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Lacrosse, according to Wikipedia, "is the oldest organized sport in North America". Here in Central Illinois, at the high school level at least, it's fairly new as a team sport. So much so, in fact, that no high school here has a team. It has taken three high schools (Normal Community, Normal West, and Bloomington) coming together to make up a team - but that's exactly what they've none. Playing under the Bloomington Normal name, I watched them play Belleville West (from near St. Louis) yesterday and it was pretty interesting. The game, which was won by Bellville, 15-14, came down to the last minute of play and was back-and-forth all day. So here's to lacrosse and sports photography, for someone who rarely is a sports photographer.
The Normal Heart, October 7-10, 2021, Scene Dock Theatre ©2021 Photo by Reza Allah-Bakhshi/Capture Imaging for the USC School of Dramatic Arts.
When the city installed the man hole cover they fashioned the concrete into a fairly good normal distribution. Then the pavement warped. It's as if God is sending a message to traffic engineers. Since most of the people reading this are not traffic engineers I will translate. The condition of the road under the normal distribution correspondence to the probability of the road being in that condition. From 2 sigmas up about 2 percent of the road the road if fine for cyclists to ride at normal speeds. From minus 2 sigma to plus 2 sigma about 96 percent of the road cyclists have to slow down due to sand gravel sticks uneven pavement and leaves that hide broken glass. From minus 4 sigma to minus 2 sigma about 2 percent of the roads there is a drop off from the pavement to the curb caused by the 1 to 4 lawyers of pavement added after the curb was installed. The from minus 4 sigma down are the most dangerous. These roads look safe but have hidden hazards. A good example would be a nail driven into the road by the people who installed the traffic counter then left behind.