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The (presumably) final article arising from the Polymath8 project has now been uploaded to the arXiv as "The "bounded gaps between primes" Polymath project – a retrospective". This article, submitted to the Newsletter of the European Mathematical Society, consists of personal contributions from ten different participants (at varying levels of stage of career, and intensity of participation) on their own experiences with the project, and some thoughts as to what lessons to draw for any subsequent Polymath projects. (At present, I do not know of any such projects being proposed, but from recent experience I would imagine that some opportunity suitable for a Polymath approach will present itself at some point in the near future.)
This post will also serve as the latest (and probably last) of the Polymath8 threads (rolling over this previous post), to wrap up any remaining discussion about any aspect of this project.
I've just uploaded to the arXiv the D.H.J. Polymath paper "Variants of the Selberg sieve, and bounded intervals containing many primes", which is the second paper to be produced from the Polymath8 project (the first one being discussed here). We'll refer to this latter paper here as the Polymath8b paper, and the former as the Polymath8a paper. As with Polymath8a, the Polymath8b paper is concerned with the smallest asymptotic prime gap
where denotes the prime, as well as the more general quantities
In the breakthrough paper of Goldston, Pintz, and Yildirim, the bound was obtained under the strong hypothesis of the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture. An unconditional bound on , however, remained elusive until the celebrated work of Zhang last year, who showed that
The Polymath8a paper then improved this to . After that, Maynard introduced a new multidimensional Selberg sieve argument that gave the substantial improvement
unconditionally, and on the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture; furthermore, bounds on for higher were obtained for the first time, and specifically that for all , with the improvements and on the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture. (I had independently discovered the multidimensional sieve idea, although I did not obtain Maynard's specific numerical results, and my asymptotic bounds were a bit weaker.)
In Polymath8b, we obtain some further improvements. Unconditionally, we have and , together with some explicit bounds on ; on the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture we have and some numerical improvements to the bounds; and assuming the generalised Elliott-Halberstam conjecture we have the bound , which is best possible from sieve-theoretic methods thanks to the parity problem obstruction.
There were a variety of methods used to establish these results. Maynard's paper obtained a criterion for bounding which reduced to finding a good solution to a certain multidimensional variational problem. When the dimension parameter was relatively small (e.g. ), we were able to obtain good numerical solutions both by continuing the method of Maynard (using a basis of symmetric polynomials), or by using a Krylov iteration scheme. For large , we refined the asymptotics and obtained near-optimal solutions of the variational problem. For the bounds, we extended the reach of the multidimensional Selberg sieve (particularly under the assumption of the generalised Elliott-Halberstam conjecture) by allowing the function in the multidimensional variational problem to extend to a larger region of space than was previously admissible, albeit with some tricky new constraints on (and penalties in the variational problem). This required some unusual sieve-theoretic manipulations, notably an "epsilon trick", ultimately relying on the elementary inequality , that allowed one to get non-trivial lower bounds for sums such as even if the sum had no non-trivial estimates available; and a way to estimate divisor sums such as even if was permitted to be comparable to or even exceed , by using the fundamental theorem of arithmetic to factorise (after restricting to the case when is almost prime). I hope that these sieve-theoretic tricks will be useful in future work in the subject.
With this paper, the Polymath8 project is almost complete; there is still a little bit of scope to push our methods further and get some modest improvement for instance to the bound, but this would require a substantial amount of effort, and it is probably best to instead wait for some new breakthrough in the subject to come along. One final task we are performing is to write up a retrospective article on both the 8a and 8b experiences, an incomplete writeup of which can be found here. If anyone wishes to contribute some commentary on these projects (whether you were an active contributor, an occasional contributor, or a silent "lurker" in the online discussion), please feel free to do so in the comments to this post.
This should be the final thread (for now, at least) for the Polymath8 project (encompassing the original Polymath8a paper, the nearly finished Polymath8b paper, and the retrospective paper), superseding the previous Polymath8b thread (which was quite full) and the Polymath8a/retrospective thread (which was more or less inactive).
On Polymath8a: I talked briefly with Andrew Granville, who is handling the paper for Algebra & Number Theory, and he said that a referee report should be coming in soon. Apparently length of the paper is a bit of an issue (not surprising, as it is 163 pages long) and there will be some suggestions to trim the size down a bit.
In view of the length issue at A&NT, I'm now leaning towards taking up Ken Ono's offer to submit the Polymath8b paper to the new open access journal "Research in the Mathematical Sciences". I think the paper is almost ready to be submitted (after the current participants sign off on it, of course), but it might be worth waiting on the Polymath8a referee report in case the changes suggested impact the 8b paper.
Finally, it is perhaps time to start working on the retrospective article, and collect some impressions from participants. I wrote up a quick draft of my own experiences, and also pasted in Pace Nielsen's thoughts, as well as a contribution from an undergraduate following the project (Andrew Gibson). Hopefully we can collect a few more (either through comments on this blog, through email, or through Dropbox), and then start working on editing them together and finding some suitable concluding points to make about the Polymath8 project, and what lessons we can take from it for future projects of this type.
This is the eleventh thread for the Polymath8b project to obtain new bounds for the quantity
the previous thread may be found here.
The main focus is now on writing up the results, with a draft paper close to completion here (with the directory of source files here). Most of the sections are now written up more or less completely, with the exception of the appendix on narrow admissible tuples, which was awaiting the bounds on such tuples to stabilise. There is now also an acknowledgments section (linking to the corresponding page on the wiki, which participants should check to see if their affiliations etc. are posted correctly), and in the final remarks section there is now also some discussion about potential improvements to the bounds. I've also added some mention of a recent paper of Banks, Freiberg and Maynard which makes use of some of our results (in particular, that ). On the other hand, the portions of the writeup relating to potential improvements to the MPZ estimates have been commented out, as it appears that one cannot easily obtain the exponential sum estimates required to make those go through. (Perhaps, if there are significant new developments, one could incorporate them into a putative Polymath8c project, although at present I think there's not much urgency to start over once again.)
Regarding the numerics in Section 7 of the paper, one thing which is missing at present is some links to code in case future readers wish to verify the results; alternatively one could include such code and data into the arXiv submission.
It's about time to discuss possible journals to submit the paper to. Ken Ono has invited us to submit to his new journal, "Research in the Mathematical Sciences". Another option would be to submit to the same journal "Algebra & Number Theory" that is currently handling our Polymath8a paper (no news on the submission there, but it is a very long paper), although I think the papers are independent enough that it is not absolutely necessary to place them in the same journal. A third natural choice is "Mathematics of Computation", though I should note that when the Polymath4 paper was submitted there, the editors required us to use our real names instead of the D.H.J. Polymath pseudonym as it would have messed up their metadata system otherwise. (But I can check with the editor there before submitting to see if there is some workaround now, perhaps their policies have changed.) At present I have no strong preferences regarding journal selection, and would welcome further thoughts and proposals. (It is perhaps best to avoid the journals that I am editor or associate editor of, namely Amer. J. Math, Forum of Mathematics, Analysis & PDE, and Dynamics and PDE, due to conflict of interest (and in the latter two cases, specialisation to a different area of mathematics)).
This is the tenth thread for the Polymath8b project to obtain new bounds for the quantity
the previous thread may be found here.
Numerical progress on these bounds have slowed in recent months, although we have very recently lowered the unconditional bound on from 252 to 246 (see the wiki page for more detailed results). While there may still be scope for further improvement (particularly with respect to bounds for with , which we have not focused on for a while, it looks like we have reached the point of diminishing returns, and it is time to turn to the task of writing up the results.
A draft version of the paper so far may be found here (with the directory of source files here). Currently, the introduction and the sieve-theoretic portions of the paper are written up, although the sieve-theoretic arguments are surprisingly lengthy, and some simplification (or other reorganisation) may well be possible. Other portions of the paper that have not yet been written up include the asymptotic analysis of for large k (leading in particular to results for m=2,3,4,5), and a description of the quadratic programming that is used to estimate for small and medium k. Also we will eventually need an appendix to summarise the material from Polymath8a that we would use to generate various narrow admissible tuples.
One issue here is that our current unconditional bounds on for m=2,3,4,5 rely on a distributional estimate on the primes which we believed to be true in Polymath8a, but never actually worked out (among other things, there was some delicate algebraic geometry issues concerning the vanishing of certain cohomology groups that was never resolved). This issue does not affect the m=1 calculations, which only use the Bombieri-Vinogradov theorem or else assume the generalised Elliott-Halberstam conjecture. As such, we will have to rework the computations for these , given that the task of trying to attain the conjectured distributional estimate on the primes would be a significant amount of work that is rather disjoint from the rest of the Polymath8b writeup. One could simply dust off the old maple code for this (e.g. one could tweak the code here, with the constraint 1080*varpi/13+ 330*delta/13<1 being replaced by 600*varpi/7+180*delta/7<1), but there is also a chance that our asymptotic bounds for (currently given in messy detail here) could be sharpened. I plan to look at this issue fairly soon.
Also, there are a number of smaller observations (e.g. the parity problem barrier that prevents us from ever getting a better bound on than 6) that should also go into the paper at some point; the current outline of the paper as given in the draft is not necessarily comprehensive.
This is the ninth thread for the Polymath8b project to obtain new bounds for the quantity
either for small values of (in particular ) or asymptotically as . The previous thread may be found here. The currently best known bounds on can be found at the wiki page.
The focus is now on bounding unconditionally (in particular, without resorting to the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture or its generalisations). We can bound whenever one can find a symmetric square-integrable function supported on the simplex such that
Our strategy for establishing this has been to restrict to be a linear combination of symmetrised monomials (restricted of course to ), where the degree is small; actually, it seems convenient to work with the slightly different basis where the are restricted to be even. The criterion (1) then becomes a large quadratic program with explicit but complicated rational coefficients. This approach has lowered down to , which led to the bound .
Actually, we know that the more general criterion
will suffice, whenever and is supported now on and obeys the vanishing marginal condition whenever . The latter is in particular obeyed when is supported on . A modification of the preceding strategy has lowered slightly to , giving the bound which is currently our best record.
However, the quadratic programs here have become extremely large and slow to run, and more efficient algorithms (or possibly more computer power) may be required to advance further.
This is the eighth thread for the Polymath8b project to obtain new bounds for the quantity
either for small values of (in particular ) or asymptotically as . The previous thread may be found here. The currently best known bounds on can be found at the wiki page.
The big news since the last thread is that we have managed to obtain the (sieve-theoretically) optimal bound of assuming the generalised Elliott-Halberstam conjecture (GEH), which pretty much closes off that part of the story. Unconditionally, our bound on is still . This bound was obtained using the "vanilla" Maynard sieve, in which the cutoff was supported in the original simplex , and only Bombieri-Vinogradov was used. In principle, we can enlarge the sieve support a little bit further now; for instance, we can enlarge to , but then have to shrink the J integrals to , provided that the marginals vanish for . However, we do not yet know how to numerically work with these expanded problems.
Given the substantial progress made so far, it looks like we are close to the point where we should declare victory and write up the results (though we should take one last look to see if there is any room to improve the bounds). There is actually a fair bit to write up:
- Improvements to the Maynard sieve (pushing beyond the simplex, the epsilon trick, and pushing beyond the cube);
- Asymptotic bounds for and hence ;
- Explicit bounds for (using the Polymath8a results)
- ;
- on GEH (and parity obstructions to any further improvement).
I will try to create a skeleton outline of such a paper in the Polymath8 Dropbox folder soon. It shouldn't be nearly as big as the Polymath8a paper, but it will still be quite sizeable.
This is the seventh thread for the Polymath8b project to obtain new bounds for the quantity
either for small values of (in particular ) or asymptotically as . The previous thread may be found here. The currently best known bounds on can be found at the wiki page.
The current focus is on improving the upper bound on under the assumption of the generalised Elliott-Halberstam conjecture (GEH) from to . Very recently, we have been able to exploit GEH more fully, leading to a promising new expansion of the sieve support region. The problem now reduces to the following:
Problem 1 Does there exist a (not necessarily convex) polytope with quantities , and a non-trivial square-integrable function supported on such that
- when ;
- when ;
- when ;
and such that we have the inequality
An affirmative answer to this question will imply on GEH. We are "within two percent" of this claim; we cannot quite reach yet, but have got as far as . However, we have not yet fully optimised in the above problem. In particular, the simplex
is now available, and should lead to some noticeable improvement in the numerology.
There is also a very slim chance that the twin prime conjecture is now provable on GEH. It would require an affirmative solution to the following problem:
Problem 2 Does there exist a (not necessarily convex) polytope with quantities , and a non-trivial square-integrable function supported on such that
- when ;
- when ;
and such that we have the inequality
We suspect that the answer to this question is negative, but have not formally ruled it out yet.
For the rest of this post, I will justify why positive answers to these sorts of variational problems are sufficient to get bounds on (or more generally ).
This is the sixth thread for the Polymath8b project to obtain new bounds for the quantity
either for small values of (in particular ) or asymptotically as . The previous thread may be found here. The currently best known bounds on can be found at the wiki page (which has recently returned to full functionality, after a partial outage).
The current focus is on improving the upper bound on under the assumption of the generalised Elliott-Halberstam conjecture (GEH) from to , which looks to be the limit of the method (see this previous comment for a semi-rigorous reason as to why is not possible with this method). With the most general Selberg sieve available, the problem reduces to the following three-dimensional variational one:
Problem 1 Does there exist a (not necessarily convex) polytope with quantities , and a non-trivial square-integrable function supported on such that
- when ;
- when ;
- when ;
and such that we have the inequality
(Initially it was assumed that was convex, but we have now realised that this is not necessary.)
An affirmative answer to this question will imply on GEH. We are "within almost two percent" of this claim; we cannot quite reach yet, but have got as far as . However, we have not yet fully optimised in the above problem.
The most promising route so far is to take the symmetric polytope
with symmetric as well, and (we suspect that the optimal will be roughly ). (However, it is certainly worth also taking a look at easier model problems, such as the polytope , which has no vanishing marginal conditions to contend with; more recently we have been looking at the non-convex polytope .) Some further details of this particular case are given below the fold.
There should still be some progress to be made in the other regimes of interest – the unconditional bound on (currently at ), and on any further progress in asymptotic bounds for for larger – but the current focus is certainly on the bound on on GEH, as we seem to be tantalisingly close to an optimal result here.
This is the fifth thread for the Polymath8b project to obtain new bounds for the quantity
either for small values of (in particular ) or asymptotically as . The previous thread may be found here. The currently best known bounds on can be found at the wiki page (which has recently returned to full functionality, after a partial outage). In particular, the upper bound for has been shaved a little from to , and we have very recently achieved the bound on the generalised Elliott-Halberstam conjecture GEH, formulated as Conjecture 1 of this paper of Bombieri, Friedlander, and Iwaniec. We also have explicit bounds for for , both with and without the assumption of the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture, as well as slightly sharper asymptotics for the upper bound for as .
The basic strategy for bounding still follows the general paradigm first laid out by Goldston, Pintz, Yildirim: given an admissible -tuple , one needs to locate a non-negative sieve weight , supported on an interval for a large , such that the ratio
is asymptotically larger than as ; this will show that . Thus one wants to locate a sieve weight for which one has good lower bounds on the numerator and good upper bounds on the denominator.
One can modify this paradigm slightly, for instance by adding the additional term to the numerator, or by subtracting the term from the numerator (which allows one to reduce the bound to ); however, the numerical impact of these tweaks have proven to be negligible thus far.
Despite a number of experiments with other sieves, we are still relying primarily on the Selberg sieve
where is the divisor sum
with , is the level of distribution ( if relying on Bombieri-Vinogradov, if assuming Elliott-Halberstam, and (in principle) if using Polymath8a technology), and is a smooth, compactly supported function. Most of the progress has come by enlarging the class of cutoff functions one is permitted to use.
The baseline bounds for the numerator and denominator in (1) (as established for instance in this previous post) are as follows. If is supported on the simplex
and we define the mixed partial derivative by
then the denominator in (1) is
Similarly, the numerator of (1) is
Thus, if we let be the supremum of the ratio
whenever is supported on and is non-vanishing, then one can prove whenever
We can improve this baseline in a number of ways. Firstly, with regards to the denominator in (1), if one upgrades the Elliott-Halberstam hypothesis to the generalised Elliott-Halberstam hypothesis (currently known for , thanks to Motohashi, but conjectured for ), the asymptotic (2) holds under the more general hypothesis that is supported in a polytope , as long as obeys the inclusion
examples of polytopes obeying this constraint include the modified simplex
the prism
the dilated simplex
and the truncated simplex
See this previous post for a proof of these claims.
With regards to the numerator, the asymptotic (3) is valid whenever, for each , the marginals vanish outside of . This is automatic if is supported on , or on the slightly larger region , but is an additional constraint when is supported on one of the other polytopes mentioned above.
More recently, we have obtained a more flexible version of the above asymptotic: if the marginals vanish outside of for some , then the numerator of (1) has a lower bound of
A proof is given here. Putting all this together, we can conclude
Theorem 1 Suppose we can find and a function supported on a polytope obeying (4), not identically zero and with all marginals vanishing outside of , and with
Then implies .
In principle, this very flexible criterion for upper bounding should lead to better bounds than before, and in particular we have now established on GEH.
Another promising direction is to try to improve the analysis at medium (more specifically, in the regime ), which is where we are currently at without EH or GEH through numerical quadratic programming. Right now we are only using and using the baseline analysis, basically for two reasons:
- We do not have good numerical formulae for integrating polynomials on any region more complicated than the simplex in medium dimension.
- The estimates produced by Polymath8a involve a parameter, which introduces additional restrictions on the support of (conservatively, it restricts to where and ; it should be possible to be looser than this (as was done in Polymath8a) but this has not been fully explored yet). This then triggers the previous obstacle of having to integrate on something other than a simplex.
However, these look like solvable problems, and so I would expect that further unconditional improvement for should be possible.


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Forgot to post this earlier. Lots of Johnny Unitas history here, as I work double time to make sure that, if we are going to compare quarterbacks across eras, we are speaking the same language.
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And let's not forget Brees sitting out a meaningless week 17 loss to Carolina during the 2009 season, which actually puts his current TD streak at 37.
(I also like the Eagles)
I don't understand how him not throwing a TD in a game he didn't play would affect his streak...unless it was a "games started" streak.
If it helps, Brees was dressed and sitting on the sideline as the emergency QB3: (http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/54708/CAR_Gamebook.pdf)
Streaks are just as much about endurance as ability. Missing a game makes it even more arbitrary and meaningless (especially since it seems to exclude post-season games, for some reason). Unitas was injured for two games during his, more or less right in the middle, so Brees still broke both of Unitas's streaks some time last season.
Imagine Joe DiMaggio spent an entire game sitting in the dugout during the middle of his hit streak... is it still impressive?
Look, it's a great accomplishment, but it's also much less impressive than, say, Brady's 358 consecutive pass attempts without an interception, or Tomlinson's 719 consecutive carries without a fumble.
(I also like the Eagles)
Yes, it is just as impressive.
"Imagine Joe DiMaggio spent an entire game sitting in the dugout during the middle of his hit streak... is it still impressive?"
Are you kidding me? Yes. Yes, it's still one of the most, if not the most impressive streaks in sports. You really couldn't have picked a worse example to make your point.
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Phil Simms is to analysts what Ryan Leaf is to NFL QBs
Hey, weren't you, like, not a Bills fan before? Why didn't you become an Eagles fan?
Anyway, those streaks and records can be kind of arbitrary anyway you define them, but I still find these particular ones impressive. Sitting for a few games in the middle of them doesn't bother me at all.
FO posters are a peacock. You got to let us fly!
Is it just me or does Ponder have a single finger extended in his non-throwing hand in that picture?
Yes, but it's not the finger you might think... he hasn't mastered insulting someone while throwing a pass yet. That comes in a QBs third year.
Mike, quick correction. The Colts player at the end holding up the white board with Chuck Strong was Robert Mathis, not Reggie Wayne.
"Hawley reacted as if Ryan had just tossed him a shopping bag full of dead raccoons and rusty saw blades."
Absolutely brilliant.
"The elements did not affect the Patriots in the 31-21 win, because elements do not affect the Patriots."
I laughed really hard at that line for some reason.
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- Ants are equipped with a nasty sting/bite that secretes formic acid, which is highly irritant.
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So, with no more ado, here are my very simple invitations!! I am going to add colored paper as a 1/4" border around the invite. Probably green - but I'm still figuring part that out!
Oh, and also my RSVP postcards - what do you think??
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LOVE the RSVP postcards.
The wedding invite appeared on 2 pages when I opened it. Maybe you are using a font I don't have ... because it didn't look right. I have the Scriptina, so that showed up ... but what's the other font you used so I can download it and then view again!
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Very cute Heidi! I would actually recommend maybe a copper color or something like that for behind the invites (border). I think the colors that you have chosen are so vibrant, that a vibrant background might subtract from your invite.
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The girls were raising money to help fund their forthcoming trip to Switzerland.
Hannah, Cheyenne and Emily raised over £400 between them – a fantastic amount. They would like to thank all their friends and family who sponsored them.
The Guides are part of a group of 41 Guides and Leaders from Duns, Coldstream, Kelso and Hawick, led by a team from Berwickshire, who are heading off to Switzerland later this month to visit 'Our Chalet' which one of four World Guide Centres.
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- 1-1/2 pounds small red potatoes
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- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 to 2 tablespoons minced fresh thyme or 1 to 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 8 cups torn leaf lettuce
- In a large saucepan, cook potatoes in boiling salted water until tender, about 15 minutes. Cool slightly; cut into quarters. In a bowl, combine the warm potatoes, beef, onion and red pepper.
- In a small bowl, whisk the oil, vinegar, thyme, salt and cayenne. Pour over potato mixture and toss to coat. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Serve over lettuce. Yield: 6-8 servings.
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It took me six years but I was finally seeing the side to Lily Evans that James fell in love with all those years ago, but it didn't have quite the same effect on me; I wasn't that way inclined . When she wasn't glaring at you from across the room, or yelling at you for slacking off, or giving you detention for being out after curfew she was actually quite hilarious and really entertaining to be around. If I had known all of this I would have helped James to get her long ago, rather than letting my own feelings for him develop into the love I felt.
The only problem in our dorm was that Susie was still dating Frank, even though now we did all know about Alice's crush on him,
"But Riley, Alice likes him too.. it isn't fair for me to keep dating him when she likes him as well." I rolled my eyes, that girl is far too nice sometimes,
"You and Frank are perfect together, you can't break up with him just because some other girl fancies him. It just doesn't work that way."
"Yeah but she isn't just some other girl is she? She's one of our dorm-mates, I have to share a room with her for the rest of the year, and we've all just started to become friends again. I don't want to ruin that because of Frank." I shook my head,
"I'm not going to let you break up with him because of this, it's a ridiculous idea and you'd be miserable, and Frank would be miserable and it wouldn't help anything, and even if you did break up with him there's no telling that he would even look at her so all three of you would be all miserable and depressed and you'd start to resent her and not want to be her friend anyway. Or what if she and Frank did get together, you'd be REALLY miserable and hate them both and not want to be her friend anyway." Susie actually laughed at that,
"I don't think I've heard so many scenarios ending in me being miserable in one rant before, but when you put it like that I really don't want to break up with him." I smiled a smug little smile and crossed my arms happily across my chest, I kept the position until she rolled her eyes and threw her pillow at me. I just grinned and tossed it back to her.
"I have quidditch practise, you coming out to watch? I think Gabby is planning on spending some time with Remus in the stands", she started to turn me down, "And Lily, Alice and Dorcas will no doubt be down there.. so really you'll be the only one staying up here instead of being down there.. and I'd hate for you to miss out on something..." Susie rolled her eyes, knowing that I just didn't want to walk down to the pitch on my own,
"Miss out on James refusing to talk to you, getting a numb arse, and being freezing cold? Not to mention missing Gabby and Remus flirting, while Dorcas tries to interrupt them, and Lily sits pretending to read so she can watch James without people noticing? You're right, how could I even think about missing all that?!" I grinned,
"Exactly, and anyway are you or are you not a witch? Heating charm, cushioning charm, and I dunno, a good book?" Susie laughed again and grabbed the novel she'd been reading, along with her wand and followed me out of the dorm and down to the quidditch pitch.
We were almost at the pitch when I noticed that there were people in the air, "Suze, what time is it?" Susie frowned at me,
"Ten to seven, why?" I narrowed my eyes and responded in an angrier tone than she deserved,
"Because James started practise without me again." this was the second time that week that James had done that, the last time he said that the Ravenclaw team had booked the pitch for eight o'clock so he changed the time and must have forgotten to mention it to me. I could only imagine what his excuse would be this time.
I got onto the pitch, kicked off into the air and flew straight over to James, "What the hell James?" he glared at me, something I still wasn't used to from him,
"Where have you been Hunt?"
"Up in the common room, it isn't even seven yet so I know I'm not late. Why did you start without me again?" James shrugged, he didn't even have the decency to come up with an excuse this time. I wasn't intending on saying anything to him, my plan was just to carry on with practise and be down at the pitch earlier next time so he wouldn't be able to start without me.
"Seriously James?" I saw Black open his mouth out of the corner of my eye, I turned my most intense glare on him, not in the mood for the 'Serious/ Sirius' joke that he so obviously wanted to tell, he snapped his mouth shut and turned just in time to smack the bludger back to his partner, "You can't just leave me out of practise because we had a stupid fight. You put me on this team, and even though I am a rather gifted chaser I still need to practise with you and Lesley if you want us to win on Saturday." he didn't respond to me, just shouted instructions to the rest of the team to fly laps and try and beat their records.
I turned to join them and fly my laps with the rest of the team but James cut me off, "Not you. You've been late for every practise since Halloween, it isn't acceptable. You're off the team." my mouth dropped open in shock, the first game of the season was in two days and he was kicking me off the team. None of the rest of the team were flying their laps anymore, they'd all frozen when they heard James. At least they understood what he had just done; taken away their chance of winning. "What're you still doing here Hunt? You heard me, you're off my team. Get off the pitch."
I turned my broom around and started towards the castle, I found the window I was looking for, the fifth floor Transfiguration corridor. I knocked on Joe's office window and waited until he came to the window. He was surprised to see me, obviously expecting it to be an owl, seeing as people generally used the door to visit him, "Uh Riley, why-" he didn't manage to finish his question because I flung myself into his arms and buried my face in his shoulder.
He rubbed circles on my back until I calmed down enough for him to detach me from his waist, "What's up Lee?" I smiled softly at the nickname he used for me whenever I was upset when we were kids.
"James kicked me off the team." I felt like I was tattling on him; technically I was telling a teacher but at this moment, I was just telling my big brother because I was upset, and he would know how to make me feel better. Or he would tell me what to do to James to make me feel better.. either way I would feel better once I'd spoken to Joe.
Lucky for me Joe was in the mood to be helpful older brother at the moment, if he'd been in teacher mode he would have marched out onto the quidditch pitch and demand that James put me back on the team. Joe had finished his teacher training in my fifth year, last year he'd been working at a school in Bulgaria. Dumbledore asked him to come back for the year because McGonagall's daughter had given birth but something had gone wrong and she was now really sick, so Joe was standing in as Transfiguration professor and head of Gryffindor.
"What d'you mean he kicked you off the team? Why? You're a brilliant chaser!" I smiled lamely,
"I know that, everyone knows that but me and James had a huge fight right after Halloween and he hasn't spoken to me since, for the last couple of trainings he's been making excuses to start without me or changing the time and not telling me so that I don't go. He said that its been too many times now and that it isn't acceptable.. then he said I was off the team." Joe angrily shoved himself up from his chair, wincing at the pain in his back from the fast movement,
"He can't do that! He's been changing things so that you don't make it, that isn't a justified reason to kick you off! I'm going to go and give that boy a piece of my mind, and maybe a few detentions, and maybe I'll revoke his captaincy." I rolled my eyes at how over-dramatic he was being,
"Joey, don't bother. When they lose again to Hufflepuff he'll realise that they need me and he'll put me back on the team. There's no way he'll be able to find a chaser as good as me before the match so don't even worry about it. I have faith that it'll all work out. But for now d'you have anything I can do? Everyone's out at the pitch and I've already done all my homework." He didn't look happy about it but nodded anyway and passed me some first year papers to mark. His students liked when I marked their papers because I was generally a little more lenient with the grades than he was, and I gave them more helpful tips than he did.
"You can grade these for me. But stop giving them all top marks, it takes away from those who actually deserve them." I grinned and stuck my tongue out at him, after twenty minutes he looked over at what I was doing, "Stop writing the corrections for them, they're meant to research it better and hand it in next lesson but you make that a pointless exercise with your 'tips'." I just grinned again and carried on with what I was doing, when he realised that he was having no effect on my marking he left me to it and went back to his sixth year stuff.
I stayed with Joe until dinner time, we didn't notice the time until both of our stomachs were rumbling loudly, after a glance at the clock I sprung out of my chair and almost ran to the door, only stopping because my brother was chuckling at my antics and eagerness to get to the food. He stood at a much slower pace, wincing again at the pain in his back "You know you could always go to the hospital wing to get a pain potion for that." he shook his head and I rolled my eyes, he'd always been stubborn about that sort of thing. "Hide it better then. Or I'll tell mum you're still in pain." I took notice of his glare and grinned in what I knew was a slightly evil way, and despite what my sister will tell you I did not spend a month practising that in the mirror one summer, before turning and running down the corridor with a slightly manic laugh, also not practised..
When I got down to dinner the girls were there waiting for me to fill them in on where I'd gone, what I'd been doing all afternoon and how I was going to get back onto the team, "To see Joey, marking first year papers, and I'm going to let Gryffindor lose." Lily, Gabby and Susie's mouths dropped open either not believing what I was going to do or just not wanting to.
"But that only gives them four days to get used to working with another Chaser, you can't do that. The whole of Gryffindor will hate you if we lose because you didn't play!" I shook my head at Lily,
"It isn't my fault, James kicked me off the team and there were about twenty other people down at the pitch who heard and saw that, and that isn't including the team. So if they want to blame anyone then they can blame him." the marauders chose that point to sit down opposite us; even though James now hated me the rest of them were still friends, except him and Lily which meant that I still had someone to talk to.
Once the rest of them were involved in a conversation Lily leaned closer to me so we could continue out conversation, "I'm sure if you just apologised for whatever it is you did he would let you back on the team in a heartbeat." I shook my head sadly,
"I tried that straight away, this isn't going to go away so easily. I really don't know what to do to make him forgive me," of course I already had a plan, but Lily couldn't know that, "Anyway, if he doesn't want to talk to me then that's fine. If they lost to Hufflepuff that's down to him." after that last statement I pushed my still full plate away and left the hall.
In the dormitory that night our conversation continued again, "What if you didn't apologise but got Professor Hunt to speak to him? I'm sure he could get you back on the team, James is head boy so he wouldn't be able to go against a professor without the worry of that being revoked. And he wouldn't want that because he wouldn't have an excuse to spend time with Lily." I chuckled at that comment, for one because I still found it bizarre that everyone referred to my big brother as 'Professor Hunt' and secondly because Gabby thought that James still needed an excuse to talk to Lily, she didn't realise that Lily wouldn't have a problem with spending time with James outside of their head duties.
"Joey did already suggest- well more like threaten- to speak to James but there's no point really. They'll lose an then James will come begging me to come back to the team! So just leave it alone guys, it'll be fine." I knew none of them were happy about the arrangement but I hadn't given them much choice in the matter; nothing was going to be done about it and they knew that if they did anything there would be some sort of embarrassing consequence.
Saturday came around quickly and for the first time I walked down to the pitch on match-day with butterflies in my stomach. I had never felt nervous before a match because I always knew that I had some sort of control over the result but this time I would be sitting in the stands and wouldn't be able to do anything. It had occurred to me the day before that Gryffindor might actually win, then I would never get back on the team.. that really wasn't something I had considered before.
During the game I constantly found myself having to stop myself from cheering when Hufflepuff scored, my friends would understand but the rest of the house really wouldn't, they would consider me more of a traitor than they already did for not playing.
I felt horrible at the end of the match, I was relieved that we had lost but because of the relief I felt while everyone around me was so disappointed I felt like the most awful person in the house. I went back up to the common room with the girls, it was only the third time I could remember Gryffindor not celebrating after a quidditch match.
We found a table to sit at so we could do some of our homework so we could have the Sunday off. That didn't go exactly as planned. Almost as soon as we sat down the marauders arrived in the common room, I could hear them as soon as they came into the room. I sighed into my work and Susie gave me a funny look, "I'm going to kill her, its all her fault that we lost!"
"Sirius, please. Leave her alone, it isn't just her fault."
"And what exactly is that supposed to mean Moony?" That made me feel even worse, I was worth them fighting about, Remus should have just let them yell at me or do whatever it was they wanted to.
"Nothing James, don't even worry about it. I just don't think you should be so hard on her about this. She hasn't exactly had an easy couple of weeks." that made me frown, what was Remus talking about? I hadn't exactly had a difficult couple of weeks.
"Riley, what's wrong?" the girls were all looking at me weirdly now, then I realised that they couldn't hear the conversation going on across the other side of the room, I just shook my head and went back to the marauder's conversation.
"Stop defending her Moony! She didn't play and we lost. That makes this her fault. Who else's could it be?" Sirius didn't even give Remus time to respond, "And don't bother suggesting that Hufflepuff suddenly got good, they haven't beaten us since second year!" that was the last of that conversation before Sirius and James came storming across the common room with Peter right behind them and Remus trailing behind sending apologetic looks in my direction.
"I hope you're happy now Hunt, you could have just lost us the cup!" I rolled my eyes at the over dramatic boy in front of me,
"It was the first match of the season, and they didn't even win by much so the cup could still be ours. We just need to win all the other matches." James narrowed his eyes at me and took his turn to speak,
We found a table to sit at so we could do some of our homework so we could have the Sunday off. That didn't go exactly as planned. Almost as soon as we sat down the marauders arrived in the common room, I could hear them as soon as they came into the room. I sighed into my work and Susie gave me a funny look, "I'm going to kill her, its all her fault that we lost!"
"Sirius, please. Leave her alone, it isn't just her fault."
"And what exactly is that supposed to mean Moony?" That made me feel even worse, I was worth them fighting about, Remus should have just let them yell at me or do whatever it was they wanted to.
"Nothing James, don't even worry about it. I just don't think you should be so hard on her about this. She hasn't exactly had an easy couple of weeks." that made me frown, what was Remus talking about? I hadn't exactly had a difficult couple of weeks.
"Riley, what's wrong?" the girls were all looking at me weirdly now, then I realised that they couldn't hear the conversation going on across the other side of the room, I just shook my head and went back to the marauder's conversation.
"Stop defending her Moony! She didn't play and we lost. That makes this her fault. Who else's could it be?" Sirius didn't even give Remus time to respond, "And don't bother suggesting that Hufflepuff suddenly got good, they haven't beaten us since second year!" that was the last of that conversation before Sirius and James came storming across the common room with Peter right behind them and Remus trailing behind sending apologetic looks in my direction.
"I hope you're happy now Hunt, you could have just lost us the cup!" I rolled my eyes at the over dramatic boy in front of me,
"It was the first match of the season, and they didn't even win by much so the cup could still be ours. We just need to win all the other matches." James narrowed his eyes at me and took his turn to speak,
"What d'you mean 'we'? Surely you don't think I'm going to put you back on the team after this?! I saw you in the stands having to actually stop yourself from cheering whenever Hufflepuff scored against us!" I opened and closed my mouth a couple of times, making James smirk and me look a fool.
"No, that's not what I meant. I'm part of the house too, and the cup isn't just awarded to the quidditch team it's for the whole house." James just stood and smirked some more but Sirius actually let out a bark of laughter,
"You did, you actually thought that if we lost everything would be forgiven and you would be back on the team and Prongs would forgive you for everything you did. Well news flash sweetheart it ain't that easy. You won't be playing for Gryffindor ever again so get used to it."
"I didn't want the team to lose and I wasn't expecting to be put back on the team just like that. I had hoped that you would reconsider but I can see that isn't going to happen to whatever. Just make sure you train your new chaser better, we don't need to lose another game because of you Potter." James narrowed his eyes again and smirk fell off his face, he started to respond with Sirius beat him to it,
"Our new chaser is going to be ten times the chaser you ever were. Prongs only suggested that you join the team in second year because you didn't have anyone else and he felt sorry for you. You think too highly of yourself if you think that you're irreplaceable. We are going to win the quidditch cup and you aren't going to be helping."
I turned back to my table of friends and grabbed my wand, "I'm going to go for a walk.. see you guys later." I turned back to leave and saw Sirius smirking at me, clearly thinking he'd won, it was something I sorely wished to wipe off his face, but I just didn't have the energy to stand and continue to fight with him.
As I was leaving through the portrait hole I realised that I had gone wandering off alone almost every day of the year so far, that probably wasn't a good thing. I decided not to go outside this time, instead I wandered to the astronomy tower, so that I could see the grounds but still be inside and warm.
It turned out that my friends were getting better at finding me because I was sitting there for less than an hour before someone came to find me. I was surprised to find it was Remus this time, I had been expecting Susie, Gabby, or Lily it hadn't occurred to me that Remus would leave his friends to find me. "Are you okay Riley?" I shook my head,
"I just don't understand why Black hates me so much, I've never done anything to him.. nothing that would make him hate me this much anyway." Remus looked at me with a sad look on his face and started to explain it to me.
(AN: sorry about the wait.. had slight writers block and I really had no idea where I was going with this chapter. But hopefully the slightly longer length makes up for the wait a little bit? You were so close to finding out why Sirius hates her.. but noo :( you have to have some sort of incentive to come back again :)
Hopefully it won't be too long before the next update..
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Welsh signs for Carlisle
Hull City midfielder John Welsh has joined League One side Carlisle United on a one-month loan deal.
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Last Updated: 27/10/08 1:15pm
Hull City midfielder John Welsh has joined League One side Carlisle United on a one-month loan deal.
The 24-year-old began his career with Liverpool and made 10 appearances for the Reds, picking up four England under-21 caps in the process.
Welsh joined the Tigers in the summer of 2005 and has made 54 appearances to date. The midfielder spent a month on loan at Chester City in League Two as he recovered from injury last January.
Welsh joins a Carlisle side who are on a dangerous slide down the League One table. Despite reaching the play-offs last campaign, United have taken just one point from their last eight league games.
Saturday saw Carlisle succumb to their biggest defeat of the season, losing 5-0 away to fellow strugglers Colchester United.
Manager John Ward knows he needs experienced players to steady the ship and he believes Welsh will play a key role.
He said: "John is a holding midfielder who can help to steady things up in the middle of the park.
"I feel that we need a bit more cover in that area at the moment, so I'm pleased that we have been able to get him in to work with us.
"He will be available to play tomorrow night against Hartlepool and we're looking forward to working with him."


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Boston Red Sox: Why Jackie Bradley Jr. Must Start the Season in the MajorsMarch 17, 2013
Boston Red Sox prized outfield prospect Jackie Bradley Jr. has attracted a lot of attention this spring with his torrid play. Despite the desire to not rush him, it's become clear he must start the season in the majors.
At the beginning of camp, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that Bradley, a 2011 first-round draft choice, would be sent to the minors for more seasoning. But, his continued stellar play and recent developments with the big league roster are more than sufficient reasons to alter those plans.
A major reason why Bradley should be on Boston's Opening Day roster is because designated hitter David Ortiz, the team's longest-tenured player and best all-around hitter, is expected to miss at least the start of the season.
The 37-year-old slugger has played in only one game since last July 16 after suffering a partial tear of his Achilles. Even though he's been shut down from all but the most basic activities this spring, he recently told the Boston Herald's Scott Lauber that "I'm not there yet," when asked if he would be ready to start the season.
Ortiz has essentially been away from baseball for more than eight months. It's unreasonable to think he will be able to pick up on the 1.026 OPS he posted in 90 games last year anytime soon.
Bradley has forced his way into being the answer to the question of who will replace Ortiz.
The 22-year-old left-handed hitting outfielder isn't a power hitter, but is the best offensive option the team has to fill Ortiz's big shoes.
Entering Sunday, Bradley has hit .457 with a .568 OBP in 16 spring training games, impressing manager John Farrell as much with his bat as his outstanding defense, according to The Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo.
There is concern that Bradley, who has 138 career minor league games to his credit, is too inexperienced to play in the majors. Additionally, if the Red Sox wait to call him up after April 12, it would tack an additional year on to his free agency clock, and he wouldn't be eligible to hit the open market until 2019.
Those are both foolish arguments.
The Red Sox have been in the top-five of MLB team payrolls every year since 2004, according to StevetheUmp.com. While having Bradley under team control for an extra year could be a great asset, having to pay him earlier isn't going to bankrupt the team either.
There is no prescribed amount of time a player needs to develop in the minors. Mike Trout, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado were all drafted out of high school and successfully transitioned to the majors after limited exposure in their teams' systems.
Bradley not only was a highly regarded high draft pick, but played three years of baseball at the University of South Carolina, which is one of the best programs in the country.
WEEI's Rob Bradford recently reported that Bradley is still a possibility to break camp with the Red Sox.
Farrell told Bradford that the decision could come down to whether the youngster can get regular at-bats:
The bottom line would be, when any young player, whether it's Jackie or any young position player, when they come to the big leagues, you want to be sure they get regular at-bats. If those are there, that becomes part of the equation. Most importantly, he's doing whatever he can to impact the decision.
The desire to give Bradley regular at-bats is understandable, as having a young player of his caliber sitting on the bench would be a waste.
If Ortiz does start the season on the disabled list, other candidates to replace him include the uninspiring Mauro Gomez, Lyle Overbay and Ryan Lavarnway.
Bradley has a dynamic ability to get on base and disrupt pitchers, with a career .311/.423/.896 batting average/OBP/OPS split in the minors. Adding someone of that ability to the lineup would give Boston a weapon with the best chance to replace Ortiz, who has a .285/.380/.928 career split of his own.
The scenario that makes the most sense if Ortiz is out would be starting Bradley in left field and using Jonny Gomes as the primary designated hitter. Bradley plays much better defense than Gomes, who has hit just .223 against right-handers during his 10-year career, and could be used more judiciously depending on matchups.
Bradley's poise and maturity have also impressed many.
While the prospect must be itching to get his shot, The Boston Globe's Christoper Gasper wrote he is taking nothing for granted, as Bradley explained, "Hopefully, I can live up to all their expectations... I'm going to keep playing hard and hopefully things go my way."
The Red Sox would undoubtedly like to have Ortiz with them at the start of the season, but that doesn't look like a good possibility at this point. It's time for the team to move forward and use Bradley because he is one of their best young assets and ready to make his own mark in the major leagues.
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Sammy Hagar Rocks the Las Vegas Strip With Opening of Signature Cabo Wabo(R) Cantina
Nov 24, 2009, 09:30 ET from Cabo Wabo Cantina
LAS VEGAS Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Sammy Hagar has opened his hard rockin' dining and nightlife experience, Cabo Wabo® Cantina, on the Las Vegas Strip. The two-level, 15,000-square-foot Cantina brings the best of Cabo San Lucas to Vegas, with its prime location at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Cabo Wabo combines Hagar's signature blend of killer margaritas, flavorful Mexican food and rock 'n' roll style, where it is never uncommon to catch the Red Rocker grabbing a bite to eat or jammin' out a live set on stage.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091124/LA16456)
To celebrate Sammy Hagar-style, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will host the official Cabo Wabo Cantina grand opening bash on Friday, December 4. The event kicks off with a red carpet at 6:30 p.m. and a live performance by Sammy Hagar and The Waboritas at 9 p.m. A limited number of complimentary tickets will be given out at Cabo Wabo Cantina in Las Vegas on December 4, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The concert will also be broadcast live on Miracle Mile Shops' 5,000-square-foot LED screen that faces the Strip.
"I'm ecstatic to introduce Las Vegas to the Cabo Wabo lifestyle," said Cabo Wabo founder, Sammy Hagar. "The cantina's fun-loving, fiesta atmosphere brings rock 'n' roll right to the heart of Las Vegas. We are going to rock the Strip!"
Cabo Wabo's vibrant outdoor patio offers prime views of the Las Vegas Strip, combining Cabo San Lucas' laid-back, beach-town vibe with the excitement of Vegas. The savory menu blends Tex Mex cuisine with coastal Mexican fare, specializing in fajita selections. The cocktail menu highlights Hagar's favorite spirit, tequila, featuring specialty margaritas and cocktails.
Guests will find the Cabo Wabo retail store packed with world-famous logo merchandise and a Daiquiri Bar serving frozen cocktails in a variety of Cabo Wabo souvenir cups, including Sammy's signature 100-ounce guitar cup that also plays five different Hagar tunes.
Cabo Wabo Cantina at Miracle Mile Shops is the flagship U.S. location for the legendary restaurant. The original opened in Cabo San Lucas in 1990, transforming the sleepy Mexican town into a major tourism destination, becoming the inspiration for one of the most recognizable tequila brands, Cabo Wabo Tequila. For more information about Cabo Wabo Cantina, visit www.cabowabocantina.com. For more information about Hagar and his famous tequila, visit www.redrocker.com and www.cabowabo.com.
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Selvaraghavan's ambitious PVP Cinemas Irandam Ulagam new poster designs have come out.
It has Arya in a very pensive, mysterious and intriguing look; probably the makers have taken it from the second half, which is said to be the highlight.
Remember the first lot of pictures published some months back had a bespectacled Arya with a modern geek look. Now for the first time the period aspect of the film is being revealed.
Irandam Ulagam is a bi-lingual in Tamil and in Telugu it is titled Varna after heroine Anushka's name in the film. The audio of the film which has music by Harris Jayaraj will be launched at a big function in Chennai on August 3. Sony Music has acquired the audio rights.
As of now Irandam Ulagam is slotted for a worldwide release in September. The post-production work of the special effects laden film is making brisk progress at Prime Focus.


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Modern Photos of Historical Sites
New photos added 26 July 2009
All photographs on this page were taken by Joe Roberts except where noted.
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Upper Reservoir
The Upper Reservoir that used to provide water to the center of town (I believe). This is located on the south end of Mountain Rd. and is still on the property of the Wilbraham Academy. The water was apparently used for horses to drink at the town center(?). Not sure how deep this water is, probably less than about 6 feet at maximum. The old dam is seen in the left foreground, as well as part of the water control gate.
Upper Reservoir
Another view of the Upper Reservoir. Compare this modern view to the same view on the
Old Photos
page! At a casual glance one would not recognize them as being the same shot separated by about 110 years...
Upper Reservoir
A modern winter (snowless) view of the Upper Reservoir. Compare this modern view to the same view on the
Old Photos
page! At a casual glance one would not recognize them as being the same shot separated by about 110 years...
Upper Reservoir
A different view of the old Upper Reservoir. This view is from below looking up at the dam. The dam is in bad shape, although there is no threat of flood if it were to break (there is not that much water being held back because most of the reservoir has become filled with silt over the years). The large pipe leading away from the dam carried water down to the Academy (I believe). Not sure where it came out, but it crosses Mountain Rd. at the small rise just past the Academy fields.
Lower Reservoir
A view of the Wilbraham Academy Lower Reservoir as it looks in Autumn of 2001. The dam is out of the view (to the left) and is in bad shape (a good sized section is washed out). Still, this is a very scenic area Compare to the photo of this same area in 1890 on the
Old Photos
Danforth House
The Danforth House on Mountain Rd, built in 1769.
Tupper House
The Tupper House on Mountain Rd, just south of Glendale on the west side of the road.
General Store
General Store (formerly the Post Office) at the center of town.
Old Meeting House
The Old Meeting House at the center of town, built in 1793.
Academy Gymnasium
An autumn 2002 view of the Gymnasium building of the Wilbraham Academy. Building erected around 1890 for the cost of around $46,000.
Academy Athletic Field
A modern view (looking to the north west) of the Academy athletic field. Compare this modern view to the same one taken around 1890 on the
Old Photos
Wilbraham Academy
A view of the Wilbraham Academy looking to the southwest. Compare this view to the same one from about 1890 on the
Old Photos
Veteran's Memorial
A photo of the unveiling of the Veteran's Memorial on 12 November 2002. I have many more photos of this event and eventually will set up a separate page for this event.
Glendale Cemetery
A photo of part of Glendale Cemetery. As a young boy I used to trim grass (with hand shears, no weedwackers back then) around these stones.
Wilbraham Mountain
as seen from the back area of Glendale Cemetery. 1983 photograph.
Glendale Church Fire
Damage caused to Glendale Church due a fire started intentionally by some teen punks. Fortunately, the damage was not beyond repair, the church was restored and is in use to this day. December 1980 photograph.
Large Old Home on Main Street
One of the larger old homes along Main Street, not far from the center of town. 1981 photograph.
Memorial School Oak Tree
A shot of the large oak tree at Memorial School. This tree was along the path on the trail that lead from the school down to the lower playing field.
Memorial School
A 1981 shot of Memorial School looking from Main Street..
Old Well
Here is a shot of an old well located on the mountain behind Memorial School. Not sure what this was used for, certainly it is no longer used today. It has been partially filled with debris over time.
Mini Food Basket Storefront
A shot of the old Mini Food Basket store that used to be where the DB Mart is now located.
The "Poltergeist" Tree
A picture of a very spooky looking tree that used to stand on the east side of Wilbraham Mountain (off the back of what is now Webster Lane). This tree is so named because it looked a lot like the tree that attacked people in the movie Poltergeist. This photo is from 1980, the tree is no longer standing (fell down around 1998). The size and shape of this tree indicates that it was one that was likely a "shade tree" on the mountain at the time it was mostly clear. Walking around the mountain, one can see remnants of giant tree trunks and stumps; these are the remains of such trees. Many years ago, much of the mountain was clear of trees (except for occasional trees such as the one presented here). Most of the mountain has long since grown back. There are relatively few large oak trees, an indication that the forest that is present today is not all that old.
The "Poltergeist" Tree
Another shot of the scary looking Poltergeist tree. The branch at the upper left looks a lot like an angry arm reaching up to strike down!
The "Real People" Train
A shot of the train that passed through Wilbraham carrying the cast and crew of the TV Show "Real People". The Real People train was making a cross country venture and Wilbraham was one of the towns it passed through. It made a stop in Springfield MA and also Boston if I recall correctly. About 150 to 200 people gathered along the tracks (near Railroad Ave) for this event. Greg Lockhart (the barber) was planning to cut Skip Stevenson's hair, however the train did not make the unscheduled stop. 24 May 1983 photo.
The "Real People" Train
Another shot of the "Real People" train event. 24 May 1983 photo.
Junction of Boston Rd. and Stony Hill Rd, 1979
A shot of the intersection of Boston Rd. and Stony Hill Road, looking east. Up on the right the old Parkway Drive In theater can be seen. Also in this photo (although not clearly seen in this web based version) the sign in front of the gas station is advertising the price for a pack of cigarettes: 60 cents! This is a shot from a 110 camera so the resolution is not so great by today's standards.
Old Campground Building
A shot of one of several old camp building that used to exist on Wilbraham Mountain, shot taken looking to the north west. The area where these buildings were is near the first rise in what is now Webster Lane. Years ago, the road that is now Webster Lane was a narrow, dirt road. Those who ventured up this road came upon 3 or 4 buildings about 1000 feet back from Ridge Road. I do not know the exact history of this site, however the nature of the buildings and surroundings sure look like an old campground. I would guess that they were used during the 1930-1950 time period, but I cannot say for certain. In the late 1960's and early 1970's a group of "hippies" used to live in these buildings. Loud rock music could be heard drifting down the mountain on warm summer nights. Certainly a lot of drinking and partying was going on. There as also an arrest on this site in the early 70's, people were caught growing a crop of pot (the area was quite secluded and private compared to what it is today). Most of the buildings were in very bad shape when I first explored them in the early to mid 1970's. This photo and the similar ones that follow were taken in 1980 using a 110 camera (not the best quality but better than nothing).
Old Campground Building
Another shot of the building shown just above. The tall object at the left is an old flagpole.
Old Campground Building
An old Coke refrigerated case at this site. One of these machines in good shape today would fetch a fair price from a collector!.
Old Campground Building
A shot of one of the other buildings at the (presumed) old campground. This building was located a little higher up on the hill. Not far from here was an old bottle dump.
Old Campground Building
An old garage building that was on the site of the old (presumed) campground. The old Coke machine was located behind this building.
Old Campground Fireplace
A poor quality shot, however it is the only one I have of this area. This shows the old stone fireplace and picnic table located not far from the main building. Also on this site was a fairly large flagpole.
Main Street, 1982
A shot looking south along Main Street, this photo was taken from near the entrance of Wright Place. Off in the distance the Old Meeting House can be seen.
The "Drug House"
The house that became known as the "Drug House", located at the corner of Ridge and Monson Roads. This 1981 shot shows the house nearing completion. This house gained notoriety in town as it was rumored to have been built with funds from the sale of illegal drugs. Believe that is was covered by several of the local news channels back then.
The Old Meeting House with a New Roof
The Old Meeting House got a new roof in the summer of 2003!
Early Snow on Wilbraham Mountain
An early snowfall (about 1.5" deep) occurred on Wilbraham Mountain on 23 October 2003. Most of the fall foliage was still on the trees. It is not often that such a photo opportunity presents itself!
Clock and Bell Tower
Clock and bell tower of the Wilbraham & Monson Academy chapel building, originally known as the Memorial Methodist Episcopal church of Wilbraham. Bell cast in 1881 by Clinton H. Meneely of Troy, New York to replace the original one which cracked. The carillon, however, is electronic and features the digitally sampled sound of real bells, including hour strike with automatic night shutoff. 2002 photo by Jeffrey R. Wood. (Information also provided by J. Wood) .
Clock Works from Methodist Church
Clock works at the Academy chapel, shown before and after their 1993 restoration by Jeffrey R. Wood of Wilbraham. Made by E. Howard & Co. of Boston and presented by Abraham Avery in 1871 to the Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church of Wilbraham. Photos by Steve Gray of the Wilbraham & Monson Academy Faculty. (Information provided by J. Wood).
Goodbye State Line Potato Chips
A photo of the State Line Potato Chip factory being demolished.
Bruuer Pond
Fairly High Water in Bruuer Pond, March 2000.
Whale Rock
An outcropping of rock on Wilbraham Mountain that looks remarkably like a whale!
Minnechaug Regional High School
A cold winter panoramic view of the front of Minnechaug, January 2000.
Minnechaug Entrance
The main entrance of Minnechaug, January 2000.
Village Store
The Village Store (photo credit: unknown). (Anyone know who the person is and when this photo was taken?)
Village Store
Visitors to this site identify the man on the far right as Don Flannery. Another visitor notes that the person second from the right is Rudy Schultz (he owned the store). Just to the left of Rudy is Maity Schultz, Rudy's older brother (both are buried in Glendale Cemetary). (photo credit: unknown)
Stairs to Academy
Looking east from Main Street, up the stairs to some of the other Academy buildings. November 2002 photo.
Carmon Cleaners
The Carmon Cleaners building (in the same buidling as the Village Store at the center of town). November 2002 photo.
Main Street House
One of the houses on Main St. near the center of town. November 2002 photo.
Academy House
The house just north of Rich Hall at the Acedemy. November 2002 photo.
Main St. House
One of the houses on Main St. near the center of town. November 2002 photo.
Nellie Star House
Here's a modern (November 2002) view of the Nellie Star House on Main St (not far from the Academy). See what the house used to look like (taken from a different angle):
Older image of Nellie Star House
House Near Town Center
The house across from the back at the center of town. November 2002 photo.
Chapel St.
Looking north from the top of Chapel St. November 2002 photo.
Rt. 20 and Stony Hill Intersection
The intersection of Stony Hill and Boston Rd. November 2002 photo.
Grace Union Church Chicken Barbeque Sign
This is the sign that Grace Union has used to advertise their annual Chicken Barbeque each year.
Railroad Culvert
This is a modern shot of the rebuilt culvert (this is where 12 Mile Brook goes under the railroad tracks along Rt 20). This was constructed right after the 1955 flood, the original culvert had been totally washed out. This is the Rt 20 side of the culvert. 18 Nov 2000 photo.
Danforth House in Winter of 2000
A scenic shot of the historic Danforth house (on Mountain Rd) from March 2000..
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