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Early in the book of Genesis, the text states: "And God said, 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.' And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven" (1:6-8). What was the "firmament"? I have heard it said by critics of the Bible that the ancient Hebrews believed there was some kind of solid "dome" or "vault" above the sky. Does the Bible actually teach such scientifically erroneous concepts?
Several words within the Genesis creation narrative have caused considerable controversy through the years. On the one hand, unbelievers—who continually seek grist for their ever-grinding mills—have suggested that Moses' writings are flavored with certain terms that document beyond reasonable doubt the Hebrews' dependence upon, and belief in, "pre-scientific" (read that as "unscientific") concepts. On the other hand, liberal theologians have argued that Moses instilled into the Genesis record ancient, mythological teachings and ideas whose presence militates against the possibility of Genesis being accepted at face value as a literal, historical account of God's creative activity.
One such word is the "firmament" mentioned in Genesis 1:6ff. Unbelievers have seized upon this singular term in order to depict Genesis as unworthy of acceptance by modern, well-informed, "intelligent" people. For example, the late atheist Isaac Asimov frequently (and vehemently) expressed his views on the "scientific absurdity" of the Mosaic record of origins. In volume one (on the Old Testament) of his two-volume set, Asimov's Guide to the Bible, he denied that Moses wrote the Pentateuch and opted instead for the position known in theological circles as the Documentary Hypothesis (often referred to as the Graf-Wellhausen theory), which suggests that editors (called "redactors"—designated individually as J,D, E, and P) produced the Pentateuch. [For an up-to-date explanation and refutation of the various aspects of the Documentary Hypothesis, see McDowell, 1999, pp. 402-477.] Asimov wrote:
The first book was named "Genesis," which means, literally, "coming into being." It implies a concern with births and beginnings, which is appropriate for a book that begins with the creation of heaven and earth. By ancient tradition, the first five books of the Bible were written by Moses, the folk hero who, according to the account given in the second through fifth books, rescued the Israelites from Egyptian slavery. Modern scholars are convinced that this theory of authorship is not tenable and that the early books of the Bible are not the single work of any man. Rather, they are the combined and carefully edited version of a number of sources (1968, p. 17).
He repeated, and expanded, this viewpoint in his book, In the Beginning (1981, p. 5), and then commented:
First comes the creation of the firmament. The first syllable of the word "firmament" is "firm," and that gives an accurate idea of what the writers of the P-document had in mind. The firmament is the semi-spherical arc of the sky (it looks flattened on top and rather semi-ellipsoidal, but that is an optical illusion), and it was considered a hard and firm covering of the flat earth. It was considered very much like the lid of a pot and was assumed to be of much the same material as an ordinary lid would be.... From the scientific view, however, there is no firmament; no sky to be viewed as a material dome (1981, p. 33, parenthetical comment in orig.).
Robert Schadewald, an atheistic science writer, not only accused the Bible writers of harboring an incorrect view regarding the firmament, but also of believing in a flat Earth. He phrased his arguments against the Bible as follows.
The ancient Hebrews, like their older and more powerful neighbors...were flat-earthers. The Hebrew cosmology is never actually spelled out in the Bible but, even without knowledge of the Babylonian system upon which it is patterned, it can be read between the lines of the Old Testament. The Genesis creation story itself suggests the relative size and importance of the earth and the celestial bodies by specifying their order of creation. The earth was created on the first day, and it was "without form and void" (Genesis 1:2). On the second day a vault—the "firmament" of the King James Bible—was created to divide the waters, some above, and some being below the vault....
Other passages complete the picture. God "sits throned on the vaulted roof of earth, whose inhabitants are like grasshoppers" (Isaiah 40:21-22). He also "walks to and fro on the vault of heaven" (Job 22:14), which vault is "hard as a mirror of cast metal" (Job 37:18). The roof of the sky has "windows" (Genesis 7:12) that God can open to let the waters above fall to the surface as rain. The topography...isn't specified, but Daniel "saw a tree of great height at the centre of the earth...reaching with its top to the sky and visible to the earth's farthest bounds" (Daniel 4:10-11). Such visibility would not be possible on a spherical earth, but might be expected if the earth were flat (1983, p. 290, emp. added).
Even prominent Hollywood stars have joined the attack upon Moses and his fellow writers. Well-known comedian Steve Allen once hosted both the NBC Tonight Show and his own Steve Allen Comedy Hour. He also happens to be an accomplished composer who has written more than 4,000 songs. In other circles, however, he is equally well known as a devout humanist who is one of the Bible's severest critics. Two of his books, Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion & Morality (1990) and More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, & Morality (1993), are frontal assaults upon the Good Book. As it turns out, Mr. Allen was reared a Roman Catholic, but in his early thirties was excommunicated from that religious group because of a second marriage. He claims, though, that in his mid-twenties he began to have doubts about Catholicism/Christianity—doubts that eventually led him to flee into the waiting arms of humanism, and then to write his two scathing attacks upon the Bible.
In both of his tomes, Allen has parroted the same hackneyed charges against the Genesis record of creation as his atheistic colleagues. For example, he wrote disapprovingly of "the scientific nonsense with which the first chapters of Genesis abound—as, for example, the view that the firmament is a solid platform in space containing reservoirs of water, the valves of which open to produce rain" (1990, p. 92). He then went on to state: "There can be no serious question, surely, that the original author(s) firmly believed the view of the natural universe just as they explained it" (p. 93).
Modern-day liberalism frequently has employed this same type of argument as an indicator of the Bible writers' alleged "unscientific view" of the Universe. In their withering critique of the biblical doctrine of origins, Creationism and Evolution, Murray and Buffaloe suggested:
When consistently applied, the literalist approach to Biblical interpretation leads to a maze of difficulties. One of the best ways to demonstrate this is to examine the "blueprint," or "model," of the universe that is found in Genesis 1 and throughout the Bible. This concept of how the universe is built was common to all ancient peoples and was simply taken for granted by the Hebrews, who undoubtedly adopted it from their Middle Eastern cultural environment. In fact, it was the standard way of viewing the universe in Western culture until Copernicus and Galileo challenged it in the 16th century. It is quite clearly outlined in verses 6-10 of Chapter 1....
Here we see plainly set forth the basic structure of the pre-scientific view of the universe: the earth is essentially a flat plain, partly covered by water, and over the earth is a great dome, the sky or "heavens." The Genesis account explains that there is a vast reservoir of water collected above the dome ("firmament"), which of course is how ancient people accounted for rainfall. This picture of the universe is presupposed throughout the Bible....
The ancient Biblical picture of the world is commonly termed the "three-story" or "three-tiered" view of the universe.... According to this model, the universe consists essentially of the sky-dome or "heavens" above; the flat earth stretched out beneath; and the underworld, pictured something like underground caverns. The ancients envisioned this whole world-structure, finally, as floating in a vast ocean. An added touch was that the heavenly bodies—sun, moon, and stars—rolled across the underside of the sky-dome, being attached to it in some fashion (1981, pp. 12-15).
What response should the Bible believer offer to such accusations? Does the Bible imbibe ancient mythological misrepresentations? Is its information on origins "unscientific"? What is the truth of the matter?
The Hebrew raqia (the "firmament" of the KJV, ASV, RSV, et al.) means an "expanse" (Davidson, 1963, p. DCXCII; Wilson, n.d., p. 166), or "something stretched, spread or beaten out" (Maunder, 1939, p. 315; Speiser, 1964, p. 6). Keil and Delitzsch offered this definition in their monumental commentary on the Pentateuch: "to stretch, to spread out, then beat or tread out...the spreading out of air, which surrounds the earth as an atmosphere" (1980, 1:52).
In an article discussing the "firmament" of Genesis 1:6-8, Gary Workman observed that this word is an "unfortunate translation" because it "not only is inaccurate but also has fostered unjust criticism that the Bible erroneously and naively pictures the sky above the earth as a solid dome" (1991, 11[4]:14). Strictly speaking, of course, "firmament" is not actually a translation of raqia at all, but rather, more accurately, a transliteration (i.e., the substitution of a letter in one language for the equivalent letter in another language) of an "unfortunate translation." Allow me to explain.
The Septuagint (a translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek produced by Jewish scholars in the third century B.C. at the behest of the powerful Egyptian pharaoh, Ptolemy Philadelphus, for inclusion in his world-famous library in Alexandria) translated raqia into the Greek as stereoma, which connotes a "solid structure" (Arndt and Gingrich, 1967, p. 774). Apparently, the translators of the Septuagint were influenced by the then-popular Egyptian view of cosmology and astronomy [they were, after all, doing their translating in Egypt for an Egyptian pharaoh] that embraced the notion of the heavens being a stone vault. Unfortunately, those Hebrew scholars therefore chose to render raqia via the Greek word stereoma—in order to suggest a firm, solid structure. The Greek connotation thus influenced Jerome to the extent that, when he produced his Latin Vulgate, he used the word firmamentum (meaning a strong or steadfast support—from which the word "firmament" is transliterated) to reflect this pagan concept (McKechinie, 1978, p. 691).
In his Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words , Old Testament language scholar W.E. Vine stressed:
While this English word is derived from the Latin firmamentum which signifies firmness or strengthening,...the Hebrew word, raqia, has no such meaning, but denoted the "expanse," that which was stretched out. Certainly the sky was not regarded as a hard vault in which the heavenly orbs were fixed.... There is therefore nothing in the language of the original to suggest that the writers [of the Old Testament—BT] were influenced by the imaginative ideas of heathen nations (1981, p. 67).
Raqia denotes simply an expanse, not a solid structure (see Harris, et al., 1980, 2:2218). Furthermore, the actual substance of the expanse is not inherent in the word. For example, Numbers 16:38 juxtaposes raqia and pahim (plates), suggesting literally an "expanse of plates." Here, "plates" specifies the actual material involved in the expansion. In Genesis, "heavens," not solid matter, is given as the nature of the expanse (Genesis 1:8,14,15,17,20). The original context in which raqia is used does not imply any kind of solid dome above the Earth.
The Bible equates "firmament" with the "heavens" (Psalm 19:1), using even the compound "firmament of heaven" (Genesis 1:14,15,17). God provided the correct definition of the word on the second day of creation when He "called the firmament Heaven" (Genesis 1:8). It was described further when Isaiah said that the Lord "stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in" (Isaiah 40:22). "Heavens" always is dual in the Hebrew and, in general, refers to the "heights" above the Earth. As such, there are three particular applications of the word in Scripture. There are the atmospheric heavens (Jeremiah 4:25), the sidereal heavens (outer space) where the planetary bodies reside (Isaiah 13:10), and the heaven of God's own dwelling place (Hebrews 9:24). As the context requires, "firmament" may be used in reference to any one of these three places. Birds are said to fly in "the open firmament of heaven" (the atmospheric heavens, Genesis 1:20). The Sun, Moon, and stars are set in "the firmament of heaven" (the sidereal heavens, Genesis 1:17). And the psalmist spoke of God's "sanctuary" as being "in the firmament" (Psalm 150:1).
R.K. Harrison, writing on the word "firmament" in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, observed:
The relationship of the firmament to the concept of heaven can be clarified if the firmament is identified with the troposphere, and then by thinking of the celestial heavens either as a topographic dimension beyond the firmament itself, or as the designated abode of God (1982, 2:307).
The context of Genesis 1:6-8,14-22 makes it clear that Moses intended his readers to understand the raqia simply as the sky, atmosphere, or expanse above the Earth.
Critics who speak of "the scientific nonsense with which the first chapters of Genesis abound" (to quote Steve Allen) ignore the meaning of the word "firmament" within the context in which it is used by the writers, and instead impose a meaning on the word that is in no way implied by the context. In fact, there is evidence to this effect in their own writings. Schadewald, for example, admitted that he had to "read between the lines" to discern the particular Hebrew cosmology that he was attacking. Such an admission no doubt revealed more than he intended, as it placed him in the unenviable position of having to "write between the lines" the cosmology that he wanted to depict the Bible as reflecting. Then, he took passages that obviously were written in figurative language (such as Daniel 4:10-11, wherein the prophet "saw a tree of great height at the center of the earth...reaching with its top to the sky and visible to the earth's farthest bounds") and interpreted them in a strictly literal fashion—something no fair reviewer ever would do. Such underhanded chicanery is analogous to impeaching a man's honesty merely because he remarks that during his lifetime he has traveled "to the four corners of the Earth."
When Steve Allen accuses the Hebrews of propagating the idea that "the firmament is a solid platform in space," or when Isaac Asimov accuses them of believing that the firmament was "very much like the lid of a pot and was assumed to be of much the same material as an ordinary lid would be," it is obvious that neither critic has researched the matter adequately, or is willing to treat the text fairly. As Harrison noted in regard to the firmament:
Although in classical Greek the latter denoted something solid, or a firm structure such as a foundation, its LXX [Septuagint—BT] usage was of the open sky, or the expanse stretching above the earth. This curious divergence of meaning is matched by the difficulty in translating the original Hebrew term raqia. It is a cognate of the verb rq, to "spread out" (Ps. 136:6; Isa. 42:5; 44:24), or "beat out" (Ex. 39:3; Nu. 17:4), the former usage referring to the expanse of the heavens at creation, and the latter to the beating out of metal into thin plates or sheets (1982, 2:306).
When a word has more than one meaning (as firmament obviously does), the context in which the word is used in the passage under consideration is critical to a proper understanding of the meaning of the word. Steve Allen suggested: "There can be no serious question, surely, that the original author(s) firmly believed the view of the natural universe just as they explained it." I could not agree more! The context in which "firmament" is employed in Genesis explains quite clearly that view, as Harrison went on to point out:
In Genesis 1:6 the firmament comprised an expanse that penetrated the mass of water vapor covering the earth and divided it into lower (or terrestrial) and upper (or atmospheric) levels. The expanse that was formed by the lifting of the water vapor constituted the atmosphere, which stretched around the earth and made possible the existence of subsequent plant and animal life. In Genesis 1:8, the expanse was given the name "heaven" (samayim), a better translation of which would be "sky" (cf. Ps. 85:11; Prov. 30:19) [1982, 2:307].
If Asimov, Schadewald, and Allen had done a bit of comparative study to see how the word was used—not only in Genesis but elsewhere throughout the Scriptures—they surely would have noticed that the context dictates the definition of the word. They also might have realized that the specific context of Genesis does not imply the definitions that are being used to make the Bible look ridiculous. Furthermore, the accusation of Murray and Buffaloe that "this concept of how the universe is built was common to all ancient peoples and was simply taken for granted by the Hebrews, who undoubtedly adopted it from their Middle Eastern cultural environment" is a mere assertion that is without any foundation in fact. William White commented on the fallacious nature of such a claim when he wrote:
Numerous authors have assumed that the use of this term indicated a specific system of cosmology involving a hollow concavity of the celestial sphere. There is no evidence for this in the literature of the Near East or in the occurrences of this rare term (1976, 2:540, emp. added).
Harrison concluded that
...some writers have assumed the existence of a primitive cosmology in which the universe was formed as a hollow, beaten-out sphere, using the analogy of the "brassy heaven" of Homer. A concept of this kind was never part of Greek cosmology, however... (1982, 2:306).
And lastly, the suggestion that the Bible writers thought the Earth to be flat hardly deserves comment. Rather than teaching a flat Earth, those writers actually depicted our planet as a circular sphere. Isaiah said, in speaking of God, "It is He who sitteth upon the circle [Hebrew chuwg ] of the Earth" (40:22). William Wilson suggested these meanings for the word chuwg: "circle, sphere, the arch or vault of the heavens; the circle of the earth, orbis terrarum " (n.d., p. 77). All of these renderings share a common thought—that of roundness, not flatness. The charge that the Bible gives credence to the concept of a flat Earth is baseless, and represents little more than wishful thinking on the part of the Good Book's critics.
Those who have set their face against God have railed against the Bible for generations. King Jehoiakim took his penknife, slashed the Old Testament Scriptures to pieces, and tossed them into a fire (Jeremiah 36:22-23). During the Middle Ages, attempts were made to keep the Bible from the man on the street. In fact, those caught translating or distributing the Scriptures often were subjected to imprisonment, torture, and even death. Centuries later, the famous French skeptic Voltaire boasted that "within fifty years, the Bible no longer will be discussed by educated people." His braggadocio notwithstanding, the Bible still is being discussed among educated people, while the name of Voltaire languishes in relative obscurity amidst the relic heaps of the past.
In the late 1800s, American infidel Robert Ingersoll claimed regarding the Bible: "In fifteen years, I will have this book in the morgue." But, as history records, Ingersoll died in 1899. Thus, he was the one who ended up in the morgue, while the Bible lives on in the hearts and lives of men in civilizations around the globe. Like the blacksmith's anvil—which wears out many hammers but itself remains unaffected—the Bible wears out the skeptics' innocuous charges, all the while remaining unscathed. John Clifford (1836-1923), a Baptist minister and social reformer, once wrote:
Last eve I passed beside a blacksmith's door,
And heard the anvil ring the vesper chime;
Then looking, I saw upon the floor,
Old hammers, worn with beating years of time.
"How many anvils have you had," said I,
"To wear and batter all these hammers so?"
"Just one," said he, and then with twinkling eye;
"The anvil wears the hammers out, ye know."
And so, thought I, the anvil of God's Word,
For ages skeptic blows have beat upon;
Yet though the noise of falling blows was heard
The anvil is unharmed...the hammers gone.
Jesus warned that "heaven and earth shall pass away" (Matthew 24:35), but went on to note that "my words shall not pass away." Isaiah wrote: "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand forever" (40:8). I think it is appropriate that we end this discussion with the following assessment from Kenny Barfield in his book, Why the Bible is Number 1.
Humbly, without a dissenting voice, these writers gave credit to a superior being. One of their favorite phrases was: "This is the Word of God." They sensed a far-greater intelligence behind this universe than that of any mortal. They stood in awe before that wisdom and power. They even wrote words on their papyri and scrolls that made little earthly sense: "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God." It was the only answer they ever gave.
It is the thesis of this study that one must simply look at the trademark, the signature of authorship.... Unless we can devise a more suitable explanation, it seems reasonable to believe that the seemingly incongruous wisdom was placed in the Bible by an intelligence far greater than that of man. That intelligence is God's alone (1988, pp. 184-185).
Allen, Steve (1990), Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion & Morality (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus).
Allen, Steve (1993), More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion & Morality (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus).
Arndt, William and F.W. Gingrich (1967), A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press).
Asimov, Isaac (1968), Asimov's Guide to the Bible: Volume One—The Old Testament (New York: Avon).
Asimov, Isaac (1981), In the Beginning (New York: Crown).
Barfield, Kenny (1988), Why the Bible is Number 1 (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker).
Davidson, B. (1963), The Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon (NY: Harper & Brothers).
Harris, R. Laird, Gleason Archer, Jr. and Bruce Waltke, eds. (1980), Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (Chicago, IL: Moody).
Harrison, R.K. (1982), "Firmament," International Standard Bible Encyclopedia , ed. Geoffrey W. Bromiley (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans).
Keil, C.F. and Franz Delitzsch (1949), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans).
Maunder, E.W. (1939), "Astronomy," International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans).
McDowell, Josh (1999), The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson).
McKechinie, Jean L., ed. (1978), Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language (New York: Collins World).
Murray, N. Patrick and Neal D. Buffaloe (1981), Creationism and Evolution (Little Rock, AR: The Bookmark).
Schadewald, Robert J. (1983), "The Evolution of Bible-science," Scientists Confront Creationism, ed. Laurie R. Godfrey (New York: W.W. Norton).
Speiser, E.A. (1964),"Genesis," The Anchor Bible Commentary (Garden City, NY: Doubleday).
Vine, W.E. (1981), Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words (Old Tappan, NJ: Revell).
White, William (1976), "Firmament," The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, ed. Merrill C. Tenney (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan).
Wilson, William (n.d.), Wilson's Old Testament Word Studies (McLean, VA: MacDonald).
Workman, Gary (1991), "What is the 'Firmament' Spoken of in the Bible?," The Restorer, 11[4]:14, May/June.


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Johnny Music Industry being a shady bugger, there is probably a convoluted breadcrumb trail of reasons why Sacramento, California four-piece Trash Talk are on a label with Alkaline Trio and Rolo Tomassi; why they managed to get Greg Hetson from Bad Religion to appear on this, their third studio album; why they have been thirstily plated by more or less every rock-centric newsstand magazine and radio show in the UK. And, more pointedly, why pretty much no other fast hardcore / crypto-powerviolence band of recent times has managed to do anything very similar, despite playing an essentially similar style of music. While it isn't their fault that writers and subeditors with evidently scant grounding in hardcore collude to deem them THE MOST DANGEROUS BAND IN THE WORLD, one doesn't get the impression that they shrink from such hyperbole either. Nor should they be obliged to: this could all end tomorrow, man, so why not enjoy the ride while it lasts and collect a few silly articles to Blu-tak on the toilet wall?
However, since you asked, Trash Talk are not the most dangerous band in the world either in the live 'arena' (they're sweaty and interactive, no question, but... that's essentially what hardcore bands do) or on Eyes & Nines . They've adhered to their established less-is-more ethos, ten songs totalling 17 minutes – previous releases have averaged about a song a minute – and largely remain in the realm of thrashy, downtuned HC with no solos or choruses. How abrasive or extreme you find it will largely depend on your level of immersion in the various micro-styles they assimilate. The most direct practitioners of late-Nineties powerviolence (Charles Bronson, Asshole Parade); Canadian icons Cursed and various parts of their family tree; sardonic Dutchmen Das Oath: all these have paved the way to Eyes & Nines, should you already be a paid-up fan of Trash Talk and up for some backtracking.
Joby J Ford of The Bronx is the man behind the producer's console here; The Bronx are friends and former touring partners of TT, which presumably also goes to explain the presence of Bronx frontman Matt Caughthran on 'Explode'. He's certainly not here because his appearance is essential to the song, which regardless is pretty banging. Sam Bosson earns his percussive keep with some monstrous drumming and the band as a whole make keen use of the 150 seconds by tapping into that nu-skool crust aesthetic – anyone who bugs out to bands like Tragedy or The Holy Mountain should be able to get down with this.
With a faint inevitability, there is also 'a slow one' in the form of 'Hash Wednesday', which is about Christianity in some form. There should probably be an official moratorium on sampling fire-and-brimstone preachers to lend gravitas to your music, as Trash Talk have done here, but with that out of the way it's down to the business of passable Eyehategod impersonating and, in Spielman's case, bellowing "I am the body of Christ!" repeatedly. He's a bit like that in the main, word-wise. Still, given that TT's previous lyrical output has tended towards hysterical, grandstanding nonsense, it's nice to report that Spielman's pseudo-profundity (not quite as tiresome as Frank Carter's Daily Mail comments box steez on the last Gallows album, but sharing enough territory to help explain why the two bands have proved a neat pairing in the UK) is now packaged inside some arresting imagery. Grievous overuse of alliteration, too, but still.
Eyes & Nines will probably not make legit stars of Trash Talk; more likely it will cement their status as a hardcore band for people who tend to listen to indie rock or metal rather than hardcore. This isn't meant in a snooty way: unless your listening habits are deliberately framed within a finite number of genres, chances are that your tastes encompass tokenism in some departments too. Prior to this album, though, their ability to draw fans from outside of the hardcore lifer clubhouse seemed to be in spite of what they sounded like, rather than because of it. This isn't so much the case now. It's not that it's a wimp move: the band can still kick up some serious dust, Spielman's throat is sounding better than ever for all its corrosion and, yep, ten songs in 17 minutes is still cheerleading for brevity.
Yet there are moments where the quintet separate foot from pedal and dip a toe in a kind of bro-rawk orthodoxy. The album's first song 'Vultures', in fact, has guitar parts that will probably be described as 'swirling' in several student newspaper reviews, and resembles no-one so much as TT's new labelmates Cancer Bats. Which isn't terrible, just inessential, and ill befitting the, allegedly, most dangerous band in the world. Plain speaking: there are a lot of currently operational hardcore bands that are better and more worthy of your time than Trash Talk.
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More Brits are gardening than ever before - but many can't tell the difference between flowers and weeds, according to a new poll.
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The Utah Department of Transportation is nearing completion of a passing lane project north of Monticello and advises area residents and business owners of another road construction project that will interrupt traffic flow and parking through town in the coming weeks.
Paving operations on a passing lane project on U.S. 191 will be complete by the second week in August.
Additional work will add new pavement to U.S. 191 from 700 South to the Monticello airport. Crews will first work on the section north of town with traffic reduced to one lane in alternating directions as directed by flaggers and pilot cars through a 1-mile-long construction zone. Motorists should expect delays of up to 20 minutes.


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Mixed Review: Crate and Barrel Jalapeño Lemonade vs. Homemade
A few summers ago, I started making my own lemonade and have never looked back. In the warmer months, I keep a large pitcher in the fridge and add to it whenever it gets low. Sometimes I add strawberries or mint, other times bourbon. Homemade lemonade is easy and inexpensive, and it tastes about a million times better than any store-bought version I've ever had.
Recently, while shopping at Crate & Barrel, I noticed a new line of lemonade mixes available in three varieties: strawberry, ginger peach, and jalapeño ($5.95 each). I was curious—they looked pretty good. The jalapeño version especially piqued my interest, as I'd never seen anything like it in the supermarket, where lemonade mixes are generally limited to "original" or "pink."
I decided to test out the mix, and also to see if I could come up with a recipe for jalapeño lemonade on my own. Which would be more refreshing? Hotter? Better?
The Mix
To make the Crate & Barrel mix, all I had to do was add the contents on the package to 2 quarts of cold water and stir until everything dissolved. The mix was a granulated white powder made from sugar, Maltodextrin (a sugar additive), citric acid, and lemon and other natural flavors. I thought the flavor was decent. It tasted like real lemon and wasn't overly sweet. But I thought the jalapeño heat could have been a bit stronger—it provided only a very subtle kick, akin to a spicy ginger beer. Also, the lemonade had a sort of milky appearance (as drinks made from powdered mixes sometimes do) that I found rather unappealing.
The Homemade Version
On to my own version. After some consideration, I decided the best method for infusing my standard lemonade recipe with jalapeño would be to simmer the peppers (without the seeds) with sugar and water to make a simple syrup. Then I would strain out the solids and add freshly squeezed lemon juice and cold water.
My plan worked beautifully. The lemonade came out perfectly tart with great, spicy undertones. It was cool and refreshing on the tongue, but once I swallowed it smoldered enticingly at the back of my throat. Best of all, at $2 for the lemons and 20 cents for the jalapeño (plus sugar, which I had on hand) my homemade version cost half as much as the Crate & Barrel mix. That's what I call a perfect summer drink.
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2017: 20 years of Pink Floyd Hyperbase! This site has been running for 20 years! It honestly haven't been updated frequently in the past few years, but all major releases by Pink Floyd and solo members are included. I hope to find time during 2017 to give the site a larger update. Greetings form the busy webmaster :-)
Roger Waters: The Wall. Live album and film released: 20 november 2015. Roger Waters: The Wall
David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock. Latest solo project from David Gilmour: Rattle That Lock
The Endless River - Pink Floyd album, 2014. Who would have thought it? Finally a new Pink Floyd album, even though it consists mainly of older (previously unreleased) material, created in the recording process of The Division Bell. The new album created by remaining Pink Floydies David Gilmour & Nick Mason wiil be titled The Endless River. The album was released November 10th 2014 and can be ordered now.
50 Years On The Dark Side. 4 DVD Book Set) to be released november 2014. Very few facts are known about this release, but it doesn't seen to be an official Pink Floyd release -so no guarantee for the quality. Read more about 50 Years On The Dark Side.
Concert film: Roger Waters - The Wall live. Roger Waters has premiered a concert film made during his tours with The Wall. Release date for DVD/Blu-ray is currently unknown.
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You have reached the complete and ultimate hypertext guide to the music of Pink Floyd. This is where you will find all the lyrics and information on songs, albums, films, books and unreleased material.
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Roger Waters: The Collection Box Set. CD+DVD Box set rwas eleased April 2011 with the solo-releases by Roger Waters. Limited Edition lift-off lid Collection Box with mini LP replica wallets and 16 page booklet released for the European leg of The Wall Tour 2011.
David Gilmour Live in Gdansk Live CD and DVD recordings from David Gilmour's spectacular concert at the hsitoric shipyard in Gdansk (Poland). The concert is released in a number of box sets. See details on the release here.
OH, BY THE WAY: 14 CD Pink Floyd BOX-set released Pink Floyd celebrates the 40-year anniversary with a spectacular box-set including all 14 of Pink Floyd's studio albums. The box is released early December and titled "Oh By The Way". This unique box set is the first time in Pink Floyd's incomparable history that all of their standard studio albums have been packaged together and made available as a set. In addition to the albums and their extras the set comes with a specially designed 40th Anniversary Storm Thorgerson fabric poster featuring 40 Floyd images. View album details for Oh, By The Way
Online WebStore for Pink Floyd products. This site is now presenting its own Pink Floyd shop in association with Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. The store allows you to easily browse directly through all the Pink Floyd products inclduing music, books, videos and more. Take a look at the new Pink Floyd WebStore
PULSE on DVD and CD . An official and very deluxe DVD of PULSE has been released. PULSE is the famous concert film from the Pink Floyd tour in 1994. The 2-disc DVD is packed with backstage clips and bonus features. Order from the links below. or read more about the Pulse DVD and CD.
The 2 first Gilmour solo albums remastered and rereleased. In august the two earlier albums from David Gilmour are rereleased on remasterd CDs. Look out for improved sound on David Gilmour (1978) and About Face (1984).
New version of the Wall - a tribute to Pink Floyd New tribute album with a completely new version of The Wall. A long list of people from several older rock-bands including Robby Krieger (Doors), Rick Wakeman (Yes), Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) has recorded The Wall in a tribute to Pink Floyd. The album will be titled "Back against the wall". Other people featured on the album are Adrian Belew and Tony Levin (King Crimson), Steve Lukather (Toto), the actor Malcolm McDowell and many more.
On DVD: When the WInd Blows The 1985 animated movie "When the Wind Blows" has a soundtrack composed by Roger Waters. It is now available on DVD in Europe (Reg. 2) and an American edition will follow later.
Pink Floyd biography by drummer Nick Mason has been released. The history of Pink Floyd written by the band's drummer was long awaited. The title is "Inside Out - A Personal History of Pink Floyd". It has 360 pages with many photos from Mason's private archives. Order the biography from the links below.
1969 movie with Pink Floyd soundtrack: MORE released on DVD. The 1969 Barbet Schroeder movie More has a full soundtrack by Pink Floyd. It has been hard to find on VHS, but is now finally released on DVD. Some songs in the film are sligthly different recordings than the ones from the soundtrack release. More info
Two Roger Waters songs on limited edition CD single. After a long break there is finally news from Roger Waters. The 2 songs To Kill the Child and Leaving Beirut are written as a reaction to the war in Iraq. They maybe included in a future album from Roger Waters, but currently they are only released for online purchasing and on a Japanese limited edition CD-single. Lyrics and more information here.
25th anniversary DVD release: PINK FLOYD THE WALL. A deluxe limited edition DVD was released november 2004 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the classic Pink Floyd album. (US release in January). Order below. More info on Pink Floyd The Wall.
DVD also in region 1: The Pink Floyd And Syd Barrett Story. A BBC documentary about Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett is shortly released in Region 1 (NTSC). The 49 minutes DVD includes: early footage of the band performing, recording from live show at UFO Club and more. Interviews with Roger Waters and David Gilmour and bonus tracks (coverversions of old Barrett songs). The DVD is released with soundtrack in Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS. More info
The Wall Live In Berlin on SPECIAL EDITION DVD The Wall Live In Berlin has been re-released on a special edition DVD in region 2. The SE is in 16:9 Widescreen and features an extra sound track in DTS 5.1 surround sound, a documentary and more. The soundtrack has also been rereleased on Super Audio CD (SACD). More info
Rare BBC recordings of Syd Barrett released on CD. The Radio One Sessions of Syd Barrett has been released from the BBC archives march 2004. The recordings was made for the legendary Radio One show hosted by John Peel in 1970. Order the CD from the links below.
"The Final Cut" remastered and re-issued with extra track. On March 29th 'The Final Cut' was reissued on EMI Records. The re-mastered version is repackaged in a 16 page booklet featuring the original sleeve artwork designed by Roger Waters and includes the extra track 'When The Tigers Broke Free'. The song was the first 7" single from the record, however the track never made the original album. More info
Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii on DVD! Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii was released on DVD October 2003. More info.
Dark Side of The Moon - DVD ! A documentary about the making of Dark Side of The Moon is now out. Unique clips, performances and interviews. Rare insight to the making of a giant rock classic. Read more.
La Vallée on DVD in the US. Another Barbet Schroeder movie La Vallée has was released in the US earlier this year. La Vallee was made in 1972 and has a soundtrack by Pink Floyd released as Obscured By Clouds. More info on the film
Tribute album: On the 2-disc album 'A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd', various artists give their versions of some of the best Pink Floyd classics. The album has had excellent reviews. Read more.
Book: Pink Floyd: Echoes. Artwork, tabs and music sheets for the songs from the compilation album Pink Floyd: Echoes. The book is designed and published to match the album. The book was released in April 2002. More info
Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey. Book by Nicholas Schaffner. Order you copy from Europe or US.
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Boehner tells Senate to 'get off their ass;' Reid says GOP 'sitting on their posterior' — A salty Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday told members of the Senate to "get off their ass" and pass a bill to replace $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts, setting off an exchange with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
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John Boehner: Let Senate get 'off their ass' this time
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Chuck Hagel clears Senate hurdle toward confirmation — The Senate voted 71-27 on Tuesday to end debate on Chuck Hagel's nomination to become secretary of Defense, ending a Republican campaign that forced Democrats to fight for every step toward confirmation, which is expected later in the day.
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Senate Confirms Chuck Hagel As Defense Secretary — The Senate confirmed former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) as the next U.S. Secretary of Defense on Tuesday, ending a long and contentious nomination process marked by an unprecedented GOP filibuster of a presidential cabinet level nominee.
Tom Vanden Brook / Associated Press:
Senate approves Hagel to lead Defense Department — The vote to confirm Chuck Hagel as Defense secretary came after debate was stopped. — WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 58-41 Tuesday to confirm Chuck Hagel as the new Defense secretary to succeed Leon Panetta, thus ending a contentious battle over his nomination.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: US Senate Confirms Obama's Anti-Israel Pick Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary 58-41
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Senate approves Hagel for Defense secretary after historic nomination fight
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Hagel wins confirmation to lead Pentagon
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Hagel Prevails in Senate After Bruising Bout With G.O.P.
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Prez should pull Hagel's nomination
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Senate Backs Hagel for Defense Post
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Erin Fuchs / Business Insider: Republicans Could Convince The US Supreme Court's Conservative Wing To Vote For Gay Marriage
Miranda Leitsinger / U.S. News: Once 'inconceivable,' Republican leaders sign pro-gay marriage brief
G-A-Y / Good As You: In equality vs. discrimination debate, writing is on the wall; 70+ leading conservatives put it in a brief, too
Joyce Arnold / Taylor Marsh: Queer Talk: 75 Republicans File SCOTUS Brief Supporting Overturn of DOMA
Ann Althouse / Althouse: Which prominent Republics are signing a Supreme Court brief supporting same-sex marriage?
David Edwards / The Raw Story: Meg Whitman and 74 top Republicans urge Supreme Court to back marriage equality
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller: Has Obama finally broken the GOP's will?
Richard K. Barry / The Reaction: A.M. Headlines — (New York Times): "Republicans sign legal brief …
Josh Gerstein / Politico: 9th Circuit judges split over anti-Bush protest
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Meet The Republicans Telling The Supreme Court To Let Gay People Marry
Meet The Republicans Telling The Supreme Court To Let Gay People Marry
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Ben Jacobs / Daily Download: Media Go Gaga Over GOP Gay SCOTUS Brief
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: Prominent Republicans, Including Meg Whitman, Sign Brief In Support …
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
No CPAC Invite for Christie Because of 'Limited Future' in Republican Party — New Jersey governor Chris Christie was not invited to address the Conservative Political Action Conference because of his position on gun control, according to a source familiar with CPAC's internal deliberations who requested anonymity to speak freely.
Discussion: Red Alert Politics, Daily Kos and Mediaite
Kelsey Osterman / Red Alert Politics: No CPAC for Gov. Chris Christie due to "limited future" in GOP
Kos / Daily Kos: Top conservative conference keeps Christie away, because Palin is apparently the future
Jeffrey Young / The Huffington Post:
Chris Christie Medicaid Plan To Offer Coverage To Poor New Jersey Residents
Chris Christie Medicaid Plan To Offer Coverage To Poor New Jersey Residents
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Chris Christie takes Obamacare Medicaid expansion
Chris Christie takes Obamacare Medicaid expansion
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Gov. Christie to announce expansion of Medicaid in budget speech, sources say
Gov. Christie to announce expansion of Medicaid in budget speech, sources say
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Geoffrey Cowley / msnbc.com: Chris Christie joins the GOP's new Medicaid fan club
Jonathan Bernstein / The Plum Line: Medicaid expansion chalks up another win: New Jersey
Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Wave of Immigrants Released Ahead of Automatic Budget Cuts — In a highly unusual move, federal immigration officials have released a wave of detainees from immigration detention centers around the country in an effort to save money as automatic budget cuts loom in Washington, officials said.
Discussion: Addicting Info, Hot Air and Prairie Weather
Addicting Info: Homeland Security Releases Thousand Of Detained Immigrants Due To Republican Obstructionism
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In face of coming budget cuts, U.S. frees illegal immigrants from custody — WASHINGTON — The federal government released groups of illegal immigrants from custody across the country Monday at the same time the White House was making its case that impending budget cuts would harm efforts …
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ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Unreal: Obama Uses Pending Sequester Cuts As Excuse To Release "Waves" Of Illegal Immigrants From Detention Centers...
Arturo Garcia / The Raw Story: Activists say immigration releases highlight 'aggressive, reckless enforcement system'
Meredith Jessup / TheBlaze.com: Sequester warning: Illegal immigrants will run free
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller: Subtlety is not one of the keystones of this administration. — McClatchy:
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GOP Seen as Principled, But Out of Touch and Too Extreme — Images of the Parties: A Closer Look — OVERVIEW — At a time when the Republican Party's image is at a historic low, 62% of the public says the GOP is out of touch with the American people, 56% think it is not open to change and 52% say the party is too extreme.
Discussion: CNN, The Impolitic, Politico, Business Insider, The Plum Line, Daily Kos, American Prospect, Liberal Values, The Moderate Voice, The Fix and Taegan Goddard's …
Maria Cardona / CNN: Cuts will turn off voters GOP is courting
Libby Spencer / The Impolitic: John Boehner's House of ill dispute
Kevin Cirilli / Politico: Poll: Republicans 'out of touch'
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: This Brutal Poll Says Everything You Need To Know About The State Of The GOP
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: Why White House is content to wait Republicans out
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect: Does the GOP Have a Forward Vision?
Ron Chusid / Liberal Values: Republicans Seen As Out Of Touch, Losing Support Of Voters Concerned About Science And The Modern World
Chris Cillizza / The Fix: The Republican party's family feud, exposed.
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Bachmann: 'I didn't get anything wrong' — The Congresswoman touts her flawless run for the presidency and love of Beyonce — Tea Party Rep. Michele Bachmann has been laying low since last November's election when she came dangerously close to losing her House seat, possibly in preparation …
Discussion: The Raw Story
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Nikki Haley slams Washington after meeting with Obama — During President Barack Obama's meeting with U.S. governors at the White House Monday, the president dismissed members of the press to hold a private, hourlong discussion with the visiting state executives.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hot Air
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: Ghosts at the CPAC
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Haley, GOP governors blast Obama after sequester meeting
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Right cheers Bob Woodward 'fact check'
Right cheers Bob Woodward 'fact check'
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire: THE WOODWARD MYTH — There was a lot of buzz over the weekend …
Deroy Murdock / National Review: Obama Caught Lying about Sequester
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller: The myth of Bob Woodward as a liberal hero
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn: Who's up, who's down? — Among Republicans, and conservatives …
Arshad Mohammed / Reuters:
Kerry defends liberties, says Americans have "right to be stupid" — (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry offered a defense of freedom of speech, religion and thought in the United States on Tuesday telling German students that in America "you have a right to be stupid if you want to be."
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Hill and Mediaite
Julian Pecquet / The Hill: Kerry defends Americans' 'right to be stupid' in speech to students in Germany
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Why Everything Republicans Are Saying About The Sequester Is Wrong — Barring a last minute Congressional compromise, $85 billion in automatic across-the-board cuts will go into effect in the next 72 hours as a result of the sequester mechanism included in the 2011 Budget Control Act.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Addicting Info
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Who should pay to defend Larry Craig's bathroom antics? — WASHINGTON — A federal judge this week will confront the surprisingly important fallout from former Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig's 2007 bathroom arrest. — Craig's own money may be on the line Wednesday, but that's not all.
Discussion: Advocate, The Raw Story, Joe. My. God. and Towleroad News #gay
Michelle Garcia / Advocate: Larry Craig's Legal Defense Funds In Question
David Ferguson / The Raw Story: Court to determine if Craig's airport bathroom sexcapade was official Senate business
Joe / Joe. My. God.: Larry Craig: Toe-Tapping In An Airport Restroom Is A Legitimate Senate Activity
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GAO Report: Obamacare Adds $6.2 Trillion to Long-Term Deficit — Obamacare will increase the long-term federal deficit by $6.2 trillion, according to a Government Accountability Office report that will be released today. — Senator Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.), who requested the report …
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Team co-captain … All-America second team selection … All-Ivy second team ... Went 3-0 with zero touches against versus Tufts (Dec. 5) ... Finished 13-2 at the Tradition Tournament (Dec. 8) ... Posted a 9-6 record at the St. John's Invitational (Jan. 26) ... Posted a 14-4 record, which tied for fourth, at the Ivy League Round-Robins (Feb. 8-9) ... Went 9-0 to help Harvard claim its seventh straight Beanpot title (Feb. 12) ... Claimed silver at the NCAA Northeast Regional with a 20-3 mark and plus-44 indicator (March 9) ... Went 16-7 with 94 touches and a plus-26 scoring differential to finish sixth at the NCAA Championships (March 20-23).
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NCAA Foil Individual National Champion … Garnered All-American honors … First-team All-Ivy … Won gold with a first place finish at the Penn State Garret Open (Nov. 14) … Went undefeated with a 9-0 record at the MIT Eric Sollee Invitational (Feb. 6) ... Tabbed a CollegeFencing360.com Primetime Performer (Feb. 7) … Finished second overall with a 15-3 record at the Ivy League Championship (Feb. 12-13) ... Was a perfect 9-0 at the Beanpot (Feb. 16) ... Earned gold with a first place finish at the Northeast Regionals (March 13) … Boasted 18 victories and a +42 scoring index at the NCAA Championship (March 24-27) … Two-time COOP Athlete of the Week (Jan. 24 / March 28).


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Land Rover adds two luxury expansions to the 2014 Range Rover.
Land Rover has announced two new expansions on its flagship Range Rover, including a long-wheelbase option and a top-of-the-line trim called the Autobiography Black Edition. Both new options will be shown at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show this November, with the Autobiography Black making its global debut slightly sooner at the Dubai International Motor Show.
The Autobiography Black Edition will be the most luxurious Range Rover on the market, as well as the most exclusive — only about 100 units will be sold in the U.S. for the 2014 model year. The exterior distinguishes itself from the base 2014 Land Rover Range Rover with black enamel and chrome front grille and side vents, a chrome-accented tailgate, and distinctive rear lamps and auxiliary vents. The Autobiography Black also comes standard with seven-spoke, high-gloss 21-inch wheels.
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Wow. Before Serena Williams got done wasting 73 minutes of everybody's time in losing the U.S. Open 6-2, 6-3 today, she made sure to tear into the chair umpire for a whole bunch of things related, and not related, to being issued a court violation for yelling at the opposition. Poor thing.
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Recently the Goodguys VRA added nostalgia Funny Cars as part of the racing program. Without a doubt this is the wisest decision since the NHRA relaxed the nitro ban in 1963. It's exciting to see and identify the body styles of these throwback Funny Cars of the '60s and '70s as they cackle to life for a low 6-second pass down the Pomona quarter-mile. In this class even the casual drag racing fan can tell the difference between a Mustang and a 'Cuda. Unlike the Funny Cars of today's 300-mph-plus monsters in which the Monte Carlo and the Mustang bodies look so similar, the only noticeable difference is the style of the painted head and taillights.
This race even brought out Ron Capps, one of the NHRA's most popular Funny Car drivers, to pilot Jeff Gaynor's vintage 'Cuda Funny Car. Capps went on to a tire-smoking first-round defeat, compliments of Larry Petit in his beautiful, not to mention fast 1971 Mustang.
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At the end of the day, one Marcell Ozuna foul ball made three fans happy at a Marlins-Cubs game, even though only one of them actually got the baseball.
The Cubs fan originally fumbled the ball, causing it to drop onto the field. As the Cubs fan lamented his misfortune—surely a new experience for him—Cubs outfielder Nate Schierholtz tossed the ball back up to a Marlins fan. The Marlins fan then turned around and handed the ball back to the Cubs fan, making his day.
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Crofty necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 58 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
We are launching a website that will sell awards to people who enjoy Fantasy Sports -
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Update - im liking the domain in blue and red - and i would like to see a character hosting up a trophy of some sort as the "icon"
Thanks - in logging into the contest every hour or so to keep updated, because its raining in Florida today :)
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getting better every hour!!
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we are heading in the right direction...i like the red and blue of the name and now i want to see the figure holding a trophy....great work guys! the rain is gone im heading to the golf course now - be back later today!
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maybe the trophy isn't in the athelete's hand, or maybe the athlete is posing instead of running. if he were posing, we could add a ball under his arm and have his foot resting on a ball, too???
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I like the modern look of the athlete in version 13
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I like the direction of #37 but in he states Baseball and american football are the biggest market...so lets incorporate those athletes into this design... the 4 big sprots for my market are :
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McDaniel College joins the Centennial Conference and NCAA in promoting good sportsmanship by student-athletes, coaches and spectators. We request your cooperation by supporting the participants and officials in a positive manner. Profanity, racial or sexist comments, or other intimidating actions directed at officials, student-athletes, coaches or team representatives will not be tolerated and are grounds for removal from the site of competition. Also, consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products is prohibited.
Photography at Kenneth R. Gill Stadium is limited to credentialed members of the media and the official photographer of McDaniel College or an opponent. Photographers must comply with all NCAA requirements for photography based on the sport. Any photographer not adhering to these standards will forfeit his/her right. All requests for a sideline pass must be made to the Director of Athletics Communications at least 48 hours in advance, when possible. There is no restriction on photographs outside of the fenced area at Gill Stadium.
For all other venues, photography is restricted as per NCAA requirements. The bench areas are off-limits at all McDaniel venues with exception granted to the official photographer of McDaniel College athletics. Other restrictions and limitations may apply during postseason play.
Admission to all McDaniel home games is free. There is a $10 charge for anyone wishing to park in the "bowl" for football. The gate for football opens three hours prior to kickoff. Admission may also be charged for postseason events in accordance with Centennial Conference and NCAA policies.
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