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Goodbye ACC, it's been real...
I'm not one for armageddon stories. I don't follow the Mayan calendar. I don't pay attention to each year's "next flu virus" that is supposed to wipe out a significant portion of the population. While there may be some truth to each of these, it is always more subtle then the actual event. Therefore, you shouldn't believe when people say the ACC is over. There will be an ACC, but just nothing like it has been or is now.
Yes, I'm not oblivious to the fact that football rules all and that all the previous movements around college football have been based on that. But if you look at all the previous moves, besides being based on football... schools weren't really giving up much to get what they wanted. Besides new travel and breaking old ties what did these schools give up... Neb, A&M, Mizzu, Col, Utah, WVU, Pitt, Cuse, Boise, SDst and others? All schools moved to benefit in football but no school put their college/univ in a worse position than they already were in. You could argue that each of these moves put the school in an equal or better setting, outside of football.
When FloridaSt, Clemson and who else leave, it will be just that. Football decision like the rest of realignment? Yes. Outside of football, the school joins a setting equal to or better than current situation? No. I always knew football was powerful, but I never believed a "school" would ever seriously consider making a decision that makes its academic growth more difficult or less likely, in favor of football and more athletic money. But, here we are.
Other sources have said that current vote by Big12 schools on expanding: 4 schools ok with it, 4 on fence, 1 pushing hard for it, 1 against it.
Today's news broke that TCU AD actually accidently said that FSU, Clemson AND Miami have been in conversation and are trying to enter the Big12.
Besides this, more and more news continues to surface to support this. It is happening. Goodbye FSU and Clemson. Current ACC football schools GT, Miami and VT know they cannot wait this out and will begin looking elsewhere (even though Miami just said they were happy, but this changes everything). Suddenly the Big12 grabs 3 ACC school and Louisville and the ACC becomes the hunted.
The SEC commissioner even came out and boldly said that they could grab two teams immediately and all that it would take is 2 phone calls... one to VT and one to NCst.
So by the end of July here is where things could stand (at least):
PAC-12 (12 teams)
BIG 12 (14 teams)
SEC (16 teams)
BIG 10 (12 teams)
Arizona State
Oregon State
Washington State
Iowa State
Florida State
Kansas State
Oklahoma State
Texas Tech
West Virginia
Mississippi State
N. Carolina St*
South Carolina
Texas A&M
Virginia Tech
Michigan State
Ohio State
Penn State
*Realize that their first call is actually to UNC, and if you think that they wouldn't seriously consider this then you're living in the past. Yes, they have obvious, grand ties to Duke and the conference but you'll see where their loyalty lies when the falling dominos reach their doorsteps
The really crazy thing about all this is that it won't even stop there. Why... because there are still ACC and other schools that remain of significant value. Big12 still has 2 spots to get to the magic number of 16 and now they all but have a eastern division so they may not be done. The B1G acts like they are perfect already but there's a ton of value to get on the east coast before a rival conference swallows it up.
These teams will definitely find a home in the big 4 (where exactly, Im not sure):
- Notre Dame, GT, UNC, Pitt
These teams have a shot at landing somewhere:
- BC, MD, Rutgers, UVA, Duke, BYU
I suggest reading this...Makes TV market and fan base = team's potential worth
You may have seen this back in September. Obviously, the study isn't perfect but it gives something to at least look at. There are obvious teams that are overvalued and undervalued. (Not using this to make a point but shows why certain schools who look inferior would be chosen over another because of a market)
So is there anything at all the ACC can do to stop this or most of it?
I don't know really. But what ticks me off about this situation is that the ACC appears to look at themselves as too good to be desperate and do what's necessary. It's obvious from the statements of the ACC schools that have been linked to all this change. Based on reading countless articles on interviews with figures from these schools, here is my summary of what they are saying on this topic:
FSU- "The ACC is getting left behind in football relevance and money... and we need both"
Clemson- "Football drives everything so the ACC needs to change the way they make decisions"
GT- "This is a business, and the ACC is simply being outcompeted. And I don't mean the players on the field. The people of the ACC need to be more aggressive."
VT- "Why do some girlfriends threaten to leave their boyfriends, instead of just leaving?... Because their first thought is that if their boyfriend could just change, they'd rather stay."
Believe me, as much as I think we may be doomed, this is not set in stone. The ACC can act. And based on what schools are saying, it looks as if they are giving the ACC one last chance to change. FSU is not leaving because they need an extra 2.5 million dollars this year. They are leaving because they feel there is nothing in place in the ACC to make them believe they'll be able to grow as an athletic program without seeing more red numbers at the end of each year. Clemson, besides following FSU's lead, really wants to see the ACC commit to decisions based on football, because that's the driving force of college athletics. It's not as the ACC has been idle for 20 years and have been overrun. The ACC has poached from the Big East numerous times and managed to secure the entire eastern seaboard. There is ambition there but none recently that directly positions the ACC in a better spot among college football. GT mentions that we can't go about these things passively. If the ACC is going to make changes, make them quickly. If the Big10 or SEC is so great then extend your hand and create tangible associations. You like the B1G/ACC basketball challenge? How about it for football then too? Each year our teams are paired up and the games are spread out from a Thursday night to Saturday night in one week.
So how can the ACC satisfy all these requests?
Why this will satisfy our current members and prevent them from leaving?
- Brings instant relevance and money to the conference
- Decision based solely on football that just so happens benefits other areas
- Admitting them will create an instant change in how the ACC operates football, and it will be for the better (explained below)
For all you naysayers out there... this isn't impossible:
Why Notre Dame doesn't want to join a conference?
- Keep own NBC deal worth 15 million a season
- No conference schedule
- Allowing for kept rivalries and expansive scheduling
- National Alumni displeased
- Playing and exposure to important national locals
- No sharing of bowl money
What the ACC should offer Notre Dame to have them accept full-membership...
- ND can keep TV revenue rights to non-conference football games
- ND gets 17million for being a conference member (will go up too with them joining and in 5 years once conference is stronger)
- ND has an opportunity to make another 4-6 million off non-conference games.
- All other sports fall under normal ACC tv contract
- ACC expands but keeps conference play to 8 games
- That is 4 possible non-conference games
§ ND has opportunity to keep up rivalries (Navy, USC, B1G teams)
- ND placed in ACC division that maximizes areas important to ND alumni
- Stretches east coast
- Midwest is served by ND home games and nonconference B1G matchup
- SoCal is served by keeping annual rivalry with USC
- ACC changes to weighted bowl revenue sharing
- Teams who go to bowls are given larger cut of revenue... instead of equal revenue sharing.
Some of you might say, "You can't give Notre Dame special privileges"... Well they are only technically getting one (non conference game revenue). But yes you can when it means a program like this associating with you. Keeping conference schedule to 8 games is great because it maximizes opportunities to schedule more games with the "top" conferences and gives greater flexibility. The reason why Notre Dame can't join better football leagues such as the B1G or Big12 is because they wouldn't be able to play on the east coast. Alumni are emphatic about this. They must have regular games up and down the Atlantic and the ACC can actually provide that with conference play.
So who knows what will happen over the next 2 months but I believe there is still hope for the ACC if it's willing to fight for it. Who's with me?

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AACA Museum to display rare Stearns-Knight during Hershey Week
Pennsylvania's famed Hershey Week always seems to draw in some of the rarest surviving vehicles in the world, and this year is no exception. Word has arrived from the AACA Museum – located on Route 39 just one mile north of the swap meet grounds (a.k.a. Hershey Park) – that the only known remaining example of a 1929 Stearns-Knight Deluxe H-8-90 Roadster will be on display from October 2-7, courtesy of its owner and restorer, Al Giddings.
Prior to the company's departure from the automotive scene in 1929, the Stearns-Knight roadster was one of the fastest domestic production cars in the United States. Even though it weighed more than 5,000 pounds, its big 120hp V-8 engine was capable of pushing the 137-inch-wheelbase chassis up to 110 MPH; its extremely close build tolerances also suggested, according to the F.B. Stearns Co., that owners could achieve 200,000 miles of trouble-free driving (at least from the engine).
As it has in previous years, the AACA Museum will have extended hours on select days during Meet Week: Thursday and Friday 9 a.m. – 9 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (the museum will be open Monday through Wednesday during their normal 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. hours).
Colonel Green and his Stearns-Knight hybrid
As we mentioned last week, gasoline-electric hybrid cars are not a new invention, nor were they something that was only tried once at the outset of the automotive age before being revived again a century later. GM had its own hybrids in the 1960s, the XP512H and the XP833, and as Tim Martin from The Old Motor showed us recently, Colonel Edward Howland Robinson "Ned" Green had a series of three gasoline-electric hybrids built for him in 1929.
Green, despite what his name might imply, didn't have his hybrids built out of any concern for the planet's health, or for reducing oil dependency. In fact, he had them built specifically so he could, in his small way, increase the consumption of fossil fuels. Green – the son of the eccentric, but immensely wealthy Hetty Green – lost his leg as a boy, thus preventing him from ever experiencing a gasoline-powered car first-hand in those days prior to the widespread use of the automatic transmission. He got around thanks to a chauffeur and thanks to his electric Automatic Electric Pleasure Vehicle (another photo here), to which he occasionally mounted a radio array, yet he intended to drive a gasoline car himself, and he certainly had the means to do it.
The story of how Green's cars came together doesn't seem to be fully fleshed out. We know that he pledged $1 million toward the project and that he was a General Electric shareholder. We also know that in the mid-1910s, General Electric bought into the Entz electro-magnetic transmission patents and used them to manufacture the special transmissions that would be used in the Owen Magnetic and later in the Rauch and Lang taxicabs built in the late 1920s in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, under the ownership of Ray Deering. Furthermore, we also know that those Rauch and Lang taxicabs used Willys-Knight engines, and that John North Willys bought the F.B. Stearns Co. in 1925. It's a long six degrees of separation, but it's the most plausible explanation for the reason why the first of Green's hybrid cars, a 1929 Stearns-Knight M 6-80 cabriolet with its Stearns-Knight sleeve-valve engine, was fitted with a GE-designed series hybrid system by Rauch and Lang in Massachusetts. GE, of course, took all the credit when Green took delivery of his cabriolet.
(Why they didn't simply fit a GE electro-magnetic transmission to the Stearns-Knight is left for speculation. It would have resulted in the same net effect: a shiftless car.)
Pleased with the cabriolet, Green immediately ordered two more: a brougham and a sedan. According to the JRW Auto Museum's account of the cars, the three were all badged and titled as Rauch and Lang cars, and GE and Rauch and Lang actually intended to enter production. That, of course never happened: Green had his three cars and saw little need to continue investing in the project. Meanwhile, Stearns-Knight ended production shortly after the crash of 1929. Without the project to keep it going, Rauch and Lang closed its doors.
After Green's death in 1936, the three cars were split up. JRW Auto Museum notes that the cabriolet – the one in the above photo – was dismantled and scrapped. The second, the brougham, was left in a field to rot but is currently under restoration. The third, the sedan, made it back to Cleveland (the home of Stearns-Knight and the original home of Rauch and Lang and the Owen Magnetic), went into storage for many years, before passing through a few hands in the 1960s and 1970s. At one point, it was advertised in the March 1967 issue of Hemmings Motor News:
1930 Rausch-Lang (sic) gas-electric 4 door sedan. Very rare special made, unrestored. $895
It was then restored twice, sold a few more times (including once at RM's Al Wiseman collection auction in 2007), then ended up in the JWR Auto Museum, where it rests today.
Cleveland-built cars to headline the Glenmoor Gathering
Outside of the greater Detroit area, automobile production concentrated in several areas: Buffalo, New York; Auburn, Indiana; Kenosha, Wisconsin. Perhaps none of those areas, however, can lay claim to as many automobile companies as the greater Cleveland area, a metropolis known for its industrial strength. Honoring all the various Cleveland-built cars thus falls naturally to the Glenmoor Gathering of Significant Automobiles, which takes place every year in nearby Canton, Ohio.
Such Cleveland-built cars as the Peerless, White, Winton, Stearns-Knight, Chandler and Jordan will be on display September 17-19 at the Glenmoor Gathering, which this year will also feature the cars of Giotto Bizzarini, Duesenbergs and Italian superbikes. Aside from the concours and countryside tour, the weekend's events will also include an auction by Classic Motorcar Auctions on the grounds of the Glenmoor Country Club and a panel discussion chaired by Keith Martin on various topics related to the direction of the classic car marketplace.
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LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Reports of storm damage are coming in across a wide swath of the WDRB viewing area, including confirmed tornados in Hodgenville and Hardin County.
According to a clerk in the Larue County Sheriff's Office, he personally witnessed a subdivision virtually "wiped out." He said he saw a funnel cloud sweep down and hit several homes in a subdivision off of Lincoln Blvd., near a gas station called IGA Express.
He said the structures are still standing, but lots of roofs are gone and the exteriors of several homes are damaged. He said practically every home was, "torn to pieces." He continued, "It's like it just came down, wiped that subdivision out and then went back up."
He says he saw this when he went to make sure a friend was OK.
There are power outages all over Hodgenville. There are no reports of any injuries at this time.
A WDRB News crew in Elizabethtown, Ky. saw damage including at least one home along Hodgenville Road with its roof ripped off, along with widespread debris.
Siding and insulation were among the debris along Lincoln Parkway near the Harry Owen Trucking Company. One telephone pole had twisted metal wrapped around it. Several trucks were damaged, as well.
Firefighters were using chain saws to clear roads and move debris.
One neighbor was concerned about a home that had been struck where two-year-old twins lived. The neighbor said the family was just "thankful to be alive...they heard everything coming down around them, but they're OK."
The Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown has opened as a shelter for storm victims.
Officials with Hardin County Schools asked parents not to pick up their children, saying they felt students were safer remaining in the schools rather than getting on the road to go home.
In Grayson County, Sheriff's Office dispatch has received reports of a tornado touchdown (that is unconfirmed until the National Weather Service confirms it.) Several houses have been damaged in Grayson County, and many power lines are down. One call said a subject in a wheelchair was trapped in a house.
This damage centers around Hwy 224, also called Millers Town Road, around the Clarkson area and Horntown.
Clarksville Fire Department Chief Andy Cain reports that one person was injured after a trailer was damaged. That person has been pulled out of the trailer and is going to be treated by EMS. No word on the extent of the injuries.
He says probably a mile of Old Millerstown Road has been affected. It is covered in trees and debris and they are having to cut through it to access other areas of the county.
According to Grayson County 911 dispatchers, the EMS director is calling surrounding counties for assistance. A command center is being set up on Hwy. 224 near Old Millerstown Road, four or five miles out from Clarkson.
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(Reuters) Religious minorities put faith in Tunisia's democracy
Minority Jews and Christians are putting their faith in Tunisia's nascent democracy to ensure its new Islamist-led leadership respects their rights in this traditionally secular state.
Religious minorities in the Arab world have mostly lost out when dictators are toppled and radical Islamists exploit the power vacuum to attack non-Muslims. The targeting of Christians in Iraq and Egypt constitutes a frightening example.
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Mukund Balasubramanian, Jonathan R. Polimeni, Eric L. Schwartz, "Exact Geodesics and Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces," IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 1006-1016, June, 2009.
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The New York Times has an article today on workplace bullies, who differ from playground bullies in that we're all grown-up now and are you ever going to grow a pair and hit back?
Anyway, social scientists apparently needed an outlet for all that grant money, so they came up with this:
This month, researchers at the University of Manitoba reported that the emotional toll of workplace bullying is more severe than that of sexual harassment. And in today's corporate culture, supervisors may condone bullying as part of a tough management style.
That's probably true. Also true is that Father Scott is a weak-kneed pansy who cries to his mommy every time an author is late with an article. Boo-hoo, Father Scott. Boo freaking hoo.
Anyways, the Times says workplace bullying comes in different forms:
It may start with a belittling comment at a staff meeting. Later it becomes gossip to co-workers and forgetting to invite someone to an important work event. If the bully is a supervisor, victims may be stripped of critical duties, then accused of not doing their job.
That reminds me of this one time Father Scott and I were in a staff meeting, and he said something about how good the new pretzel rods in the snack room are, and I was all "You would think so you fucking fairy!" Then I told everybody on the second floor that his girlfriend broke up with him because he pees in his bed like every night. HAHAHAHAHA! It was awesome.
I drew this picture of Father Scott yesterday. Look how I made him a girl! Frickin' loser.
Of course, a bunch of do-good dorks are doing what they always do when they feel threatened by coworkers who are smarter and funnier than them — they're trying to legislate against workplace bullying in places like Massachusetts and New York:
The antibullying bills are often referred to as "healthy workplace" legislation. The name is more palatable to businesses, but they also acknowledge the serious health toll bullying can have. Some victims become physically ill from the stress, with depression, anxiety and even symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Surveys also suggest that victims of office bullies call in sick more often — although it's not clear whether they really are sick or just avoiding the abusive environment at work.
Oh man, that reminds me. The last time Father Scott called in sick, I took all the manila folders on his desk and put them in the shredder. Then when he came back the next day he was all like, "Does anybody know where all my files are? I spent two months on those and I don't have a publication without them!" and I laughed and laughed and laughed. Then I told everyone on the third floor that he collected Hallmark figurines and gave them each names like Coco and Starlight and that he talks to them while we're all at lunch together! What a douche!
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A. Few of us are saints, and to demand that all of us be so, and daily, does not seem to be either realistic or, for that matter, morally laudable. Most of us are morally awake most of the time - in small matters. We would help the infirm to cross a busy road, we would rush to help the injured, we would each for our wallet when shown shocking pictures of victims of a famine or an earthquake. Fortunately, an experimentum crucis is not a daily occurence, and seldom is our moral conscience put to a severe test in which genuine self-sacrifice is required for the sake of others who have no other claims on our generosity except their misery, and who have nothing to offer in exchange. The dense network of conventional stratagems and expedients called society sees to it that this remains a rule of our quotidianity.
The problem is, though, 'to keep the podwder dry', to accumulate, and preserve, sufficient supplies of moral senditivity which we may need to draw on in the hour of critical test. Moral sensitivity needs to be excessive to be sufficient: 'in surplus' of what we see as daily, 'ordinary' needs, so that ever new forms of human misery can be percieved as shameful and intolerable cases of indignity and humiliation, and teated accordingly. There is never enough of moral sensitivity, and its cultivation is the preliminary condition of the 'just society', at least in the definition suggested before.
This is the prime reason to be worried. If the 'moral party of two' is the greenhouse of moral sentiments, if it is in that party that the art of 'taking responsibility for one's responsibility' is learned, experimented with, texted and exercised, then the society's capacity for justice depends to a great extent on the quality of 'love relationships' which its culture cultivates.
In his beautiful book on The Art of Loving, Erich Fromm pointed out that in a culture in which the qualities of 'true humility, courage, faith and discipline' are rare, 'the attainment of the capacity to love must remain a rare achievement'. And then he suggested that such rarity is indeed the bane of the society we live in. If 'modern capitalism needs men who consume more and more', if 'the world is one great big object for our appetite, a big apple, a big bottle, a big breast' and we are 'the sucklers, the eternally expectant ones, the hopeful ones - and the eternally disappointed ones', then, 'while everybody tries to be as close as possible to the rest, everybody remains utterly alone, pervaded by the deep sense of insecurity, anxiety and guilt which always results when human separatedness cannot be overcome.'
In short, the chances of learning the art of love, and thereby coming to appreciate love as a consummate meaning of life and expecting satisfaction from love as a gift rather than gain, are slim.
I regret that we are not all, including myself, saints. Morality may stop short of saintliness. But I am deeply worried that loving may well be on the way to becoming a forgotten, and seldom practised, art. Without that art, there is little hope for morality; and even less for a just society."—extract from Conversations with Zygmunt Bauman, Keith Tester, 2001
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"Viable human being"? As opposed to who, you, the judge and jury of human worth?
How's that wonderful sense of self esteem working out for you?
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The Boston Red Sox are happy to return home following a disastrous road trip and are hoping to find a few more hits in their own park. The Red Sox try to avoid a third shutout this week when they open a four-game series against the visiting Cleveland Indians on Thursday. The Indians swept Boston at home last week and had won nine of 10 before dropping two at Kansas City on Tuesday and Wednesday.The Red Sox managed a total of nine runs in the three games at Cleveland last week and carried that general lack of offense through series losses at Detroit and Baltimore while putting together a 2-7 road trip. Boston went 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position while totaling one run in three games at Baltimore to close out the trip. The Indians rode the high of Lonnie Chisenhall through a strong series at Texas, and the 25-year-old kept up the pace even when his teammates fell off against the Royals. Chisenhall ran his streak of multi-hit performances to five with two hits on Wednesday.TV: 7:10 p.m. ET, MLBN, SportsTime Ohio (Cleveland), NESN (Boston)PITCHING MATCHUP: Indians RH Josh Tomlin (4-2, 3.12 ERA) vs. Red Sox LH Jon Lester (6-7, 3.52)Tomlin missed the Red Sox last week but started at Texas on Saturday and allowed three runs over eight innings to pick up a win. The Texas native has yielded three or fewer earned runs in each of his first seven starts since coming back from surgery. Tomlin is 1-1 with a 7.17 ERA in four career-games - three starts - against Boston.Lester struggled through one of his worst starts of the season at Detroit on Saturday, getting knocked around for five runs on 12 hits in 4 1/3 innings. The 30-year-old entered that outing among the league leaders in strikeouts but failed to fan a batter for the first time this year. Lester never has had much trouble against Cleveland, going 6-1 with a 3.43 ERA in 13 career starts.WALK-OFFS1. Red Sox SS Stephen Drew (oblique) has missed the last three games and remains day-to-day.2. Indians LF Michael Brantley is 6-for-10 with six runs scored in his last three games.3. Boston manager John Farrell on Wednesday officially named Cleveland manager and former boss Terry Francona to his staff for the All-Star Game.PREDICTION: Red Sox 4, Indians 3
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As if their name and albums weren't enough to tip you off, the Sword like to do two things: make references to myths and fantasy, and blast your ears off with eruptions of fiery metal.
And in their second album "Gods of the Earth," this Austin band proceeds to do both — but with greater intensity than in their debut. Not only do they have Black-Sabbath-style muscle and power that sweeps you off like a tidal wave, but also a wild flexibility that only promises to become more hypnotic in the future.
The first song eases you into the music with a nimble, quiet guitar melody… right before that swell of thunderous bass explodes onto the scene, and it turns into a full-fledged metal anthem. But from the way they play it, you can tell that this is just the buildup.
It's followed by the epic buildup and rapid ascent of "How Heavy This Axe," a blazing war anthem ("So many men have fallen/So many more must die/Cut down like wheat beneath the scythe!"), and "Lords'" tight knifelike riffs twined with heavy grimy clouds of bass. And, of course, lyrics that sound like they were written for some enormous high-fantasy novel ("The dukes of the marches have ordered their archers/To shoot all outlanders on sight").
So you have a pretty good idea of what the remaining songs are going to be, and the Sword rushes on through them like a brush fire. A rollicking hard-rocker that simultaneously sounds like a stampede and a car revving, a meditative folk-metal anthem, blazing yowlfests, tribal metal, eruptions of accelerating bass and wild upward-spiraling riffs.
By the time you get to "The White Sea," you'll probably feel kind of dizzy. Fortunately the album finally slows to a stately dark cloud of grimy bass, with one outburst of wailing riffs near the end.
When you get down to it, all the songs on here sound like the soundtrack to some heavy-metal fantasy movie, with a heavy dose of Norse mythology — lots of bloody battles, mythical goddesses, destroyed ruins, wizards, damsels, legends, creepy forests, and fantastical/mythic stuff like that. And they'll happily blow your ears off too.
"Gods of the Earth" is just as wild, heavy and rock-hard as the Sword's debut album, but they rev up the tempo with this one — just listen to the speed of "Under the Boughs." We get raw, rough, intertwined basslines race along at sixty MPH, pausing occasionally for the sharp-edged electric riffs, elaborate acoustic bits, and some solid drumming. But the powerful bass playing is what really pushes this epic, fast-moving music along.
JD Cronise's voice gets a bit buried in the mix, but he yowls nicely when you can hear him. The lyrics are probably the weakest point. They're colourful and evocative ("They come with teeth and tusks and talons/They come with horns and hooves and claws/A wailing cry is heard deep within the forest…") but their lyrics get very stilted at times ("Our legends tell of weapons/Wielded by kings of old/Crafted by evil wizards/Unholy to behold").
In fact, they're at their strongest when they don't try too hard, such as in the relatively simple "Maiden, Mother and Crone": "Walk not down that road/I can not tell you where it goes/Ask me no more questions/Some things you weren't meant to know."
"Gods of the Earth" suffers from some awkward lyrics, but their muscular, blazing, D&D-geeky brand of metal is almost powerful enough to drown that out. Definitely worth hearing.


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Need a break from the 21st century? Come to the annual Medieval Fair! Discover what it was like to live during the Middle Ages in the wooded setting of Caponi Art Park. Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism's Barony of Nordskogen chapter bring you the Middle Ages as they should have been: without the strife and pestilence!
Authentic pavilions will be on display in a Medieval Village as SCA members in period dress present educational demonstrations and activities. Look forward to rapier and armored combat, music, weaponry and armorers, storytelling bards, jugglers, cooking, period games, heraldry, glass bead making, and other arts and skills. We'll also have a lace making demonstration, spinning, fire starting, crossbows, a book display, and childrens coloring activity. Coin making and pewter casting demos have been added this year.
After visiting the Medieval Fair, be sure to tour the rest of the park including the Sculpture Garden and Theater in the Woods.
Admission to this program is free, with a $5 per person suggested donation. Event will go on rain or shine, except in the case of severe weather or heavy rain.
Location: The Medieval Fair takes place in the Exhibition area. In addition to our main parking lot, parking will also be available at the Lexington-Diffley Athletic fields. Banners and signs will be posted. Walking from the athletic fields lot is more scenic and includes unpaved, hilly trails.
Food: Potter's Pasties food truck will sell a variety of English pasties, pies, sides and refreshments during the Medieval Fair. See the menu on their website.


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While you've been enjoying your summer, Wisconsin has been changing your emissions test locations. As of July 2, the old emissions testing locations have all closed, and you go to a new place. Don't be like me and drive over there like an idiot to find it closed. Stop and actually look at your license plate renewal notice. It has a website and a phone number to find your new location. (Just put in the zip).
Fear not. I've gone before you and tested the test. And you're in good hands.
In 53211 you will come up with . And Don Schmidt and his partner Keith Lasanske are nice guys. For over 25 years, they have been nice guys right here in Shorewood.
But, I will be frank, I was prepared to not like them.
I'm still a little freaked that there's an abandoned emissions place with bells and whistles where I used to go.
Apparently, those facilities weren't actually owned by the state, they were owned by a contractor, Enviro Test. When that contract expired, the new contractor, Systech, went a different route.
I will admit, I miss the webcam to check how busy they were. I miss not having to think about car repair in the same day as my test. I was even more wary that I'm now taking my car to a repair shop where I'll be at the mercy with a pass/fail risk at hand...worrying that if I fail this guy is going to song and dance me into a lot of expensive work.
So it was in this furrowed state on Monday that I drove over and met Schmidt, the owner, and talked to him while my two wild children and I got the emissions tested. The co-owner, Lasanske, wasn't there, but his son, Blake, was, who is pictured and did the test, as he is one of a few emissions certified testers there.
And I had something else on Schmidt, too, lest I fail the test and have to resort to defensive "No thank-you-ing" if he started pushing me towards pricey or worse ... "question-mark" infinity-cost repair. He just happens to be the younger brother of a longtime friend of mine, so I'm a phone-call away from a good ear and swift kick from his older sister if any foul play over my car were to ensue. I'll pass that along to you all too — because I definitely got the feeling from Schmidt I'd never need to call in that favor.
I can tell you they passed my test. Schmidt was calm, affable, and is obviously eager to show folks how the test works and how he understands peoples' concerns.
"The number one issue we get is people thinking we can somehow affect the test," he said. "But we can't."
There is no way to alter the test, because it is a plug going into the diagnostic hub of the computer in the car.
"Thanks to the diagnostics being the same on all cars since 1996," Schmidt informed me, "the test is a plug that fits into your car's computer. Then the machine spits out the form and it tells you everything. If there are no Volts showing up, it wasn't connected properly. Any other trouble codes show up at the bottom of the sheet.
"The second worry people have is that we're going to suggest a bunch of stuff they have to do here. We don't intend to fix the fails, though we do take on jobs if asked. By law there can be no obligation to use us, so there is no need to even think we're going to ask. We are a certified repair facility with a very loyal following. Any fail report also kicks out seven or eight suggested certified repair facilities."
So just call the number (414-963-0549), and make an appointment, and it is fast and kind of interesting. It takes less time than it does to ponder the Culver's flavor of the day across the street.
Schmidt has been flooded with emissions inspections, and being in the office for five minutes let me see the revolving door he's got now that he's the place.
"In July we were averaging 75 calls a day," he said.
So appointments are key, and in a month, there will be a separate spot to bring emissions test cars in and out and avoid the work bays.
The shop earns $2 per test completed.
"We signed up in order to have more contact with our communities, to let people get to know us," he said. "They are doing that, and are making appointments from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays and Saturday mornings."
So what if you fail? Note this change. There is a state-approved waiver to pass if you spend at least $819 to get your car fixed to pass the inspection. There is a by John Hauenfelder that has a lot of great commentary on it regarding this statewide issue .
Schmidt explained, "That means, if you go get an oxygen sensor at a parts store because it's listed on your fail report, and spend $60 on it, and then fail because of another issue, you don't get to count that $60 towards your $819 on repair. It has to be money that is spent under the guidance of a certified repair facility towards emissions issues."
One last thing (I did Pass - hurrah!). Interesting side story – Shorewood Auto Repair was the first business in the village to take students from Shorewood High School through the transitions program, and a student named John Colton was the first such participant. As it turns out, Lasanske married Colton's mom, and his son Blake, was my emissions test guy (pictured) today. Small world. Schmidt smiled wide, and, referring to Shorewood, said, "Hey, it's Mayberry, and it's great."


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Lactase supplements are a type of dietary supplement typically used to treat lactose intolerance. Produced naturally in the lining of your small intestine, lactase is an enzyme involved in breakdown of lactose (a sugar found in milk and other dairy products). Since some people don't produce enough lactase on their own, taking lactase supplements is thought to aid the body in digesting milk.
Uses for Lactase Supplements
In most cases, people take lactase supplements in order to avoid experiencing symptoms of lactose intolerance when consuming dairy products. These symptoms include cramps, diarrhea, gas, and bloating.
Since dairy products are a major source of calcium, many people use lactase supplements to treat lactose intolerance and acquire the calcium needed to protect against conditions like osteoporosis. Crucial for building and maintaining healthy bones, calcium is also essential for blood clotting, proper functioning of muscles, and the sending and receiving of nerve signals.
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Although research on the use of lactase supplements is fairly limited, several studies suggest that taking lactase supplements may be of some benefit to people with lactose intolerance.
In a 2010 study published in European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences, for instance, researchers assigned 60 people with lactose intolerance to one of three treatments: lactase supplements, supplements containing Lactobacillus reuteri (a type of probiotic), or a placebo. Study results showed that both lactase supplements and Lactobacillus reuteri were more effective than the placebo in reducing gastrointestinal symptoms brought on by consumption of lactose. However, lactase supplements were significantly more effective than Lactobacillus reuteri in reducing gas.
In addition, a 2005 report published in the Journal of the American College of Nutritionstates that lactase supplements can aid in the digestion of lactose among people with lactose intolerance.
Lactase supplements are considered safe for most people. Although lactase supplements generally do not cause side effects, they may trigger allergic reactions in some individuals. If you experience symptoms such as hives, difficulty breathing, and/or tightness in your chest after using lactase supplements, seek medical attention as soon as possible.
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While dairy products are a top source of calcium, it's possible to achieve adequate calcium intake without consuming dairy products. Therefore, the use of lactase supplements may not be necessary for people with lactose intolerance. Non-dairy sources of calcium include:
- calcium-fortified soymilk (299 mg per 8-ounce serving)
- calcium-fortified orange juice (261 mg per 6-ounce serving)
- firm tofu made with calcium sulfate (253 mg per 1/2 cup)
- kale (100 mg per cup)
- bok choy (74 mg per cup)
- whole-wheat bread (30 mg per slice)
- broccoli (21 mg per ½ cup)
Do You Need Lactase Supplements?
Symptoms of lactose intolerance include gas, diarrhea, and swelling in the stomach following the consumption of dairy products. If you think you might be lactose-intolerant, talk to your doctor. There are a number of medical tests (including blood, breath, and stool tests) that can help your doctor determine if you have lactose intolerance.
A number of factors may contribute to lactose intolerance, including medical disorders affecting the small intestine (such as celiac disease and Crohn's disease), increasing age, and complications from chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
Where to Find Lactase Supplements
Widely available for purchase online, lactase supplements can be purchased in many natural-foods stores, drugstores, and stores specializing in dietary supplements.
Lactase supplements are typically sold as capsules or chewable tablets.
Byers KG, Savaiano DA. "The myth of increased lactose intolerance in African-Americans." J Am Coll Nutr. 2005 Dec;24(6 Suppl):569S-73S.
National Institutes of Health. "Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Calcium." Last accessed January 2013.
Ojetti V, Gigante G, Gabrielli M, Ainora ME, Mannocci A, Lauritano EC, Gasbarrini G, Gasbarrini A. "The effect of oral supplementation with Lactobacillus reuteri or tilactase in lactose intolerant patients: randomized trial." Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2010 Mar;14(3):163-70.
Suarez FL, Zumarraga LM, Furne JK, Levitt MD. "Nutritional supplements used in weight-reduction programs increase intestinal gas in persons who malabsorb lactose." J Am Diet Assoc. 2001 Dec;101(12):1447-52.


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I think these are pretty accurate. I'd have liked to see some love for Serge Ibaka, who looked a lot more polished than I anticipated he might. This was my first time watching Summer League games. I think Westbrook looked good, but still needs an outside shot. I was thoroughly impressed with James Harden, whom I supported as our pick in the draft. He's a complete player who can not only shoot, but pass.
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Orlando Magic forward Ryan Anderson was selected as a member of the 2009 Orlando Pro All-Summer League First Team at the conclusion of the six-team, five-day event Friday at the RDV Sportsplex in Orlando, Fla. Anderson, who averaged 21.4 points and a league-high 9.4 rebounds over the five-game stretch, was joined on the All-Summer League Team by teammate Kasib Powell, whose 14.8 points per game and 5.8 rebounds per contest earned him Second Team honors. Russell Westbrook and James Harden of the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers' Tyler Hansbrough and Roy Hibbert accompanied Anderson with First Team honors.
Joining Powell on the second team is Mareese Speights of the New Jersey Nets/Philadelphia 76ers, J.R. Giddens and Nick Fazekas of the Boston Celtics and D.J. White of the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The First and Second Team selections were picked by the listeners of the live Dante & Galante summer league webcast on OrlandoMagic.com.
Orlando finished summer league play with a record of 2-3, while the Indiana Pacers went 5-0 over the course of the week, becoming only the second team in the seven-year history of the league to go undefeated (in addition to the Miami Heat in 2002).
Orlando Pro All-Summer League Teams
1st Team
G – Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City
G – James Harden, Oklahoma City
F – Tyler Hansbrough, Indiana
F – Ryan Anderson, Orlando
C – Roy Hibbert, Indiana
2nd Team
G – J.R. Giddens, Boston
G/F – Kasib Powell, Orlando
F – Nick Fazekas, Boston
F – D.J. White, Oklahoma City
C – Marreese Speights, New Jersey/Philadelphia
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Sportrock and Earth Trek in Rockville are the two main gyms in the DC metro area but a bit of hassle to get to after work if someone actually lives in DC (not the burbs). I live in DC and am looking to get back into climbing on a regular basis a few nights a week on the weekdays after work. Driving out of the city after work can be a nightmare and taking metro is too expensive to be doing on a regular basis. The only other gym in DC proper that has a gym I think is Results in Capitol Hill. I'm not familiar with Carderock or Great Falls but those seem to be the local climbing spots. So where do DC people go to climb after work? Thanks.
Check out the canal walls in Georgetown. Decent workout for the desperate... www.mountainproject.com/v/washington-dc/107429136
The National Museum of the American Indian looks pretty sweet also...too bad you can't climb the thing!
Good luck! You do realize DC is right at sea level? C rock will be crowded regularly. The TR anchors people throw up there will horrify. Earth Treks in Rockville is a big gym that should satisfy you enough in between road trips to Seneca or NRG. The Metro gets you close enough to bike there. As for the cost of the train ride... Welcome to Washington DC
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thanks for the replies. I'm familiar with the wall that runs along the canal in Georgetown. I've run by it many times and I've only once seen people on it. I'm surprised it's not more popular. I guess DC people don't have many options as far as local spots. I was just wondering what DC-based climbers do for climbing on the weekdays especially during the winter months. Does anyone know anyone that actually ventures out to sportrock or earth trek from DC regularly during the week?
Yes I know people who go to Earth Treks during the week. I met a guy at Rocks SP who said he goes there more than Cardarock. If you live near the Metro traveling there should be crowded but going back into DC should be easy. Once you're off the train the gym is a short walk away. You should also look up Potomac Appalachian trail club. I met a bunch of them at Annapolis Rocks one day. Sounded like they would be a resource for info and partners.
Carderock is a dust pan, Annaolis rock choss pile, Chikies choss, boring, Birdsboro manufactured holds abomination galore, the Great falls tourist trap, deteriorating conglomerates.....the whole area is a bore....go to the Gunks!
We built a great glue-up for bouldering on the stone wall in Rock Creek Park under the Porter Street bridge. 100 feet long, 15 feet high, and a nice grassy landing. D.DOT chopped it a few years back, but it wouldn't take much to bring it back to life. Next on the agenda was the old stone wall on the running path under the Duke Ellington bridge (Calvert Street). It's more secluded than the Porter Street bridge (set back in the woods), but I moved before getting around to clearing the poison ivy hanging down over the wall. Good luck!
The Gunks? Yea, that's not far at all. I doubt he's going to drive six hours after work. Maybe the Metro could get him close? You want to see a choss pile? Check out Maryland Heights.
Traversing the base of the Washington Monument is fun and challenging and you've got to experience the barn door on one of the aretes.
People call Seneca a choss pile because it is an enormous choss pile. Seneca is one of the only crags in the country that when you approach it on the highway coming from the New you say "Wow, we are 25 miles out and I can already tell that place is a crumbling, deteriorating, piece of choss." After climbing at Seneca for the first year or so of my trad career, I tapped on every hold to make sure it was good at all the places I went to afterwards. This practice is absolutely necessary at Seneca, but when I realized I didn't have to do that at quality crags, the association of choss with Seneca became permanently cemented. On top of the chossiness, if you climb harder than 10 then you are going to have to go above small gear like brassies and 00 tcus. The grades stop at 12 except for maybe 1 junky sport route that goes at 13. Even worse than not having hard climbs is the unbelievable amount of gumbies. No area in the world attracts as many gumbies as Seneca. If you get to a rappel station and there is even 1 party there you might as well walk down because the party will invariably be a bunch of gumbies that take 2 hours to set a rappel. The gumbies are also very dangerous; they will drop stuff on you, epic on 5s, and make stupid mistakes that someone with 20 years of experience should never make. Seneca gumbies are the worst in that regard; they are not gumbies because they have been climbing for 9 months and want to try trad, they are gumbies because they have been climbing for 20 years and still act like they have been climbing for 9 months. There are more of these "Perma-gumbies" at Seneca than anywhere else in the world combined. Seneca's one redeeming feature is that it offers wild exposure on very easy climbs. The only reason I may ever go to Seneca again is to take someone who is new to climbing on Gunsight to South Peak Direct. I recommend just driving the extra 3 hours and going to the New. With respect to climbing in DC, I know many people that take the metro 3 times a week to go to the Rockville gym. Too bad the metro is so poorly run and so expensive as a result. Good luck and don't go to Seneca.
DC can be a purgatory for climbers but with a little work and getting to know the community you can thrive as a climber in DC. First, the gyms are top notch. Both Earth Treks and SportRock are topshelf gyms where you can make great gains in your climbing. As far as gettin outside on real rock, M-F you're best bet is Great Falls, VA or CarderRock, MD. The VA side of the Potomac River is much better and contains many more routes. Although it's primarily a toproping area, you just need to think of it really as highball bouldering on a rope. 11+ there is very stout and more likely mid 5.12. The 5.12s are very hard and technical. I cut my teeth at this place and I believe it did a great job of teaching me how to climb technical faces and how to crimp hard. Despite all the negative reviews, this place isn't bad for a local trip. Old Rag will be an oasis in the concrete jungle. Yes, it's 2 hours away and yes it will take about an hour to get to the closest sector from the parkign lot but this place has impeccable granite crack and slab climbing. Mostly single pitch climbing in a wilderness setting. Totally worth the drive, hell worth an overnighter. Great granite climbing and some adventure bouldering. Enuf said. Seneca, Franklin, NRG, and the Gunks are your closest weekend trips that are worthy of a weekend (or much more). Within 5-7 hours from DC you can be in many different world class areas. (NRG, Western NC crags, Gunks, Seneca {not sure I'd call this world class but not bad}. ACC go out there an explore the local area. I don't think you'll be dissappointed.
ok, thanks for the feedback. I had thought about moving closer to Earth Treks in rockville but I like DC so I haven't made up my mind. The metro from my place is almost a $10 round trip so that's going to be costly if I decide to head out there several times during the week. I was hoping to hear from some DC people to see what they do during the week. Since most people don't really climb outside during the weekdays after work especially during the winter months, I was primarily interested to hear what they do. Since I'm short on time after work, the climbing gym is the best option for me. Does anyone know anything about the local DC gyms that have climbing walls (the results gym comes to mind)? I've been to some gyms before that have climbing walls and it seems hit or miss.
Years ago, while dropping a buddy off back in DC after a trip to Seneca we somehow managed to do some "climbing" right along the Potomac. I don't remember the name of the park we parked in to get to these "climbs." I thought it was novel that we could see DC from where we were climbing from. Length of the climbs depended on how high the water was. Nothing huge either way. 25-30ft if that.
Joseph is right on. ACC -- I know DC traffic can suck, but Sportrock in Alexandria is 20 minutes from downtown. Just go later, after rush hour. Really not that big a deal.
Great falls does have surprisingly decent climbing, on both sides of the Potomac. There's even a deep water solo under one of the popular cliff jumping spots.


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YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!It was James!!!!!!!!!!!!Shame that Lil dosn't know its him!
Who was it who was it!??????I realy want to know!!!!Is it James!?!?!!???
:(I wish Lily would just admit she likes James!Its furstrating!!!!!
*Giggles* thats good but i don't like the bit about Sdyne debating wether to go with Evan rosier to the dance:I have one word:ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
I loved the story's premise, but it ended too fast! I wish it was longer :)
I love it!! It made me laugh when you said she started banging her head against the table. I love this story, seriously. Keep the awesome writing up!!
I love your stories and I'm working on reading all of them. I think you should make another long one...
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It's very good. I like the fact that you wrote about Sirius. It makes it feel like it's more than just a James and Lily story. I think by adding Sirius' love life, it makes it more interesting
this was such a great story! i loved it!
i've read all of your stories so far except this one.....i REALLY liked this chapter....it was really good. Although ALL of your stories are really good.....so it shouldn't come as a shock to you....lol
This was a great story. One of the best I've read concerning Lily and James. Voldermort was an actual threat, people were in character, and Lily and James didn't yell at each other just to yell. She also had an appropriate reaction when he took the mask off. I loved it.
WOW! That was great!
Wow. Congrats!
I loved this story. Great job!
I love the story!!! Too bad you stopped writing!
great story I`m putting it on my favorites list!
this story is so great!
this is sooooooooooooooooo ROMANTIC!
i like this story so far ^^
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Take a look at the following list of players and their OPS
David Wright .912
Ian Kinsler. 912
Jason Giambi .916
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Conor Jackson .918
Hanley Ramirez .921
Grady Sizemore .921
So if you were a manager you'd probably want our mystery man above to be in the lineup as much as possible, right? That is if your goal is to score as many runs as possible.
So who is our mystery man? None other than Chris Iannetta, riding the bench tonight with Torrealba ( .693 OPS) getting the start.
Torrealba has had 9 starts already in July, to Iannetta's 14.
I can only help but wonder what our record would have been with Iannetta and his .900 OPS in our lineup more frequently the entire year.
How is this possibly justifiable? Is catcher so demanding a position for a 25-year old that he can only play in 60% of the games? Russell Martin (another 25-year old catcher) doesn't seem to have a problem. Are we playing Torrealba to showcase him for a trade?
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TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - Scam artists are using the charity Make-A-Wish's name to steal money from people nationwide.
Make-A-Wish helps kids with life threatening illnesses fulfill their dreams.
Annually, it grants just under 14,000 wishes a year. Locally, the chapter grants about 80.
Children like Tyler Schilt and Tyler Coakley both got to get their minds off their rare diseases and into the moment when their wishes were granted.
But scam artists want to end the dream.
"They're calling people and saying 'hey, you won a sweepstakes!' asking people to pay the taxes and there will be a large payout," Eric Slough of NW Ohio Make-A-Wish said.
One woman lost $200,000 while another paid more than $20,000. While it hasn't happened here yet, Slough wants to make sure it never does.
"Do your homework. Make sure you know who you're calling and who you're giving too," Slough warns.
If you get a call from someone soliciting funds over the phone, hang up. Make-A-Wish does not solicit funds over the phone. Ask them to send you information in writing and call the charity directly.
Working with a local presence is usually a safe bet.
Any questions call the Better Business Bureau or the Attorney General's office.
Make sure to never give out personal information.
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