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2nd 4 on Dalton 12 with 33 to go. Hiram may yet score . Dalton is out of time outs. Maybe a first down ... Hiram is about to finish season 10-0. BTW folks did you see the interview with the coach on this weeks news? 20 seconds ... Hiram takes a knee ... Hiram has come to Harmon field and won it all at Dalton's field. 10-0 Congratulations Hiram on the Region Championship. Now to the playoffs. pubby

Looks like Dalton got a first down. now on their 25 yard line loss on one on first play this series no gain and now 3rd 10 togo back to pass ... screen pass ... 4 yard gain ... dalton may go for it on fourth because they don't have a chance 4th and 6 on their own 29 Hiram takes over on downs and has 1st and 10 on Dalton 29 with about a minute left.

kickoff stopped on the 28th ... flag down ... personal foul against Dalton. on 14 ... first play 4 yard gain Dalton.

25 yard FG attempt. good 17-14 Hiram over Dalton 3:24 left .. Hiram to kick off

out of bounds around the two ... Hornets threaten with 2 with 2. dalton holds. on next play

A sweep to right to Daltons 28 yard line. 5:22 now driving to the Dalton 10 yard line. 1st and 10 on the 10.4 yard line.

under six minutes to play complete on Dalton 38 and a first down. 5:38 to go

Dalton was 1st and 10 on the HOrnet 40 and a series of sacks left them with 4rd and 24 ... Anyway, a bunch of penalties and Hiram had the ball on the 30 ... but Dalton gave up yet another penalty - a face mask. Hiram has the ball and a long pass attempt left a player injured on the Dalton 15. 8:13 left in the game. Hiram was 1st and 15... now 3nd of 1 after a good catch. first and ten, Hornets on their own 47. Now Hornets 3rd and 4 ytg.

dalton player hurt on TD but was #11 sacked QB Hornets held Dalton on next possession 50yd line 1:00 in third Q dalton 45 had a first down called back and failed to make the conversion and had to punt. PUnt will be first play of fourth quarter.

Hiram took kickoff and has moved to its own 40 where it is -3rd 1 yard togo 6:15 left in 3rd quarter 1st and 10 at dalton 15 #25 for vie 2nd 5 on 10 4:15 left hiram TD #28 Extra point good 14-14

Dalton scores on 42 run- hiram player down. #6 Demonte Jackson walking off now under his own power Dalton XP is good 14-7 Dalton

Debra Singletary just got to the game ... They couldn't find the stadium until just a minute ago and called that Hiram had tied with the 60 yard run. Go Hornets pubby

Kickoff will likely be at about 8 p.m. I've got someone reporting from Dalton and ought to provide us updates as the evening progresses. pubby

Now folks have a limited number of 'votes' each day. The idea is that should avoid the 'personalities' in making their selections and instead judge the posts on their own. for instance, I gave a + vote to the post by Mill Creek talking about the 38 pets that were transferred from the Paulding Shelter to a shelter in Connecticut where their chances of adoption are infinitely higher than here. That post deserves, IMO, a plus and Mill Creek deserves the positive reputation point finding that information and posting it. That, frankly, is how and why the system usually works. I

Joe: Your cumulative rating is +27 ... hummm ... Not as persecuted as you thought, I guess. pubby

Here is another idea ... Maybe we do the post rating for the regular members and opt out the paid members? I mention that because I suspect it will get spur a little conversation ... and since the paid members seem to be among those most concerned ... such an approach could mitigate in their opinion. You know it now becomes a 'not in their back yard' as opposed to not in my back yard. pubby Again, this is an experiment, let me know what's going on.

It is something that came with the new board that we're experimenting with. I honestly don't know how it will work ... What I do know is that given the options, we're open about it; second, it tends to work in larger diverse communities (we are) and it does nothing if everyone sets their 'viewing' to show all posts. If you set your viewing to hide posts from those whose reputation scores are -30 or more, you'll have to click on their post to view it. I'm not 'pushing this down the community's throat anymore than I will engage the 'facebook' integration (another option made poss

Joe: If you read the intro on this, you'd know it was an experiment. I honestly didn't know what it looked like or how it would work in action. And it remains an experiment. pubby

Bloom Hair: It counts the views on a cycle. It is on the list of things to see if we can get the views to be more realtime. pubby

Actually, the votes are cumulative and are displayed on your profile (green box just down from the top) ... at least for the admin view. I set the ratings visible on a per post basis and I assume the rating points are otherwise visible in cumulative numbers in your profile. One option available is to set the ratings invisible. pubby

Pcom found the right page and instituted the user-driven reputation system. All members will have a minimum of four votes - two positive and two negative - which they may 'cast' every day to say what kind of site they really, really want. You cast these votes by clicking on the the little +/- at the right bottom of every post. If you like news, click on the person who starts an engaging news topic. If you find snarky gossip not your cup of tea, pass out a negative vote on that post/topic. These scores are compiled and user ratings will arise. This, I might add, is an ex

Well MsGaStorm, I'd like to meet you too Thanks for the recommendation to your chiropractor. You ought to stop by the office one day early in the week - by that I mean a Monday-Wednesday. Usually we're there around 11-2 most days. PM if you want to make sure. You never know what kind of trouble you might get into. pubby

I think I found the 'anomaly' ... that resulted in the skins being hidden. pubby

The settings for the skins are 'public'. This is a new board and while poking around, I just found about four more pages I didn't know were there for members and permissions. I seem to remember from earlier versions that there may be a switch that allows specific groups to choose skins and others not. I'll have to check... but my intention is for the skins to be visible and available. pubby

You should have that option as we speak. look at the bottom left of the page. Where it says IP.board is a drop down. In it there is IP.board, Halloween(fall) and Classic Blue. You can choose any one of the 'skins' ... including the green (halloween) board. We'll have additional skins as we go on. pubby