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10/8/47-2/24/12

Fill not your hearts with pain and sorrow, but remember me in every tomorrow. Remember the joy, the laughter, the smiles, I've only gone to rest a little while. Although my leaving causes pain and grief, my going has eased my hurt and given me relief. So dry your eyes and remember me, not as I am now, but as I used to be. Because, I will remember you all and look on with a smile. Understand, in your hearts, I've only gone to rest a little while.

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Green Blog: Cyberstalkers Threaten Pipeline Security

In a recent ?annual?review, a team at the Department of Homeland Security that works to counter ?the threat of attacks ?on critical computer infrastructure counted 198 incidents in fiscal 2012. The events reported ranged from the use of malware to sabotage systems to phishing attacks for retrieving ?sensitive information. In roughly 40 percent of those cases, the target was the energy sector ? ?an alarming rate,? the report said.

Last year the Obama administration championed passage of a ?Cybersecurity Act, which would have helped companies that operate critical infrastructure to improve the security of their computer systems and share information about attacks on their networks with the federal government. ?But Senate Republicans succeeded in fending off the bill last August, arguing that it would have imposed a financial burden on companies.

In November, a White House draft executive order ?picked up the baton by calling for concerted agency action on the issue.

The order describes the attacks on critical infrastructure, which have risen exponentially over the last five years, as ?one of the most serious national security challenges we must confront.? Last year, for example, the natural gas industry fought off a lengthy and ultimately unsuccessful series of attacks on its pipeline infrastructure, with the Department of Homeland Security issuing three amber alerts, the second-highest level of warning.

The Transportation Security Administration wields authority over pipeline security but has yet to promulgate industry-wide standards for computer security, relying instead on the voluntary adoption of best practices.

Pipeline vulnerability is a particular concern because of the ubiquity of supervisory control and data acquisition, or Scada, software systems, which are used to monitor variables like pressure and flow rates. Pipeline operators can respond to any unexpected changes through remote management of valves, pumps and compressor stations.

But, like any software, Scada systems are susceptible to hacking and viruses. The Stuxnet computer worm, designed jointly by the United States and Israel to attack Iran?s main nuclear enrichment facility in 2008, is a prime example of how such attacks can disrupt and destroy physical infrastructure. In the case of pipelines, the attacks could come in the form of unauthorized commands or false reports to operators, resulting in spills, fires or explosions.

Investigators have so far not linked any historical pipeline problems to malicious activity, but software malfunctions have illustrated the potential threat.

In the summer of 2010, problems in a Scada control center contributed to the spill of more than one million gallons of crude oil outside the small town of Marshall, Mich. Coursing through local waterways, the oil made its way into the Kalamazoo River and now ranks as one of the largest inland spills in the nation?s history.

Debate over security regulation remains fiercely split along party lines, with Senate Republicans casting ?40 of the 46 nay votes against last year?s Cybersecurity Act. A recent letter from Congressional Republicans to the president attacked his draft order as a ?backdoor regulatory framework.?

One of the central concerns of those who oppose cyber security standards is that the ?threats morph ?too quickly for notoriously slow bureaucrats to keep up with.

In Canada, however, the National Energy Board published regulatory standards for pipelines in 2010 after a three-year rule-making process that drew heavily on industry expertise. The regulation was motivated by security assessments in 2004 and 2005 that exposed a ?security vacuum ?at companies across the country.

?Industry had input all through development of the standard,? said Wes Elliott, technical leader for security at the National Energy Board. ?It proved a commonsense approach that has worked well for us.?

All Canadian pipeline operators must now devise management plans to meet certain performance standards. Field visits by personnel from the National Energy Board are used to confirm that the management plans are put into action.

Regardless of the prospects for federal computer security regulation, ?pipeline managers in the United States face severe resource constraints: the equivalent of only 13 full-time employees in the Transportation Security Administration are responsible for overseeing nearly 1.5 million miles of pipeline.

In a letter last year to Senate majority and minority leaders, security experts ?including ?former directors of the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security warned of ?the imminent danger of a ?cyber 9/11.?

?It is not a question of ?whether? this will happen,? they wrote. ?It is a question of ?when.? ?

Source: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/cyberstalkers-threaten-pipeline-security/?partner=rss&emc=rss

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Kentucky School News and Commentary: Kentucky Cracks Top 10 ...

Annual ?Quality Counts? survey shows gains in transitions, alignment

Kentucky?s ranking in an annual assessment of all states on key education indicators rose four places, making it 10th in the nation for its efforts to improve teaching, raise student achievement and many other variables related to public education.? Governor Steve Beshear joined Education Commissioner Terry Holliday and other education advocates to celebrate this new milestone today.

?Kentucky has made dramatic progress in P-12 education in recent years, and we should be proud of that,? said Gov. Steve Beshear. ?This Quality Counts report recognizes all the hard work of teachers, administrators, parents, business and community members to educate our young people which will result in stronger workforce and improved quality of life for the people of the Commonwealth.?

?Kentucky is emerging as a leader in education,? said Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday. ?2009?s Senate Bill 1 mapped the course with rigorous academic standards aligned to the demands of college and career; assessment and accountability that drives improvement; and a focus on educator training and effectiveness that results in greater student achievement and readiness. We would not have come so far, so fast, without the support of Gov. Beshear, legislators, business and community members; and the hard work of teachers, administrators, parents and students and staff.?

Quality Counts provides data and information about states? efforts in six areas:

• K-12 Achievement
• Standards, Assessments and Accountability
• Teaching Profession
• School Finance
• Transitions and Alignment
• Chance for Success (an index that combines information from 13 indicators that cover state residents? lives from cradle to career)

States were assigned overall letter grades based on the average of scores for the six categories. This year, Kentucky?s overall grade was a B-minus, an improvement over last year?s grade and a higher grade than the national average, which was a C-plus.

No states received a grade of A in the 2013 edition of Quality Counts. The highest-ranking state was Maryland, with a B-plus. Three states received B grades; eight states (including Kentucky) received B-minus grades; and 19 states received C-plus grades.

	KENTUCKY			NATION			KENTUCKY?S RANK NATIONWIDE
	2011	2012	2013	2011	2012	2013	2011	2012	2013
Overall Score	C	C+	B-	C	C	C+	34	14	10
K-12 Achievement	C-	C-	C-	D+	C-	C-	19	13	13
Standards, Assessments & Accountability	*n/a	A-	A-	*n/a	B	B	*n/a	20	20
Teaching Profession	*n/a	B-	B-	*n/a	C	C	*n/a	5	5
School Finance	C-	C-	C-	C	C	C	35	35	34
Transitions & Alignment	B-	B-	A	C+	C+	B-	14	14	4
Chance for Success	C	C	C	C+	C+	C+	38	36	38

*Quality Counts does not provide ratings on all of the six categories each year.

Quality Counts also provides detailed scoring for each major area, and on a 100-point scale, Kentucky scored at 90 or above in five areas: School Accountability (Standards, Assessment & Accountability); Building & Supporting Capacity (Teaching Profession); Early Childhood Education; College Readiness; and Economy and Workforce (Transitions and Alignment). Kentucky received a perfect score in School Accountability and Economy & Workforce. The state?s lowest score was in Spending (School Finance), in which Kentucky?s total was 53.4 points.

DETAILED SCORING INFORMATION ? QUALITY COUNTS

		Kentucky	U.S. Average
Chance for Success	Early Foundations	76.7	79.3
	School Years	71.9	75.
	Adult Outcomes	69.5	76.8
K-12 Achievement	Status	62.6	64.2
	Change	75.2	70.6
	Equity	80.4	77.8
Standards, Assessments & Accountability	Standards	82.1	87.3
	Assessments	88.3	83.3
	School Accountability	100.0	85.3
Teaching Profession	Accountability for Quality	79.4	74.5
	Incentives & Allocation	76.9	70.4
	Building & Supporting Capacity	90.0	72.6
School Finance	Equity	89.1	86.6
	Spending	53.4	64.9
Transitions & Alignment	Early-Childhood Education	90.0	84.1
	College Readiness	90.0	69.2
	Economy & Workforce	100.0	92.2

This is the 17th edition of the annual Quality Counts report, and the theme this year is the impact of a school?s social and disciplinary environment on students? ability to learn and on the teacher and administrators tasked with guiding them.

The full report is available at http://www.edweek.org/.

SOURCE: Governor's Press release.

Source: http://theprincipal.blogspot.com/2013/01/kentucky-cracks-top-10-in-ed-week.html

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Edge 510 and 810 cycling computers appear on Garmin's web store

Garmin's got a lot of products showing up on its website we've never heard of, including two cycling computers in its Edge range -- the 510 and 810. Both have GPS / GLONASS-based tracking and do what pedallers want them to do: log distance, speed, gradient info and other measurements from ANT+ sensors if you got 'em. You can now also connect them to your smartphone via Bluetooth so the Garmin Connect Mobile app can add some additional features, including live web tracking if you know anyone that wants to watch you two-wheeling around a 2D map. It'll use your phone's data to show weather info on the Edge's display, and share details of your ride to social networks. You can head to the source for in-depth details on both models, but the main differences are that the 810 has maps / on-screen navigation capabilities, a bigger touchscreen and slightly shorter battery life. You're going to have to be a pretty keen cyclist to wanna pick one of these up. The 510 costs $330 and the 810 costs $500, with the latter available for purchase on Garmin's website right now.

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There's a big reason towns don't want to host the F-35

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- Plans on where to base the U.S. military's next-generation fighter jet, the F-35, concern people in communities from California to Florida to Maine who worry the aircraft are too loud.

In Vermont, where the Air National Guard has flown planes from Burlington International Airport for more than 60 years, opponents are especially vocal. But in other communities, even some long accustomed to the roar of military aircraft, the noise of the F-35 has been an issue.

South Burlington City Council President Rosanne Greco, a retired Air Force officer, said she favored bringing the F-35 to her community until she read the draft environmental impact statement released last spring.

The F-35s "will have incredibly significant negative impact on up to 10,000 people who will be unfortunate enough to be in the noise contour zone that the federal government deems unsuitable for residential use," Greco said. "For me it's become a clear-cut analytical choice. The facts say this is harmful to our environment."

The report, she said, considers exposure to average aircraft noise greater than 65 decibels (about the sound of a vacuum cleaner about three feet away) "not considered suitable for residential use." Another section discusses the potential long-term health impacts of exposure to aircraft noise.

The plane's supporters say Greco and others are cherry-picking information from the report without providing its full context.

The Air Force already has chosen where it will base the F-35s, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter, for training. The next step is to decide where to base the first operational planes, those that would be ready for war.

"Vermont is the most vocal, but Vermont is the preferred alternative for the Guard unit," Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said. "But it's the not the only alternative."

Plans are to base 18 to 24 of the new aircraft in South Burlington by 2020. The military's final decision on the first round of operational bases is expected next spring.

How much louder the planes are than other aircraft is debatable. Opponents cite Air Force charts indicating the F-35 can be at least twice as loud as the F-16 now flown out of Vermont. Others say that's an unfair comparison because measuring sound involves everything from how the planes are flown to weather conditions, the time of day and how long people are exposed.

F-35 supporters in Vermont say the opponents ? who have a Facebook page and a separate website ? are a small group of activists who number maybe 300. The city of South Burlington, home to the airport, opposes the planes, mostly because of the noise.

Gov. Peter Shumlin and the state's congressional delegation favor bringing the F-35 to Vermont. There are three pro-F-35 Facebook pages and one business group has collected almost 11,000 signatures in support.

If the 18-plane option for Vermont is chosen, considered most likely, the F-35 isn't expected to bring new jobs to the area but it would guarantee about 1,100 well-paying jobs already here. Six additional planes would add about 250 more jobs.

If the Vermont Guard isn't chosen, Col. David Baczewski, commander of the Vermont Guard's 158th fighter wing and a veteran F-16 pilot, said there would be no immediate impact on the current F-16 operations in Burlington.

He said he worries that if the Department of Defense orders another round of base closings, Vermont could be forced to compete against other guard units to keep its role as a front-line fighter base.

"I'd rather separate myself from the pack, be the leading-edge, top fighter wing that we are (and) get named (to fly) the F-35 right off the bat and secure the future," Baczewski said.

Noise concerns have followed the F-35 since it first began flying. Pegged at about $130 million each for the Air Force version, it is the military's most expensive procurement program ever. The F-35 is designed to be the nation's supersonic and most advanced fighter through mid-century, with different models for the Air Force, Navy and Marines.

Despite its cost and noise concerns, there is no other alternative as the plane, nicknamed the Lightning II, is intended to replace fighter planes mostly designed in the 1970s.

In California, the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is slated to get F-35s in several years, but environmental groups have already questioned the potential impact on endangered species. Neighbors have said they don't want the plane rattling their windows.

Noise concerns also have been raised in Arizona, where the Marines and Air Force are basing F-35s in Yuma and Tucson, about 250 miles apart.

In Florida's Panhandle, an area long-accustomed to the sounds of military aircraft, a lawsuit by the city of Valparaiso in part over noise concerns prompted the Air Force to change the Eglin Air Force Base runways the F-35s would use, in most instances, to avoid flying over the city.

Air Force and Marine pilots at Eglin began F-35 training missions last March. Since then F-35 pilots have flown about 600 sorties, with about 2 percent generating noise complaints, a number the base considers small.

Some of the complaints come on days the F-35s are not flying, said base spokesman Mike Spaits.

"We empathize with their plight, but the reality is there does seem to be some level of hysteria involved with the noise complaints on the F-35," he said.

Maine is home to one of the Northeast's largest aerial training areas, the 4,000-square-mile Military Operation Area Condor, which extends into northern New Hampshire. Concerns about the noise of the F-35 play into long-running mistrust among some in Maine about low-level military training flights.

Current plans call for the F-35 to be operated above 7,000 feet over Maine, but there are special low-level corridors.

Some Maine residents seem resigned to the prospect that the louder F-35s will be operating over Maine, said Tom Mauzaka, a retired Air Force colonel, who lives in the western Maine town of Strong.

"This plane is loud," said Mauzaka. "It would be loud at 7,000 feet."

Little, if any, opposition has come from the other two Air Guard bases seen as suitable for operating the F-35s, Jacksonville, Fla., Air National Guard base and McEntire Joint National Guard Base in Eastover, S.C. But in another area of South Carolina, plans to base the F-35 at the Marine Corps Cherry Point Air Station in Beaufort have brought complaints about potential noise.

Back in Vermont, Winooski Mayor Michael O'Brien, whose city is about a mile from the north end of the runway, traveled to Eglin Air Force Base last month with Shumlin and other officials to listen to the F-16 and F-35 fly over, one after another.

Winooski opposes basing the F-35 at the South Burlington airport if the planes are significantly louder than the F-16s. O'Brien said he was at one end of an Eglin runway while the different planes went over in a number of different configurations.

"They are both loud, but it was hard to really get a handle on just how much louder," O'Brien said. "It didn't blow my socks off, the difference."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/vt-air-guard-hopes-jet-162210309.html

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Parks and Recreation Youth Tennis Lessons Starting Soon ...

Home | Multiple Categories | Parks and Recreation Youth Tennis Lessons Starting Soon

Missoula Parks and Recreation invites kids to try ?10-&-Under Tennis,? lessons designed especially for younger children. 10-&-Under Tennis is an exciting new play format designed to bring kids into the game by utilizing specialized equipment, shorter court dimensions and modified scoring, all tailored to their age and size.? Within the first hour of stepping onto the court, kids are actually playing the game, rallying with one another, moving around and having fun!

10-&-Under Tennis lessons for kids ages 5 to 10 meet Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons beginning Tuesday, January 8.? New four-week sessions begin on February 5 and March 5.? Lessons meet from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Parks and Recreation?s Sports and Wellness Center at 1515 Fairview.? The registration fee is $50, or $40 with a city resident discount card.? Parks and Recreation?s tennis pro, Collin Fehr, is a nationally certified tennis instructor with over 20 years of tennis experience.? 10 & Under Tennis is the fast, fun way to get kids into tennis?and keep them playing.

To register, phone 721-PARK or stop by Currents Aquatics Center in McCormick Park. For more information, visit the Parks and Recreation website.

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Fed's Plosser sees lasting blow to potential growth rate

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The United States economy likely suffered a lasting decline in its trend potential growth rate as a result of the severe 2007-2009 U.S. recession, a top official of the Federal Reserve said on Friday.

"Any of you who have looked at the data of the most recent ... recession, it certainly looks like we've had a permanent shock," Charles Plosser, president of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, told a panel at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association. "The problem is we won't know the answer to that for many years to come."

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke also recently voiced the possibility that the harm done by the recession might have trimmed the United States' growth potential, which gauges how fast the economy can grow over time without hitting inflationary speed bumps.

Plosser is one of the more hawkish members of the Fed's policy-setting committee and has warned about the inflation risks posed by the U.S. central bank's current aggressive policy to spur the country's growth.

Hawks warn a decline in the rate of U.S. trend potential growth means the Fed ought be careful in trying to push the economy to grow much faster, although some economists say that the dip may only be temporary.

"If it is not permanent, it is very persistent," Plosser told reporters on the sidelines of the meeting, adding, "That has consequences for ... monetary policies' ability to do something about the shock."

The Fed last month voted to maintain mortgage-backed and Treasury bond purchases at an $85 billion monthly pace and to keep expanding its balance sheet via these quantitative easing measures until there is a substantial improvement in the outlook for the labor market.

The Labor Department on Friday reported that U.S. unemployment remained stuck at 7.8 percent in December. The Fed has committed to hold interest rates near zero until unemployment declines to 6.5 percent, provided inflation remains beneath 2.5 percent.

Plosser, who expects unemployment to drop to between 6.8 percent and 7.0 percent by end-2013, said he hoped the Fed would stop buying bonds before the 6.5 percent threshold, implying he anticipated the asset purchases would halt this year.

A danger of guessing wrong about trend growth is that it would throw off estimates about the size of the U.S. output gap, which is used to describe the amount of slack in the economy, and how much faster it can grow without sparking inflation.

The Fed's latest quarterly summary of policymakers' economic projections was for trend growth of 2.3 percent to 2.5 percent, unchanged from their estimate in September.

"One of the reasons we made the mistakes we made in the 1970s...was they mis-estimated the gap. Potential was a lot lower than they thought it was," Plosser said, referring to the period when the Fed accommodated a massive rise in inflation.

One reason that trend growth had slowed, he said, was the collapse of the housing bubble, which destroyed massive levels of U.S. wealth that families are now trying to restore by saving more, dampening their spending.

(Reporting By Alister Bull in San Diego, Calif.; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Leslie Adler)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/feds-plosser-u-potential-growth-rate-likely-lowered-195120153--business.html

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