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And as for lore, there was tons of it. It had been going on since the fifties or earlier. Roper was rumored to have tried to nail the entire Campanile. It had this granite veneer on it, with failure cracks that went up a ways, but certainly not all of the hundreds of feet it stood. Sacherer or Pratt was supposed to have first done the long expansion joint cracks on Memorial Stadium. And of course, Vandiver and I tried to get Royal to come with us, but he could not expose himself to the likely arrest.
We were good though. And really damned bold, gaining important experience in pure counterforce climbing. Wurster Hall had a really slippery S-chimney that was around 5.9 and four stories tall…. Many "chimney-up-the-large-window-and-reach-out-over-the giant-cornice- for-the- perfect-edge" climbs were mid 5.10s and could have been fatal. Edwards Field had all these kooky shallow heel-and-toe chimneys 3" deep and weird liebacks also. And I guess it was Wheeler Hall that had a traverse on it just a few inches off the ground that was so tricky and nearly dynamic, that only a couple of us ever got it. The Life Sciences Buildling had all these different animals cast in the walls, kind of providing what now seem like present-day gym holds of all shapes. I don't know, perhaps most of this is now lost to oblivion, indoor climbing, and generally more appropriate comportment.
Out of all those weird nights on the loose, we only ran into the University Police once and were merely told to leave. Other tales related harsher situations, though, as part of lore. Most of the time we were unroped, but on the big stuff we would toprope.
I took this interest to UC Santa Cruz in 1966 as a crazed freshman and began tearing things up pretty good there too. Recessed lite fixtures were falling out of the new building soffits, long black marks adorned the huffy Modern Egyptoid Natural Sciences buildings, and I am sure walking all over all those copper roofs was just great for them too. I don't recall breaking any glass though.
It did not matter that we owned nothing, practically ate nothing, and basically lived nowhere. It mattered what we were doing and all else was kept firmly and completely out of focus. What we found through movement and risk, left us with nothing else on the agenda, it seemed to be the big secret. Gullich later claimed that climbing was just a sport, trying to shut off any metaphysical and spiritual trash-talk, but we knew better. It was nothing short of True Natural Religion. And in kinder moments, we almost pitied the rest of humankind for what we saw as its poverty of spirit. And of course could see all of this when building climbing.


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Before he succumbed to cancer last fall at age 52, Johnson had more than 100 of his songs recorded. But the songs featured Tuesday will be songs that most people haven't heard — the ones that never found their way to an album.
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Sintel: Blender Open Movie Project Released
Sintel, the open movie project created by the Blender Foundation has just been released as of 11:00 A.M. today.
What makes these open movie projects so important to the animation community? They are 100% open (as in open source). All of the software used to create these films are free. Blender for the 3D animation, GIMP and Krita for textures and concept art.
The movie itself is also free and released under a creative commons license. You can download and share the finished movie, download and look at all of the source files to see how the movie was made, how they rigged the characters, how the special effects and compositing was done, and use all the art assets for your own productions if you want.
This is the third in a series of open movie projects that the Blender Foundation has done, the first being Elephants Dream and then Big Buck Bunny. Each open movie project focused on furthering development of the Blender 3D software. Elephants Dream focused on making Blender more production ready, Big Buck Bunny focused on the animation system, fur simulation and rendering complex scenes with folliage, and Sintel focused on 4k video, advanced rendering (global illumination), and getting Blender 2.5 ready for release.
If you are not familiar with Blender, the software is amazing and I've been using it for production work for years. The rewrite of Blender, Blender 2.5, will quickly change the landscape of 3D animation production. Free software can easily replace the multi-thousand dollar 3D suites out there, and in many ways outperform them, making it a lot easier for people to learn and work in 3D animation.
A big shout out to the Blender Foundation for organizing this project, the community for their contributions, The Netherlands Film Fund, and all those studios (who continue to remain anonymous) who have donated to further the development of this amazing open source software.
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Some more links to the open/free software that was used to make this short:
MyPaint painting software. (They didn't use Krita, my bad. I got that mixed up with MyPaint, which is a lot more robust).
Alchemy sketching environment. Has tools for creating random shapes to kick start creativity.
Inkscape vector art program, like Illustrator but open source. Exports SVG files.
Subversion version control software, a great tool for accessing files remotely and committing changes. Stores all versions of each file. Great for programming but works very well for binary files. Good GUI interfaces for this are TortoiseSVN for Windows and RabbitVCS for Linux/Ubuntu. Both of which integrate right into the operating system's file browser.
Ubuntu free operating system.
OpenEXR ILM's high dynamic-range image format
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That is amazing! The film you posted is great. Hard to believe that the software involved was free. From publishing to marketing to filmmaking, so many resources available to creators now, there's no excuse not to produce on a level we could only dream about before.
Thanks for posting this Glen.
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Thanks Glen. It's amazing what free can do when enough people see it.
Hmmm, I wonder when open source will move from software to hardware.
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I think the first step is getting open source drivers. AMD (formally AMD/ATI) is working on that for their graphics cards.
The reason why open source software works so well is because anyone with a computer can contribute to the project, and reproducing the good itself is free (no materials used). But with hardware you need equipment, electronics, and raw materials, all of that costs a lot of money and extra know-how.
So I think the next big hurdle is being able to run custom software on these hardware devices, but actually letting people do it instead of trying to stop them from...oh lets say...jailbreaking their smart phones.
But this is a trend we are seeing. NVIDIA has CUDA which allows the GPU on the graphics card to be opened up so it can be used for other tasks that can't be done with DirectX or OpenGL. A good example is 3D-Coat (awesome affordable software by the way, which is currently on sale with the release of version 3.5). 3D-Coat uses CUDA to accelerate its voxel based scuplting. (If you don't know how big of a deal voxel sculpting is and you use ZBrush, check out 3D-Coat and be blown away).
One thing that is interesting about going to SIGGRAPH is hearing people talk about how they are trying to migrate away from Autodesk products. Over the past 4 years Autodesk has bought out Alias (makers of Maya) and Softimage, meaning that Autodesk owns the top 3 competing 3D suites on the market. The next three being Houdini, Lightwave and Cinema 4D.
The Blender Foundation has been receiving a lot of help from large studios to get Blender 2.5 finished. One of the main reasons why is because of the new plug-in system. This will allow studios to write their own tools easily without editing the Blender source code, and will also allow other 3D software companies that make plug-ins for Maya, Softimage, etc. to have their software run in Blender as well. This is especially attractive to studios because you'll be able to get the plug-in without paying an additional $4,000 just for the software it sits on.
Saving money is a bonus, but really it's about having better software. I hate to say it but Maya development appears to be stagnating a bit, especially after the Softimage buyout, and Blender has been turning a lot of heads recently because of how quickly its been getting up to speed.
So yes, you can create professional animation with free software now, and even the bigger studios are showing intense interest in Blender. There's no excuses anymore. The software is free. The training is free. You have the tools so go out and create.
Now lets hope a project like Blender pops up for 2D animation.
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Yes. Now, there is truly no excuse.
I haven't had an excuse for years! Plus, my creativity pays my bills!
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Giving the topic a bump so folks who haven't seen it yet can discover and learn about this amazing project and great film.
Since it went on YouTube last September 30, 2010, almost a year ago to the day, it's had 2,620,062 views as of this writing.
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Here's a documentary on the making of Sintel...
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This bright-golden challah, stuffed with raisins and sweetened with honey, is baked in a spiral shape, traditional at Rosh Hashanah.
Allow the dough to rise, covered, for 2 hours, or until it's puffy though probably not doubled in bulk.
Gently deflate the dough, and knead in the raisins.
Lightly grease a 9inch round cake pan.
Roll the dough into a 30" to 36" rope. If it shrinks back, walk away and leave it alone for 10 minutes, then resume rolling. The longer the rope the more distinct the spiral, but if it isn't exactly 36" long, don't stress; just get as close as you can.
Coil the rope into the prepared pan, starting in the center.
Cover the challah gently with lightly greased plastic wrap or a proof cover, and allow it to rise for about 60 to 90 minutes, until it's puffy and pretty much fills the pan.
Near the end of the bread's rise, preheat the oven to 375°F.
Whisk together the egg and water. Brush the risen dough with the egg mixture. Sprinkle with coarse white sugar, if desired.
Bake the bread for 20 minutes, tent it with foil and bake for an additional 15 to 20 minutes, until it's a deep, golden brown, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center registers 190°F.
Remove the bread from the oven, and after a minute or so carefully transfer it to a rack. Cool the bread to lukewarm before cutting it.
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Make Civil Marriage the Norm for the entire country and religious marriage a symbolic addition to that
For years we have been trying to make people reform their religious views to include gay marriage and I think it is causing harm to both parties. I am suggesting a simple alternative, make civil unions the default of the land, if you want to get marriage under the eyes of god that is a separate ceremony.
All laws that include incentives for 'marriage' should be changed to 'civil union' in the books.
Religious ceremonies should be separate from the government and should not give any additional rights that you would not get in a civil union.
Civil Unions therefore should be expanded to included any and all rights of a marriage as we think of it now and religious marriage should be reduced to a symbolic ceremony.
In short in this system EVERYONE would be required to get a civil union if they wanted the United States of American to view them as couple, and then after that they are free to make the decision if they want to have a religious cermony in the eyes of God.
This would be protecting religious rights but also giving rights to the people that deserve to be regonized as a couple with all the incentives and protections of marriage.
Thank you for reading my petition.
Dec 26 2011: Forget the word "marriage" except as it may be used in religious ceremonies, and base legal civil domestic arrangements completely on contracts. But the answer to the "benefits" issue is not to extend the traditional bennies of marriage to other unions, it's the opposite: to stop giving tax breaks to "married" people. The whole idea of benefits in marriage came from the normal family conditions half a century ago (as in my family when I grew up). The norm in urban families was that there was one wage-earner (usually the father), and if he died the wife and kids would be left with nothing if there was not some common security arrangement for them. So the father's pension check or Social Security would continue to go to the wife. This has little relevance to modern life, and none whatever to homosexual "marriages."
I think the only benefit that should be paid as a survivor benefit is in the case where a family without sufficient means is raising minor children. Beyond that, there's no reason why people who choose to call themselves "married" should be getting anything that others aren't getting, whether survivor rights or tax breaks.
Legal relationships based on contract can define whatever relations two or more people choose to enter into, though if they're getting nothing for it I'm not sure how popular these would be. Note that it's logical to extend this to any number of people, so multi-person "families" could become common under this scheme. Polygamy would be back. And so what?
I wrote about this a few years ago at Blue Ridge Journal:
http://www.blueridgejournal.com/brj-marriage.htmNov 30 2011: Huh. that is a very interesting I will have to look into that. I think that might be hard for me to find though but I love a challenge! I will let you know what I come up with.Nov 30 2011: I still fail to see why the recipient of my benefits has to be a "love match".
Toss marriage completely out of the realm of law.
Nov 30 2011: The only problem with that is how do with the international marriages and such how do they get green cards or the better question if that is thrown out who doesn't? That always seems to be a topic of big debate in this country.Nov 30 2011: Gisela, Why doesn't your comment surprise me?
Excellent idea Nadine. Thank you for your clarity.
Dec 1 2011: Because it's ludicrous to base such important things on something that for most people lasts a few years?
I'm not suggesting we forbid making the person you marry in a religious ceremony your recipient, I'm pointing out that it is stupid to equate the two at all. Marriage is a religious and cultural artifact. The legal and tax benefits currently tied to marriage should instead be tied to a contract between two people that has nothing to do with "love" whether permanent or temporary.
And who the hell cares if I sponsor someone into the country and don't actually love them? If I want to promise to support someone financially if they cannot find work, why create a department of workers to check whether or not s/he knows the colour of my toothbrush and what deodorant I use?
It's just idiotic and juvenile busy-body work.
Dec 3 2011: Well I am kinda against the tax benefits to begin with but if we DO have them they should be equal. Civil union I do equate to a contract between people though.Dec 3 2011: But a contract that implies sexual/romantic entanglements.
I'd like to see that prerequisite gone.Dec 4 2011: Seriously?
Did you just resort to "you're pretty, why aren't you dumber," with me?
I can't recall the last time that happened. Between this and that Kentucky church that just banned inter-racial marriages, I am starting to wonder if I fell through a time vortex and woke up in 1960-something.
Dec 4 2011: No ma'am. Thank wasn't the focus nor intent of my comment, which you obviously missed completely. We need not communicate again. There is no basis for understanding here. Good bye.
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Nov 30 2011: My opinion is that if marriage has to be associated with incentives and such that everyone should have the same benefits if they wish to.
Creation is such an interesting concept though what if one of you could not bare children? Is that relationship not as important because of that? Are you even considered married if marriage is about creation? I think that establishing a long relationship really doesn't boil down to sex anymore and whether you can bare children but about the life you create with one another which is a form of creation.
My point is not to debate whether it is right or not to get religion to be more open to it, but how to make it more even and find common ground so that it is not an argument.
And this is a petition that I did post on another site that I am trying to get comments back on so you did indeed read what I am currently petitioning. Thank you for your imput.
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Nov 30 2011: Not for all states. Civil unions are state to state vs marriage that gives federal protections.
"A civil union is a legal status granted by a state... It provides legal protection to couples at the state law level, but omits federal protections"
I think that religion is about thinking about the things we have in common not what sets us apart. The origins of marriage was for offspring. It was a time where that was needed. And abomination means 'not customary' which I think is one of the passages that everyone speaks of for this issue. But all of that is beside the point, I don't care about religion that is not my point at all.
And spiritually I don't think you have the right to judge anyone but yourself. If there is a "God" he will judge, but no human should ever think that they have that power to say what is right or wrong.
That is why this is not about forcing religion to adopt a practice but merely giving federal protection to people who deserve it.Nov 30 2011: Oh and the link under where I wrote this idea is the link to my petition, so if you were observate enough you would have found it.Nov 28 2011: Here in Turkey it is how it goes. You cant make muslim marriage untill you make an official state marriage.Nov 27 2011: Well you see gay marriage is an issue that I am trying to fight for but it's not my ultimate purpose, you see I believe that the change for religious community to accept gays into their religious practices has to come from inside the church. Yes I think it is misguided that they do not have that thought process but this petition is about getting people that do not have the same rights even though they are 'civilly married'.
For example a homosexual couple might be civilly married but one might still get deported or not be able to make decisions if their partner is unable to, these things I think we can fix quickly with this petition although the religious aspect will be a harder and longer process.
And civil marriage is allowed for homosexuals in the united states already it is just a matter of getting them the same rights as a married couple who is not.
I do believe to that there should be more of a separation of church and state in my country and that is another thing that this is strongly fighting for. Thank you so much for your comments!
Nov 28 2011: I hope you'll have the opportunity to get how it works here in France (by the way, how come you have such a Frenchy name?? :) )
We are supposed to have separated state and religion since 1904. THen all the religions are supposed to be equal, provided they are not classified as sects, but in fact a lot remains, which makes still the Catholic religion privileged compared to the others
- Churches being very old buildings, part of our heritage, they are maintained by tax payers, so catholics don't have problem to find places to pray (more difficult to find a priest in some places, but it is another story), while muslims have to pray in vaults or streets.
- if a bank holidays is related to religion, it is a catholic day !
- When some non catholic (protestant, jew for instance) people can pretend to be president, this religion things is a matter in nerwspapers...
A you can see, things are not perfect....
Nov 29 2011: That is very interesting a lot of that I did not know about French Policy. In the States we have a similar thing with religious equality (we have tax breaks for churches etc.) but it is very hard to get tax breaks for a Buddhist Temple while it is very easy to get a huge retreat for Christians, it's uneven but I hope with the continued ideals that we can make the situation better. I always thought it was really interesting that religion matters so much in politics, politics shouldn't be about your personal life but what you plan to do in office, if I am not mistaken a very French ideal?
:) I am a little French but I am a mutt of all Europe. My mom liked the name, I think originally it was Spanish though meaning melody but I think all of Europe's languages touch in one form at some point.
Thank you again for your comments! :)
Nov 29 2011: Nadine,
I suggest you to have a look on how Germany deals with religion. If my understanding is correct, when they pay taxes, they say which one is their religion, and a fraction of their tax goes to some representative instances of that religion.
In france, it would be a revolution if some official paper was asking the religion of individuals!!Nov 27 2011: Here in France, on the contrary of the US, by the law, the marriage is civil first (sentenced by the mayor) then (and only after) optionally a religious marriage can be done, in the religion of choice.
Nevertheless, the gay marriage is still forbidden, in despite of having the topic regularly brought to discussion, or some demonstration done.
So although I am in favor of your goal, I'm not sure that your suggestion will be efficient.


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American thinking about religion and science before the Civil War was substantially informed by the powerful "concordist" metaphor of God as the "author" of two "books," nature and Scripture, which ultimately must agree.
By getting rid of the miracle stories in the Bible, Bultmann and his followers hoped to make the Christian story more palatable to modern man. Although I recognize the emotional weight of this sentiment, I am not convinced that it is an intellectually coherent approach, mainly for reasons of self-consistency.
In the early 1700s, Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz famously disagreed about whether God periodically "corrected" the orbits of the planets. Why their disagreement matters for today's debates about God and evolution.
Evangelicals are skeptical of space exploration—but can pastors change this from the pulpit?
When non-believers in France or in Spain read what young-earth creationists are writing about evolution, geology, or astrophysics, they frequently conclude that the Bible is at best an interesting fairy tale.
The former chair of the Harvard University physics department muses on how faith gives meaning to his scientific work.
The story of the Genesis Rock reminds us of how biblical and scientific accounts, despite their different purviews and purposes, remain inexorably linked in our understanding of origins.
Wright reminds us that robust Christian faith takes evidence on board, but fuses reason with faith, hope and love.
Are black holes in trouble? Could life have come from space? What do we know about the religious lives of Indian scientists? Find the answers to these questions and more.
So what is BioLogos? Well it all began with a scientist and a book.
This week's news features volcanoes, skeletons, and stars, as well as a thought-provoking new book from InterVarsity press.
From science and religion blogs: quantum uncertainty and God, the remarkable fact that we have come to understand our place in the created order, and the role of theology in making wise choices about the use of technology.
God could have created a fertile planet miraculously in an instant, but when we look carefully at the physical evidence, it appears that the earth has a longer history as part of the universe.
We now take for granted an understanding of the Christian story that was largely worked out by Paul and later theologians. Even though the Gospels were composed after Paul's letters, they were concerned to tell the story itself in all its strangeness as it had been preserved by the first generation of Christians. And what we find in the stories themselves is the shock and wonder and surprise that the resurrection caused.
This is a transcript of an interview given by Dr. Jennifer Wiseman at The Faith Angle Forum Conference on Religion, Politics, & Public Life on November 5, 2013.
Critics of Christianity look to evolution to show how the emergence of human life on earth demanded enormous ruin and ravage, billions of years of apparent waste and futility, species extermination and organism road kill. Not only was the massive dying off rampant, it's mandatory too.
Astronomers have many different methods for measuring the age of various objects in the universe, and they all support ages of billions of years, not thousands. Even if the assumptions of one or two methods were faulty, it is highly unlikely that all of the methods would be affected.
So what then does Resurrection mean? For Benedict it represents a new dimension of reality breaking through into human experience. It is not a violation of the old; it is the manifestation of something new.
Over the next few months, with permission from Yale University Press, BioLogos will offer edited versions of chapters from John Polkinghorne's best books, Belief in God in an Age of Science and Theology in the Context of Science, in order to help readers delve more deeply into some of his most important ideas.


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To kick off National Catholic Schools Week 2013, the Most Rev. Lawrence Persico, bishop of Erie, made his first official visit to St. Marys since taking over as the bishop of the Diocese of Erie in October 2012 as he celebrated Mass at Queen of the World Church with students from throughout the Elk County Catholic School System, St. Boniface, and St. Leo.
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People are claiming how irrational this board has become after a few loses but what i feel is as equally irrational is saying that now a majority of finheaven is anti tannehill. I think that is an extreme exaggeration. Out of the thousands of posters we have here please tell me these myriad of posters who are proclaiming Tanny is a complete bust. Maybe im wrong but to me its only been a small handful and its usually by people who have deemed him a bust since day one.
In fact it seems that there are more pro-ireland people than tannehill is a bust people which i find completely baffling
One thing about the Patriots is that they do a really good job gameplanning against a flawed Offense. Not saying anything good about Tebow, but they were the first team to put together a plan to slow him down when they got on a roll last year. Then the Steelers arrogantly did not use the plan and lost in the playoffs, only to see the Pats use it again and destroy the Donks in the Dvisional game. If you have watched the Colts this year Wayne has been put all over the place to really help Luck. Wayne is huge for Luck because he is such a comfort level for a rookie QB plus he takes a lot of the other players to constantly win single cover matchups. I am not surprised that the Pats did this because they can put together a plan, just have a hard time executing it against more mature QBS. Tannehill may not be Luck but that is not the end of the world. Hopefully we can find him a few weapons because he does seem to have a lot of natural attributes that play well in this league.
6 TD passes, 11 interceptions, 70.8 QB rating, 30th ranked QB in the league, 5 of the 10 games he has posted 50.4 QB rating or lower. Miami has scored 10, 35, 20, 21, 17, 17, 20, 3, and 14 points with him as QB (35 against Oakland had to do with Reggie Bush)...17.4 ppg.
Seriously, let those sink in for just a minute.
The difference is I refer to facts to SUPPORT why I think Tannehill has NOT EARNED the accolades given to him.
Whereas yourself and others don't include facts b/c you have NONE to support your position. So what is offered instead are excuses, excuses, excuses, excuses...and treat them like facts.
BTW I have been totally OPEN to Tannehill proving my suspicions wrong. After the Rams game I was complimentary of him. Of course, then came the next 4 games.
Both sides of the argument around Tannehill are valid at this point and as I pointed out in a separate thread the difference is entitlement verse earned credit. I can understand why people would say they are not on the Tannehill wagon yet, I clearly understand their point of view, it has to do with earned credibility. Prove to me that you are deserving of me being on your wagon and I will hop on. That point of view is absolutely fine but you have to give the kid time to prove himself and 10 NFL starts is not enough time to prove anything, at least not in my eyes.
Now we have the other side of the coin, the side I am on along with 3/4 of the site and Miami fans in general, entitlement. Tannehill is going to bring the franchise to greatness again and I am on his wagon until he proves I need to hop off. 10 games isn't a large enough body of work to prove to me that I need to hop off so I will bide my time.
The two thing that both sides of the argument have in common are the collective body of work and the lack of sample size to prove either way which side is right at the moment and both sides want to be on Tannehill's wagon at some point.
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Canon McKinney, 4, gets a trim at Rob's Clean Cuts & Styles on Washington Avenue near Winona, a couple of blocks from Caswell Park. Barber Rob Mooney does the honors.
The ever-growing Pellissippi State Community College opened a campus at 1610 Magnolia Avenue in 2000, bringing new life—and over 700 students—to the old (circa 1930) Catholic High School building. Here, from left, Markilen Yarbrough, Erica Bais, and Spencer Carpenter take a break in the courtyard.
Built in 1927, Magnolia Avenue Methodist Church, 2700 East Magnolia, was once Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal's home church. Concerned about their long-term ability to maintain the building they love, the church's own congregation nominated the building for Knox Heritage's Fragile 15 list to highlight their need for help.
The now-iconic Pizza Palace opened its doors on Aug. 10, 1961, started by brothers Al, Gus, and Arthur Peroulas. Drive-in pizza places may be a rarity now, but the Palace proudly continues the tradition and remains a family operation. And after being featured in a 2007 episode of /Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives/ on Food Network , its popularity spread far beyond Knoxville.
Caswell Park, just a couple of blocks off Magnolia on Winona Street, features four full-size softball fields. Named for benefactor William Caswell, who participated in Tennessee's first known baseball game in 1865, it became the city's main baseball field around World War I, and hosted Knoxville's own minor-league pro-baseball clubs as well as famous visiting athletes from Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth (who hit a homer here, of course) to Michael Jordan, during his short-lived baseball career.
Scott Bunch replaces a customer's tire at 2nd Chance Tries and Wheels at 1901 Magnolia. It's on the same block where Mountain Dew was invented in 1946.
The Bottom's Up Lounge, near Chilhowee Park.
Chandler's Deli is really a soul-food cafeteria known for barbecue, fried chicken, greens, and of course hot sauce for everything. With his wife Gwen, Charles Chandler, above, opened the place in an old Pizza Hut building 13 years ago, and it was almost instantly popular with both the black and white communities of East Knoxville.
Some of the city's best-looking old apartment buildings—the Aston in the foreground, and beyond it the Lakewood and the Shenandoah—are on the 2700 block of Magnolia. They date from the 1920s, when it was a fashionable address.
The studios of East Tennessee PBS have been located on Magnolia for years.
"Dr. Bob" Overholt, East Tennessee's most popular medical-advice authority, pauses during a shoot. The same studio brings us other popular local characters like Marshal Andy and Missy Kane.
The slowly renovating historic community Parkridge is a work in progress. Deriving its name from old Park City, an early suburban community that encompassed the area, it's the former home of Knoxville's most nationally famous architect, George Barber, who inspired Victorian-era house plans from coast to coast. Parkridge still boasts one of America's highest concentrations of his houses. Though Parkridge still has its challenges, it looks a little better, and more colorful, every year.
Many American cities no longer host big agricultural fairs, but Knoxville's Tennessee Valley Fair has been an annual event at Magnolia Avenue's Chilhowee Park every September since 1916. It still draws more than 100,000 each year.


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BioLogos Basics Video #8: Genetics
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In this video originally featured in March of 2012, Dr. David Finch, a biologist at New York University, discusses his thoughts on both Creationism and the effects of "new atheists" like Richard Dawkins.
All of you who do science, all of you who teach or research or you're involved in engineering or medicine or education, or biology or chemistry or physics—you are doing a noble thing. You are thinking God's thoughts after him. … You are obeying God's command given way back in Genesis to exercise dominion, to learn about, to be curious and discover and steward the earth.
There's a word beneath the water, and the Bow River belongs to God. Have you been listening?
During his seminary education, Dr. Murphy also gained a deeper understanding of Luther's theology of the cross, and he realized that it's really the best way to approach the science and theology dialogue.
In today's video, Dr. Rick Colling states that evolution is not merely the imposition of death and destruction and survival of the fittest. Rather, it is about second chances.
In today's video, Michael Ramsden discusses the importance and meaning of mystery in the Bible.
In today's video, Pastor Brian McClaren notes that the metaphor "slippery slopes" is problematic, because we often assume that we are on the top of the slope to begin with, when in fact changing our views may help us ascend the slope, or to reach a new peak of understanding on the other side.
In this video Conversation, Rev. N.T. Wright responds to the controversy in evangelicalism about evolution. Is this a "culture war" issue?
In this video Conversation, N.T. Wright responds to a question from a BioLogos Forum reader who notes that in the world of evangelical Christianity there seems to be a great suspicion about becoming too politically liberal, but few worries about becoming too conservative.
In this video Conversation, Joel Hunter offers his thoughts on the challenges of preaching on controversial topics and offers advice to pastors who consider introducing these complicated discussions into their own congregations.
In this video Conversation, Joel Hunter points out that when issues of faith become politicized and polarized, there will always be people who leave the churches that tackle these issues head on.
In this video Conversation, Joel Hunter acknowledges the risk that pastors take when preaching on Genesis—and in particular, when they approach it with an attitude of humility, allowing the possibility that the text was not meant to be understood in literal terms.
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Monday Lecture Series Presents: Dr. Bob Brier
"The Secret of the Great Pyramid."
No, not boulders rolling down abandoned pyramid traps nor snake pits lying in wait of a wary tomb raider. However, there were quite a few mummies.
This Monday lecture, Dr. Bob Brier, Senior Research Fellow at C. W. Post of Long Island University, spoke to us about the new theory as to how the great pyramid was constructed. Pyramids were built to house the remains of pharaohs and to keep them safe from scavenging animals. A leading expert on mummies, Dr. Brier has heard his share of explanations from building the pyramid with ancient elevators to those of a creative mind set who swear that the aliens in fact were the supreme masterminds. The most accepted version, however, is that the Egyptians utilized a mile long ramp to roll the 9 to 80 ton heavy stone blocks to the pyramid.
At least, that is what the accepted theory used to be. Dr. Brier one day was introduced to the French engineer Mr. Jean-Pierre Houdin. His theory addressed many of the problems that arose in the mile-long-ramp theory. He proposed that instead of having a ramp on the outside of the pyramid, the Egyptians instead used an internal ramp built within the structure itself using a corbeling system. The engineering feat that this would have been for that period is staggering. The Egyptians had in fact invented the first arches and the idea is that they used a series of ramps along the inside edges of the pyramid in a square spiral to the top with notches cut into the corner for builders to turn the blocks on the ramp.
There was also a smaller ramp possibly along the southern wall where larger stone blocks were taken to be placed above the burial chamber to provide a false flat ceiling. This was accomplished by the use of an internal arch and rafter system that transferred the weight of the stone over the burial chamber to the rest of the pyramid. Upon completion of the base, the smaller ramp would have been disassembled and used to finish constructing the remainder of pyramid. If the pyramid were built using the mile long ramp, this would have not been possible. The ramp, after completion of the pyramid, would have needed to be de-constructed and the remains would have to disposed of in some manner. However, there is no evidence of that happening. Whatever theory may prove true, the ancients accomplished an astounding engineering feat when they built the great pyramid.
Secret of the Great Pyramid from Webb Institute on Vimeo.
Webb Institute Monday Lecture presented by Bob Brier about new ideas about the construction of the Great Pyramid. Recorded March 18, 2013, Henry Auditorium, Webb Institute, Glen Cove, NY.


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Creator of the Stars at Night
The God who created the cosmos is the God who came to us as a child in Bethlehem.
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God acts in more than one way in the natural world. God sustains the regular patterns of the physical world, but sometimes chooses to act outside of those patterns. God's regular patterns are what scientists describe as natural laws (like gravity or photosynthesis). God's actions outside those patterns are usually called supernatural actions or miracles (like raising someone from the dead). Evolutionary creationists believe in the miracles of the Bible and that God can do miracles today. Evolutionary creationists also believe that God is just as involved in the regular patterns of the universe as in miracles.
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McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has not given up on winning the Formula One world championship this weekend.
Hamilton sits 24 points behind title leader Fernando Alonso and needs a remarkable final Grand Prix of the season in Abu Dhabi on Sunday to claim his second world championship.
"Although I'm still mathematically in with a shout, I'm fully aware that, being 24 points behind, I'll not only need to win the race on Sunday but see the championship leader finish outside the points," Hamilton said.
"And, even then, that might not be enough. That's not to say I'm going into the race weekend feeling any less determined or motivated: we've seen before that this championship can be unpredictable and volatile - and I think this last race of the year could be even more unpredictable than normal."
"I know from personal experience that the championship isn't over until you cross the line on the final lap - so I'll not only make sure I'm up there at the end, but pushing hard until the very end."
"It's going to be a brilliant spectacle and a great event for Formula One fans around the world - I absolutely can't wait."
Hamilton's McLaren team-mate Jenson Button saw his hopes of retaining the world title end after finishing fifth in the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday, but that has not dampened the Briton's outlook.
"Obviously, it was disappointing to be ruled out of the drivers' championship in Brazil last week, but I was very pleased with my race, which was a lot of fun, and I'm already looking forward to another good performance this weekend," Button said.
"Last year in Abu Dhabi, I had a similarly great result - I'd lifted the pressure of the championship from my shoulders at the previous race so I was free to race hard once again."
"I'll be hoping for another strong finish this year. Most importantly, it will be my final race with the world champion's number one on my car, for this year anyway."
"It's been a great privilege and honour to carry that throughout the entire year, and I want to make sure I give it the best possible send-off this weekend."


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harcosparky, those are some cool earplugs/phones. i might wear something like that working arround the house so i can't hear the wife. shye gets to a pretty high decible herself.
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Hit the road with my iPod playing and noticed that between songs I could not hear the engine as I could with a pair of Sony in-ear phones. Also the Sonys protruded enough as to be uncomfortable after a while.
These were expensive, but seem to be worth it. If they survive me for 6 months then they are good.
I was going through 3 - 4 sets from Sony a year.
Custom fit ear plugs come with all sorts of goodies! I've used custom plugs for almost ten years, and have never had a complaint. I've used vented plugs and solid plugs. A friend of mine is a DJ, and he had a set made with the earphones built in so he could mix songs without hearing the background music, he can't imagine not using them at a large gig now days. Here in Canada, custom fit ear plugs cost about $65.00 / pair, I don't know what they cost with built in head phones, but I can say they would be worth every penny.Jonny
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That helmet you mentioned with the FM tuner can play anything you want to play on it. You can buy a litle FM transmiter for about $15, they plug into a standard headphone jack. It's pretymuch the same thing as using one of those casset adapters only for radio instead. Try Radioshack or Wall-Mart.
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I thought i would bring this one back to the top for more to read because i found it interesting. As for the mp3 question if you have an ipod I would get one of the fm transmitters that plugs into the bottom like when you plug it up to the computer and use it because i have tried them and I like them alot. This way you dont have it mounted in your hood but can still listen to you ipod or mp3 playerwelding...its awsome
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I have to agree with the custom molded ear plugs. I got my ears done at a motorcycle show. The company was "Now Hear This" and the lady who did my ears has years of experience doing ear plugs.
I had three sets made: regular ear plugs that I use in the shop, ear plugs with speaker transducers installed with a mono plug that I use for my intercom/scanner when going on motorcycle rides or to NASCAR races, and ear plugs that accept my Sure E3 MP3 ear bud speakers. I use these anytime I listen to my MP3 player.
If you get a good, custom ear mold set, they provide as much hearing protection as the best fit you can get from foam plugs - even with speakers installed in them. But, you must have someone that knows what they are doing. I had my first set of custom ear buds done at a race shop and they were $175 of crap.
The lady who did such a good job on mine was Marilyn at www.plugup.com. She is an audioologist and knows her stuff.
Custom ear molds are a bit expensive, but like all of our tools, the higher quality stuff just costs more. Once you damage your hearing, it won't come back, so money well spent in my oppinion.Millermatic 35
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garybdavis, those look good. i knoiw the ones that came with my new MP3 player are garbage and they have 3 diferent ruber options you can interchange with the speaker to make them fit. fit, yea right i picked up a pair at the $ store for $1.08 and they are a better fit. go figure.thanks for the help
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I'm not too keen on having any kind of head phones on when I'm working. Yes, I do have a radio playing while I work, but I would also like to hear whats going on around me at all times. If I've got a set of headphones blasting in my ear how am I going to hear the other guys screaming in agony when he sets himself on fire or drops an axle on his foot, or some other kind of emergency??? DaveIf necessity is the Mother of Invention, I must be the Father of Desperation!
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dabar39, just do what i do when i'm driveing. only use one ear to listen and leve the other one open to here around you.thanks for the help
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DENISON — On the verge of losing to an opponent lower in the conference standings, trailing 2-1 after two hard-fought 27-25 losses, the Creston volleyball team regrouped and beat Denison-Schleswig Thursday night, 3-2.
The Panthers won 25-23, 25-27, 25-27, 25-20, 15-8 to improve to 8-3 overall and 2-2 in the rugged Hawkeye 10 Conference. Denison-Schleswig fell to 2-11 and 0-3. But the Monarchs put up a strong fight, nearly pulling off the home victory.
"We were not at the top of our game by any means, but we were doing some good things," said Creston coach Polly Luther, on the early 2-1 deficit. "Denison is a pretty decent team, especially compared to last year. They are good-sized, and they have a tremendous libero. Their back row was good."
Creston then assumed control, outscoring the Monarchs 40-28 during the final two sets. Luther noticed a new mindset in her team between games three and four.
"I think they decided they wanted to win this match and came to life," Luther said. "We put our serves in play, our passes were pretty decent tonight and our serve receive was good except for one game. Hanna (Luther) put the balls up and our hitters did their job."
The Panthers' depth was on display, with a couple of front row players making an impact for the first time since the start of the season.
"Ashley Harris came in as outside hitter and Marie Hood came in after game one," Luther said. "They came in and did a nice job for us. It wasn't like one person did all the hitting of the ball. We had a lot of good contributors."
Natalie Mostek had a team-high 12 kills and Angie Sorensen added 10 for the Panthers. Mostek also had nine total blocks, including six solo stuffs. She served 17-18 with an ace.
Serve receive leaders were Brenna Baker 12-15, Haylee LaMasters 15-18, and Jami Sickels 14-15. Thomsen was busy in the back row with 20 digs and Sickels 8.
Hanna Luther had a big night at the service line, going 30-31 with seven aces. She had 35 setting assists. LaMasters served 19-19 and Thomsen was 15-15.
Morgan Slechta put down 14 kills with four blocks for Denison-Schleswig. Libero Samantha Pick had a match-high 38 digs.
Creston doesn't have a lot of down time after Thursday's long bus ride, starting play in the tough Red Oak Tournament at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Creston statistics
Serving (aces) —Hanna Luther 30-31 (7), Haylee LaMasters 19-19, Alli Thomsen 15-15, Natalie Mostek 17-19 (1), Brenna Baker 10-11 (1), Jami Sickels 9-13.
Attacks (kills) — Mostek 12, Angie Sorensen 10, Jenna Taylor 6, Marie Hood 4, Ashley Harris 4.
Blocks (solo-assists) — Mostek 6-3, Sorensen 2-2, Taylor 1-3, Harris 0-2.
Setting (assists) — Luther 35, Taylor 1, Sorensen 1.
Digs — Alli Thomsen 20, Jami Sickels 8, LaMasters 4, Sydney Dunphy 2.
Serve receive — Jami Sickels 14-15, LaMasters 15-18, Baker 12-15, Thomsen 12-17, Mostek 8-12, Sorensen 4-6, Harris 4-5, Nicole Haley 2-4.
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Denison-Schleswig handed Creston its first junior varsity loss, 23-25, 26-24, 15-11.
"We played a little rocky tonight," said Creston coach Jessie McClellan. "They were the best competition we have faced yet and it was good for us to see areas we need to work on. Hopefully, we use it as a learning experience and come back to practice tomorrow ready to work."
Ashley Bargstadt led the squad in ace serves with six and went 20-22 in serve receive. Marie Hood had a team-high seven kills, and freshman Hannah Hood was next with six.
Denison-Schleswig defeated the Creston freshmen 25-10, 25-7, 25-15, 13-12.
"We didn't play very well in games one and two," coach Mike McCabe said. "Lots of unforced errors. I was very proud of the kids who came in games three and four. Morgan Shawler, Aleisha Larkin came in and passed very well for us. Jennifer Hughes played well in the front row."


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