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Upon entering Zangarmarsh, I realized that the zone was laden with lakes and large, beautiful fungi! Being an avid fisherman and mushroom hobbiest IRL, (not the hallucinogenic type, hippies can keep the psylocibes) I was absolutely awestruck. That place looks like paradise, nevermind the Ogres, Naga, and other swamp beasts. Coolest looking place in any game I have ever played. Happy fishing and shrooming!!


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Welcome to my page! Here you can look at some of the WIPs and mini-previews I've posted for my Rise of Nations mod, Kings and Conquerors: The Hellenistic Era.
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Kings and Conquerors: The Hellenistic Era is a total conversion mod for Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots, that aims to bring the Hellenistic period to life. As a total conversion mod, it adds a new set of factions and a large number of new units and buildings.
However, it is often the smaller changes, the ones that take 10 minutes to implement, that really establish the idea that this is something new and exciting. As some inspiring person once said, "it is the little things that count". So we are taking that advice to heart.
Okay, that was really cheesy. Anyway, we have made some changes to the menu and the loading screen to make them more Hellenistic-Era-y.
So this is the main screen. You can see that we replaced the Rise of Nations logo with the mod's one. Like the original logo, you can change the lighting of it by moving your mouse pointer around. It's totally useless I know, but it looks fancy. The background shows the Alexander mosaic, which was made in Pompeii in around 100BC. It's supposedly based on an earlier Hellenistic work. We mixed the picture with a Conquer the World Campaign map, which is why you can see Spain. We also realise that the new background has made the lower part of the legal notice unreadable, so we apologise to those who enjoy reading the legal fine print.
You could only see Darius on the main menu screen but now you can only see Alexander the Great. I'll pretend that the convenient placement of the two kings wasn't a coincidence.
And here's the loading screen. Those soldiers are Samnites. You can tell by their very short patterned tunics and the feathers on their helmets. The Samnites never got on well with the Romans, fighting a number of wars against them before being conquered, and then rebelling whenever the opportunity arose.
In this picture, you can also see some new icons for the Roman units, and there is something new mentioned in the Rules and Map Info. If you correctly guess what it is, I'll show you some pictures of this new thing. I know, Christmas is coming early this year (if anyone gets it right, that is).
Well that's all for today's mini preview. The backgrounds are WIPs, which is why I'm not posting it on the official mod page ('official' makes it sound important doesn't it?). The Samnite picture is going to be darkened a little more, to make the writing clearer, and I'll be adding new buttons and borders. If you have any suggestions for new buttons or borders, please let me know.
Now that we have figured out that custom skeletons are possible, do you want to go ahead and try creating a pygmy elephant? I already have a Numidian rider, so all I need are the crew he will be escorting, although I admit any form of Carthaginian war elephants I create will most likely be based on the illustrations made for Nossov's book (see Rise of Kings Wiki entries for elephants).
I can give you my answer: no. Unless you can create custom animations for infantry, it isn't advisable because your elephants will need guys armed with long spears and javelins (Nossov's book depicts Carthaginian/Numidian elephants as being armed with them) but then again it's your mod.
I've finally redone the podromoi animations but I feel more needs to be done before I can release them to you. As for my own projects, they've pretty much stalled although I am planning to redo the Hirdmenn - they will also provide the basis for the new Serbian infantry being contemplated for Rise of Kings.
I think the archer is the best one to use since its compatible with pretty much all of the infantry unit animations used in Rise of Kings. The weapons should be attached to the hand that's holding them. Neither model has a right hand ammo node so I would need to send them one of my javelin models if they need to rig a javelin unit.
Just a quick proposal.
I will work on any and all cavalry units you need for other factions, in exchange for producing light rifles, heavy rifles and infantry for Age of Darkness. Fortunately for you I have broken it all down to the following:
Guns and weapons:
Infantry rifle
SMG (Sten)
SMG (Tommy Gun)
Heavy rifle (this is actually an antitank rifle)
Infantry: M1928 (also covers some Middle Eastern units), side caps, kepis (covers Asian and African units), Stahlhelm, Adrian (this also doubles as Soviet, American and IJA units because we are producing a standardised set of graphics to ease your workload)
Each one of these has a summer coat and a winter coat. I have already created the template for the graphics, so these units should all be ready for you to work on once you return. Meanwhile, the podromos double-hands animation will be reworked, and I will consider redoing the Numidian cav guy if you want, but generally there won't be much happening. Because of the amount of Middle Eastern and Northern European units we have from Rise of Kings, I will also consider converting some of those units to help speed up Kings & Conquerors further, and will be conducting tests with elephants.
There is also another issue: Rise of the Moderns. While it is officially dead, if you feel like taking it from me after Kings & Conquerors, do let me know and I can help you on procuring wonders, ships and other weapons (I also don't mind getting my hands dirty with cavalry just for good time's sake although I want to make Age of Darkness my last RoN-based project). Just tell me what you want from it, what factions you want to drop: if you must, I suppose I can allow you to drop the Aztecs, the Inca, the Koreans (gonna miss seeing the hwacha in action though) and the Iranians for the Polish, the Danes, the Bantu and the Lakota - I want Rise of the Moderns to start off in 1600, so that means no Inca and Aztecs because they are already dead.
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Thanks for the suggestions. It's all very nice music, though my only concern is suitability. For instance I don't think the Greek one would be very suitable in game because of the singing. The game 0AD has some good tracks that could be suitable, though to be honest I'm not too fond of the idea of taking music from other people or games, even if I have permission, because it makes this mod less original.
As music isn't really a priority for me at the moment, I think I'll keep the current music as it is for the first release, apart from removing a few of the completely unsuitable tracks.
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Is it a new record for a music video from a non-mainstream band to get over 4 million views in less than a week on You Tube? The song "This Too Shall Pass" is off of OK Go's new album "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky." I'm amazed by the complexity of this video directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. The above Rube Goldberg Machine version received an unusual sponsorship by State Farm.
"When the rock band OK Go, famous for their viral videos including the spectacular and award winning "treadmills video", wanted to feature a 4-minute long Rube Goldberg Machine in an upcoming video, they tapped Syyn Labs to build it. The requirements were that it had to be interesting, not "overbuilt" or too technology-heavy, and easy to follow. The machine also had to be built on a shoestring budget, synchronize with beats and lyrics in the music and end on time over a 3.5 minute song, play a part of the song, and be filmed in one shot. To make things more challenging still, the space chosen was divided into two floors and the machine would use both." —Syyn Labs
Here is #1 in a series of 4 videos about the making of the "This Too Shall Pass" (Rube Goldberg Machine version).
The band released their original video for the same song earlier this year.
The above video featuring the Notre Dame marching band, was directed by Brian L. Perkins and OK Go.
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Very sad to learn that Chris Reimer, of the band Women, died this week
He was 26, my age. What a horrible thing. Both of Women's albums are great but their first self-titled release is a painfully underrated piece of art — the kind of abrasive, ecstatic, challenging guitar record that you want every guitar record to be.
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Me and the rest of the Cotton Overdrive gang have recorded a song. There are a few kinks in the mix we would like to have ironed out, but before I take it back to our freinds in Mezzo Studio then I would like to hear some opnions in what should be done. So critiqe is very welcome. We will be hitting the studio again at some point and I would be nice to have some extra perspectives with us.
Cotton Overdrive is:
Esben Kristoffersen: Acoustic, electric and slide guitar.
Ulrik "Hulk" Kristoffersen: Bass
Kim Martin Nielsen: Drums
Jonathan Roman: Guitar and feedmaster.
Kasper Lundsfryd: Vocals and Zippo.
Rune Buch was the commendant in the producers chair.
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars December 16, 2010
It's good.
I'm not into this style of music, but I recognize talent when I hear it. 4/5 and 9/10 as a result. Nice work.
Thanks, that's very nice of you :)
Rated 5 / 5 stars December 15, 2010
Love it, love it, love it
In an age where musicians are paid millions of dollars to lack talent, it's nice to see there's still people who can make a sound to kick everyone's ass down to the floor. This is classic, classy blues, perfectly executed, with a tasteful overtone of the modern blended smoothly into the traditional. Fived, favorited, and downloaded.
Thanks a bunch. Im glad you like it :) We might record two more tracks early next year. So drop by in a few months :P
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I like How i finally find a song that i feel should be number one on here, i will give you a five every day just to make sure you stay #1!
I am also glad that your song is at the top and is much better than my blues song....finally a true blues artist. Thank you!
P.S. I actually like the distortion!
Thanks for the support. Much appreciated. Im so supriced this had made it to the top ten :P
Rated 5 / 5 stars November 30, 2010
This is just...so....sexy....
I'll tell you what I DO wanna hear. And that, my friend, would be an all acoustic version of this song. Well done! Keep it up!!
You are not the first person to say that. It seems that people are put a bit off when the distorted guitar sets in. Perhaps we will do that sometime. Thanks :)


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Alaska State Troopers say 68-year-old Cecil Taylor of Soldotna and 61-year-old Dan Beard of Florida crashed Friday on a hillside 24 miles northwest of Kotzebue.
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The actual banking system has to be dissolved.
The actual banking system has to be dissolved. The system with its interests and interest on interest, which leads to exponentially growing debt, lets go whole companies and now countries bankrupt. This is an absurd system, which is only made for the 1 % richest, the bankers. They have the exclusive right to print money (central banks which are a private institution consisting of a committee of all participating banks) and lend to every project that seems to make the most of money. With this exclusive printing rights, combined with interest, money gets channeled constantly from the 99 % of population to the 1 % rich without us even noticing it. What happens when we cant pay back our debt anymore, which has to happen in an interest on interest system where dept is growing exponentially? We are getting really enslaved by the banks. Expenses for health care, education and infrastructure has to be cut, the age of retirement is raised constantly only to pay the rich bankers. So we effectively live and work for them, for financing their luxurious houses, parties and vacations. Slavery, not anymore by force, but with system. This system has a catastrophic side effect: - Exponentially growing debt demands for infinite growth. On a planet with limited resources this cannot work. Companies have to pay back exponentially growing debt and therefor have to grow infinitely. In a system where money is the only incentive this leads to the exploitation of natural resources and our all living basis, our earth. This exploitation in the last 200 years already threatens all our future(CO2- emission, global warming).
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GARY | The city's high crime rate and the abandoned properties challenge those who live and work in District 6, according to Jeff Wilson, one of four candidates running on the Democratic ticket for that seat on the Gary City Council.
Wilson was the only candidate who responded to The Times request for interviews.
Crime is too close to home in this district's Morningside neighborhood, he said.
"The last couple of murders have happened in this district. A stray bullet came through my home's second floor window and almost hit my daughter," Wilson said.
"My car was jacked up and the tires stolen right in my driveway."
Gary has limited resources to address these problems, and needs help from community groups partnering with city government, he said.
"I've started three Crime Watch groups with training," said Wilson, who also has helped organize a Crime Watch community summit.
Cracking down on owners of abandoned property to either fix up or demolish the buildings is also essential to turning around District 6, he said.
"There are still people living in these neighborhoods. Someone is only one family in a block of abandoned buildings. People are breaking into these buildings," Wilson said.
"We need to establish a foreclosure registry in Gary and then we could hold the banks (that own the property) responsible."
Organizing community groups to board up buildings and become active in their area is one solution Wilson offered.
"We have to organize in every precinct. We have to start actively being part of this community," he said.


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In the previous program we create an XML file and named it as products.xml. The following program read that file and extract the contents inside the XML tag. We can read an XML file in several ways depends on our requirement. This program read the content in Node wise . Here we are using XmlDataDocument class to read the XML file . In this program it search the Node < Product > and its child Nodes and extract the data in child nodes.
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Remodeling a Kitchen? 8 Trends To Avoid
Yesterday Faith shared a photo of what is considered the ideal kitchen for thousands of internet readers, according to a survey by Houzz. It's interesting, then, to compare that with another recent article, this one from Forbes on the top trends to avoid if you're renovating a kitchen. Would the two lists contradict each other? Here's what I discovered:
A trend is, by definition, always changing, so it would follow that current kitchen desirables —all those features that make a kitchen so shareable, pinnable, and covetable, like the white cabinets, the farmhouse sink, the dark floors— might not hold up to the test of time. Or would they?
Forbes interviewed John Petrie, the 2013 president-elect of the National Kitchen and Bath Association and owner of MH Custom Cabinetry in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, for his take on the longevity of current kitchen remodeling trends. Among his list of trends to avoid were a few "yeah, okay" suggestions, like appliance garages and trash compactors. (Those weren't high on my list anyway.)
But a few other trends on his list may be more surprising to you: he recommends avoiding farmhouse sinks ("In 2011 and 2012, everybody wanted an apron-front kitchen sink... This year, we haven't done a single one"), pot racks or range hoods as focal points ("All the rage in 2009, '10 and '11... but their popularity is waning"), and colorful appliances ("Appliance manufacturers will tell you that white or arctic or ice is the new stainless, but stainless is still the king...It really is today's neutral").
Read the whole article → Thinking Kitchen Remodel? Avoid These 8 Trends at Forbes
Do you think his recommendations are right? Are today's kitchen trends tomorrow's regrets? If you've remodeled your kitchen or are considering it, tell us if you went with anything "trendy" and your current feelings about it.
This begs another question: what kitchen elements will never go out of style? (Feel free to share your thoughts on that as well!)
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We're currently doing a remodel on our kitchen and although we are being cautious about "trendiness," we're also making choices that reflect our needs, our style, and our family. If and when we decide to sell, we may make some changes to appeal to a wider audience, but for now we are focused on what works for us. We made improvements that will work for future decorating styles (adding a dishwasher, opening a wall for a breakfast bar leading to the livingroom) but we want what we want. For the first time, I get to make the choices I want to in a kitchen. It's not always about resale.
Guess it's a good thing my pot rack isn't a focal point. Too bad my microwave is out in the open though. With an old galley kitchen I put things where they fit. Oh and my kitchen remodel was considerably less that $50k.
I'm hopeful the staggered height kitchen cabinets with fancy trim go out of style.
I wonder about two-toned cabinets (e.g. dark lowers and light uppers)? We will be doing a makeover (but not a full reno) on our kitchen before we sell in two years and I'd love to paint the cabinets two-toned, but I wonder about the resale.
I think white kitchens will never go out of style, or at least not for long.
I love my farmhouse sink. I think it adds a vintage feel like nothing else in a kitchen. And I would be lost without a enclume pot rack. It holds so much including my heavy Le Creuset pots which are hard to store any where else. And makes getting my pans easily accessible . And for me there is nothing more classic than white appliances. You need to decide what's important to you an what functions best. I enjoy seeing many style kitchens. Right here in Apartment Therapy. Gina
I'm always impressed by a kitchen that is both beautifully functional and personal. There's no way to put a "resale value" on that, because personal is...personal. I really like a lot of kitchens I see here, but that doesn't mean that I would copy them. That hot pink floor was great! No way I'm doing it. Apron-fronts, artwork--whatever you've got going on--it's YOU, just you. And sometimes you're working with factors that are unbudgeable: the outside light is what it is, you really can't open the kitchen because the wall is load-bearing, there just is so much square footage and no mas. If I'm going to consider buying your apartment, please don't think I'm going to pay some huge markup because you're reno choices are so fab. I'm going to be looking at the bones of it and considering what I am going to change! What made the best impression on me as a prospective buyer were this factors: clean, functional, well-maintained, properly installed. Nothing shoddy, painted shut, broken, or dirty. I saw plenty of that, too, of course. I absolutely hate the kitchen reno I have, and I bet the previous owners would be shocked--it really is well done, it just happens to be nowhere near my taste. I bought the place because the price and location were perfect, not for the countertop choice.
I was so set on an apron front sink a year ago. We were measuring, pricing them out, just to see if we could one in as a face lift instead of a full reno. We never went through with it.
About two months ago, I was going through old kitchen inspiration photos, and realized I no longer want the farmhouse sink. While I still like the aesthetic, I feel like it will be so dated in a few years.
I've never liked range hoods as a focal point. I won't put the range in our island for that reason alone--I hate how it drops down and becomes such a large piece.
I think Shaker-style cabinet fronts will always be in style. They're traditional, but their clean lines work well with more modern decor, too.
The kitchen integrated with casual eating/living space is here to stay, too, I think. Cooking has become a leisure activity and being able to watch kids (or TV...) while chopping vegetables is a big plus for many!
I don't think the two-tone kitchen cabinet trend will stick around forever, although I love the look right now.
for me a farmhouse sink, while trendy is completely functional (when paired with a pull out sink faucet). I love how I can fit all my pots and pans and don't have to worry about splashing while washing dishes. While I feel that a white farmhouse sink may be a trend, stainless or black is timeless to me.
I can understand pot racks going out, while a great space saver can be a bit of an eye sore. And if you don't use the pots regularly, the built up dust makes your kitchen look grimy
The one trend I've never been able to get behind is two-toned cabinets. Maybe its just that I've seen them paired badly but personally I much prefer the streamlined look of a single colour.
Am I the only one that thinks white cabinets are a nightmare in the kitchen? Ever try making Concorde grape juice in a kitchen with white cabinets? Stain city. We are due to remodel our kitchen next year and I cannot wait to get rid of our white cabinets!
I just don't get under-cabinet microwaves. In what world are they ergonomic? Seriously! I don't want to have to do a squat or a lunge every time I use the microwave. I get it's more convenient for kids, but still....I would never have one, and I think that will go away quickly too.
I find it interesting that he says "Many of the projects we're working on now are for homeowners who love the layout of their kitchen, but they don't love the crystal or frost finishes on oak cabinets that they chose 20 years ago" when in my case it is completely the opposite! We have a white kitchen, don't mind the cabinets, but one countertop is really low, the layout is a little annoying, and I can't wait to rearrange everything (someday!). Also, I won a farmhouse style sink last year, and I think that in my house that was built in the 1920's, it'll look right at home! I am itching to install it!
The 40's laundry tub sinks (farmhouse trendy) might be great for bathing your Golden Retriever (insert appropriate breed) or washing diapers by hand. They are ugly, water wasters, especially next to your dishwasher.
If I bought a house with one, it would be the first thing I would rip out.
As soon as my budget permitted, painted cabinets would be replaced by wood
I hate my under counter microwave and would never buy that again.That benefited the kitchen designer, not me. I also sorely miss my hanging pot rack. Pots and pans were way more accessible there than in the cabinet with the roll out drawers. We did decide to keep the trash masher in our kitchen remodel. Between recycling and the trash masher, we don't end up with a large volume of trash to put out. But I know I'm in the minority on that one.
Everything will go out of style at some point. I think you should have things in your kitchen that are functional and beautiful.
Are you trying to sell a house or live in a house? If the latter, get what you love and trends be damned.
I think you should avoid trends that you dislike, and follow any you do like. Simple as that. Of course, I'm not a particularly trendy person; I don't mind when something I like suddenly becomes popular, and sometimes trends grow on me (I still can't believe I bought a pair of colored jeans) but generally I like what I like because I like it, not because it's ubiquitous or cool. If it makes you happy, go for it!
Trying to achieve timelessness is futile. Even the most vanilla, simplistic design will eventually look dated as material technology changes and time moves on. In this day of inspiration over-saturation, trends seem to turn over even more quickly.
Not to mention that I find kitchens like that (I'm specifically thinking of that most popular kitchen photo from yesterday's post about Houzz) incredibly boring.
Hate white in the kitchen! My white floors never looked clean! Love my stainless but would love the no fingerprint finish even more- was not available at the time of my renovation. I vote for doing what you love! I have soft pine floors that were chosen because anything I would have chosen would have looked distressed eventually!
I'm with you on the ergonomics of an under-counter micro but they are a bit more functional than the wall cabinet height installations for some people. For every day things, like a cup of coffee, the higher micro is fine but older folks or kids can have a hard time with heavy dishes that are at, or above, shoulder height.
For aging-in-place designs I think it makes a lot of sense to pair a wall oven with a micro so they can both be placed a bit closer to the optimal height without giving up an extra 37-30" of counter space.
Next week, the white kitchen cabinets are going to be two-tone gray cabinets. Cannot wait!
I'm going for white cabinets and white appliances. Not sure about the floor and counters yet, but hopefully something warm toned to break up the monotony. I've personally never been a fan of stainless so while it still may be the neutral...oh well. I'm building my kitchen for me, not the future owner who likely will want to change the kitchen again no matter what I do. My current kitchen is usable but old and inefficiently laid out so I'm excited to update in a few years! Who knows what the trend will be then...I'm not particularly concerned.
I think actively avoiding trends is just as bad as buying something because it's trendy. I agree that your prospective buyer probably won't be swayed by the style of a sink, so focus on what makes you happy. And owners of kitchens that happen to be trendy and beautiful, like the Houzz kitchen from yesterday, should ignore the flack because those trends will be gone tomorrow and they'll still be enjoying choices that are personal and necessary and gorgeous to them.
As for the trends, I NEED an appliance garage and I don't care if you care. My SO insists that some appliances need to live on the counters. I know that it's just more hassle to clean around/under, and I don't want the visual pollution of always out appliances.
I want a niche for a breakfast nook that is directly accessible to the kitchen because I know my SO won't sit down for breakfast unless it's right there, so it's either a nook, or an island. Hopefully we can do both.
I'm not a fan of the look of apron sinks, and being short, anything that creates even more space between the reach of my hands and the faucet is not welcome.
I absolutely want backsplash up to the ceiling. I think it makes for a cleaner visual.
I don't have any experience with compactors but I imagine I'd appreciate one. However, it'd most likely be a DIY project for my computer engineer SO.
I'm waging a war to keep a microwave out of my kitchen, while my SO claims it's utterly necessary. Maybe I can convince him it should live in his office, we'll see.
I kinda maybe sorta want a stone-y looking range? Unsure. Also, I'm all about reduction of visual pollution but I LOVE pot racks!! I think stainless steel is so beautiful and I enjoy seeing my SS pots displayed that way! So pretty!
I like seeing appliances in pretty colors, but I know I would prefer all of mine in SS, from the fridge down to the immersion blender.
A lot of people would probably find my preference for soothing colors boring, but I think they leave room for impulsive plants/touches of color that I can switch out when I feel like it, and for the visual noise of a full up pot rack hanging from the ceiling over an island.
Make your kitchen fit your house. Stainless steel, chrome, and glass are going to look totally out of place in a Victorian painted lady, and a 1930s farmhouse kitchen is going to look weird in a McMansion.
Other than fitting with the general aesthetic of the house - go with what you love, trends be damned both ways.
Another feature that is stupid trendy? Waterfall countertops. I see them all over the home shows and design mags now, but no way will they look timeless in 2020. (And who would want to spend that much for a fancy surface that you won't use?
Colourful appliances? Earlier this year I bought a new stove. It's bright red (this is it, the red version - it's much, much better looking in real life). I adore it, and so does everyone else who sees it. I really don't care if it's dated already, I spent enough time working in restaurant kitchens and looking at a sea of stainless steel. Give me some colour in my kitchen.
I agree with vintagejenta: make your kitchen work with the style of your house. That's the most important thing.
Personally, I'm not a fan of design trends, especially in the kitchen. I like the same things today that I've liked for the past twenty years: bright kitchens with natural light, simple cabinetry, wooden countertops, white appliances, and interestingly tiled floors (from vintage-style linoleum to good stonework). The very first kitchen I ever renovated back in the early '90s would look totally fine today. Admittedly, it helps that I've always been lucky to live in older houses or apartment buildings, and I like the aesthetics of 1920s kitchens.
I can spot a "flipped" kitchen (lots all over LA. And I can usually tell from the photo the quality of craftsmen ship). As you may note I have looked at a lot of real estate lately and a well done kitchen 10 years ago shows well--- yes the birch cabinets and darker counters can be an eye sore but when ti is well done it looks fine! I think "trend" is an interesting term since so much of todays trends are throw backs and kind of traditional. (farm house sink shaker cabinets victorian faucets) I think this "trend" will be around for a while and if done well and with quality products will be fine in the long run. You can't please everyone :) however too crisp/sleek and contemporary also looks dated to me... (glass bowl sinks) my biggest pet peeve is that thin horizontal glass tile used for back splashes...and sometimes in showers to break up the tile pattern.
Unless you are remodeling specifically to sell your house, do whatever you like. I personally would love to have a farmhouse sink and I don't care if it isn't trendy.
There are no words to describe how much I hate the stainless steel appliances in our home. Joys of renting, we obviously have no say, but even the "no-fingerprint" appliances still get marked. At least white or arctic white all I have to do is wipe it clean with a damp cloth.
I think it comes down to budget, personal preference, and a sense of place, doesn't it? Maybe a farmhouse sink will seem trendy in Manhattan, (though really, who cares?), but I just installed one in rural/coastal Maine where I think it looks far more at home than what came before it. It was also a budget friendly choice, since it allowed us to install soapstone that was gifted to us- but there wasn't enough to cut around- so the apron was what made the free soapstone possible.
I think a functional kitchen with plenty of storage is your best bet. Anything will go out of style eventually. I do think open shelving, while attractive, should not be the primary storage.
I HATE the look of huge stainless refrigerators. I want my appliances -- with the exception of my stove, which is the heart of the kitchen -- to disappear and do their jobs quietly. To me having a stainless dishwasher or fridge is like hanging an art lamp over your vacuum cleaner!
A farmhouse sink may not be trendy, but it will never go out of style. A farmhouse sink has inherent style and will be trendy again one day. So if you want one, get one.
23 years ago when we built our home, we couldn't afford many of the decorative upgrades we wanted. At the time I was disappointed. Now I'm so glad we didn't waste that money, because our tastes have changed and fermented and cemented into a rather different style now. The smartest thing we did was to make sure to focus on a layout that would grow with us from a family with young children to a family with teens to empty nesters. We also went neutral on the the things we knew we would not be able to upgrade for a long time. Now that the kids have moved out, we're having a great time upgrading our home project by project.
What really surprised me was the advice against colorful appliances saying that white is not neutral enough. I never thought of white as colorful. I guess growing up with a sky blue fridge and a brown stove make that to you.
By the way, I've just bought a stainless microwave, thanks to parental pressure, and I'm regretting it already. I'd much rather have an all-white kitchen gleaming under the morning light to wake me up.
I'm laughing at the comments about a farmhouse sink being trendy. A family member just completely gutted their kitchen and the only thing they saved was the farmhouse sink. I think it was also the only thing not changed during the last kitchen update in the 80s.
I hate stainless. I worked in enough professional kitchens that I don't find anything charming about the industrial aesthetic. I'm at home, not at work, I want to feel that way. And stainless gets covered in fingerprints. Drives me nuts. White IS a neutral.
I also love farmhouse sinks, but that's because I love farmhouses. I'm supposed to put a stainless sink in a rambling old Vermont farmhouse (you know, if I were lucky enough to have one) because something true to period is somehow too "trendy"? Nonsense.
Also "Hanging pots tend to detract from the open kitchen concept." Good. I hate the open kitchen concept. I want a kitchen to cook in, and the easiest access to my pots. I don't know if they are a "focal point" or not, but they are going to be in plain view.
If you do make sure you donate the sink to someone who can use it.
I dislike white cabinets due to always looking dingy. You are not the only one. Make sure you donate your cabinets if still in decent shape though. Too many cabinets end up in the landfill.
Honestly, if you want to keep your kitchen timeless, just keep it Simple. If you're worried about resale, make sure any trendy finishes are easily changed (ie: a friend's house came equipped with a corrugated metal breakfast bar front - trendy at the time, but she hates it). Keep things open, simple, and comfortably arranged (under-counter microwaves - why??), and you should be fine!
Someone above wrote, "I just don't get under-cabinet microwaves. In what world are they ergonomic? "
In the place we are currently renting, we have a small-ish kitchen with an under-cabinet microwave. I'd never seen this before, but I LOVE it! The microwave can be a cumbersome appliance sitting on the counter always getting in the way - but in this place it's under the counter and out of the way.
We have plenty of storage for everything we need under the counters (while having no wall-hanging cabinets at all) and the microwave being there too just really works.
I think sometimes white cabinets look dingy because of the paint used. Oil based paint was long-preferred for cabinets, but all oil-based paint yellows rather rapidly. (Our casings are oil-based and you can REALLY see how much they've yellowed. I've repainted the upstairs trim and working on the downstairs. The difference in color is very noticeable.)
I just repainted our white kitchen cabinets for the second time in 23 years. The latex finish had worn but hadn't much yellowed. Last year I repainted using BM Satin Impervo Waterbourne in White Dove, and they look so fresh. You do have to wipe white cabinets down more often, but to me that just means the kitchen is clean -- and any splatter is easy to see and wipe up.
But you can add me to those who dislike the open kitchen. Ours is semi-open -- it's in an L off the family room with French doors to the dining room, and that's just open enough for me. When we have people over, some of them sit in the dining room or family room or at the breakfast table, and some are in the kitchen helping me. I wouldn't want one of those kitchens where I felt on display while cooking, like you're filming your own cooking show.
Open kitchen and living area = one room cabin. NFM
Personally I think materials are more important if you're trying to go for "timeless" over "trendy." A "timeless" kitchen will have solid wood and plywood cabinets, not this mdf garbage that comes in Ikea cabinetry. Stone countertops in a neutral finish, green granite is going to look "old" in about...actually it already does to me, and the fake stuff always looks dated, although I am really impressed with quartz.
I've seen both white cabinet and wood tone cabinet kitchens look absolutely spot on and stylish 10 years ago and today, it's all in how it's done and the quality that really makes the room look classic and chic no matter what the decade.
Also - I live 5 minutes from this place and drive by it all the time, never knew they were so recognized in their industry! I'll definitely get a quote from them when we remodel.
Open shelving, no thanks. I'm just too messy for that.
Word. I can only assume people with open shelving in kitchens have no pets and don't cook on a daily basis. I could never have these, even though they look very pretty.
Disguising the refrigerator and/or dishwasher with a panel that is just like your cabinetry - really don't like that! It's just silly to me. So, you'd rather have a room that everyone knows is a kitchen but that just looks like a bunch of built-ins than have someone walk into your home and see your.. gasp.. fridge? It's OK to have a fridge in a kitchen people! No need to hide it!
I laughed out loud when I read farmhouse sinks are out this year. I always thought they looked ridiculous put into new construction homes. On the other hand, we remodeled our 1920's Chicago bungalow kitchen using period appropriate materials and features, which included a soapstone farmhouse sink, modeled off of an originally designed Prairie-style sink dated back in the early 1900's. So I think it all depends on what is appropriate for your type of house. Plus, I have to say, that sink is SO awesome to work with. I can fit any size pan or pot in there to clean/fill.
The main reason we bought our house was because I was in love with the kitchen. The rest of the house is great, but the kitchen just made me go "OOHH!!"
Some people hate granite counters; I love them. It's a smallish, square layout with a window above the sink and its open to the rest of the room which is great because I cook a lot and I enjoy being able to have people over and socialize while I'm in the kitchen.
We have a small bar along one side that we set my daughters high chair up at so she can watch me cook and hopefully learn something :)
It makes sense to me to avoid the under the counter microwave. I would add that the over the stove microwave/fan is even worse. You get a useless fan and a microwave that is too high.
I would love to have an undermounted sink again. I really miss that feature, since moving a year ago. It's just soo practical!
I hate open concept kitchens. I don't want to stare at my messy kitchen all the time, and the kitchen is loud (fans, dishwashers, microwaves, my husband trying to cook...). I love to close the door and and enjoy the peace and quiet away from the kitchen.
I rarely comment, but thank you for a venue to finally vent! Every time I see subway tile, either in photo or the written word, I think an angel loses its wings. It's one of those things that in and of itself is fine, in some spaces I'm sure it looks fantastic. But every single home blogger/pinner is dreaming of/installing subway tile and it's just so over-done.
I also find it interesting that someone referred to kitchen items as "pollution" above. My kitchen is full of pollution because it's so tiny. I love things that make me feel cozy, and I love cooking and entertaining, and you'd be amazed at what I can pull off in a kitchen that was actually originally the bar in a game room. I hang my pots because there's no where else to put them, (and they're quite handy hanging right there.) I have open shelving because it was all I could afford to do to add storage space. I do the best I can with what I have. I like all the comments that say do what you love, (and can afford to do) and who cares what other people think. And, if you love subway tile, really love the look and not the fact that everyone else loves it, then I hope you get it.
I just remodeled my kitchen + *GASP* used a farm sink. I've always loved them, love mine now, and will most likely love it in 10 years. I would just stick with what makes you happy + not worry about trends.
I had my kitchen done about 15 years ago. White walls, concrete floors and simple, unadorned stainless over birch cabinetry an integrated stainless sink/counter/backsplash and stainless appliances....because the room gets so much light it doesn't feel cold and the appliances look completely up to date. It might not be everyone's taste....or the right look for a lot of homes (I live in a NYC pre-war apartment...but it works great for me.
I recently bought a home that was flipped and the kitchen is very "trendy". Either way, one of my favorite things about the whole house is my apron sink and goose neck faucet! It feels a little bit luxurious to do the dishes in them.
The whole reason that I went with white appliances in my kitchen is that I am sick to death of seeing stainless steel. Hearing that everyone else is still doing stainless steel does not encourage me to do it; it has just the opposite effect on me. I want to do things that I like in my house and not follow any trend. If that makes it harder to me to sell my house somewhere in in the far future, so be it. I can always make changes at that time.
After living in two stainless-steel-clad kitchens now, I can't imagine choosing a stainless fridge or dishwasher when we renovate. I think I would do the built-in look for those two and go stainless with the stoves, microwave. It's not about hiding them as someone suggested above, it's about saving my sanity! I find that those two appliances always look dirty because they are touched most often when hands are wet. Stainless fingerprints and weeds are the bane of my existence. Which is a ridiculous thing to type. First-world problems.
We are very focused on practicality. We have limited space, so every choice must be made carefully.
For us, what does not and will never work:
1) Open shelving. It invites dust and grease particulates settling on stuff. Big thumbs down. Instead, we opted for a few glass-front cabinets. Has a similar effect of "openness" -- and we keep all our white dishes in there. Looks nice. The "ugly" stuff is behind solid doors: boxed goods, mismatched sippy cups, Tupperware, wraps and foils, gadget parts, etc.
2. "Specialty drawers." That is, a drawer built just for stacking pot lids, or just for holding spices, etc. We like deep drawers, and we'll configure them as we need them -- and our needs change as our gadgets change.
3. Microwaves at kid-level. Hella no. Don't want our curious kids or their friends putting stuff in the microwave to see what happens. High out of the reach of anyone under the age of 13, is my preference.
4. High-maintenance countertops. I want mine to hide schmutz. So we inherited--and so glad for it--a mottled stone countertop. Hides everything, because it looks like... pretty schumutz. :)
5. Carpets in the kitchen. Jeez, no.
6. High maintenance flooring in general. See #4. Must hide schmutz and be easy to clean. Our solid light-wood floors are quite wonderful for this purpose.
7. Technology niches. Our technology changes so fast! Prefer a mobile stand or hook for any needed Surface or laptop in the K.
8. Side by side freezer-fridge doors. We sometimes freeze large cookie sheets worth of stuff. The wide freezer works for us.
9. Fridge water dispenser. Don't love them. Easily get lime-y, hard to clean, slow to dispense. Meh.
What we love:
1. Pot racks. In our small kitchen, having this over the sink, close to the stove, helps alleviate our space crunch.
2. Deep drawers for pots, lids, spices, gadgetry.
3. Double sink. Nothing fancy. Stainless okay, as it cleans easily and beautifully.
4. Undercounter task lighting. Excellent! Even if it is individually operated--a simple click and you can see everything.
5. The same mottled stone backsplash behind the stove--the messiest place in the house. Hides dirt, easy to clean.
6. Kitchen cabinets that go all the way up to the ceiling. Thank you for making use of ALL our space!!
7. Spigot-spray combo. Easy, doesn't leak, looks nice, and appealing options in every price range. Love it more than the separate spigot and separate sprayer set.
What I wish we had:
1. Pot spigot close to the stove. Would be nice...
2. Dishwasher with two drawers for washing small amounts quickly -- nice for long, multi course meals if you need those small salad plates again for dessert.
Maybe more. :)
PS: I like barnhouse sinks. But having one or not isn't a selling feature for me. Best if the sink is a goodly size, at the right hight for me, and has two sections: one for big stuff, and a smaller section for rinsing/holding my compost bucket, etc. Two sections: that's the selling feature!
I've been "living with" the kitchen for 3 years while we focus on the rest of the house, and I'm glad we saved that space for last. I have changed my mind a hundred times since we started (gray cabinets! mint cabinets! emerald cabinets!) but I'm realizing that the best course of action is to get my trend fix on the items we can take with us. Like the big hutch I have on one wall, which will get the bright pop of paint while the cabinets and counters will be more classic. And since it's not our forever home, I feel like this is a good balance of getting our personality in there without having to repaint everything before we can put our house on the market.
Love this!
We bought new construction, and it came with your standard builder grade cabinets, stainless steel appliances, and busy granite counters.
It looks fine, we wouldn't have picked any of it ourselves. I still consider us lucky, kitchen remodels are not cheap and certainly not in our budget right now and everything is brand new so we aren't living with a kitchen that HAS to be remodeled.
I will say, however, that after looking at several older homes (a 1920s farmhouse and a 1950s brick ranch) with character to spare but in desperate need of some love and updating my brain - and my pinterest board - filled with completely different ideas for both houses in how to redo both kitchens in a way that would work for the style of the homes.
Buying new saved us the money and the headache of a full kitchen remodel, but I still feel like I missed out on designing one... first world problems indeed!
I wonder what you guys are cooking in your microwaves that you're worrying about heavy dishes.
I pretty much agree with the article except: I've had a trash compactor in my kitchen for over 26 years and I wouldn't change it out. See . . . it's like this . . . I'm lazy and the compactor allows me to only have to empty trash once week the night before garbage pickup.
I am glad to know my white appliances are "in"! I bought them because they were the cheapest finish. Hah. I wouldn't give up my extra deep stainless steel sink even if it goes out of style. I would add dark granite to the outdated list.
But that's the thing! It's all subjective! What may be heart and soul in a kitchen to you may be pollution to me. A lot of people here are around SS appliances all the time and it's irritating. I have lived all my life in apartments. Apartments with WHITE appliances. I. Hate. White. Appliances. I will never own white appliances. But I love gray. And as terrible as this sounds, SS had always seemed to me like it belonged in a "rich" person's kitchen. So I grew up cleaning every splatter on my parents and then my white appliances, seeing SS in professional kitchens and upper middle class homes and I guess SS somehow became the uber beautiful to me. But that's often how it goes, isn't it? You grow up with something, (like my mother's brown, tchotchke filled kitchen), and you want the other side of the spectrum. (Like my industrial/apothecary kitchen.)
The only one of these I can really get behind is no 4" backsplashes. I have them; they are world-class dirt collectors, & do nothing to protect the wall. I keep threatening them with a crowbar in the hopes they'll leave on their own. Someday....
Since I do not have a dishwasher I really like my double stainless sink--wash on 1 side, keep drying rack permanently in the other. No visual clutter if I don't get the clean dishes put away. If you do have a dishwasher, not an issue, & big stuff would be easier to handle.
Unless you're flipping a house (good luck on that in this economy) why should you care what's trendy in 2013? It's going to be 2014 pretty soon. Going to start over?
After having rented a house with stainless appliances, I would never choose it. What a pain to clean! And they rust. My mother has a black fridge -another big pain in the arse to clean. You simply cannot hide smudges and every fingerprint shows. We bought a house that already had brand new white appliances. At first I thought, How boring, but now I love them and they are very easy to clean.
Unless you have the intention to sell, I never think you should do something in line with the current trends unless of course, you actually are a fan of the trend. And because you like it, not just because it's the thing to do.
Your home should be something you love, something you love spending time in so make it whatever you want. If that means bright red appliances and farmhouse sinks, so be in.
I am working on a 110 year old home that when we bought it, the kitchen was gutted. The farmhouse sink we installed fits with the style of the home. Any other option would have looked super stupid in the space we have. Also, i love it. And the butcher-block counters.
Also, if i could afford the smeg appliance set in a gorgeous color i would. Take that, forbes.
"To me having a stainless dishwasher or fridge is like hanging an art lamp over your vacuum cleaner!" -ZoeMcC
I don't share this opinion at all, but ZoeMcC, you win for most hilarious comment on this post!!! Seriously cracked me up. :)
Oh, and I'm in the "do what you love" camp. Unless you're flipping houses, I think a home should be designed and decorated for the family that lives in it.
I was wondering if someone was going to mention Smegs! I would so love one in Orange if possible. It seems so much warmer than SS or white. But I'm scared I'd hate it in a year or two.
We are also working on an old home (400+ years) and we'll probably do the farmhouse sink/butcher block combo too.
When we bought our house, the kitchen was dark, with a poor layout. We remodelled in the late 1980s and I have never regretted the choices. The cabinets are white and go to the ceiling (a quick wipe and they are clean). Mostly we have drawers (white) below the counter which is laminated and slightly higher than normal. We added a small glass block window and wooden floors. We discovered a hidden bump out and revised plans to add a stacking washer dryer in a closet, a fridge pushed in to counter edge and an appliance garage that doesn't take up counter space.
The walls are mostly royal blue with some white. It is light without being too bright.
Our work triangle is sink, fridge, microwave (for reheating food cooked and frozen on the weekends)
After all of these years we have replaced the fridge and the microwave and now our laminate counter top and sealed wood floors are just beginning to show wear and will need some work.
I don't think of our kitchen as dated, it's just is our kitchen.
My sister wanted to sell their house so they remodelled both bathrooms and were going to start on kitchen before real estate agent friend talked them out of it. The lot is large so the house sold quickly for above asking price and is now to be demolished. I don't think remodelling for sale is always a great idea.
I think having a good reason for your choices is the best way to avoid making 'trend' mistakes. Follow the architecture of your home. Also follow the "value". I wouldn't put laminate counters in a million dollar house, or a Sub Zero fridge in a $200k house. Unless you really want to, that is.
Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Early American, Colonial, Moderne, and a host of other styles were "on trend" and replaced when "out dated". It all goes in cycles.
Our vintage little bungalow styled ranch (it's been reno'd several times since built in 1947) needed kitchen appliances pronto. I chose black. And a black single basin, drop-in, deep kitchen sink. They look like old fashioned cast iron pieces and blend in with the vibe of the place.
For me, that's one of the more important aspects of renovations. What is the feeling, the vibe of the house? Another is knowing how, especially a kitchen, the owners plan on using it.
Now it's convincing DH neither granite nor quartz countertops would work... in a 64,000-dollar house... in a neighbourhood where stone countertops are rarer than lips on a chicken. I really want to strip the laminate & restore the original maple butcher block.


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Abstract: Software components are a valuable programming abstraction that enables a compositional design of complex applications. In distributed systems, components can also be used to provide an abstraction of locations: each component is a unit of deployment that can be placed on a di fferent machine. In this article, we consider this kind of distributed components that are additionally loosely coupled and communicate by asynchronous invocations. Components also provide a convenient abstraction for verifying the correct behaviour of systems: they provide structuring entities easing the correctness veri fication. This article aims at providing a formal background for the generation of behavioural semantics for asynchronous components. We use the pNet intermediate language to express the semantics of hierarchical distributed components communicating asynchronously by a request-reply mechanism. We also formalise two crucial aspects of distributed components: recon figuration and one-to-many communications. This article both demonstrates the expressiveness of the pNet model and formally speci fies the complete process of the generation of a behavioural model for a distributed component system. The behavioural models we build are precise enough to allow veri fication by finite instantiation and model-checking, but also to use veri fication techniques for infi nite systems.
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School of Hard Knocks does deserve its place at number 2 there. Actually, I'm working on Insane in the Membrane right now and I'm currently debating whether or not SoHK is WORSE. I avoided BGs the first couple days after my experience with the achievement last year... (EoTS where everyone is in the center, and NO ONE caps any towers to bring the flag to? Ugh.) Though, perhaps that was a mistake. I spent the past two days struggling to get my achievement on my druid, and I can honestly say I will NOT be repeating it on any other toon. EVER. I've been ganked repeatedly, farmed, harassed by my own faction, cringed at being the only one attacking the healer instead of the guy with the flag (which got me slaughtered when they noticed), etc. I have done bgs here and there before... they're not really my thing, but I didn't downright DESPISE them... This achievement, though, makes me hate them with an unholy passion.
This achievement brings out the WORST in people. It's you against the opposing faction, and you against your own team. It promotes single-mindedness towards singular objectives instead of the various objectives that will win the BG. It's just too full of fail for mere words.


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Notre Dame radio analyst Allen Pinkett says you can tell the Irish are on the right track because their players are getting in trouble.
According to ESPN, Pinkett, a former all-American running back at Notre Dame, told WSCR-AM:
"I've always felt like to have a successful team you've got to have a few bad citizens on the team. That's how Ohio State used to win all the time. They would have two or three guys that were criminals and that just adds to the chemistry of the team. I think Notre Dame is growing because maybe they have some guys that are doing something worthy of a suspension which creates edge on the football team.
"You can't have a football team full of choir boys. You get your butt kicked if you've got a team full of choir boys so you've got to have a little bit of edge. But the coach has to be the dictator and the ultimate ruler. Here's my opinion: You don't hand out suspensions unless you know you've got somebody behind that guy that can make plays."
Notre Dame has four players serving out suspensions for the opening game against Navy in Dublin, Ireland: starting running back Cierre Wood, backup defensive Justin Utupo, quarterback Tommy Rees and linebacker Carlo Calabrese. Wood and Utupo, who will also sit out the second game, were disciplined for a violation of team rules. Rees and Calabrese were benched for their role in a confrontation with police after a party.
Later in the interview, Pinkett insisted he was serious.
"I absolutely meant that. The chemistry is so important on a football team. You have to have a couple of bad guys that sort of teeter on that edge to add to the flavor of the guys that are going to always do right because that just adds to the chemistry of the football team. You have to have … you look at the teams that have won in the past, they have always had a couple of criminals."
Later Wednesday night, Pinkett released an apology, ESPN said.
"It's clear that I chose my words poorly and that an apology is in order for these inappropriate comments. My words do not reflect the strong pride and passion I have for the Notre Dame football program. I understand that there may be consequences to my actions and accept whatever discipline is imposed."
Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick derided Pinkett's comments.
"Allen Pinkett's suggestion that Notre Dame needs more 'bad guys' on its football team is nonsense," he said. "Of course, Allen does not speak for the University, but we could not disagree more with this observation."
Anybody think Pinkett's got a point? There have been some very good teams with some bad guys — the Miami Hurricanes and Oakland Raiders among them. Or is Pinkett the real bad guy here?
August 30th, 2012
9:26 am
Brian Kelly needs to change the culture there, so it probably can't hurt, you gotta break a few "bad" eggs to make an omelet…..attitude adjustment time in South Bend….. Go Irish!!!!!!!!
August 30th, 2012
9:43 am
This might sound odd coming from a Tech fan (and this board gets lit up daily by Tech fans joking about arrests on all our neighboring football teams' rosters), BUT…Pinkett's not completely wrong, I'll tell ya that much. I mean you can't have a team that's lost control, but the choir boy team is unlikely to be the most vicious blockers and tacklers in any given game.
August 30th, 2012
9:52 am
Don't agree so much. Alabama & LSU have had very few off field problems the last few years.
August 30th, 2012
10:08 am
Terry, where have you been hiding? Under a rock? Really….LSU has had very few off field problems the last few years?
August 30th, 2012
10:48 am
Yes I said that. They have had very few off field problems over the last few years, I didn't say they didn't have any and I'm assuming you meant the bar fight. If you have proof of many other off field problems, players arrests, crimes etc. I'm here to listen.
August 30th, 2012
11:43 am
UGA has had criminals on it's roster for years and it hasn't helped them much.
August 30th, 2012
12:41 pm
Oh Please like Notre Dame hasn't allowed players on the team before. Give me a break.
August 30th, 2012
12:43 pm
@ Tech dropout You mean like Corey Alford?
August 30th, 2012
1:01 pm
Terry, that's because those teams know how to cover it up.
August 30th, 2012
1:07 pm
"bad guys" = black football players
August 30th, 2012
1:36 pm
Notre Dame still plays football?
August 30th, 2012
6:22 pm
Well with their starting QB and RB sidelined, good or bad, they had better bring their "A" game because I can assure you Navy won't be intimidated. I wouldn't be surprised if the Middies win the game!
August 30th, 2012
6:45 pm