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It's more than supply and demand
I was astonished by the Sept. 20 Viewpoint guest column by Rhodes College professor Art Carden ("Why is gas so high? Supply and demand") that attempted to justify the dramatic increases in the price of gasoline in advance of Hurricane Ike by suggesting they were just normal market forces in operation.
This is the kind of "scholarship" we've come to expect from apologists and paid consultants for the most powerful, and frequently predatory, industries that have traditionally victimized the public.
The oil market is dominated by monopolies at every step in the process, from bringing the commodity out of the ground to selling it to the consumer. Monopolies subvert the normal operation of whatever market they infect. We should be inured by now to being told by companies that have manipulated the price of the commodity they sell that they're not gouging us with their prices, it's the normal operation of the market that's to blame.
We should also be used, by now, to the effect of speculation on commodity markets, and the fact that supply and demand have little, if anything, to do with what people who aren't buying or selling commodities to receive or deliver them can do to the price of that commodity.
The professor's suggestion that the market be "left to its own devices" is even more amazing, given what we're now painfully learning about the excesses and abuses an unregulated (or underregulated) market can inflict on the public. This is not the time to be advocating that the "free" market be given unfettered rein to regulate itself, when we've seen how well that's worked in one of the other major sectors of our economy.
The oil industry accepts billions of dollars in subsidies from taxpayers while it rakes in billions of dollars at their expense; it should not be allowed to hold one hand out, palm up, while using the other to block scrutiny, accountability and, yes, even reasonable controls on pricing and profits.
Martin H. Aussenberg
Sane explanation for gas prices
What a pleasure to read a column ("Why is gas so high? Supply and demand") rebutting the demagoguery about "price gouging" that has been filling the media since Hurricane Ike struck.
And what a refreshing surprise that it was written by an economics professor (Art Carden) at a prestigious college (Rhodes). It is ironic that academe must step in to bring sanity to this issue.
Muckrakers, mostly on the left, but some on the right (e.g. Bill O'Reilly), have led many people to believe that the laws of economics can be repealed if they yell loud enough. What's next? The laws of thermodynamics?
M.K. Noell Jr.
Excuse for gas prices is poppycock
Art Carden, assistant professor of economics at Rhodes College, must be our community's newest "village idiot" if he truly believes "raising prices is not a cruel attempt by retailers to 'stick it' to the helpless."
After all, why are officials in Arkansas and Tennessee investigating price gouging by retailers when Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast?
He continues his nonsense with the analogy: "When people begin lining up to get something (in this case, filling their gas tanks) at the going price, this tells merchants that the price is too low." Poppycock! This tells merchants that have gas to sell that they're lucky as heck because their competitors don't have any.
Everyone pretty much understands supply and demand, and nobody is against a business making a profit, but let's not be fooled by such academic drivel.
Woody Dewberry
Carden is clear, calm and accurate
My thanks to you and to Art Carden for his clear, calm and accurate column that explained the economics of the gas pump. The law of supply and demand is really quite simple, and it doesn't change. Nor can it be repealed or amended. Would that we and our political leaders could learn that.
Preston Wilson
News comes first on Page 1
I'm a 50-something who grew up with a morning newspaper habit. Some people can survive on coffee, others on orange juice and still others on nothing at all. I need to feed my brain with current events -- the who, what, where, when and how. As long as I can get my dose of news from my morning newspaper, my day will be just fine.
Over the past 16 years (while living in Memphis), I have seen newspaper journalism fall by the wayside, along with local TV's daily version of what passes for news. However, your Sept. 23 edition was the last straw.
Yes, the debate in Oxford is big news and should occupy the front page. As such, have the respect and professionalism to put a certified news reporter to work covering the news and publishing their findings on your most important page, not a news commentator (Geoff Calkins).
Yes, Calkins is witty, observant and perceptive, and a talented writer. But first the news, then the commentary. You are a newspaper, not a commentarypaper.
I understand readership is diminishing everywhere, but don't hasten the decline. When was the last time someone canceled his newspaper because you gave him too much news? Now think about how many either stopped or threatened to stop their newspaper because they didn't like the "commentary" of one of your writers.
If I have to depend on the likes of the "Today" show, "Good Morning America," "CNN American Morning," Fox News, etc., I think my head will explode.
R. E. Goldner
Other candidates need to be heard
The Oxford debate fails to include most of the candidates for president. Where are Bob Barr (Libertarian Party), Ralph Nader (Independent), Chuck Baldwin (Constitution Party), Cynthia McKinney (Green Party), and Ted Weill (Reform Party)?
If a candidate is on the ballot in enough states to win the presidency, he or she should be in the debate. Since the Democratic and Republican parties control the debates, and can't handle any competition, this will never happen. The citizens lose again. What a pity.
The Republican and Democratic parties missed the filing deadline in Texas. The Texas attorney general does not care what the law says and included them on the Texas ballot anyway. I guess the rule of law doesn't matter much, either.
Harold M. Taylor
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Believers in Bible aren't stupid
I was saddened to see the low opinion Leonard Pitts Jr. has of the millions of Christians and Jews in this country who "take the parable of Adam and Eve as literal truth" (Sept. 22 Viewpoint column, "The stupid giant of planet Earth"). I was also saddened to see that he used "Bible literalism" as an example of "anti-intellectualism." I think there would be few who would agree with his characterization as "stupidity" the beliefs of many of the great Christian thinkers of recent times, such as Billy Graham, Mother Teresa, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.
There are countless intelligent, educated, informed people who read on a wide spectrum of topics and who also believe that the Bible is what it claims to be. While the literacy of the Bible may be the subject of theological debate, the lack of respect Pitts gives those who believe in the literacy of the Bible seems to display the same behavior he criticizes in his editorial.
I would encourage him to read some of the writings of contemporary Christian thinkers such as Charles Colson, Ravi Zacharias or Lee Strobel before he dismisses them as unintelligent. Perhaps their ideas would make him "uncomfortable."
Eddie Cunningham
Don't trust McCain's fiscal acumen
Talk about a deathbed conversion: John McCain speaks most recently about the need for regulation of financial institutions now that Wall Street is in trouble. It's a wonder the words didn't set his mouth on fire. He has fought regulation for more than 25 years.
But this isn't the first instance of McCain's bad judgment in dealing with financiers.
Remember his role in the Keating Five financial scandal of the late 1980s and early 1990s? Five senators, including the current GOP presidential nominee, were accused of improperly hindering regulators in their pursuit of Charles H. Keating Jr. of the failed Lincoln Savings and Loan Association. That venture cost taxpayers and depositors millions and millions.
The Senate Ethics Committee determined McCain "exercised poor judgment" in intervening with regulators on Keating's behalf.
Now McCain asks the American people to trust his judgment on the economy and national finance. He is the same man who picks a running mate so illiterate in financial and foreign policy matters that he is afraid to let her out in public alone.
His choice of Sarah Palin and his record on financial matters are just two examples of how flawed his decision-making skills are.
As another embarrassed ex-Republican, I say give me Barack Obama's judgment any day and twice on Sunday.
Jackie Flaum
Making choices, living with results
My former pastor, Dr. Adrian Rogers, frequently used this profound truth in his sermons: "We are all free to choose, but, after we have made our choice, we are not free to choose the consequences of that choice."
A pregnant female has already exercised her freedom of choice. The pregnancy is the consequence of that choice.
No one has the God-given right to murder a human being, not even a female to murder her own unborn child.
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BALTIMORE, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Data by Dr. Bart Classen in The Open Endocrinology Journal provides further evidence that epidemics of childhood obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome are the result of exposure to the increasing number of vaccines. Metabolic syndrome includes obesity, altered blood cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, and increased blood glucose levels.
Classen has previously shown vaccines were responsible for the epidemic of type 1, insulin dependent, diabetes. The current paper provides evidence that common forms of type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes are actually opposing responses to vaccines. Upon receipt of vaccines some individuals develop substantial inflammation leading to autoimmune destruction of insulin secreting cells, type 1 diabetes. Other individuals produce increased cortisol, an immune suppressing hormone, to suppress the vaccine induced inflammation. The increased cortisol leads to obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Races which have high cortisol activity have increased risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
In a previous publication in The Open Endocrinology Journal, Dr. Bart Classen showed a 50% reduction of type 2 diabetes occurred in Japanese children following the discontinuation of a single vaccine, a vaccine to prevent tuberculosis. This decline occurred at a time when there is an global epidemic of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Japanese children secrete large amounts of cortisol following immunization compared to Caucasians and Japanese children also have a low risk of developing type 1 diabetes.
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Drif and JNRobert have done a good job describing the technique. And yes, a mere mortal (painfully mortal) like me can do it. Best to practice in the dirt.
As you hopefully know, if you are not actively braking or actively having the throttle at least cracked open in a turn, you are going to crash. On a dirt bike, you brake early and get on the throttle early. So try getting off the brakes as you enter a turn, give a little throttle as you normally would, and then simply roll the throttle closed and this will induce the front end to slide. You will want to snatch the throttle open again pretty quickly so you don't eat dirt, but as you get more and more comfortable, you can milk the slides to be longer and more lurid.
The technique is pretty much the same on pavement. I have only done it on a supermoto bike, never a sport bike, which I gave up about 10 years ago. You can do it without cracking the throttle and simply by releasing the front brake where you might normally still be trail braking. You have to be pushing hard enough that you might feel you are into the turn too hot.
Using the front end slide to scrub off the excess speed and then using the throttle to right the bike will open your eyes to getting through the corner faster and tidier than you ever imagined. It will also give you a big thrill because you will now be in possession of an over the top, very advanced technique.
For me, it is a very subtle thing and probably all but undetectable from a bystander, but
will know it when the front starts to slide.
What starts as a panic move to stop a sure crash turns out to be a very useful and effective technique.
I had not done this consistently for a few years on the supermoto track, but this past summer started doing it again, very sparingly. I use it mostly through a third gear (65 MPH) left hander that is slightly more than 90 degrees that needs to be finished tight so that you can straighten out a chicane which follows it.
I practice my supermoto skills in the dirt first.
I have not raced for many years, so the skills I like to learn are purely for cheap thrills and for having them at my disposal should I need them.
I look at track riding as an artistic expression; slides, wheelies, excessive and unnecessary lean angles are all part of that expression.
As far as putting out the fastest possible lap time goes that is still a ridiculous way to do it with a much easier way around it (the way Moto GP racers do) to scrub speed.
Carrying maximum corner speed involves having the tightest turning radius that traction allows for (maximum lean angle). How do you reach maximum lean angle? By evenly loading both the front and rear tires or slightly favoring the rear. If your sliding the front tire than your not at max lean angle which is reason #1 why that technique would only make your lap times slower. Reason #2 is sliding in general isn't a very effective way of slowing down. For example try skidding the rear tire under braking compared to modulating it to maintain traction.... which stopping distance ends up being shorter? On a correct corner entry the front will be fully loaded and only slipping slightly, at this point the rear usually has a lot of traction left to give. So if you want to scrub just a little speed why not simply use the rear brake? (which is what Moto GP riders do by the way). This way there's no sliding involved or weird on/off throttle chopping. Sliding the front is very risky and doesn't have any benefit to lap times what so ever.
There's plenty more reasons why purposely sliding the front would make your lap times slower but I'm not going into all of that. Just for an example think about this one. At 80mph your traveling at 117
feet per second
. In the time it takes you to make your throttle blip (maybe 0.5 seconds) you've traveled about 50ft. Now imagine what would happen to your lap time if you simply adjusted your racing line to be either
on the throttle and accelerating
at maximum lean angle
for that 50ft instead of sliding the front tire and pushing wide.
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The National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has sent notice to the Director-General of Police (DGP) and the Home Secretary of Tamil Nadu demanding that they furnish all details about the need for opening fire at Dalits in three places – Paramakudi, Ilayangudi in Sivaganga district and Madurai – on the same day on September 11.
Speaking to The Hindu over phone on Tuesday from New Delhi, Latha Priyakumar, Member, National Commission for SC/ST, said Ramanathapuram District Collector V. Arun Roy and Superintendent of Police Kaliraj S. Mahesh Kumar had deposed before the full commission on Monday and they were examined by the Vice-Chairman Dr. Rajkumar Verka and other members.
She said the Commission was not satisfied with the reply given by them about the provocation, the procedures followed by the police before opening fire at Paramakudi, the details of rounds of fire opened, and ammunition stock before and after the firing, recovery of shells after the shooting and others.
Moreover, the Commission had not received the post-mortem reports of those killed in the firing and the Superintendent of Police of Madurai had not sent his report on the shooting incident in Madurai. Hence, the Commission decided to send a notice to the DGP and the Home Secretary. Ms. Priyakumar said the Commission was of the view that the arrest of John Pandian, president of the Thamizhaka Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, snowballed into a major problem; otherwise the entire incident could have been avoided.
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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia touched upon the role Catholic religion plays in society during a wide-ranging interview with New York magazine.
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Catholics around the globe are expressing mixed but mostly positive reactions to Pope Francis' recent remarks that the church has become too focused on "small-minded rules" on hot-button issues like homosexuality and abortion.
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Pope Francis is reaching out to gays, saying he won't judge priests for their sexual orientation, in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returns from his first foreign trip.
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July 19th, 2012 #1
Painter Really slow in Windows 7 64bit
I have a Quad core pc 4Gb ram radeon Dual graphics that can go up to 1gb dedicated memory and still doest seem to support painter.
I installed painter 12 and it was really slow, then i installed painter 11 and it was a little better but not worth working with.
Other software like Photoshop CS6 work just fine.
Is it Windows 7 fault?
What can i do cause i love painter.http://gjergjiart.tumblr.com/ Tumblr and more
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is your win7 32 bit or 64 bit? if 32 bit, painter 12 can only use 2 GB of ram. it's incredibly ram hungry, and it is also the slowest painter version ever so far.
make sure to install all updates (hotfix 1, 12.1, 12.2, all posted on corel.com/painter, you might need to switch website location to North American to get all files listed), because they address brush lag, undo lag and, apparently, start up times as well.
also make sure to check painter preferences, performance and set up undo values to something manageable, I'd suggest about 15-20 steps on a 32 bit OS, and assign 100 % of ram on 32 bit windows (100 % = 2 GB in that case).
> Is it Windows 7 fault?
not likely, because > Other software like Photoshop CS6 work just fine.
12's performance on mac makes me cringe.
> What can i do cause i love painter.
use an earlier version, 11, X or even IX.5
July 19th, 2012 #3
Thanks for the reply ikken.
it seemed the problem with it was the copy I had.
I downloaded from the site and now it works like a charm.
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here. Not saying this has seen an incredible improvement in performance however. But by doing the Shit+i I have checked that P12 is definitely 'seeing' more RAM than P11 on the same system.
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My painter was also slow on a past quad core machine, but after ive changed to a corei7 works like a charm, i got 16 gigs of ram, but painter doesnt use them all, with windows and painter it uses only like 4 gigs. Never consumes more.
There are no such things as bad art, just tight deadlines.
August 1st, 2012 #8
^ that's interesting. I have an i7, and painter 12 is slower than any previous version (emulated powerpc IX.5, v. X, v. 11 trial);
start up times got better in 12.2, but it is still disappointing.
by the way, how many undo steps do you have assigned? maybe it's somehow related to undo numbers and it would use more ram if you allow it.
4 GB is better than those 2 we're still restricted to on mac, but considering recent painter's memory leaks it's just so corel.
August 1st, 2012 #9
Well personally speaking of course I keep my undos to the default 32. If I need more undos I'm doing something wrong. I should probably even half that.


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In this lesson students will learn one of the ways that citizens who are involved in a community may determine its needs. The students may further learn of the important connection in American political culture between voluntary associations and the health of democracy,
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Reflect on the meaning of community.
Examine one of the ways a community's needs may be determined.
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Lead discussion on meaning of community and have the students identify the communities to which they belong. For example, their neighborhood, their peer group, their athletic grouping, cultural, ethnic, etc.
Explain that as a group, they are now going to conduct a community needs assessment to determine how the larger, geographic and political community in which they live (neighborhood, ward, or town) meets the needs of their community of adolescents.
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Today I learned there's a singer named Gary Glitter and he's a pedophile. I would think the latter would automatically be assumed based on the former.
Honestly, I never heard of him before this thread.
What if this wasn't a rhetorical question?
All models are wrong. Some of them are useful.
Always Red (04-23-2013),Edd Roush (04-23-2013)
That Joey Votto is some kind of Man Candy!
"For them to boo me like that, it lets me know they dream about me at night. -- Brandon Phillips on Cards fans.
Yachtzee (04-22-2013)
I remember a few years back they had a tribute to the first night game or something, and they didn't use any electronics (with some slight exceptions) until the 7th inning or so. They only used the organ if I remember right.
It was a wonderful change.
I'll agree the Gary Glitter song is stupid as are most of the other junk they do. I also dislike the new Reds Race. Bring back the pac-man style race!
Edd Roush (04-23-2013),paintmered (04-22-2013)
How 'bout Hayseed Dixie? Maybe their version of Ace of Spades for a montage on the video board of the starting pitchers?
If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve!
"Phil, I was thinking that during games we should play this song I used to have on 8-track tape by a fellow named Gary Glitter. See if you can find it. I'm thinking we sprinkle that one in every couple of at-bats and it'll really get everyone riled up."
I like "Rock and Roll Part 2." It's been wildly overplayed at sporting events, but it's got the primal rock vibe that caught on in the late '60s and early '70s. "Soulfinger" "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye," "Low Rider," and anything by Sly and the Family Stone fit into the same category. They'd find a groove and wear it out.
Raisel Ghul, the Demon's Head
Make that a thing.
Modern Song snippet they need to play is Let's Go by Calvin Harris, IMO
I hate this song so much, I'd actually be willing to write a letter. Anyone know where I'd send such a thing?
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
--Oscar Wilde
Or, you could try Phil Castellini -- I've heard he's actually pretty responsive to fan concerns about the ballpark experience if something is truly bothering you.
Championships Matter.
24 Years and Counting...
I wish they'd play "Another One Bites The Dust" occasionally.
"I can't take this homerism anymore." - 10xWSChamps, August 11, 2010. A Cardinals fan having a problem with all the homerism on Redszone. Classic.
"Man do I miss the days where were didn't need a calculator and an encyclopedia of baseball metrics to enjoy a baseball game ... - MikeS21" - 8/2/12 game thread
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Steve Nash out for Lakers on Tuesday vs. Mavericks
Apr 2, 2013, 2:03 PM EDT
It what is the biggest must-win game of the season for the Lakers Tuesday night — at home against the Mavericks, the two teams chasing the Jazz for the final playoff spot in the West — they will be without one of their key off-season acquisitions.
Steve Nash, who has been limited the last couple Lakers games with a hip injury, is out Tuesday night, according to official Lakers reporter Mike Trudell.
This was expected, the Lakers had hinted this was coming. Steve Blake will get the start in his place.
The Lakers enter Tuesday night half a game back of the Jazz but still tied in the loss column. Win and Los Angeles is tied. Lose and they are a game back — and Utah has the tie breaker (the Jazz won the season series), so the Lakers can't finish the season tied with the Jazz. Being one game back is like being two back for them.
The Mavericks are two back, one in the loss column. Lose to the Lakers and they are virtually out of it, having to leapfrog two teams with 8 games left in their season. Win and they are still in it (plus they get to .500 and get to shave their beards).
It's not a literal must-win, but it's close to it. Very close.
- patfic15 - Apr 2, 2013 at 2:06 PM
Goodbye 2013 Lakers….much sooner than this game of course. Mavs are gonna go ahead and apply the final nail.
- asimonetti88 - Apr 2, 2013 at 2:18 PM
We'll see. It will be a good game regardless. Both teams are fighting for the same playoff spot, and both have been playing well lately. I expect a physical game. Obviously I hope the Lakers win, but I think it will be a good watch either way.
- patfic15 - Apr 2, 2013 at 2:45 PM
I liked the addition of Nash. Howard..not so much. Really thought they would go further. I guess injuriesand chemistry too much to oovercome.
- patfic15 - Apr 2, 2013 at 2:45 PM
I liked the addition of Nash. Howard..not so much. Really thought they would go further. I guess injuriesand chemistry too much to overcome.
- asimonetti88 - Apr 2, 2013 at 2:48 PM
I think that bad defense is the biggest culprit for the Lakers. Injuries have certainly played a part too.
- bgm9876 - Apr 2, 2013 at 5:26 PM
Lakers won't be the same for a long time. Kidding there just as worse as they are now!!! Well no more Kobe next year so they will be just as worse and then they should cut "superman"
- asimonetti88 - Apr 3, 2013 at 1:41 AM
looks like the Lakers live to fight another day. The score wasn't close but it was a pretty good game. Mavs gave a few good runs but the Lakers were too much in the end. Good performances all around by the Lakers and Earl Clark stepped up.
- bucrightoff - Apr 2, 2013 at 3:20 PM
Steve Nash, from running the fastest offense in the league to spot up shooter, and all it cost was two number one picks on an aging team that has no depth. Time will not look back fondly at this trade.
- paulhargis53 - Apr 2, 2013 at 4:21 PM
Kobe is done playing for titles, these moves this year sealed the deal. Nobody wants Pau. Artest will be amnestied. Nothing of bench value, no draft picks.
Josh Smith? Ick. But u hop la puns their hopes on him….
- michaeljordanseviltwin - Apr 2, 2013 at 7:53 PM
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Tender and succulent lamb chop wrapped in an array of flavours makes for an irresistible dish
One of the simplest dishes possible, allowing all the natural flavours of the meat to come through. Quick to make, there exists many versions of it. One can use different kinds of marinades and here the chef integrates Worcestershire sauce (a fermented liquid condiment), red wine, rosemary, zucchini and other ingredients to add to its flavours.
Barbequed lamb chops
Lamb chops - 800 gms
2 garlic - 20 gms
Onion - 80 gms
Worcestershire sauce - 15 ml
Mustard - 10 gms
Rosemary - 5 gms
Rock salt – to taste
Black pepper – 3 gms
Red wine vinegar - 30 ml
Red wine - 100 ml
Mint - 2 gms
Zucchini – 300 gms
Cherry tomato - 150 gms
Clean the lamb chops, de-bone it and pat dry using a kitchen towel.
Make marinade with garlic, onion, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, rosemary, mint, black pepper, red wine vinegar, red wine and blend it. Dip lamb chops in marinade overnight.
Before putting it on skewers, add rock salt and cook it on high flame for four minutes to seal the juices, then on slow flame cook it for 15 minutes.
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Replying to a short notice question by Navin Kishore Prasad Sinha (BJP), Transport Minister Awadh Bihari Choudhry said the river route between Haldia and Allahabad had not been affected by siltation and the Ganga which had moved away from the state capital had enough water for cargo vessels.
Choudhry denied Sinha's allegations that the Centre had provided Rs 83 crore to the Bihar government for constructing a shipping terminal at Gaighat here and bringing the river, which had changed course, back to Patna, during 2002-03.
He charged the Centre with not clearing projects submitted by the state government to make Ganga navigable in Bihar particularly at Patna.
He accused the Leader of the Opposition Sushil Kumar Modi of levelling "baseless allegations" against the government and asked the chair to form an all-party committee to probe whether the Centre or the state government was responsible for not making the Ganga navigable.


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This great tip from Lifehacker can potentially save you from a baking disaster. When experimenting with a new cookie recipe — ahem, like those we've been throwing your way for days — bake only a single cookie in your first batch in the oven. This lone ranger will pave the way, helping you find the perfect oven temperature and precise baking time for this particular type of cookie.
Think about it: Have you ever found yourself tossing an entire batch of cookies while shaking your head and muttering, "But I followed the recipe exactly!"? We definitely have! Following a recipe precisely does not always ensure baking success. The one-cookie method can ultimately save you loads of frustration and lots of ingredients.
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WISE READ- Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster and Better
Whether you consider yourself to be high-tech, low-tech or no-tech, this book is guaranteed to teach you something you didn't know about how to more effectively use your tools and, ultimately, your time.
One would think that those of us who make a living focusing on the productivity of others would be experts when it comes to our own productivity. But even productivity experts can use a little bit of help when it comes to maximizing individual operational efficiency and getting WISE about our personal Workforce.
I just finished reading the book "Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, and Better" by Adam Pash and Gina Trapani. Instead of waxing poetic about all the things I love about this book, let me just make a bold statement: you gotta get this book.
Admittedly, there are many more tips and tricks (a.k.a. "hacks") in here than I will ever use (for example, I won't be setting up a personal VPN anytime soon). But the couple of hacks I have implemented have already been more than worth the price of the book.
Here are a few of my favorites:
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There has been a debate on who lies most between ladies and guys. pls kindly contribute to this discussion.
BOYS ---if you see how boys or men lie when they are proposing to a girl -- promising heaven on earth; watch the adulterers-- most are MEN and hear them when they try to make an "excuse" / lie after they are caught.....
JUST TO MENTION A FEW.....lol
girls lie the most.
Tnx 2 God u know that girls are the best lieyer!!!!
really??? are u sure dear???
Lol, this is just funny. Do you really need to know who lies the most?
its really difficult 2 say, but i really think, it depends on geographic location, for example, if u were in warri, Nigeria, girls would certainly, win the vote, as the better liars, but in , Aba, Nigeria, the vice versa, would be d case e.t.c
it takes two to tango
ok. this i will not answer myself, but chris rock aptly answered this one. Ok . men lie more often than women , but women tell the biggest lies. eg. MAN: " you're the most beautiful girl in the world, i'm still at work, i think about you all the time," etc. WOMEN: "you are the baby's father, " . a woman's lie will knock you out cold.
men or guys lies a lot but most of their lies base on what they want, guys lie when they want something from ladies because if they didn't probably they won't get what they want, because most girls believe in lies so much. but ladies everything about them is lie! from their hair to their toes lies. u knw what am talking about.


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Speaking to her classmates, senior class president Kylee Hale said, "The world is so much bigger than high school."
She continued, "Be a best friend. Overuse 'I love you.' Don't outsmart yourself. Whatever you do, be a good one."
The 2011 graduating class at Snake River has two valedictorians—Sarah Asmus and Jake Arbon. Katie Mathis is the salutatorian.
"Learn, laugh, love," said Asmus. "Experiences provide challenges."
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The business started out as a metal salvage business but has expanded significantly in the last seven years.
Mill Creek is currently under contract with Bingham County to run the transfer station. At the transfer station, cardboard and some plastics are recycled along with all metals.


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Jez Spinks From Alfa Romeo to Volvo, here's your indispensable guide to the new vehicles and model updates coming to Australia this year. By JEZ SPINKS.
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Jez Spinks After our comprehensive category guides to the new cars for 2007, here is the month-by-month list of showroom arrivals – plus a peek at what's coming next year. By JEZ SPINKS.
Jez Spinks More than 50 new passenger cars and 4WDs will be launched in 2007. Drive covers them all in both category-by-category and month-by-month guides. By JEZ SPINKS.
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dCOTY 2006: Best Convertible category
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dCOTY 2006: Convertible winner, Mazda MX-5
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Jez Spinks Peugeot Australia predicts that diesel-car sales here will quadruple by 2010, and the French brand is ready to take advantage, reports JEZ SPINKS.
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Wednesday, 18 March 2015
The most notable benefit of aspheric lenses is their ability to correct for spherical aberration. Spherical aberration results from using a spherical surface to focus or collimate light. In other words, all spherical surfaces suffer from spherical aberration independent of alignment or manufacturing errors; therefore, a non-spherical, or aspheric surface, is needed to correct for it. Aspheric lenses allow optical designers to correct aberrations using fewer elements than conventional spherical optics because the former gives them more aberration correction than multiple surfaces of the latter. This white paper will discuss the anatomy and benefits of an aspheric lens, the different types of aspheres and how they are made, as well as Edmund Optics custom manufacturing capabilities.
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[[caption-width-right:305:The Total Drama Raptured Cover]]
A [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9320584/1/Total-Drama-Raptured fanfic]] made by Rufus T. Serenity and a crossover between ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' and ''[[VideoGame/BioShock1 BioShock]]''
The Total Drama Jumbo Jet is forced down over the Atlantic Ocean. Cody, Courtney, Gwen, and Noah get separated from the rest of the remaining contestants. They discover the gateway to something different. The gateway to the impossible. The gateway to Rapture! The teens will struggle to not just survive but also keep their sanity and deepest beliefs intact in the first "Bioshock"!
There are 24 chapters as of yet and still ongoing.
!!This fanfiction series contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Courtney and Gwen, who not only take down quite some splicers, but also are the best fighters of the group.
* AlternateUniverseFic: This story take place before Total Drama World Tour episode "I See London", so Gwen and Courtney keep their near "friend-ish" status that was fully shown in that episode (which may grow into a total friendship). Also, on the Bioshock side of things, the four Total Drama contestants have taken the place of the first game's main protagonist Jack.
* ApocalypticLog: The audio diaries in Rapture, which were meant to show future generations how the glory of Rapture began and developed, now are the voices of ghosts explaining their personal woes, how everything was devolving around them in Rapture, or a mixture of both.
%%* ArchEnemy: Andrew Ryan and Atlas, just like in the game.
* AshFace: Cody's face ended like this after taking multiple explosions due to failing to hack a security bot, much to ther others' hilarity.
* BodyHorror: When Cody takes his first Plasmid (accidentally through the butt no less), we learn just how painful these things are, to the point where Cody feels like he's going to be ripped apart and he tries to kill himself to end the pain.
* BrokenRecord:
** Various jukeboxes and phonographs blare period music, which often adds a layer of creepiness over what's already pretty creepy. The first splicer encountered is humming the song "If I Didn't Care" as she guts a man alive (giving the title of the song added meaning by her literally "not caring" about the man she just killed). After seeing a Big Daddy for the first time and it violently killing a splicer, the pleasant yet droll tone of "The Party's Over Now" appears.
** The story even addresses this right before the part with "The Party's Over Now": "In keep with a very odd precedent, the city of Rapture itself seemed willing to dose the teenagers in irony laced contrast which chilled them even deeper than they already were."
* CrazyPrepared: Turns out that Gwen is very skilled with shotguns. The reason? She practiced with them just in case a zombie apocalypse (or an apocalypse of any kind) happens, so she has a way to defend herself. She got this due to watching a lot of movies, series and animes with that theme.
* CompellingVoice: Noah read from accounts that Andrew Ryan voice which was very compelling, he always thought that it was all nostalgia-laced sentimentally but he found he was wrong and that Andrew Ryan voice did meet the descriptions left down by those in the historical record.
** Atlas voice also seem to to have a calming effect on the four contestants.
* ContinuityNod: There are countless little references to aspects and events which had taken place in Total Drama by this point in the series. Two of them are Courtney pointing out to Gwen that their situation (at least initially) like what Chris pulled in the TDI episode "Camp Castaways" and Courtney remembering being "The Human Cricket" when given praise by Cody.
* CosmicPlaything:
** Noah is convinced that universe is out to make him look gay.
** Gwen refers to herself at some point at "God's favorite punching bag".
* DeadpanSnarker: Even after seeing a man gutted alive right in-front of him, despite his fear, Noah can't help but fire off a sarcastic quip and even Gwen after receiving a crippling wound, she still can't hold her sarcasm back.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: When Cody was unconscious he heard two splicer saying he just has his cherry popped (an expression that means losing your virginity, though in this context it means to take a plasmid for the first time). Later, when Cody wake up he yells "No! I haven't had my cherry popped!" in front of the others, causing them to laugh at him. In fact WordOfGod said this was actually the moment that had lead to this story's creation.
* FanArt: Aside from the cover another fan draw a couple pictures [[http://arias87.deviantart.com/art/Breath-of-Life-394374660 here]] and [[http://arias87.deviantart.com/art/Failed-Hacking-521171133 here]].
* FireForgedFriends: The four teens were hardly best friends, with Noah trying to avoid Cody's company to stop people thinking that he's gay, Gwen having to deal with Cody's incesant flirting and Courtney becomingsuspicious of Gwen having a crush of Duncan. However, facing the endless hardships of rapture made them grow closer to each other, since it's all what they have.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** After taking his first plasmid, Cody discovers that he has tattoos of black chains on his wrists.
%%* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: Noah is the Cynic, Cody the Optimist, Courtney the Realist and Gwen the Conflicted.
* FriendToAllChildren: Out of the four Cody is the most determined to help the Little Sisters.
* FriendshipMoment: Despite none of the four teenagers being technically actual and acknowledged friends according to the canon of Total Drama World Tour, the horrors of Rapture have lead to many moments that seem to be establishing strong bonds. Gwen saving both Courtney's and Cody's lives before they even get to Rapture, Gwen and Cody saving the other from a splicer and hugging each other after each kills their first splicer, Courtney saving Noah from a attacking splicer, and Noah helping Courtney avoid slipping into a nervous breakdown are among the first what will likely be many such friendship moments even if those doing them aren't technically friends.
* HeroicBSOD: Cody suffers a ''massive'' one that he's trying to hide from the others after [[spoiler: reading Gwen's diary, and finding out that the goth hates his guts for his behavior during World Tour.]]
* ICallItVera: Gwen's shotgun is named "Sweet Charity". She didn't name it herself, the name was already branded on the handle, but Gwen liked it.
* InnocentInnuendo: "I haven't had my cherry popped!"
* KnightInSourArmor: Despite hating the idea, Noah helps Courtney avoid slipping into a nervous breakdown after she saves his life by killing a splicer for the first time.
* MissionControl: Atlas is this for the group, telling them what to do and where to go as well as providing them with information, just like he was for Jack in the game.
* MoodWhiplash: The story often goes from a dark mood to a cheerful one all of sudden, and viceversa (though vice versa happens more often): "Oh look, Cody and Noah are asleep on each other arms, that's so funny! Oh look, Noah just woke up and his reaction made the moment even more hilarious! Oh look, Cody doesn't breathe..."
* OneManArmy: Gwen goes on an impressive (and terryfing) splicer killing spree shortly after being healed.
* PlayingWithFire As for chapter 22, Noah and Courtney have the incinerate plasmid. Noah puts him to good use when he burns alive a bunch of splicers that Ryan directed at them.
* PrecisionFStrike: After Courtney sees Cody using Electrobolt for the first time, her reaction is a loud "What the ''fuck'' was that!?"
* PurpleProse: The author goes into legnthy detail to describe both the scenery and the actions that take place, using a very wide range of vocabulary. While this sometimes can create a great effect, other times entire paragraphs are devoted to describe bits of scenery in full detail that have pretty much no impact nor importance on the overall story, which can distract from(and slow) the flow of the story.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The fact that the four teens weren't friends with each other causes some friction at the beginning. The dangers they have to face in Rapture force them to becoem closer.
* TheReveal: I chose the impossible... I chose...Rapture!" Building up the tension to the reveal, even after the projector screen moves obscuring the city is lowered, a giant squid and its black ink delay the reveal. Once Rapture is revealed, much of the remaining chapter is devoted to the details of Rapture from the outside and the teen's sense of awe.
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* ShockAndAwe: Electrobolt is the first plasmid they get, and for a long time, it's the only one.
* ShoutOut: This story already has references to examples of many different mediums of entertainment ranging from novels to poems to films to history to video games (duh). The most meaningful in terms of the narrative are Noah's describing his situation by quoting the poems "To A Mouse" and "The City Under the Sea" and Gwen comparing the Little Sisters' mental conditioning to Dr. Pavlov's dog experiments.
* SoiledCityOnAHill: While meant to be the salvation of mankind, Rapture has devolved thanks to the relentless advances in altering human genetics and the civil war between Andrew Ryan and Atlas into a art-deco tomb under the ocean in which most of those still alive are insane splicers.
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler: Splicers in Canon are was 'Rapture Citizens' as Drug mutated them into today enemies, Cody may become this as he may or not be genetic related to Jack or Ryan, And Cody is started have some effects of splicing.]]
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NFL fans are a special breed, and they bring their own brand of craziness on game day.
How bad has this season been for the New York Jets? So bad that it convinced Ed Anzalone, aka "Fireman Ed," to step away from his post as a fan leader for the team.
Anzalone has been a Jets fan since 1975 and has been leading a J-E-T-S chant from Section 134 at Jets home games since 1986. However, the drama, negativity, and losing surrounding the team became too much for him this season.
Fireman Ed left before halftime of the Jets' loss 49-19 loss to the New England Patriots on Thursday. He also deleted his Twitter account that day.
In a column for Metro.us, Anzalone said that was the second time in a row he left before the game ended. He also explained why he would be stepping down as "Fireman Ed," blaming society for the increased confrontations he's faced this season.
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I decided to leave Thursday because the confrontations with other Jets fans have become more common, even though most Jets fans are fantastic.
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This is an indication of how society has lost and is continuing to lose respect for one another. The stadium has become divided because of the quarterback controversy as well. The fact that I chose to wear a Mark Sanchez jersey this year and that fans think I am on the payroll — which is an outright lie — have made these confrontations more frequent. Whether it's in the stands, the bathroom or the parking lot, these confrontations are happening on a consistent basis.
Although I can "hold my own," I do not want to lose my temper and make a stupid mistake. I have a responsibility to the families and kids that enjoy the game and Fireman Ed.
Anzalone added that he will always love the Jets and continue to attend games, just not as "Fireman Ed."
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|Miami Springs Senior High School
|751 Dove Ave
Miami Springs, Florida, 33166
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|September 1964
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Miami Springs Senior High School is a secondary school located at 751 Dove Avenue in Miami Springs, Florida, USA; its principal is Edward Smith. The school is part of Miami-Dade County Public School's nationally-accredited magnet program, specializing in travel and tourism, the oldest of its kind in the state of Florida (established in 1987). As of 2011, Miami Springs now also offers IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) courses and the iTech academy; hosting advanced computer programming and mechanical engineering courses. Miami Springs serves ninth through twelfth grade students in the city of Miami Springs, the village of Virginia Gardens, the town of Medley, the southern portion of the city of Hialeah (south of 29th Street, and south of 25th Street after Hialeah Park) and a small unincorporated residential neighborhood east of Miami International Airport, the school used to serve the western Miami suburb of Doral until 2006 when a new high school was built in that area.
Beginning in the 2007-2008 school year, the opening of Westland Hialeah High School in the southern portion of Hialeah, removed the entire portion of southern Hialeah served by the school and located West of Palm Avenue, however, all portions of the boundary located east of Palm Avenue in Hialeah remained served by the school.
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Construction at Miami Springs Senior High School began in 1963 with the clearing of a large wooded lot at the site of the current campus. There were no homes built directly on the site which was one of the last area of thick jungle growth in the incorporated Miami Springs. The first day of classes at Springs was delayed due to Hurricane Cleo striking Miami on August 27, 1964. Springs first opened its doors after Labor Day the following week in September 1964 as an overcrowding reliever for nearby Hialeah High School. The first school year of 1964-65 served 9th 10th and 11th grade students, and the second school year of 1965-66 offered classes for 10th, 11th and 12th grades. Therefore, the first graduating class of Miami Springs was the Class of 1966.
The school was one of three high schools in the district seriously affected by overcrowding in the early 2000s during the county's largest population growth since 1980. Its student population in the 2001-2002 school year peaked at 4,750 and in the same year it implemented a "split shifts" schedule in which 9th and 10th grade students would attend classes in the afternoons while 11th and 12th grade students as well as Student-Athletes attended in the morning. Despite being the third most populated school in the district after G. Holmes Braddock High School and Barbara Goleman Senior High School, Springs was considered most overcrowded as the school's capacity was only 2,500 students, while Braddock and Goleman's capacities surpassed 4,000 apiece. The school resumed a regular schedule for the 2005-2006 school year as overcrowding was relieved upon the opening of Ronald W. Reagan Doral High School, a school in the nearby suburb of Doral that was previously served by Miami Springs.
Miami Springs Senior High has been a Title I school since the program was expanded to Miami-Dade Public Schools in 2002, due to its extremely high rate of foreign-born students (66.9% in 2013, 70.7% in 2005 and 52.2% in 1997). In 2013, Miami Springs was ranked as the public high school with the highest proportion of foreign-born students nationwide, followed closely by Ronald W. Reagan Doral High School at 65.8% and Miami Senior High School at 61.2%.
This exceptionally high rate makes Miami Springs one of the most unique public schools in the US, with over 70% of the course offerings in either Spanish or reformulated in English for Spanish Speakers. However, this has been a boon to its extensive Advanced Placement program and Miami Springs was ranked among the top 10 high schools nationwide for Hispanic students performance in the AP program - 65% passing rate across all subjects - with first-generation immigrant Hispanic students receiving the highest scores.
The school has a strict policy to remove students not living within its boundaries. As a result, the school's overcrowding has been significantly reduced. This policy may have helped improve Miami Springs' test scores, helping raise the school from a D rating in 2003 to a B rating in 2005 and 2006. As of 2013, Miami Springs is an A school.
In 2009 Hialeah Gardens High School opened, taking attendance boundary territory from Barbara Goleman High School and Miami Springs High School. In turn, Goleman took territory from American High School.[1]
School uniforms[edit]
The uniform policy was first implemented in 2006. Miami Springs High School requires school uniforms [1]. Shirts need to be collared and may be white, yellow or gold, garnet, or red. Pants must be black jeans or school uniform khakis.
Miami Springs is one of the few entirely closed campuses in the Miami metropolitan area. It was one of the most expensive high schools to build because it was also the first high school to include climate control (unlike the Mediterranean courtyard style architecture used in most other high schools) and thus was able to succeed in the humid, tropical climate of Miami.[citation needed]
School Administration Edward Smith, Principal Alfred Torossian, Assistant Principal Anthony Saunders, Assistant Principal Alina Valero, Assistant Principal
In 2013, Miami Springs High is 80% Hispanic (62% Cuban, 16% South American, 2% Central American), 12% Black non-Hispanic, 8% White non-Hispanic and 0% Asian.
In 2005, Miami Springs High was 83% Hispanic (42% South American, 41% Cuban, <0.5% Central American), 9% White non-Hispanic, 8% Black non-Hispanic and 0% Asian.
In 1997, Miami Springs High was 66% Hispanic (58% Cuban, 7% South American, 1% Central American), 19% White non-Hispanic, 15% Black non-Hispanic and 0% Asian.
Just as in the city of Miami Springs, Florida, over the years the proportion of Hispanics has been steadily rising as Whites have continued to leave the area while other races have maintained stable proportions since the school desegregated in the late 1970s.
Notable alumni[edit]
- Kendrick Meek (Former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing Florida's 17th congressional district, US Senate Candidate 2010)
- Erik Courtney (Bravo TV personality, starring on Newlyweds: The First Year)
- David Fumero (Soap opera actor, starred on One Life to Live; former male fashion model)
- Phil Ferro (Chief Meteorologist for WSVN 7 TV Fox.) 1977 Grad
MSSH currently has produced 3 players who are currently playing in the NFL:
- Willis McGahee+ (Cleveland Browns) (University of Miami)
- Devin Aromashodu (Chicago Bears) (Auburn University)
- T.Y. Hilton (Indianapolis Colts) (Florida International University)
Former NFL players:
- Lomas Brown (Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Giants)
- Reggie Kinlaw (Oakland Raiders, Seattle Seahawks)
- Orpheus Roye (Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns)
- Vince Kendrick (Atlanta Falcons, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
- Gartrell Johnson (San Diego Chargers, Atlanta Falcons, New York Giants)
- Eddie Miles (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- John Cangelosi (Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins 1997 World Series Champion)
- Yasmani Grandal (San Diego Padres; University of Miami; drafted in the 1st round, # 12 overall, of the 2010 MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds)
- The school's monthly newspaper is called the Zeitgeist, meaning "Spirit of the Times" in German.
- The school's yearbook is the Spectre, which celebrates its 50th edition in 2015.
Notable clubs and extracurricular activities[edit]
- Mu Alpha Theta: Since the mid to late 1990s, the Miami Springs Senior High School Mu Alpha Theta chapter has had the distinction of being first in the county and ranking in the top ten statewide. In the 06-07 season, Springs Mu Alpha Theta team won 5th place in the National Mu Alpha Theta math competition, beating powerhouses nationwide. The team maintained a top-ten ranking since 2001, producing several national champions in diverse topics such as Advanced Calculus and Number Theory.
- Thespian Troupe 1466: The school's Thespian Troupe is part of the International Thespian Society. They work in conjunction with the school's Drama club, The Golden Players. In recent years, they have won numerous Critic's Choice Awards at the district and state levels with monologues, duet acting scenes, ensemble acting scenes, and student directed scenes. Thespian Troupe 1466 also won the honor of presenting a mainstage production at the Florida State Thespian Festival with their performance of "Anatomy of Gray" by Jim Leonard Jr. In the 2008-2009 school year, they won Superior ratings at the Florida Theatre Conference and the District 8 One-Act Play Festival with their 40-minute version of "Yemaya's Belly" by Quiara Alegría Hudes. This marked the first time that the school received Superiors at both competitions.
- National Honor Society
- Odyssey of the Mind
- Orchestra: This Music club performs at the annual Fall and Spring Concerts, as well as Christmas at the Circle for the past 4 years. In 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 they received 3 superior ratings and went to state competition and in 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 they received 2 Superior ratings and an excellent.
- Marching band2nd Place in 2011
- Color Guard
- Anchor Service Club: The Miami Springs Anchor Club is a tradition of excellence that stretches back for many years. This club is dedicated to the surrounding communities and donates time, money and their excellent volunteer group to those in need. Their annual projects range from the School supply drives and the Christmas Toys donations to the Recycling Project at the River Cities Festival and large number of Brainminders Puppet Shows they do to help promote brain safety to children of young ages. Recently in 2010 this Anchor club was awarded "Outstanding International Club of the Year" and attended the International Pilot Convention in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Eco-Hawks Environmental Club
- Medical Hawks
- Winter Drumline: As of the 2010-2011 school year, the drumline has not participated in any competitions due to instructor absence.
- Winter Guard
The State's Accountability program grades a school by a complex formula that looks at both current scores and annual improvement on the Reading, Math, Writing and Science FCATs.
The school's grades by year since the FCAT began in 1998 are:
- 2001-02: D (316 Points)
- 2002-03: D (306 Points)
- 2003-04: C (328 Points)
- 2004-05: B (385 Points)
- 2005-06: B (386 Points)
- 2006-07: C (459 Points)
- 2007-08: B (507 Points)
See also[edit]
- ^ "HGHSBoundaryMap.pdf." Hialeah Gardens High School. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.
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