February 2nd, 1643 – Prince Rupert of the Rhine, one of the most colorful figures in the Civil War, took Cirencester for the Royalists and prepared Continue reading
THE WEEK IN REIVERS NEWS
Women’s Basketball The Lady Reivers continue to rack up wins topping NIACC and Crowder (MO) last week and are now 20-1 and ranked 13th in the NJCAA Poll. The Continue reading
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FOUR DIVISION 3 CONFERENCES FORM HISTORIC FOOTBALL ALLIANCE
MILWAUKEE — A partnership of four NCAA Division III athletic conferences including the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW), Midwest Conference (MWC), Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) and Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) announce a historic agreement with Continue reading
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BLUE DRAGONS (20-2) GET READY FOR SEWARD (19-3)
HCC Sports Information
The top two teams in the Jayhawk West will meet on Wednesday night in Liberal, KS as Top 15 nationally ranked teams when the No. 8 Hutchinson Community College men’s basketball team and No. 14 Seward County play for the second time this season.
The game will tip off at 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Seward County’s Green House. The game will be Continue reading
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THIS DATE IN ENGLISH CIVIL WAR HISTORY
February 1st, 1644 – Sir Edward Dering of Kent, distressed by what he calls Continue reading
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A MASS MURDERING DOCTOR IN A SMALL VERMONT TOWN: I JUST UPDATED MY BAD MOVIE PAGE
I just updated it with my review of the comically lame telefilm Doctor Cook’s Garden from 1971 starring BING CROSBY himself as our homicidal physician. If you want additional bad movie reviews here is the link: https://glitternight.com/bad-movies/
DOCTOR COOK’S GARDEN – (1971) – Category: Enjoyably campy bad movie elevated by kitsch-value in the casting. Bing Crosby IS Colonel Sanders in Finger Lickin’ Good: A One- Man Show! No, actually Bing plays the title doctor in this made-for- tv movie based on a play by Ira “Rosemary’s Baby” Levin. Trouble is, with the snow-white hair and beard he wears in this telepic Bing looks like he’s supposed to be Colonel Harlan Sanders, inducing laughter in the audience in what is supposed to be a horror/thriller. Doctor Cook is the seemingly amiable physician in a small Vermont town but in reality he’s a killer with a God Complex, giving Continue reading
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FLYING FLEET BASEBALL PICKED 2ND IN CONFERENCE CAROLINAS
Due West, SC – The 28th ranked Flying Fleet were picked to finish second in the 2011 Conference Carolinas pre-season poll as voted on by the head coaches at each conference school. Erskine finished behind #4 Mount Olive College who have captured five out of the last six conference championships.
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TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: ANNA MARIA COLLEGE
ANNA MARIA COLLEGE AMCATS
Location: Paxton, MA
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: Commonwealth Coast Conference
Major sports: football, basketball, base/soft-ball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://www.annamaria.edu/athletics/
Comment: No, not the AmVets, the Amcats. I love feline nicknames that Continue reading
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SPOT-CHECK: HOW ARE THE USAO DROVERS DOING?
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Drovers – MEN – The men’s team is sitting at 8-11 overall, 4-9 in the Sooner Athletic Conference. Just yesterday the Drovers defeated St Gregory’s 81-61 to end a three-game losing streak. They see action again tomorrow night against the Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm. WOMEN – The women’s team is an unfortunate 6-14 overall, 2-11 in conference play. Continue reading
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JANUARY 30TH UPDATE OF MY VIETNAMESE MYTHOLOGY PAGE
I just updated the page with the final chapter of the saga of the god Thach Sanh and with two new entries – one on Song Truong, the god of the tides and one on Ba Set, the goddess of lightning.
IX. THACH SANH’S DESTINY – The soldiers returned with the trusting Thach Sanh and the stolen crown jewels. At the king’s command they stripped him of his axe, bow and arrow and lute and ignored his pleas of innocence. They had him thrown into a cell to await the king’s judgement.
The sinister Ly Thong was encouraging the king to have Thach Sanh executed before his upcoming marriage to Princess Quynh Nga. The magic lute that Long Vuong had given to Continue reading
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