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As gambling expert, lawyer and lobbyist Marc Dunbar notes, this is a busy time of year anyway, with regular legislative matters going on. Now, pile on the resignation of our lieutenant governor, linked to Internet cafes, and he's on the phone nonstop.
"I might get cauliflower ear," he joked Thursday. But I snagged about five minutes with him for this story I did on fallout from the Internet cafe news, and here's what I gleaned:
"Internet cafes are dead men walking. That's very apparent. It's unfortunate it took the resignation of a lieutenant governor to get us here. I mean, I've been asking these guys to do it (ban Internet cafes) for years.
"But it's good for the state. This needs to happen. If you look at the numbers. $300M from this one operation, the estimated revenues are $1 billion. And what people don't understand is that this is money not going into the lottery. These are lottery communities."
He suggest that if that $1 billion were spent on the lottery, it would have meant $350 million for education, as the lottery likes to say. But realistically, not all that $1B would automatically go to the lottery, he agrees. But overall, there'd be a bump for everyone. including the pari-mutuels and the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
"[Internet cafes] are definitely a piece of the leakage that's very, very real to the operators."
He added the adult arcades, legal under the Chuck E. Cheese law, are in his sights, too, now, as well as maquinatas, which are prevalent in Miami-Dade's hispanic communities.
"Here's the thing: the vast majority are illegal right now today and local law enforcement doesn't do anything to shut them down.
"If you had a statewide gambling law enforcement arm, they could go to Hialeah and they wouldn't care about the local officers, but we don't have anyone right now with that jurisdiction.
"But in most cases They don't even try to be legal."
Dunbar, a partner with Jones Walker law firm, teaches gaming law at the Florida State University College of Law and boasts a law practice in Florida representing casinos, gaming suppliers, pari-mutuels, sweepstakes and charities.
Dunbar also reconfirmed this quote he gave in a New York Times story in 2011: ''Florida now has the most diverse gaming industry of any place in the country, including Vegas, where the lottery and Internet sweepstakes cafes don't even exist. We have every kind of gaming here, everything. And we have this massive underground industry in the state -- there are so many places for people to get their fix.''


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Prime Minister David Cameron paid tribute to Erewash's contribution in the reent rise in employment figures nationally.
He commented on the this issue after Erewash MP Jessica Lee addressed him during Prime Minister's Questions.
She asked: "" Does the Prime Minister agree that the increase in jobs or, as has been said, the "stonking"increase in the private sector is leading the UK's economic recovery and is helped, if I may say so, by the range of engineers, manufacturers and retailers in Erewash, who are employing people and sending their exports round the world?"
To which he replied: "My Hon. Friend is absolutely right. We now have 1.6 million new private sector jobs, meaning that there are 1.3 million more people employed in our country.
"We are seeing that growth in employment in every region, some are growing faster than others, and we need to keep up the work to make sure that this is a broadly balanced recovery."

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The Glenn Miller Story traces Miller's rise from pit-orchestra trombone player to leader of the most successful big band of his era. June Allyson is on hand as Miller's wife, Helen, who learns the value of patience when Glenn spends his wedding night jamming with Gene Krupa and Louis Armstrong.
Given an officer's commission during World War II, Miller helms the swingin'est military band ever heard. In December of 1944, a plane carrying Miller disappears while flying over the English Channel.
In memoriam, radio stations all over the world suspend their regular broadcasts to play such Miller standards as Moonlight Serenade, Chattanooga Choo Choo, and Little Brown Jug. Many of Miller's contemporaries, including his first big-time boss, Ben Pollack, appear as themselves.
The success of The Glenn Miller Story inspired Universal to give the go-ahead for another musical biopic, 1956's The Benny Goodman Story, with Steve Allen in the title role.
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GDT – Edmonton Oilers 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 1 – Dec 30, 2009 @ 7:30 PM – PPV – Game 40
Welcome one and all to Sewer Battle 2009. Who can forget those prophetic words Brian Burke once spat out upon having that soon-to-be-overpaid-bum Penner snaked out from under his nose in which he chastised Lowe for running the Oilers into the sewer. Well, welcome to the stink house, Brian! Watching the Oilers and Maple Leafs go at it should be like watching two bums fight over a half decomposed squirrel…. except where the squirrel has more fight left in it than the two bums. But hey, at least the Oilers stand a lot to gain if they finish dead last.
Currently, the Oilers are on a 7 game losing streak. The Leafs are hot and are currently on a 1-game winning streak! Ok, they are 2-4-1 in their last 7. If this one goes to OT and isn't settled, Lowe and Burke should scrap it out, Thunderdome style. Two men enter, one man leave. Either way, I think there will be several happy Oiler fans.
Brain: 3-2 Toronto
Heart: A support beam falls from the roof, crushing Brian Burke's skull.
Edmonton Oilers Projected Line-Up (subject to change)
Penner — Gagner — Nilsson
Jacques — Horcoff — Brule
Stone — Potulny — O'Sullivan
Moreau — Cogliano — Stortini
Souray — Gilbert
Visnovsky — Smid
Grebeshkov — Staios
Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Line-Up (subject to change)
Kaberle – Komisarek
Beauchemin – White
Schenn – Exelby/Finger
– Ladislav Smid wasn't at practice today. That's because he did in fact hurt his hand in the fight versus Iginla. However, there is no word just yet if it's anything to worry about.
– Steve Staios had the day off because he's just that good.
On a completely unrelated note… the final round of the NHL Arena Blog-Off is now on. By some miracle, and ridiculous amounts of flagrant cheating, Putting On The Foil is one of four finalists in this poll. And I know what Steve-O is thinking… where the hell is Lowetide? Focus, Steve-O!
Anywho, cast your votes at this link. The voting has started anew, with this new round. The winner of the poll gets ultimate supreme bragging rights in the blogging community, which comes with the added benefit of being able to bang any chicks you want. Since I'm pretty much married, and so is Trogdor, that leaves that prize to the one single writer here, Steve-O. If that doesn't motivate you, I don't know what will!
19:07 – EDM – Brule from Jacques, Visnovsky
Brule carries the puck in with Horcoff heading to the net. Brule blasts a slapshot that goes top cheese.
Other Highlights
– Well, fans start off in a good mood, singing along and cheering with Paul Lorieau… we'll see if that mood remains. And well, since probably at least half are Leafs fans, I'm not even sure what that means!
– Let's go Oilers chants start off pretty audible early too, so hopefully the boys respond in kind.
– Brule swings behind the net but just can't quite get the puck on his stick on what would have been a near wide open net for him.
– Gene Principe dwarfs Mike Comrie in an interview… I hope Gene is just really tall. Comrie doesn't look so hot.
– several minutes in, the go Leafs go chants are pretty audible. They should really change that to "eh, oh, go Leafs go (get me a Pepsi)".
– every time the go Leafs go chants start up, a chorus of boos drowns them out… nice. Seems to be a pretty lively crowd, too bad the players haven't looked so lively yet.
– JDD makes a big, awkward looking, stand-up save on a hard Kaberle shot.
10:05 – EDM – PP – O'Sullivan from Grebeshkov, Horcoff
The powerplay shows good movement (for once). O'Sullivan throws a backhand towards the slot for Brule, but it bounces off white and in the net. Hey, good to see him getting the bad bounces in his favor for once.
Other Highlights
– Penner is robbed by Toskala from the high slot. He puts a shot in low, but Toskala quickly kicks the leg out.
– Nilsson sets up Gilbert with a nice cross-seam pass to the dot to Toskala's right. Gilbert gets off a hard shot, but Toskala is quick to get there.
– Pisani interview.. sounds pretty positive, and seems to be closer to returning than Comrie.
– Cogliano sets up Stortini with a pass. Stortini gets a decent shot on net and then charges through a d-man after the whistle, drawing a crowd.
– On the next shift, Cogliano throws a nice hit on White. Brown gushes a bit about how Cogliano plays like a more aggressive player on the 4th line.
– Deslauriers gets corked by a puck up high, then gets run over by 2 Oilers and a Leaf, losing the bucket. Good thing, as this is an instant stoppage, and if not for that, the Leafs may have got one on the wrap around.
– Jacques plows through Stajan in the neutral zone and Stajan went end over end.
– Nilsson and Gagner get a 2-on-1. Nilsson telegraphs pass, but gets a good shot off that Toskala just gets a piece of, and it rings off the post.
– Looks like the Oilers might have gotten away with one as Primeau takes a stick in the face.. presumably from an Oiler.
– Deslauriers seems to be handling the puck better lately.
2:34 – EDM – PP – O'Sullivan from Gilbert
O'Sullivan manages to get through the Toronto defense as Gilbert hits him with a pass. He goes in alone on Toskala, pulling him to the side to open the wickets up. O'Sully slides the puck into the net.
16:00 – TOR – PP – Kessel unassisted
Kessel takes a shot, and then about 3 more in succession as Deslauriers kicks out the saves, but he just can't do it all.
Other Highlights
– Nilsson gets tripped up, driving to the net and falls, slamming into the boards. Seems to be ok though, and he'll stay out for the powerplay.
– Jacques CRUSHES Komisarek at the Oilers bench, just as the Komi got a shot off.
– Deslauriers makes a save on Ponikarovsky then robs him with the glove on the rebound.
– They just showed another mock PC vs. Mac commercial on the PPV, this time making fun of the Leafs and their "we're the center of the hockey world" complex. Good stuff.
– Deslauriers makes a big save on a point shot by Komisarek through a lot of traffic. Deslauriers is on fire tonight.
– Kelly Buchberger just mentioned that he hopes his team can get Deslauriers the (s-word). However, he didn't actually say "s-word", literally.
– Jacques hits Komisarek again, and this time Komisarek drops them with him. Jacques gets off to a good start, throwing some good shots in. Looks like he even drew blood early *. Towards the end of the fight, Komi jerseys him and throws a couple shots at Jacques. Good scrap by Jacques. * – Courtesy of LNOF who is watching the Leafs feed… apparently he opened up an old cut.
– Fans are into this one, singing along to Stompin' Tom.
– Kessel blasts one from far out that Grabovski deflects down through Gilberts legs and it rings hard off the post.
– O'Sullivan and Stone break in on a two on one, but somewhere behind the play, tripping penalties are called against both teams.
– A penalty is called on Visnovsky shortly after for a long 4-on-3
– In the dying 2 minutes, the Leafs rally big time, applying intense pressure. Deslauriers is a friggen wall in net, putting the force field up. He's stopping pucks, he's stopping bodies flopping on him. Nothing's getting in the net.
– Stone curls one down the ice with the goalie pulled that has great draw weight on it, killing the pressure in the dying seconds and putting this one on ice.
Well this was a much better one. The Oil relied too much on Deslauriers. But he stood on his head, making 27 saves. Jacques also had a great game, drawing star number 3. He had 1 assist and 5 hits, and did some damage to Komisarek in a fight, after putting him on his can earlier in the night on a big hit.
Alas, the 7 game losing streak is over. Next game, against those godless savages tomorrow, at 6:00 on SNET.
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O'sullivan opened Toskola's legs like a cheap hooker!
Jut saw something interesting about the Oilers on NHL network. Dreger says that the following guys could be traded by the end of the year: Moreau, Staios, Souray, Cogliano and Nilsson. Most likely making room for what he said could be Eberle, MPS and Hall/ Seguin. Now its not just the oilers that are losing. Thought I'd let you all know that the Falcons have lost 16 games in a row, and the Stockton Thunder of the ECHL are the 3rd worst team. Clearly there is something wrong in this organization. Lets all hope that MPS, Eberle, Hall/ Seguin, Gagner, Penner, Hemsky, Lander, Rajala and all the other young oilers help this team. Now The Oilers struggles can truly be blamed on injuries, as so many good players have gone down. While I think they are a playoff team when healthy, i think they should take advantage of sucking and tank it. Remember the oilers suck because they have injuries. The Falcons suck because all of their good players are here. Playing a level higher than they should. The Falcons have a ton of ECHL guys on their team. The Thunder have guys that wouldn't normally be there playing. So all the struggles can be blamed on something…..Very happy with the win. Pleae get another one tomorrow night against Calgary.
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Beginnings of radio astronomy
In 1925, just a dozen years after engineers learned to generate radio waves using an electron tube, Gregory Breit and Merle Tuve, working for the Carnegie Institution of Washington DC, bounced radio waves off the ionosphere and thus determined its height. This showed that radio waves could be used as a probe. Two years later the well-known radio enthusiast and popularizer Hugo Gernsback proposed, in an article in Radio News entitled "Can we radio the planets?", that radio waves be bounced off the moon and planets, and he calculated 2.5 seconds as the time for a signal to travel to the moon and back.
In the early 1930s at Bell Telephone Laboratories, Karl Guthe Jansky was investigating the noise in the radiotelephone transmissions across the Atlantic Ocean. He distinguished three types of static: crashes from local thunderstorms, a steadier and weaker static from the combined effect of distant storms, and a weak hiss of unknown origin.
In an article in 1933 Proceedings of the IRE, he first reported these results, suggesting that the weak hiss might be associated with the sun. He investigated the noise further with a highly directional antenna at the 14.6m wavelength. He found that the antenna noise attained at maximum was time shifted by 4 minutes per day - the difference between stellar time and solar time. He identified the position of maximum intensity with a position at the center of our Galaxy. He had discovered what we now know to be the diffuse galactic synchroton emission.
One might imagine that such results, widely reported as they were, would initiate a new branch of astronomy. But Bell Labs rejected Jansky's request to build a 100-foot antenna, and he was given other assignments. No academic institutions followed up on Jansky's work. And until after World War II apparently the only person who did was Grote Reber, a radio engineer in Wheaton, Illinois, who pursued it as a hobby in his spare time. Reber built a 31-foot parabolic antenna and in 1937 made the first radio maps of the sky.
The intense development of radar during the war greatly advanced the sort of techniques needed for radio astronomy. In 1945 Arthur C. Clarke published an article on "The astronomer's new weapons—electronic aids to astronomy". He discussed the possibility of using radar to probe the planets. An obvious first step was radar detection of the moon, and in early 1946 two groups succeeded: a U.S. Army Signal Corps team headed by J.H. De Witt saw echoes of the moon on an cathode ray tube, and Z. Bay in Hungary, in an ingenious but less direct manner, obtained evidence of echoes of the moon.
In the late 1940s and early 1950s radio astronomy finally emerged as a new branch of astronomy. Taking the lead were groups from Manchester University, Cambridge University, and the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Though radar continued to be developed for investigating meteors and planets, the principal mode of investigation was the mapping of distant radio sources. A 76-meter steerable radio-telescope was completed at Jodrell Bank, England, in 1957, Parkes, Australia completed in 1961 and a 305-meter fixed reflector was completed in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, in 1963.
Further Reading
Parkes and 21cm History - This article is around the Parkes, Australia observatory, and includes other historical information.


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Operation Fortified Response
NEW HOPE � The New Hope Watch & Neighborhood Emergency
Preparedness Program Director, Michelle Hill, will participate in the
Solar Storm Exercise "Operation Fortified Response" at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 4. This is a computer generated exercise that allows the community to see there roll, in the
event of a disaster.
Everyone is welcome to watch and provide input or you can participate by registering at www.drc-group.com/project/ofr.html.
Wausau Ball Sign-Ups
WAUSAU � The Town of Wausau will be conducting sign-ups for the 2013 ball season thru mid March for all ages. For more information please contact the Town
Hall at 850-638-1781.
Light House Yard Sale
BONIFAY � Lighthouse Assembly of God Women�s Ministry will be holding a yard sale from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 7 and 8. Proceeds go to the women�s projects for improving the church. The church is located at 1201 Waukesha St. in Bonifay. The sale will be held in the fellow ship hall. Donations are welcome. For more information call Marie at 638-2027.
Supper with �Deputy Enos�
BONIFAY � There will be a General Lee Reunion at the Down Home Car Show with �Deputy Enos,� Sonny Shroyer, from the Dukes of Hazard at the Bonifay Down Home Street Festival on March 16 at Veterans Park in Bonifay.
Purchase a $5 ticket for a chance for you and two guests to enjoy �Supper with Enos� on March15.
Tickets may be purchased from the Bonifay Fire Department, Festival Members, City Hall, Bank of Bonifay, West Florida Electric, Cloud Auto Parts and Community South Credit Union.
For more information call 258-9569 or 373-7747.
Shaddai Shriners Low Country Boil
PANAMA CITY � The Shaddai Shriners will be having an all you can eat low country boil starting at 5 p.m. on March 16. Dinner will consist of shrimp, corn on the cob, sausage, potatoes and what ever we can throw in the pot. Here will be music, fun and fellowship come party with the Shriners. This is a BYOB event or you can enjoy the Shriners Oasis. The boil will be held at 1101 West 19th Street in Panama City.
Bonifay Down Home Street Festival Car Show
BONIFAY � There will be a Car and Truck show at the Bonifay Down Home Street Festival on March 16. There will be a top 50, 50/50 drawing and dash plaques. Registration will be from 8 to 10 a.m. with awards being given at 2:30 p.m. The entry fee is $20 per car or truck. Also at this years car show we will hold a General Lee Reunion, bring out you General Lee for this special event. There will be autograph sessions with Sonny Shroyer, Enos from The Dukes of Hazard, music and much more. This is a free family event. For more information call Coy Pitts at 547-3462 or 373-7747.
Tours for Seniors
Tours for Seniors will be taking a trip to Key West for a Circle Tour on March 10 -16. For more information call Merita Stanley at 594-9980.
Down Home Festival �Bakin� Wars�
BONIFAY � This year�s festival will boast a �Bakin� Wars� at 9:30 a.m. on March 16. There will be two divisions, youth and adult. If you love to bake and or decorate here is your chance to shine.
Bring your masterpiece out to the Bonifay Down Home Street Festival for a chance to win a ribbon. There is a $5 entry fee for all cakes, pies, cupcakes, and cake pops. You must bring all entries completed and ready for judging to the Bakin� Wars tent located beside the Down Home Street Festival information booth. The festival is located along veteran�s Blvd., in Bonifay.
Applications may be downloaded from the festival website or picked up at the festival. For more information visit www.bonifaystreetfestival.com, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call Calena Medley at 547-3624.
26th Annual French Reunion
BONIFAY � The 26th Annual French Family Reunion will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 17. Come be apart of your family heritage. The reunion will be held at the Bonifay Ag Center located on Highway 90 one mile east of Bonifay. Many local families come from this family tree line. Welcome to friends, family and all relatives to attend and be part of your history. For more information contact committee members, Sidney J. Johnson at 547-1048, Kathy (Barnes) Kersey at 547-3393 or Marcy (French) Smith at 547-2157.
Woman�s Club plans Game Night
BONIFAY � The Bonifay Woman�s Club will hold their annual Game Night fundraiser from 6 to 8 p.m. on March 21 at the Holmes County High School Library.
Games will include Bridge, Bunco, hand and foot, Canasta, Mexican train dominoes and others. Door prizes will be given and refreshments served. Tickets are S10 and can be purchased from club members.
Advance ticket purchases by March 18 are recommended. For additional information or tickets, call Jane Segrest at 547-3741 or Doris Spears at 547-2080.
Two-Toed Tom Festival Beauty Pageant
ESTO � The Two-Toed Tom Festival Beauty Pageant will be held on April 5 and 6, at the Graceville Civic Center. The entry fee is $50 with all proceeds going to the Two-Toe Tom Festival celebration. Contestants may participate in photogenic for an additional $10. This is an open pageant. Application deadlines for the pageant are March 22. Participants must be between the ages of Zero and 20. For more information call Teresa Bush at 263-4744 or Darlene Madden at 263-3201.
Child Find Pre-K Screening offered
CHIPLEY � Washington County School District and FDLRS/PAEC co-sponsor Child Find Pre-K screenings to identify children with disabilities and/or special needs. Eligible children must be: ages 3 to 4 years old, suspected of having a disability, and not enrolled in public school.
Each child is screened in the areas of vision, hearing, speech, language, and overall development. Screening appointments are scheduled every month in each county.
The parent or legal guardian must provide permission for the child to participate in the screening.
Screenings are scheduled by appointment only by calling the Child Find office at 638-6131 ext. 2310 or toll free 1-873-877-7232 ext. 2310. This office serves Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty, Walton, and Washington Counties.
Spring Plant Sale
DOTHAN, Ala. � The Wiregrass Master Gardener Association will be holding its annual Spring Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 12 and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 13. The sale will be held in the master gardener nursery at the Dothan Area Botanical Gardens located on Headland Avenue in Dothan, Ala. Plants to be included are: annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, ground covers, vines and ornamental grasses, trees shrubs, bulbs, house and tropical plants and succulents. The Association will provide soil pH testing, kits for soil analysis, and fire ant control information.
Admission to the sale and the gardens is free and we encourage you to tour the beautiful gardens while at the sale. Our plants are lovingly grown by master gardeners and reasonable priced. Purchase you plants from the gardens of the masters and receive knowledgeable planting information.
For more information call Cheryl Hatcher at 334-798-1034.


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Court Blocks Controversial California Bill That Takes Away All Anonymity For Any Sex Offenders
from the getting-beyond-the-moral-panic dept
Proposition 35 would force individuals to provide law enforcement with information about online accounts that are wholly unrelated to criminal activity – such as political discussion groups, book review sites, or blogs. In today's online world, users may set up accounts on websites to communicate with family members, discuss medical conditions, participate in political advocacy, or even listen to Internet radio. An individual on the registered sex offender list would be forced to report each of these accounts to law enforcement within 24 hours of setting it up – or find themselves in jail. This will have a powerful chilling effect on free speech rights of tens of thousands of Californians.Basically, no more anonymity, if you happen to be on the list.
This seemed way over-broad, but it still passed with 81% of the public vote. The EFF and the ACLU quickly got a temporary injunction. Thankfully, now, the judge has gone slightly further with a preliminary injunction, noting that it clearly goes way too far, and suggesting that the bill is unlikely to be found Constitutional:
The challenged provisions have some nexus with the government's legitimate purpose of combating online sex offenses and human trafficking, but the government may not regulate expression in such a manner that a substantial portion of the burden on speech does not serve to advance its goals.Stopping sex offenders is a noble and worthy goal. But willy nilly removal of anonymity across the board, with no exploration into the reasonableness of the situation, or the actual offense, goes way too far in taking away someone's rights, while doing little to nothing to actually keep anyone protected.


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NFL Network had a segment called RIP. They had KC, JAX, and CAR showing on tombstones.
Marriucci revealed MIN as his next RIP your season's over, saying they lost to the Bucs, just look at their schedule!
Then Irvin revealed a tombstone with the Seahawks on it. What an Idiot.
Then Sapp revealed one with PIT and DET.
So Seattle plays Det and Min next if they are projected to win both why are they done?
I hate Irvin, someone chimed in I guess that's what you get for beating Dallas.


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Todd, Tate spark Auburn in 33-20 win over Rebels
By JOHN ZENOR,
AP Sports Writer
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) Chris Todd passed for 212 yards, Ben Tate ran for 144 yards and Walt McFadden returned an interception for a touchdown to lift Auburn to a 33-20 win over No. 24 Mississippi on Saturday.
The Tigers (6-3, 3-3 SEC) scored 23 points in the third quarter and turned away Jevan Snead and the Rebels (5-3, 2-3) seven times on drives to midfield or beyond.
Once ranked No. 4, Ole Miss had appeared to get back on track with two straight wins but couldn't overcome a frenzied third-quarter flurry that led to a 24-point hole.
McFadden stopped the Rebels' final chance by stepping in front of Snead's pass near the Auburn goal line for his second pick in the final minutes. He also had a 29-yard return for a score in the third quarter.
Auburn got its offense going after dropping three straight games and raising fears of another late-season collapse. The Tigers dropped six of their last seven in 2008.
The teams traded huge momentum swings in the third quarter, combining for a wild 36 points. Auburn nearly reached its 24-point total of the previous two games.
The Tigers scored two touchdowns in 12 seconds to take a 24-7 lead with 11:25 left. First, Wildcat quarterback Kodi Burns tossed a 14-yard touchdown pass to tight end Tommy Trott. On the next play, McFadden snagged the ball with his right hand after it bounced off the hands of Markeith Summers, then shook off Summers and headed to the end zone.
Tate then scampered 53 yards for a score, becoming the fifth Auburn back to surpass 3,000 career yards.
Ole Miss couldn't finish most of its sustained drives, but stayed alive with two big plays.
Jesse Grandy answered with an 82-yard kick return to push the margin back to 17 points, then the game got even wilder. Dexter McCluster sprinted 79 yards for a touchdown to make it 31-20. Joshua Shene's point after attempt hit a teammate in the back and Demond Washington returned it all the way for two points.
Ole Miss had a nice chance to pull to within a touchdown midway through the fourth. Todd lost a fumble – and 21 yards – when he appeared to try to flick the ball away while going down. The Rebels recovered at Auburn's 24, but lost 21 yards on three plays and a penalty.
It was typical of Ole Miss's day of missed chances. McCluster had his second straight huge game, rushing for 186 yards on 22 carries and catching four passes for another 17 a week after racking up 260 all-purpose yards.
Snead couldn't get going, completing 16 of 35 passes for 175 yards – 105 courtesy of Shay Hodge – and a touchdown and was hurt by several dropped passes.
Todd was 12-of-22 passing after managing just 127 yards the past two games combined. He hit a wide-open Darvin Adams for a 28-yard touchdown in the second quarter.
Ole Miss opened the game by breezing 94 yards for a touchdown without facing a third-down play but trailed 10-7 at halftime. Three Tigers had shots at recovering a fumble on the opening kickoff, but the Rebels got it instead and Snead cashed in with a 7-yard touchdown pass to fullback Andy Hartman.
Ole Miss was 2 of 4 on fourth-down conversions and converted 3 of 15 attempts on third down.
Auburn safety Zac Etheridge sustained a neck injury after a helmet-to-helmet collision with teammate Antonio Coleman. His status wasn't immediately available.


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Re: When is Aikido a Non-Aikido martial art?
George S. Ledyard
I think these discussions always get problematical because, as O-Sensei was frequently quoted as saying, "no one is doing my Aikido." Notice he didn't say, "No one is doing my Aikido any more" or "No one after 1942 is doing my Aikido."
For the Founder, there simply was no distinction between the various elements of his practice. Meaning his waza, his spiritual beliefs, his misogi training, even his farming, was all Aikido. The thirties deshi, especially his nephew Inoue sensei, were technically the closest in terms of waza but other than Inoue. none of them seemed the least interested in his spiritual practices, at least the ones who are famous because they started their own styles (Shioda, Tomiki, Mochizuki). Shirata Sensei was the only one of the thirties deshi of any great repute who stayed with the Aikikai.
I have mentioned before a conversation I had with Saotome Sensei and Stan Pranin about which of O-Sensei's students tried hardest to understand Aikido the way the Founder understood it. The answer was Hikitsuchi, Abe, and Sunadomari. Notice that none of these are early thirties deshi.
It is clear that the early thirties deshi did Daito Ryu. As has been discussed at length elsewhere, they did various forms of "internal power" development exercises that largely seemed to drop out of Aikido after the war. But I think it would be a huge mistake to say that their Aikido was any closer to O-Sensei's Aikido than the post war folks. From the standpoint of the Founder, I think their Aikido was just as out of balance as much of what came later.
In addition to the three teachers I mentioned who pursued their Aikido as a balanced technical / spiritual practice, there were many students of the Founder who incorporated aspects of his practice into their own. Some studied kototama, some tried to get outside martial arts experience (as the Founder had), some, like my own teacher, Saotome Sensei, tried very hard to understand what the Founder was talking about when he taught as obscure as it was, and then translate it into ideas that would be meaningful to modern Japanese, and later American practitioners.
When you hear that O-Sensei yelled at people for not doping technique "right" are we talking about particular stylistic details not being correct? Or are we talking about the difference between what works and what doesn't? My take on O-Sensei was that as he developed his Aikido, he progressively became less and less concerned with exactly how one did a given technique and more and more with whether it embodied the proper principles.
I have direct experience of this myself with my own teacher. While students focus on how they think Sensei did such and such a sword form on his video, my experience is that he cares not one whit that my form is a bit different than his. As long as it embodies the principles he was striving to teach via the form, he isn't that concerned with the actual form itself, in fact he often has trouble remembering the exact forms, even though he made them up.
It was the students of the Founder who were so concerned with form, and naturally so. They had to distill the massive amount of teaching they received from the Founder into something they could digest themselves and then in turn, pass on to another generation of students. I see no evidence that O-Sensei was the least interested in "form" as he developed his art. Saito Sensei was really the last deshi to get a lot of detailed technical training because it was with Saito that O-Sensei worked out what would become the foundations of post war Aikido.
Whether you go back to the thirties or read the accounts of the post war deshi, it is clear that what O-Sensei thought was important about Aikido was its balance between the spiritual and the technical. When he taught, he talked about spiritual principles and then demonstrated how those principles were embodied in technique. That's just a fact. It is also a fact that the majority of his students simply couldn't go there with him.
I think it has always been the case the Aikido was about finding your own Aikido. O-Sensei presented his ideas about what that might be but never developed any systematic method for passing it on. I still believe that, in the end, the one student whose Aikido was probably the closest to that of the Founder, both technically and philosophically was Inoue Sensei, who had very little following in Japan and almost none overseas.
To the extent that one seeks "O-Sensei's Aikido" it is rather like the research required to reconstruct the original texts of Buddhism. The original texts in Sanskrit are lost, destroyed by the Islamic invaders of Northern India. To get an idea of what was in the originals, one has to look at the Pali, the Chinese and the Tibetan texts and compare them. Anything that appears in all three versions is assumed to have been in the original.
So we can look at various teachers from different time periods and derive pieces of the Founder's Aikido. But no one, whether it's pre-war or post-war, was either technically or spiritually doing exactly what the Founder had done. That's a fact. We can get over it and move on with our Aikido or we can keep trying to set up our own "Jurassic Park" of Aikido using various strands of Aikido DNA left behind in other practitioners.
It's not O-Sensei's Aikido that we are striving for. It's our own Aikido that perhaps O-Sensei might have recognized and hopefully, approved of. No one duplicated his Aikido when he was alive and they could train with him on a daily level. There is zero chance we can duplicate it for ourselves. But I do think he had an intention about what the art should be as a transformative practice. I do think that he expected that what one could express from a spiritual point of view one should be able to express on the mat technically. Aikido is fundamentally a marriage of the material and the spiritual. It is meant to be an art which unifies these two realms. If it is not, then we can with certainty say it isn't O-Sensei's Aikido. If this isn't something we are at least striving for, I don't think it's Aikido.
The folks who simply say they aren't interested in the spiritual side of the art, that the Founder isn't really relevant to their practice are not doing Aikido, in my opinion. The focus on mere effectiveness, the obsession with application and the almost complete lack of any thoughtfulness regarding the art simply isn't Aikido. Most of the time it's just bad jujutsu.
In contrast, the wonderful sentiments expressed by many people about peace, harmony, personal transformation etc. coupled with a sort of "it's all ok" sentiment regarding technique is equally missing the point. Beautiful ideas with absolutely no understanding of how those ideas are grounded in the physical realm of reality, with no ability to really connect the spiritual with ones waza in a way that actually is real is not Aikido either.
It is the great tragedy of Aikido that there are so few people who seem to be able to bring these elements together. All concepts in Aikido are grounded in waza. As you start to really get a handle on "aiki", you can see exactly how the Founder developed his ideas about how waza and the spiritual come together. It is then that one can start taking ideas from the spiritual realm and allowing them to inform our waza. This process is Aikido, as far as I can see.
Ha, ha. George. You never cease to amaze me.
To think you feel the closest to his Aikido was Inoue Sensei. Wow! I would never have guessed.
I read this post and wonder if it's one of mine. Have you had some kind of enlightenment lately?
No, I'm not taking the rise, I'm impressed. I thoroughly agree with all you have written there. In fact the understanding of O'Sensei complaining 'that's not my Aikido' seemed obvious to me and you're the first person I've seen put it into a proper context.
There's hope yet! Ha'ha.
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Ron Caragher led the University of San Diego to a share of the Pioneer Football League championship in each of the last two years before leaving at the end of the 2012 season to take the head coaching job at San Jose State.
But even though the Toreros lost their head football coach, the general perception is that they won't miss a beat this fall.
In a poll released Tuesday, the league's coaches picked USD to win the 2013 Pioneer Football League championship.
USD received five of a possible 12 first-place votes and 111 of a maximum 121 points, while Butler came in second and Drake and Jacksonville were tied for third.
USD, Drake and Butler were co-league champions in 2013, with each team finishing the season with a 7-1 record in conference play.
Dale Lindsey has replaced Caragher as head coach and the Toreros return a competitive squad of 11 starters. That list includes quarterback Mason Milles, who threw for 3,106 yards and 20 touchdowns to lead USD to an 8-3 overall record in 2012.
On the other side of the ball, linebacker Zach Devaney (62 tackles) and senior defensive end Blake Oliaro (39 tackles, 7 sacks) will lead USD in 2013.


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DEFIANCE, Ohio - The Beavers capped their 2013 campaign with a huge win at rival Defiance College on Saturday, Nov. 16, after Bluffton outscored the Yellow Jackets 14-3 in the second half en route to a 17-10 victory. The win moved the Beavers to 4-6 this season with a 4-4 mark in the HCAC thanks to a third straight win. It was also the first time since 1985-90 that Bluffton has fashioned four consecutive victories over its rival to the north.
After both teams failed to score in the first quarter, Defiance's Lawrence Austin punched the ball into the end zone on a two-yard rush less than a minute into the second, bringing Coressel Stadium at Defiance College to life. It wasn't until the 1:30 mark that the Beavers were able to crack the score column when senior Austin Sweeney (Adrian Mich./Whitmer) hit a 37-yard field goal to make the score 7-3 at the break.
The Beavers took their first lead late in the third quarter when senior standout Shawn Frost (Mt. Gilead/Edison) caught a five-yard pass from Connor Sheehan (Monroeville, Ind./Heritage) in the end zone at the 2:48 mark, putting the Beavers on top by a 10-7 margin.
Junior Eric Fox (Brunswick) helped extend that lead when he found paydirt on a two-yard trot. Sweeney converted his second PAT of the day, making the score 17-7 with 12:23 remaining in the game. Defiance trimmed it to 17-10 on a field goal with 4:41 to play.
After a five-play, 26-yard Bluffton drive milked 2:36 off the clock, freshman punter Blaiz McBride (Arlington) pinned the Yellow Jackets on their own one yard-line with a beautiful 44-yard boot, giving the home team the ball with 2:05 left on the clock, no timeouts and 99 yards to go to tie the game.
After two completions and a rush moved the ball to the Defiance 31 yardline, Defiance quarterback Sean Washington was picked off by senior Mike Shroyer (Pataskala/Watkins Memorial) at the Defiance 44, giving the Beavers possession with 1:25 remaining. It took just two kneel downs by Sheehan to zero out the clock and give the Beavers their third consecutive victory.
Frost led the Beaver offense with six catches for 65 yards and a touchdown. Sheehan connected on 14-of-27 passes for 207 yards, including the touchdown strike to Frost.
Donovan Brown (Cincinnati/Purcell Marion) finished the day with four catches for 71 yards, moving him to 7th all-time in the Bluffton University record book for receiving yards in a season with 676 yards. With his 65-yard performance, Frost moves in behind Brown in the ninth place with 661 yards this season. Brown and Frost also sit one and two in the record book for touchdowns in a season with 10 and eight, respectively.
Eric Fox finished the day with 48 yards rushing on 17 carries and he also added 43 yards receiving on two catches.
Paul Shroyer (Pataskala/Watkins Memorial) led the Beavers with 13 tackles, including nine of the solo variety. Senior Josh Runda (Lima/Bath) finished with 11 tackles while sophomore Ryan Aelker (New Bavaria/Holgate) and senior Josh Hadley (Harper Woods, Mich.) chipped in with nine apiece.
The win capped a 2013 season and sent 17 seniors out with a victory in the annual "Hammer" game, a contest that those seniors have never tasted defeat in while at Bluffton. The Heartland Conference will announce its post-season All-HCAC awards on Wednesday, Nov. 20.


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I cannot hide my gratitude or my excitement over this. Much of my understanding of sports economics has come from the writings and opinions of Andrew Zimbalist, and he was kind enough to answer a few questions for Let There Be Light(house). Professor Zimbalist has greatly added to my knowledge of public spending for sports facilities, as well as the economic benefits of sports facility construction. I hope you enjoy this interview, which is wholly geared toward public support for stadium/arena construction. Due to his numerous time commitments, Prof. Zimbalist was not able to provide analysis that is specific to the Lighthouse Project. However, there is an addendum to this piece that includes some analysis wholly based on his answers and known facts about the Lighthouse.
Now, a brief introduction to our honored guest...Andrew Zimbalist is the Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College in Northampton, MA. He is recognized as one of the most prominent sports economists in the world, if not the most prominent. He is best known for his observations on baseball, but that is not his only area of expertise. He is frequently called as an expert witness for either a community or a sports team in the event of a dispute or legal issue. He has also written numerous books, including In the Best Interests of Baseball?, Baseball and Billions, May the Best Team Win, and The Bottom Line: Observations and Arguments on the Sports Business. I am very grateful to him for being so accessible and willing to share his serious analysis of an issue too many people write off as trivial.
The Questions
Let There Be Light(house): Why do communities provide public funds for sports facilities?
Andrew Zimbalist: There are many reasons, but underlying them all is that sports are enormously popular in our culture. Having a sports team produces a variety of intangible benefits for a community.
(Blogger's Note: In an interview with the New York Times Freakonomics Blog, Prof. Zimbalist compared this to the practice of subsidizing a public park or a symphony orchestra, even if those entities did not provide measurable economic benefit)
LTBLH: Percentage-wise, what is the average share the public contributes to construct a new sports facility?
AZ: Over the last 15 years, the average public share in financing is around 65%, but this share varies significantly from case to case.
LTBLH: Do these facilities on their own ever prove a worthwhile investment for the community, or should the community consider this investment a sunk cost?
AZ: Some projects generate positive net revenue for the public coffers; more typically they are a net drain on the government budget and can be expected to have a neutral economic effect overall.
(Blogger's Note: In the same Freakonomics interview, Prof. Zimbalist points out that the economic benefits of a sports facility may not be what they seem, as some of the money spent in a sports facility could just be redirected spending from other activities, like dining out or going to the movies)
LTBLH: Some communities provide extraordinary benefits to entice sports franchises (e.g. Washington, DC paid 100% of the cost of Nationals Park as per a relocation agreement with Major League Baseball, and Kansas City is offering its brand-new Sprint Center rent-free in an attempt to lure an NBA or NHL team). Is there any economic reasoning behind doing this?
AZ: The economic reasoning is that teams produce positive externalities, consumer surplus, and public goods effects; generally, it is not that they produce an increase in area employment or per capita income.
(Blogger's Note: In economics, an externality occurs when a party is affected by an economic transaction despite not being directly involved in that transaction)
LTBLH: Sports facilities are often used as vehicles to revitalize downtown areas (e.g. the arena district in Columbus around Nationwide Arena, and Washington, DC using the Verizon Center to revitalize the Chinatown area). Does this work, and is there real economic benefit to this model?
AZ: Sports facilities, with proper planning and management, can certainly relocate spending within a larger metropolitan area.
LTBLH: Do sports facilities provide measurable ancillary benefits to communities (e.g. increased tourism, convention business, etc.)?
AZ: Yes, but the methodologies used to estimate this impact are still young. So, estimates can be made, but they are very rough.
LTBLH: You are an expert in the economics surrounding constructing a baseball stadium, and many people here in New York are trying to use the prism of Citi Field and the new Yankee Stadium to understand the Lighthouse Project. In what ways would a baseball stadium differ from a multipurpose arena in terms of its economic impact?
AZ: The answer depends on the scale of the investment outside the sport facility, the financing for the project, and the nature of the area's economy.
LTBLH: As the economy slows, and communities have to cut basic services, do you think these communities will be less willing to provide public money for sports facilities?
AZ: Yes, of course, but it is still important to study each project carefully. Some projects may be a net plus for the public sector budget. In such a case, there is no trade-off between the sports facility and other, more urgent, social needs.
Tying it to the Lighthouse
Prof. Zimbalist's insight has helped me better understand he nature of sports economics, and it also confirmed much of my previous thinking about the Lighthouse. This quote from the Freakonomics interview really stood out for me:
"Sports teams can have a powerful cultural or social impact on a community. If that effect is valued by the local residents, then they may well decide that some public dollars are appropriate. However, if the public or its political representatives are trying to make the case that a team or a facility by itself will be an important development tool, then the electorate should think twice before opening its collective wallet." - Andrew ZimbalistThose advocating for "Just the Coliseum" say that just a new building can spur needed investment, and this further proves that line of thinking is incorrect.
Nassau Coliseum must be considered a very unique case in arena construction, when you think about the following:
- The average public share for a sports facility is 65%, and Nassau County is unable/unwilling to provide public funds.
- Nassau Coliseum has one major tenant, the New York Islanders
- Nassau Coliseum is not the only major multipurpose arena in the metro area. It has to compete with Madison Square Garden, the Continental Airlines Arena, and the brand-new Prudential Center for travling shows, as well. Therefore, the time of guaranteed occupancy is lower than average.
- We already proved, through numbers, that "just an arena" will not generate enough revenue to justify the $400 million investment
- While facilities themselves are generally drains on the economy, they can generate positive externalities and re-direct spending into new parts of a major metropolitan area.
The Lighthouse is the only solution that makes economic sense for both the Islanders and the surrounding community. A "just the Coliseum" solution does not work unless the public ends up providing a significant portion of the financing, and Prof. Zimbalist's research proves that public investment in a sports facility has a neutral economic impact. Let us continue working to educate the public on this fact.
Thanks again to Professor Zimbalist for his time and expertise. Please let me know, via email or comment, whether you would like this interview series to continue, or if you have a suggestion for somebody to interview in the future.
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A buzz seems to be building that the Lions should be better — and maybe a whole lot better — this year than they were last year. But the Lions have released their first depth chart of training camp, and it calls into question whether they've improved at all at two of their weakest positions from 2012.
On the Lions' offensive line, their projected starters include Dylan Gandy at right guard and Jason Fox at right tackle. The 31-year-old Gandy is a longtime backup who hasn't started a single game since 2009, and Fox has never started a single game in his three-year NFL career. There's usually a reason that a player spends three years as a backup, and it's usually that he's not good enough to be a starter.
At right cornerback, the Lions are starting Ron Bartell, who is good enough to start — when he's healthy, which is rare. Injuries have limited Bartell to a grand total of eight games over the last three seasons, and it's hard to see the Lions counting on Bartell to be healthy enough to start 16 games this season.
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Cultures of The Islands
One can read the history of Ireland in any library, but for this project I want to move to a higher level. We will do that by incorporating a sociological perspective to the raw history of the British Isles.
We will explore how invaders of history shaped the cultures in the British Isles. Many people in Ireland and Scotland celebrate our Celt heritage, but our culture is the sum of all cultures that came before it.
Some facets of old cultures never took hold in the Emerald Isles, but others like Kilts, Plaids and bagpipes became popular expressions of our culture.
Anthropological digs around the islands place small tribes of Neolithic peoples in many places. Some scientists radio-carbon dating methods put ages of artifacts back to around 7,000 BC.
I believe that early tribes may have arrived as early as 9,500 BC. Around 10,000 BC the glaciers of the last ice age were retreating northward. The islands were covered with ice then and could not support plants or trees or even animals as we know them.
We know from glacial action in Alaska that trees and plants fill in rapidly behind retreating glaciers. After five hundred years it was possible for man to cross the ice from the mainland to forage and hunt animals around edges of those rapidly disappearing glaciers.
Those early tribes left no written records of their passing. But they did leave artifacts, and they were known by ancient Greek writers who wrote about them as early as 1500 BC. Around 300 BC Greeks wrote about wild peoples beyond the Celts.
With so little known about them, much of what was written was written off by history as legends or myths. The Roman Empire kept good records about everything they did. It can be safely assumed that the most complete body of information extant to that era were written by scribes working for Rome.
Rome called the land, "Britannia" and their records date back to the Roman invasion in 54 BC. Angles, Saxons and Normans also kept good records and some of those records are extant to around 500 AD.
Each invader contributed facets of their culture to the peoples of Britannia. At the end of each section we will discuss relative cultural contributions by each invader.
Then Came The Celts
It seems quite normal to me to identify with those ancient Celtic warriors who so terrified Rome in 400 BC that the Emperor bribed them with 1,000 lb.. in gold to go away.
The Celts (Kelts) left no written records of their passing, but advanced cultures throughout Europe wrote down their experiences with barbarian invaders. Around 400 BC one such previously unknown tribe of barbarians invaded the Po Valley in northern Italy and expelled the native Etruscans.
The Etruscans sent an envoy to Rome to ask for military help to expel the Celts. The Emperor of Rome responded by dispatching envoys to interview the chief of the barbarians. They told the Celt Chiefs that their tribe was unknown to Rome and asked them what they were doing in the Po Valley.
The Celtic chief said that they were new to Rome, but that Rome was not new to them. We know the Romans are brave people because the Etruscans had asked Rome for help, and since the Romans had offered an embassy instead of arms, we would not reject an offer of peace in exchange for land.
The Roman envoy asked the Chief whether it was right to demand land from it's owners on pain of war. The Chief defiantly retorted, "Our rights lay in our arms. All things belong to the brave."
Trouble escalated when Envoy Quintas Fabius drew his sword and killed one of the Celtic Chiefs. The Celts immediately dispatched envoys to Rome who demanded that the entire Fabius family be handed over to them for justice.
Roman law would not permit the Roman Senate to turn Roman citizens over to enemies, so the Senate passed the matter to the Roman Assembly, which was the highest legal authority in Rome.
Quintis Fabius, who should have been punished, was instead promoted to the rank of Tribune. Tribunes like a General, the highest ranking officer in the Roman Army, had consular authority. That decision Rome would soon regret.
The Celts were insulted, mobilized their army and marched south to Rome. On the road to Rome they destroyed every military unit that opposed them, then besieged Rome for seven months.
Negotiations eventually produced a peace treaty whereby the Celts would accept one thousand pounds of gold to leave Rome.
Roman Pliny wrote:
While the gold was being weighed, one Roman accused the Celts of using faulty scales. Celt Chief Brennus stepped forward and added the weight of his sword to the gold and growled those famous words, "vae victis, Woe to the vanquished."
Roman Diodorus wrote:
Their countenance was terrifying, very tall in stature, with rippling muscles under light skin. Their hair is blond, artificially bleached with lime and tied back. They look like wood-demons with thick hair like a horse's mane.
Some have no beards; but others of higher rank shaved their cheeks, leaving a mustache that covered the whole mouth. Their dress is astonishing: they wear brightly colored and embroidered shirts, with trousers called, "bracae" and light cloaks fastened at the shoulder with a heavy brooch. The cloaks are striped or checkered in design, with stripes close together and in many bright colors.
In battle they wore bronze helmets with images of animals drawn upon them that made them appear to be even taller than the were. Some wear chain mail on their breasts. Others paint their bodies and rush into battle naked.
They charge wildly into battle, blowing discordant horns, chanting with deep voices, and beating their swords rhythmically upon their shields.
When a battle was over, the barbarians severed the heads of the vanquished and mounted the skulls over the doors to their huts. They preserved heads of high ranking Roman officers in cedar oil and stored them inside wooden chests.
NOTES: History did not record whether that particular tribe of Celts made it to the British Isles. What we do know was that Celts were in the islands long before 400 BC. We know that the first Celts in the British Isles spoke a dialect similar to an earlier version of Latin. The Celts that sacked Rome spoke a dialect of Latin. Though historians widely disagree, it seems sure that Celts first crossed the English channel between 1,000 and 2500 BC.
Each wave was classified by language groups, p-Celts, q-Celts, etc., instead of by tribe. Celts introduced up to six dialects to Britain, only three of which survived.
The first Celts spoke, "Goidelic" and were classified as q-Celts. That dialect was somewhat similar to that spoken by the sackers of Rome.
The q-Celtic Goidelic language alphabet contains no "p" and it substitutes an "a" wherever "an" is seen.
The second wave of Celts came hundreds of years later and they spoke the Brythonic dialect. They were classified as p-Celts because they had a "p" in their alphabet.
Two Celt dialects merged into similar dialects, Welsh and Cornish, while
the third dialect, "Breton", is still spoken in some parts of Brittany over on mainland Europe. More than two waves of Celts came to Britannia and from there spread to Scotland and Ireland and to some of the smaller islands. The traditional records of dialects does not show how their dialects differed.
Historical evidence does not indicate that the Celts stormed into Britain the same way the did into Rome. Like those ancient warriors who invaded the Po Valley of Rome, these British Celts seemed more interested in farming then in fighting.
In a few generations they spread to Wales, Scotland and across the Irish Sea to Ireland. By 200 BC., Celtic villages were founded throughout Alba, Wales and Britannia.
NOTES: As noted before every invader brought something to the cultures. It seems that the Celt cultures impacted native cultures to a far greater degree than did subsequent invasions by Romans, Anglos, Saxons, Vikings and/or Normans. The Celts melted into the landscape, married native women, and though proud of their Celtic traditions, were willing to become citizens of lands they conquered.
Came The Romans
When the Romans crossed the channel in 54 BC., the Celts they met were farmers, not the warriors of old. Native Brits and Picts joined forces with Celts and fought bravely, but could not match for the superbly organized and disciplined legions of Rome. The Celts were clearly not the same fierce warriors who struck terror into Rome just three hundred years before.
Though unequaled on the field of battle, the Romans never defeated the hit and run tactics of the ferocious barbarians. In the following five hundred years, the natives continuously resisted Roman rule, refused to pay tribute and attacked outposts. Some were eventually driven into the highlands of Scotland.
Emperor Hadrius built a wall across Britain to keep the barbarians bottled up in Scotland, but that ploy didn't work either. Besieged by invaders at home, Rome in Britannia relied more and more upon mercenaries to keep the peace. Most of those mercenaries were Anglos, Saxons and Normans from mainland Europe.
As Roman power in Britannia became weaker, the associated tribes became more adept at making war and grew steadily stronger. To add to Roman troubles, Vikings from Denmark had started raiding Roman outposts along the coast. Needed to fight invaders of their own homeland, Rome eventually discharged their mercenaries, then abandoned Britannia and sailed home to defend Rome.
NOTES: It really looks like the Romans spent most of their time defending Hadrians wall and living in fortified towns. Ruins of Roman settlements yield artifacts, but not usually mixed with native artifacts. In other words, they did not generally live with the natives.
When Rome could not support the troops in the field, the Roman soldiers farmed a little, not much. Social impacts upon native culture was minimal. Some families living on the Anglo-Scot border claim to be descended from Roman soldiers. It is of course possible that some soldiers managed to stay in Brittany. But the two most important and lasting cultural contributions by Rome were probably the first Christian missionaries who built monasteries, and though little more than a political figurehead, sat the first native King of Britannia on the throne.
Came The Anglo-Saxons.
As indicated by historians, the first documented Anglo-Saxons in Britannia were probably mercenaries who served in the Roman army.
The Anglos and Saxons were a mixture of ancient Germanic tribes from the channel seaboard, Normandy in the west up to Denmark in the east. Those tribes included Frisians, Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Franks and smaller tribes of probably Celts. The Angles came from south Denmark, Saxons from north Germany; Jutes from Jutland at the mouth of the Rhine, Frisians and Franks from the low countries of western Germany, Austria and Normandy.
As Rome poised to leave Britain, the Foderati (mercenaries) returned home to their tribal villages in Northern Europe. But as Rome withdrew legions, Anglo and Saxon tribesmen were already busy mobilizing for a full scale invasion of Britannia.
In the sixth and seventh centuries, Anglo and Saxons commanders were kept busy carving out petty kingdoms for themselves. They had to fight both Britons and each other to consolidate their gains. By the eighth century the differences between the tribal cultures had blended to the extent that the people considered themselves as either Anglo-Saxon or English and spoke basically the same languages.
NOTES: England was forged in the crucible of the Roman exodus, invasions by Vikings, and the influx of Anglo, Saxon and Norman settlers. What the wars really came down to were struggles between the English and their continental cousins over who would rule England.
Although the Anglo and Saxon tribes often found it difficult combine forces to meet a common threat, never-the-less left lasting contributions to native cultures.
To help fuse relationships, The British Royal family forged hereditary links to old Anglo-Saxon Kings, brought rules of law to govern civil and criminal courts; recorded land ownership, made inheritance of land possible, and to aid tax collectors by mandating the use of surnames to identify family and tribal affiliations.
Came The Normans
By 800 AD the Danish Vikings had been routinely raiding England and Ireland for several decades. The Vikings had at first raided and later settled small communities along the coast and up navigable rivers of Europe. But within two hundred years the Viking settlers in Normandy had converted to Christianity, spoke French as their first language, and they considered themselves to be Norman. Virtually all feelings of ancient kinship with Denmark was in time lost.
Public relations between the Normans and Anglo-Saxon England were fairly good, but continued raiding by Danish Vikings into England and Ireland caused a rift with Normandy. Such raids were creating problems and becoming an increasing embarrassment to Christianized Normans.
Eventually the Dukes of Normandy signed a treaty with England to help blockade the English Channel and force the Viking fleets go around.
That alliance failed when the Normans supported Edward of the House of Wessex instead of King Cnut of Denmark to assume the Anglo-Saxon throne in England.
When Edward (the Confessor) returned from exile in Normandy in 1042 and took the English crown, he was pro-Norman, sympathies which did not set well with his English subjects.
The Norman Duke's fear of Danish intervention led to William's alliance with Flanders in 1066. Meanwhile, the Danish Vikings still managed to back-door the channel blockade and to support their trading settlements in Ireland.
Many mainland Normans were soldiers or administrators who formerly worked in England, fighting the Picts and Welsh, building government buildings or setting up new courts. Some previously served in England under Edward the Confessor, and while there in 1055 they organized the English army and tried to train the English soldiers to employ traditional Franco-Norman cavalry tactics in battle. The English would later pay dearly for their failure to adopt those heavy cavalry tactics in battle.
In 1066, more by accident than by design, the famous battle of Essex was fought. The superior Norman cavalry and foot soldiers invaded Britain, killed the Anglo-Saxon King and placed William The Confessor back on the English Throne.
Later on in old age he expressed regret for killing the English King and taking the British throne to which he was not by blood or succession entitled.
NOTES: Like the Celts and Anglo-Saxons before them, the Normans never really left Britain and their social influences in England to some extent remained. The Royal family of England trace their royal roots to Normandy and most countries in Europe.
Norman influence, always strong in England, was not as strong in Ireland or Scotland. Both countries to this day remain more strongly influenced by Celtic cultures.
The Normans improved upon the systems of law and administration and some roots of those laws are still in effect today.
England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and founded the Church of England. Neither country has ever been able to resolve those conflicts that later arose between Catholics and Protestants, or accept the separation of the Royal Church of England from the Catholic Church of Rome.
Corrections of facts and new information of a material nature will be posted to this record as it becomes known.
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You may have seen my other thread looking for info on a 1993 Tokai ES-90.
Well, I went ahead and bought it. Photos below.
I already had a 2003 ES-120, which I decided to sell to make way for this ES-90. I know it sounds a bit silly, but I really wanted one with the 'right' headstock and truss rod cover. I hadn't had the 120 very long, but saw this one and couldn't resist.
It's been used a fair bit over the years by a gigging musician, but is in very good condition overall bar a few marks here and there. I do love a played-in instrument.
This appears to be a fairly rare guitar as there's hardly any info on it online. Plenty on 1980s ES100 guitars, and 2000s ES120s and up, but nothing really on the ES-90, so I'm going to attempt to describe it here.
It plays great. Very similar to the ES-120 I had overall. The neck has a nice taper, but isn't too thick. My ES-120 was of similar thickness at the first fret, but I'd say this is 9/10 of an inch at the 12th, whereas the 120 was probably a full inch (I haven't got callipers, so this won't be very accurate). I prefer the slightly shallower profile on the ES-90 as I find I can play with a bit of neck vibrato, which I wasn't really able to pull off on the 120.
The frets are medium.
Pretty sure the finish is poly.
Neck is mahogany, one-piece. Body is laminated maple. Fretboard rosewood. Just like a 60s Gibson.
Subtly flamed top, back and sides. Top and back have a seam in the centre, which according to some internet forums was quite rare on 60s 335s and is now sought-after (seems strange given that a one-piece looks better if we're honest).
Judging by the patina, the tuners and pickguard holder are nickel, whilst the pickup covers, bridge and tailpiece are chrome. Hardware looks to be Gotoh.
How does it compare to the ES-120? The main differences I can think of:
- It's much less flamey - although the photos below show a lot of flame, it's much more subtle in person. It looks more like the flame you sometimes see in 1960s Gibsons. The ES120 by comparison had very vivid flame, perhaps a bit too much for my taste, but still looked great. The ES-90 is centre-seamed top and back, the ES-120 was one piece top and back;
- No 'Made in Japan' text on back of neck on ES-90, the ES-120 has this;
- Slightly thinner neck at the 12th fret as described above;
- The 'right' headstock shape and truss rod cover, versus the dimple and Tokai TRC on the 120;
- It's lighter in weight than the 120. The 120 was already light at 7.5 lb, the ES-90 is the lightest 335 I've personally ever held at just over 7 lb;
- It's got a brighter, more open tone than the 120, with better picking dynamics. To my ears, the best 335s sound a bit like early 50s Telecasters, but 'bigger'. To me, the ES-90 has more of this than the ES-120 I had.
I've photographed the pickups below, has anyone seen these in a Tokai before? According to the 1990 catalogue, the ES-90 comes with PAF Vintage MK1.
I have had about 20+ guitars over the past 5 years or so. For me, this ranks as the nicest alongside a 52 reissue Telecaster I sold earlier this year.
Will I keep it? Who knows. I'm a notorious flipper of instruments. I'll play this one a while first though.
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Changing strings tonight, so got my callipers out.
Nut width 1.65" / 41.91 mm
Width at 12th fret 2.06" / 52.34 mm
Depth at 1st fret 0.85" / 21.5 mm
Depth at 12th fret 0.935" / 23.75 mm
I didn't measure my ES 120 before I sold it, but there are measurements in this post which sound about right:
and show it to be slightly narrower at the nut and 12th fret, but slightly deeper at both. So the ES 90 is a little wider and flatter, which seems about right judging by the feel.
Still significantly deeper than a modern ES-335 though, according to the post linked to above, which is only slightly wider at the nut than the ES-90 and by the 12th fret is narrower.
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Got some more info on this.
I emailed Tokai Japan and they actually responded within a few hours. Excellent service. Here are my questions with their answers:
- What are the pickups in this guitar?
PAF-Vintage MK1 is Tokai original P.U. made in Japan.
- Is the finish poly or lacquer?
It must be Urethane finish
- The model number is 90, whereas in the early 1980s there was an ES-100. Is the ES-90 a "lesser" (i.e. lower-spec) model?
You can think the model is the same, the model name changes as time goes by.
- Was this guitar produced in small numbers, because there doesn't seem to be much information on them? The ES-120 from the 2000s seems much more common.
I am afraid that we do not know how many quantities are released on the market at the time.
They also attached a page from the 1991 catalogue, which they say was current in 1993.
The specs are identical to those in the 1990 catalogue I mentioned in another post, so I'll copy and paste my summary :
It lists an ES90, ES120 and ES180. The ES90 and ES120 actually have identical specs, except that the ES90 is dot neck and the ES120 is block neck.
All are maple laminated top, side and back with mahogany necks. LS-VB bridge, LS-VT tailpiece, controls 2V 2T 3 way sw.
The ES180 is listed as 'flame maple', so I assume the 90 and 120 are a plainer top. Of course mine is flame maple, but quite subtle, so perhaps the ES180 is the really flamey stuff. As an aside, the ES180 has an ebony rather than rosewood fretboard and also has the fancy block markings, similar to (but not the same as) an ES345.
Pickups on all are PAF Vintage MK1, and they are all available in sunburst, natural and red. The ES90 alone is also available in black.
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Really nice find, I'd love to get this guitar.
If you think about selling it and you're located in EU, please write me a pm.
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congrats !!! Thats a very nice old red 335 !!!
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A bit more info from Tokai Japan, who I emailed again. They have confirmed that the PAF-Vintage MK1 pickups in my guitar have Alnico V magnets.
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