Contacts vs. Glasses

I've had glasses since middle school and throughout most of high school. It started with a pair of wire rimmed burgundy glasses. By my sophomore year I upgraded to a trendy, black plastic frame. And finally as a senior, my parents decided that I was responsible enough to get contacts. It was something that I've wanted for so long and I was so excited. I currently use Acuvue with hydraclear plus which are two week disposables. Since the...

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Jewelry-Making

Whenever I have free time, I like to spend it by doing something creative. Recently, I got hooked on creating my own jewelry. At first it started with simply beads on string, to complicated weaving of friendship bracelets, and now it’s a mixture of both. Since I’m allergic to the “fake metal” in most jewelry I decided to use cord, and the great thing about cord is it is very durable. When I don’t have ideas on making a bracelet, I go out and buy...

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Closet Essentials: Chambray Shirts

I love chambray shirts because of their versatility. They can be causal enough for school but also dressy enough for a party. It all depends on the shade of blue and what you pair it with. The collar will instantly make these shirts classy. With their denim appearance and the flexibility of cotton, they are just as important as a pair of jeans in any closet. So how do you wear them if they look just like your everyday jeans? There is no shame in...

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Bath and Body Works-PocketBac

Honestly I love going to Bath and Body Works, they always have products that smell really nice and the scents can be so relaxing. Whenever I walk into Bath and Body Works I always find myself walking out with one thing, an anti-bacterial hand gel. There is almost always a 5 for $5 dollar sale for the Pocket Bacs, and they smell so nice. I have a lot of fruity scents, like blueberry, and orange, but they have a lot more like candy cane, and gingerbread....

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Last Minute Gifts

If you procrastinated on holiday gifts as much as you do on homework, then this post is perfect for you. The sole purpose of this post is to inspire you. The following are lists for both females and males. Most of these gifts are generic to everyone. (: Girls: Scented hand sanitizer and lotion  Nail polish  Scented candle Cute stationary (note pads, cute notebooks with quotes on the front, planners for the new...

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Girl's Basketball

Sorry for the late updates on the girl's basketball team.  It has been a rough season for us although we did win our first season game. With a 3-2 status right now, we all know both the team and coaches know that this shouldn't be how it is. We could have won the games we lost but those loses are only going to make us a stronger team. Like our coach says "I rather us lose in the beginning of the season than the end because we know what we can work on." Both loses were close games, one was a home game where we should have played hard in the...

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Instagram

Instagram is an app created for smart phones is used to take or upload pictures and share them with the people that follow you. Instagram has a bunch of different filters from you to choose from for you to alter your photo. You can make your picture look really bright, dark, black and white or even vintage. Instagram has become increasingly popular in the past year or so. It’s a pretty entertaining app because you can take pictures of anything from the Christmas tree at Rockefeller to your iced latte from Starbucks. Instagram is filled with pictures...

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December 21st, 2012 – The End of the World

This Friday is December 21st, 2012 supposedly the end of the world.  Why do people believe this? Well because the Mayan calendar ends on this day and people think this means the world is going to end on this date.  Why would they believe this? Because the Mayan calendar was very accurate considering the fact that is was created thousands of years ago. Many people seem to believe this is legit and that the Earth will explode because the Earth will perfectly align with the Sun (doesn't this happen every Winter Solstice?). There has...

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Support

Support. A simple word that means a lot to not only athletes but everyone around you. During a sports game, regardless of how the team is doing, a cheer from the sidelines can create such an impact to the team that is fighting and competing. When a team is doing bad, the sidelines can cheer them up and give them strength, when the team is doing well, the cheer will keep them going. We absorb from our environment. If the environment is gloomy, the players on court would potentially become gloomy and do bad, however, if the sideline gives...

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Youtube parodies

I’ve learned over the past years that the best way to procrastinate is to watch videos, specifically YouTube Videos.  On YouTube there are so many different things you can watch, a How-To video, a vlog, parodies, the list is endless. Parodies are really funny to watch because they recreate something, and sometimes it makes the original look better. When I’m in a parody-watching mood I look up The Hillywood Show: http://www.youtube.com/user/JckSparrow and The Key of Awesome: http://www.youtube.com/show/keyofawesome. The Hillywood...

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2-1 & 3-3

2-1 A great start to the new season, the boys won at home against Henry Street 62-44. The Boys’ team is currently on a 2 game winning streak, and we’ll see to it that it will continue to rise. The game started off with the Blue Devils winning the tip, and easily rallied for a 6 point lead early on. As halftime came, we were still up by 6, but as Coach Soskind had said, “we should not be winning by 6, but rather, by 16.” The game was close at the half, just like the game we had against JKO, but as the second half started, we were easily sliding...

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GTA V Details

 Rockstar has released new details about the new Grand Theft Auto V. There will be 3 new playable characters whose names are Michael, Trevor, and Franklin. Michael was a former bank robber who is now in witness protection. His wife spent all of his fortunes and now he’s back in the game. Trevor is a psychopath who is constantly taking various drugs and he’s prone to violence. Franklin is the youngest of the trio and he works as a repo man. The 3 characters work together to perform heists which will be a big part of the game. Each character...

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Teacher Dare Event

COME ONE, COME ALL It's nearly time for....[wait for it].....the TEACHER DARE EVENT hosted by your amazing Senior Trip Committee, in an effort to raise money for - you got it! - your lovely seniors' graduation trip.  A big moment in all of our lives, our graduation from high school, so we hope you'll all come and help us make ours more memorable (as we hope it will one day be for all the you underclassmen). Seniors, why...

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Soskind

Soskind. I seriously think the best thing a coach can do is kneel on one knee in front of his/her players. It's just really heart warming to see that. I really do not know why. Maybe it's the way he leans into his players to make sure they hear every word he says. Maybe it's the position of his body that tells the supporters as well as the team that he's IN the game. He's in it to win it. A coach is really an energy booster in a game. When...

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Concerts

 We all have a favorite band or singer that we really enjoy to listen and would love the opportunity to see them sing it live. Concerts a great experience not only do you get to see your favorite artist/idol but they perform their songs. However not everyone has had the opportunity to experience a concert. Concerts can be quite expensive depending on the venue and seat. Madison Square Garden is always pricey, if you want to be front and center ticket prices range from 600 to the thousands. It’s not cheap to sit front row, and the not-so-great...

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6 games for $1.00

This is a charity that requires you to donate a $1 to get 6 games. If you give more than a certain amount, they will give you 2 more games to play. However, these games are only for PC. They also required you to have a Steam account. It is self-explanatory. This is not a scam since I donated and got my 6 games. You are helping those in need and you get something back. This is a win win situation. However, they don't accept cash and only accept credit cards or through paypal. Here is the link: http://www.humblebundle.com/#contribu...

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Game Review: Ōkami (Wii)

Hi everyone, This time, I’m back with my first game review~ *imaginary applause all around* …OTL Anyways, Ōkami was one of the first Wii games I’ve ever played, and I completely loved it. For those of you who have a Wii, if you haven’t played this gave before, you should give it a try. *SPOILER ALERTS BELOW~* Summary: Set in the ancient world of Japan (called Nippon), the start of the game flashes back to a time 100 years ago,...

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Battle Royale

Battle Royale Hey there boys and girls, back again with another movie review. Now this one’s good see, Battle Royale. It’s made by the Japanese, basically it’s about a 9th grade class being entered in to BR. They were selected by the government because they were one of the most horrible classes, and I mean their students were bad. Now in this movie, students were all horrible, so that is why the government came up with it. Anyhow, once you enter,...

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2-1

                A great start to the new season, the boys won at home against Henry Street 62-44. The Boys’ team is currently on a 2 game winning streak, and we’ll see to it that it will continue to rise.                 The game started off with the Blue Devils winning the tip, and easily rallied for a 6 point lead early on. As halftime came, we were still up by 6, but as Coach Soskind had said, “we should not be winning by...

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Updates

It’s almost the end of the year and there have been a lot of updates on the games that are said to be released next year if there are no unfortunate delays. Naughty Dog had finally given us a release date for their next game, The Last of Us which will be release on May 7th, 2013. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world with looters, zombie like creatures and destruction. Dark Souls II had been announced through a trailer that features a warrior fighting multiple enemies and traveling through many locations. Check out the trailer if you can....

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Robotics; Notes

Director: Kazuya Nomura Genre: Sci-fi, School Life, mystery, comedy, and drama Summary: In 2019 at Kyushu, Japan (can Google map to find location) there are only 2 members in a robotic club at Tanegashima high and they're Kaito Yashio and Akiho Senomiya. Akiho is continuing her sister dream of finishing the robot she designed but was unable to finish because she graduated and moved on from such childish dreams. Even so Akiho won't give up and...

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The World God Only Knows

Author: Wakaki Tamiki Genre: Comedy, School Life, Harem (A guy with a lot of girls), Fantasy, supernatural, romance, and Shounen Summary: A young boy named Keima Katsuragi who’s in his second year of high school and is only interested in 2-D girls. He plays his Galge games (games where you’re the main character who build relationships with the girls in the game and get good endings) in school. His class mates don’t bother with him because he’s...

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Brandon and Leah - Life Happens

So this is a song that came out a long time ago, earlier this year. And it’s not one of those songs you would hear on the radio, yes that means there isn’t any dubstep. The reason I like this song so much is because it has a positive message, it inspires me to get up and want to do something important. The artist names are Brandon and Leah, Brandon is Bruce Jenner’s son who doesn’t really want any fame from the Kardashian sisters, Leah his girlfriend is the sole singer in the song.  I discovered this song watching the reality TV show...

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Boys Varsity pre-game practice (against Henry St.)

The Lui brothers. On the left is Edward Lui (the older brother) and on the right is William Lui (the  younger brother).  Individual shots of players shooting around.  William Lui, sophomore.  Joseph Park, senior, and Spencer Tibbals, senior.  Peter Lok, senior.  Kenny Li, sophomore. Edward Lui, senior, and James Davis, senior. Brendon Chan, sophomore.  The boys working on press...

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Baruch Girls Varsity v. Norman

Mikaela going for the jump bal...

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Seriously, relieving stress

Hola! So, I’ve been thinking of ways to relief stress, especially since we are all BCCHS students (and staff). Of course, we all get projects and papers due right before break. But how exactly do you write a paper with no inspiration? The color GREEN! Green colored objects tend to give me inspiration. It is also easy on the eye, meaning that it’s not a “harsh” color to look at. Something like neon pink would be a “harsh” color. The color BLUE is a calming color. So, de-stressing can be staring at something blue. Like the layout of Microsoft...

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TV in December

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, It’s December! That’s means Christmas is right around the corner and so is Winter break. December is one of the months I watch a lot of TV. Every single channel you watch in December and anytime of time of the day you will most likely see something about Christmas. I love Christmas movies they’re the best. They just get you in a jolly, sentimental mood when you watch them. I literally watch A Christmas Story every Christmas; I could probably quote most of the movie. Also the commercials are all about Christmas...

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Gangnam Style vs. Baby

 Gangnam Style by PSY recently surpassed Justin Bieber’s Baby with themost views on YouTube ever.  Now Gangnam Style has acquired around 870million views while Baby has 808 million views in comparison.  It’scrazy how many views Gangnam Style has gotten in less than 6 months!One of the reasons it was able to achieve so many views was the factthat people wanted to beat Justin Bieber’s record.  They would commenton how they were racing to beat out the Baby video for most viewsever.  It also has the most likes ever as well. ...

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Blue Devils Newsletter - Issue 5

Adapted from the original Newsletter by Alexiandria Cintron, Kathy Chiam, Nicole Castiblanco and Erick CriolloNovember, 2012 View original by downloading newsletter Download Here SOS CORNER:  Are you in control of your own destiny? The answer to this question lies in seven letters; C-O-N-T-R-O-L! Do you set goals and plan how you will achieve them or do you fly by the seat of your pants? A disciplined step by step approach ensures you will maximize your potential, and increase the percentage of your power to accomplish. ...

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