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AUSTIN — Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Tuesday he believes "calmer heads are prevailing" in the world of major college conference realignment, and insisted his league feels no pressure to expand beyond its current 10-school alignment.
"No one has proven to me larger is better," Bowlsby said.
Bowlsby, who joined former Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe on a panel speaking to about 200 students at Texas' college of communications Tuesday, said the Big 12 continues to believe that its small size is a strength. He said he expects his league to pay about as much to its members as the Southeastern Conference, even after the SEC's lucrative network partnership with ESPN takes effect.
"We're not at 10 by default," Bowlsby said. "We're at 10 by choice. I think until we're persuaded to do otherwise, that's where we'll continue to stay."
Among other issues Bowlsby and Beebe discussed Tuesday:
- Beebe, who was replaced as Big 12 commissioner as part of the fallout from Texas A&M and Missouri leaving the league, said it was a "validation" that the conference's schools later agreed to a grant of rights, which he'd advocated all along. "I feel like the conference was driving over a cliff, and they turned the bus around and ran me over."
- Bowlsby said providing student-athletes with a "cost of attendance" stipend of about $2,000 per year is worth considering, but disputes the idea that football players should receive more because their sport generates the vast majority of athletic departments' revenue. "Football players don't work harder than swimmers do," Bowlsby said. "Track athletes work as hard as basketball players."
- Bowlsby also was blunt about his hesitance to pay athletes any more than the cost of attendance. "There's a place you can go to be paid to play. There are a lot of places. If that's you're motivation, you should do it."
- Earlier this year, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany made headlines when he said the Ed O'Bannon antitrust lawsuit — in which players are asking for a portion of revenue generated by TV contracts and video games — could wreck college athletics to a point in which major programs could be forced to play Division III football. Bowlsby rolled his eyes at that sentiment, and said the worst-case outcome for the NCAA wouldn't be that bad. "Would it change the way we do business? Yes," Bowlsby said. "Does it create an Armageddon situation? I'm not sure it does."
- Bowlsby, who's working with other commissioners on ironing out plans for college football's new four-team playoff, said he doesn't want it to be over-commercialized. "We want it to be more like the Masters than NASCAR," Bowlsby said.
- Bowlsby said conferences should be wary about trying to poach schools from conferences like the Big East and the ACC, calling realignment a "zero-sum game." "Engulf and devour doesn't work," he said.


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Due to scheduling conflicts, the Homecoming Concert featuring Meek Mill, Yo Gotti and Reaction Band has been canceled. However, there will be a concerted effort to schedule this event at a later date in the semester.
Refunds will be issued to everyone who purchased tickets.
We apologize for any inconvenience that this cancellation may cause. Please be assured that the Office of Campus Life and the Student Government Association will work diligently to provide the campus community with a concert featuring these artists in the very near future. Please continue to monitor the UMES website and social media networks for updates.

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Being a small school makes it hard to host many activities. Sports are big here. Especially football, softball/baseball and volleyball. The school does a pretty good job at trying to keep things fun. They host movie nights and other events.Read More
There are tons of opportunities to have fun here! Every Friday they offer a movie showing, every time there's a big event going on in town there's some kind of celebratory party thrown by college staff, and every Sunday the campus pastor hosts a snack and game get together, just to name a few things!Read More
They have a movie theater, sports games (for both college and the high schools), dances, and many options offered by the Student Activities Board. Mitchell also has the Corn Palace.Read More


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Darien forecast: A stormy start to winter
Heavy rain, gusting winds and coastal flooding are in the mix for this first day of winter in southwestern Connecticut, according to the National Weather Service.
A high wind warning is in effect for the region through noontime today, with the NWS warning that wind speeds can be clocked at 25 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 60 mph.
Combined with the heavy rain, there is the threat of coastal flooding early this morning, with water levels as high as two and one-half feet above astronomical high-tide levels.
The daytime high temperature is expected to be about 50 degrees, the NWS says.
Tonight, as temperatures dip to a low of about 30 degrees, there is a slight chance of snow showers after midnight. Skies will remain cloudy, with a west wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.
Tomorrow, there is a chance of snow showers before 11 a.m., with a rain-snow drizzle possible later. Skies will be cloudy with a high temperature about 40 degrees and a northwest wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.
Tomorrow night will be partly cloudy, with a low temperature in the upper-20s. It will be breezy, with a west wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
Sunday should be mostly sunny, with a high temperature near 40 degrees and a west wind around 16 mph. Nighttime will be partly cloudy, with a low temperature in the mid-20s.
On Monday, the skies should be sunny, with a high temperature in the mid-30s. It will be mostly cloudy at night, with a low temperature in the mid-20s.
The outlook for Tuesday, Christmas Day, is partly sunny and temperatures in the 30s, according to the weather service.


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Today is Sunday, June 8, the 159th day of 2014. There are 206 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On June 8, 1864, Abraham Lincoln was nominated for another term as president during the National Union (Republican) Party's convention in Baltimore.
On this date:
In A.D. 632, the prophet Muhammad died in Medina.
In 1845, Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tennessee.
In 1915, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagreement with President Woodrow Wilson over U.S. handling of the sinking of the Lusitania.
In 1948, the "Texaco Star Theater" made its debut on NBC-TV with Milton Berle guest-hosting the first program. (Berle was later named the show's permanent host.)
In 1953, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks. Eight tornadoes struck Michigan's Lower Peninsula, killing 126 people.
In 1967, 34 U.S. servicemen were killed when Israel attacked the USS Liberty, a Navy intelligence-gathering ship in the Mediterranean. (Israel later said the Liberty had been mistaken for an Egyptian vessel.)
In 1972, during the Vietnam War, an Associated Press photographer captured the image of 9-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc (fahn thee kihm fook) as she ran naked and severely burned from the scene of a South Vietnamese napalm attack.
In 1973, Gen. Francisco Franco relinquished his post as Spain's prime minister while remaining as chief of state.
In 1978, a jury in Clark County, Nevada, ruled the so-called "Mormon will," purportedly written by the late billionaire Howard Hughes, was a forgery.
In 1982, President Ronald Reagan became the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament.
In 1987, Fawn Hall began testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings, describing how, as secretary to National Security aide Oliver L. North, she helped to shred some documents and spirit away others.
In 1998, the National Rifle Association elected actor Charlton Heston its president.
Ten years ago: The U.N. Security Council gave unanimous approval to a resolution endorsing the transfer of sovereignty to Iraq's new government by the end of June. Three Italians and a Polish contractor who'd been abducted in Iraq were freed by U.S. special forces. An American who worked for a U.S. defense contractor was shot and killed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In a celestial rarity, Venus passed between the sun and the Earth.
Five years ago: North Korea's highest court sentenced American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years' hard labor for trespassing and "hostile acts." (The women were pardoned in early August 2009 after a trip to Pyongyang by former President Bill Clinton.) Omar Bongo, 73, the world's longest-serving president who'd ruled Gabon for 42 years, died at a Spanish hospital.
One year ago: President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping concluded a two-day summit in the California desert that ended with few policy breakthroughs but the prospect of closer personal ties. Serena Williams won her 16th Grand Slam title and her first French Open championship since 2002, beating Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4. Palace Malice took charge on the turn for home and won the Belmont Stakes, holding off Preakness winner Oxbow and Kentucky Derby winner Orb.
Today's Birthdays: Former first lady Barbara Bush is 89. Actor-comedian Jerry Stiller is 87. Comedian Joan Rivers is 81. Actress Millicent Martin is 80. Actor James Darren is 78. Actor Bernie Casey is 75. Singer Nancy Sinatra is 74. Singer Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) is 72. Musician Boz Scaggs is 70. Rock musician Mick Box (Uriah Heep) is 67. Author Sara Paretsky is 67. Actress Sonia Braga is 64. Actress Kathy Baker is 64. Country musician Tony Rice is 63. Rock singer Bonnie Tyler is 63. Actor Griffin Dunne is 59. "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams is 57. Actor-director Keenen Ivory Wayans is 56. Singer Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) is 54. Musician Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) is 52. Rhythm-and-blues singer Doris Pearson (Five Star) is 48. Actress Julianna Margulies is 47. Actor Dan Futterman is 47. Actor David Sutcliffe is 45. Actor Kent Faulcon is 44. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nicci Gilbert is 44. Actress Kelli Williams is 44. Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is 44. Actor Mark Feuerstein is 43. Contemporary Christian musician Mike Scheuchzer (MercyMe) is 39. Actor Eion Bailey is 38. Tennis player Lindsay Davenport is 38. Rapper Kanye (KAHN'-yay) West is 37. Blues-rock musician Derek Trucks (The Derek Trucks Band) is 35. Folk-bluegrass singer-musician Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek) is 33. Tennis player Kim Clijsters is 31. Actress Torrey DeVitto is 30.
Thought for Today: "It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor." — Seneca the Younger, Roman statesman (circa 5 B.C.-A.D. 65).
Today in History - Sunday, June 8, 2014
Today is Sunday, June 8, the 159th day of 2014. There are 206 days left in the year.


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When you are a puzzle lover, you soon grow tired of the ones you are able to put together quickly. When you want a real challenge, you will need to start choosing the hard jigsaw puzzles. Find these puzzles online and and hobby shops. You might even choose to put together online game puzzles that are seriously hard to do to. Have you considered putting together a puzzle that has 5000 pieces? These 5000 pieces are very tiny and in the classic shapes most of the time. These are the puzzles for the experienced puzzler and putting one together may taken even a couple of months or longer. These are the puzzles for those with a lot patience and time for being able to concentrate. You will have many designs and styles to choose from in hard jigsaw puzzles. If you like Thomas Kinkade paintings, why not choose a puzzle that has over 6000 pieces to it? This will certainly give you the chance to appreciate the fine details in his work. You can also choose from other popular artists like Norman Rockwell as well. Look for the images of your choice of artist in puzzles. You might be surprised at the choices you will have. There are metallic coated puzzles if you are a fan of science fiction and space decorations. You may like to choose from animal themes or cars. No matter what kind of really challenging and hard puzzle you might think of, you can probably find one that will suit you by shopping online. Wooden puzzles are really neat and unique. You may also choose one of these with more than 1000 pieces. Check online for the images you would like to have on a wooden puzzle. Some retailers will allow you to customize the image you would like for wooden puzzle.


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Game 1: Hunter College - 6, Farmingdale State - 3
Game 2: Farmingdale State - 6, Hunter College - 1
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State softball team split a non-conference doubleheader with a 6-3 loss and 6-1 win against Hunter College on Thursday afternoon to improve to 7-9 overall. The Hawks dropped to 2-10 overall.
In game one, the Rams went up 1-0 on an RBI from senior third baseman Jennifer Jarczynski (West Babylon, N.Y.) to score freshman catcher Meagan Anderson (Patchogue, N.Y.) from third. Hunter tied it 1-1 in the top of the third, before Farmingdale State added another run in the bottom of the inning, an RBI single from sophomore first baseman Michelle Mongiello (Elmont, N.Y.) for the 2-1 lead.
Hunter scored three runs over the next two innings, on four hits and one error, to grab the 4-2 advantage and would hold Farmingdale State to just two hits the rest of the way to hold on for the 6-3 victory.
Junior shortstop Hillary Genova (Brentwood, N.Y.) finished 3-for-4 with one run scored, while Anderson was 2-for-4 with a run scored.
In game two, sophomore pitcher Taylor Webb (West Babylon, N.Y.) struck out a season-high 10 batters, allowing just four hits and two walks for her third win of the year (3-5). The Rams combined for 13 hits in the game.
Hunter scored their only run of the game in the first inning, before Farmingdale State tied the game with an RBI double to center from Jarczynski.
Four hits in the third would bring home two runs for the 3-1 Rams lead, and two more runs in the fourth would make it 5-1 Farmingdale State. Webb held the Hawks to three hits the rest of the way as the Rams ran away with the 6-1 win.
Genova and Anderson led the way again at the plate, both finishing 3-for-4 for the game, while Genova scored three runs and an RBI and Anderson scored two runs. Jarczynski went 2-for-4 with one RBI.
Farmingdale State will now host Brooklyn College in a non-conference doubleheader on Saturday, March 30th at 1:00 p.m.


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Shootin' and Sawin'
The last two projects I haven't yet posted about include one involving projectile trauma (gunshot wounds) inflicted on some pig heads and the effects of a variety of rusty implements used to dismember bone.
1. Jennifer got pretty into this project, getting 3 free pig heads from a local meat market (thanks, Cudlin's!) and enlisting the help of a friend with guns to teach her to shoot and use the larger guns to wound the poor pigs. She noted that the larger-caliber guns predictably made a much bigger mess, splattering pig brains and pig eyes all over the place. All of the wounds were made with high-velocity weapons, so the damage to bone was pretty significant. She added an element to her project by asking her mom to bury the pig heads in the garden and then trying to find them (i.e., using archaeological techniques to figure out where the depression/discolorations in the ground would indicate something was freshly buried there). Here are some of the pictures from her project. Top left, Jennifer is taking a pig head (not sure which one - she named all three) out of its ice packaging; top right, her friend shows off his arsenal; bottom left, pig heads macerating in water, bleach, and detergent; bottom right, a picture of the lower jaw of the pig after being shot and defleshed, showing an exit wound.
2. Heather designed her own project on rust transfer to bone. She was going to do a straight-up trauma project, but her brother told her that he had a whole bunch of rusty tools at his house. So we talked about rust on bone and found that there really isn't any forensic research that has been done in terms of rust transfer. One of the problems is that there are apparently many kinds of rust and there isn't one simple test to see if there are rust particles on something (i.e., you can't just swab a bone with a chemical to see the rust show up). Heather got a bunch of pig legs (after some amount of convincing the butcher that a thigh had a single bone and not two bones) and inflicted a variety of trauma: she used a rusty hoe/shovel/something to break the bone, and she used a flimsy rusty tree saw as well. What she found was that most of the rust was transferred to the soft tissue and marrow, with only a little remaining in the cortical bone of the long bone shafts. She'll probably post more about her project in the comments (hi, Heather!), but I wanted to post a couple of her videos that really made me laugh.


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Memories of Christmas seasons in my past: Trying to shop in secret -- with both parents, two brothers and a sister present -- at a small strip of only a dozen stores.
Memories of Christmas seasons in my past: Trying to shop in secret -- with both parents, two brothers and a sister present -- at a small strip of only a dozen stores.
Telling Santa -- sort of a stranger -- what at the time seemed to be my most precious, innermost desires. Writing the obligatory letter to Santa, and mentioning -- it might help -- that we'd met.
Listening to Christmas carols, beginning before Thanksgiving on the car radio and continuing until almost New Year's Day on the family record player.
"Painting" Christmas drawings of manger and Christmas tree scenes with colored pencil or crayon in elementary-school art classes.
Watching or performing in the Nativity play put on by pupils picked by
teachers because they wouldn't forget lines while telling the story of
Getting a box of hard candy as a gift each year -- no surprise there -- at the annual grade-school Christmas assembly.
Telling teachers "Merry Christmas" while dashing out a classroom doorway because Christmas vacation never can start too soon.
Holiday at home
Helping Dad hang holiday lights -- the big and bright and hot bulbs that he tried to keep from touching anything flammable, no matter how cold the nights on which they were expected to be illuminated.
Attempting to help in the traditional making of the chocolate peanut
clusters and the baking of the cutout Christmas cookies.
Hanging Christmas cards each day as they arrived, taping them to the sturdy door casings between the dining room, living room and hallway.
Waiting for Dad to put the string of bubble lights on a tree that was picked with pride at a nearby pine tree farm, then adorning it with ornaments and tinsel.
Shaking and weighing with our hands the wrapped packages placed under the tree by siblings.
Watching an Andy Williams holiday special, drinking hot chocolate and mostly fidgeting on Christmas Eve while awaiting the arrival of the holiday.
The day begins
Standing at the top of the steps in pajamas -- youngest in front of a line of family members -- waiting to be told it was time to rush downstairs in a childish spirit of giving and greed.
Walking through, sitting on and pushing aside the growing layer of wrapping paper that covered the living room floor.
Attending church to sing songs of praise for a child born centuries ago
according to the Bible verses read from the pulpit, but only the night
before, it seemed, in spirit.
Eating a Christmas breakfast, then heading off to grandmother's house in a sleighlike station wagon, so laden it was with gifts for aunts, uncles and cousins.
Devouring a Christmas dinner with flair and a family conversation that had only a beginning and end, but no pauses -- not even for eating.
Returning home to toys that seemed new again and lonely from lack of use.
Falling asleep on Christmas night, sometimes in bed, but often on furniture or the floor of the family's living room.
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Update: Our review of Inotia: A Wanderer of Luone can be found here
Over the weekend, The Chronicles of Inotia: A Wanderer of Luone bust into the App Store to confirm its spot among the best RPGs in the App Store. TouchMyApps' review is forthcoming and we have one of our best men on the job, but suffice it to say that among the oft' short-lived, simple anime RPGs, Luone sheds some serious skin. One of its best features is incredibly long play time which busts through dozens of hours of story play and many more on side quests. But when you've sussed the entire thing, Online Match-up mode is sure to pique your interest. Thank you Com2uS for continuing to innovate!
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Amazing Herman Miller Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman
- CreatorHerman Miller (Manufacturer),Charles and Ray Eames (Designer)
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- Date of ManufactureMid-20th Century
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- WearWear consistent with age and use. Minor losses.
- DimensionsH 33 in. x W 33 in. x D 33 in.H 83.82 cm x W 83.82 cm x D 83.82 cm
- Seat Height15 in. (38.1 cm)
- Seller LocationBrooklyn, NY
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No other business of its kind did more than the Herman Miller Furniture Company to introduce modern design into American homes. Working with legendary designers such as Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson and Alexander Girard, the Zeeland, Michigan-based firm fostered some of the boldest expressions of what we now call Mid-Century Modern style. In doing so, Herman Miller produced some of the most beautiful, iconic and, one can even say, noblest furniture of the past seven decades.
Founded in 1923, Herman Miller was originally known for grand historicist bedroom suites: heavily ornamented wood furniture that appealed to a high-minded, wealthier clientele. The company—named for its chief financial backer—began to suffer in the early 1930s as the Great Depression hit, and D. J. De Pree, the company's CEO, feared bankruptcy. In 1932, aid came in the form of Gilbert Rohde, a self-taught furniture designer who had traveled widely in Europe, absorbing details of the Art Deco movement and other modernist influences. After persuading De Pree that the growing middle-class required smaller, lighter household furnishings, Rohde set a new course for Herman Miller, creating sleek chairs, tables and cabinetry that were the essence of the Streamline Moderne style.
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Obama Falls to GOP Pressure, Poses As Tusken Raider; Oh, Yeah, and US America Wins!
Though I cannot necessarily prove this theory in conventional form, as an honest human being with an affinity for disclosure, I assure you that I have good reason to believe both Republican juggernauts Ann "She-Devil" Coulter and Rush "Just Call Me Jabba" Limbaugh were hunched over their television sets last night vehemently rooting against Team USA, praying to their hypocritical conservative god that Team Puerto Rico would find a way to quell the dreams and aspirations of US Americans worldwide.
It didn't work.
Jimmy Rollins and David Wright became the baseball versions of Barack Obama and Joe Biden — once bitter rivals who put aside their differences, bridged the gap and brought home a win when it mattered the most.
Get over it.
That goes for my colleague, Mr. Allen Krause as well. Because we all know that Mr. Krause would rather see Rollins and Wright duke out that "choke-fest" moniker on the field — the last man standing to be crowned the argument's winner; but if we US Americans are really about anything, we are about coming together in times of need, when it matters most.
Unless you are a Republican, of course.
And though Obama has done a fine job of staying the course early on in his presidency, it appears he finally gave in and enlightened the snickering skeptics and delinquent ditto-heads by unintentionally posing as a Tusken Raider for the cameras:
This unfortunate photographic gaffe comes on the heels of an equally embarrassing egregious error regarding the double-talk surrounding those suspiciously infuriating AIG bonuses paid out to the very individuals responsible for schmucking the company's total worth in the first place.
Are the Dems backpedaling on their original outcries?
Does this reflect poorly on the majority administration?
More harm than good, I would say.
Should we blindly follow the GOP sideshow leaders and trust that malcontent dissension is the social bonding agent of the future?
Hell no.
Rollins and Wright. Braun and Lilly. Jeter and Youk.
There is a time and place to battle it out, folks. But when enemy minds come through together in the clutch? That, my friends, is what makes the United States of America the greatest country on earth.
Ah… If only politics would mirror baseball.
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(Phoenix, Ariz. – April 15, 2005) Attorney General Terry Goddard, the Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Arizona State Board of Cosmetology have formed a new partnership to combat domestic violence. The CUT IT OUT program will be unveiled at a press conference on Wednesday - April 20 at 9 a.m. The press conference will be held at Rolf's Salon, 8787 N. Scottsdale Road in the Shops at Gainey Village in Scottsdale. This national outreach program draws on the cosmetology community's unique skills and access to women by providing salon professionals training and information to assist domestic violence victims in getting help.
"The CUT IT OUT program provides us with a critical link to domestic violence victims through salon professionals," Goddard said. "One of our biggest challenges in combating domestic violence is connecting with victims. Partnering with the cosmetology community helps bridge that gap and allows law enforcement to get program information to victims who are often afraid to seek help or do not know where to turn."
The goal of CUT IT OUT is to build awareness of domestic violence through posters and brochures displayed in salons. Salon professionals will also be trained to recognize warning signs and safely refer clients to get help. The Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence will conduct training sessions at Arizona's 43 cosmetology schools and hair shows.
"This is an exciting new partnership because women are likely to visit a hair salon more often than a healthcare professional," said Leah Meyers, Director of Domestic Violence Services, Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence. "Partnering with salon professionals provides us with an additional opportunity to get information to women who are experiencing abuse."
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Washington Area Humane Society tries to solve tragedy of Hamlet
Severely emaciated dog found in Claysville
The Washington Area Humane Society in Eighty-Four is handling one of the most severe cases of dog emaciation it's ever seen, and it's looking for any information the public might have on the owner's whereabouts.
"Do you think this is a case of an abused dog?" asked Channel 4 Action News reporter Andrew Del Greco.
"We're not sure, we don't know his story, it's kind of why we named him Hamlet," said Washington Area Humane Society general manager Kelly Backo.
The tragedy of Hamlet is a Shakespeare play, but now the name given to a 3-year-old border collie/lab mix trying to survive its own tragedy.
Hamlet should be around 45 pounds, but he weighs 19. His ribs are showing and his body, as Backo describes it, is nothing but skin and bones.
"He didn't even want to eat when he came in yesterday, he was so weak," said Backo.
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The questions are: Was he neglected almost until death? And by whom? Or did he run away healthy and simply get stuck somewhere?
Regardless, the Humane Society needs to find his owner, either to file charges or, at the very least, find out what happened to Hamlet.
The Washington Area Humane Society wants to hear from anyone with information about the dog or its owner by calling 724-222-7387.


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In recent weeks, I was involved in various discussions about the education of mathematics in Czechia. One of the topics was the "playful" Hejný method (a long CZ thread) to teach mathematics to kids which may be fun and useful but it's simply not a legitimate replacement for mathematics as I define it.
Yesterday, someone asked me to solve one page of undergraduate problems in mathematical statistics. Compute the averages, variances and standard deviations, medians, quantiles, draw some histograms, use computer software to do a quadratic fit. And also compute the probability that you get all 4 kings out of 32 cards in a pile of 7. An hour of work. I did consider the problems nicely chosen and adequate for someone who should have background in any experimental science etc.
But they were taken from an exam (a take-home exam?) for mostly female students who want to get a bachelor degree and become nurses. That's tough because I do think that most nurses just can't do a big majority of these things. But the statistics course is mandatory and right now, unlimited nurses do need the bachelor degree. It looks like an anomaly: Ways to deal with a senior who urinated himself could be more useful for them than the calculations of the residual variance of a quadratic fit. ;-) Some lawmakers are preparing a reform that will allow nurses to work without the bachelor degree – the high school plus a year of a "higher school" will be enough. But it's not reality yet.
At the end, however, I have big sympathies for the instructor who is trying hard to convince the students to learn these things. If you asked me, I would probably agree that people with college degrees in science-related disciplines – and medicine is one of them – should be able to do most of these things, at least in principle. It's not possible for most people to know such things and again, I do agree that nurses shouldn't necessarily be "college-educated folks".
The mathematics instructor is universally hated by his students, of course. This is the level that primarily determines my emotions. I just couldn't support the students in their bitter jihad against the noble man. The fact that some soon-to-be-nurses are being pushed to learn things they don't need is one thing. But this guy was hired to teach college-level mathematical statistics and it's simply right to do it right. It's in no way insane to expect the college students majoring in a science-based discipline to know how to do these standard things after two semesters of statistics!
A bigger discussion is one about the required subject in the mandatory Czech final high school exam, the well-known "maturity exam" (Czech: maturita). Unless I misunderstand something, the required subjects are Czech language (which contains some literature etc.) and a foreign language. Mathematics isn't required now and only 25% of the students choose is as their optional subject. It should change since Spring 2021 if I understand well – but the decision may probably be reversed again.
Lots of essays have been written that argued in both directions. It's spectacularly obvious that the two sides may be described as those who "like and respect mathematics" and those who don't. Needless to say, the postmodern "guru" of the "playful" teaching of mathematics to kids, Mr Hejný, is on the side of the opponents of the required mathematics maturity exam – he is really a hater of mathematics itself although his fans love to obfuscate this key fact.
Numerous authors have made great points why it's appropriate to make the mathematics exam required. Mr Plzák was comparing mathematics and Czech. Our native tongue is so yummy (so far so good – our Czech teacher would always lovably talk about "červeňoučké jablíčko", emotionally decorated words for a "red apple" that is so boring in English, to explain the superiority of Czech) and you can use it everywhere... Wait a minute. 0.171% of the mankind speaks Czech and the percentage is unlikely to grow substantially. On the other hand, the whole Universe speaks the language of mathematics. You can be sure what this guy thinks and I agree with his witty arguments.
He also argued that many Czechs don't see that the increase of price of a bun from CZK 1.50 to CZK 2.00 – a big 33% increase – looks negligible to most Czechs who don't really understand the rule of three and related things in mathematics. And they may have problems to calculate mortgage, too.
Others have pointed out e.g. that Mr Hejný must fail to believe his "amazing" pedagogical method, otherwise he wouldn't be afraid of introducing the mandatory mathematics exam.
I am nicely surprised that Ms Kateřina Valachová, the current social democratic minister of education otherwise considered a puppet of the progressive NGOs, is promoting the required mathematics maturity exam. Sometimes, it has to happen that the least likely folks turn out to stand on the right side of some important enough question.
Opponents of the required mathematics exam like to say ludicrous things – e.g. that the maturity exam should reduce teenagers' obesity (?) instead of encouraging them to learn some wisdom such as mathematics. Great, you can prevent obese people from completing the high school but what is it good for? Will you sleep well? But in most cases, their tirades – just like the monologues of Mr Hejný and his fans – quickly deteriorate to the universal song of math haters: Mathematics is just terrorizing children because it's forcing them to memorize various algorithms instead of being creative and thinking logically.
What they fail to notice is that if someone doesn't ever learn or rediscover most of the basic mathematical algorithms, then it proves that she or he is not thinking logically and she or he is not creative. If you don't know how to solve a set of two linear equations at the end of the high school (or later), it's a very unflattering testimony about your logical thinking and creativity. There are many ways to solve these problems and many others but if you haven't been able to get any of them, it's too bad.
You may be completely ignorant about all actual formulae, identities, laws, algorithms that allow rational people to think about the world around them – and you may still call yourself a logical if not creative person. But in that case, you are just lying to yourself and other idiots around you. Some logical or rational or independent or even creative thinking may be a primary driver that allows people to reinvent rules, laws, algorithms, tricks to figure out various things. But it's not a goal by itself and if you don't learn how to deal with any actual and particular problems or questions in mathematics, it probably means that you didn't have enough logical thinking and creativity, after all.
This systematically repeated talk about creativity and logical thinking by people who self-evidently suck both at creativity and logical thinking annoys me greatly.
Children, teenagers, and even adults should be encouraged to educate themselves especially in the knowledge that is important for other things because many other things can be built upon that primary knowledge – and the knowledge of mathematics is a key example. Some people can't do it well and they shouldn't be automatically sent to gas chambers because of that. But they shouldn't be given amazing stamps and degrees, either. If someone hasn't mastered basics of the high school mathematics, he shouldn't be getting diplomas proving any "broad education" at the high school level.
Similarly, people who haven't mastered basic undergraduate statistics and similar things shouldn't be getting college or university diplomas at colleges and universities focusing on scientific subjects. It's too bad when so many people try to circumvent all these common sense rules. They are basically trying to make the schools and diplomas from the schools useless.
On the contrary, the knowledge that should be left to people's personal opinions – such as their opinions about the value of environmentalism etc. – should be completely avoided at schools. Also, answers that one may obtain by a 30-second Google search and they seem good enough shouldn't be covered at schools, either. Schools should focus on the construction of the skeleton of knowledge that the people can't learn themselves by a simple search or by their ordinary recreational activities.
Monday, March 13, 2017 ... //
Should mathematics exams be required at the end of high school?
In recent weeks, I was involved in various discussions about the education of mathematics in Czechia. One of the topics was the "playful" Hejný method (a long CZ thread) to teach mathematics to kids which may be fun and useful but it's simply not a legitimate replacement for mathematics as I define it.
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About the Author
Scott Anderson is a veteran war correspondent who has reported from Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Northern Ireland, Chechnya, Sudan, Bosnia, El Salvador and many other strife-torn countries. A frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine, his work has also appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Harper's and Outside. He is the author of novels Moonlight Hotel and Triage and of non-fiction books The Man Who Tried to Save the World and The 4 O'Clock Murders, and co-author of War Zones and Inside The League with his brother Jon Lee Anderson.