could impact the species if they are built include the Pak Lay, Pak Beng, Sayaboury, Luang Prabang, Latsua and Don Sahong in Laos, and the Stung Treng and Sambor in Cambodia. It is believed that sedimentation is not a threat the species, as the areas where it spawns have relatively strong currents and would stop excessive sediments from settling (W. Rainboth pers. comm.)
Alongside overfishing, main threats to the species include habitat loss and degradation (for example, as a result of damming of the Mun River and clearance of flooded forest in the Tonle Sap Great Lake), and genetic introgression with cultured stocks.
|Conservation Actions:
This species has been listed on CITES Appendix I since 1975. The species occurs in a Biosphere Reserve in the Tonle Sap Lake, and a Ramsar site in northeastern Cambodia, although neither of these sites offers real protection for the species. In Cambodia, it is illegal to capture, sell, or transport the species, although bagnet fisheries in the area still catch and sell the species. In Thailand, fishing for this species is regulated based on a quota license of less than 20 catches annually (C. Vidthayanon pers. comm. 2010). The species is also protected in Laos (M. Kottelat pers. comm. 2003) although this does not prevent the species being fished there.
The Thai Department of Fisheries began releasing captive-bred individuals in 1985. Between 2000 and 2003, approximately 10,000 captive-bred fish were released into the Mekong. Captive-bred individuals are no longer released into the Mekong, however they are released into reservoirs in Thailand. Large fish are now caught regularly in some Thai reservoirs but there is no evidence of self-sustaining populations. The fish have also been artificial hybridized with P. hypophthalmus for aquaculture purposes.
|Hogan, Z. 2011. Pangasianodon gigas. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T15944A5324699. . Downloaded on 18 September 2018.
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By David Ingram
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Businesses and Senate Republicans forced a courtroom showdown with President Barack Obama's administration on Wednesday, asking a U.S. appeals court to invalidate his surprise appointments to a labor board 11 months ago.
Lawyers with the groups and for Obama's Justice Department argued for more than an hour over whether the president exceeded his authority by filling the vacancies while the Senate was out of town but potentially available to act on them.
The case is a test of the president's ability to make appointments during a Senate recess, a power that bypasses the Senate's usual ability to block nominees and that dates to the U.S. Constitution of 1787. Unlike nominees confirmed by the Senate, recess appointments are only for up to two years.
Obama on January 4 appointed three members of the National Labor Relations Board and named Richard Cordray to run the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
At the time, the Senate was not officially in recess, meeting every few days for minutes at a time but accomplishing no work and with few senators present. Meanwhile, Obama's nominees remained on the Senate's calendar, blocked by Republicans from up or down votes on their confirmation.
The ruling could have implications for Cordray's appointment, although his appointment is not part of the case. It arrived at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as a routine dispute between soda bottling company Noel Canning and the labor board. Republican lawyers saw it as a chance to challenge the appointments.
The three-judge panel asked skeptical questions of all sides, leaving no clear indication which way it would rule when it decides the case in coming months. The judges all were appointed by Republican presidents.
The court could decide it must avoid the issue, leaving it up "to the thrusts and parries of the political branches," said Judge Thomas Griffith.
Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader, and Kathryn Ruemmler, Obama's top White House lawyer, attended the high-stakes arguments on opposite sides of the packed courtroom.
Several other federal appeals courts, including those based in Chicago and Richmond, are hearing similar cases, suggesting the U.S. Supreme Court might be asked to intervene. None of the appeals courts has ruled yet.
Unlike nominees who win Senate confirmation, recess appointments are temporary, for up to two years.
Once rare, recess appointments became more common in the late 1970s as a way to bypass the confirmation process, which senators have used increasingly to block nominees of both Republican and Democratic presidents.
Recent presidents pushed the boundaries. George W. Bush took the rare step of filling a judgeship during a recess, while Obama appointed the NLRB members while the Senate was holding "skeleton" sessions set up to keep it from going into recess.
The Justice Department argues those sessions were a legal fiction that the appeals court should peel away.
Griffith, a former Senate legal counsel, said the Senate's inactivity during January 2012 suggested "they weren't doing anything.
From January 3 to January 23, the Senate passed no legislation, took no votes, accepted no official messages from the president and held no debates. Junior senators gaveled the Senate to order for a few minutes about every three days.
"But they were capable of doing something," replied the company's lawyer, Noel Francisco. "If you flip on C-SPAN on any given day, you will see a Senate that is not particularly busy."
Francisco said it was not the president's job to determine when the Senate, an independent body, is in recess.
Justice Department lawyer Beth Brinkmann said there would be a power "vacuum" in Washington if the president were not allowed to make appointments during extended periods when the Senate is not working.
"No one's there. It's empty," she told the court.
Some legal scholars define a Senate recess narrowly as a period that happens once a year, a definition that, if adopted, would invalidate appointments going back decades. Though the judges raised that possibility, no side in the case asked for such a ruling.
Complicating the case is the Senate's practice of not intervening in court cases without unanimous agreement to do so - leaving it without a clear legal position. The group of Senate Republicans were allowed to participate, but did not represent the full Senate.
"The Senate isn't here to tell us what their view is," Griffith said. "So what is there for us to defer to?"
Miguel Estrada, the Senate Republicans' lawyer, said it was enough for the Senate to have passed a resolution in December agreeing to remain in session.
"The Senate was gaveled into session as the Senate, not as a few guys in a bar," said Estrada, whose own nomination to the appeals court was blocked by Democrats.
The case is Noel Canning v. NLRB, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, No. 12-1115.
(Editing by Howard Goller, Vicki Allen and Jackie Frank)

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Arsene Wenger has once again reiterated his desire to sign players this summer and is confident signings will be made before the transfer market closes.
Fans of Arsenal have been waiting all summer for big-name signings after chief executive Ivan Gazidis promised them that Wenger would have significant funds to spend on new players and strengthening the squad, but so far, the club are yet to spend a single penny.
The Gunners have released over 15 players this summer, including three first-team names, and have also sold goalkeeper Vito Mannone to Sunderland. Their only signing has been Yaya Sanogo from Auxerre on a free transfer.
Over the summer, Arsenal have been linked with numerous players, but no-one has officially signed for the Emirates-based club.
The likes of Gonzalo Higuain, who eventually joined Napoli, Stevan Jovetic, who eventually joined Manchester City, Luis Suarez and Wayne Rooney have all been linked with big-moves to north-London, but none have materialised.
Talking ahead of the club's annual pre-season tournament, Arsene Wenger admitted that the club are interested in bringing players into the club, but has also revealed he is happy with youngster Yaya Sanogo.
"There are two ways for us to strengthen our team," he told Arsenal.com.
"The first is internal and [remember] we finished with 73 points last year after a very strong run. But I feel, because we are a very young core of players, there is room for improvement.
"So the second part is to of course strengthen our squad from outside.
"We have signed Sanogo. He has not made the headlines. Why? Because he is not £50m to £100million but I am quite confident he will make them soon on the pitch, and that for me is the most important.
"There is one month to go. We are at the beginning of August, the transfer window finishes at the start of September. We are working very hard to strengthen our squad.
Although he is keen to make signings, the Frenchman refused to be drawn in to further conversations about the club's ongoing pursuit of Luis Suarez.
He said: "I don't want to speak about Suarez because that is between Liverpool and Arsenal. We will completely respect what Liverpool wants to do. We want to do that if it is feasible in an amicable way.
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Visit the website for details, and be sure to spend some time looking over the archive of entries from previous years. It's an impressive body of work by makers from all over the country and all levels of experience. Last year's grand prize winner was a high school student. Entries are due by June 11, 2010 and winners will be announced at the IWF in Atlanta in August.
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The study is mainly being conducted in northern and east-central Wisconsin. Radio-collared deer are being tracked. Among the findings: Black bears and bobcats were responsible for 64 percent of all fawn mortalities in the northern region. A total of 78 fawns were radio-collared in the study, 30 in the north.
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By all reported accounts, the Mets don't expect to be big players in the off-season FA market. Read that as follows: No John Lackey, no big name power bat, no dramatic improvement.
The Mets front office will continue to say things like "we'll look for the best fit," and "if it makes sense, we'll do something," but essentially, not much will change from this year's team and the one the team will throw out there next year.
So, here's the strategy the best I can see:
Catcher: A Josh Thole and Omir Santos platoon.
First base: Daniel Murphy with Carlos Delgado not returning.
Second base: Luis Castillo because the team won't be able to unload his contract.
Shortstop: Hoping for a healthy return by Jose Reyes.
Third base: Hoping for David Wright to rediscover his power stroke.
Left field: Here's where they might attempt to sign a middle-tier player, but don't be surprised if Angel Pagan is out there.
Center field: Hoping for a full and healthy season from Carlos Beltran.
Right field: Jeff Francoeur could amount to their biggest signing.
No. 1 starter: The return of a healthy Johan Santana.
No. 2 starter: Hoping Mike Pelfrey rebounds.
No. 3 starter: Hoping for a healthy return of Oliver Perez.
No. 4 starter: Hoping for a healthy return of John Maine.
No. 5 starter: Wide open. Bobby Parnell could get another chance. Don't be surprised if they go for a middle-of-the-road starter and slot him in at No. 3 and move everybody back.
Set-up reliever: I was probably wrong about Putz. With his option they won't bite on him. Could go with Parnell if he doesn't start.
Other relievers: Will bring back Pedro Feliciano. I can see them bringing back Sean Green.
Bench: Should re-sign Alex Cora and will likely bring back Fernando Tatis.
So, essentially, the Mets will take the approach injuries were the primary cause for this season's blowout and they'll hope for the best in everybody coming back healthy. Pitching is a concern, so that's where they'll spend their attention in the FA market. However, they aren't likely to splurge.


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Class Notes - 1960s
June 05, 2012
David Jeans B.S. and Margaret "Peggy" Jeans B.A. celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a family gathering in September 2011.
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Dolores Chenoweth B.A. enjoys retirement, traveling, and spending time with her grandchildren in Portland and Bend. She worked for 20 years in corporate communications at PacifiCorp in Portland and several years as an investor relations consultant. As a class of 1962 reunion volunteer, she looks forward to the festivities in June.
John Marandas B.S. was unsure about going to the 50th reunion. But after meeting with former classmates, he realized other alums are eager to learn about their classmates' journeys since graduation. He plans to attend. How about the rest of the class of 1962?
Don Robertson B.S. spent 38 years working for the U.S. Forest Service, Federal Highway Administration, and U.S. Coast Guard. He worked for 11 years for a consulting/ training firm providing contract management training for government personnel. He and his wife live in Issaquah, Washington. They have three sons and three beautiful granddaughters. He looks forward to "reconnecting with classmates at our 50th class reunion."
Sandra Sunrising Osawa B.A. was a finalist for the 2010 annual Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award. She is a previous recipient of Lewis & Clark's Distinguished Alumna Award for her lifelong work as a Native American filmmaker.
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Harold Weight B.A. traveled to northern Pakistan in spring 2011 "to help monitor and do further development for a girls' middle school in the village of Minawar, near a town called Gilgit." On his way back to Islamabad, he unknowingly "passed within a mile" of Bin Laden's compound a few weeks before the U.S. raid.
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In the mid-1970s, a man approached singer Kenny Rogers after a performance in the lounge at the Las Vegas Hilton. The mysterious stranger simply said, "Hey, man, I really like your music." Rogers learned later that the fan at the dressing-room door had been Elvis Presley.
It's the type of story Rogers shares in his new memoir, which comes out this week. It's titled Luck or Something Like It — a play on his 1978 hit "Love or Something Like It." In the book, he connects the dots from his youth in Houston, Texas, public housing to his stints as a jazz musician and folksinger — and, eventually, his emergence as a solo star. He recently spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep about his enduring career, his early days fronting the country-rock band The First Edition and what fans expect of him after all this time.
Interview Highlights
On what makes a Kenny Rogers song
"All the songs I record fall into one of two categories, as a rule. One is ballads that say what every man would like to say and every woman would like to hear. The other is story-songs that have social significance. 'Reuben James' was about a black man who raised a white child. 'Coward of the County' was about a rape. 'Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town' was about a guy who came home from war. That's really what I love to do: songs that you love before you realize what they're about, but you get the message vicariously."
On choosing to be a vocalist, rather than a songwriter
"I take great pride in not writing hits. I write from time to time, but I think great writers have a need to write, and I don't really have that need. I can write if someone sits me down and says, 'Hey let's write a song about this.' I can contribute, and I can carry my weight."
On connecting with a live audience
"If I were going out doing all new music like some of these young guys do, where they go out and they have one hit, that would scare me. But I've been lucky since The First Edition. I've had a minimum or four or five major hits to do, and now I've got like 25 No. 1 records, and I try to do them all. When you do a new song, the audience has to work very hard. They have to decide subconsciously, 'Do I like the song? Do I agree with what it says? Do I like the way he sings it?' But when you do a hit, they're a part of the show. They just relax and enjoy it."
KENNY ROGERS: Everyone considered him the coward of the county...
Here's a question for Kenny Rogers: What makes a song last? His tunes are the kind you recognize even if you haven't heard them in years.
INSKEEP: At age 74, Kenny Rogers has written a memoir, called "Luck or Something Like It." He traces his life from his youth in public housing in Houston, in the 1940s; through times as a jazz musician and folk singer, before he became a solo star. And he talked with us about trying to make a song endure.
ROGERS: All the songs I do record, they fall into one of two categories, as a rule. And one is ballads that say what every man would like to say, and every woman would like to hear; and the other thing - are story-songs that have social significance. If you look at - "Reuben James" was about a black man who raised a white child.
INSKEEP: Wow.
ROGERS: You know, "The Coward of the County" was about a rape. "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" was about a guy who came home from war. And that's, really, what I love to do; songs that - you love them before you realize what they're about, but you get the message vicariously, once you learn to like the song.
INSKEEP: Now, you have not written most of your own songs.
ROGERS: No. I take great pride in not writing hits.
ROGERS: I write from time to time but - you know, I think great writers have a need to write, and I don't really have that need. I can write. If someone sits me down and says hey, let's write a song about this, I can contribute; and I can carry my weight.
INSKEEP: I want to ask about "The Gambler."
INSKEEP: How did that song come to your attention?
ROGERS: I don't remember how I found it. I think Larry Butler, who was producing me at the time, found the song. And coincidentally, I think it was produced on - Johnny Cash, the same day by Larry Butler. He produced both of us.
INSKEEP: In preparing for this conversation, I was just listening - for the first time - to the Johnny Cash version of this song; and realized that he sings it differently, and even some of the words are a little different. Do you mind if we listen together, to the beginning?
ROGERS: No, I'd love that. I've only heard it once or twice.
INSKEEP: Let's take a listen here.
INSKEEP: So just listening to those lines, Kenny Rogers, he doesn't say, "on a warm summer's evening"; he says, "about 20 years ago." He doesn't say "he began to speak"; he says, "he commenced to speak."
ROGERS: Commenced to speak, yeah.
INSKEEP: In Johnny Cash's telling, it's like this archaic tune by an old, old man.
ROGERS: Well, you know, for me, I've always felt great songs put you in a spot, put you in a place; "on a warm summer's evening, on a train bound for nowhere" - you know where you are. And from there, the rest of the song plays out. And I don't think it does that, on his record. It doesn't locate you - you know.
INSKEEP: So that was your innovation, you think, the...
ROGERS: I'm going to take credit for it, whether it was or not.
ROGERS: You know me. I can steal credit from anybody.
INSKEEP: Do you ever get tired of that song?
ROGERS: No. How do you get - that's the greatest ammunition you can have, when you go out on stage; to have songs like "The Gambler," "Lucille" - you know, "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town."
INSKEEP: This familiar song suggests just how long some Kenny Rogers music has remained popular; heard on the radio for years.
INSKEEP: He released it in 1969, with the rock band The First Edition.
INSKEEP: Another hit of that era, "Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition was In," was memorable enough that decades later, it resurfaced in the 1998 Coen Brothers movie "The Big Lebowski."
INSKEEP: In the end, Sammy Davis Jr. didn't go for it...
ROGERS: He didn't do it.
INSKEEP: Would you just talk me through what going on stage is like for you, these days? Do you still, for example, get nervous before you go out there?
ROGERS: If I were going out, doing all new music and - like some of these young guys do; where they go out, and they have one hit - that would scare me. But I've been lucky since The First Edition. I've had a minimum or four or five major hits to do. And now, I've got - like, 25 number one records. And I try to do them all. When you do a new song, the audience has to work very hard. They have to decide subconsciously, do I like the song? Do I agree with what it says? Do I like the way he sings it? But when you do a hit, they're a part of the show. They just relax and enjoy it.
INSKEEP: Should we expect you to record more - more new tunes?
ROGERS: I'm in the middle of an album now, and I've got - I've done five songs. And I have, you know - I love these songs that have social statements, as I mentioned. I have a song I'm working on, called "You Had to Be There." And it's about a father who goes to visit his son in prison, and he starts complaining to his son about all the bad things his son's done. And he reminds him, well, wait a minute, you had to be there back when I was 9 'cause my mama couldn't throw a ball, even if she tried. You know...
INSKEEP: Oh...
ROGERS: ...it's a wonderful piece of music about the responsibilities of parenthood.
INSKEEP: So when you get to perform these new songs, are you going to have that feeling of nervousness that you had when you were very young?
ROGERS: I think what happens is - the trick is, how you set up a song will determine how important it is. And I'm really good at setting up new music and saying, here's a song I just recorded and - blah, blah, blah. And I can make it in such a way that people know, OK, put down everything you know about me; listen to this.
ROGERS: I've always said, I don't care whether one person walks away saying, "he's the best singer I've ever heard." But I want everyone to walk away saying, "I enjoyed that."
INSKEEP: Kenny Rogers - his memoir is called "Luck or Something Like It." Thanks very much.
ROGERS: Absolutely. Thanks for having me on. I hope we'll get a chance to sit down and talk some time.
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NEW ORLEANS As crews searched Sunday for a worker still missing after an oil platform explosion and fire, doctors said one of four men burned in the blaze is improving and is now in fair condition.
Two remained in critical condition and one in serious condition, doctors say.
The company that owned the platform that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico vowed Sunday to keep searching for a second worker still missing after a body was found in about 30 feet of water near one leg of the platform.
At Baton Rouge General Medical Center's burn unit, Wilberto Ilagan, 50, of the Philippines, told Dr. Jeffrey Littleton that he wanted to send a message, according to a news release Sunday.
It was, "To my relatives, to my family, and to my country, I am alive and in good health. I am burned, but my heart and lungs are healthy."
Littleton told a news conference Sunday that the other men's names are being withheld because their conditions are more serious, The Advocate reported.
The Philippine Embassy in Washington has said all the workers are from the Philippines.
The remains of the unidentified person were found Saturday night by divers hired by Houston-based Black Elk Energy, Coast Guard spokesman Carlos Vega said. He said the Coast Guard, which has suspended its own search, would turn over the body to local authorities.
John Hoffman, the president and CEO of Black Elk Energy, has said the body is apparently one of two crew members missing since an explosion and fire on the oil platform Friday morning. Hoffman said the body was found by a contract dive vessel.
He wrote in an email Sunday morning that a second dive vessel was brought in to speed up the search for the second missing worker.
Hoffman said the body was found near where the explosion occurred. The missing and wounded workers were employees of oilfield contractor Grand Isle Shipyard, he said.
GIS CEO Mark Pregeant released a statement that the company has notified the family of those involved but was declining to release their names, according to WWL-TV in New Orleans.
The Coast Guard suspended its own search earlier Saturday after 32 hours spent covering 1,400 square miles near the oil platform, located about 20 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La.
Authorities have said the blaze erupted Friday morning while workers were using a torch to cut an oil line on the platform.
Pregeant's statement, however, said the cause of the fire and explosion is unknown and that "initial reports that a welding torch was being used at the time of the incident or that an incorrect line was cut are completely inaccurate."


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Bassnectar is one of the longest standing and most respected artists in American electronic dance music, commonly referred to simply as the EDM scene. He is the original long hair behind the tables, having been in the game well before most of his contemporaries and amassing an epic fan base and having sold over 220k tickets to his solo shows alone in 2012. His art brazenly oversteps the bounds of contemporary EDM, pulling from a dynamic array of source material and attracting lovers of all genres, from dubstep to metal, punk rock, hip hop, and all forms of EDM (drum & bass, trip hop, etc) and beyond. His art is more than just an auditory experience; it serves to evoke all human senses with live shows that feature unparalleled light shows and awe-inspiring visual queues. Bassnectar intends to not only foster its own community of loyal Bass Heads, but also contribute to the global community at large through charity and social change by giving one dollar from every ticket sold to a non-profit, as part of his "Dollar Per Bass Head" Program.


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Quality materials and construction--I'm sure these covers will last as long as the car. Provide superb protection for leather interior against damage from our dog's nails and dirty feet. They fit great and install / remove in less than five minutes, so I can use them only when needed.


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The latest DSLRs and lenses stretch the boundaries of handheld shooting. Cameras such as the Canon EOS 1100D, EOS 600D, EOS 60D and EOS 7D and Nikon D3100, D5100, D7000, and D300S offer low image noise at very high ISO ratings, enabling faster shutter speeds in dull lighting conditions, and many recent lenses boast 4-stop optical stabilisation to help fend off camera shake. So why buy a tripod?
For the ultimate in image quality, you just can't beat sticking with your camera's base sensitivity setting, typically ISO 100. And image stabilisation can be hit-and-miss, especially with long telephoto lenses or in very dull lighting conditions. With a sturdy tripod, you're assured of a stable shooting platform. But that's just the start of the story.
Positioning your camera on a tripod can help nail shot composition for best effect. Tripods are also essential when you want to keep the camera locked in place through a sequence of shots, in time-lapse photography or when taking a number of exposure-bracketed shots for creating a single HDR (High Dynamic Range) image.
Another option is to level the camera and take a series of panned photos, so you can stitch them into a panoramic image. And when you want to get into the picture, using a self-timer, a tripod comes to the rescue.
Tripod build and design
When it comes to construction, aluminium or carbon fibre are the main choices. Tripods with aluminium legs often have a little magnesium or titanium in the mix, so are technically aluminium alloy. They should be solid and dependable, provided that the legs aren't too thin.
The obvious advantage of carbon fibre tripods is that, size for size, they can be about 25% lighter than aluminium models, although this isn't always the case. They're reasonably rugged, but a sharp knock can shatter a carbon fibre leg. Both the carbon fibre tripods in this group test - the Hama Omega Carbon II and the Jessops Major - come with padded carrying bags.
Carbon fibre tripods and monopods are typically more expensive than their aluminium cousins for any given size and feature set – but bear in mind that they're steadier, too. The flexibility of the mesh-like material means they absorb vibrations, helping you get sharper shots.
Most manufacturers offer complete tripod kits, which include legs and a head. The Hama Omega Carbon II, Jessops Major, Slik PRO 500 DX Complete, Vanguard Alta Pro 263AGH and Velbon Sherpa 600R fall into this category.
Buying a kit can save you a bit of money but restricts your choice. If you buy the legs and head separately, you can get exactly the combination you want, even if it means buying the separate parts from different manufacturers.


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Topic: Boba Fett Potato Head
Well, I'm sure we all knew it was coming. I just picked up my new Toyfare magazine today, and guess what they had in there?
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No dates or anything fancy like that, yet. Just what you see in the pic. So, start saving.
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Been reading and watching a lot of chortling coming from the left side of the political spectrum here lately.
Been reading and watching a lot of chortling coming from the left side of the political spectrum here lately.
"We won, you lost." "There is now a mandate to raise taxes." "Obamacare is going to be the wave of the future."
For those of you who might envy the easy life of being a boss, maybe even smirking about how the recent election turned out, this is the way it really is.
It is nice being able to drag in to the shop whenever I feel like it in the morning. If I feel like dawdling over another cup of coffee at the breakfast table or finishing up listening to "Morning Edition" before work, I can do it.
If I need to take off and go somewhere early, I don't need to clear anything in advance with anybody. No one yells at me when I add up the numbers wrong or swing the door to the left when it was supposed to go the other way, and when the money comes in, I get to keep every penny that's left over.
But ...
The later I get to work, the snarkier the comments from my associates become. The tall blonde guy is particularly good at mentioning how "some of us get to work on time" while "someone else can never drag in before 8:30," and "It would be nice to know just what was supposed to be on the day's agenda."
Then there is all that time off. My wife and I went to a cabin rental up near Spruce Pine for a couple of nights for our 25th wedding anniversary two years ago. We took our daughters down to Charleston for a weekend this past fall. Those are the only vacations we have had in the past five years. I really shouldn't count Charleston, either, since I had to get up at 5 a.m. and drive to Georgetown to look at a job that Saturday. 4-H competitions pretty much serve as our time off, and she goes with the WHEP and Forestry teams while I stay home, and I go with the shooting sports while she stays home.
Recently I got in at 7:30 p.m. from figuring out something in the shop. My associates finished their day at 5:30 p.m. and will be getting their paycheck, same as always, as you are reading this column. I haven't had a paycheck in two months.
Plenty of people owe me money. One says the check is in the mail, another says he will be putting one in the mail anytime now, and another one says it's working its way through the system. And get this — this is just typical of what it is like getting paid in my line of work.
One of my customers got a check (A real check! Finally!) that he was going to cash and pay me my cut. When he went to the bank it was drawn on, he was told (I am not making this up) that the bank had insufficient funds to cash it.
But never fear, they traded a cashier's check for it and told him to present that at another branch of this bank, and it would give him the money. So off he went.
"Who did you say you are? What did you say this is for? I'm sorry," the bank manager said to my customer, who was holding a piece of paper in his hand that represented payment for three weeks of my shop's labor, "but I cannot honor this check."
"But it's a cashier's check, drawn on your own bank," objected the checkholder.
"I'm sorry, sir." And that's all we got.
Sounds like bank robbery to me, just not the kind the FBI is interested in. Makes you want to vote Democrat ... almost.
Almost, I say, because I forgot to mention that one more privilege of being self-employed is paying 15 cents of every dollar I earn to Social Security, which is supposed to go broke about the time I will be ready to retire.
Maybe I will have a good year yet, but the government doesn't care that work was rare as hen's teeth last year and that maybe I am still putting money back that I spent keeping my business afloat this year. It is up to me to make up the difference between what Congress wants to spend and what money it has been given.
I also have to come up with a health care plan or pay a penalty, and figure out how to pay for it.
Understand, skilled labor has to be trained before the employer can gain any advantage from the employee. New hires cost money until they are proficient enough at what they do to not only earn their salary but pay for their increase in workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and now a comprehensive health care plan. Many never get there, and their entire employment is a net loss to the business.
Needless to say, I will not be adding any more shop workers for at least the next four years. It hasn't got a thing in the world to do with politics — it's about the economics.
My father, bless him, used to remind me when I was complaining about work, "Son, quit your whining. You chose your own profession." He's right, I did.
In the book of Hebrews, God tells us, "Be content with such things as we have, for He hath said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee."
Lord, forgive me for my whining. My children are healthy, my wife is beautiful and brilliant, and my house is warm and dry.
Life is good. Merry Christmas to all, and a very happy New Year.


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We are trying to move to version 2 of our accounting data warehouse (more likely called a datamart), but it just doesn't have everything the department needs yet. So, we still have version 1 running, a system that gets updated just once each month instead of each night. The warehouses were designed by the accounting software vendor, so I haven't had much to do with the warehouses. I just need to get data from our production accounting system over to the warehouse staging database and do other routine DBA tasks.
Version 1 was set up back in 2003. I was given a list of 43 tables and told where these tables needed to be copied. The easiest thing to do was to use the CopyObject in DTS. I also added an extra step to the job to compare the number of rows and aggretates of numeric and date data between the accounting tables and the copied staging tables to make sure the everything copied correctly. That was fine for four years even though it took four hours to run each month.
We just rececntly upgraded our accounting system to a new version of the software and to 64 bit SQL Server 2005 (woo hoo!). So, I figured all I had to do was point the CopyObject to the new server and all would be well. Or so I thought. I'm sure I could have found the solution if I had worked harder at it, but the CopyObject on the version 1 warehouse server would not talk to the new accounting database server.
Since I had scripts in place on other servers to copy data around at night using linked servers, I decided to pop that solution into place instead of trying to figure out why the CopyObject would not work. I am constantly coming up with new tables that must be copied around and this solution lets me do it by just adding the table name to a table called ImportTables. As long as I have a linked server set up and there are select permissions on the source table, all works well. The new solution copied the 43 tables in just over an hour, 25% of the original time, and all the data checks were correct! To tell the truth, I was expecting worse performance not better. Could the improvement have been because the new source server was a much beefier box? I'm not sure.
When the original CopyObject DTS package was put into place, I hadn't written my linked server solution yet. In fact, I inherited dozens of DTS packages that only copied tables from one SQL Server to another, many copying just one table in a package. I found that this was a nightmare to maintain, and I came up with the linked server idea.
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Hi, I want to ask the name of song that was played as background music in fantastic children ep 24. It begin where Thoma first met Tina big body. It was also play where Sesu lost his arm and wander toward the forest toward the end of ep 18. plz help!!
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I've been looking for a song on the Gilgamesh previews too, but the one I'm looking for is only on the previews for the 5th and 6th tablets I think. It's in English and I think some of the lyrics are "Never rest, it's my time to go. I can not say I'm ahead of the show...". It's driving me crazy, I love the song, but I can't find it anywhere! Does anyone know what it is?
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Thank you very much!
Also, do you know if the artist is the same for all the tracks [except the Ally Kerr track]?
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Track list for mushishi
1. Mushishi no Theme
2. Yuukyuu
3. Yawarakai Kaku
4. Makura Kouji
5. Mushi
6. Mabuta no Hikari
7. Umi Sakai (Unasaka) Yori
8. Ri (Kotowari)
9. Ame ga Kuru Niji ga Tatsu
10. Tabi wo Suru Numa
11. Shinen
12. Tsuyu wo Suu Gun
13. Ichiya Hashi
14. Omoi Mi
15. Rinne
16. Suzuri ni Sumu Shiro
17. Byou no Sakana
18. Yama Nemuru
19. Hikari Sake
20. Kehai
21. Midori no Za
22. Rinkou
23. The Sore Feet Song (TV Size)
all tracks composed by Masuda Toshio except the last one sang by Ally Kerr
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i suggest josh's music sheet page at alphatrance. He is good in transcribing anime music and generous to share it to everyone.
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its from the OS IDOLM@ASTER vid, but i havent been able to find any info on it anywhere =/
identify ^^
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Roughy, I might be able to help you more if I could read kanji, but try running this through Google: 今日これから始まる私の伝説
Edit: 伊織 I think? http://hiko-hik.jugem.jp/?eid=57 Not sure if that's supposed to be the name though.
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Location: イギリスだったり、ミャン
Natsuhiboshi naze akai?
Yuube kanashii yume wo mita
Naite hanashita, akai me yo
Natsuhiboshi naze mayou?
Kieta warashi wo sagashiteru
Dakara kanashii yume wo miru
Summer star, why are you red?
Last night I had a sad dream
Crying as I talked, oh red eyes.
Summer star, why are you lost?
(You are) searching for we who disappeared
That's why I have sad dreams
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[The] Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi
This is a somewhat specific request to those who have seen the series. During episode 3, nearing the end, there is music that plays when Kyon is getting a basic explanation of what Haruhi and the others are (from 20:46 to 22:18 fansub by a.f.k.). My question is: What kind of music is this and where can I get some more of it? It reminds me of Phantasy Star Online, heh. Could it be chill/lounge/jazz-ish perhaps?
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Two new bug-borne viruses detected in Granite State
State health officials announced the first-ever detection of two bug-borne diseases in the state of New Hampshire -- both diseases found in the same person, who they describe as a Hillsborough County male.
Neither disease is usually life-threatening, but the two diseases can infect the central nervous system, a potentially serious complication.
The person tested positive for the Jamestown Canyon virus, which is spread by mosquitoes, and the Powassan virus, which is spread by deer ticks.
"These have been in the U.S. for awhile and Powassan was found in Maine and Vermont previously so this is not entirely unexpected," said Dr. José Montero, New Hampshire director of public health. "There are many mosquito- and tick-borne illnesses and unfortunately we are probably going to continue to see cases of them, which makes prevention steps all the more important."
The announcement comes a day after officials said on Wednesday they have detected the mosquito-borne West Nile virus in Pelham, the first such detection this year in the state.
Because Jamestown Canyon and Powassan viruses are rare, there is not a lot known about the illness they cause, where they are located in the environment, and how many people may have already been infected.
Health officials urge residents to use bug spray, wear long sleeves and pants during dawn and dusk, check for ticks and eliminate standing pools of water.


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Other books I've reviewed lately on said book blog:
"Another Dawn" by Kathryn Cushman - #7. Another great read about how the decisions we make affects more than just ourselves and again learning to forgive.
"The Power of Prayer to Change Your Marriage" by Stormie Omaritan - #8. Very good teaching on issues that can tear marriages apart and how to pray specifically for those issues.


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hi. i hv a broadband router infront of me with 2 box(one XP, one linux) in my local network.. and i still got this IDS msg saying Invalid TCP Option.. isn't the router is acting as a firwall already.. how can the packet pass the router and send to my XP?
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MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- Adam S. Cohen, clinical director of rehabilitation at Northern Westchester Hospital, will be presenting at an education session, "Concussions and the Youth Athlete" at Northern Westchester Hospital on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 7 p.m.
This discussion, part of the hospital's ongoing speaker series, will focus on sports and recreation-related brain injuries, specifically concussions, among children and adolescents. Parents, coaches and athletic trainers are all encouraged to attend.
Cohen will be presenting along with Dr. Jim Dwyer , chief of emergency services at Northern Westchester Hospital, Dr. Victor Khabie , chief of surgery at Northern Westchester Hospital and Dr. Anna Alshansky, pediatric neurologist of Mount Kisco Group.
In addition to working as the administrator for the department, Cohen treats orthopedic and sports medicine patients.
Cohen received his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Simmons College and majored in Psychology at Tufts University.
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DETROIT (AP) — Marek Zidlicky made the best possible first impression on the Detroit Red Wings.
His power-play goal 1:09 into overtime lifted his new team to a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Sean McDonough will be behind the microphone for Syracuse's first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference game against a fellow ACC member, and he remembers being in the student section for the Carrier Dome's inaugural football game.
It was the fall of 1980, McDonough's freshman year of college. Now an ESPN play-by-play broadcaster, he chuckles over how the Carrier Dome welcomes unknowing visitors three decades later.
"One of my biggest memories of how incredibly hot it was inside there," McDonough said. "Everybody laughs at the irony, I guess, that the Carrier Dome is not air-conditioned. It gets very hot and stuffy in there."
The irony is that according to the Daily Orange (Syracuse's student newspaper), Carrier Corporation purchased permanent naming rights to the indoor stadium for $2.75 million — and Carrier Corporation is an air conditioning giant.
How could an A/C company forget to, uh, install A/C in its prized possession?
"Well, if you've ever been to Syracuse, New York, you know you don't need air conditioning very often," McDonough said. "In the winter, you need a lot of heat — and a good snow plow or shovel."
Luckily for Clemson, its first expedition to upstate New York arrives when the ground is blanketed with multiple colors of leaves, not two feet of snow.
It rained in Syracuse all day Friday following two straight weeks of sunshine, but that shouldn't affect the gameday humidity inside the Carrier Dome, one of two Division I FBS teams that plays in its own on-campus indoor stadium. (Idaho is the other.)
The degree of truth to exactly how sweltering it gets inside the Carrier Dome depends on how many fans jam the joint. Syracuse is expecting a near-sellout on Homecoming Weekend, due both to hometown fans curious how a first-year head coach does in the program's first ACC affair and relocated Clemson fans filling their share of the visitor's section.
"When it's full and rocking," McDonough said, "it's about as loud as any place."
The No. 3 Tigers (4-0, 2-0 ACC) are sure to feel the heat when Syracuse (2-2, 0-0) sends blitzing linebackers at the offense, multi-talented runners Terrel Hunt and Jerome Smith at the defense, and a full-throttle upset effort at Clemson in its second of five road challenges.
"They're a hell of a frickin' team, and they scare the hell out of you as a coach," Syracuse coach Scott Shafer said of Clemson on July 22. "But it's a challenge we relish. We're not afraid of anybody at Syracuse — never have been. Sign 'em up and look forward to competing, knowing they got more stars next to their name than we do.
"We may not be as big, we may not be as fast, but doggone it, we want to play a style of football where we're knocking the hell out of people and playing a hard-nosed game against everybody."
The Carrier Dome is built intimately around the football field, which means the fans are a tad closer than normal to the sidelines.
"I expect it to be N.C. State with a roof over it," Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said. "That's the only way I can describe it."
Swinney decided to shut the doors and windows in Clemson's indoor practice facility Tuesday, to simulate something like what the Tigers may feel on Saturday afternoon.
"It was pretty stuffy, but I feel it's something we're used to here in South Carolina, getting really hot and the humidity and everything," junior linebacker Tony Steward said. "Fall camp was pretty brutal, so I think we're pretty accustomed to it and it doesn't affect us as much. We'll just have to stay hydrated."
It's been a long road back to relevancy for Syracuse, which won the 1959 national championship, enjoyed another undefeated season in 1987 and won three consecutive Big East Championships under Paul Pasqualoni from 1996-98.
"The fan interest tailed off for a while," McDonough said, "but I think there's a lot of excitement for the first ACC game, and especially when you're playing Clemson, the No. 3 team in the country."
The Orange suffered through eight straight seasons at or below .500 from 2002-09, and are hoping the change of conference will spark a program-wide renaissance.
"There's only one way to go: baptized by fire," Syracuse defensive tackle Jay Bromley said. "It's a great way to come to the ACC. No other way I would want to start."