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I keep coming back to this account, telling myself to RP, it usually never happens. ;w; I'm the most horrible mun in existence.
Bluh, awake and still not much reaction, hmmnnn. *rolls*
Imagine your OTP fucking each other until they pass out,Person A and Person B both being worn out and marked up by the end of it
Don't be shy.
Roleplayers are not obligated:
- To follow you because you are part of the fandom they RP in.
- To follow you back just because you appear in their followers list.
- To continue following you just because you don't want them to "abandon" you.
- To continue following you if you spam/harrass/distress them.
- To follow your friends because you want them to.
- To unfollow another blog because you and that third person do not get along.
- To roleplay with you every time you snap your fingers for an interaction.
- To roleplay with you during a time not suitable for them (e.g during times of RL stress).
- To better their writing skills to an advanced level (or to tone them down instead) just to get the "honour" of roleplaying with you.
- To put up with any unfairness in a roleplay with you (e.g Godmodding).
- To put up with any OOC drama you create due to your roleplay with them.
- To continue roleplaying with you when they would rather stop interacting with you due to one reason or another.
- To answer every message they receive.
- To answer repeats of messages they have received before.
- To answer messages they find inappropriate.
- To answer messages in the manner you demand (e.g they can be as cryptic or subtle as they like with TMI Tuesday questions).
- To answer spam messages.
- To answer messages/questions/prompts they did not request in the first place.
- To accept magic anons.
- To accept the exact conditions set by magic anons.
- To answer anon hate.
- To answer hate dropped in their inbox pertaining to someone they follow.
- To ship the characters you do.
- To agree with the opinions you have on certain ships.
- To put up with any bashing on your part of the ships they support.
- To put up with you dictating how they should portray the character they have chosen to roleplay (if you don't like what they do, click the damn unfollow button, create a new blog and YOU play the character how YOU see fit).
The individual people - the REAL HUMAN BEINGS - behind the computer screen, behind the character they RP, are not obligated:
- To put up with any criticisms or judgements of them as a person based solely on who/what they roleplay.
- To put up with any hate directed to them as a person, rather than hate directed to how they roleplay (yes, both are far from nice, but there is a difference).
- To put up with any death threats or messages telling them to die.
- To put up with any negative attitude you give them, regardless of your "reasoning" behind said attitude.
- To defend you in an argument or fight with a third RPer, especially if you are actually in the wrong to start with.
- To coddle you whenever roleplaying takes a sour turn or when you have a falling out with someone.
- To continue talking to you OOC and IC/following you/etc. if there comes a point that they no longer like you (e.g over time your true colours have actually come out and your pretense has dropped and they don't like the person you truly are).
- To put up with any false accusations you make about them, regardless of your "reasons".
- To discuss issues they have with you in private, especially if you do not listen to them when they try to be courteous enough to not air the dirty laundry in public.
- To discuss issues they have with you, period (some people might prefer to cut all ties with you when things go so far downhill that all bridges between you and them have been burned).
- To listen to each and every one of your RP and RL troubles and woes. Remember that even if they do, they have their own lives to deal with and cannot hold your hand through every problem you might have.
- To put up with any abuse your hurl at them IC and/or OOC, because you're in a "mood".
- To put up with any OOC drama you create in general that will affect them
Now I might have repeated a few things in this, I might have missed some things out. I'm almost certain that I have.
But the basic message is this: Roleplayers are here for fun (although there can be other reasons as to why they've decided to RP). They are not here to please the masses, they are here for their own enjoyment and they will roleplay however they wish to. If you don't like it, you don't have to follow them, nor you do not have the right to pester them or send them hate or cause them any form of distress because they don't meet your "standards". They are not paid to cater to your wants and likes. They do not need to take any bullshit from fellow RPers or the users of tumblr in general. If you want to see a certain portrayal of a character? Do it yourself.
And what some - not all, but some - people forget is the fact that behind that portrayal of a character, behind that blog, behind that computer screen, there is a person. A person just like you. They breathe and bleed just like you, they have feelings just like you. Treat others as you yourself would like to be treated. Would you like it if you had a crapload of hate and abuse in your inbox, either harshly judging your RPing or directed solely at you? Would you like to be made to feel worthless and ugly and insignificant? Would you like to be harassed so much that you eventually feel like the world would be better off without you? No? Then don't treat other people in such a way that they would end up experiencing such things. They are just as human and capable of feelings are you are. They can be hurt as easily as you, can be forced to extremes as easily as you. You have no right to belittle another person, just as no-one has the right to belittle you.
And that, as they say, is that. I shall end this post here, else I'll end up repeating myself all over again. I'm sure that, by now, anyone who reads this gets the point.


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You have to hand it to "Pitch Perfect." It's a twentysomething song-and-dance movie built around rival a cappella groups. That's more exciting than dueling string quartets, I suppose — but no, the quartets would be performing better material. In the world of this film's Barden College, a cappella seems to rank above football in extracurricular activities, and as nearly as I recall, the only character ever seen in a classroom is Beca's father, the teacher.
He teaches philosophy and despairs of his daughter Beca (Anna Kendrick), who dreams of moving to L.A. and making it in show business. He makes a deal: She sticks out college for one year, and then she can go to L.A. if she still wants to. Oh, and she must join at least one afterschool activity.
This is some school. On Activity Day, a male a cappella group poses carefully on the campus and bursts periodically into song. There is also a female group, the Bellas, although they're under a cloud after their lead singer suffered an unfortunate attack of vomiting in the national finals. And not just ordinary vomiting, but Movie Projectile Vomiting, which in its velocity and gallons of content resembles an attack by an alien.
Beca is recruited into the Bellas by its star, Chloe (Brittany Snow), while they are both naked in a shower, which makes this more intriguing than your average a cappella recruitment. Well, at least it's an afterschool activity. Soon she finds herself up against Aubrey (Anna Camp), the group leader who has rigid opinions about their performances.
Another new recruit is Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson), who explains she calls herself that because she knows that's what people call her behind her back. Rebel (her real name) plays a character so ebullient, unstoppable and raucous that she steals every scene she's in and passes the Character Name Test. This refers to our ability to remember the names of a movie character for more than 10 minutes after the movie has ended. Fat Amy, I will remember. Can you, even at this point in the review, recall who Chloe is?
The plot interlinks the Bellas' progress toward the national finals in New York City's Lincoln Center with a sorta romance between Beca and Jesse (Skylar Astin), a DJ for the campus radio station; much in their relationship depends on his belief that "The Breakfast Club" has the greatest single final scene in the history of the cinema. Beca doesn't share his enthusiasm for the John Hughes movie, even though she's in a movie that would dearly love to be by Hughes, who would find more fraught material than Beca's kitchen table conversations with her dad about why he divorced her mom — a plot thread that leads nowhere.
Strange supporting roles are played by John Michael Higgins and Elizabeth Banks, as a team of commentators who function somewhere between play-by-play announcers and the judges on "American Idol." The Higgins performance owes more than a little to Fred Willard's unforgettable dog show commentary in "Best in Show," but it was clear that Willard was part of a telecast. The Higgins and Banks characters look like they're sitting behind a desk in the audience and just ... what? Broadcasting? Talking out loud?
Another inexplicable character is Lilly (Hana Mae Lee), a shy Asian girl who cannot sing or even speak loudly enough for anyone to hear her. How did she survive her audition?
Still, Anna Kendrick is adorable, a young version of the angelic Marisa Tomei. And it must be said that the Bellas are a first-rate group, with choreography so crisp that Bob Fosse couldn't have drilled them to move more precisely. You may be reminded of a Broadway musical. Certainly the choreography is way over the top of other championship a cappella teams on You Tube. And if I mistake not, the soundtrack sneaks in some percussion and other stray sounds that might get the Bellas outlawed in a real a cappella competition.
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Students in Pinkerton Academy's JROTC program had installed the heavy donation box to collect worn American flags.
Transfer station employees are looking at surveillance video that might show what happened to the metal box.
The students installed it Nov. 22. When Frank Hooley, a cadet's father, went to empty it Saturday, the box was nowhere to be found.
"He looked and looked and couldn't find it," said Col. Howie Steadman, JROTC advisor.
It was a joint effort between the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the JROTC class.
The bin was a refurbished mailbox, donated for the purpose. Students sanded, repaired and painted the box.
Steadman said someone may have wanted the bin for its scrap value. The box weighs 200 pounds or more, he said, and would be difficult for one person to move.
"It would pretty much have to be two people," he said.
Recycling coordinator Joanie Cornetta said she doesn't know when the box disappeared. She said she would review the surveillance tape.
"We haven't checked yet," she said Tuesday.
The flag box was a good idea, she said. Transfer station workers often find old flags mixed in with household trash.
"We've been taking flags (out of the trash) for years," Cornetta said.
She said one transfer station worker, a Vietnam veteran, would take any flags found in the trash to the local VFW post home in Derry.
Steadman said he hopes the box will be found. The project was special to his students, he said. They study flag history, proper handling and folding as part of their curriculum.
"Students, they are just scratching their heads," he said. "We just did this thing."
Steadman said anyone with information can contact Derry police.
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Your Lumia 620 Questions Answered!
We just took part in the Q&A sessions regarding the Nokia Lumia 620, and we have the answers for you below. We were joined by Anssi Hakkarainen from Nokia product marketing team, Timo Joutsenvirta from Nokia Technology Marketing, and Ben from Nokia connects.
So here are the questions we asked and the answers we got.
Me: It was mentioned that the Lumia 620 is scratch proof, but no mention of Gorilla Glass. Is it GG or some other tech?
Timo: The display is hardened glass with Clear Black technology.
Me: The 620 is double shot coloured, will we see this technique in more devices? Also, is the black a black black, or more of a grey, the online images seem to be inconsistent.
Anssi: The colour is matte black. Black layer in the bottom with tinted transparent black layer on top.
Clinton Jeff: Will aftermarket covers with inductive charging be available/supported?
Anssi: At the moment no plans for wireless charging shell for Nokia Lumia 620.
Me: Is the super sensitive screen tech included on the 620 as well?
Timo: It does not have the Lumia 920 super sensitive touch technology
Me: Will 512 MB RAM have any restrictions on WP8 like the 256 MB RAM on the Lumia 610 with wp7?
Anssi: Only handful of apps that have been tested (we've tested more than 70k) did not work with 512MB RAM and they were not in top 100 apps.
Is it intended to be a successor of the Lumia 610 or merely a new product?
Anssi: 620 is a new product within our Windows phone 8 range
Me: I read it uses Adreno 305, why does the Lumia 620 use it whereas the more expensive Lumia (820/920) with WP8 use Adreno 225?
Timo: Adreno graphics is integrated into the processor and depending on processor selection you get Adreno 225 in Lumia 920 and Adreno 305 with Lumia 620.
Me: @Timo, Okay, so it was more processor choice than Graphics?
Timo: Exactly. Processor in different price points have different versions of the graphics core at a given time.
Me: What cell radio bands will it have?
Timo: Quad band GSM and Quad band WCDMA.
Exact bands can be seen @ http://www.nokia.com/global/products/phone/lumia620/specifications/
Clinton Jeff: Btw I also *love* how the headphone jack is built into the rear cover rather than the phone itself. Very clever, and kudos to whoever thought of that :o)
Me: With CJ's comment, what made you guys take that approach?
Anssi: Headphone jack built into the shell has been specifically designed for 620. It guarantees good connection no matter how many times one changes the shell.
Clinton Jeff: When will it be available in India?
Me: Will it be coming to Africa?
Anssi: Clinton: We haven't announced for India.
MFaroTusino: Yes, coming in 2013
That was all the questions and their respective answers given during the session. I was a rather short session, but still very helpful. Thanks for the questions guys, hopefully this helps the majority of you.
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About the Author (Author Profile)Hi! My name is Michael. Like the others, I'm also a Student, living here in Sydney. I have a real passion for the latest technology and I'm a real Nokia buff! My aim is to keep those of you, like myself, updated with the latest in what's going on in the Nokia World. Currently sporting N9 & Lumia 820, with other Nokia devices in my posession. Get in touch on Twitter via @MFaroTusino, Google Plus or even simply drop me an email at mike.mnb[at]outlook.com or tips[at]mynokiablog.com
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does it support full hd videos
It will not be available in India???????
He said it has not been announced for India. Could make a difference.
Please remember that Nokia does not comment on availability in different markets before they are officially announced.
I think this link will prove u, that it will be available in India..
is the white matte?
From what I know, yes it is.
Alright thanks for asking.
If you need to see for yourself, check http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/06/nokia-lumia-620-hands-on-249-for-windows-phone-8/
They've got some pics and a vid of the covers. The white cover isn't a real flat matt like the black of the 920. It is more a bit of a satin finish. I guess you really need to see it IRL to judge what it is.
why the hell did they stop using gorilla glass in these devices? they will be the most selling devices. on this phone and the 820 nokia success will stand cause they will reach most people, not the 920. and you don't want people with broken screens and dissapointed in nokia.
I think that they will simply use a different manufacturer to provide a fairly similar end-user experience. With Gorilla Glass you are not only buying the glass but also a brand which likely does make it somewhat more expensive than other similar solutions. For a budget phone, I'd say that every penny counts.
They were not using gorilla glass in their feature phones, yet they lasted long. So gorilla glass is always not required.
I hope they do. 710 and 610 are more popular wp than 800 and 900. So 620 will be.
More popular or more people can afford them? Last I check, no one really gives 2 shits about the 610 in any positive respect, but the 920 OS on everyone's mind. Ford sells more Focus, but the GT40 is what people want.
There is a place for each Lumia in the market. We may drool over 920 but end up having a 620 because of the value/price ratio matching with our real needs and budget.
wat about fm radio? Someone pls answer
does not have fm radio
As was said above me, no it doesn't have it, right now. It is a WP8 limitation. They removed it going from 7 to 8. Why I don't know, but there is a chance it might come back in future OS releases.
Different core.
Are you saying it has to do with switching from CE to NT or do you mean the SoC that is different in the 620?
It could be that the SoC in the 620 doesn't support FM radio so even an update wouldn't help, but I doubt it.
its already in the hardware but since they somewhat started from the scratch they couldn't deliver it
rumors says it will return with future updates
Is only 1 shell provided in box?
I dont actualy understand this DUALshot???
Shell made with two layers
Want to know, is there any chances for HTC 8s against Lumia620?? Which is better??
The Lumia 620 is better. In every respect. It's. Cheaper, too. Also, Nokia exclusive apps.
Lumia 620 is clearly better. The only thing in favor of 8S is that it is available earlier, at least in some markets. But personally I would rather wait for Lumia 620, it is so much better
lumia 620 front facing camera + nfc + 8g internal storage + 1g dualcore + 3.8 tft screen + 1300mAh battery + MicroSD
htc8s no front facing camera + no nfc + 4g internal storage + 1g dualcore + 4 inch Super LCD + 1700mAh battery + gorilla glass2 +MicroSD
I think another idea for changeable covers is to add a second screen with E ink display + glow light. For reading text, make phone battery last much longer. Perhaps Windows 7 inch tablet could be dual screen as well. 6 inch E ink display screen on the back with glow light.
what i want is a plead, not question
with such powerful hardwares but with so low in memory is really a huge drawback
i would like to ask if nokia can put much more ram in the 620, not 1GB but at least 768MB will make tis device much more popular and acceptable
It's not all about figures…
Rumour has it, that they thought of the same question right in the beginning. They loaded up a replica with the same OS, except a 1GB RAM instead of the 512MB.
And as they compared both phones, the performance seemed almost similar as Windows does not depend heavily on Ram as its Android counter parts does. Thus, they decided to stick with the 512, makes it affordable.
I have a Lumia 710 when on ring and vibrate it only vibrate once.
Is the 620 the same or does it vibrate for the lenght of the ring??
I have missed many calls in a noisy environment.
When you receive a message do you have the option to call the sender??
When in people/contacts can you increase the font size of the number??
Nokia seem to forget the phone is also a directory.
The 710 is going in the bin as soon as I can find these features on a Nokia.
i have lumia 620 i hv to know my mo screen is antscratch or not
and how to set massage tone for my choice there is no option to set my choice msg tone in there and when any call come in my mo it will vibrate only once i missed many call this problems i face in my lumia 620 plz help
I have lumia620 in some cases when i press the back and the windows button it wont vibrate please help me
Just checked Microsoft's windows' phone store.. Seems the have managed to add some apps, but the user reviews seem discouraging. They are not upto the mark , ridiculed with bugs and certainly not even at par with their android counterparts.
Am an android-ster, yet i wish to try windows 8. Lumia 620 fascinates me but am terribly frightened of the pathetic way microsoft keeps its app store. I know both are different platforms, yet apps are not something you can just ignore. Will Windows 8 be up to the mark? Help me decide guys.
Can you switch off the vibrating from the 3 botoom buttons? Cheers!
there is a mistake here, lumia 620 has a sensitive touch screen. i can use gloves while working on it.
What is coming to fm radio in Lumia 620???????
please improve
When ,coming FM radio in Lumia 620???????
You made some good points there. I looked on the web for additional information about the issue and found most people will go
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Witnesses and heroes of the Haiti earthquake
The following witness accounts were collected on 23 January 2010 in the town of Gressier, at the displaced persons camp at the church of Saint Caterine – the same day Oxfam International installed a drinking water distribution tank in what is the start of an operation to reach more than 110,000 people.
Menard Meneles, 54 "My whole class has died. All my pupils, all of them"
Menard's husband saw how the school where she teaches collapsed. The fact that his wife was already at home – that day she decided to leave work a little earlier – was not enough for him to maintain his composure when he witnessed that. "I have lost colleagues, many of them. And my whole class has died. All my pupils, all of them. They died when the building came down," Menard says with a lump in her throat.
Menard, her husband and their three children now live in an improvised tent at the edge of the Saint Caterine churchyard. "This is terrible. An elderly woman died here, a few metres away. She had trouble breathing… and last week a baby… Of course, there's nothing of anything here," the teacher reflects ruefully in perfect English.
She recounts how she rushed out of her house when the earthquake occurred. How she kept bumping into everything that fell in her path: timber, glass, wrought iron. "That's where these injuries came from," and she points to her leg and forehead. And how she then discovered her house in ruins, the house that she had taken fifteen years to pay for and build after a bank had left her without any savings, as she says. She and her family were able to retrieve some rice, a bit of maize, and a bit of this and that and they all went to the camp. "It's impossible to get hold of anything here. Nobody has distributed food, only one agency came to give us soap and toothbrushes… and nobody uses brushes here."
The black market has taken no time to flourish in the aftermath of the earthquake. "Everything has gone up in price, everything now is at least twice what it cost before. That is why, sometimes, when I wake up, I see that I'm missing a bag of rice, a bar of soap… Anything. But what can you do about it? You've seen what it's like for us. People are desperate…," Menard remarks charitably.
Marlene Richard, 23 "They told me that shortly after everyone had got out of there, the building collapsed"
Marlene Richard is young, pretty and, because of that, a little vain. Maybe that is why, in the midst of hundreds of shacks, she keeps her – short and tight – denim dress impeccable, puts her hair up under a green headscarf and wears heels. She is, she was, a children's nursery assistant. She was there, with the children, when it all happened. "Everything shook. We were frightened and we evacuated the nursery. I ran off in the direction of my house. My parents, my sisters and my little brother were there. Thankfully they are all okay, although we lost everything," she recounts. After a while, Marlene received a call. "It was from the nursery. They told me that shortly after we had got out of there, the building collapsed."
Marlene's family lives a few meters away from what used to be their house. "We're there next to it, but there's nothing left of what we had. They've forced us to come here; but here there's nothing. There's no food, or water, or anything that we can use for shelter. No medicine either… and I have problems with my stomach," she points out with an air of resignation.
Despite everything she does not stop smiling. She's young. "What is needed to fix this situation?" she says. "You have to get out of this, of course. But the real solution is for the buildings to be rebuilt properly, with the right materials and the necessary infrastructure to withstand earthquakes. After that there has to be investment in two key areas: education and health. That, and ensuring that we can all eat every day," she concludes perceptively. Marlene says goodbye, walks a few steps and looks back before shouting out: "And your country? What can your country do for us?"
Elin Plantin, 65 "Since the earthquake, I don't have much more than one cup of coffee a day"
Elin Plantin is sitting on a rock in front of the four sticks and various pieces of material that today make up his house. He is getting on in age, but he looks like an old man. Thin, leathery skin and a white beard. He slips as he gets up, but he holds on tight to his walking stick made out of a tree branch and digs it into the ground so as not to fall. He looks weak. "Since the earthquake, I don't have much more than one cup of coffee a day. There is no money and nowhere to get hold of any food and water either," he struggles to say as he rubs his eyelids with his left hand.
Elin was at home together with his wife Cilie, Cilie Tismé, and their five children when the ground started to shake. They are all okay, although one of them was injured in the earthquake. "The house collapsed and we couldn't save anything," he says regretfully.
Elin and Cilie are alone at this camp. "My children are in another camp on the other side of the hill," he says as he glances up towards his wife. "This is my wife," he repeats, smiling, and for a brief second his face lights up. "We are both here together, absolutely destitute, but together," he concludes, while Cilie finishes washing a few vegetables that she has been lucky enough to get hold of today. At what price, nobody knows.
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February 11th, 2013 1:02pm EST
Katy Perry dropped some serious cleavage in a mint green gown at last night's 55th Annual Grammy Awards.
The singer appeared to have found a (ahem) loophole around this year's Grammy dress code, which CBS sent out a memo about on Wednesday. The request asked artists to forget about wearing any outfits that show too much skin.
The front of the "Firework" singer's dress caught lots of attention though, even from comedienne Ellen DeGeneres, who was photographed with partner Portia De Rossi staring right at Katy's chest (see the photo at E! Online).
Katy showed up on the red carpet with BFF Allison Williams, star of HBO's Girls. Boyfriend John Mayer didn't appear with Katy on the red carpet, but he was spotted next to her inside the Staples Center, where this year's ceremony was held.
Katy presented this year's Best New Artist Award, giving off the 'but look at me now' vibe when she said she wasn't nominated for the award when she was an up-and-coming star.
"I was not even nominated in this category and I have my own eyelash line," she said. "Take that, Bon Iver!"
This year's award went to fun..
Interestingly, fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff is dating Girls creator Lena Dunham. Think whoever matches up the presenters to the awards knew something ahead of time?
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The Bremond Tigers trailed Hubbard 12-7 after one quarter before stunning the Jaguars with 35 unanswered points to roll to a 49-28 win in an Area Round playoff game played at Waco ISD Stadium on Friday, November 23.
Bremond (9-3) used a balanced offensive attack as the Tigers rushed for 217 yards and four scores while piling up another 144 yards and three more touchdowns through the air as they constantly kept the Jaguars guessing defensively.
Neither offense found much success early in the opening quarter before Hubbard got on the board first when QB Casen Martin scored on a keeper to put the Jags up 6-0 with 2:52 left in the period. Bremond quickly answered with a 7-play, 59-yard drive and took the lead at 7-6 when QB Cade Grych connected with Dawagiek Skaggs from 23 yards out.
Hubbard would take its final lead of the contest on the ensuing kickoff when Casey Jones took a handoff from Logan McClinton and raced 78 yards down the left sideline in front of the Jaguars crowd to score standing up to put his team back out in front 12-7 as the quarter was expiring.
The Tigers regained the lead just before halftime when James Jones caught a 26-yard pass from Grych to give Bremond a 14-12 halftime lead.
Bremond scored once more in the third quarter while shutting down the Hubbard offensive attack to take a 21-12 advantage into the final 12 minutes.
The fourth quarter proved to be the Jags undoing as they simply could not stop the Tigers' offense as Bremond put three more touchdowns on the board to open up a 42-12 lead before Hubbard finally managed to score twice more in the final period on two touchdown passes from Martin to WR Nick Johnson.
For Hubbard, Martin finished with 162 yards and two scores through the air while Johnson caught five passes for 156 yards and both touchdowns. FB Trey Henderson was the leading rusher for the Jags as he picked up 64 yards on 10 carries while Bradley Walker finished with 52 yards on 18 rushes as the Bremond defense kept last year's All-State RB bottled up all night.
Bremond moves on now to the Regional Round of the playoffs where they will face Tenaha, a 42-8 winner over Overton while Hubbard finishes the season at 8-3.


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This month's DVD includes the latest release from the popular Linux Mint project. Mint has gained an enthusiastic reputation for reliability and simplicity, and many consider it the rival of Ubuntu as a leading free desktop Linux. Mint 12 "Lisa" is based on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and is compatible with the Ubuntu repositories.
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Funeral services celebrating the life of Martha I. Cox, 95, of New Albany, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 15, at Seabrook Dieckmann & Naville Funeral Homes, Oak Street Chapel, New Albany, with burial in Kraft-Graceland Memorial Park, New Albany. She died Wednesday June 12, 2013, at Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services, New Albany.
She was born Feb. 13, 1918, at home near Floyds Knobs. She worked several years at Scott Seed Company as a seed analyst and secretary. She retired as a cost accountant at the American Printing House for the Blind of Louisville after 34 years. She was a member of St. Mark's United Church of Christ and was a member of the church Women's Circle.
Survivors include her son, David C. Cox; nieces, Charlotte Moser Payton and Elizabeth Taylor Beach; nephew, George "Tim" Taylor Jr.; and many cousins, great nieces and great nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles in 1993; her parents, Cordelia and Edward Moser; her brothers, Richard and Stanley Moser; and her sister, Ruth Moser Loeser.
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Oh how thoughtful, House Republicans are bringing to the floor today a bill to close some kind of sexy-sounding "strip-club loophole" in what, campaign spending disclosure rules or something? No? NO. Oh right, it's a bill meant to stop all the silly misbehaving poors from spending their welfare money at strip clubs. No wonder they […]


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OK, couldn't find a copy of it online yet, but if you are a NRA member or get the American Rifleman magazine, Chris Cox's (NRA Institute for Legislative Action) article "Same Anti-Gunners, Different Year" is very well written and informative. We need to be really on guard for the next four years, atleast more so then we have needed to be in the past. If you're not a NRA member, this magazine alone makes it well worth it.
The summary from the magazine..."Obama announced he would pursue the anti-gunners' highest priority objectives--banning millions of semi-automatic firearms, driving gun shows out of existence, making firearms impossible to manufacture and allowing firearm-tracing data to be used in reckless lawsuits."
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Traverse City Record-Eagle
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I have been an active Democrat in Michigan politics for 32 years. Throughout this time I have served in a number of positions within the party, the most recent being as Grand Traverse County Party Chair. As a county chair I have first-hand experience with the tremendous support given to small rural counties by Mark Brewer and the Michigan Democratic Party staff. I have also appreciated the constantly expanding and improving services provided to local and state level candidates by the the party.
On Feb. 7, I received an e-mail endorsing an unknown person, Lon Johnson, for State Party Chair just 2 1/2 weeks before our February 2013 convention. Actually, Mr. Johnson wasn't a total unknown as he ran for the 103rd State House seat in neighboring Kalkaska County in 2012.
Even though we were neighboring counties I had never met or had a conversation with Mr. Johnson until I was invited to participate in a conference call last Friday. During the course of the conference call Mr. Johnson talked about using social media (Brewer already provides access to twitter, Facebook and web sites); raising money which Mark Brewer does quite effectively; and recruiting candidates to run in every seat in Michigan (Brewer already does that).
Mr. Johnson reiterated numerous times that we need to recruit more candidates and raise more money to win on the state level.
The problem with state politics is not a lack of viable candidates or money; the problem is "gerrymandering" district lines by whichever party is in power at the time of the census.
As a matter of fact, Lon Johnson's own state House campaign is a prime example of the gerrymandering effect. Johnson is a young man, with access to the best campaign tools and strategies available (via his wife's role with the Obama campaign). He raised $350,000 (an eye-popping amount of money for a state house race) and he still lost.
His platform for running for the position of Michigan Democratic Party Chair is based on utilizing social media, raising money, viable candidates in every house seat. If this is what it takes and he had all of these components in his own campaign why did he lose? Gerrymandering.
Unfortunately Mr. Johnsosn doesn't seem to understand state level politics so I will continue to support Mark Brewer for Chair of the Michigan Democratic Party and I urge all delegates attending next week's convention to do the same.
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Many people still are picking up the pieces across our region in the wake of Hurricane Sandy's wrath last week.
Millions lost power at one point, billions of dollars in damage was likely done, and numerous communities were ravaged by the wrath of a late season hurricane that will never be forgotten for this region.
Pouring salt on that open wound is the likelihood that another coastal storm could impact the region on Wednesday into Thursday.
Computer modeling suggests the brunt of this storm will be felt on Wednesday afternoon into Thursday before the storm pulls away. It will not be as strong as Sandy, but the potential for 50 m.p.h. wind gusts at the shore and 30 m.p.h. gusts across the Philly suburbs is enough to cause additional problems for the area.
Recovery efforts will be slowed by the additional rains, wind, coastal flooding, and perhaps even snow that this midweek storm will provide.
The best chances for snow will reside over higher terrain to the city's north and west, but, depending on the storm's timing and arrival, we could see snow relatively close to Philadelphia before milder air off the ocean (hopefully) transitions any snow to rain.
It's not a lock that we get snow in the Philly 'burbs, but if the storm develops rapidly, arrives at night (or very early on Wednesday, ahead of schedule), we could see some snow on the front end.
The best chances for accumulation will be in the Poconos.
In any event, rain will be an issue as well for those who do not get snow. An inch or more of rain can't be ruled out across the rest of the region.
Once the coastal storm departs, the weather should improve in time for the weekend. Highs could reach 60 degrees for the first time in nearly two weeks by next Sunday.
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The new Silent Night from director Steven C. Miller is a "loose" remake of the 1984 cult classic Silent Night, Deadly Night. Both deal with a deranged killer who dresses as Santa before ho-ho-ho-ing the hell out of his hapless victims. We chatted with Miller about the differences between the two Silent Nights and why this is a film for the horror community.
How did you get involved in Silent Night?
Silent Night, Deadly Night was a huge thing for me growing up. It was a fun movie when I was little. When I grew up and got out here and made my first movie, the guy who was a huge part of buying that movie was Richard Saperstein. At the time they were playing around with the idea of a Silent Night, Deadly Night remake so I gave them my pitch and they liked it but it just sort of fell apart. That was like three years ago. About a year ago, Richard called me and said he had left the Weinstein Company, but he had taken Silent Night with him and he had a script and wanted me to read it. He thought I would be great to do this movie. I read it, I really liked it, and thought I could really do some fun things with it.
This is a "loose remake." Why keep it "loose?"
I think because, number one, I'm not a huge remake fan. For me, if I'm going to do a movie, I don't want to do the same movie that was done in 1980. I don't want to do a shot-for-shot remake. I want to do something people haven't seen, give the killer some new life... give the movie some new life for a new audience - but still show that I am a huge fan of the original, that I am in on the joke. I love those movies. Here are some great scenes that are some homages to the original; here are some great one-liners from the sequel. [The original] is one of those movies that isn't the most amazing thing ever. I thought it could do with a redo and punch up the ante on it a little bit.
One of the biggest departures from the original was that in your version, the killer never speaks, whereas in the original, he has a... I don't want to call it a "quip," but he says "Punish" during every kill. What was the thought process behind that?
Originally, he did speak, quite a bit. There was so much dark humor going on in the movie that I thought to balance that, you needed a very serious tone from our killer - a very menacing tone. Every time he began to talk, I thought, "This doesn't feel as menacing as it should." I wanted to make sure he had that mystique. I am a huge fan of slasher films from the 1980s, and the best don't talk. The best do it with their looks and their actions and their movements. I wanted to infuse that into his DNA and try to give him something new and different.
He actually does have that one line at the end of the movie, where he says, "Not nice." It was originally "Punish," but that was changed without my knowledge. I didn't even know about that change until it was too late. That one is a little disappointing for me, because I had that in there for the fans, and they changed it for whatever reason. But at the end of the day, I felt like it kept him more menacing.
They didn't tell you why they changed that one line?
No, it was one of those things where they just decided to change it. What could I say? The movie was already being put to wherever it was going. They allowed me to do so much in the movie that I wanted to do that fighting for that didn't seem worth it. I had already fought to keep with killing a kid in the movie; I fought for this crazy chase sequence and someone in a wood chipper. Things like that that I felt like this audience would really have fun with. You've just got to pick your battles.
Do you feel like the executives you deal with - not just on this film, but all of them - don't really "get" the horror genre?
For sure. There are definitely some producers and executives that don't get it. But the thing about being a filmmaker is, you get to pick the people you work with. For me, that's important. Working with a genre company like Anchor Bay - these guys get horror. They love horror movies. They understand them and know how to make them. For me it was pretty fun because every idea I threw out, they were like, "That's crazy! Yeah, let's try it!" So I had a lot of fun on this movie because they do get it. But I think there is a lot of friction out there with producers who just don't get it. I think that's where you miss out. You lose that charm. You need to accept that there really is a certain audience for these kinds of films, and you have to cater to them.
They are a pretty fanatical base.
Yes! They are. They're very picky. And I think that is why I love the horror genre, because it is a family community. When they like something, they get behind it and will push very hard, and that was the goal: to get them to like this movie.
What has the reaction been so far?
So far, from what I am getting on Facebook and Twitter and even Rotten Tomatoes, people are loving the movie. Even you guys gave it a great review. People are really digging it. They get the tone I was going for, and I just don't think there are enough of these kinds of movies. People are crying out for holiday slashers, so I think that is something we are going to try to keep giving them.
Does that mean you are already preparing a sequel for next season?
In my head I am! Does the studio want to do it? We'll see. But I am 100% on board to get this thing going.
The film is getting an extremely limited theatrical release - like eight theaters - before going to DVD and blu-ray. What can you tell us about that distribution model?
It's a little unfortunate for this movie.I think this movie had the potential to be out there and go wide. Just from the poster alone - I think if you walked up to a theater and didn't know what to see, but you saw that poster, you'd think, "Okay, I want to see that movie." It's unfortunate that this film didn't get the release it should have, but that goes back to economics, especially at smaller places like Anchor Bay. They just don't have the funds right now to put it out like that. At least they enjoyed the movie enough to try to get it out there. The blu-ray and DVD is just a smart way for them to make some money so we can go out and do another one. Maybe if we can get a cult following on this one, and people are crying out for another one, next year we can go big and open wide for the sequel.
And it makes a great stocking stuffer!
It does make a great stocking stuffer! I'm sure any family member would enjoy it - assuming they are not like under 13.
I don't know, I saw the original Silent Night, Deadly Night when I was about 11 or 12 and I grew up fine.
[Laughs.] I say that all the time to my wife! My daughter is two, and when we were editing the movie, my wife was always covering her eyes or sending her into another room.
What is it about the horror genre that draws you to it?
I love the people involved. I think the fans are so great. I think it is the reactions you get. There is something about giving people something to react to; having fun with the emotion of fear and tension and humor. In horror movies, you get to do all of that. You have this license to do whatever you want. It's not like a drama where there is a [tonal] formula you have to stick to. With horror movies, you can do your own thing and create your own world, and if it is done well enough, people will accept it.
A lot of horror fans would say that horror films themselves are very formulaic. Do you find the better ones not to be formulaic?
Yeah. When you look at something like Silent Night that has the formulaic sensibilities, where it separates itself is with atmosphere. Being able to create a movie that looks like a movie, something cinematically shot... I am a huge fan of that. With this generation, you have to look at what the movies look like now: found footage and Handi-Cam and "let's make it look as real as possible." That's not really "horror" to me. Horror, to me, is watching Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street. I think the generation that is coming up now is going to be very interesting. You are going to be able to show them something like Silent Night, with all these practical effects, and it will be so intense for them because they are used to seeing CG. The practical becomes very real for them, and maybe even more terrifying than it was for us. I'm interested in seeing how that plays out.
Do you think the reliance on CG in horror films is dragging it down for you?
Yeah. I think it is hindering the creativity of filmmakers. If you can sit there and say, "We can fix that later," or "Let's just do that some other time, we'll get a guy to draw it up on a screen," I think you are losing the idea of what these movies were about: being there, in the moment, building things with your bare hands, from scratch, with friends. There is something about getting that blood splatter on screen that is so visceral and so real. It was important for me that this movie embodied that completely.
I think visual effects and CG are a 100% great tool for enhancement. If you need to clean some things up, or enhance them, then sure. But building it from scratch I think should be done the right way.
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You might recall that I've said more than a few times that Channel 7 doesn't have a news image and that's been one of its problems as it has fallen deeply into third place in the local news ratings.
Because the old Andre Agassi commercial that proclaimed "image is everything" is true now more than ever.
Recently, Channel 7 began a new branding campaign -- "Good Things Happening" -- that established its image as the anti-Channel 2 News, which itself has been copied in recent promos by Channel 4.
"While others think our community is plagued with problems, at Eyewitness News we know Buffalonians are doing good things every day," Channel 7 co-anchor Joanna Pasceri says in the promo.
Near the end of the 30-second spot, co-anchor Keith Radford adds: "It's not about us, but you."
Ouch. Take that Channel 2.
I don't know how successful the upbeat promos will be. After all, this community does have problems that news departments need to address. But third-place Channel 7 is wise to differentiate itself from a station that has risen to the top by "asking tough questions" and "keeping people in power accountable" because those Channel 2 messages, as well as the slogan "2 on Your Side," are becoming more than a little repetitive and annoying to some viewers who want a less dramatic form of news.
Channel 7 also is making itself an alternative to Channel 4, which seems to be attempting to "borrow" Channel 2's news style to the point Channel 2 is now airing promos directed at Channel 4 as being a copycat.
Some "good things" appear to be happening at Channel 7 under energetic new General Manager Mike Nurse because at least the station is trying to do things differently.
The new morning show with Cole Heath and Tiffany Lundberg will start Aug. 12 with a new, simple title "Good Morning." That's it. There will be no "WNY" added to the title. Nurse said the name switch was made to separate the newscast from former formats.
"We're trying to show through look, feel and sound that this is something new and fresh and not simply different people at the same old, same old," said Nurse.
"Good Morning" also will have a new look and a second reporter, Rachel Elzufon, who has been working nights, to do features or cover news. She joins meteorologist Mike Randall, Jacqueline Asztalos and Business First's Elizabeth Carey on the morning show. Nurse said a traffic and lifestyles reporter also will be added shortly.
The station also is preparing to premiere what Nurse calls "a new interactive 'storyteller' system ... that is essentially a 65" ipad that allows us to creatively and interactively show stories." Sounds expensive.
In addition, Nurse reports that weekend sports anchor Shawn Stepner and "AM/Buffalo" host Linda Pellegrino have signed new contracts.
Channel 7 also will remain "the official station" of the Buffalo Bills after renewing its contact with the National Football League team for three years to carry preseason games, a live pregame show, "Buffalo Bills Live," at 11 a.m. Sunday, and a wrap-up show, "Buffalo Bills Tonight" at 11:35 p.m. Sunday.
If good things will be finally happening on the field for the Bills, that will be a bonus for a station that has had as little success as the NFL team in the last decade.
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Robinson was involved in a violent helmet-to-helmet collision with Eagles WR DeSean Jackson, who also will sit out Sunday and possibly longer. Robinson was fined $50,000 for the hit.
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Students in Associate Professor of Art & Art History Joseph Von Stengel's Art 216 Digital Art & Design II: Digital Print Media class will be among those creating logos for the Chamber and submitting them in the competition, which will get under way within the next few weeks, according to a media release from the college.
According to Von Stengel, "creating a logo for the (Chamber) will be a great experience for my students, as the project will be a cumulative demonstration of the information gathered throughout the semester."
Chamber director Barbara Ann Heegan said the Chamber hopes to select a logo from the student submissions before the end of semester and to start using the new design this summer.
"We are looking to rebrand ourselves as we are celebrating 27 years of strength, resilience, and results this year," Heegan said. "It is time to brand ourselves with a new look for the next 27 years in being a partner with business."
Von Stengel said the project will highlight the connections between various aspects of digital design, and will serve as an example of a post-college work experience, as the students will be working for a client, and the winner will be paid for his or her work.
Members of the Chamber board are scheduled to meet with the class to further discuss the project specifics, including their needs and design restrictions, in the coming weeks.
"I believe this project is a prime example of experiential leaning," said Von Stengel. "Regardless of who wins the contest, all students who participate will be able to use their logos in their professional portfolio and the experience as a starting point for understanding business. As a class, we will review our involvement and critique each other's work throughout the process."


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Report: Regulatory Mess May Hold Up Domestic Drone Revolution
The FAA has many questions to answer before widespread domestic drones become a reality.
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The legislation passed by Congress earlier this year that would usher in the age of domestic drones is fraught with confusing language and ambiguous deadlines, a new analysis by a Brookings Institution fellow argues.
The Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and Reform Act, signed by President Barack Obama in February, requires the FAA to make rules and safety guidelines that will bring thousands of unmanned aircraft into American skies by 2015.
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But Wells Bennett, a national security law expert at Brookings, argues that the law's deadlines "function like a big, jumbled timetable."
"'Deadline' may be too strong a term," he argues. "FMRA employs vaguely-worded objectives, and it doesn't always require the [FAA] to take precisely measurable steps … There's no formal compliance mechanism to hurry the agency along."
So far, three of the deadlines established in the law have passed: In May, the FAA had made agreements with government agencies that allowed them to fly drones. They met that deadline, but missed one in August that required the FAA to establish six safety testing sites around the country. The FAA met a November deadline to establish an applications process for private drone operators.
Even before the law was passed, the FAA has decided whether to grant waivers to allow people to operate drones on a case-by-case basis, something they have continued to do into the present day. That strategy worked for a while, Wells argues, but has created problems going forward as more and more agencies and companies apply for licenses.
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"In [an] iterative fashion, the FAA has created a rough process for deciding which UAS [unmanned aerial systems] can fly and which UAS cannot," he writes. "The process is still not standardized."
One of the reasons for that, the FAA argues, is that drone technology is still in its infancy. Without pilots, drones can't, and may never be able to, perform "see and avoid" maneuvers that piloted planes can. There have already been two drone crashes in the United States this year. A Navy drone crashed in Maryland in June, and in March, a drone operated a county police department in Texas crashed during a demonstration.
According to the FAA, it takes about 60 days to issue a waiver to fly a drone. From 2009 to the end of November, 345 waivers had been issued.
"Because they are inherently different from manned aircraft, introducing UAS into the nation's airspace is challenging for both the FAA and aviation community," the agency says. "Safety is the FAA's top mission."
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But, Wells says, if the FAA wants to meet Congress' deadline of late 2015 for widespread drone integration, it has to deal with other issues drones raise, such as public privacy and the fact that drones can, and have, been remotely hijacked.
"The key questions are awfully hard … and the most difficult work is yet to come," he writes.
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One of the pleasures and privileges of spectator sports is affixing cartoon images of hero and villain upon those we see as deserving. Since we are discouraged from doing such things to family, fellow workers, students (and everyone except Cuban dictators), sports teams and players such as, say, Alex Rodriguez, are delightful target -- even if booing him 12 years after he left Seattle is as irrational as it is irresistible.
Saturday brings a new villain to town: Brian Mullan.
He's the guy who almost a year ago broke the leg of one of the Sounders' best players, Steve Zakuani, with a tackle so vicious that Zakuani had to undergo multiple surgeries and won't return to game action until next month at the earliest.
Mullan, a top player for the Colorado Rapids, was whacked with a 10-game suspension, tied for the longest suspension in MLS history.
But Zakuani had to spend five days in a Denver hospital before returning to Seattle via private jet. Besides the broken tibia and fibula, nerve damage to his right foot was severe enough that his career was in jeopardy for a time. The rehab has been excruciating.
He's running now, getting healthier after losing 18 pounds, but it took a year-long bite out of his career.
So Sounders fans have a reason to work up a lather when Mullan steps on the Clink pitch at 1 p.m. for his first appearance since the episode. Mullan made things worse with his post-match remarks that displayed a galling insensitivity.
"It was a tackle I've done a hundred times," he said, "and I'd probably do it again."
But in the post-game interview, he had no idea of the extent of Zakuani's injuries, even though he went off the field on an ambulance gurney. Months later, Mullan, who declined to talk about the episode prior the Saturday match, now is remorseful.
"I still have a hard time with it," he told Sports Illustrated's Grant Wahl in a lengthy story in February. "It wakes me up in the middle of the night, and I can't get back to sleep thinking about it.
"To tell you the truth, I didn't know the extent of [the injury] until I was on my way home from the stadium. I had done the interview after the game and had no idea of the severity. It came down pretty hard afterward."
At 5-foot-8 and 150 pounds, Mullan, 33, doesn't look like a bully, and his previous behavior betrayed no tendency for mayhem. Before the Sounders game, he had gone five MLS seasons and 121 games without a red card. And he's had great success -- he's been a part of five MLS champions, tied for most in league history.
"I lost the ball and saw an opportunity where I thought I could get it back," Mullan told SI about the moments before the tackle. "And unfortunately the outcome was devastating."
A month later at the Clink, during the 11th minute of a match against Toronto, many fans lifted placards bearing Zakuani's jersey number, 11.
"I have those pictures up in my house," Zakuani told SI. "It's something I'll keep the rest of my life."
After Mullan returned from his suspension, Zakuani texted him. They talked on the phone. There are no hard feelings from Zakuani, for which Mullan is deeply grateful.
Now, the question becomes: How will he be received in Seattle?
The Twitterverse has been alive with suggestions this week. I don't suppose anyone can begrudge fans who pay for the privilege of attending, and who give freely of their hearts, to unload on Mullan. It won't be the worst thing.
The better thing would be to maintain a silence at his introduction, sight or ball possession. The best thing would be polite applause.
For crustier fans, that's sounds so Seattle -- hugging instead of hollering. I don't care. If the notion of sportsmanship is utterly abandoned, if games are given over to the Gregg Williamses of the world, sports drift more quickly toward "Thunderdome." Grudges only inflame contempt. Nothing good comes from belligerence toward an unintentional, albeit ghastly, moment that is severely regretted, and already forgiven.
One can choose to disbelieve Mullan's subsequent remorse. But to call him a liar atop a scoundrel is too much for me. A terrible sports mistake was made a year ago, but the price has been paid by all parties.
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina still has a football game to play this season, but coach Ruffin McNeill already has identified two memories – and two phrases – which he said define the 2013 Pirates.
Although the ultimate goal of becoming the second 10-win team in school history still is at hand, McNeill reflected on his senior class last week.
The fourth-year coach said tight end Zico Pasut and fullback Jimmy Booth – who both have played multiple positions despite limited time – coined two phrases this season that forever will remain in his vocabulary.
During an August two-a-day practice that McNeill said was so hot he could see the heat emanating from the turf, Pasut trotted over to him in the midst of drills and offered the first of the phrases.
"He said, 'Coach, this team and these seniors will be selfishly unselfish,' " McNeill said of Pasut.
McNeill, who will lead the Pirates against Ohio in Monday's Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla., said he immediately thought Pasut's words were "cool."
The other memorable sentence was spoken by Booth – who played on both lines before moving to fullback and becoming the primary punt rusher on special teams – to McNeill on the sideline during the blowout win against North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
"It was a very intense time on the sideline and I had my headphones on, and he came up to me," McNeill said. "He said, 'Coach, they're not built like us.' I was very proud of that. Those two seniors (both have graduated) work hard and they do the things that I've asked them to do."
Twenty active seniors will play their final games Monday.
Although they won't be able to match the record of the 1991 team, which finished 11-1 and beat N.C. State in the Peach Bowl, the Pirates are mindful they can become just the second team to reach double-digit wins in school history.
Their reasons are different, but coaches and players all understand the value of finishing with a win, and the difference between nine wins and 10.
"There's a big difference, a big difference," senior receiver Reese Wiggins said Wednesday. "Nine is just kind of like you almost had 10, and not a lot of teams have 10 wins. They reminded us of the past history, and that would be a pretty big accomplishment for the team."
McNeill's view is more long term.
"It's important for us to go into the offseason with a win," he said. "It helps with workouts, thought process, mentality and all phases, not just recruiting and athletically, but academically as well."
• Ohio quarterback Tyler Tettleton is dangerous once he gets out of the pocket, and the Pirates know where limiting him begins:
"The first thing is to take care of the run, always," said senior outside linebacker Derrell Johnson, who leads East Carolina with 79 tackles. "When you don't let a team run the ball, you make a team one-dimensional and make them throw the ball. That way, you can start adding pressure and dropping guys (in coverage) and start confusing them."
• ECU's five-game win streak that ended Nov. 29 against Marshall was characterized by an explosive, fast-starting offense and a defense that steadily wore down opponents at the line of scrimmage, often blitzing more as games progressed.
• ECU coaches don't anticipate Ohio being rattled by a no-huddle offense.
"They're coached well and I don't see any areas where they're not very good," said offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley. "A lot of these teams we've played this year, we've been able to target a couple of areas where we thought we could expose them, but these guys have got experience at all the positions."


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A curved chain of volcanoes in the overriding tectonic plate of a subduction zone. Volcanic arcs form as the result of rising magma formed by the melting of the downgoing plate. They are curved because of the curvature of the Earth. The Andes mountains form a volcanic arc. See also island arc.