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Whereas members have continued to show interest in the WGA "generic logo" apparel and most of the inventory of blue items sold at the cache bash event.
Be it resolved that the WGA will place an additional order of the following apparel items and quantities with the same Front/Back print design as the prior order.
2 Youth S
8 Adult M
12 Adult L
22 Adult XL
12 Adult 2 XL
8 Adult 3 XL
4 Adult 4 XL
2 Adult 5 XL
70 Total
2 Youth L
2 Adult S
2 Adult M
6 Adult L
5 Adult XL
3 Adult 2XL
2 Adult 4XL
2 Adult 5XL
24 Total
3 Adult L
3 Adult XL
6 Total
(All quantities are based on remaining inventory and past sales by item/size. Item quantity totals 100 to avoid screen fees.)
Be it resolved items purchased are to be sold at the WGA picnic and any remaining items sold at future WGA events. Proceeds to be used for WGA picnic costs and continued WGA operating costs.
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Great Moments in Political Rhetoric: Hannan vs Brown
From the European parliament, of all places:
(Via MAI, although I'm late to this, it's been viewed almost 2 million times on YouTube already.)
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This is Amit Kumar Mondal and I'm a 2012 B.Tech graduate from National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (NIT Durgapur) in IT. Currently I worked at Schneider Electric, Bangalore for last 2 years and currently enrolled at Technical University of Munich, Germany for masters study. This is my personal blog which I have created for keeping my thoughts in a place where it could be immaculate. I don't love to be ostentatious or pedant. It's what I really am. I am frantic in exploring the unexplored. This is what is inside me. That's why it is nomenclatured "AMIT INSIDE".
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Cinematheque . Film Schedule . Rome '78
Special Free Screening! Filmmaker in Person!
United States | 1978 | James Nares
As part of tonight's public opening of the new exhibition in CIA's Reinberger Galleries (adjacent to Aitken Auditorium), we present a classic feature film by one of the four artists spotlighted in the show, James Nares. He will also attend our screening. Nares is a British-born, New York-based painter and video artist who was also a major figure in the underground "No Wave" movement that sprouted in New York's Lower East Side during the 1970s and 1980s. A Del-Byzanteens bandmate of Jim Jarmusch and Contortions cohort of James Chance, Nares made numerous short videos and Super 8 movies during the seventies, as well as the zero-budget narrative feature that we show tonight. Rome '78 finds an all-star No Wave cast (Lydia Lunch, Eric Mitchell, James Chance, John Lurie, Lance Loud, Patti Astor, et al.) enacting an Ancient Roman drama in an American city and civilization experiencing their own decline and fall. The film centers around Emperor Caligula, played by artist David McDermott of McDermott & McGough.
82 min. Beta SP. Nares will answer audience questions after the screening.
Admission free. Special thanks to Bruce Checefsky and James Nares. Nares' hour-long 2011 video Street is on view in the Reinberger Galleries through Dec. 14.
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Video: Countdown to UFC 139
We're not sure if it's the Strikeforce footage or what, but the UFC 139 edition the UFC countdown show had a different edgy feel to it. Maybe the UFC got wise and hired someone like NicktheFace to the team.
Anyway, it's a good one and maybe it's the marketing magic, but I'm looking more forward to this card now than I already was.
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Catherine Opie pictures real butches
Lesbian photographer Catherine Opie may now be a mother and wife, but that's not going to stop her from continuing to do provocative work as she has in the past. Coming off of a highly successful mid-career retrospective at the Guggenheim last year, she is at the point in her work that she can do whatever she wants and be paid attention to — not that she has ever not done what she wants to begin with.
If you're not familiar with Opie or her influence, look no further than the opening sequence of The L Word (seasons 2 – 6) and you'll see her self-portraits lining the wall behind Bette in a gallery.
Opie's work has always been very queer, but also includes several other themes within that, from S&M to drag to her constant work on what is butch. And now with her latest series, "Girlfriends," she's putting together photos from her archive of "friends and lovers" and taking new portraits (including celebrities like JD Samson, Jenny Shimizu and Katherine Moennig) to show off "iconic butch lesbians."
Opie recently talked with Vice about her work, her sexuality and how the two are deeply involved.
On pulling old photos from her archive for "Girlfriends":
It's kind of like an ode to my former life, before domesticity and motherhood. [laughs] I'm not really hanging out in the dungeons anymore or shooting the SM community in the way I used to.
I don't think I would have dared touch the archive like I'm doing now if it wasn't for this exhibition that I'm planning. And also coming off of having 20 years of work being up at the Guggenheim, it gives me a different kind of permission to re-enter my work and look at things that are just part of what a voracious documenter I was. Often I decided not to show certain photos for different reasons, like following too closely on the heels of Mapplethorpe or wanting to get tenure as a teacher. [laughs] Kind of conservative reasons. Yet I'll put Pervert out there, which doesn't make any sense. That's the dichotomy of me.
On her former project Dyke Deck, in which a deck of cards featured a different lesbian:
It was really fun to do that. I did an open call in San Francisco. A good portion of them were friends, but some were people I had never even met. They just came and performed for me, and it was so fun.
On when she knew she wanted to be a photographer:
At nine years old. My first self-portrait was in a summer show at Barbara Gladstone last year—it's me at nine years old wearing these little flowered pants with the zipper half down and making muscles in front of my house. It's really cute. I got my camera on my ninth birthday. I asked my parents for a camera because I did a book report on Lewis Hine and then just announced that I was going to be a social-documentary photographer.
On her exhibition about high school football players and if the subjects were familiar with her work:
I was a little nervous about that because my Wikipedia page had my self-portrait, Pervert, on there. So I did a little editing, and put a high school football player there instead. And now I have a warning on my Wikipedia page that I've changed the content and I'm a bad human being. I had a Wiki war with somebody who kept wanting to change it back to the way it was. Because that's the thing, it's the work that everybody goes to right away, but it's really a very small representation of the work I've made.
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What's a Wimbly Wombly?
The AFC Wimbly Womblys are a fictional soccer team in FIFA 14, based on the English football club AFC Wimbledon, controlled and managed by John Green.
I… have no idea what any of that meant.
Sorry! It's a little complicated. Where do you want to start?
What's a FIFA 14?
FIFA 14 is the most recent iteration in a series of popular soccer video games published by EA Sports. You control one of hundreds of teams in leagues across the globe and compete against the AI, a friend, or one of thousands of fellow gamers online. One of the more popular game modes allows you to take the role of 'manager' of a football club and play as the team over the course of several seasons- you can buy and sell players, manage the roster, tweak tactics, establish a scouting network and academy to develop young talent, earn promotion to higher leagues, and qualify for prestigious continental tournaments. You can even manage a national team simultaneously and lead them to the World Cup!
Ok. And?
John Green plays through a Career Mode game as manager of…
Hold up. Who's John Green?
John Green is a New York Times Bestselling Author. He's written four solo novels, most notably The Fault In Our Stars (which was recently adapted as a film). He's also a prominent video blogger (most famously for the channel Vlogbrothers, which he collaborates on with his brother Hank), a producer of online educational video, and a philanthropist.
Er, ok. Continue.
So, John plays through a Career Mode game as manager of AFC Wimbledon. He records his games along with running commentary in which he reacts to the game while trying to talk about some other topic- current events, interesting stuff happening in his life, questions submitted by fans, things like that. He then uploads the games to YouTube.
And people actually watch someone play a video game?
You're kidding, right?
Nope! This is actually a Thing.
Ooookay then. So, the Wimbly Womblys are a fake soccer team that lives in some guy's video game?
It's fictional. But the videos are fun, and occasionally very exciting, and the stories are very engaging.
Right, so apart from talking about interesting stuff, John (in collaboration with the fans) constructs an elaborate narrative built around the team. Players on the team often receive silly nicknames and complicated (and, again, fictional) backstories. With two notable exceptions, the players on the Wimbly Womblys are based real-life footballers- such as star goalkeeper Seb Brown. The story centers around this team in the fourth division of English football trying to work their way up to the top, the Barclay's Premier League.
And those exceptions are?
The team's two star strikers, Bald John Green and Other John Green. The core element of their story is that they're in a committed marriage with each other (or as John says, "teammates in life and in love").
So… John Green named two of his players after himself?
Isn't that kind of weird?
Eh. It was at first, but we've kinda fallen in love with them.
Oooookay. So, AFC Wimbledon is fictional?
The Wimbly Womblys- the video game team you see in the YouTube videos- are fictional. But the Wimbly Womblys are based on a real world English football club, AFC Wimbledon.
What's their deal?
AFC Wimbledon are a football club based in South London. They currently play in League Two, which is the fourth tier of English football. They are the spiritual successors of Wimbledon Football Club, a team with a long and fascinating history. In 2002, WFC was moved by their owners at the time to Milton Keynes, a town 60 miles north of London, far away from the community that nurtured the club for over a century. AFC Wimbledon, owned and operated by the fans, was founded days after the move became official. The new club started at the very bottom of the English football pyramid, but just nine years later had climbed up the ladder and, in a dramatic final at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, defeated Luton Town in a penalty shootout to secure promotion to the Football League.
Do fans of AFC Wimbledon and Milton Keynes not like each other?
That would be putting it mildly.
But why did John choose this club as the basis for his Wimbly Womblys?
He explains his rationale in a Vlogbrothers video, but basically: AFC Wimbledon has a compelling history that appeals to those of us with a flair for the romantic, their fans are wonderful, they were one of the first clubs to actively speak out against homophobia in English football, and generally embody Nerdfighter values.
What's a Nerdfighter?
People who, instead of being made up of cells and organs and stuff, are actually made out of awesome.
… fine, don't tell me.
Ok, sorry. A Nerdfighter is a member of a large, mostly online, community inspired by John and Hank's videos. While Nerdfighters (collectively known as Nerdfighteria) share traits with fandoms like Harry Potter and Doctor Who, what really binds us together is a set of shared values- intellectualism, curiosity, mutual respect, and a desire to make the world a better place (which we call "decreasing worldsuck"). Our motto is the initialism DFTBA (Don't Forget To Be Awesome).
And what do AFC Wimbledon fans think of all this?
The response has been mostly positive! In fact, the ad revenue earned from Wimbly Wombly videos is used to fund a sponsorship agreement with AFC Wimbledon. So when you watch Wimbly Wombly videos (and sit through the ads), you're supporting the real life club. More revenue means more money for the club, which means better players, which means staying in the Football League. Maybe even challenging for promotion one day!
Do I have to like AFC Wimbledon to watch the Wimbly Womblys?
Nope! In fact there are plenty of Wimbly Wombly fans who don't even like soccer!
Do YOU like AFC Wimbledon?
I do. I talk about my discovering and falling in love with the team here.
Ok, I get all this video stuff, I guess. What's the deal with this blog?
Nerdfighter Football Club is a fan blog devoted to the Wimbly Womblys. We also cover AFC Wimbledon and general football happenings.
So you write fanfic?
Kinda? We're most famous for publishing match reports of the games from each episode.
Match reports?
Yeah, summaries of the game, like you'd find on BBC Sport or The Guardian.
Does John Green write these match reports?
Nope! I do.
Why do you write these?
It's fun! And people seem to like them!
You're basically giving away the ending though, right?
The match reports, like those you'd find on BBC Sport or the Guardian, assume you've watched the episode already. We take some common sense measures to provide a buffer against accidentally giving the ending away, but as a general rule you should treat all our match reports as spoilers. This post has some terrific guidance for hiding spoilery content on Tumblr.
Ok. And you're the only Wimbly Wombly fan blog, right?
Nope! There's a small but vibrant fan community on Tumblr. We are one of the bigger ones (other than the official Tumblr) in terms of followers and content output, but there's a whole wide world of Wimbly Wombly fandom out there.
This is so stupid, nobody cares about your sad little fandom.
If you're a Wimbly Wombly fan blog, why do you also cover the real world AFC Wimbledon?
Partly because I love the club independent of my Wimbly Wombly fandom and, if you haven't guessed already, I'm not one to contain my enthusiasm for things. But mostly because the Wimbly Wombly videos support a real life football club in England. By watching and sharing the videos, we are contributing (however indirectly) to the continued financial health of AFC Wimbledon. As such, I think it's important to try and keep Wimbly Wombly fans up-to-date on what's going on with the club, and in the process hopefully help build a bridge between Wimbly Wombly fans and AFC Wimbledon supporters.
Can I write for the blog?
Probably not, but feel free to send me a message anyway. Honestly though, you're better off just starting your own Tumblr (if you haven't already) and posting your Wimbly Wombly stuff there. I check the Wimbly Wombly tag frequently, so if you post something interesting I'll likely reblog it. We're a pretty small fan community, so there's lots of room to grow.
Do you sell Wimbly Wombly merchandise?
Nope! For one thing there really isn't any, and even if there was we don't have a store. AFC Wimbledon does have some lovely merchandise in their club shop, however.
Didn't you used to be the "Swindon Town Gazette?"
Yes! This site started life in October 2011 as a fan blog for the Swindon Town Swoodilypoopers.
John's previous FIFA team. He played as Swindon Town in FIFA 11 (and, later, FIFA 13). That story came to a sudden, ignominious end in October 2013. One month later John released the first Wimbly Wombly episode, and soon after we rebranded as Nerdfighter Football Club. (It didn't make sense to keep calling ourselves the Swindon Town Gazette after we stopped covering Swindon Town.)
So you've been at this for a long time then?
Me? Oh no. I started writing for this blog in June 2013. The Gazette was started by Peeta, who also runs DFTBA News. In early 2014 Peeta handed the blog over to me in order to focus on other projects.
Who the eff is Hank?
Givanildo Henrique Vieira de Souza (born 5 May 1980), commonly known as Hank, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazil national football team. In the 2013-14 season, he led Ligue 1 in assists (19) and displayed such a talent for picking out passes and making clever use of space that fans and teammates nicknamed him "The Navigator."
So do you get paid for this?
Nope! This is all a labor of love.
Aren't you worried about someone ripping off your work?
Not really. Everything I write for this blog is covered under a Creative Commons license. You can find more info here.
What's this "Unnecessary Tackle-Cast" stuff I keep seeing?
Unnecessary Tackle-Cast is a biweekly podcast about the Wimbly Womblys and AFC Wimbledon.
Wait, what's a podcast?
It's basically a radio show, except you listen on the internet instead of your local radio station. You download and listen to episodes of a podcast whenever you'd like.
And you host it?
I co-host and co-produce it, along with Mel.
And who are you people, anyway?
I'm James. I'm a Nerdfighter and soccer geek living in Chicago. I'm a fan of AFC Wimbledon, Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund, and the Chicago Fire, as well as the national teams for the United States and England. Outside of football, I'm a freelance writer and conceptual artist. I'm a huge fan of Doctor Who, goth bands, and surrealist art. I also have a love of dogs that is barely containable.
Mel is also a Nerdfighter and soccer geek. She lives in Cincinnati, and is a fan of AFC Wimbledon, Liverpool, Barcelona, and the Columbus Crew, as well as the national teams for the United States, England, and Spain. She's currently studying to be a nurse, and is one of the organizers for DFTBA Ohio. She loves Doctor Who, British indie bands, and Walt Whitman. She would probably drink all the coffee in the world if she could.
I went and listened to the first few episodes of UTC. Didn't you used to have a different co-host?
I did! Rosi was a co-host on Unnecessary Tackle-Cast for the first five episodes.
What happened to her?
Rosi got super busy with work and family commitments and she didn't have time for the podcast anymore. The show briefly went on hiatus before Mel stepped in as a temporary replacement. We announced that she would be staying on permanently in Episode 8.
You guys are kind of all over the place on the podcast. Do you get high or something before recording?
No. We're just very, very silly.
My question wasn't covered here. Halp?
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I believe most teachers are awesome. Some are not teaching at all, and others are teaching their beliefs and that should be a no-no. Young people in the learning ages should learn from those who instill in them the face of curiosity. I am thankful that a teacher took an interest in me when I was in high school, cause I was about to quit. All because another teacher gave me a low grade, after telling me that I deserved a better grade but she thought I had copied a story I wrote for a class. I am 76 years old, and I truly wish she were around so I confront her and explain to her that my success in life was sure not because of her.
I had a wonderful day in class with students laughing and engaged in activities. I love days like this!
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Purveyors of fine home automation technology INSTEON claim to be first to market with a "networked remote control dimmable LED light bulb". Compatible with any INSTEON remote control, the bulb can also be paired with INSTEON's free iOS and Android app so that it can be turned on, off, or dimmed, using most contemporary smartphones. Read More
Its idea may be simple, but that did not stop Radiator Labs winning the MIT Clean Energy Prize with its controllable box that can be retrofitted to radiators to boost the efficiency of hot water and steam heating systems. The heavily insulated housings physically cover the radiator, trapping heat in the system, and strictly controlling the amount that is let into the room. This prevents homes becoming over-heated, and wasteful heat loss as people open windows to compensate. Read More
Anyone who regularly uses a computer for long periods of time can likely attest to the importance of proper computer-use posture. Sitting in the wrong position, or having your keyboard or screen improperly located, can result in strain to the eyes, hands, wrists, neck or back. While we may try to establish a good pose when first sitting down at our machine, it's all too easy to get wrapped up in what we're doing, and gradually slip into our old ergonomically-unfriendly hunches or slouches. That's where Philips' new ErgoSensor display steps in – it actually monitors the user, and lets them know when they need to correct their posture. Read More
New GreenZero chargers eliminate vampire power drain
The spring-loaded PumPing Tap concept that would eject electrical plugs from an outlet when not actively drawing electricity attracted a fair share of criticism from readers when we looked at it earlier this week. Bracktron has come up with a more practical solution with its line of GreenZero chargers that detect when the device being charged is unplugged or fully charged and automatically shut off to eliminate stand-by – also known as vampire power – consumption. Read More
For years, environmentalists have warned that keeping electronics plugged in all the time wastes energy, even when a device is switched off. Even for less green-conscious consumers this lost energy can add up on the electric bill each month, so disconnecting unused devices is really a good habit for anyone to get into. But let's be honest, it's hard to remember to unplug each gadget every single time it's used. To help with this, designers have created the PumPing Tap, a concept electrical socket that can detect an unused power cord and physically eject it from the wall. Read More
Radiator Booster redirects hot air from the wall to the room
The basic idea with radiators is that they should, well, radiate heat out into the room. Given that they're almost always located against walls, however, much of the heat coming off the back of them is just absorbed by those walls. What someone should make is a gizmo that draws the heated air out from behind a radiator, and blows it over to where it will be appreciated. Well, that's what the Radiator Booster is. Read More
While programmable thermostats are nothing uncommon these days, many users adjust the temperature manually utilizing the thermostat's basic feature only. On the other hand, it's certainly difficult to develop an appropriate program corresponding to the volatility of daily life. Designed by a team led by ex-Apple engineer Tony Fadell, the Nest Learning Thermostat offers a new take on automatic temperature adjustment. Featuring a simple knob-based design, the unit is capable of self-programming itself via a combination of its user's habits, activity sensors and Internet-gathered weather information, thus increasing energy savings without much effort on the user's part. Read More
Levytator – the curvy, energy-saving escalator
For over a century, escalators have followed a fairly straight path – with the exception of a few spiral and curved escalators found in cities including Reno and Osaka. Now a researcher at City University London has developed a new type of escalator called the Levytator that is capable of following freeform curves. This is achieved by replacing the traditional rectangular steps with curved modules that also allows the modules to be placed in a continuous loop. Not only does this open up the design possibilities for architects, it could also cut energy usage in half compared to conventional escalators. Read More
New heat-harvesting material made in $40 microwave oven
Virtually all electrical devices and industrial processes create heat as they operate, which is typically wasted. In the past several years, various thermoelectric technologies have been developed to address that situation, by converting such heat into electricity. The ideal material for the purpose would be one that has a high electrical conductivity, but a low thermal conductivity – that way, it could carry plenty of electricity without losing efficiency through overheating. Unfortunately, electrical and thermal conductivity usually seem to go hand in hand. With some help from an ordinary microwave oven, however, researchers from New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created a nanomaterial that appears to fit the bill. Read More
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Dimmable windows, in one form or another, have been with us for several years now. We've seen examples such as the manually-adjustable SPD-Smart motorcoach windows, the energy-harvesting Smart Energy Glass product, and the RavenWindow, which darkens or lightens according to the outside temperature. According to researchers from Korea's Soongsil University and Korea Electronics Technology Institute, however, such windows can be expensive, don't work properly for long enough, and require toxic substances in their manufacturing process. The team claims to have developed a system of their own, that has none of these drawbacks. Read More
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Intriguing playoffs
Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone!
The titillating first round of the NBA playoffs finally concluded on late Sunday afternoon when the last two remaining best-of-seven games were played. It was a roller coaster of a first round with high enjoyment content and some history making. I couldn't find a single soul who had any doubt about the Miami Heat advancing first. This writer doesn't feel that the "terrific trio" brought all of their prowess to bear in the first three games. The sentiment was generally that the games' venue had no bearing on the outcome.
It was intriguing to witness the building suspense in the most highly-regarded series. I know that the stock of the Memphis Grizzlies, like the Grinich's larcenous heart, grew three sizes during their contests with the OKC Thunder. My support didn't wane or wilt until the sixth game.
The Memphis faithful just might have grounds for suit against Kevin Durant's home front newspaper (The Oklahoman). The paper called the star of the Thunder "Mr. Unreliable." Now, K.D. (May I call you K.D.? Sure, I can. Everyone else does!), strongly asserted in a lengthy press conference that the tag didn't bother him (and that he didn't read newspapers). Don't know if K.D. was entirely forthcoming, but I have never seen him play with such dedication. He and Russell Westbrook fairly destroyed Memphis in that first half. The game made history because it was the first time a first-round series had four overtimes in consecutive games. They made history again by being one of four game sevens played on the same day.
There was a lot of fallout surrounding game seven when Zack Randolph was denied floor time. He was penalized for unsportsmanlike actions in the last quarter of game six. He was immediately penalized; the opposing player was awarded the customary free shots and no flagrant one or two was called. There was no ejection. Instead, Randolph was suspended for game seven. This caused a bad smell, not only in Grizz land, but across the nation. Since ZBo was a consistent 18 points performer in the playoffs and the Thunder won the deciding game 120-109, his suspension leaves room for "what if" statements.
The semi-final field has been set and the eight teams from the conferences have been identified. Indiana will test its skills against the Washington Wizards and the Brooklyn Nets will get to entertain the King and company.
The drama in the Western Conference is abating somewhat but some of the intense rivalries endured to the final whistle. The Houston Rockets and the Portland Trail Blazers were still having words after their contests ended. The Trail Blazers prevailed to face the San Antonio Spurs in the next round. Portland hasn't won an NBA title since 1977.
The other Western trial will be the Clippers and the Thunder. The Clips seemed a bit more at ease in their deciding game. I think they have a good chance of making it to the finals. I am going to stop my prediction there.
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Indians fall to 'Dores
By CLAUDE VINSON
The Byhalia Indians continued their district play last Friday evening with a home game against the once-beaten Commodores of Lafayette County.
The visitors elected to receive and went to work after the kickoff with a rangy, 235-lb. sophomore quarterback calling the signals. Six feet two inches tall, Jeremy Liggins made a very visible target, however, he and one of his two setbacks, Dominic Price, were hard to stop. They rushed practically the length of the field, being helped in part by an Indian face-mask penalty at the end of one play. Liggins then called a keeper and weaved his way into the end zone. After the Tyler Jackson kick the score was 7-0. The Commodores had used less than two minutes on the drive.
Andre Collins took the kick for the Indians, returning for good yardage. With Dustin Smith running the Byhalia offense, Collins took one in the flat, got a favorable flag from the officials and a first down at the 30. Another 5 yards and the Indians were inside the red zone.
Going on a fourth and inches at the 13, an inadvertent whistle stopped play and killed the Byhalia momentum. It also drew the ire of the Indian staff. The ball went over on downs but the Indians caught two successive breaks, backing the Commodores up each time. Then Reggie Richmond blew through the Commodore line and sacked Liggins deep in the backfield. The punt put the Indians on the 16-yard line.
Byhalia failed to advance and went three and out. Lafayette was still using its ground game and a mix-up in the backfield put the pigskin on the turf. An alert Chris Brown recovered for the Indians. But Patrick Malone, now under center, was picked off on a play-action throw and the ball was right back in the hands of the Commodores, namely Liggins and Price. Two plays later and the score was 14-0. There was still a little over a minute left in the first quarter.
Byhalia moved the chains on a quick hitter over center to Tavaris Neal. Malone came right back to Neal and picked up another first. Malone then beat the blitz and threw successfully to Randy Holt at the 25. The quarter ended and score was still 14-0. After the change of direction, Malone scrambled out of the backfield and placed the ball on the 15. The Indians tried for it on a fourth and one. The pass fell incomplete and Byhalia was denied a second time in the red zone.
The Commodores decided to air it out. After an illegal procedure call, Richmond covered a fumble in the backfield, giving Byhalia excellent field position at the 21. Neal caught a pass at the 14 and made another grab, inches shy of a first. The Indians tried to force it on short yardage but were denied a third time. Richmond and Kelvin Wilson were doing a good job of harassing the ground game. Lafayette went to the air again, tacking on seven more before the half expired. 21-0.
Holt fielded a kick to open third, made a good return but the Indians still went three and out. The Commodores used their passing game to score three more times in the third. A sure TD was thwarted by Pedro Hawk when he ran down Demarkus Dennis in open field. Tyler Jackson kicked all seven extra points for the Commodores. At three completed quarters, it was Lafayette with a score of 49-0.
The fourth quarter was a defensive standoff. Byhalia didn't allow any more Commodore points but they failed to reach the end zone.
Head coach Markeith Washington named Holt as the MVP of the game, citing his overall play on rushes and kick and punt returns.
The Commodores' only loss this season is to Itawamba AHS. Byhalia is 3-3 overall and 0-2 in district play.
The Indians will travel to Tunica to meet Rosa Fort in another district game this Friday. The game kicks off at 7 p.m.
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I grew up near by, and always thought this school was lower quality until, I my Daughter attended. I must say, it's not at the quality of a private school but better than my high school experience going to Morris Hills. My Daughter is now a Senior and she was accepted to The College of New Jersey. I am very happy with this school.
I have worked in other districts and this one has really allowed me to help students to reach their goals. The programs are rich and hold lots of students interest. It is a small school where everyone knows each other and are supportive of each other. The school encourages the teachers to receive multiple disciplines, such as subject, teaching techniques, technology, and social responsibility, of professional development to improve our education so that we may better educate students. I love teaching here and give my all to each student. My goal is to inspire each student to reach their individual potential and to be their best self!
I am very dissatisfied with all aspects of this school. If you are interested in your child receiving a good education, I would steer you away from this high school. I agree with ther other comments about the principal. She is not interested in the most important thing - making sure her students get a decent education.
My Niece was brutally attacked at Boonton High. Noone helped her this is so sad and must be stopped!!!!!!So another young person doesnt have to go threw this !!!!! I call upon the Principal and staff to get a plan together now!!!!!!!! My niece is not just another number!!!!!!!!
School is a complete disappointment. Administration treat students like elementary students, and does not value their inputs. Teachers are treated badly and disrespectfully. Education is not the administrations' first priority but sport is. It is a completely horrible environment, and the principal is a pure disappointment.
This school is a dismal disappointment on all levels. The climate is lazy and the leadership is abysmal. The students bear the brunt of a system that does not respect them.
When I consider the history of Boonton High School as well as the numerous graduates who have gone onto great accomplishments (such as the winning of the Pulitzer Prize), I know that Boonton High School is certainly a 'buried treasure,' a treasure trove of possibilities and potential waiting to be discovered by those who know where to look.
I love This School. Its so diverse and we learn so much about other cultures and traditions. As a whole we really respect one another. Everyone is given the same opportunites. For example we make everyone in our school take the SAT's (unlike other schools in our area who select only some kids to take them so their school looks better). There are many great clubs and athletics programs anyone can take part in. I am also very found of our chior and drama program. Teachers give kids opportunities to continue a study outside of school such as Nj's Chiors/ Bands, Govoner School (those are just the things i am apart of) AP classes range from standard to Amazing. We all have alot of fun in our school and i will miss it
The diversity has taught me so much and the small numbers make it easy and relatively pressure free to do well among your class. Plus the sports and exta-curricular activities are amazing! I'm going to miss them soo much!
this school is so amazing I might have to make up my own word for it
I just have to say that this school has some wonderful teachers but the best has to be Mr. Charles O'Neill. When I went to school there, Mr. O'Neill pushed me to do my best and graduate. He taught me to never give up on my dreams and goals. Any student who is lucky enough to have him as their English teahcer is blessed and needs to use him while they can. Thank you Mr.O'Neill. I miss you and am forever in your debt.
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Haha! I know exactly what you are talking about on these excuse posts! I stopped writing those in the first six months of blogging. Now, I'm pretty well down to a consistent post per week, so I don't need to write them anymore. So that's a good way to avoid the excuse blog post: just blog. Consistently. No excuses. :-)
You're absolutely right- my old blog before I started "back" to blogging recently ended in 2010 right after several of these types of posts. It's definitely bad sign.
Who needs an excuse? Only the blogger with a big ego who doesn't realize that there are plenty of other blogs out there to take up the momentary slack. I don't apologize for my "days off."


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Jacoby Ellsbury would have been a scratch from the New York Yankees lineup on Monday if not for a rainout, but the team isn't concerned about his hip injury.
Jackson Alexander of MLB.com has the info:
New York's center fielder sustained a slight injury to his right hip in the Yankees' 2-1 loss to the Royals on Sunday, and manager Joe Girardi planned on keeping him out of the lineup.
It occurred when Ellsbury took an awkward step around first base, legging out a third-inning double.
Despite the injury, manager Joe Girardi didn't sound too worried about it. Ellsbury was able to remain in the game, which looking back on it was risky at best.
Brendan Kuty of NJ.com gives us a quote from Girardi that leads us to believe Ellsbury could have played, but was held out as a precaution:
"But he's played a lot of days in a row here," Girardi said. "So I figured with the consistent rain there would be tonight and the soft outfield I'd give him a day. But I'd expect him to be there (Tuesday)."
The best part about that quote was the fact that Girardi expects Ellsbury to be ready on Tuesday. In the same report from Kuty, Ellsbury also confirmed he should be in the lineup versus the Seattle Mariners.
Ellsbury is seeing the ball as good as he has in 2014 with an ongoing 13-game hitting streak. The Yanks could certainly use him in the lineup as their offense continues to struggle mightily.
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Well, we can all say goodbye to a Cowboys legend. DeMarcus Ware was officially released on Tuesday afternoon. Apparently the two sides could not come to an agreement for the future Hall-Of-Famer to return. This really is fantastic news! I have been hoping that this would happen for about 6 months, but never in my wildest dreams did I think that it actually would.
People will argue that Ware will be hard to replace, that my friends is rubbish! His recent production will not be hard to replace at all and the financial advantage to cutting him is great. This was the perfect time to replace him, and guess what Jason Witten, Brandon Carr and a few others? The good 'ol days are gone! You want a big contract? Well then you had better keep earning it, or else.
We have all seen Ware disappear at crucial junctures in games and seasons for too long now. He was a great player, but there has been a long over-due message to some of the core players on this team. That message was served on Tuesday. I assure you some of these over-paid veterans will use this as a reminder that they need to show results and Miles Austin has probably already sold his house.
For far too long Jerry has been overly loyal and it has hurt this team a lot. Now some other team can over-pay for Ware's services. DeMarcus Ware can, and will be replaced. I would, however like to take this moment to thank him for his years of service. He has been one of my favorite Cowboys in recent memory, I just wish he'd had a bit of a mean-streak is all. Best of luck to ya Mr. Ware!
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The Cowboys would be much better served picking up a Safety in the first round of this years draft. It is pretty clear that the d-line depth on the team is non-existent, but the draft is very deep in d-linemen. That is not the case with the Safety position, there is a huge drop-off after the first three Safeties come off of the board. Dallas has been plagued by poor play on the back-end for years, it is time that they do something about it. If Ha Ha Clinton-Dix or Calvin Pryor are there at 16, the Cowboys have to pounce.
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Delhi Metro Chief Mangu Singh Friday highlighted the need for a unified transport authority and the importance of city-level governance to look after issues related to the transport sector.
"In our country, we formally recognise two levels of government -- the state and centre. The third level -- city government -- is hardly existing. There is no unified authority that can control things related to the transport sector," said Singh at the Confederation of Indian Industry International Conference on Urban Mass Transportation here.
He said an inefficient transport system is harmful for the economy as a lot of money is spent on importing fuel from other countries.
"The transport scenario in our major cities is such that there is heavy congestion on the roads," said Singh.
"Apart from the man hours lost in transit, the pollution level is increasing," he added.
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The governor distanced himself from his Lieutenant Governor's remarks saying he hadn't thought about what action to take if a court struck down his plan to furlough most state workers one day a week until the budget is settled.
Paterson said "If I was going to sit around and speculate about what I'd do every time something goes wrong, I wouldn't have even put the plan in the emergency appropriation."
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I sometimes have excessive itching on my legs, especially at bedtime. I have Type 2 diabetes and I'm taking Junuvia and Glimepiride. Can you recommend anything to relieve the itching?
I sometimes have excessive itching on my legs, especially at bedtime. I have Type 2 diabetes and I'm taking Junuvia and Glimepiride. Can you recommend anything to relieve the itching?
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I'm sorry you're experiencing this itching. It sounds like it would be very difficult to sleep with that kind of discomfort! Only a doctor can tell you for certain if your diabetes or the medications you take for it are causing your itching. However, it is common for people with Type 2 diabetes to have problems with itching. Experts aren't sure why this is the case; it could be due to nerve damage, to metabolic problems related to blood sugar levels, or to dry skin related to the condition. Moisturizers can help with the dry skin, and having adequate blood sugar control should help with the other causes. Itching can be caused by a number of other conditions, as well, so it's best to let your doctor know you're experiencing this symptom so that he or she can offer the best treatment advice.
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William Álvarez's Event Journal
Mamma Mia!
Sunday November 4, 2012 / 7:00pmMamma Mia!
2 tickets
1634 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
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I was really happy to see these great group of artists singing to ABBA, it was a party from start to end. The lead vocal is outstanding and the choir is really good.


text: Whatever its origins, it was written for a monastic audience. The work displays a pronounced monastic bias, and the author presupposes a standard of moral and doctrinal learning of his readers which is far beyond what we may presume to have been within the range of the seventh century lay person. The author tacitly urges his it presents audience towards what he sees as the highest standard of spiritual perfection.


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J. A. Rial
Randomness. Deborah J. Bennett. 224 pp. Harvard University Press, 1998. $22.95.
Chances are high that reading this book will clear up your misconceptions about randomness and probabilities. In this very entertaining little book, simply written but intended for careful readers, some of the most common mistakes people make about chance are carefully analyzed. While describing interesting aspects of the mathematics of probability, the author takes frequent detours into the history of humanity's understanding (and misunderstanding) of the laws of chance, touching on subjects as diverse as chance in decision-making and the fairness of those decisions, gambling and our intuitive understanding of chance, the likelihood of the extremely rare, the existence of true randomness and how computers have helped shape modern thinking about probabilities.
Imagine you are in a dark room and need to get a pair of matching socks out of a drawer. There are two blue socks and one red sock. If you take two socks, one after the other, what are the odds of getting two matching (blue) socks compared with getting a mismatch? The answer is that the chance of getting mismatching socks is double that of getting the matching socks. Isn't this obvious? Perhaps not, but reading the book will certainly make it crystal clear to anyone.
Author Deborah Bennett offers a number of similar examples of how our intuition about the odds of things happening is almost always wrong. For instance, what are the odds of a meteorite strike being the cause of the crash of TWA Flight 800 in July 1996? Does 1 in 10 sound right? Or is it more like 1 in 1 million? Is it really a 1 in 17 trillion coincidence that the same person wins the New Jersey lottery twice within four months?
The coin-toss problem or the roulette red-black dilemma are the mathematician's favorite examples of how deeply ingrained in our psyche is the idea that previous outcomes somehow influence future ones in a game of chance, or in life. Everyone knows that the chances of heads or tails are equally likely in a coin flip. However, not everyone takes this idea seriously enough. Say for instance that, flipping a coin many times, you have overcome great odds and have flipped 100 consecutive heads. What are the chances of the next flip being tails? More than 50-50, or just 50-50? Most people would expect the next flip to be tails more likely than heads and would even bet the farm that black will follow 100 consecutive reds. Yet they are wrong; the odds are still the same as they always are in these yes-or-no situations: 50-50—provided, of course, the coin and the roulette are fair.
An insightful chapter is "Chance or Necessity?" The question is very, very old (determinism versus chaos), and the answer is not clear even today. The author describes the problem beautifully: "Is a random outcome completely determined, and random only by virtue of our ignorance of the most minute contributing factors?" Einstein grappled with this conundrum until his death and never ceased to combat the idea that God could conceivably throw dice.
How do you generate randomness in a computer? What does it mean to have a program to generate random numbers? Aren't computer programs deterministic things, created by people following rules and thus following patterns? And isn't randomness the negation of pattern? Bennett begins this fascinating topic with a tongue-in-cheek quotation by R. R. Coveyou, "The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance." In the two chapters before the end, the author reminds us again and again of the impossibility of a gambling system by means of which a gambler can change his long-run frequency of success. The house always wins, or casinos would cease to exist. Yet, although we can understand these things in principle, we keep going to the gambling house in the hope that somehow these rules do not apply to us!
Whether well-educated in mathematics or not, people have always been fascinated by randomness and intrigued by the fundamental question of the real nature of randomness, of how can you tell randomness from something that is not. The theory of deterministic chaos tells us that a simple, deterministic rule can produce a behavior that is, for all practical purposes, indistinguishable from random. For instance, the logistic map Xn+1=4Xn (1-Xn) produces a sequence of random numbers as the equation is iterated and n increases (start for instance with X0=0.3, then calculate X1, X2, X3 and so on). If such a simple rule generates a list of numbers that apparently follow no rule, could it be that what we call random is in fact produced by (hidden) deterministic rules that happen to exhibit stochastic (chaotic) behavior? If so, does this mean that we will eventually find the pattern behind all randomness, as Einstein wanted to believe we would?—J. A. Rial, Geology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Arcade Fire really want you to know that they've changed on their fourth album, Reflektor. They're more colorful, more groovy, more willing to laugh at themselves. They recorded the album with LCD Soundsystem mastermind James Murphy as producer, and they debuted a big chunk of the material in a deeply strange half-hour special that aired on NBC following their appearance on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live. It's a whole new era for Win Butler and his small legion of musicians.
But not really. While it's true that Reflektor integrates elements of disco, reggae, calypso, and synth pop and is foregrounded by a busy sense of rhythm that has always been part of the band's sound, the actual songs feel like the same old Arcade Fire: dour, earnest, thudding, and dramatic. Everything on Reflektor sounds as though it was recorded live at a worn-down discotheque, and though the "nightlife" gloss is attractive, it's also superficial: There's just no getting around this band's unshakeable sense of self. There are solid, danceable beats on cuts like "Reflektor," "We Exist," and "It's Never Over (Oh Orpheus)," but it's hard to imagine anyone dancing to them outside the context of an Arcade Fire concert. The dynamic of the songs is heavily weighted in favor of arena rock theatricality, with the climaxes of key cuts like "Here Comes the Night Time" catering more to what would kill at a rock show rather than a dance club. Also, while they can write a good groove, the band is seemingly incapable of coming across as fun or sexy. They just can't help but be a big stack of wet blankets.
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There are basically two types of pop stars. There are the ones who subvert pop culture by bringing new ideas and images into the mainstream, like The Beatles, James Brown, David Bowie, Prince, Madonna, and Kanye West. Then there are those who simply make easy, unchallenging music that a wide variety of people can agree on. Katy Perry belongs to the second category. Whereas contemporaries like Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Ke$ha, and Miley Cyrus all gleefully test the boundaries of what can be done and said in a pop song, and experiment with images that have the potential to alienate large portions of their audience, Perry consistently makes the safest, most conservative creative choices. Her music is conventional; her image is traditionally feminine. Even when she pushes toward overt sexuality, she neutralizes that by making it goofy and regressive.
This doesn't have to be a bad thing. Perry's blockbuster second album Teenage Dream had at least five major hits — "Teenage Dream," "California Gurls," "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)," "Firework," and "The One That Got Away" — that were so expertly composed and unstoppably catchy that they could wear down the resistance of even those who were initially wary of her pinup-girl shtick. A great pop song is a great pop song, regardless of context or subtext. The problem with Perry's new follow-up album Prism is that despite the fact that it is mainly written by the same team of songwriters — Perry along with pop wizards Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Bonnie McKee — the songs mostly lack the overpowering hooks of Teenage Dream. As a result, the record is split between her most obnoxiously kitschy extremes and mind-numbing blandness.
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