text:
.sheet-switch-pc-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-switch-pc {display:none;}
.sheet-switch-npc-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-switch-npc {display:none;}

.sheet-pc-spells-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-spells {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-charrpinfo-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-charrpinfo {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-combat-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-combat {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-charnotes-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-charnotes {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-saveblock-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-saveblock {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-statblock-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-statblock {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-equipment-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-equipment {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-weapons-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-weapons {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-skills-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-skills {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-summons-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-summons {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-notes-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-notes {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-rolltemplates-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-rolltemplates {display:none;}

.sheet-pc-weapon1-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-weapon1 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-weapon2-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-weapon2 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-weapon3-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-weapon3 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-weapon4-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-weapon4 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-weapon5-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-weapon5 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-weapon6-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-weapon6 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-weapon7-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-weapon7 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-weapon8-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-weapon8 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-weapon9-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-weapon9 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-weapon10-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-weapon10 {display:none;}

.sheet-pc-spells0-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-spells0 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-spells1-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-spells1 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-spells2-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-spells2 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-spells3-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-spells3 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-spells4-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-spells4 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-spells5-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-spells5 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-spells6-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-spells6 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-spells7-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-spells7 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-spells8-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-spells8 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-spells9-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-spells9 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-spells10-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-spells10 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-spells11-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-spells11 {display:none;}

.sheet-pc-other1-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-other1 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-other2-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-other2 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-other3-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-other3 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-other4-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-other4 {display:none;}

.sheet-pc-notes1-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-notes1 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-notes2-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-notes2 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-notes3-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-notes3 {display:none;}
.sheet-pc-notes4-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-notes4 {display:none;}

.sheet-pc-rolltemplates-show:not(:checked)~.sheet-pc-rolltemplates {display:none;}

input.sheet-tab1:checked + span.sheet-tab1,
input.sheet-tab2:checked + span.sheet-tab2,
input.sheet-tab3:checked + span.sheet-tab3,
input.sheet-tab4:checked + span.sheet-tab4,
input.sheet-tab5:checked + span.sheet-tab5,
input.sheet-tab6:checked + span.sheet-tab6,
input.sheet-tab7:checked + span.sheet-tab7,
input.sheet-tab8:checked + span.sheet-tab8,
input.sheet-tab9:checked + span.sheet-tab9,
input.sheet-tab99:checked + span.sheet-tab99,
input.sheet-tab10:checked + span.sheet-tab10 {
	background: gray;
	color: white;
}

.charsheet label {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 75px;
    text-align: left;
}

.charsheet input {
    background-color: transparent;
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: black;
    border-width: 0px 0px 2px 0px;
}

.charsheet input.sheet-inputbox {
    background-color: transparent;
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: black;
    border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px;
}

.even {
     border: 1px solid black;
     background-color: #AAA;
}

.odd {
     border: 1px solid black;
     background-color: #DDD;
}

fieldset {
    display: none;
}

.charsheet {
    background-color: white;
    background-image: none;
}

.charsheet table th {
    font-size: 0.8em;
    text-align: center;
}

.charsheet table td.sheet-statlabel-big-gray {
    background-color: gray;
    color: white;
    font-size: 0.9em;
    text-align: center;
}

.charsheet table td.sheet-statlabel-big {
    border: 1px solid white;
    background-color: black;
    color: white;
    font-size: 0.9em;
    text-align: center;
}
.charsheet table td.sheet-statlabel {
    border: 1px solid white;
    background-color: black;
    color: white;
    font-size: 0.7em;
    text-align: center;
}
.charsheet table td {
    font-weight: bold;
    text-align: center;
}

select.sheet-dtype {
    width: 60px;
    vertical-align: top;
}

.sheet-statlabel-weapons {
    display:table-cell;
    border: 1px solid white;
    background-color: black;
    color: white;
    font-size: 0.7em;
    vertical-align:bottom;
}

.sheet-table-name {
    display:table-caption;
    text-align:center;
    font-weight:bold;
    color:white;
    background-color:black;
    width:100%;
}

.sheet-table-header {
    display:table-cell;
    text-align:center;
    font-weight:bold;
    vertical-align:bottom;
}

.sheet-table-header-left {
    display:table-cell;
    text-align:left;
    font-weight:bold;
}

.sheet-table-header2-left {
    display:table-cell;
    text-align:left;
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size: 0.7em;
}

.sheet-table-header-right {
    display:table-cell;
    text-align:right;
    font-weight:bold;
}

.sheet-table-header2 {
    display:table-cell;
    text-align:center;
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size: 0.7em;
    vertical-align:bottom;
}

.sheet-table-header3 {
    display:table-cell;
    text-align:center;
    font-weight:bold;
    font-size: 0.7em;
    vertical-align:top;
}

.sheet-table-left {
    display:table-cell;
    text-align:left;
}

.sheet-table-right {
    display:table-cell;
    text-align:right;
}

.sheet-table-center {
    margin-left:auto;
    margin-right:auto;
}

.sheet-table-data-left {
    display:table-cell;
    text-align:left;
    vertical-align:top;
}

.sheet-table-data-right {
    display:table-cell;
    text-align:right;
    vertical-align:top;
}

.sheet-table-data-center {
    display:table-cell;
    text-align:center;
    vertical-align:top;
}

.sheet-table-data-center-sm {
    display:table-cell;
    text-align:center;
    font-size: 0.7em;
    vertical-align:top;
}

.sheet-table-data-center-skills {
    display:table-cell;
    width: 28px;
}

.sheet-table-data-center-skills-rep {
    display:table-cell;
    width: 31px;
}

.sheet-table-col {
    display:table-col;
    vertical-align:center;
    width:100%;
}

.sheet-table-row {
    display:table-row;
    vertical-align:top;
    width:100%;
}

.sheet-table-row-name {
    display:table-cell;
    text-align:center;
    color:white;
    background-color:black;
    font-weight:bold;
}

.sheet-table-row-small {
    display:table-cell;
    width: 40px;
}

textarea { height: auto; }

input, select {
    width:100%;
}

/* Hide actual checkbox */
input.sheet-arrow[type="checkbox"]{
    opacity: 0;
    width: 16px;
    height: 16px;
    position: relative;
    top: 5px;
    left: 6px;
    margin: -10px;
    cursor: pointer;
    z-index: 1;
}

/* Fake checkbox */
input.sheet-arrow[type="checkbox"] + span::before{
    margin-right: 4px;
    line-height: 14px;
    text-align: center;
    display: inline-block;
    vertical-align: middle;

    content: "►";
    width: 14px;
    height: 14px;
    font-size: 12px;
}
input.sheet-arrow[type="checkbox"]:checked + span::before { content: "▼"; }

/* Hide actual radio button */
input.sheet-switch[type="radio"]{
    opacity: 0;
    width: 16px;
    height: 16px;
    position: relative;
    top: 5px;
    left: 6px;
    margin: -10px;
    cursor: pointer;
    z-index: 1;
}

/* Fake radio button */
input.sheet-switch[type="radio"] + span::before{
    margin-right: 4px;
    line-height: 14px;
    text-align: center;
    display: inline-block;
    vertical-align: middle;

    content: "◇";
    width: 14px;
    height: 14px;
    font-size: 12px;
}
input.sheet-switch[type="radio"]:checked + span::before { content: "◆"; }

/* Fake tabs style1 (reskinned radio button; fixed to work properly in firefox */
div.sheet-tab-content { display: none; }

input.sheet-tab1:checked ~ div.sheet-tab1,
input.sheet-tab2:checked ~ div.sheet-tab2,
input.sheet-tab3:checked ~ div.sheet-tab3,
input.sheet-tab4:checked ~ div.sheet-tab4,
input.sheet-tab5:checked ~ div.sheet-tab5,
input.sheet-tab6:checked ~ div.sheet-tab6,
input.sheet-tab7:checked ~ div.sheet-tab7,
input.sheet-tab8:checked ~ div.sheet-tab8,
input.sheet-tab9:checked ~ div.sheet-tab9,
input.sheet-tab10:checked ~ div.sheet-tab10,
input.sheet-tab99:checked ~ div.sheet-tab99
{
    display: block;
}

input.sheet-tab
{
    width: 70px;
    height: 20px;
    position: relative;
    top: 5px;
    left: 6px;
    margin: -1.5px;
    cursor: pointer;
	opacity: 0;
    z-index: 9999;
}
span.sheet-tab {
	text-align: center;
	display: inline-block;
	font-size: 13px;
	background: white;
	color: gray;
	font-weight: bold;
	width: 70px;
	height: 20px;
	cursor: pointer;
	position: relative;
	margin-left: -75px;
}
input.sheet-tab::before
{
    content: attr(title);

    border: solid 1px #a8a8a8;
    border-bottom-color: black;
    text-align: center;
    display: inline-block;

    background: #fff;
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(to top, #c8c8c8, #fff, #c8c8c8);
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(to top, #c8c8c8, #fff, #c8c8c8);
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(to top, #c8c8c8, #fff, #c8c8c8);
    background: -o-linear-gradient(to top, #c8c8c8, #fff, #c8c8c8);
    background: linear-gradient(to top, #c8c8c8, #fff, #c8c8c8);

    width: 50px;
    height: 20px;
    font-size: 18px;
}

input.sheet-tab:checked::before
{
    background: #dcdcdc;
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(to top, #fcfcfc, #dcdcdc, #fcfcfc);
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(to top, #fcfcfc, #dcdcdc, #fcfcfc);
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(to top, #fcfcfc, #dcdcdc, #fcfcfc);
    background: -o-linear-gradient(to top, #fcfcfc, #dcdcdc, #fcfcfc);
    background: linear-gradient(to top, #fcfcfc, #dcdcdc, #fcfcfc);
    border-bottom-color: #fff;
}

input.sheet-tab:not(:first-child)::before
{
    border-left: none;
}

div.sheet-tab-content
{
    border: 1px solid #a8a8a8;
    border-top-color: #000;
    margin: 2px 0 0 5px;
    padding: 5px;
}

/* tabs style2 (with label) works even in firefox */
.sheet-character-sheet,
.sheet-expand
{
    display: none;
    padding: 3px;
}

.sheet-expand:checked ~ .sheet-show
{
    display: block;
    background-color: white;
    margin: 1px 0px 0px -2px;
}

.sheet-tab
{
    display: inline-block;
    text-align: center;
    margin: -2px;
    padding: 2px;
    width: 124px;
    height: 24px;
    background-color: gray;
    border-top-left-radius: 1em 3em;
    border-top-right-radius: 1em 3em;
    border: solid thin gray;
    border-bottom: none;
}

.sheet-expand:checked ~ .sheet-tab
{
    background-color: white;
}

label
{
    display: inline;
}

label,
label div
{
    font-size: 12px;
    font-weight: normal;
}

textarea {
	height: auto;
	color: black;
}

input {
	color: black;
}

input, select {
	width:100%;
}

/* Roll Templates */
/* Attacks */
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack table {
	width: 100%;
	padding: 2px;
	border: 1px solid;
	background-color: #ffffff;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack th {
	color: rgb(126, 45, 64);
	padding-left: 5px;
	line-height: 1.6em;
	font-size: 1.2em;
	text-align: left;
	font-family: "Arial", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-header-attack {
	color: rgb(126, 45, 64);
	font-family: "Arial", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-header-initiative {
	color: rgb(204, 153, 51);
	font-family: "Arial", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-header-spell{
	color: rgb(45, 64, 126);
	font-family: "Arial", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-header-ability {
	color: rgb(204, 115, 51);
	font-family: "Arial", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-header-save {
	color: rgb(153, 77, 153);
	font-family: "Arial", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-header-skill {
	color: rgb(64, 126, 45);
	font-family: "Arial", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-header-skillcat{
	color: rgb(45, 126, 107);
	font-family: "Arial", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	text-align: left;
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-header-basic{
    background-color: gray;
    color: white;
    text-align: center;
	/*color: rgba(112,32,130,1);*/
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-subheader {
	color: #000;
	font-size: 1em;
	font-style: italic;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-arrow-right {
	border-top: 3px solid transparent;
	border-bottom: 3px solid transparent;
	border-left: 180px solid rgb(126, 45, 64);
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-arrow-left {
	border-top: 3px solid transparent;
	border-bottom: 3px solid transparent;
	border-right: 180px solid rgb(126, 45, 64);
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-arrow-spell {
	border-top: 3px solid rgb(45, 64, 126);
	border-bottom: 3px solid rgb(45, 64, 126);
	border-left: 90px solid transparent;
	border-right: 90px solid transparent;
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-arrow-ability {
	border-top: 3px solid transparent;
	border-bottom: 3px solid rgb(204, 115, 51);
	border-left: 90px solid rgb(204, 115, 51);
	border-right: 90px solid rgb(204, 115, 51);
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-arrow-save {
	border-top: 3px solid rgb(153, 77, 153);
	border-bottom: 3px solid rgb(153, 77, 153);
	border-left: 90px solid rgb(153, 77, 153);
	border-right: 90px solid rgb(153, 77, 153);
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-arrow-skill {
	border-top: 3px solid transparent;
	border-bottom: 3px solid transparent;
	border-left: 90px solid rgb(64, 126, 45);
	border-right: 90px solid rgb(64, 126, 45);
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-arrow-skillcat {
	border-top: 3px solid transparent;
	border-bottom: 3px solid rgb(45, 126, 107);
	border-left: 90px solid transparent;
	border-right: 90px solid transparent;
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-arrow-initiative {
	border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 153, 51);
	border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(204, 153, 51);
	border-left: 90px solid rgb(204, 153, 51);
	border-right: 90px solid rgb(204, 153, 51);
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-solid-full {
	border-top: 3px solid rgb(126, 45, 64);
	border-bottom: 3px solid rgb(126, 45, 64);
	border-left: 180px solid rgb(126, 45, 64);
	border-right: 0px solid rgb(126, 45, 64);
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-tcat {
	font-style: italic;
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-dcolor {
	color: rgb(193, 80, 107);
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack td {
	padding-left: 5px;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .sheet-tr-repeating:nth-child(even){
	background-color:#eee;
}
/*.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll tr:nth-child(even){
	background-color:#eee;
}*/
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .inlinerollresult {
	background-color: transparent;
	border: none;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .inlinerollresult.fullcrit {
	color: #3FB315;
	border: none;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .inlinerollresult.fullfail {
	color: #B31515;
	border: none;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35Attack .inlinerollresult.importantroll {
	color: #4A57ED;
	border: none;
}

/* std roll checks */
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll table {
	width: 100%;
	padding: 2px;
	border: 1px solid;
	background-color: #ffffff;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll th {
    /*color: rgb(45, 126, 107);*/
	padding-left: 5px;
	line-height: 1.6em;
	font-size: 1.2em;
	text-align: left;
    /*text-align: center;*/
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-header-attack {
	color: rgb(126, 45, 64);
	font-family: "Arial", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-header-initiative {
	color: rgb(204, 153, 51);
	font-family: "Arial", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-header-spell{
	color: rgb(45, 64, 126);
	font-family: "Arial", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-header-ability {
	color: rgb(204, 115, 51);
	font-family: "Arial", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-header-save {
	color: rgb(153, 77, 153);
	font-family: "Arial", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-header-skill {
	color: rgb(64, 126, 45);
	font-family: "Arial", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-header-skillcat{
	color: rgb(45, 126, 107);
	font-family: "Arial", Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-variant: small-caps;
	text-align: left;
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-header-basic{
    background-color: gray;
    color: white;
    text-align: center;
	/*color: rgba(112,32,130,1);*/
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-subheader {
	color: #000;
	font-size: 1em;
	font-style: italic;
	text-align: left;
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-arrow-right {
	border-top: 3px solid transparent;
	border-bottom: 3px solid transparent;
	border-left: 180px solid rgb(126, 45, 64);
}
 .sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-arrow-left {
	border-top: 3px solid transparent;
	border-bottom: 3px solid transparent;
	border-right: 180px solid rgb(126, 45, 64);
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-arrow-spell {
	border-top: 3px solid rgb(45, 64, 126);
	border-bottom: 3px solid rgb(45, 64, 126);
	border-left: 90px solid transparent;
	border-right: 90px solid transparent;
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-arrow-ability {
	border-top: 3px solid transparent;
	border-bottom: 3px solid rgb(204, 115, 51);
	border-left: 90px solid rgb(204, 115, 51);
	border-right: 90px solid rgb(204, 115, 51);
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-arrow-save {
	border-top: 3px solid rgb(153, 77, 153);
	border-bottom: 3px solid rgb(153, 77, 153);
	border-left: 90px solid rgb(153, 77, 153);
	border-right: 90px solid rgb(153, 77, 153);
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-arrow-skill {
	border-top: 3px solid transparent;
	border-bottom: 3px solid transparent;
	border-left: 90px solid rgb(64, 126, 45);
	border-right: 90px solid rgb(64, 126, 45);
}
.sheet-rolltemplate-DnD35StdRoll .sheet-arrow-skillcat {
	border-top: 3px solid transparent;
	border-bottom: 3px solid rgb(45, 126, 107);
	border-left: 90px solid transparent;
	border-right: 90px solid transparent;
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Friday Preview: South Carolina
September 30, 2011 by Justin Lee 3 Comments
For the third time in twelve months.
The Good Guys: October is here. Or at least it's a day away.
And along with it the toughest stretch of Auburn's season; A grueling four-game run against some of the best competition the nation's premier football conference has to offer, beginning tomorrow against South Carolina.
But with adversity comes opportunity — or at least that's the way Auburn's football team should be thinking right now. Indeed, a win on Saturday would appear to make up for the loss at Clemson entirely. For the team and fans alike, everything would reset back to zero, and the season, and everyone's judgments and expectations, would begin anew. A win on the road against a top-ten opponent tomorrow would be so big for Auburn 2011 everything would be brought back to square one.
But it's not going to be easy for Auburn to win.
Tigers vs. Gamecocks Part III is going to look a lot different than the previous two installments we've seen over the past calendar year. The first matchup of 2010 featured one team exploding onto the scene and using the game a springboard to a national championship run, while the other team was still finding their way, upsetting top-ranked Alabama in their next game but losing to Kentucky after that. In the second game, both teams were in their prime in a championship bout.
But on Saturday, for the first time in the recent series, South Carolina will be the one on top while Auburn is limping into the game. And, for the first time in these recent matches, the game is in South Carolina's home turf.
This time around, all of the odds are stacked against Auburn.
The Bad Guys: This is more than a revenge game for South Carolina, despite what the media narrative would have you believe.
For the Gamecocks, defeating Auburn on Saturday would mean turning the corner for the football program as a whole. A win tomorrow would signify the slaying of the last ghost of 2010 for South Carolina before they can turn to making an all-time run in the program's history in 2011.
But the context of what the win would mean in South Carolina's season is just as important as the significance it would have to for the team internally. After Auburn the schedule brings them Kentucky, Mississippi State, and a bye week before a matchup against Tennessee in Week 9 — where the Gamecocks could easily be sitting at 7-0 and ranked among the top eight, maybe seven best teams in America. More importantly, they would be undefeated in SEC play before running through a stretch of Tennessee-Arkansas-Florida, and could be in a position to clinch the Eastern Division before even playing the No. 1 contender, the Gators.
And, yeah, beating down the guys that handed them two of their four losses last season would be pretty sweet revenge, too.
When South Carolina has the ball: This isn't the usual Steve Spurrier fun-and-gun offense.
Instead, the Gamecocks boast a brutish ground game and a running back that leads the nation in rush attempts, and when South Carolina does throw the ball, it's known for the physical play and large presence of its wide receivers.
That running back is, of course, sophomore Marcus Lattimore. Lattimore is South Carolina's feature performer, and the success of the offense begins and ends with him, but he isn't the only weapon the Gamecocks have on offense.
Their other main threat is junior wide receiver Alshon Jeffery, the preseason All-SEC selection and NFL Draft prospect. The Gamecocks, as they seem to have been for the past decade now, are quarterbacked by redshirt senior Stephen Garcia.
Auburn's gameplan for tomorrow will begin with keying in on Lattimore and trying to slow him down. Lattimore is going to get a lot of carries on Saturday. When a defense isn't capable of stopping him, South Carolina's coaches are going to keep giving him the ball — just as they gave him 37 carries against an outmatched Navy defense two weeks ago. And there's nothing the Auburn defense has shown to the South Carolina coaching staff thus far this season that proves they can stop him.
To have a chance at slowing down the best running back they'll face all season, Auburn is going to have to play the best defense it has played all season. Auburn cannot play on their heels and sit back and play read-and-react against him. One of Lattimore's most underrated strengths is his vision, and it has improved greatly with his experience over the last season. The way Lattimore sees the field, he isn't going to go running into any defender's arms. The defense is going to have to pursue him, right from the snap.
Just as the defense is trying to figure out Lattimore, Garcia will drop back and go over the top to Alshon Jeffery. Jeffery gashed the Auburn secondary for 192 yards and two touchdowns in their first meeting last season, and he accounted for one of South Carolina's only two touchdowns in the SEC Championship Game later in the year.
No one man in the Auburn secondary matches up well against Jeffery, so the defense is prepared to play him by committee. Rotating different men to him and showing him new looks and tendencies will at least have Jeffery thinking when he isn't catching passes all over Auburn's secondary. The safeties are also going to have to come out from over the top to help out — that is, when they're not moved in and trying to help slow down Lattimore.
But perhaps Auburn's best chance at slowing down South Carolina's receivers will not lie with the Tigers' defensive backs and safeties, but with their defensive line. If Auburn can find a way to put consistent pressure on Stephen Garcia, they'll have a good chance of throwing him off of his game. To say that the senior quarterback has struggled so far this season would be an understatement, as he has just 3 touchdowns and 7 interceptions to his credit through four games.
Getting to Garcia won't be easy, however, as South Carolina's offensive line starts three seniors and a junior against Auburn's extremely young defensive line.
South Carolina's options on offense aren't limited by any means, but there are several key components that keep it clicking. Stopping Marcus Lattimore and Alshon Jeffery doesn't mean you're going to shut down the Gamecock offense — and putting all of your focus on Lattimore and Jeffery doesn't mean you're going to actually stop them, either. But Garcia did throw two interceptions last week while locking in on Alshon Jeffery, and South Carolina has been known to put a lot of their eggs in those two baskets.
So if Auburn somehow does, miraculously, find some way to stop either of the Gamecocks' superstars on offense, then they do have a chance at making some stops Saturday.
When Auburn has the ball: You're going to be impressed by South Carolina's defensive line.
The Gamecocks' defensive line is a talented, veteran group and is the spearhead of the South Carolina defense.
The strength of the unit begins on the outside. You've probably already heard a thing or two about superstar freshman defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, the nation's consensus top prospect coming out of high school a year ago. Clowney already has four sacks on the season — one more than the entire Auburn defense has so far.
But Clowney isn't the only player on that defensive line. In fact, he's coming off the bench in their rotation. Ahead of him on the depth chart is senior Melvin Ingram, an anomaly at the position with three — count'em three — touchdowns on the year.
And as good as both of those guys are, the starter at the opposite defensive end, junior Devin Taylor, may be playing better football than both of them right now.
The defensive line, and specifically these defensive ends, are the strength of the South Carolina defense, and that will shine through on Saturday. South Carolina will do what it can to get its best players on the field. In nickel and dime, pass-rush situations, the Gamecocks will bring Clowney in at end and slide Ingram inside at defensive tackle. It's a lethal combination that has produced a sack-fumble-scoop-and-score play twice this season, against Georgia and against Vanderbilt, as Ingram earned two of his touchdowns picking up fumbles forced by Clowney.
And to top it all off, this unit that is playing in peak condition early this season is going up against an Auburn offensive line that has been shuffled around and is still trying to find its way. That veteran group has to be licking their chops at the prospects of making some game-changing plays against Auburn's young line.
This is the biggest mismatch of the game, on either side of the ball. The South Carolina defensive line vs. the Auburn offensive line could prove to be a major theme all afternoon.
Auburn can't let them pin their ears back. To slow them down and make them a bit more hesitant, Auburn could use their wide receiver bubble screens to stretch the field horizontally, but they're going to have to execute them to perfection, something they haven't been able to do this season. Beyond that, the only thing that is going to push them back is some well-executed power runs by Auburn's line and Mike Dyer. The Wildcat, running back slip screens, and the McCalebb draw are all going to be rendered ineffective by this quick, veteran defensive line.
The best chance Auburn will have at attacking the Gamecock defense is over that line's heads through the air. No one throws the ball deep-middle quite like Auburn, and it does present a challenge for opposing defenses. Tomorrow, Auburn's passing game is going to have to be a weapon and an asset if the Tigers are going to have any chance to win.
The line is going to have to protect Barrett Trotter on those long-developing passes though. It would be nice if Auburn had a Mario Fannin or another quality, third-down blocking back this season. It will be interesting to see what the offense is going to do in order to shore up protection against this defense.
Even through the air, Trotter and company are going to have to deal with junior cornerback Stephon Gilmore, who led the team in interceptions last season and is back at it again with one already this season.
South Carolina's leading tackler is senior linebacker Antonio Allen.
Special Teams: Punt returner Ace Sanders is a threat to make a play every time he touches the ball for South Carolina. He's already returned one punt for a touchdown this season, in the opener against Eastern Carolina.
Primary kickoff return man is hoopster Bruce Ellington, the starting point guard and leading scorer for Gamecocks basketball, who is in his first year of playing football for South Carolina as well.
South Carolina's place kicker is Jay Wooten. Wooten is 2-for-3 on the year, but those two makes were the difference for South Carolina in their wins over Georgia and Navy this year.
It will be interesting to see if South Carolina allows Tre Mason to return any kickoffs for Auburn, and if Cody Parkey will be able to bounce back after missing a kick for the first time of the season last week. Auburn's true freshman Quan Bray will also be in at punt returner for the Tigers, replacing an injured Trovon Reed.
Reason for Worry: If every single member of the South Carolina football team and its coaching staff hasn't had this revenge game circled on their calendar, then they must not have calendars up there in Columbia. Auburn isn't going to go in to Williams-Brice Stadium tomorrow and be overlooked or have a chance at catching the Gamecocks by surprise. South Carolina will be ready to play Saturday, and when they're excited for a game, they usually play extremely well — just see the game against Georgia this year and the games against Alabama, Florida, and Georgia last year for examples. Auburn is going to get their best shot, and South Carolina's best shot is usually a good one.
Reason for Confidence: I mentioned that South Carolina usually plays well in big games — just not against Auburn. Taking the Gamecocks' collosal flop in the SEC Championship Game last year as evidence enough alone, the misfortune against Auburn also appears to extend to head coach Steve Spurrier, who hasn't beaten Auburn since the year 2000. Auburn is 5-0 against Spurrier-coached Florida and South Carolina teams over the last decade.
1. Be physical. On defense, Auburn's linemen and linebackers are going to have to play strong and hit Lattimore, and its defensive backs and safeties are going to have to be stout and physical with Alshon Jeffery. On the other side of the ball, physical play in the trenches on run and pass plays can knock the South Carolina pass-rush defensive ends off of their game. Auburn's defensive line is going to need to push South Carolina's offensive line back, and put some pressure on Garcia on pass plays and cause disruption for Lattimore and company in their running game.
2. Stay ahead of the chains. Auburn can't be behind the chains on offense, in 3rd-and-seven-type situations, letting their pass rushers pin their ears back and pound on Barrett Trotter. And on defense Auburn has to play well enough on first and second downs to avoid giving the Gamecocks too many 3rd-and-shorts, which would seem to be automatic conversions for Lattimore against Auburn's rush defense. If Auburn can force them into 3rd-and-long situations, South Carolina's best offensive weapon, Lattimore, will be rendered useless and Auburn's defense will have a good chance at making some stops and getting off of the field.
3. Stay in the game. Auburn can't let this thing get out of hand early and let it turn into a celebration for the Gamecocks. If Auburn can stretch this game to four quarters, and if they can keep making South Carolina work for 60 minutes, they could have a shot at pulling off the big upset on the road. If Auburn can stay in it, and be in a position where it's anyone's game with five minutes left, you never know what could happen when you have an offense like Auburn's. If it comes down to the wire, Auburn's no-huddle passing attack will be right at home, while South Carolina's bruising ground-and-pound offense would be left ineffective and in uncomfortable territory.
The Prediction
South Carolina remains unbeaten and untied going into this contest, but the Gamecocks aren't without their weaknesses.
They've had struggles with the quarterback position throughout the season, and are coming off their sloppiest performance of the year last week against Vanderbilt.
But despite facing second-half deficits in each of their first three games, the Gamecocks rallied to win each of those, and even after playing very poorly and to near-self-destruction last week, they still ended up beating a then 3-0 Vanderbilt team by 18 points.
South Carolina is the real deal in 2011, and it should show on Saturday.
But Auburn will come to compete. In fact, while I know all too well about Auburn's struggles in all phases of the game so far this season, I do think the Tigers could have the potential to play straight up with the Gamecocks, even beat them.
But the timing is just all off.
South Carolina is primed to hit their midseason stride tomorrow while Auburn will still be fumbling around with their fundamentals. Auburn is going to have to make a lot of improvements before they are capable of winning big time road games such as this one. They weren't ready two weeks ago in their first visit to the Palmetto State at Clemson, and they just haven't shown that major improvement — yet.
It will be interesting to see tomorrow if Auburn can show potential to turn this thing around and make this season into a memorable one all on its own, or if the South Carolina game is truly just going to be the beginning of an October-long nightmare.
Just as important as the end result on Saturday will be the potential that these Tigers show for the future — near or far.
Auburn 20, South Carolina 35
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Amorak says
Another solid, clear-eyed, well-crafted, thorough preview. I wish I could argue with your prediction, but, yeah … this one could get out of hand quickly unless Auburn makes some kind of big leap forward.
AUjamstan says
Absolutely brilliant piece of writing except for your prediction. Yes, the victory for AU will push the reset button for the Auburn Family! Everything that you said would have to happen for an unlikely Auburn victory did in fact happen. So we had a little help from Garcia, but that is partly because we played him tough. WAR EAGLE!
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Nobel Laureate Albert Schweitzer
And I saw the river over which
every soul must pass
to reach the kingdom of heaven
and the name of that river was
suffering;
and I saw a boat
which carries souls
and the name of that boat
was love.
-Anonymous, and often attributed to St. John of the Cross (1400s)
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Look what the Softcat dragged in: Revenues grow 21% as UK reseller refuses to blink at Brexit
'We remain confident that we are well prepared for different scenarios,' reckons boss man
By Paul Kunert 19 Mar 2019 at 16:42
With Brexit possibly just around the corner, reselling machine Softcat says it has made all the preparations it can to minimise the impact on the supply chain and sales.
Not that any uncertainty caused by the unpredictable nature of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union damaged the London Stock Exchange-listed biz in the six months ended 31 January, according to results released today.
Group sales climbed a little more than 21 per cent to £434m: software was up 19.4 per cent to £200.9m, hardware grew 24.7 per cent to £195m and services came in at £38.1m, up 13.4 per cent.
CEO Graeme Watt said the period was "characterised by market share gains". It also added 620 new customer accounts to the database of 10,100 firms, with gross profit per punter up by nearly a fifth to £9,400.
Hard Brexit, soft Brexit, deal or no deal: Doesn't matter – all integrator CGI sees is dollar signs
"Customers from all verticals continue to invest in technology driven by the need to be secure, compliant and innovative to remain competitive. The demand for Hybrid Cloud, Security, Software and Services remain key drivers for growth. The complexity of IT means that our customers need our help and support more than ever," he said in a statement.
Softcat added 127 heads in the six months, up 15 per cent on recruitment a year ago. The long-running grad training programme is one of the reasons the company believes it has continued to expand.
Admin expenses went up in the half-year but the sales boost led to an operating profit of £33.8m, up from £24.11m in the corresponding period a year ago. Net profit was £27.5m, up from £19.43m.
Watt previously warned that Brexit had made forecasting less clear because of the uncertainty for Softcat's customers – though the UK's exit from the EU seems not to have affected financial results so far.
According to forecasts – forecasting isn't an exact science – UK spending on tech will fall in 2019 due to the Brexit factor. Enterprises including BMW, Siemens and Airbus have said they'll clip UK budgets following Brexit, according to Forrester.
The channel is watching developments in Brussels and London with interest to see what sort of exit, if any, the politicians can thrash out before 29 March.
Watt said that management's "attention is focused on ensuring the robustness of the supply chain and remaining tactically agile in the event of currency movements and the impact that may have on customers pricing".
He added: "We remain confident that we are well prepared for different scenarios, but continue to note, like many companies, that a prolonged period of uncertainty is likely to impact customer buying patterns."
Softcat warned of potential product delivery delays that could lead to shortages and of price rises should the value of the pound fall relative to the Euro and the US dollar. ®
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IPO? Ticked. 1,079% growth in 11 years? Ticked. Lost the tightness? Nah
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Steady as she goes at Softcat, Q3 trading in line with forecasts
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IPTV and VoD: the great content adventure
Time for a new deal between ISPs and content owners
By Alex Cameron, Digital TX Ltd 23 Jan 2006 at 13:29
Our mission at Digital TX is to open up IPTV as a simple, intelligent and open platform that anyone can innovate around – just like the internet, but with some tweaks. The costs of producing an distributing a multicast IPTV stream in MPEG-4 on a PC are negligible (aside from a camera and/or broadband connection, you can do it in less than 30 seconds with the free VLC player for example) – small enough that anyone in the whole world can produce and distribute their own live and on-demand TV channel(s) with a broadband connection and that geographic boundaries no longer apply.
Viewers have access to an unlimited amount of content from every culture, country or social group that has access to the internet or interconnecting IP network (3rd party data centres, local council CCTV etc) – channels, movies, albums, clips, games and more. User-generated content is in, broadcaster exclusivity is out. Gone is the concept of the "walled garden" – a term used to describe a private set of exclusive private information services provided for customers for display on a device such as a cable TV set-top box or 3G mobile phone.
Any element of the set-top box's ecosystem can be made available to developers, allowing different start-up videos, screensavers, incoming & outgoing call dial-tones, EPG menu "skins" and many others. Anything on the internet or the local area network the device is connected to is fair game and easily portable to the IPTV environment (assuming of course that it is suitable for TV as well as a computer) – flash movies, viral film clips, software applications and all totally available in parallel to the main TV and media on-demand platform that does not exist on the internet.
A world of possibility comes with its own burdens juxtaposed, and the one staring us in the face is the need for a way to have a really intuitive and easy way to find our way around all this potential chaos. This is the Achilles heel of operators that rely on such an open platform to counter-weight the buying power of the bigger guys, and one they will exploit as a problem that they solve by offering less, premium material. PCs have bookmarks, Google and address bars, mobile phones have short codes, Teletext has pages numbers, but IPTV has a limited screen area real estate size which most couch potatoes get very angry about if it is obstructed or overloaded, and needs a way to manage all the available content that a 3 year old could use with their eyes shut. The bottom line is the user interface (UI) needs to be better than good – it needs to look and feel like it was sent from heaven itself.
Many industry pundits believe that ISPs offering IPTV services will largely be competing for, and consequently cannibalising, the same markets and that the battle will eventually be decided by those with the most powerful brands. In a brand-driven market like the UK, such words ring true. Cinemas like Odeon and UGC, who offered no competition to BSkyB's scheduled-broadcast service, Sky Box-Office, can easily and inexpensively innovate their own pay-per view living room "private cinema" experiences if they secure an extension to their existing window rights. Their brands are perfect and the platform exactly what they need to fight back against the competition from video on-demand.
One of the most interesting (albeit predictable) IPTV concepts in development now is descended from Blockbuster's "channel" on Kingston Communication's KIT service, based in Hull. Online DVD rental companies like ScreenSelect, LoveFilm, DVD2Home and DVDs365 have seen the cable "FilmFlex" and "FrontRow" services and already have strategies in place to gradually evolve their current business model for video on-demand subscriptions. The clearest way they have found to do that is to build a branded video on-demand "channel" that is accessible from the EPG or system menus on the IPTV service (the same type of screen as featured on Sky Digitals interface). Such a "channel" can be created once and made available on multiple ISP operator platforms.
The concept is extraordinarily appealing when combined with Freeview, given Sky's scary churn rate and their customers' dissatisfaction with their movie channels. BT have also seen the possibility and added it as a cornerstone of their "Project Nevis", along with network PVR functionality (which is basically just video on-demand, but from a list of programs you specify that you would have otherwise recorded on your Sky Plus PVR). A sobering perspective is contrary evidence gathered from Video Networks' real-world experience they have found that including their on-demand "channels" into the live TV line-up has significantly increased their popularity – consumers tend to associate on-demand content with payment, making it the last resort when nothing else is on.
Aside from all the talk of rights and intellectual property, IPTV technology is breaking new ground in the types of services available through a TV or computer, and the way we consume and buy media. If you're a nerd (as most lovable ISP types are), it's easily one of the most innovative periods in multimedia for some time. Companies like Agile TV, which offer voice navigation, and the much hyped G-Cluster are offering new and fun ways to enjoy TV. The latter is a long-time favourite in most conference-attendees' diaries – their set-top software allows operators to offer immersive pay-per-play 3D video games over broadband networks, without the need for a Playstation, Xbox or GameCube to be attached (the video output from the graphics card is sent over the network like normal TV). We're talking Halo 2 rather than Sky's Digital's Pacman or Tetris.
These aren't just toys or fads – despite the mandatory adoption curve, they offer new ways to make money, new platforms to develop content for and provide added-value that helps newer market entrants to differentiate their services from incumbents. When Sky launch their new HD service this year, you can guarantee the others won't be far behind once they have let the market grow so they can migrate the mass market over to their ADSL2+ platforms.
The largest IT conglomerates who offer products and services for IPTV will bore anyone who has the inclination to listen about the thinking of engineers that has been through the grinding wheels of their market department. They call it the larger picture – the home 'eco-system'. Don't get me wrong, future-proofing and seeing the whole chess board is important, but with the legacy infrastructure already littering houses all over the country its going to be a while until even the first building blocks are in place.
Part of the motivation for taking the Microsoft shilling (other than that they are so hungry to undermine Siemens and grab market penetration they will pay for your entire project), is the breadth of devices that support their DRM technology – PCs, Pocket PCs, Xboxes and soon to be, set-top boxes. There will come a time where content will need to be produced multiple devices and the rights explicitly controlled to the very last second, but that time is not now when the industry just needs to catch its breath.
It's time for a new deal – a fresh partnership between ISPs and content owners to help each other usher in a new era of content consumption and technological innovation. Both share the massive excitement over IPTV and the risks involved in deploying it, and each can ease the other's concerns. The rewards are there for the taking – we absolutely can break the back of piracy, but we need to cooperate to do it. ISPs can minimise it from their networks, and content owners can control the distribution of authentic material. We need a working group that can collaborate with regulatory agencies to smooth over potential problems before they arise and define a safer and more compelling future. What is needed is an agreed 18-month "honeymoon" period given to each by the other – the granting of extremely appealing and flexible conditions to each other's assets and infrastructure as good will. A gesture of faith in relationships that will develop in the years to come as the dust settles on the new digital world. Let's build that world together and do what the other platforms never had the chance to, and would have killed to have.
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Digital TX Limited is a London-based provider of technology and consultancy solutions for interactive digital television and broadband media.Alexander Cameron can be reached at alex.cameron@digitaltx.tv.
You can hear a PIN drop... All quiet on the mobile broadband speed front, says network watcher OpenSignal
UK operators this summer look much like they did last year
Ofcom asks networks, ISPs: Hey, wouldn't it be nice if you let customers know the best deal once their contract's up?
You know, they've paid for the phone a few times over now...
Brits whinging less? About ISPs, networks and TV? It's gotta be a glitch in the Matrix
Happy now? For realsies?
What's the frequency, KeNNeth? Neural nets trained to tune in on radar signals to boost future mobe broadband
It's time we rise up against these AI overlords and overthrow their useful technologies
C'mon, UK networks! Poor sods have 'paid' for their contract phones a few times over... Tell 'em about good deals
You have a year – Ofcom


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Synopsis of Chapter IV: From 476 AD to the Norman domination
Barbaric invasions
In 476 AD also Abruzzo suffered the tragic consequences of the collapse of the Roman imperial power. The emperor of the Eastern Empire, Iustinian, fought a bloody war in Italy against the barbarian Ostrogoth invaders led by Theodoricus, who destroyed Roman villages and towns, devastating the fields and slaughtering the helpless inhabitants. The remains of the abandoned Roman town all over the region witness the destruction and disappearance of the Roman urban and social organization.
The Pragmatic Sanction
For a short period Iustinian was able to restore order in Italy, and passed his celebrated Corpus Iuris Civilis and in 554 the Pragmatic Sanction, establishing Ravenna as the western capital and assigning administrative powers to bishops (this was the first step of the future civil and political power of the church).
The Dukedom of Teate
Under Longinus, Italian governor of emperor Iustinus II, Teate (Chieti) became an administrative center for the collection of taxes, the only center in Abruzzo to come out of the darkness of that century.
The Longobard invasion
In 568 AD the Longobard invasion of the king Alboinus crushed the resistance of the Byzantine troops, few in number and concentrated in the most important centers. Under Alboinus followers, Autari from 584, and Agilulf from 591, the conquest of Italy was completed, and many towns in Abruzzo suffered heavy destruction, some disappeared completely (such as the glorious Amiternum and Corfinium).
The new administrative organization: Aprutium
The Longobards established in central Italy two powerful dukedoms, Spoleto in Umbria and Benevento in Campania. As to Abruzzo, the northern areas werte included in the Dukedom of Spoleto, while Teate and southern Abruzzo were under the dukedom of Benevento. The Longobard dukedom were subdivided among gastaldates and countdoms. In Abruzzo there was a Gastaldate in Teramo, whose governor was called "Comes castri Aprutiensis" (and that is the first historical instance of the name Aprutium) and another in Teate.
Longobard place names
The Longobard occupation of Abruzzo can be roughly divided into 2 periods: the conquest (which gave rise to names like Scurcola and Guardia) and the settlement (names like Fara, Sala, Vasto). Scurcola from Skulk indicated a sighting post, and Guardia from warda a garrison and check point, while fara meant residence, and sala meant countryhome, while vasto (from wosti) meant deserted. These names appear in many areas in Abruzzo (Fara San Martino, Farindola, Guardia Vomano, Guardiabruna, etc).
The Longobard period was among the worst in history: the conquerors sacked everything, small and large landowners were obliged to give up their lands, or to deliver one third of all harvests to the new lords. Only the monasteries were left almost unmolested, and preserved the documents and knowledge of the previous civilization during the darkest centuries of Italian history.
The situation did not improve under the Franks (late 9th century onwards) since the Saracens sailing from the South and over the Adriatic Sea began plundering the coasts. The more fertile lands in the hills and plains were abandoned for the hard but more secure mountain environments. And it was a bad time also for the monasteries; the Saracens destroyed Casauria, and kept under continuous threats other monasteries and coastal ports.
Politically, the Franks took the power after Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus) defeated the last Longobard king, Desiderius, at the battle of Susa, near Pazia, in 773 AD. The Dukedom of Spoleto soon accepted the new monarch, while the Dukedom of Benevento made war to the Franks. Charlemagne's son Pipinus was able to conquer Teate, so that the whole Abruzzo region came under the Franks.
With the Franks the feudal system was widely established, and soon great families emerged in Abruzzo, fisrt among them the Marsian counts, with their center in Celano, who claimed they descended directly from Bernardo I, king of Italy. The first Marsian counts were Berengarius and Adalbert, and their descendants Oderisius, Teodinus, Rainaldus, Trasmondus ruled over Abruzzo until 1143.
Abruzzo Countdoms
The countdoms of Abruzzo were subject to the Dukedom of Spoleto until 1056. Most of the population lived in fortified citadels, because of the frequent and unpredictable Saracen raids. In 926 AD the Marsian counts had split into two large countdoms, and from them descended most of the lords that ruled over Abruzzo in the following centuries. The first dynasty had as ancestor Trasmondo III, count of Teate, who had under his rule the lands of Teate, Penne and Apruzzo (Teramo); the second dynasty began with Berardus, count of Celano, who ruled over Marsica and the Valva territory (Sulmona area).
The Normans in the early 11th century had settled in Apulia. In 1059 their leader Geoffrey Altavilla began to push inside the territory of Teate - the Norman danger is documented in the records of the monastery of San Giovanni in Venere, where abbot Oderisius ordered defenses to be built against the Normans. Geoffrey's son, Robert, conquered and settled in Loritello (near Larino, province of Campobasso) and a number of smaller feudal lords under the rule of the monastery of Casauria sought the support of the Normans to gain independence from the monastery. More rebellions began also against Trasmondo, the count of Chieti. Meanwhile, the last duke of Spoleto, Geoffrey Barbatus, died heirless and wars began to obtain the powerful dukedom, and at a time of great crisis between the pope and the emperor for supremacy, and the uncertain situation only made the Normans more aggressive. The legitimate lords of Abruzzo, with the monasteries of Casauria and Valva, asked the Pope for help. The pope appointed a ruthless monk, Trasmondo of the Marsian counts, as abbot of Casauria and bishop of Valva, and the latter in a very short time was abele to erect fortresses and citadels.
Meanwhile the crisis between Pope and Emperor came to a crucial strait, when Pope Gregory VII excommunicated emperor Henry IV. The Normans took advantage of the crisis and Robert of Loritello invaded the countdom of Teate, taking Trasmondo himself as prisoner, and receiving a huge ransom for his liberty. The lords of Chieti asked the Counts of Celano, who were fighting against the Normans at Capua, for help, but though the Marsians came with a strong army, Robert the Norman siged and destroyed Ortona, and divided the lands south of Teate with his brother Drogonis (nicknamed Tascione), keeping Lanciano and surrounding areas for himself.
The Pope excommunicated the Normans in vain, and another Norman leader, Hugh Mamouzet, who was one of the great villains in the history of Abruzzo: he occupied Casauria and Valva with great bloodshed among the monks and population. The Norman conquest was fast, but short; on his death Drogone repented and donated everything in his possessions to the various churches, abbots and monasteries that he had defeated, and his brother Robert confirmed the donations and added his own. Only Mamouzet remained of the Norman lords of Abruzzo: on his death, he left everything to Drogone's son, Guglielmo Tascione. Meanwhile another Norman dynasty had established their power: the counts of Manoppello, who purchased from Guglielmo San Clemente, Popoli and Valva.
The countdom of Apruzzo and Attone
North of the Pescara river, in the countdom called Apruzzo (Teramo), started the resistance against the Normans. Count Attone, helped by Marquis Guerrieri of Ancona, freed the monastery of Casauria. Meanwhile emperor Henry had abdicated, and Guglielmo Tascione had donated to Santa Maria in Picciano all the lands of Loreto. Being the power of the Emperor so weak, the power of the church increased enormously. While Attone and Tascione fought about the supremacy in the territory of Penne, along the border between their countdoms, the bishop of Casauria regained control of Pietranico and Cugnoli. The Pope ruled almost directly (1116 AD) on the territories of the monasteries of Carpineto and Casauria.
The Kingdom of Sicily
Robert Guiscard and his successors expelled the Saracens and Byzantines and established a powerful foothold in Apulia Calabria, Campania, and Sicily. Then Roger II united the southern part of the peninsula with Sicily, and assumed the title of King of Sicily in 1130. In 1140 Roger extended his rule also all over the Abruzzo region. From that date onwards, the history and destiny of Abruzzo was part of the history of the kingdom of Sicily (later of Naples, or of the Two Sicilies)
It took some decades for the lesser Norman lords in Abruzzo to accept the supremacy of the King of Sicily. Then the Norman power began to decline, and the last Norman king designated Constance, wife of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI, as heir and the kingdom passed successively to Frederick II, Conrad IV, Manfred, and Conradin of Hohenstaufen.
The Norman administration
Under the Normans the region was divided into three countdoms - Teate, Penne and Apruzzo - divided into many smaller fiefdoms, where the bishops also had their completely autonomous power. Fights among the many lords, repression and destruction continued to bring misery among the population, and commerce and trade almost disappeared, making the poverty much worse.
Valvense art
The first example of regional literature is the Leggenda di San Vittorino, of the latter half of the 5th century, to the 10th century dates back the Passio Sancti Pelini, a reconstruction of the life of San Pelino; this early period is known as "Valvense art", and was characterized by a fusion of the Roman classical tradition with the Christian spirit.
Monastery art
Little by little San Clemente a Casauria became the greatest cultural and religious center in the region, and gave to the culture of mankind such a superb document as the Chronicon Casauriense (original is kept in the Louvre) an illuminated manuscript written in the 12th century collecting documents since the early Frankish era. In Architecture, distinctive features of the period were the flowered decorations in carved stones, as can be seen in Santa Maria di Propezzano, San Clemente al Vomano, Santa Maria in Piano, San Clemente a Casauria, San Liberatore a Maiella.
Benedictine Art
Under the Normans, the influence of the abbey of Montecassino greatly increased in Abruzzo, establishing convents, public schools and libraries - as in Santo Stefano in Rivo Maris (Casalbordino) or San Giovanni in Venere. The greatest examples of Benedictine architecture are the cathedral of San Pelino, typical for its fusion of Romanesque, Byzanthine and Lombard art, San Pietro in Albis near Alba Fucens, and Santa Maria di Ronzano, near castel Castagna.
Architecture, Sculpture and Painting
The most distinctive feature of the great Abruzzese cathedrals of the early Middle Ages, though derived from the Campania region, is that kind of pulpit called AMBON, placed mostly along the central nave of the churches, more often to the right side. There are 28 throughout the region, the richest being those of Bominaco and San Clemente, each one different though related to the others through decorations and symbols.
Other elements of Abruzzese sculpture of the period are carvings in the capitols of columns, in the lunettes and bas relief of tombs. In those times, when almost no one was able to read, the Gospel and religion were taught through the rich paintings on the walls of the churches; the earliest example of these were the frescoes in San Pietro ad Oratorium, near Capestrano (early 12th century) in an almost monochromatic ochre red, followed a little later by the highly allegorical frescoes in Santa Maria di Ronzano.
Aprutium - Three letters by St. Gregory the Great (Pope from 590 to 604) mention for the fisrt time the words Aprutiense, Aprutium, Aprutio - From Hartmann, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, vol II, liber XIII, Berlin 1957
San Clemente a Casauria - The five books of the Chronicon Casauriense follow the history of the monastery from its foundation in AD 871 by emperor Lotarius until 1182. Lotarius obtained from pope Adrian II the permission to transfer in the new monastery the relics of St. Clemens. The greatest splendor of the monastery was reached between 1155 and 1182, under Abbot Leonates, who entrusted monk John of Berardus to collect all the documents of the abbey, which were then written down by master Rusticus. The five passages reported, taken from the Chronicon Casauriensis, as reported in L.A.Muratori, Rerum Italicarum Scriptores, Milano 1726) recollect the events of:
The Foundation of San Clemente (columns 777 and following)
The Translation of St. Clemens
The body of St Clemens found again
A miracle of St. Clemens
Abbot Leonates
Other Synopses of Chapters
Synopsis of Chapter I
Synopsis of Chapter II
Synopsis of Chapter III
Synopsis of Chapter IV
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You will be met up with Asia Pacific Travel team at your hotel in Hanoi. The journey begins as we depart the town and pass through the undulating terrain of tea plantation and the many timeless villages linked to the road which is the main artery of trade between the northeastern region and the capital city. This is our first glimpse of rural Vietnam and sets the tone for the days ahead. Depending on road and traffic conditions our drive will leave us with a mid to late afternoon arrival in Ba Be lakes. After checking into hotel we will have free time to walk around or simply to relax on the lake. O/N in Ba Be.
The national park of Ba Be is centred on large Ba Be Lake. This is just one continuous water body although its name means "three lakes". Today we embark on our boat navigating around the lake, which gives us a taste of relaxation and an enjoyable visit to the park . Along the way, we make stopover at some hill tribe villages before getting off the beaten track to the Dau Dang Waterfalls. After a short walk down to the waterfall, we start our trek to Na Hang Lake. Lunch will be served by the waterfall or somewhere else advised by our guide on spot. After lunch we will take the boat again to cruise along the river till we reach our vehicle is ready to pick us up and transfer to Ha Giang. Dinner and overnight in Ha Giang.
Breakfast at local guesthouse then we get on the car departing for Cao Banh village where we begin our full day trek through many hill tribe villages. Picnic lunch will be provided on spot. Around late afternoon, we will arrive at Me Village where we stop for overnight. Dinner and overnight at village.
After breakfast, the Asia Pacific Travel guide will take you either trekking or motorbike riding through the magnificent mountain ranges. On the way up to the mountain top, you will pass through several little villages. This is an excellent chance to get some great photo's and take in the absolute beauty of the place. After arriving back to the stilt house you will have traditional food with the family and spend the night with them, having fun chatting and may be a few drinks. Dinner and overnight at village.
After saying goodbye to the local family we depart for Bac Ha. After arriving in Bac Ha (approx 3 hours) you can visit the Bac Ha local market, is open on Sunday only where there are many traditional foods, drinks, clothing and handicrafts as well as all the local produce such as pigs, dogs, cats, horses and buffalo for sale. This is interesting as you also get to meet all the different Minority people also doing their shopping. After arriving there you check into the hotel and have the rest of the evening at your own leisure.
Drive to Muong Khuong; local villages, verdant and rugged mountains along the Nam Thi River. After a couple hours, arrive Muong Khuong; presentation about the region and the expedition. Head southeast for Lung Khau Nhin via Na Phin, Na Nam va Chung Chai Village, friendly H'Mong and Nung people. Lunch in the shade, continue to Lung Khau Nhin, stilt-house overnight.
Gentle descent on single track and dirt roads through forest and remote villages; guide will point out rare points of interest, traditional customs. After three hours hiking, stop for lunch; rest of the day on the rugged terrain to Me Village (H'Mong). Sleep in the tents or at the local school.
Following breakfast, trekking through the rugged terrain past rice paddies, local villages. Be prepared to get wet – some streams; picnic lunch; quiet trails to our final point. After three hours on the trail, the tiny village of Quan Than San, H'Mong people. Stay the night here.
Mixture of ups and downs throughout the day, challenging climbs, exceptional views of the Thang Sin Mountains, distant H'Mong villages; trek to Can Cau Village (Cau Cau Market open on Saturday); climbing up from Can Cau for about 8km through remote villages; spectacular terrain to Thai Giang Pho Village, lunch in the shade; downhill to Bac Ha hotel stay.
Bac Ha bustles on a Sunday – market day. Flower H'Mong, Blue H'Mong, Tu Zi, Tay, Nung and Lo Lo people all converge here bringing life to this sleepy mountain town. one hour free after breakfast to explore the market; photographs and shopping; descend from mountain to village on the banks of the Chay River; footpath hike through plum and peach plantations; lunch break on quiet roadside, photograph the scenery – good stretch. Finish at Nam Mon Village (Tay, Nung and H'Mong people). Sleep in a traditional Tay house.
Leave Nam Mon; final trekking day; two hours' hike on footpaths to the Chay River; board a small covered boat and enjoy an hour cruise past Hang Tien (Fairy Cave); wander to Ban Du and Cac Cop. Conclude trekking at Cac Cop Village and board the boat to Bao Nhai Bridge; transfer to Lao Cai for standard hotel day room. Dinner in a local restaurant before overnight train back to Hanoi.
Arrive in Hanoi early morning. End of Asia Pacific Travel service.
o Meal as mentioned: B = breakfast, L = Lunch, D = dinner.


A case is making its way through Illinois courts this year that could have far-reaching consequences for the families of victims killed in car accidents. As a Georgia personal injury attorney, I work with the victims of cases just like this in Georgia.
In the example I'm sharing here, a man performing his community service responsibility at a rest area for the State of Illinois was taking a break from the work along with three co-workers in the scoop of a state owned bulldozer. A man under the influence of drugs drove recklessly into the rest area and slammed into the back of the dozer. One man was thrown from the bucket directly into the path of the car as it bounced off the dozer. The man never left the parking lot alive.
While it seems obvious that the person responsible for the wreck was the impaired driver of the vehicle, there are other parties that may share in the liability. For example, in this case, the vehicle that caused the accident and death was not owned by the driver. The owner of the car could be found partially liable if the case proves he knew the driver was impaired when he borrowed the car or if he had reason to believe the driver might drive his car while impaired.
In addition, the State of Illinois, the Illinois Department of Transportation, the courts that set the community service punishment, and others on the "community service" side of the case may also be liable for damages. If these unpaid community servants were not specifically warned that sitting in the scoop of a dozer was unsafe, there could be liability assessed to the Department of Transportation or the courts.. If the maintenance department did not adequately cordon off the area where maintenance vehicles would be parked, the potential liability for the state increases.
When a fatal accident occurs, there is no doubt tragedy all around. However, in this case, a young boy was left orphaned when his father was killed. Attorneys for the family are fighting to ensure that liability is addressed on all sides. It's a complex case, but many accidents and most fatal accidents are equally complex.
At the law offices of David Van Sant, it's our job to help the victims or survivors of tragic accidents. Sorting through a case with this many layers of complexity is extremely difficult, and yet a good attorney will pursue every avenue to its appropriate resolution. If you have been the victim of an auto accident or if someone you love was killed in an accident, contact Georgia Personal Injury Attorney David Van Sant.