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Here's the next version of our bulletin. It folds vertically. The cover is on the left the interior is on the right. The text is littered with mistakes and is mainly there for placement purposes. The Fellowship five are our announcements.
These picks were made with the assumption that the participants involved would be five copies of the literal embodiment of each teams’ respective mascot, battling in a fight to the death on a regulation sized basketball court. You know, like the good ole days in Rome. When I mentioned this idea in a status update, I was surprised at the response I got, so I posted all of my picks but give further explanation below for the ones that might be confusing and/or interesting.
1st Round
Ohio State Mavericks Vs. Siena Saints
I’m sorry but piety can only get you so far. The rebellious Mavericks are liable to have some original and underhanded tricks up their sleeves. The saints can pray all they want, but I doubt they can summon any bolts of lightning.
Winner: Mavericks
Utah Utes vs. Arizona Wildcats
Well, considering the Native American Ute tribe could very well have hunted the wildcat for food and clothing, I’d say Arizona does not stand a chance against these savages.
Winner: Utes
Wake Forest Demon Deacons vs. Cleveland State Vikings
I don’t care how much of a bad-ass preacher you are, the Norse got mad weaponry. Bible thumpers will get sliced and diced with impunity...not to mention those helmets with the horns on them.
Winner: Vikings
West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Dayton Flyers
Mountaineers got fierce pick axes. The Flyers are named in honor of Orville and Wilbur Wright, the pale geeky chaps who invented a plane made out of paper and wood that flew for 20 seconds.
Winner: Mountaineers
Kansas Jayhawks vs. North Dakota State Bison
Now this one was tough for a couple of reasons. First, the Jayhawks are a made-up animal: cross between a blue jay and a hawk. Half-intimidating I suppose. And the bison is just monumentally larger than virtually any bird. But let’s be honest with ourselves here, a bison is really nothing but a cow with a beard. You might as well paint a big red and white target on its back. The fight would be long and bloody, but this will be a triumph of speed and agility over brute strength and oafishness as the Jayhawks peck a multitude of tiny holes into tough buffalo flesh.
Winner: Jayhawks
UConn Huskies vs. Chattanooga Mocs
Just in case you were wondering, Moc is short for Mockingbird.
Winner: Huskies
BYU Vikings vs. Texas A&M Aggies
What we’re really talking about here is a bunch of shovel totin’ farmers against a bunch of axe-wielding Norsemen.
Winner: Vikings
Memphis Tigers vs. Cal State Matadors
To be fair, a one-on-one fight would be interesting. A top-notch matador could survive for a short time against a tiger, and dude’s got a sword- a well-placed stab would end it. But things get chaotic really fast when it ceases to be a mano a mano (to steal from the Spaniards) battle.
Winner: Tigers
Pittsburgh Panthers vs. East Tennessee State Buccaneers
Without semi-automatic weapons, these 17th century pirates would be hard-pressed to lick a bunch of felines before having to reload. And once that happens, its curtains for Blackbeard.
Winner: Panthers
Oklahoma State Cowboys vs. Tennessee Volunteers
The Tennessee Volunteers were a group of soldiers who fought in the war of 1812- the ramrod and flintlock days. My archetype of the American cowboy brandishes one or two Colt revolvers and is handy with a lasso.
Winner: Cowboys
Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
The Illini were a Native American tribe. The Hilltoppers were a group of students who marched from W. Kentucky’s old campus to a new one (yes, on top of a hill) carrying school supplies. Bows and arrows beat books and slide rules.
Winner: Fighting Illini
Oklahoma Sooners vs. Morgan State Bears
Remember the movie “Far and Away” where the pioneers Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman race to “stake their claim” on the frontier? Now remember big, hungry, bloodthirsty bears?
Winner: Bears
2nd Round
Utah Utes vs. Cleveland State Vikings
They both have bows and arrows, but Vikings have axes, pole-arms, armor, and giant red beards.
Winner: Vikings
Illinois Illini vs. Akron Zips
The Zips made it this far by having a kangaroo as their mascot. They’re good boxers and cute to boot, but it ends here for the Ohioan hoppers.
Winner: Illini
Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
The Sun Devils logo was designed by an alumnus who used to be an artist for Disney. His creation was a mischievous imp (not the devil). Imps are small and weak, but are known for their trickery. They end up besting the strong but dim-witted lumberjacks, but get their due in the next round- tigers are not easily fooled.
Winner: Sun Devils
Sweet 16
BYU Vikings vs. Purdue Boilermakers
The Boilermakers have made it this far by burning through the competition with their welding torches, but these are only effective in hand-to-hand combat and have a very limited range. Not to mention the fact that the Vikings are somewhat protected by their armor. Long range arrows and pole arms are the deciding factor here.
Winner: Vikings
Elite Eight
LSU Tigers vs. Clemson Tigers
I know I know, how could there be a winner here? Well. Clemson has a cartoon tiger mascot, while LSU has an actual Bengal tiger they’ve adopted. I’m sorry, but my high school mascot was the cougar, and we had an actual cougar to represent our school. Real beats fake every time.
Winner: LSU Tigers
A note on Tigers vs. Bears
This matchup happened a few times and here’s the logic: Grizzly bears are ginormous, weighing up to 1500 pounds and really tear ass. Comparatively, black bears (Cornell) are just slightly larger than dogs. The largest species of tiger is the Siberian, and they would probably lick a grizzly, but the smaller Bengal would be hard-pressed to do so. I did my best in each case to find out the breed of each team’s respective beast. The Discovery Channel helped enormously in my research.
Why do the Blue Devils rule all?
They get their name from the US 88th infantry, who in WW2 made use of machine guns, grenades, bazookas, and flamethrowers to beat the snot out of the Germans. They win handily, and are a good b-ball team in real life to boot. Yay.
read about this trip on our blog
www.131design.org/blog/9-fes-el-bali-morrocco-
Volubilis is an archaeological site in Morocco situated near Meknes between Fez and Rabat along the N13 road. The nearest town is Moulay Idriss. Volubilis features the best preserved Roman ruins in this part of northern Africa . In 1997 the site was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Roman period
In antiquity, Volubilis was an important Roman town situated near the westernmost border of Roman conquests. It was built on the site of a previous Carthaginian settlement from (at the latest) the third century BC, but that settlement overlies an earlier neolithic habitation.
Volubilis was the administrative center of the province in Roman Africa called Mauretania Tingitana. The fertile lands of the province produced many commodities such as grain and olive oil, which were exported to Rome, contributing to the province's wealth and prosperity. Archaeology has documented the presence of a Jewish community in the Roman period.
Triumphal Arch in Volubilis
The Romans evacuated most of Morocco at the end of the 3rd century AD, but unlike some other Roman cities, Volubilis was not abandoned. However, it appears to have been destroyed by an earthquake in the late fourth century AD. It was reoccupied in the sixth century, when a small group of tombstones written in Latin shows the existence of a community that still dated its foundation by the year of the Roman province. Coins show that it was occupied under the Abbasids: a number of these simply bear the name Walila. Walili comes from the Berber language alili which means a plant widely found in this region. Awraba was a Berber tribe that settled there. Volubillis was a second capital of the king Juba II who was the son of the Berber king Juba I.
The texts referring to the arrival of Idris I in 788 show that the town was at that point in the control of the Awraba tribe, who welcomed the descendant of Ali, and declared him imam shortly thereafter. Within three years he had consolidated his hold on much of the area, founded the first settlement at Fez, and started minting coins. He died in 791, leaving a pregnant Awraba wife, Kenza, and his faithful slave, Rashid, who acted as regent until the majority of Idris II. At this point the court departed for Fez, leaving the Awraba in control of the town.
The local Latin language survived for centuries, and was not replaced before the Arabs conquered North Africa in the late 7th century.
People continued to live in Volubilis for more than 1,000 years more. Volubilis was first abandoned in the 18th century -- when it was demolished in order to provide for building materials for the construction of the palaces of Moulay Ismail in nearby Meknes. If that destruction had not occurred, Volubilis could have become one of the best preserved Roman sites anywhere.
Wegala Water Supply and Sanitation Project. Sri Lanka. Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank
Photo ID: SDM-LK-085
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I used the sepia filter to create the warm and rustic look.
예그리나 * Yegrina * イェグリナ
# Yegrina, That means 'Love Between Us' in Korean.
# 예그리나는 사랑하는 우리 사이라는 뜻입니다.
# イェグリナは愛する私たちの間という意味です.
# Marketplace : marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/49406
Taken with:
Nikon D90,75mm,f5.3,1/160.Used a Sb 900 flash gun off camera in front of the book to create the shadow from the ring.Edited contrast and changed to sepia.
Title: The title comes from the name of a Johnny Cash album,book used is one of my favorites,Simply titled 'Cash' the autobiography of Johnny Cash.Great musician
Wonderlust is best viewed as a set here: www.flickr.com/photos/thefuturetense/sets/72157646010366491/
Part of the Question of the Moment bulletin board set, “If You Could Only Choose One, Which Would You Rather Use: Texting or Facebook?”
OK, it's confession time. Lady Vervaine been really wobbling with Flickr recently. In particular, I'm struggling with the commenting on contacts' photos.
I love looking at other people's stuff, and I love commenting on it as well as I can. It means a lot to me to leave comments that are actually meaningful, that express something of what comes into my head on looking at a picture. But it takes so much time... and recently I've found that I can't keep up. I just don't have the time to do it properly right now, and this makes me not want to do it at all.
I've talked about this to a few Flickr-friends, and i know there's more than one of us who feels the same problem. Of course, I love receiving comments & faves as much as the next person, and it's not realistic to expect other people to comment on your stuff if you're not commenting on theirs....
I honestly don't know what to do about this one. Any suggestions, observations, or answers?!
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i downloaded the 'grutch shaded' chalkboard font which i really think adds to the whole chalkboard feel. also, i thought the 'chalk/charcoal' sketch filter was a little too light so i used an addition layer of text at low opacity just to keep some of the original form. such a fun project. :)
George advertised his latest song in the Playbill. HEAR IT at www.youtube.com/watch?v=xusFBmqPT9I.
Part of collection on loan from Steven Van Der Maelen of North Guilford.
See other WW I - related documents at flic.kr/s/aHskh3niWh.
Pitt Street, Sydney, (showing west side) from King Street - showing condition of awnings, verandahs, signboards
Dated: December 1878
Digital ID: 745_a019_a019000011
Rights: www.records.nsw.gov.au/about-us/rights-and-permissions
In 1879 The City of Sydney Improvement Act was constituted as a result of the findings of the Sydney City and Suburban Sewage and Health Board regarding the poor condition of buildings and sanitation within the City of Sydney due to a lack of proper legislation and codes of building practice. The City of Sydney Improvement Board was appointed to execute the Act. These photographs, taken by private photographers for the Board, show buildings in need of repair or undergoing alterations, as well as views of streets showing the condition of awnings, signboards and walls of shops, hotels and private residences.
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"Ideas at Play: The gaming of innovation and entrepreneurship education" was held as a pre-conference session during Open 2015, VentureWell's annual conference. Participants utilized games to promote learning and engagement in the classroom. Photos by Laurie Moore.
for my favorite group "ipod portrait tuesday", i have not actually read ulysses on my ipod, but theres a great website with an awful lot of books for your ipod: manybooks.net/