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* NCCAA Championship *
In the championship game for Division 2 of the NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association) the 3rd seeded DALLAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE CRUSADERS battled the top seeded defending champs, the TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE EAGLES. The Eagles successfully completed their bid for a Threepeat in baseball crowns yesterday. The Crusaders came in sporting a loss already in Series play so they would have had to win just to force a deciding game against the still-perfect Eagles. DCC made it a fight but in the end lost to Toccoa Falls in a 4-3 game for the ages. Congratulations to TFC for winning three baseball titles in a row!
* NAIA Playoffs *
CLAREMORE BRACKET – The 4th seeded ROGERS STATE UNIVERSITY HILLCATS were a perfect 3-0 in Series play, so they were merely awaiting the winner of the game between the top seeded LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY CHAPARRALS and the 3rd seeded LYON COLLEGE SCOTS. The Chaparrals emerged with an easy 15-7 win. ### For the Bracket championship the Hillcats doubled-up on the Chaparrals 8-4 to send them home and to return themselves to the NAIA College World Series! Congratulations to Continue reading
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Despite the movie poster’s warning this flick won’t even untie your shoelaces.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! LOVE, GEORGE (1973) – Category: Bad movie elevated by kitsch value in the casting.
Directed by THE Darren McGavin and featuring his wife Kathie Browne in a small role, this hilariously bizarre film is also known as Run, Stranger, Run. “Run, Potential Viewer, Run” would be a more appropriate title. Happy Mother’s Day Love, George (henceforth HMDLG) is often described as a psycho-sexual thriller but actually it is nothing more than a melodramatic soap opera with a few murders and VERY few scenes of blood and gore. Those blood and gore scenes are so over-the-top they are completely at odds with the Continue reading
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* NCCAA World Series *
The 3rd seeded DALLAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE CRUSADERS remained alive in Series play by defeating the 2nd seeded FLORIDA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE SUNS in a 3-1 thriller. Earlier in the day the Suns eliminated the 4th seeded CLEARWATER CHRISTIAN COLLEGE COUGARS in an 11-1 thrashing. The Crusaders will now face the top seeded defending champs, the TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE EAGLES, who are going for a Threepeat.
* NAIA Playoffs *
CLAREMORE BRACKET – The 2 seeds, the BELLEVUE BRUINS, eliminated the 5th seeded MIDLAND UNIVERSITY WARRIORS 8-4. Then in the nightcap they were taken down themselves by the top seeded LUBBOCK CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY CHAPARRALS in a tight 7-5 affair. ### And the 4th seeded ROGERS STATE UNIVERSITY HILLCATS stayed perfect with a third upset victory, annihilating the (3) LYON COLLEGE SCOTS SIXTEEN to Continue reading
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Dr Frank N Furter
For Balladeer’s Blog’s latest post on Ancient Greek Comedy I will examine another fragmentary work by Eupolis, who, along with Aristophanes and Cratinus was one of the Big Three of Attic Old Comedy.
BAPTAE was a comedy satirizing the latest faddish belief system to hit Athens: the cult of the Dorian and Thracian goddess Cotyto. Just like Kabala or transcendental meditation and other systems have enjoyed a brief vogue with entertainers and even some movers and shakers various foreign deities would periodically develop a following in ancient Athens. Eupolis was lampooning the fashionable appeal of one such cult and also ridiculed other elements of Cotyto worship as we will see.
The title Baptae came from the fact that the worshippers of Cotyto would immerse or “baptize” their garments in blue, green or purple dye, an expensive and very ostentatious indulgence for the time period. And yes, Baptae and baptizing are from the same root word, since it originally referred to immersion in any liquid, not just water.
The main element of the Athenian version of the cult of Cotyto was the fact that her devotees were exclusively male and all of them DRESSED AS THE GODDESS as part of their rites of worship. Even today we can Continue reading
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* USCAA Championship *
Yesterday was the last day of the 2013 World Series in the USCAA (United States Collegiate Athletic Association). The first game of the day saw the 5th seeded Cinderellas, the PSU-GREATER ALLEGHENY NITTANY LIONS, eliminate the top seeded NEWPORT NEWS APPRENTICE SCHOOL BUILDERS in a 9-3 drubbing.
Next up, PSUGA faced the 3rd seeded UC-CLERMONT COUGARS, undefeated so far in Series play. The Nittany Lions were already sporting a loss, so if they fell it was all over. PSUGA forced another game by defeating the Cougars in an 8-7 Instant Classic. In the deciding game UC-Clermont settled down and took the title with an authoritative 6-3 victory. Congratulations to the Cougars, the 2013 National Champions of USCAA baseball!
* NCCAA World Series *
On Day Two of the College World Series in the NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association), the 7th seeded LINCOLN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY RED LIONS staved off elimination by upsetting the 6th seeded OHIO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY TRAILBLAZERS in a 4-3 game for the ages.
The Red Lions then went on to fall to the 4 seeds, the CLEARWATER CHRISTIAN COUGARS, in a Continue reading
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When I bash George W Bush and other Republicans conservative fanatics accuse me of being a Liberal, so I’m sure Liberal fanatics will accuse me of being a conservative for facing up to the Continue reading
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On Day One of the 2013 World Series in the NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association) the top seeded defending champs, the TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE EAGLES, began their bid for a Threepeat this year. They got off to a terrific start in their two games yesterday. In Game One they eviscerated the 8th seeded CAIRN UNIVERSITY HIGHLANDERS in an 11-0 shutout.
In their second game of the day Toccoa Falls embarrassed the (4) CLEARWATER CHRISTIAN COLLEGE COUGARS by a score of 16-2. The Cougars had advanced to face the Eagles with a 2-0 victory over the 5th seeded ARLINGTON BAPTIST COLLEGE PATRIOTS earlier in the day.
Meanwhile the 2 seeds, the FLORIDA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE SUNS, took on the 7th seeded LINCOLN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY RED LIONS and scorched them to the tune of 8-1. The Suns and Toccoa Falls are the Red Sox and Yankees of NCCAA Division 2 baseball so it will be interesting to see if they wind up facing each other for the title again this year.
Wrapping up Day One the 3rd seeded DALLAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE CRUSADERS won a 4-1 clash over the 6th seeded OHIO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY TRAIL Continue reading
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Yesterday was Day 2 for the USCAA. The 3rd seeded CLERMONT COUGARS handed Day One’s upset darlings, the (7) LU-BELLEVILLE LYNX, their first loss of this year’s College World Series. The Cougars doubled-up on the Lynx, defeating them by a final score of 6-3 yesterday.
Six runs were also scored by the 5 seeds, the PSU-GREATER ALLEGHENY NITTANY LIONS, as they survived their elimination game against the 8th seeded ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE-BROOKLYN BEARS in a Continue reading
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