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SCA tops list of "Top Ten Complaints of the Geek's Wife"

Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2008/10/08 - 11:12. SCA | Humor | Modern Society
Wired Magazine's GeekDad blog features a "Top Ten Complaints of the Geek's Wife" list supposedly written by the long-suffering female spouse of a game-playing, technology-loving, SCA member.
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Digital project to analyze Middle English grammar

Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2008/10/08 - 14:50. 1301 CE to 1400 CE | 1401 CE to 1500 CE | 1501 CE to 1600 CE | English | Linguistics
A team of philologists at the University of Stavanger in Norway are set to begin "the most comprehensive analysis of middle English ever" by studying original manuscripts from the 1300s–1500s. Their focus is to understand Middle English grammar.
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[AET]Fasching

Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2008/10/08 - 17:59. Aethelmearc | Armoured Combat | Dance | Performing Arts
2008/11/01 - 09:00
2008/11/01 - 21:00
US/Eastern

Fun, Festivities, Fabulous Performances and Fantastic Feasting? Are these the type of things that interest you? Come celebrate the start of the Fifth Season with the Barony of Endless Hills at Fasching! This year the event is located at the Wright Township Firemen’s Association Hall located at 477 S. Main Road in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania. The site opens at 9am and closes at 9pm.

The activities planned for the day is an array of Performing Arts to include a Bardic Competition, Dancing, Silver Tongued Devil, and Theatrical performances. There will be a prize tourney, weather permitting, for both heavy & rapier fighters. Armor inspection will start at 10am.


Barony of Endless Hills (Mountain Top, Pennsylvania)
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Dead Sea Scrolls come to the ROM in 2009

Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2008/10/08 - 18:35. 601 CE and Earlier | Christianity | Exhibits | Islam | Judaism | Middle Eastern | Scribal Arts
The Royal Ontario Museum has announced that it will bring sixteen of the Dead Sea Scrolls to Toronto for an exhibit which will run June 27, 2009, until Jan. 3, 2010.
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[MID] Crown Tournament of TRM Ullr and Annelyse

Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2008/10/08 - 19:36. Armoured Combat | Arts and Sciences | Middle | Youth Activities | SCA Royalty
2008/10/18 - 09:00
2008/10/18 - 23:00
US/Eastern

Crown Tournament of TRM Ullr and Annelyse October 18, 2008

Site
Dayton Masonic Temple
525 W Riverview Ave
Dayton, OH 45405

Site Hours
Open from 9:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Anyone still in the building at 11:00 PM will be volunteering for the clean-up crew. (Thank you in advance.)

Site Fees
Pre-registrations RECEIVED by Friday, 10/10/08:
$9.00 each for ages 13 & older,


Barony Flaming Gryphon (Dayton, Ohio)
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By the Sword

Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2008/10/08 - 19:57. Armoured Combat | Rapier Combat
2008/10/19 - 09:00
2008/10/19 - 16:00
US/Central

"By the Sword: From Judicial Duel to Affair of Honor" October 19, 2008 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Crown Center Auditorium
Loyola University,
1001 W Loyola Ave,
Chicago, IL 60626

Event fee: Approximately $25 (includes lunch).

"By the Sword: From Judicial Duel to Affair of Honor" is a day-long seminar and workshop covering the history of dueling from the Middle Ages into the 1600s. This event will take place at the Crown Center Auditorium on Loyola


Chicago Swordplay Guild (Chicago, Illinois)
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Vikings needed women!

Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2008/10/08 - 21:18. 801 CE to 900 CE | Archaeology | Scandanavian
New research may show that the Viking raids of the 8th through 11th centuries may have been triggered by a shortage of marriageable women, possibly brought on by the Norsemen themselves.
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