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On the night of September 15, 1996, DetroitHockey.Net was born. Originally known as "YzerFan19's Detroit Red Wings Page," it was a single-page site containing a few pictures of the team and scores of the games that had been played. It was not a very good site and little effort went into maintaining it. As such, when that version of the site crashed in January of 1997, it wasn't rebuilt for quite awhile.
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The bare fact that Citi is raising its salaries by 50 percent is predictably raising some hackles, but to be fair, it doesn't seem so bad. First of all, it's a step away from the Big Bonus culture of banking that the populace has been raging against in the first place. It's like they're baristas, and instead of making them shill for tips with a jar, they're employers have raised their base salary so that their loyalty is to the company and not the flashy, high-tipping customer. Second, it doesn't seem like a mind-blowingly awesome deal for employees. Citigroup stock is trading around $3 — around $20 less than Home Depot, where employees also have a generous stock-option plan. So hold the outrage: It's only a matter of time before Citi employees start getting paid by the hour.


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a certain type of light bulb has lifetimes that follows an exponential distribution with mean 1000 hours. Find the median lifetime. (ie the lifetime x such that 50% of the light bulbs fail before x.) The answer is 1000log2.I do not know to to get the answer.please help. Thank you!
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Let random variable $X$ be the lifetime of the bulb.
The density function of $X$ is $\frac{1}{1000}e^{-x/1000}$ (for $x\ge 0$). We want to find $m$ so that $$\Pr(X\gt m)=\frac{1}{2}.$$ So we want $$\int_m^\infty \frac{1}{1000}e^{-x/1000}\,dx=\frac{1}{2}.$$ Integrate. We get $$e^{-m/1000}=\frac{1}{2}.$$ Take the natural logarithm of both sides. We get $$-\frac{m}{1000}=\ln(1/2)=-\ln 2.$$ It follows that $m=1000\ln 2$.
Remark: The exponential distribution fits the lifetime of real-life incandescent bulbs quite poorly.


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Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. ~Genesis 1:29
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In this proceeding, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Company (EJ&E) filed a notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. § 1152.50 seeking exemption from the requirements of 49 U.S.C. § 10903 in connection with the discontinuance of service and abandonment of a line of railroad in Lake County, Indiana. The rail line proposed for abandonment extends approximately 2.18 miles from Milepost 46.10 to Milepost 48.28 in Hammond. A map depicting the line in relationship to the area served is appended to this Environmental Assessment (EA). If the notice becomes effective, the railroad will be able to salvage track, ties and other railroad appurtenances and to dispose of the right-of-way.
According to EJ&E, no local traffic has moved over the line proposed for abandonment during the past two years and there is no overhead traffic on the line that would have to be rerouted. The line is located in a developed urban area with a mature roadway system. EJ&E is not aware of any alternative public use for which the right-of-way might be suitable. The line previously served as the main line to a fabrication shop (Beatty Machine), steel processing/service center (LaSalle Steel), and a scrap yard. Most of the rail traffic declined in the 1980's. EJ&E states that there are no bridges or structures located along the right-of-way.
EJ&E submitted an environmental report that concludes the quality of the human environment would not be affected significantly as a result of the abandonment or any post-abandonment activities, including salvage and disposition of the right-of-way. EJ&E served the environmental report on a number of appropriate Federal, state, and local agencies as required by the Surface Transportation Board's (Board) environmental rules [49 C.F.R. § 1105.7(b)].[1] The Board's Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) has reviewed and investigated the record in this proceeding.
Diversion of Traffic
According to EJ&E, no local traffic has moved over the line for at least two years and there is no overhead traffic on the line. Accordingly, the proposed abandonment would not adversely impact the development, use and transportation of energy resources or recyclable commodities; transportation of ozone-depleting materials; or result in the diversion of rail traffic to truck traffic that could result in significant impacts to air quality or the local transportation network.
Salvage Activities
Impacts from salvage and disposal of a rail line typically include removal of tracks and ties, removal of ballast, dismantling of any bridges or other structures that may be present on the rail right-of-way, and regrading of the right-of-way. The construction of new access points to the right-of-way may be required.
EJ&E does not anticipate any adverse effect upon public health or safety as a result of the proposed abandonment. EJ&E states that precautions would be taken to ensure public safety during any salvage operations. EJ&E is unaware of any hazardous commodities ever being handled on the line or of any hazardous waste sites located along the right-of-way.
The Lake County Board of Commissioners has indicated that it does not foresee any potential adverse effects resulting from the abandonment proceeding as proposed.
The National Geodetic Survey has advised SEA that no geodetic station markers have been identified that may be affected by the proposed abandonment.
The Natural Resources Conservation Service in Indianapolis, Indiana has indicated that the proposed abandonment would not cause any conversion of prime farmland.
EJ&E states that the line does not pass through any wildlife sanctuaries or refuges or any national or state parks or forests. EJ&E indicates that the line does not lie within a designated Coastal Zone Management Area. EJ&E does not believe that removal or the rails would affect any existing wetlands.
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has indicated that the proposed abandonment and related salvage activities might require the formal approval of DNR pursuant to the Flood Control Act. EJ&E has provided additional information to DNR's Division of Water's Technical Services Section indicating that EJ&E intends to salvage rail, ties and track materials only. The rail bed would be left in place. The line does not cross over the Calumet River. EJ&E would not be constructing, excavating or filling in or on the Calumet River. Accordingly, EJ&E has concluded that no formal DNR approval for salvage activities would be required by EJ&E pursuant to the Flood Control Act.
The line runs within 200 feet of the northern boundary of Roxanna Marsh near the eastern end of the proposed abandonment. DNR's Natural Heritage Database indicates that there are records for Northern leopard frog (Rana pipiens), which is a state species of special concern, and the state endangered Black tern (Chlidonias niger) and King rail (Rallus elegans) within Roxanna Marsh. EJ&E has stated that, to the best of its ability, it will not cross the northern boundary of Roxanna Marsh to endanger the Northern leopard frog, the Black tern, or the King rail. DNR further states that fish, wildlife, and botanical resources losses as a result of the proposed abandonment could be minimized through implementation of the following measures:
· Revegetate all bare and disturbed areas with a mixture of grasses (excluding all varieties of tall fescue), legumes, and native shrub and hardwood tree species as soon as possible upon completion.
· Do not work in the waterway from April 1 through June 30 without the prior written approval of DNR's Division of Fish and Wildlife.
· Do not cut any trees suitable for Indiana bat roosting (living or dead, with loose hanging bark) from April 1 through September 30.
· Appropriately designed measures for controlling erosion and sediment must be implemented to prevent sediment from entering streams or leaving construction sites; maintain these measures until construction is complete and all disturbed areas are stabilized.
· Seed and protect all disturbed stream banks and slopes that are 3:1 or steeper with erosion control blankets (follow manufacturer's recommendations for selection and installation) or use an appropriate structural armament; seed and apply mulch on all other disturbed areas.
· Do not excavate or place fill in any riparian wetland.
Accordingly, SEA will recommend a condition requiring that, prior to beginning any salvage activities, EJ&E shall consult with DNR regarding possible impacts to state species of concern and to discuss the implementation, if appropriate, of measures to minimize any impacts to fish, wildlife, and botanical resources.
SEA believes that any air emissions associated with salvage operations would be temporary and would not have a significant impact on air quality. Noise associated with salvage activities would also be temporary and should not have a significant impact on the area surrounding the proposed abandonment.
Based on all information available to date, SEA does not believe that salvage activities would cause significant environmental impacts.
EJ&E served the historic report on the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology (SHPO), pursuant to 49 C.F.R. § 1105.8(c). The SHPO has indicated that no currently known archaeological resources eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) have been recorded within the proposed project area. The SHPO has not identified any resources listed in or eligible for inclusion in the NRHP within the probable area of potential effects.
Pursuant to the Section 106 regulations of the National Historic Preservation Act at 36 C.F.R. § 800.5(b), and following consultation with the SHPO and the public, we have determined that the proposed abandonment would not affect historic properties listed in or eligible for inclusion in the NRHP. The documentation for this finding, as specified at 36 C.F.R. § 800.11(e), consists of the railroad's historic report, all relevant correspondence, and this EA, which have been provided to the SHPO and made available to the public through posting on the Board's website at http://www.stb.dot.gov.
To address concerns raised by the SHPO, SEA will recommend a condition requiring that, in the event that any unanticipated archaeological sites, human remains, funerary items or associated artifacts are discovered during the railroad's salvage activities, the railroad will immediately cease all work and notify SEA, interested Federally recognized tribes, and the SHPO pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 800.13(b). SEA shall then consult with the SHPO, interested Federally recognized tribes, the railroad, and other consulting parties, if any, to determine whether appropriate mitigation measures are necessary.
Pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 800.2, SEA conducted a search of the Native American Consultation Database at http://home.nps.gov/nacd/ to identify Federally-recognized tribes which may have ancestral connections to the project area. The database indicated that the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Forest County Potawatomi Community, Hannahville Indian Community, and the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation may have knowledge regarding properties of traditional religious and cultural significance within the right-of-way (the Area of Potential Effect) of the proposed abandonment. Accordingly, SEA is sending a copy of this EA to these tribes for review and comment.
We recommend that the following conditions be imposed on any decision granting abandonment authority:
1. Prior to beginning any salvage activities, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Company shall consult with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to address DNR's concerns about possible impacts to state species of concern and the implementation, if appropriate, of measures to minimize any impacts to fish, wildlife, and botanical resources.
2. In the event that any unanticipated archaeological sites, human remains, funerary items or associated artifacts are discovered during the railroad's salvage activities, Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Company shall immediately cease all work and notify the Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA), interested Federally recognized tribes, and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology (SHPO) pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 800.13(b). SEA shall then consult with the SHPO, interested Federally recognized tribes, the railroad, and other consulting parties, if any, to determine whether appropriate mitigation measures are necessary.
Based on the information provided from all sources to date, SEA concludes that, as currently proposed, and if the recommended conditions are imposed, abandonment of the line will not significantly affect the quality of the human environment. Therefore, the environmental impact statement process is unnecessary.
Alternatives to the proposed abandonment would include denial (and therefore no change in operations), discontinuance of service without abandonment, and continued operation by another operator. In any of these cases, the existing quality of the human environment and energy consumption should not be affected.
Following abandonment and salvage of the rail line, the right-of-way may be suitable for other public use. A request containing the requisite four-part showing for imposition of a public use condition (49 C.F.R. § 1152.28) must be filed with the Board and served on the railroad within the time specified in the Federal Register notice.
A request for a notice of interim trail use (NITU) is due to the Board, with a copy to the railroad, within 10 days of publication of the notice of exemption in the Federal Register. Nevertheless, the Board will accept late-filed requests as long as it retains jurisdiction to do so in a particular case. This request must comply with the Board's rules for use of rights-of-way as trails (49 C.F.R. § 1152.29).
The Board's Office of Public Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and Compliance responds to questions regarding interim trail use, public use, and other reuse alternatives. You may contact this office directly at (202) 245-0238, or mail inquiries to Surface Transportation Board, Office of Public Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and Compliance, Washington, DC 20423.
If you wish to file comments regarding this Environmental Assessment, send an original and two copies to Surface Transportation Board, Case Control Unit, Washington, DC 20423, to the attention of Kenneth Blodgett, who prepared this Environmental Assessment. Environmental comments may also be filed electronically on the Board=s website, www.stb.dot.gov, by clicking on the "E-FILING" link. Please refer to Docket No. AB 117 (Sub-No. 7 X) in all correspondence, including e-filings, addressed to the Board. If you have any questions regarding this Environmental Assessment, please contact Kenneth Blodgett, the environmental contact for this case, by phone at (202) 245-0305, fax at (202) 245-0454, or e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Date made available to the public: June 11, 2010.
Comment due date: June 25, 2010.
By the Board, Victoria Rutson, Chief, Section of Environmental Analysis.
[1] The Environmental and Historic Reports are available for viewing on the Board's website at www.stb.dot.gov by going to "E-Library," selecting "Filings," and then conducting a search for AB 117 (Sub-No. 7X).


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"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Taylor Armstrong has been filming "Couples Therapy" with her future husband, John Bluher, for quite some time. She claims she needed help moving forward from her ex-husband's suicide and learn how to deal with her daughter, Kennedy, who was lashing out. According to a new Radar Online report published on March 7, "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Taylor Armstrong learned on the season finale of "Couples Therapy" that John would be adopting her daughter, Kennedy.
During the finale, John presented her with a folder. "Is this a prenup?" she asked. However, it sounds like he had drawn up the papers to adopt her daughter, who had visited them earlier during the episode. "I want her to be my daughter," a choked up John told Taylor as they hugged on camera in front of their co-stars. "There could be no better father for Kennedy," Taylor sobbed. And she also told him, "You make me feel safe and protected, but you don't make me feel afraid. "I cannot wait to be your wife."
Earlier in the episode, viewers got to see how much they struggled with parenting Kennedy. "She's a handful. She can be very manipulative and she knows how to press Taylor's buttons," John told the cameras. "She can get pretty much everything she wants with me," Taylor told the cameras. Dr. Jenn gave them some advice when it came to parenting the girl, including giving her some structure in the home. She got some advice on how to spend more time with Kennedy and even give her some control in the home.
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FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2012, file photo, Houston Texans left tackle Duane Brown watches during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C. Houston had its breakthrough season in 2011, winning the AFC South and then battering Cincinnati in the expansion franchise's inaugural playoff game. With the pieces seeming to be in place, all the Texans have to do is go out and prove they are championship contenders on the field. The Texans are scheduled to begin their regular season on Sept. 9 at home against the Miami Dolphins. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone, File)


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College Hockey:Minnesota Women Win After Zamboni Postponement At Harvard
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Monday at Bright Hockey Center, Minnesota beat Harvard 3-2 in a contest delayed one day by equipment difficulties of an unusual sort.
Sunday's women's game between the No. 2 Gophers and the No. 5 Crimson was postponed after two different Zamboni ice resurfacing machines stopped working at the arena.
Attempts were made to find a temporary replacement at nearby rinks, but those efforts came up empty, leading to the 24-hour delay.
Approximately 90 minutes before game time, the first Zamboni was resurfacing the ice when it caught fire. The fire was extinguished, but the Zamboni was ruined.
After dragging the first Zamboni off the ice, the second one came out, but after just a couple of laps, that one began to belch smoke. It then ground to a halt and leaked antifreeze onto the ice.
In need of a third machine, Bright Center officials first went down the road to Buckingham, Browne & Nichols, a local prep school near Harvard, but no one was in the rink. They then began trying to contact other rinks in the area — including those at Boston College, Boston University and Northeastern — but to no avail.
Already past the scheduled start time, the game was postponed at that point.
Thanks to Lee Urton for contributing to this report.
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Pill Withdrawal Symptoms
Pill Withdrawal Symptoms | Find Out More Before Stop Your Medication
In the modern age, pill withdrawal symptoms are some of the fast rising medical problems in the community. While pain relief is a fundamental right that must be guaranteed, the rate of abuse of prescribed and non prescribed pills remain very high. The rate of medical prescription has sharply risen over the last two decades with 154% increment. However, rate of non prescription has also risen 56%. Though the rise of prescribed drugs is encouraging, many people soon start abusing the drugs prescribed to them. Every month about 5.3 million people abuse pain relievers and it is estimated to increase drastically with our modern age diet and life style. Another 2.0 and 1.3 millions abuse tranquilizers and stimulants respectively. Besides, 400 thousand more abuse sedatives. These figures are very large and worrisome because they point at the high number of people suffering from associated withdrawal syndrome.
Different Pill Withdrawal Symptoms
There are many possible pill withdrawal symptoms and each depends on the type of drug that was abused. However, it is very commonly reported that withdrawal from pain relievers results to chronic pain, migraines and back related problems. Others experience disturbed sleep and increased susceptibility to other diseases.
Most people report nervousness and volatile mood swings immediately after stop consuming the drugs. This is mainly caused by the body's efforts to adjust itself without the help of the drugs. This can make some of the people unable to carry on with their daily activities or may looks different with respect their emotion and focus in handling their daily activities.
More people also report anxiety and extended depression periods. This is especially evident for tranquilizers and stimulant's users. However, even pain relievers can still result to anxiety depending on the nature of abuse and length of time. Medical experts have also associated pill withdrawal to bleeding, stroke and maladaptive psychological consequences such as codependence on different medications.
Proactive Actions Can Be Done
When you decide to withdraw from drugs prescribed by your doctor, it is crucial to do it gradually with respect to time and dosage so that the body can get accustomed slowly without getting severe pill withdrawal syndromes. Experts advise that you should also seek alternative methods of supplying or strengthening the body to do what the drugs were assisting it to do. A good example is using the right diet and exercises. If the problem was extreme, it is important to go for a detox program. There are many non-profit organization providing their help to reduce the symptoms to those who need it.


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Let $\Omega = B(0,1)$ be the open unit disc in $\mathbb{R}^2$. I'm looking for an example of a discontinuous and bounded function in $W^{1,2}(\Omega)$.
I know the example $u(x) = \log \left( \log \left(1 + \frac{1}{|x|}\right)\right)$ of a discontinuous but unbounded function in $W^{1,2}(\Omega)$. I've tried playing with things like $(x,y) \mapsto \frac{x}{(x^2 + y^2)^{1/2}}$ but it didn't get me far. Any insight on how to try and construct such examples and how to expect such functions to behave would be much welcomed!


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b. 1930, Randfontein, South Africa
David Goldblatt taught himself the fundamentals of photography while working toward a degree in commerce at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and helping with his father's menswear store. After his father's death in 1962, he sold the business and turned to photography full-time.
Goldblatt is one of the most recognized figures of apartheid-era photography, having documented South Africa's cultural and political development since the early 1960s. He shot primarily in black-and-white until the late 1990s, when he began to explore color in greater depth. His current work focuses on post-apartheid South African society and the country's struggle to heal from decades of segregation and prejudice.
Goldblatt was the first South African to have a one-person exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1998). Other significant solo exhibitions include South African Photographs: David Goldblatt, The Jewish Museum, New York (2010); Intersections Intersected: The Photography of David Goldblatt, Fundação de Serralves, Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto, Portugal (2008); and David Goldblatt, South African National Gallery, Cape Town (1999). In addition to numerous group exhibitions, among them In/Sight: African Photographers, 1940 to the Present, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1996); and The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa 1945–1994, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich (2001, traveled), Goldblatt participated in the 54th Venice Biennale (2011); Documenta 11 and 12, Kassel, Germany (2002, 2007); and the 1st Johannesburg Biennale (1995). He has also received France's Henri Cartier-Bresson International Award (2009) and honorary doctorates in literature, from the University of the Witwatersrand (2008), and fine arts, from the University of Cape Town (2001). Goldblatt lives and works in Johannesburg.


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Today, June 2, Wizards of the Coast released the full spoiler for the upcoming set, "Conspiracy." Up to now only part of the set had been spoiled. Now, the entire 210-card set has been made available to the public. This has been highly anticipated ever since news broke that Misdirection and Exploration were among the cards that were being reprinted for the set.
Later, video coverage spoiled that Swords to Plowshares and Brainstorm were also being reprinted. If powerful spells like these were being reprinted, the only other question was what else could players expect?
Some of the reprinted highlights include:
- Swords to Plowshares
- Brainstorm
- Stifle
- Fact or Fiction
- Misdirection
- Phage the Untouchable
- Edric, Spymaster of Trest
- Mirari's Wake
- Pernicious Deed
- Spiritmonger
- Vedalken Orrery
- Reflecting Pool
So what does this mean for you, the player and/ or collector? One of the most enticing facts about this set is the opportunity to get these cards in their foiled form. It should be important to note that these cards are only legal in Vintage and Legacy formats with the exception of the 13 Conspiracy cards. Still, having these cards made available on the open market to players who, otherwise, could not get their hands on them is promising.
Conspiracy will be released this Friday, June 6. The suggested MSRP is $3.99. Get them while you still can. While Wizards has said they will continue to print Conspiracy as long as there is a demand, these are sure to sell out quickly.


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Wicked Stop-Motion Video From PES
We've seen some pretty wicked stop-motion videos in the past, and even some by the same director as this one. And, well, this is his latest, entitled Western Spaghetti. It's about cooking spaghetti and is amazingly well done. I'd totally eat that. Mmm, rubber bands and yarn, now that's eating like a king.
Seriously, watch the video -- you'll be amazed, and, if you're anything like me, depressed at your own level of creativity.
PES's official website (with a ton of other videos if you liked this one)


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Scar by Xam-The-pichuWatch
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Deviant Art
Legends Cup-The Opening"Scar if we're late!...."Screamed Ayre"Calm Down"said Scar"CALM DOWN!"Yelled Ayre"Just fly ahead"Said Scar"Ok but you better not be late!"said Ayre as he flew away."ok Agility!"said Scar."Well your not late"said Ayre"Well I know That!"muttered Scar"So how was the parade"said Scar"Ok i guess"said Ayre."First Battle of the first day will be...Ayre the noctowl vs Shadow the Honchcrow!And in battle number two will be Scar the pichu vs Ren the Genger."Gust!"yelled Ayre.Ayre is the winner of the first battle."Thunder spear" said Scar.The second battle goes to Scar."good job'said Ayre"you to"replied Scar"Hey a light"yelle the crowd....
Legends Cup-The BeginningScar the pichu woke up one morning."Good Morning Ayre."Yawned Scar."you sure did sleep"Now hurry and get up!"screamed Ayre.Ayre was a Noctowl with black feathers like Scar's fur.So they made the perfect team."why'said Scar."You forgot about the Legends Cup!"Oh right"said Scar.The Legends Cup is where the best of the best fought each other 2on2.Last year Scar and Ayre won the Team Cup,so they can enter.Then Scar and Ayre rushed out the door.
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The first School Health Advisory Council and Wellness meeting for the 2010-2011 school year will take place at 2:50 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 14 in the School Board of Levy County board room, located at 480 Marshburn Drive in Bronson.
The meeting is open to the public, and the School Health Advisory Council and District Wellness Team are always looking for new participants.
The purpose of the meeting will be to review the current Wellness Plan, Safe and Drug Free Schools Programs, and Health policies.
Lighthouse Word Church will be facilitating the Financial Peace University on Sunday nights, starting Sunday, Sept. 12, at 6 p.m. The 13-week program, taught by Dave Ramsey, has helped more than 1 million families across the country positively change their financial future by beating debt and building wealth.
All eyes were on Bronson last Thursday as the town played host to a contingent of representatives from the USDA Rural Development, county and state officials who gathered to hear the town fathers' vision for the future.
About 40 people participated in the 2010 Visioning Day, which included a two-hour bus tour of the town and presentations by the mayor and city council to the USDA representatives.
Fanning Springs State Park will be getting a small makeover in a couple of years that could make it easier for wildlife to use the spring, according to representatives from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
"It's a small project, but we're really excited about getting this done," FWC biologist Ron Mezich said at the quarterly meeting of the Fanning and Manatee Springs Working Group at Fanning Springs City Hall on Aug. 26.
Two Inverness residents were arrested when an investigation uncovered they had illegally taken a deer and then posted the photos on Facebook.
William Andrew Buchanan and Tara Anne Carver were cited for possession of wildlife taken illegally, according to investigators from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
For two decades, Georgia, Alabama and Florida have been battling over future water allocation in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin which straddles their borders. The dispute also involves a number of federal agencies, courts, and mediators. Its outcome is one of the most important issues facing the Southeast.
On July 17, 2009, federal judge Paul Magnuson answered a key question that has dominated this 20-year water conflict-how much of the water in Lake Lanier can be legally used for metro Atlanta's water supply? His answer was stunning: none.
The walking, bicycling and trail community is stunned at the Florida Department of Transportation's (FDOT) decision to single out walkers, bicyclists and trail users yet again, disproportionately cutting $24.7 million in Transportation Enhancements (TE) funds and another $3 million from the Recreational Trails Program (RTP).
Levy County Sheriff Johnny Smith came bearing a gift that made most everyone happy at Tuesday's Levy County Commission budget meeting: his final budget proposal for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1 at $10,831,058.
He also announced that his office has cut the budget for the current fiscal year by $256,496.
"We have no extras to purchase anything," Smith said. "And there is no contingency money." He said if the county experiences a disaster he will be back before the board asking for more money.
Tarmac has withdrawn a request to be placed on the Monday, Sept. 13, Levy County Planning Commission meeting, delaying its King Road Mine application until later this year or early 2011. The delay will allow county staff to the Special Exception Permit application.
"While we hope to have the public hearings on the King Road Mine project before the end of the year, we are well aware a project of this scope requires a level of scrutiny that cannot be rushed," said Albert Townsend, director of real estate and environmental services for Tarmac.
Ryan Bell defeated Noel Desmond in the Republican primary election for the District 4 County Commission seat Tuesday, closely advancing to November's general election by a mere 36 votes.
It was Levy County's only local race on the ballot in the primary election, held on a day of poor weather and low turnout. Of the 21,415 registered voters in the county, 24.97 percent turned out to vote.
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Now that the three days of testing for the English Language Arts are mercifully over, the critique of both content and questions has begun. Not surprisingly, even though specific details are forbidden from the discussion, there are basic features that baffled and enraged the several Principals and teachers who have spoken out. Liz Phillips of PS 321 in Brooklyn said this: "Because we are bound by test security, we cannot reveal details but we can tell you that we have never seen an ELA exam that does a worse job of testing reading comprehension. There was inappropriate content, many highly ambiguous questions, and a focus on structure rather than meaning of passages. Our teachers and administrators feel that this test is an insult to the profession of teaching and that students' scores on it will not
correlate with their reading ability."
Another Principal, Kate Matthews, said:" I am the Principal of a 3rd and 4th Grade diverse building, and I am highly disappointed in these tests. While Days 1 and 2 were challenging for our students, Day 3, particularly for 3rd Grade, was poorly written, developmentally inappropriate and soul crushing for our students and their teachers. Students did not have enough time on ANY of these books. I do not think I am permitted to speak specifically about the nature of the questions, and who knows whether or not NYS will ever release these questions.
However, the very first passage with highly technical language was a terrible example of non fiction writing. Where were the text features that our students have learned to use with such proficiency? To ask students to define and understand two terms that are deeply buried in a text is developmentally inappropriate. The amount of time it took students to answer this question left little time for the remaining 2 lengthy passages with 3 short answers and 1 extended response."
Consider this critique from JO NAPOLITANO AND JOIE TYRRELL of Newsday:
'In the Rockville Centre district, more than 30 percent of third-, fourth- and fifth-graders sat out the exams, Superintendent Bill Johnson said. The numbers were higher in the middle school, reaching 62 percent.
"This is a sad day in education," Johnson said. "We should not be in this position. We are here because the state developed a very bad test, did not implement it properly and is essentially refusing to modify its implementation."
Jonathan Burman, spokesman for the state Education Department, said his office doesn't track the number of students who refuse the tests. But he said he's confident that most parents want to know their child's
progress in the subject matter.
"Why wouldn't a parent want to know how well his or her child is doing?" he said. "This year, like last year, the parents of more than a million students across the state will 'opt-in' to find that out."
But Johnson said, "We need to toss this exam and start over again -- tolook at ways to shorten the test, provide immediate feedback to schools,children and families. All of which is doable."
Richard Iannuzzi, head of New York State United Teachers, the state's
largest teachers union, expects the refusals to rise. Parents have gone a year, he said, "watching a [Board of] Regents task force, a governor's panel, legislative forums, and we are in the very same
place we were, and I think it has escalated the frustration and the anger."
"Teaching to the test" is no longer an occasional event. It has become the whole event. From the Washington Post, we get an article by Carol Burris, http://wapo.st/1h3owds deconstructing the Governor's much vaunted Budget Bill to respond to parental outrage:
"Equally as meaningless is the bill's mandate that state testing not consume more than 1 percent of a student's instructional time each year. Even though time on state testing has ballooned in the past few years in New York State, the commissioner clocks the time spent on state testing as "less than 1 percent." Not only does this legislation not cut back testing time, it would allow it to increase.
In a rather odd attempt to micro-manage the classroom, the legislature also banned "test prep" to 2 percent of school time, leaving others to define what test prep is, or even how this law can be enforced. The concept of trying to classify and regulate classroom activities is absurd."
When teachers and administrators resist the increase in testing of younger and younger students, critics scornfully declare that they don't want to be held accountable. The missing piece is an understanding of how the format and
content of the tests has come to influence the very nature of the school day, the school experience, the understanding of what education even attempts to achieve. So complete is the dominance of the testing protocols that it really would be impossible to take tests without serious training in the way they work, how to approach the question format, and how, worst of all, to train your brain to jump from topic to topic, giving no attention to the content, but searching for key words and clues to the test providers' intentions/expectations. I used to believe that a reasonable reader with a degree of curiosity could adapt to the tests and be successful even if they hadn't spent hours on test prep. I'm now convinced this is not true. Without serious training, at the expense of creative thought and imagination, none but the most nimble and well-informed students can pass. Not only that, the more thoughtful students are, the more they will waste time exploring the reasons why the answers simply don't work, or could apply in several different ways. We already know that teachers often cannot agree what the correct answer would be, only the test creators know, in their own labyrinthine reasoning.
To top it all, while we've always known that certain questions were ambiguous and could have more than one right answer, recently I've seen test prep booklets providing lines to write your reason for selecting a particular answer, So suddenly any of the possible answers may be correct, as long as you can justify it from the text! Evidence! As David Coleman so famously said, "We don't give a sh*t what you think! Show the source in the text!" But most exams don't give that option – you've got to pick the same answer as the testers or you fail. Mixed messages? So suggesting that a parent would make their child sit the tests so that they can know how they are progressing becomes irrelevant. The test results are the last place you will find out their progress.
However – consider this: your child has spent all year practicing for the high jump, or playing the clarinet, giving all his time and attention to this one activity. Then the question becomes – how can you deny him the chance to perform at the meet or at the concert? That's pretty much the testing scenario we're faced with. If tests were just a momentary interruption, take them or don't take them. But for many children, it is the sum and scope of everything they've done all year. 1%? 2% of classroom time? I think not.
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DALLAS (SMU) – The No. 10 SMU equestrian team has signed Hayley Banas (Lake Forest, Ill.), Alexa Boggio (Atlanta, Ga.), Caroline Delehanty (Hillsborough, Calif.) and Allison Toffolon (Bronxville, N.Y.) to National Letters of Intent, head coach Natalie Burton announced on Wednesday.
"These four are in the top group of recruits in the country," Burton said. "They all bring top levels of experience in equitation and jumpers, and ride at a very high level. We're excited to add this group to our program next season."
Banas' riding achievements include wins at the Winter Equestrian Festival and equitation victories at the Kentucky Horse Park. The Lake Forest, Ill., native also earned the Low Junior Jumper Horse of the Year Award.
Boggio comes to the Hilltop as a top ribbon winner in multiple equestrian classes at the Winter Equestrian Festival, and a reserve champion in the jumper division at the Washington International. The Atlanta native was a multiple ribbon winner at the Devon Horseshow and the Lake Placid Horseshow.
Delehanty enters her collegiate career with multiple championships in the Junior Hunter's equitation divisions and jumper divisions. In 2013, Delehanty and her team won the West Coast Team Junior Jumper Championships, and were reserve champions at the SIHS Jumper Championships.
Toffolon was the 2012 Sam Edelman Equitation champion at the Hampton Classic, and in 2013 was a member of the Zone 2 Junior Young Rider team at the 2013 NAJRYC Championships that won the gold medal. The Bronxville, N.Y., native also finished fourth individually at the competition. At the 2013 equitation finals, Toffolon finished third at the USEF Show Jumping Talent Search.


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|Probable Pitchers
|Won, 8-4
|@ Columbus,
7:05 p.m.
|Ohlendorf (3-5, 5.13) vs.
Salazar (0-0, 0.00)
|Won, 9-2
|vs. Reading,
7:00 p.m.
|Treinen (4-4, 4.62) vs.
Rosin (2-3, 3.68)
|Lost, 7-3
|@ Lynchburg,
6:05 p.m.
|Schwartz (3-1, 0.96) vs.
J. Miller (3-2, 4.15)
|Won, 6-0
|vs. Lexington,
7:05 p.m.
|Anderson (4-1, 2.12) vs.
Brickhouse (2-3, 2.47)
Syracuse 8 Columbus 4
• Rosenbaum (W, 5-2) 7IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 4BB, 4K, HR, WP, HBP, BK
• Accardo 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Rivero 2-3, R, RBI
• Brown 2-5, R, 2B, HR, 3RBI
Corey Brown's three-run shot in the 5th inning broke a 3-3 tie as the Chiefs went on to double up the Clippers, 8-4. Danny Rosenbaum got his team-leading fifth win with seven uneven innings, giving up three runs on four hits and four walks with four strikeouts. He also gave up a home run and hit a batter. Chris Marrero homered while Zach Walters connected for a doubled and drove in two runs as Syracuse scored its eight runs on just eight hits and five walks.
Harrisburg 9 Reading 2
• Gilliam (W, 1-0) 5IP, 3H, R, ER, 0BB, 7K, HR
• Rauh (SV, 1) 4IP, 1H, R, ER, BB, 2K
• Johnson 3-4, 3R, 2HR, BB, 5RBI
• Hood 2-4, R, HR, 3RBI
• Souza 2-4, 2R, BB
The three newest Senators on the Harrisburg roster all played key roles in a 9-2 win over Reading. Starter Rob Gilliam struck out seven and gave a run (on a home run) on three hits and no walks over five innings. Brian Rauh, called up from Hagerstown hours earlier, tossed four innings of one-run ball for the save. Steven Souza Jr. came off the DL and picked up where he left off with two singles and a walk. Josh Johnson and Destin Hood went deep as the Senators returned to .500 (24-24) with the win.
Lynchburg 7 Potomac 3
• Hill (L, 4-2) 4⅔ IP, 10H, 7R, 7ER, 0BB, 2K
• Holt 3⅓ IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 0K, 2-1 IR-S
• Taylor 2-3, R, 2BB, RBI, SB
• Nieto 2-3, BB
• 2-for-14 RISP, 10 LOB
The curse of the GBI lives… Taylor Hill (Potomac's "Good" for this week) was knocked around for seven runs on 10 hits over four and 2/3rds as the Hillcats downed the P-Nats 7-3. After letting in one of two runners with a single to the first batter he faced, Greg Holt retired 10 in a row to finish the game. The lockdown performance went for naught as Potomac could only muster three runs, as they struggled to get the clutch hit and stranded 10 baserunners.
Hagerstown 6 Lexington 0
• Encarnacion (W, 4-3) 5IP, 2H, 0R, 5BB, 5K
• Smith (H, 1) 3IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 4K
• Perez 2-3, BB, RBI
• Piwinica-Worms 2-4, 2RBI
• B. Miller 2-5, R, RBI
For the second straight game, three Hagerstown pitchers combined to shut out Lexington, this time by a 6-0 count. Pedro Encarnacion allowed just two hits though he walked five over five innings as he earned his fourth win. Jason Smith pitched three scoreless innings in his 2013 debut, giving up a hit and striking out four. Offensively, Stephen Perez, Will Piwinica-Worms, and Brandon Miller combined for six hits and four runs batted in.
5 Responses to "Saturday's News & Notes"
Okay, Kobernus is getting his shot (which is a bit of a surprise, actually). So when does the team finally make the Moore for Marrero swap? It's not at least two or three weeks overdue.
Moore for Marrero isn't happening, for the very simple reason that Marrero can't play OF. The only at bats he would get would be to spell LaRoche. And they aren't going to do that since LaRoche has been one few Nats hitting this month. You are more likely to see Micah Owings called up for the Tyler Moore role, and that would require another 40 man roster move.
Davey patient with Moore….
I would have liked to see Walters up for Danny DL…but my name is not Doug Harris! LOL!
Look how long it took to sit Espinoza
And then they needed an injury to justify it! Cavey stays too long with unproductive players instead of letting the results dictate. This seems to be an organizational thing as evidenced by the lineups in AAA. Rahl has a 15 game hit streak and a HR in his last game and is benched in favor of Costanzo at DH. Rahl hitting .320 at lead off in May!
Rosenbaum should get a cup of coffee on the next need for a DH starter or rain out option!
Funny how the Rule 5 returnees benefitted from time in Big League camps- different teachers…
Roark should get some bullpen time in bigs.
Shark should be hearing every big hit C. Brown hits @ SYR!!! LOL!


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Opportunity knocks Record en Mars, Spirit duerme
|Culture & Science - Science
|Thursday, 27 May 2010 01:00
News from another world, the rovers of NASA continue operating beyond planned time. While Opportunity has just become the longest mission developed on Mars, Spirit Energy Board to address its problems in winter.
Footprint of the Opportunity rover photographed by herself on May 8, 2010
The rover Opportunity has just beat the world record (twice world) that kept the Viking 1 probe amount of time spent on the Red Planet: 6 years, 116 days and counting. Not bad, considering they were expected to Opportunity and its twin Spirit , lasted only 90 days.
Spirit, meanwhile, is in a state of hibernation, because the solar panel that allows the operation of the robot , was running out of energy. This is not surprising, since the rovers were designed to hibernate during the harsh Martian winter, and have done so several times.
While asleep, the rovers off most of its functions, including communications with Earth, to keep warm and batteries charged when the sun's rays are too weak. As winter approaches, mission managers put the rovers in the best position to capture all the solar energy possible. Thus, the robots are kept fed during sleep, until spring when they awaken and return to work.
But in the case of Spirit, manages the team that tried for months to get her out of a crater in the sand that buried and not allowed to place it in the best possible way to deal with the new winter. Because of this, there is a chance that Spirit has been unable to eat enough during their winter slumber, and not wake up in the coming days.
Now that the winter solstice on Mars happened, the team hopes Spirit regenerate their energies and awaken. If it does, the record length of a Mars mission will go to, a few weeks before amarizó Opportunity.
In any case, Opportunity finally defeated the Viking 1 . The Viking 1 reached the Martian surface in July 1976 and continued transmitting information from there until November 1983. Unlike the rovers, the Viking 1 is a probe that did not move, but provided valuable information on the Martian soil and captured the first photographs of the surface of Mars.
Orbiting Mars, the spacecraft Mars Odyssey could beat the record year-end of the Mars Global Surveyor , the spacecraft with greater amount of time flying over the Red Planet (9 years).
More than six years of work, Opportunity shows no signs of aging. Although the directors are now resting in the rover during repeated pauses, and goes Opportunità smoothly to its new target, Endeavour Crater.
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