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Danganronpa Characters – When Should They Have Died?
Posted bymatthasanopinion 3rd Apr 2022 3rd Apr 2022 Posted inUncategorizedTags:Blackened, Byakuya Togami, Characters, Chiaki Nanami, Danganronpa, Deaths, Executions, Goodbye Despair, Hajime Hinata, Hopes Peak Academy, Kaede Akamatsu, Kaito Momota, Killing Game, Killing Harmony, Kokichi Oma, Kyoko Kirigiri, Makoto Naegi, Monokuma, Nagito Komaeda, Shuichi Saihara, Spike Chunsoft, Trigger Happy Havoc, V3, Worthy
You'd think there would be no more Danganronpa lists possible after the slew of rankings I've done recently, but you'd be wrong! With a cast of characters this loveable and unique, there's bound to be countless possible lists and rankings (and I'll always jump on the chance to talk about one of my favourite videogame series again!)
For this list, I'll be looking at when the character in question died in the story, and whether I agree with that decision by the writers. I'm taking into account personal preference, as well as whether it made sense in the narrative for the character to die.
I've put the characters in an order, but it only really semi-matters this time around … you should look at it more from the tiers that the characters are in rather than their ranking to each other (although I have tried to put them in a sort of "worthiness" order, of least to best worthy to survive the killing game).
With all of that preamble out of the way, let's crack on with the list! You can check out some of my related blog posts as well:
Every Major Ace Attorney Character Ranked
Ace Attorney Series – Pursuit Themes Ranked
Danganronpa – Every Chapter Ranked
Danganronpa – Every Single Character Ranked
Danganronpa Motives Ranked
Could've Died First
This tier is for the characters that inexplicably survived more than one chapter. If I was a writer for Danganronpa, they would've been the first to go.
Hifumi Yamada
Hifumi's the worst character in the series, bar none, and I hoped he died approximately ten seconds after meeting him.
He has no discernible arc, he's a pain in the ass throughout, and he drags any scene he's in to a halt. It's a miracle he survived as long as he did.
Angie Yonaga
Like Hifumi, Angie is a character I hated straight out of the gate, and unlike other similar characters she never won me over.
Her love of Atua was infuriating, and Chapter 2 and the first part of 3 would have been so much better without her.
Tsumugi Shirogane
Tsumugi was a very boring character throughout the whole of V3, and the fact she was so unremarkable clued me in to her real identity by the end.
I was sure she was going to be the victim in every chapter, but she kept inexplicably surviving until the very end. She's entirely forgettable, and if she had died in Chapter 1 I probably wouldn't have even remembered her while compiling this list.
Sonia Nevermind
Here's a hot take – Sonia is the worst of the survivors. She brought absolutely nothing to the table, and her dialogue was only barely amusing at times.
So many other characters in Goodbye Despair could have taken her place in the final five, but somehow she stuck it out until the very end.
Should've Croaked Earlier
These characters either undeservedly survived until the end or lived longer than they should have done. While they probably shouldn't have died in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 or 3 would've been better.
Yasuhiro Hagakure
The other survivor that I resent as much as Sonia, but Yasuhiro admittedly brought a decent amount of comic relief and levity to the final few chapters.
I could have personally done without him, though, and while it would have been a shame to lose him in the early chapters, Chapter 4-ish would have been a good place to send him off.
Tenko Chabashira
I'm glad Tenko and Angie died at the same time in V3's third chapter, as they were easily my two least favourite characters by that point in the story.
While she wasn't as insufferable as Angie, she did get a bit annoying near the end of her run.
Kazuichi Soda
I'm not completely outraged that Kazuichi survived to the end, but I think they missed a huge opportunity by not having him as a blackened.
His mechanical knowledge could have been invaluable in murders like Chapter 4, and I was sure the elevator between Grape House and Strawberry House would end up being incriminating evidence to catch him. All in all, he ended up being very vanilla.
Toko Fukawa / Genocide Jill
I thought it was extremely odd to have a known serial killer walking about with no repercussions, and especially for so long – Toko ended being a survivor!
Maybe Chapter 5's victim could have been Toko instead of the nameless body you find – it would have given the death more of an emotional weight, and it would have been a decent time for her to disappear from the narrative.
K1-B0 (Keebo)
Similarly to Tsumugi, I thought it was a little odd that Keebo survived so long – and once again that was because he had greater implications to the overarching plot.
While he did get a badass send-off at the end of Chapter 6, I think a cool Mechamaru-esque robot murder would have been a pretty dope way to mix things up.
Nekomaru Nidai
After sacrificing himself for Akane in Chapter 3, Nekomaru was a dead man walking.
You can clearly tell he was living on borrowed time when back as a robot for Chapter 4, so it was easy to see his subsequent death coming. A death earlier on, perhaps still sacrificing himself for Akane, would have been more impactful.
I'm On The Fence
For these characters, it could have gone either way. I'm glad they lived as long as they did, but they also took up valuable space for other characters … or, alternatively, bit the dust a little too soon.
There's a decent argument to be made that Taka's arc was just starting once he went beast mode, but I'm not sure there was much more story to tell.
His bromance with Mondo was really his only interesting character trait, so once he died Taka was always going to follow suit shortly after.
Akane Owari
Akane's pretty great, and her winning attitude was fun to have on board … but did she deserve to survive until the end? I don't know about that.
Her actions were pretty reckless, especially when she got Nekomaru "killed", so I didn't think she should have been rewarded with victory in the killing game.
Himiko Yumeno
Himiko is really a tale of two character traits – her most important character arc is her finding her sense of self-worth, and I'm really glad we got to see that arc through to the very end.
On the other hand, she's a little annoying. Considering only three characters survived the events of V3, it's almost baffling that Himiko ended up being one of them.
Korekiyo Shunguji
Korekiyo clearly didn't deserve to live for too long, especially after it was revealed that he killed TWO people in the killing game.
That being said … how cool would it have been to have a known killer in our midst for one more chapter? If he'd only killed Tenko and not Angie, that would have opened up a lot of interesting character dynamics … oh well, at least he got his comeuppance I suppose.
Aoi Asahina
Aoi is a very similar character to Akane, and neither of them really earned their place as a survivor, but I think Aoi deserved to live a little more than Akane.
Sakura heroically sacrificed herself so that Aoi and her friends could live, so it would have been a real kick in the nuts if she hadn't made it to the end – and it would have undermined Chapter 4's emotional weight entirely.
Chihiro Fujisaki
I thought Chihiro's death was one of the most tragic and brutal of Trigger Happy Havoc, and while I could see why the developers killed them I think their arc could have been extended.
Their internal struggle with their own identity and masculinity was such an interesting aspect to their character, and I only wish we got to see a little more of it.
Gundham Tanaka
Gundham is a bit of an enigma in Goodbye Despair, and as such I have no idea whether he should have died earlier or lived longer.
He's an awesome character with a unique personality, so I loved having him around for as long as he did, but he was a pretty evil guy on the surface. I was surprised it took him so long to become the blackened – he could have even been the killer in Chapter 1 if the writers wanted to provide a huge twist.
About Right
I don't really have any complaints about the characters in this tier – they either died in the right chapter, or earned their place as a survivor.
Celestia Ludenberg
Celestia being the culprit in Chapter 3 was about right, as while she wasn't the most interesting character it was nice having her around for a while.
Leon Kuwata
Yeah, Leon was pretty boring. I'm not surprised the developers ended up killing him straight away – he practically had no interesting character traits.
Teruteru Hanamura
Maybe Teruteru could have grown on my if he had survived for more than one chapter, but that's just wishful thinking.
He was clearly the worst character in Goodbye Despair, so I was glad they killed him quickly.
Miu Iruma
There's only so much Miu I could handle – about four chapters worth, it turned out.
She was fun and exciting to be around for a while, but her characterisation and sexual comments got a bit stale by the end.
Kirumi Tojo
Kirumi was never really a memorable character, and once her true motivations as the blackened were revealed I liked her even less.
Above all else, it would have been annoying and repetitive to have a literal maid doing the characters' bidding for more than a chapter or two.
Mondo Owada
Mondo actually surprised me a bit during Trigger Happy Havoc – I was sure he was going to be yet another bully / brute character, but he had a little bit more depth than that.
That being said, there's only so much depth you can have with an uber-masculine character like this. Once he had forged a friendship with Taka, I knew his time was coming to an end soon.
Peko Pekoyama
While I would have liked to have Peko around for a bit longer, she was always going to need to go to get Fuyuhiko's arc up and running.
It's kinda as if her character was sacrificed so that another could flourish, and I don't mind that at all.
Mikan Tsumiki
Having a literal nurse around to perform autopsies was extremely useful for investigations, but her personality started to get a bit annoying by the end.
Her self-loathing and inferiority complex may have seemed endearing at first, but I started to roll my eyes by the time Chapter 3 came around.
Ibuki Mioda
Being the Ultimate Musician already earned Ibuki some early bonus points and appreciation from me, but her personality doesn't extend much further than "excitable girl that likes music".
Chapter 3 was a good place for her to go, as reaching the mid-way point in the story was respectable enough.
Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu
I think Fuyuhiko just about earned his place as a survivor, as his arc of learning to be kinder and work as a team was fun to watch unfold.
That being said, I don't think I would have been too torn up if he had died near the end – it could have given some other characters a chance to survive in his place.
Gonta Gokuhara
I'm sure most people wanted to see this loveable nugget survive until the end, but I wasn't too fussed.
Gonta wasn't exactly bright, so it would have been weird if he had outlived the majority of his classmates. Chapter 4 was a good time for him to bite the dust.
Maki Harukawa
Maki was always going to survive the events of V3, but similarly to Fuyuhiko I don't think I would have been too mad at her demise.
She's a ruthless killer after all, so even though she started to come around by the end there's a good argument to be made that she didn't deserve to live.
Nagito Komaeda
Nagito was such an oddball, and while I knew he couldn't survive I was sure he was going to go out in a blaze of glory.
His death in Chapter 5 is arguably the most shocking of the series, and it was the perfect way to send off his character.
Junko Enoshima
I mean … Junko is the main villain, so of course she was going to survive right up until the end. No complaints from me.
Kokichi Oma
A character I loved to hate, Kokichi almost served as the primary antagonist right up until his very end.
I enjoyed his general shenanigans and destructive actions all the way through V3, but it was always going to end at some point. His death was extremely poignant, and a fitting way for someone of his calibre to go out.
Byakuya Togami
My favourite character across all of the games, I'm glad Byakuya survived until the end.
He certainly didn't make it easy for himself, though, and I was sure he was going to be a shock victim or killer in one of the final chapters.
Could've Lived Longer
Part of me wishes that we got to spend more time with these characters, but their deaths were necessary in moving the plot forwards.
Sayaka Maizono
Sayaka's death was a huge shock for me, as I was sure she was going to be the protagonist's best friend for a while, but I understand that her death was important for setting the tone of the series.
Danganronpa's shock deaths and twists would become a staple of the franchise after Sayaka's murder, but part of me wishes that we could have spent another chapter or two with the Ultimate Pop Sensation
Ultimate Imposter
I was stunned that Byakuya made another appearance in Goodbye Despair, and I was even more dumbfounded when he was killed instantly.
His death meant the mystery and intrigue could linger a little longer, but a few more chapters of explanation and answers from Trigger Happy Havoc would have been nice …
Rantaro Amami
The most interesting character died first … for the second game in a row (for goodness sake Danganronpa writers, you are allowed to answer some mysteries every now and again!)
You can tell they were going for that Byakuya-level shock again, and part of me was annoyed that someone like Tenko or Angie didn't die in his place.
Mahiru Koizumi
Most of the female characters in Goodbye despair are pretty vanilla and forgettable, so it was a shame to lose a bundle of joy like Mahiru so early.
I really liked her fiesty personality, and the motive behind her death was pretty paper-thin. I would have liked to have spent a little more time with her, especially over characters like Sonia or Peko.
Kaito Momota
Yeah, Kaito's death was probably the most impactful in V3, but I still think he could have even survived until the end.
The bro trio of Shuichi / Maki / Kaito was one of my favourite character dynamics ever, and I sooo wanted them to all come out of the horrors of the killing game together. Sadly, the writers knew his death would be the one that hurt the most.
Ryoma Hoshi
Some characters deserve to live because they're interesting characters, other do because they're favourites of mine, but I think Ryoma just deserved better.
Monokuma really made him feel worthless and sapped the will to live from him, but I think that was no reason for him to keel over so easily. He was such a cool, stand-up dude, and I would have loved to see him around the abandoned academy for a while longer.
Hiyoko Saionji
Look, I'm not exactly Hiyoko's number one fan, but I think people would have liked her a bit more if he arc had actually been seen to completion. It had only just begun!
She was only just starting to atone for her rudeness when she was struck down – and I think her death was one of the Danganronpa writers' biggest mistakes … that and V3's ending, of course.
Deserved To Survive
I thought these seven characters absolutely deserved to survive the killing game, either because they were the protagonist (so they get a free pass) or because they were acting selflessly.
Hajime Hinata
I'm not going to do the edgy thing of pretending that any of the protagonists deserved to die, but let's just say that Hajime deserved to survive the least.
He was literally the cause of all of the problems in Goodbye Despair, and while he did redeem himself that doesn't stop the fact he effectively killed eleven of his classmates. All I'm saying is that it would have been interesting to see his demise in, say, Chapter 6 – maybe to heroically save the rest of his friends.
Shuichi Saihara
The unwilling protagonist of V3, I really liked seeing Shuichi grow in confidence, until eventually in Chapter 6 he was the one calling all the shots.
He was definitely the most worthy survivor of Killing Harmony, and the only way I could have seen him dying was if everyone bit the dust in one fell swoop (but that ending would have been too despair-inducing for me to handle).
Sakura Ogami
Never has anyone acted more selflessly in a Danganronpa game than Sakura – she valued her friends' survival over her own, and her sacrifice meant that no more killing took place in Hope's Peak Academy.
I would have really liked to see her survive until the end, though; she was everything that a good survivor should be: kind, caring and yet strong. Rest In Power, brave warrior.
Kaede Akamatsu
Probably the most shocking death in all of Danganronpa, I was literally stunned into silence for a good few minutes after Kaede was revealed to be Chapter 1's blackened.
She was acting completely selflessly, and all she wanted was to kill the evil mastermind and rescue her friends from the nightmare. She effectively sacrificed herself when she declined the First Blood Perk, and that made me want to see her live even more.
Chiaki Nanami
Argh … this one still hurts.
The "traitor" of the group, yet that made her the most innocent of the lot. Chiaki's purity and angelic morals made her the sort of Kyoko equivalent of Goodbye Despair, and as such I was sure she would survive.
When she eventually did give herself up, I was extremely sad – unjustifiably so for a simple videogame character, but that just goes to show how much of an impact her character had on me.
Makoto Naegi
The Ultimate Hope, Makoto became the symbol of the rebellion against Despair, and for that reason he completely deserved to survive Junko's killing game.
There's an argument to be made that he could have been the symbol for hope as a martyr, and as such he's not the most deserving to live, but it would have been foolish for the writers to kill him off in his own game.
Kyoko Kirigiri
Across all of the Danganronpa series, Kyoko felt like the only character who had a proper grasp on the situation throughout the entire killing game.
Her detective's instincts were extremely insightful in every investigation and trial, and her kind-hearted nature made her a fan favourite almost instantly. Not only was she the most deserving to live, I think I would have rioted if the writers had killed her off – and the story would have suffered considerably as a result of her death.
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Stanbol is a modular software stack and reusable set of components for semantic content management.
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Mailing lists, SVN and JIRA are ready, most user accounts created, pre-existing code from the IKS project has been imported under a code grant.
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Q: A square appears randomly within a square of ten time its area. What is probability that the smaller square contains the larger square's center? The alignment relative to the larger square can be anywhere between 0° to 90° (0° or 90° being identical orientation to the larger square, 45° being all the way skewed), and the probability distribution of the alignment is based on percentage of total possibility given the constraint guaranteeing that it will fit within the larger square.
The largest discrete probability, for an alignment of 0°=90°, should be simple enough to figure-out‡. The smallest discrete probability, for alignment of 45°, is a bit trickier but straightforward enough.Edit:The off-kilter version would be more likely to contain the center, since it has less possible places to exist and a larger proportion of them are the center. Intuitively this should correspond directly (though not necessarily uniformly) to what I am totally clueless about, which is:

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*how to determine the probability  distribution for between 0° to 45°,

‡ 2. how this continuum corresponds to the probability of the original problem (e.g. {1/17?} for 0° up to {2/9?} for 45° back down to {1/17?} for 90°, along finite part of some sort of curve function presumably),
and 3. how then to apply these equations formulated into the original problem to find the final probability that a square true-randomly generated wholly within a larger square with sides √(10)-times longer would surround (or contain exactly on an edge or corner) the center of the larger square.
‡ I haven't calculated the maximum or minimum 'discrete' probabilities (let alone any inbetween) yet. Those guesstimate values are placeholders. I am especially interested in the processes required to solve this, and appreciate any insight or clues.

A: Without Rotation
Suppose a square of side $s\le\frac12$ is placed randomly inside a unit square, without rotation. The probability that the $x$-coordinate of the center of the unit square is within the $x$-span of the smaller square is $\frac{s}{1-s}$. That is, when covering the center of the unit square, the left side of the smaller square can be $s$ to $0$ units to the left of the center of the unit square, while, without restriction, the left side of  the smaller square can go from $1$ to $s$ units to the left of the right side of the unit square. The same is true for the $y$-coordinate. So the probability that the center of the larger square is within the smaller square is
$$
\left(\frac{s}{1-s}\right)^2\tag1
$$
In your question, $s=\frac1{\sqrt{10}}$, which gives a probability of
$$
\bbox[5px,border:2px solid #C0A000]{\frac1{11-2\sqrt{10}}\approx0.213883399}\tag2
$$

With Rotation
Geometry and Probability
The smaller square rotated by $0\le\theta\le\frac\pi4$ will span a width and height of
$$
d=s(\cos(\theta)+\sin(\theta))\tag3
$$
Note that $(3)$ says that $d:\left[0,\frac\pi4\right]\mapsto\left[s,s\sqrt2\right]$ monotonically.
If the smaller square is to stay inside the unit square, its center is constrained to a non-rotated square of side $1-d$ concentric with the unit square (shown below as a red square).  If the center of the unit square is to be inside the smaller square, the center of the smaller square needs to be inside a square with the same size and rotation, but concentric with the unit square (shown below as a green square).
Thus, the locus of the center of the smaller square so that the smaller square is contained in the unit square, and so that the smaller square contains the center of the unit square is the intersection of the red and green squares (shown below in purple).

For a given size and rotation of the smaller square, given that the smaller square is contained in the unit square, the probability that the center of the unit square is inside the smaller square is the ratio of the area of the purple region divided by the area of the red square.
However, to get the proper weighting of the probabilities for the different angles, we need to weight the probabilities by the area of the red square since that is the probability that the rotated square is contained in the unit square. This means we compute the integral of the area of the purple region and divide that by the integral of the area of the red region.
Computation of the Areas
The area of the red square is
$$
\begin{align}
\text{area}_\text{red}
&=(1-d)^2\tag{4a}\\[6pt]
&=(1-s(\sin(\theta)+\cos(\theta)))^2\tag{4b}\\[6pt]
&=1-2s(\sin(\theta)+\cos(\theta))+s^2(1+2\sin(\theta)\cos(\theta))\tag{4c}\\
\int_0^{\pi/4}\text{area}_\text{red}\,\mathrm{d}\theta
&=\frac\pi4-2s+\left(\frac\pi4+\frac12\right)s^2\tag{4d}
\end{align}
$$
If $d\le\frac12$, then, because $d\lt1-d$, the green square is completely contained within the red square and so the area of the purple region is
$$
\begin{align}
\text{area}_\text{purple}
&=s^2\tag{5a}\\
\int\text{area}_\text{purple}\,\mathrm{d}\theta
&=\theta s^2\tag{5b}\\
&=a_1(s,\theta)\tag{5c}
\end{align}
$$
We leave $\text{(5b)}$ indefinite since we may need to restrict $\theta$ due to the condition $d\le\frac12$.
For $d\gt\frac12$, we will refer to the following diagram:

Since the side length of the red square $1-d$ and the height of the rotated green square is $d$, the four corners of the green square that extend beyond the red square have altitude $\frac{d-(1-d)}2=d-\frac12$ and base $\frac{d-1/2}{\sin(\theta)\cos(\theta)}$. If the bases of these triangles are smaller than the sides of the red square, then $\frac{d-1/2}{\sin(\theta)\cos(\theta)}\lt1-d$, which is equivalent to $d\lt\frac{1+\sin(2\theta)}{2+\sin(2\theta)}$.
Thus, if $\frac12\lt d\lt\frac{1+\sin(2\theta)}{2+\sin(2\theta)}$, the area of the purple region is
$$
\begin{align}
\text{area}_\text{purple}
&=s^2-\frac{2(d-1/2)^2}{\sin(\theta)\cos(\theta)}\tag{6a}\\
&=s^2-\frac{2\left(s(\sin(\theta)+\cos(\theta))-\frac12\right)^2}{\sin(\theta)\cos(\theta)}\tag{6b}\\[3pt]
&=\scriptsize-\frac12\csc(\theta)\sec(\theta)+2(\csc(\theta)+\sec(\theta))s-(3+2\csc(\theta)\sec(\theta))s^2\tag{6c}\\[6pt]
\int\text{area}_\text{purple}\,\mathrm{d}\theta
&=\scriptsize-\frac12\log(\tan(\theta))+2\log\left(\tan\left(\tfrac\theta2\right)\tan\left(\tfrac\pi4{+}\tfrac\theta2\right)\right)s-\left(3\theta+2\log(\tan(\theta))\right)s^2\tag{6d}\\[9pt]
&=a_2(s,\theta)\tag{6e}
\end{align}
$$
If $d\ge\frac{1+\sin(2\theta)}{2+\sin(2\theta)}$, the red square is completely contained within the green square and so the area of the purple region is the same as the area of the red square:
$$
\begin{align}
\text{area}_\text{purple}
&=(1-d)^2\tag{7a}\\[3pt]
&=(1-s(\sin(\theta)+\cos(\theta)))^2\tag{7b}\\[3pt]
&=1-2(\sin(\theta)+\cos(\theta))s+(1+2\sin(\theta)\cos(\theta))s^2\tag{7c}\\
\int\text{area}_\text{purple}\,\mathrm{d}\theta
&=\theta-2(\sin(\theta)-\cos(\theta))s+\left(\theta+\sin^2(\theta)\right)s^2\tag{7d}\\
&=a_3(s,\theta)\tag{7e}
\end{align}
$$
Conditional Ranges
We need to apply each of $a_1$, $a_2$, or $a_3$ over particular parts of $\left[0,\frac\pi4\right]$. That is, we use $a_1$ over the green region of the chart below, $a_2$ over the yellow region, and $a_3$ over the red region.

To simplify the usage of the information in the chart above, define
$$
\theta_1(s)=\frac12\sin^{-1}\left(\frac{1-4s^2}{4s^2}\right)\tag8
$$
and
$$
\theta_2(s)=\frac12\sin^{-1}\left(\frac{1-4s^2+\sqrt{1-4s^2}}{2s^2}\right)\tag9
$$
If $s\le\frac1{2\sqrt2}$, we use $a_1$ for all $\theta\in\left[0,\frac\pi4\right]$. That is, the probability of the randomly rotated and positioned smaller square containing the center of the unit square is
$$
\frac{a_1\!\left(s,\frac\pi4\right)-a_1\!\left(s,0\right)}{a_3\!\left(s,\frac\pi4\right)-a_3\!\left(s,0\right)}=\frac{\frac\pi4s^2}{\frac\pi4-2s+\left(\frac\pi4+\frac12\right)s^2}\tag{10}
$$
If $\frac1{2\sqrt2}\lt s\le\frac{\sqrt2}3$, we use $a_1$ over $\theta\in[0,\theta_1(s)]$ and $a_2$ over $\theta\in\left[\theta_1(s),\frac\pi4\right]$. That is, the probability of the randomly rotated and positioned smaller square containing the center of the unit square is
$$
\frac{a_2\!\left(s,\frac\pi4\right)-a_2(s,\theta_1(s))+a_1(s,\theta_1(s))-a_1(s,0)}
{a_3\!\left(s,\frac\pi4\right)-a_3\!\left(s,0\right)}\tag{11}
$$
If $\frac{\sqrt2}3\lt s\le\frac12$, we use $a_1$ over $\theta\in[0,\theta_1(s)]$, $a_2$ over $\theta\in[\theta_1(s),\theta_2(s)]$, and $a_3$ over $\theta\in\left[\theta_2(s),\frac\pi4\right]$. That is, the probability of the randomly rotated and positioned smaller square containing the center of the unit square is
$$
\frac{a_3\!\left(s,\frac\pi4\right)-a_3(s,\theta_2(s))+a_2(s,\theta_2(s))-a_2(s,\theta_1(s))+a_1(s,\theta_1(s))-a_1(s,0)}
{a_3\!\left(s,\frac\pi4\right)-a_3\!\left(s,0\right)}\tag{12}
$$
In the question, $s=\frac1{\sqrt{10}}$, so we apply $(10)$ and get a probability of
$$
\bbox[5px,border:2px solid #C0A000]{\frac\pi{11\pi+2-8\sqrt{10}}\approx0.279022074}\tag{13}
$$
Here is a plot of the probability that a randomly rotated and positioned square of side $s$ inside the unit square contains the origin of the unit square:

Simulation
I ran a simulation placing the center of the smaller square, with side $s$, uniformly in a square, concentric with the unit square, and with side $1-s$, and rotating uniformly with $\theta\in\left[0,\frac\pi4\right]$.
All trials where the translated and rotated square did not fit completely in the unit square were rejected. The remaining trials were tallied counting those where the center of the unit square fell within the smaller square.
The results of $10,\!000,\!000$ trials with $s=\frac1{\sqrt{10}}$ were
non-rejected trials: $7,\!664,\!102$
successful trials: $2,\!136,\!729$
ratio: $0.278797046$
This is close to $0.279022074$.
Here is the Mathematica code for the simulation:
test[s_, x_, y_, \[Theta]_] :=
 Module[{c = {x - 1/2, y - 1/2} (1 - s),
   m = s {{Cos[\[Theta]], Sin[\[Theta]]}, {-Sin[\[Theta]], Cos[\[Theta]]}},
   u = 1/2 {{-1, 1}, {1, 1}, {1, -1}, {-1, -1}},
   cross = (#1.{{0, 1}, {-1, 0}}.#2) &, ul, ur, lr, ll},
   {ul, ur, lr, ll} = u.m + {c, c, c, c};
  If[Max[Abs[ul], Abs[ur], Abs[lr], Abs[ll]] > 1/2, {0, 0},
   If[Min[cross[ur, ul], cross[ul, ll], cross[ll, lr], cross[lr, ur]] < 0,
    {0, 1}, {1, 1}]]]

Module[{s = 1/Sqrt[10], n = 10000000, data = {0, 0}},
 Do[data += test[s, RandomReal[1], RandomReal[1], RandomReal[Pi/4]], n];
 data]

A: Let me see if I understand you problem.
You are looking at a square $S = [-R/2, R/2]^2$ of side length $R$ (for simplicity centred at the origin. I will write $C(x;\theta)$ for the smaller square of side length $r$ centred in $x\in\mathbb{R}^2$ at rotation $\theta$. You want to know what the probability is of the event that $0\in C(x;\theta)$ under the constraint $C(x;\theta)\subseteq S$.
For simplicity, we take $r \ll R$ in a suitable sense ($=$ so that everything works just fine). The first thing I would like to do is to wrap it up mathematically. For this, we define our probability space to be
$$
\Omega := \{(x,\theta)\in \mathbb{R}^2\times [0,\pi/4]\;\vert\; C(x;\theta)\subseteq S\}.
$$
Note that I only consider angles up to 45 degrees, because the situation is symmetric for angles between 45 and 90 degrees. To model "random appearance", we take the uniform distribution on $\Omega$.
First things first: Can we describe $\Omega$? For this, fix the angle $\theta$. Write $h(\theta)$ for the height ($=$ the width) of the skewed square $C(x;\theta)$. Then
$$
h(\theta) = \cos\left(\dfrac{\pi}{4} - \theta\right)\cdot\sqrt{2}\cdot r.
$$
We conclude that
$$
\Omega = \{(x,\theta)\in \mathbb{R}^2\times [0,\pi/4]\;\vert\; \Vert x\Vert_\infty \leq (R - h(\theta))/2\}.
$$
In particular,
$$
m(\Omega) = \int_0^{\pi/4} \big{(} R - r\cos(\theta)\sqrt{2}\big{)}^2\mathrm{d}{\theta} = \dfrac{\pi}{4}R^2 - 2Rr + \dfrac{2+\pi}{4}r^2,
$$
where I wrote $m$ for the Lebesgue measure on $\mathbb{R}^2$.
Now to the event we are interested in:
$$
A = \{(x,\theta)\in \Omega\;\vert\; 0\in C(x;\theta)\}.
$$
Since we took $r\ll R$ we do not need to worry about whether the squares touching $0$ are indeed included in $S$. We further simplify the problem by noticing that the size of the set of suitable angles $\theta$ for a given centre $x$ only depends on $\rho :=  \Vert x\Vert_2$. So let's fix $0\leq \rho \leq \dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{2}r$. (The upper bound is given by the half diagonal.) To get some visual intuition, take $x = (\rho, 0)$. Let us start in the most "favorable" position, i.e. at $\theta=\pi/4$. The question is by how much we are allowed to skew the square. Note that the point closest to the origin is at distance
$$
d(\theta) = \dfrac{r}{2\cos\theta}.
$$
Hence, we need
$$
\cos\theta \leq \dfrac{r}{2\rho}.
$$
This means that we have the constraint $\cos^{-1}\left(\dfrac{r}{2\rho}\right)\leq \theta \leq \dfrac{\pi}{4}$ for $\rho \geq r/2$ and bo constraint for $\rho < r/2$. This means that
$$
m(A) = \dfrac{\pi^2r^2}{8} - 2\pi\int_{r/2}^{\sqrt{2}r/2} \rho \cos^{-1}\left(\dfrac{r}{2\rho}\right)\mathrm{d}\rho = \dfrac{\pi^2r^2}{8} - \dfrac{\pi(\pi - 2)r^2}{8}.
$$
If I have not made any mistake in any of those integrals, we should get the probability
$$
\dfrac{m(\Omega)}{m(A)} = \text{something very ugly}.
$$
Edit: The following comments try to give a bit more intuitive insight into the notation.
First, note that the uniform distribution on a interval means that the probability of the event is the "length" or "size" of the event, divided by the total length of the interval. The same is going on here: Once we have understood that we want to take $(x,\theta)$ uniformly in $\Omega$, the probability of an event $A$ is the "volume" (because we operate in 3 dimensions now) of $A$, divided by the volume of $\Omega$.
Now, to obtain the volume of a set, we usually integrate, especially if the bodies are complex as in this case. But in the end, it is only "measuring the volume". The $m$ I use is just "the volume of". This "usual" volume is called Lebsegue measure, because there other ways to make sense of the word "volume", but in this case this doesn't matter.
I don't think that there is a straightforward way to obtain the explicit expression of the result without using integrals, i.e. by simply using geometric surface/volume formula, but you can always try!
For the other notation: $\Vert (x,y)\Vert_2 = \sqrt{x^2 + y^2}$ is the usual Euclidean distance, $\Vert (x,y)\Vert_\infty = \max\{\vert x\vert, \vert y\vert\}$ is the so-called infinity norm. (There are $\Vert\cdot\Vert_p$-norms for any $p\geq 1$.) When I write $r\ll R$, I mean that $r$ is a lot smaller than $R$. Here, we need this assumption when figuring out how we may describe $A$.
Also, I mainly used WolframAlpha for those horrendous integrals.
Edit 2: There is a lot easier way to calculate $m(A)$. Indeed, mjw (https://math.stackexchange.com/q/3966261) correctly points out that, for any given angle $\theta$, the centre must be in a square of side length $r$. That means that
$$
m(A) = \dfrac{\pi}{4}r^2.
$$
I corrected the above mistake.

A: Just to solve the simpler problem to get an approximate answer to check another "exact" answer.  I don't think rotating the square will give an answer too far off ...
Suppose the larger square is $\sqrt{10}$ by $\sqrt{10}$ inches, and the smaller square is $1$ square inch.  Then the center of the smaller square will be uniform within a square with side of length $\sqrt{10}-1$.
The center of the smaller square then needs to be within a square of one square inch near the center square.  Thus
$$P = \frac{1}{(\sqrt{10}-1)^2}= \frac{1}{11-2\sqrt{10}} \approx 0.214.$$

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The Western Nebraska Community College men's and women's basketball team are off and rolling in the South Sub-region after picking up opening-conference wins over Otero Junior College over the weekend.
The sub-region doesn't get any easier this weekend as the two teams hit the road for back-to-back South sub-region games when they travel to Northeastern Junior College on Friday and then Lamar Community College Saturday afternoon.
Road games in the sub-region are always difficult and this weekend's contest and Friday's rivalry contest with NJC will be just that. The Cougar men enter the contest at 13-5 on the season while NJC is 8-9 on the season.
The women's contest should be more intense with two teams that have a combined 24-7 record. The WNCC women enter the contest at 14-3 while the Plainswomen are 10-4 after giving Eastern Wyoming College its second loss of the season 69-66 on Monday. WNCC also defeated EWC in December 82-63.
Both NJC teams open sub-region action Wednesday night at home against Lamar.
The women's contest features two teams can score. The NJC women are averaging 76.3 points a game and shooting 32 percent from the 3-point arc. The WNCC are scoring at a clip of 91.8 points a game and shooting 38.5 percent from beyond the arc.
The Cougar women were 2-1 last week, opening 2019 with an 83-63 loss at Casper College before coming back with blowout wins over Northeast Community College, 99-49, and Otero Junior College, 104-66.
The Plainswomen have four players averaging in double digits. Tashika Burrell and Alyzae Davis are each averaging 13.9 points a game followed by Asia Turner at 12.8 and Aleksandra Ramikava at 10.8.
The Cougar women have three players averaging double digits. Merle Wiehl is scoring at a 23.2 clip followed by Tishara Morehouse at 16.3 and Taylor Joplin at 13.4. Right behind them are Yuliyana Valcheva at 8.4 and R'Manie Pulling at 8.1.
Wiehl is just 49 points from scoring her 1,000 career point and 76 points away from breaking the career scoring record of 1.026 set by Penny Mallet in 1983. Wiehl has scored in double figures in all 17 games this season and has a 39 active streak of scoring in double figures dating back to last season.
The men's contest will be just as competitive despite teams with opposite records. The Cougar men, who fell out of the NJCAA Top 25 this week after falling to Laramie County Community College on a buzzer-beater 93-90, won in dominating fashion on Friday against Otero Junior College 103-87.
The Cougar men are averaging 95.6 points a game while shooting 42 percent from the 3-point arc. On top of the high-octane offense, the Cougars are sharing the ball well, averaging 16 assists a game.
NJC dropped two contests last week, falling 72-59 to Sheridan College and then losing 76-68 to Colorado Northwestern. The Plainsmen are averaging 77.9 points a game and shooting just 34 percent from beyond the arc.
NJC has just two players averaging in double figures. Nykolas Lange and Mohamed Diallo are both averaging 11.9 points a game. On the flip side, the Cougars have six players averaging double digits, led by University of Nebraska recruit Jervay Green at 25.2 points.
Next in line is Dru Kuxausen at 17.8, Martin Roub at 16.7, Bryce Sanchioius at 15.5, Henry Tanksley at 11, and Marquis White at 10 points.
Green is also nearing a milestone in Cougar history. The 6-foot-3 guard needs just 24 points to become the 14th player in Cougar history score 1,000 points. Only three players since 2000 have scored over 1,000 career points. They were Tommie King (1999-2001) with 1,086 points, Francisco Cruz (2008-10) with 1,183, and Vinnie Shahid (2016-18) with 1,079. Bernard Garner holds the record with 1,204 points set in 1995.
Saturday's contests against Lamar will also be tough for the men. Lamar is 11-6 on the season and have won 10 straight heading into Wednesday's game with NJC.
After this weekend, both Cougar teams return home to host McCook Community College in a sub-region contest on Tuesday beginning at 5:30 p.m. for the women's tilt and 7:30 p.m. for the men's action.


I get a jolt of surprise every time I hear the Central African Republic referred to as a "forgotten" country. I've been hearing this term more and more over recent days, a welcome sign, of course, that the subject is beginning to creep onto the UK media's radar.
For it goes against my every instinct to refer to the Central African Republic in this way, and indeed the facts are hardly forgettable. 400,000 people – that's a tenth of the entire population – have fled their homes, with over 60,000 refugees recorded entering neighbouring countries. UNICEF estimates that there are 3,500 child soldiers in the CAR, a figure that is rising day by day. In a speech I gave last week at an event on women in crisis zones, I highlighted the extreme vulnerability of girls and women in the Central African Republic, who are suffering horrific acts of sexual violence. The Central African people live with the constant threat of random attacks by armed groups, and are plagued by disease, lawlessness, a lack of supplies and poor access to medical care.
As we see on the map, the Central African Republic, a country with an area over 2.5 times larger than the UK, sits at the crossroads of several volatile areas, bordering Sudan and South Sudan to the north-east, Chad to the north, and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the south. As French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has highlighted, a breakdown in the CAR – this central point of the African continent – would have serious effects on what are already two of its most fragile regions – the Great Lakes area and the two Sudans. With armed militias entering the country from Sudan and Chad, the Lord's Resistance Army already present there and Boko Haram operating close by, we are witnessing the formation of a "grey area", a lawless territory in the very heart of Africa which could quickly become a haven for terrorist groups.
This is an unfolding crisis that is plain to see and has to command the attention of the international community. The Central African Republic has certainly not been forgotten by France. At the United Nations General Assembly in September this year, President Hollande sounded the alarm over the situation there, calling for a Security Council mandate to grant logistical and financial support to an African mission on the ground, whose principal aim would be to restore stability in the region.
Our general principle in African crises is that they should be handled by Africans as far as possible. This is why France has been the driving force behind a UN Security Council process to provide UN support to the 2,500 troops already deployed in the CAR by the African Union. Resolution 2121 was adopted in October 2013, and we aim to have a second resolution adopted in early December. The EU also plays an important role, not least through its massive humanitarian effort. Meanwhile, 410 French troops in Bangui continue to protect the capital's airport and carry out patrols in the city.
This was M. Fabius's message to the Central African people when he visited Bangui last month: "The international community, Europe and particularly France have now taken the decision to put the Central African Republic at the top of the agenda. We are not going to abandon you." Working with our partners here in London, Brussels and New York, France is committed to helping the hundreds of thousands of men, women and children whose lives have been devastated by months of fear and violence. The Central African Republic is a country that must come out of hiding quickly and receive the attention it desperately needs.
[Blog] May the best team win!


During an interview with MSNBC and Recode, Cook slammed the social media giant for profiting from its users' data.
Apple CEO Tim Cook had some tough words for Facebook as it deals with a massive data scandal.
During an interview with MSNBC and Recode, Cook slammed the social media giant for profiting from user data, saying privacy is "a human right" and "a civil liberty."
And when Cook was asked what he would do if he were in Facebook's shoes, he said, "I wouldn't be in this situation."
Facebook has been in hot water since news broke that data firm Cambridge Analytica was able to access about 50 million users' information without their explicit consent.
A few days before Cook's interview, the Federal Trade Commission confirmed it's investigating Facebook's data practices.


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Showdown in the Suburbs: Highland Homecoming highlights Rival Olympus
by Daniel Olsen | Both the Rams and the Titans didn't expect to be at 2-3 this season but here they are. No, this isn't the LA Rams or the Tennessee Titans in the NFL. This is a Region 6 showdown between two great defensive teams at the 5A division in Utah.
While Olympus and Skyline have a storied rivalry with the winner taking home a trophy called "The Rock," Coach Aaron Whitehead was clear that the rivalry between his Olympus Titans and the Highland Rams is also a very close competition every year. Most games are determined by one touchdown or less and both teams have great defenses.
Coach Whitehead is familiar with Highland Coach Brody Benson, and has been ever since his days coaching at East High. It will be all business on Friday night when the lights go up. This is an exciting game for the community as the schools are separated by about 3.5 miles.
Coach Whitehead was very clear about what his team needs to do to win this game. Many of his team's losses have been within single digits.
"Our defense is solid and has led 5A," said Coach Whitehead. "Our offense is not as good and our offensive line has been struggling. We noticed in film where we need to improve and are confident that we can make those adjustments."
Olympus graduated a standout on the offensive line in Emerson Conlon. He is currently serving an LDS mission and will return in 2022 to play for the Utah State Aggies as a preferred walk-on. Part of the challenge this year is filling the void now that he's not on the team.
This isn't a year full of college talent for Olympus, but there are a couple guys getting looked at by scouts and plenty of other guys making a difference on the team.
"John Schlendorf came here from New Jersey," said Coach Whitehead. "He is doing great for our return team and started getting looks from an FCS back east called Bucknell. Now the schools in state are starting to look at him."
Schlendorf is an impressive athlete as his 4.56 40 yard dash time on his Twitter profile suggests. Coach Whitehead did joke that he can dunk an alley-oop with two hands in basketball. He also plays strong safety for the Titans.
There are other talented guys on the Olympus roster that will also make the difference between wins and losses like fullback Johnny Frank, defensive end Erik Pederson and halfback Peyton Rice.
This is a high stakes game that could determine standings in Region 6 of the 5A division in the state. While it is not as big of a rivalry as Olympus vs Skyline, these are two teams with losing records that would love to get back to .500.
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7 things to stop doing now on Facebook
17 May, 2010 in Uncategorized | Tags: bookfacing, Facebook, facebooking | by akarimomar | Leave a comment
Here is an article from http://www.consumerreports.org but more importantly is we need to reduce facebooking BUT encourage more BOOKFACING especially among our young ones …
Using a weak password
Avoid simple names or words you can find in a dictionary, even with numbers tacked on the end. Instead, mix upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols. A password should have at least eight characters. One good technique is to insert numbers or symbols in the middle of a word, such as this variant on the word "houses": hO27usEs!
Leaving your full birth date in your profile
It's an ideal target for identity thieves, who could use it to obtain more information about you and potentially gain access to your bank or credit card account. If you've already entered a birth date, go to your profile page and click on the Info tab, then on Edit Information. Under the Basic Information section, choose to show only the month and day or no birthday at all.
Overlooking useful privacy controls
For almost everything in your Facebook profile, you can limit access to only your friends, friends of friends, or yourself. Restrict access to photos, birth date, religious views, and family information, among other things. You can give only certain people or groups access to items such as photos, or block particular people from seeing them. Consider leaving out contact info, such as phone number and address, since you probably don't want anyone to have access to that information anyway.
Posting your child's name in a caption
Don't use a child's name in photo tags or captions. If someone else does, delete it by clicking on Remove Tag. If your child isn't on Facebook and someone includes his or her name in a caption, ask that person to remove the name.
Mentioning that you'll be away from home
That's like putting a "no one's home" sign on your door. Wait until you get home to tell everyone how awesome your vacation was and be vague about the date of any trip.
Letting search engines find you
To help prevent strangers from accessing your page, go to the Search section of Facebook's privacy controls and select Only Friends for Facebook search results. Be sure the box for public search results isn't checked.
Permitting youngsters to use Facebook unsupervised
Facebook limits its members to ages 13 and over, but children younger than that do use it. If you have a young child or teenager on Facebook, the best way to provide oversight is to become one of their online friends. Use your e-mail address as the contact for their account so that you receive their notifications and monitor their activities. "What they think is nothing can actually be pretty serious," says Charles Pavelites, a supervisory special agent at the Internet Crime Complaint Center. For example, a child who posts the comment "Mom will be home soon, I need to do the dishes" every day at the same time is revealing too much about the parents' regular comings and goings.
Dark chocolate can help guard against stroke damage
10 May, 2010 in Consumerism, Food, medical & health | Tags: cocoa, dark chocolate, epicatherin, flavanol, protect heart, stroke | by akarimomar | Leave a comment
Ingredient in Dark Chocolate Could Guard Against Stroke
Flavanol triggers protective pathways that shield nerve cells in the brain, study finds
SUNDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) — Something in dark chocolate seems to help protect the heart, and now researchers say they have identified the molecular mechanism by which a compound found in cocoa can guard against the damage of a stroke.
The compound, a flavanol called epicatechin, triggers two built-in protective pathways in the brain, according to a report published online last week in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. The research team was led by Sylvain Dore, an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine and pharmacology and molecular sciences at John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.
Animal studies raise the possibility that epicatechin may someday be used to treat strokes in humans, since its protective effect can be seen more than three hours after a stroke. Existing stroke treatments typically have a shorter window of activity.
While the cardioprotective effect of dark chocolate seen in several human studies appears to open the possibility that eating lots of chocolate is healthy, "I prefer to focus on cocoa," Dore said. "Cocoa is not like chocolate, which is high in saturated fat and calories. Cocoa can be part of a healthy diet, combined with fruits and vegetables."
It was a study of the cocoa-drinking Kuna Indians, living on islands off the coast of Panama, that led researchers to study epicatechin. An unusually low incidence of stroke and other cardiovascular disease in that population could not be explained by genetic studies, and eventually was attributed to consumption of a very bitter cocoa drink.
Studies by a number of scientists, including Dr. Norman K. Hollenberg of Harvard Medical School, identified epicatechin as the protective ingredient in dark chocolate and cocoa.
The latest research looked at the mechanism of protection in mice who were induced to have strokes. "We gave different doses of epicatechin in mice 90 minutes before a stroke and found that it reduced infarct [stroke damage] size," Dore explained. "When we gave epicatechin after a stroke, it had a protective effect up to 3.5 hours later, but not after six hours."
Detailed studies showed that the flavanol activated two well-known pathways that shield nerve cells in the brain from damage, the Nrf2 and heme oxygenase pathways, Dore said. Epicatechin had no protective effect in mice bred to lack those pathways.
The possibility of using epicatechin to limit human stroke damage is distant, Dore said. "We have to be very careful," he said. "There are a lot of steps before going to human trials, potential risks and side effects. We need more work and more funding."
Dore's long-term plan calls for studies of epicatechin metabolites and derivatives, in cardiac disease as well as stroke. "At this point, we are using only the pure compound," he said.
Dr. Martin Lajous, a doctoral candidate at the Harvard School of Public Health who took part in one study that showed a reduced incidence of stroke in people who ate dark chocolate regularly, agreed with Dore in saying that eating a lot of chocolate is not a healthy dietary move.
Not all chocolate is created equal, Lajous said. "That's why we did the study in France, where they eat dark chocolate that is rich in flavanols," he said. "Chocolate comes with a lot of calories. I would talk about small amounts of dark chocolate rather than chocolate in general."
And the protective mechanism by which chocolate might prevent stroke isn't yet clear, Lajous added. The main effect appears to be the lowering of blood pressure, he said. "Flavanols are hypothesized to affect relaxation of smooth vascular muscle, such as the endothelial lining of blood vessels," Lajous said.


Physical therapy can be a very satisfying and enjoyable profession; nevertheless, there are a variety of factors to consider that will need to be made prior to commencing a venture into the position. While it is exciting and challenging, the path to become a physical therapist can be a demanding one with many challenges. This article ought to provide you some fantastic insight into what it will take to become a physical therapist.
The basic duty of a physical therapist is to work with patients who have sustained injuries or have disabilities to recover use of their bodies; nonetheless, that is just the basic function. There are many tasks and difficulties that a physical therapist may encounter. It's important to take these into consideration.
Parkinson's Disease, head and spinal chord injuries, these are only a few of the serious medical conditions you can face as a physical therapist. Ailments such as this are very challenging and need focused treatment plans. The abilities you will need to care for these patients long-term will be learned in a school setting and on the job.
The recommended degree of education to become a physical therapist is a post graduate degree in the medical field. Nonetheless, a bachelor's degree may suffice in many cases. This academic experience is crucial. You won't have success without it. This applies particularly to the field of neurology which demands intimate expertise of more complicated conditions.
Be sure to get admission info from Jefferson City MO schools early in the process!
One of the most crucial steps to become a physical therapist is to earn experience in the field. While you will have to complete your post graduate residency, you might need to look into volunteer work at rehab centers during the course of your undergraduate study. This can aid in obtaining experience in physical therapy, particularly when finding centers concentrating on neurological rehabilitation. The hours of voluntary work can contribute to the graduate residency.
Finding someone experienced as a physical therapist is mosting likely to be very worthwhile to your success in graduate school. Coaches may be beneficial as they will provide information relating to the industry and supply insight on various factors of the physical therapy position.
Getting your state certification is among the last steps to becoming a physical therapist. Every state will have an unique physical therapy licensing exam you will be expected to take before you have the opportunity to practice. The tests are conducted by an association of physical therapists. After you have achieved your initial state certification, you're going to have to be certified in an additional state before you can practice. Even though this does make the experience more challenging, it likewise makes your talents more unique and important in the marketplace.


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No information is known about this warship.
The Exarchy's Emperor-class Assault Carrier is a battleship-scale warship with extensive command and control facilities. Dotted with point defense turrets, anti-ship Starflare cannons as well as several long-range Thermal Lance mounts, the Exarchy sorties their Emperors as they please, as they are nearly peerless on the battlefield. Their actual launch bay is small, but the Emperor utilizes a transpace catapult that flings strikecraft directly into transpace allowing a flurry of strikecraft to be launched and reach their targets without having to traverse the empty space by themselves. The Commonwealth developed the Euryphaessa-class specifically to check the offensive action of Emperors, with marginal effectiveness as the single Commonwealth battlecarrier cannot hope to check all of the Exarchy's Emperor-class vessels simultaneously.
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Laying Pergo Laminate Flooring. Yes, that was a lot of prep, but once completed, the Pergo Outlast laminate flooring laid down easily. The steps to installing this flooring is simple.... Don't install the flooring immediately. Laminate flooring needs to acclimate to the room. I know, who would have thought you needed to introduce planks to a room and let them schmooze for a couple of days? 48-72 hours of patience is needed before laying that floor down for good.
Install any transition strips where new floor meets tile, carpet or other hardwood floors. Install them in any doorway by cutting to fit and nailing or gluing down. Install them in any doorway by cutting to fit and nailing or gluing down.... Pergo Flooring uses a patented locking tongue and groove system to make installation simple. Learn how you can install laminate flooring yourself over wood, concrete, and most vinyl and ceramic tile.
How Much Does Pergo Flooring Installation Cost?
But if you can't, don't worry, it'll be a tight squeeze, but you'll still be able to put down your laminate wood floor without removing your furniture. Step 1 Move all of your furniture to one side of the room or into one room of the house.
Doorway transition strips create straight lines while holding down the floor. (Image: Siri Stafford/Digital Vision/Getty Images) Invented by a Swedish company in 1977, Pergo is the original laminate flooring, and it remains a go-to flooring choice for budget-conscious homeowners.
Install any transition strips where new floor meets tile, carpet or other hardwood floors. Install them in any doorway by cutting to fit and nailing or gluing down. Install them in any doorway by cutting to fit and nailing or gluing down.


A Very Merry Madison: Where's the Magic?
Last week I wrote about my desire to embrace Thanksgiving and explore the why behind my gratitude. It's been a fun exercise of soul-searching and discovery, and I hope to make it a habit. As I sat making my list about what I'm grateful for and why, Madison and the local area kept coming to surface. Specifically, this town makes every season and celebration count.
I'm new in town and it's my first Christmas in Madison. So when I saw the town tree go up I got all the Christmas feels.
While the Turkey has yet to be served, I'm grateful for the many fun December adventures ahead. If you're looking to marry your gratitude with holiday memories, then allow me to introduce part one of my newest series, A Very Merry Madison: Where's the Magic? Here, you'll find holiday happenings nearby for the little ones. The goal is simple: free or low-cost fun at your leisure. Why? Because kids get sick, plans fall through, naps are needed, and most things holiday related are expensive enough.
Pick up a participation card with your kids at any of the local businesses involved with "Find Rosie the Rose City Reindeer Scavenger Hunt." Kids can collect 15 or more different store stamps/signatures, bring the card to Tons of Toys or Madison Pharmacy, and be entered into the Grand Prize Drawing! This month-long contest highlights the best of our shopping scene. It might be a wonderful way to kick off small business Saturday too! You can find out more information here.
Santa is here! The Madison Santa Village opens at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 15th. Located on Kings Road near the train station, Santa is eager to meet local residents throughout the holiday season. See his schedule below. His last day in Madison is Saturday, December 23rd.
The Snow Village Winter Wonderland presented by the Chatham Emergency Squad. There's over 100 "Department 56" Buildings, Cars, and a Train running through the village. This event runs on several dates throughout December so check their website to see operating days and times. This seems like the perfect event for little ones on a cold day.
2017 Gingerbread Wonderland and Craft Show at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum. Children under 2 are free. General admission is $2.00 a person. Local crafters offer a wide selection of holiday purchases on the weekends only. Check their website for details and hours of operation. Hundreds of gingerbread houses await! **TIP**No strollers are allowed so plan accordingly.
The Maplewood Dickens Village is worth a trip to enjoy a simple afternoon of holiday cheer. From reindeer, to a petting zoo, to miniature houses adorned with decor, there's something for all ages. Held on the 2nd, 9th, and 16th, check the website to see the various activities throughout its run. **TIP** If you have a train obsessed toddler like I do, it's fun to take the train from Madison to Maplewood.
A Civil War Christmas at Historic Speedwell. Featuring an Officer's Ball with period music, costumes, and dance! The Vail Home is decorated for a mid 19th century holiday. Enjoy hot cider and cookies as you explore the encampment of the 2nd NJ Brigade. Admission is $7.00 for adults, $6.00 for senior, $5.00 for children, and free for children 3 and under.
Stay tuned for more holiday happenings. Tis the season for memories.


It's that time of semester and the end of year celebrations are already so close! While you study for exams (ew), it's also time to start thinking about what to wear to your end of year uni ball. We've compiled some gorgeous looks that are sure to make you the belle of the ball!
For an elegant, sultry look this semester, we love a classic black floor length gown! The City Lights Maxi Dress in Black is our pick for a glamorous yet understated look. The off-the shoulder fit, and leg slit give off major Angeline Jolie vibes- perf! Style with bronzed, glowy skin, a bold lip, and statement earrings.
Why fit in when you were born to stand out? The At Twilight Maxi Dress in Wine is the perfect silky, stand-out gown you need to turn heads this uni ball! The cowl-neck fit is super trendy RN, and shimmering red silk is a guaranteed showstopper. We recommend pairing with gold jewellery, a fresh tan, and dewy makeup.
For a chic and elegant look this uni ball, we love a minimalist vibe! The Edit's Viola Dress in White comes in a luxurious stretch fabric, cute AF cut-out detail, and a crisp white that's sure to make your tan POP! We love this look with tan heels that elongate your legs, and a glamorous blow-out hairdo.
Off to the races this Spring? We put together some super-chic race-day looks to help you find the perfect outfit!


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Byber - Unique Neighborhood Discovery and Social App features New UI
December 26, 2016 in Lifestyle (E)
[prMac.com] New York, New York - Byber LLC announced today that it has released a major update to its unique, no-cost neighborhood discovery and social connection app Byber. In response to popular demand, the company also announced that in addition to the original iOS app, an Android edition is now available on Google Play.
Unlike most social media apps that are boring, predictable and ironically anti-social, Byber enables users to meet interesting new people, connect with friends, and set off on an urban adventure to explore what their neighborhood has to offer. It's also ideal for singles who are interested in everything from some fun flirting, to possibly finding their next significant other or one true soul mate.
Byber accomplishes all of the above - and continues to generate 5-star reviews and critical acclaim - through a set of integrated modules that are well-designed and easy-to-use. These include:
* Discover: users can discover a world of new restaurants and bars in their neighbourhood. It's ideal for people who are bored with the same old thing, or who simply want to experience something new and exciting.
* Message: Users can send and receive messages with new people and old friends via Facebook, Twitter, SMS and email. Users can also share images with select recipients or the entire Byber community, and create their custom profile.
* Flirt: users can casually - and fearlessly - break the ice and show their interest by using Byber's flirt feature. If they get a "flirt" in return, the game is on.
* Maps: even people who have lived in a city for years can find themselves in unfamiliar surroundings and unable to find the bar or restaurant they want. However, with Byber's maps feature, this is no longer a problem. Users can see where they are, and where they need to go.
* Events: Byber makes organizing group events - such as birthdays, bachelor parties, and so on - fast and easy. Users simply use the app to pick where they want to hold an event, select a time, add a title, and send it to attendees. From start to finish the process can take less than a minute.
And now the latest version of Byber for both iOS and Android features an enhanced user interface that makes usage simpler and navigation more intuitive.
"Since launching Byber, we've been received incredibly positive feedback from people around the world who tell us that it's their favorite app," commented Christopher Keir of Byber LLC. "Our goal was to bring fun, excitement and adventure back to the social media world. The latest version takes this commitment and experience to a whole new level!"
Byber 1.2.6 is Free and available worldwide through the App Store in the Lifestyle category. There is also an Android version available on Google Play.
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Dolton high school security guard allegedly threatened to kill a student and put a gun to the student's chest in the school parking lot last week, police said.
The incident allegedly happened Nov. 28 at the Academy for Learning, a public school operated by Exceptional Children Have Opportunities, or ECHO, a south suburban special education cooperative, officials said.
The guard, who had just been asked to leave the premises after slamming and threatening the student, pulled a black firearm from his waistband and "put the muzzle of the firearm in (the student's) chest and continued to taunt him," a Dolton police report states.
The guard, an employee of a private security firm, fled in a car before responding officers arrived at the scene, according to the report.
He is not being identified because he has not been charged with a crime.
Neither the private security firm nor ECHO district officials immediately responded to requests for comment about the incident, which reportedly happened after school security guards intervened in a heated argument between three students shortly after they arrived at school that morning.
When one of the students failed to heed a security guard's commands, the guard grabbed the student by his coat, slammed him into a wall and took him to the ground, according to a police report.
While on top of the student, the guard placed his hands around the student's neck and began yelling that he was going to kill the student, the report stated.
Two other security guards had to separate their colleague from the student and the guard was asked to leave the property for the remainder of the day, the report stated.
One of the other guards walked her aggravated colleague outside and was on her way to her vehicle to get him a cigarette when two of the students involved in the earlier confrontation exited the school through the main entrance, according to the report.
Upon seeing the students, the guard "rushed" in their direction and began yelling, "What was all that . . . you were talking?" the report stated.
He then came face-to-face with the student he'd engaged earlier, brandished a gun from the front, right side of his waistband and pushed the gun into the student's chest while taunting him, according to the report.
One of the other security guards told police he witnessed the incident and said he'd previously told his colleague not to bring his personal firearm on school property.


Wow . . what a fantastic 7th Challenge, all the creations where outstanding and so happy to see you join us.
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What Does Priyanka Chopra's Engagement Ring Look Like? A Friend Might've Revealed A Sneak Peek
By Angela Chen
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Add another couple to the list of reported whirlwind engagements for 2018. Though the pair has yet to officially confirm their rumored engagement status, all signs of Nick Jonas' newest relationship seem to say he could be heading down the aisle soon. The latest clue comes from a Bollywood star's social media page: Priyanka Chopra's engagement ring might have just been revealed by a Tuesday night post from a fellow Indian actress.
The public's first look at what many believe is Chopra's engagement ring comes about three weeks after reports first came out that Jonas had popped the question. According to People, when Jonas decided to take the plunge, he reportedly shut down a Tiffany & Co. store to pick out the perfect ring for Chopra, selecting what appeared to be a customized "cushion cut diamond with tapered baguettes."
Chopra's friend, Bollywood star Raveena Tandon, 43, gave fans what looks to be a sneak peek with a couple pictures of the two on Instagram. In the photos, Chopra has her arm around Tandon, with her left hand resting clearly across her friend's shoulders. Her ring finger is tilted slightly down, but the location of the ring is as clear as the diamond in it. In the post, Tandon captioned the photo, "Peecee and I getting our pouts in order!" The pictures garnered hundreds of comments as well as 33,000 likes in the span of 8 hours.
The former star of Quantico is 36 years old, 11 years older than her reported fiance, and rumors from entertainment news outlets suggest that the two got engaged at the end of July 2018, just after a couple months of dating. According to Us Weekly, Jonas proposed while the two were celebrating her birthday in London at the time.
The Indian news outlet DNAIndia has reported that Jonas and Chopra's engagement party is supposedly happening this weekend. Because of that, families from both sides could be traveling to India to celebrate. More specifically, Jonas and his family are apparently meeting Chopra's parents. Those closest to the 25-year-old pop artist will be hopping on a transatlantic flight for the occasion, which will include a meeting with Chopra's mother Madhu and her brother Siddharth, People reported. Jonas himself has apparently already met Chopra's family from an earlier trip to Mumbai in June.
"His friends and family have never seen him like this, and they're all really excited for him," a source with People said. "He's definitely very serious about her."
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The couple's relationship status was first confirmed in an Instagram post by Jonas on June 22, in which he captioned it, "OMGGGGG MY HEART." Laid over the video of Chopra giggling toward the camera is simply the word "Her."
Jonas' rumored engagement comes three years after his split from Olivia Culpo in 2015, but he's not the only one hearing wedding bells in the family. His brother Joe announced his engagement to Sophie Turner, of Game of Thrones fame, in October of 2017, according to Billboard. Turner's stunning engagement ring has been captured and photographed clearly ahead of her wedding. Now, hungry fans are hoping the same will happen for the glittering rock on Chopra's hand, so they can make sure they don't miss a detail before the big day.


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Blog: From the Director
The rapid rate of turnover in the ranks of local school sports leadership might suggest a program that is in disarray and has lost its way. But that's not the case most of the time in most of our schools, which operate with a North Star sense of direction and regular recall of the core values of educational athletics. This is because school sports has a secret weapon.
In schools across this state there are coaches and administrators whose lifetime profession and passion has been school sports. People who chose to stick with sports when there were other opportunities in education with more regular, less demanding hours. People who chose to stay at the secondary school level when there were opportunities at higher levels. These folks are sold out for school sports, and they are the secret weapon of school sports.
For these people, school sports has been the life-affirming, life-shaping, sometimes even life-saving business of educational athletics.
For these people, school sports has been a calling, nearly a mission, not quite a crusade.
For these people, everything they do is connected, is intentional, is purposeful.
When these people conduct a coach or parent meeting, or a pep assembly or a postseason awards night, they know why they are doing so.
When these people coordinate homecoming week festivities or create their school's student-athlete advisory council or its Hall of Fame, they know why they are doing so.
It's because they know interscholastic athletic programs are good for students, schools and society in ways that other youth sports programs can't come close to matching.
The why of their work guides them and drives them. It gives meaning and motivation to their days. It assures our success.


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International Life Saving Federation
The International Life Saving Federation (ILSF) is an organisation for drowning prevention, water safety, lifesaving and lifesaving sports.
Fédération Internationale de Sauvetage Aquatique (FIS) and World Life Saving (WLS).[1]
24 February 1993; 26 years ago (1993-02-24) at Brussels
Association internationale sans but lucrative, incorporated in Belgium
Drowning prevention
Promotion of lifesaving
Lifesaving sport
Gemeenteplein 26 3010 Leuven Belgium
Graham Ford (2012–15)
board of directors.[2]
ARISF
IWGA
http://www.ilsf.org/
2 Lifesaving sport
2.1 Lifesaving sport disciplines
2.2 Lifesaving World championships
2.3 Other international events
3 Certification
4 Recognition, affiliations and agreements
The International Life Saving Federation (ILS) comprises over 130 national life saving organisations/federations aiming at improving water safety, drowning prevention, water rescue, lifesaving and lifeguarding and lifesaving sport.
The supreme authority of ILS is the General Assembly on which member organisations are represented. The Elective General Assembly elects a board of directors. The board of directors conducts the business of ILS between meetings of the General Assembly and is chaired by the President. The General Secretariat (Headquarters) is located in Leuven (Belgium) and houses the administration.
ILS has four regional branches, in Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe. They initiate, supervise and coordinate regional activities.
ILS commissions are composed of committees and working groups responsible for the management, development and technical aspects of each major ILS field of activity.
ILS cooperates with partner organisations, governments, non-government organisations (NGOs) and sponsors to promote lifesaving worldwide.
Lifesaving sportEdit
Lifesaving sport disciplinesEdit
As of July 2013, lifesaving sport (also known as competitive lifesaving) at the international level consists of the following disciplines – 100m Manikin Tow with Fins, 100m Obstacle Swim (Masters), 100m Rescue Medley, 200m Obstacle Swim, 200m Super Lifesaver, 4x25m Manikin Relay, 4x50m Medley Relay, 4x50m Obstacle Relay, 50m Manikin Carry, Line Throw, Simulated Emergency Response Competition (SERC), 100m Manikin Carry with Fins, Beach Flags, Beach Relay, Beach Run, Beach Sprint, Board Race, Board Relay, Board Rescue, Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) Rescue, IRB Rescue Tube Rescue, IRB Team Rescue, Oceanman – Oceanwoman, Oceanman Relay, Rescue Tube Race, Rescue Tube Rescue, Run Swim Run, Surf Boat Race, Surf Race, Surf ski Race, Surf Ski Relay and Surf Teams Race.[3]
Lifesaving World championshipsEdit
The Lifesaving World Championships which are known as the 'Rescue' series (i.e. Rescue 2008), are organised by the ILS every two years. The World Championships consist of National Teams World Championships, Interclub Teams World Championships, Masters World Championships, Surfboats World Championships and IRB World Championships. Additional championships can include events such as March Past and Long Distance Race. The World Championships attract between 3,000 and 5,000 competitors and officials, and are conducted over a period of 12 to 14 days.[4]
Other international eventsEdit
As of July 2013, lifesaving sport (both pool and beach-surf) is included in the following international events:[5]
The World Games which are organised by the International World Games Association (IWGA) every four years in the year immediately following the Summer Olympic Games.[6]
The Military World Games which are organised by the International Military Sports Council (CISM) every four years,
The World Masters Games which are sponsored by the International Masters Games Association (IMGA) are held every four years,
The Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships which are organised by the Royal Life Saving Society Commonwealth every two years,[7]
The Military Swimming and Lifesaving World Championships are held bi-annually by the CISM as part of the Military World Championships.
CertificationEdit
The ILS issues certificates to qualified persons who wish for international recognition for their level of training where this meets the minimum internationally recognised competencies published by ILS. As of July 2013, certificates are available for the following training levels: Junior Lifesaver, Lifesaver, Lifeguard Pool, Lifeguard Inland Open Water, Lifeguard Surf, Instructor Junior Lifesaver, Instructor Lifesaver, Instructor Pool Lifeguard, Instructor Inland Open Water Lifeguard, Instructor Surf Lifeguard, Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver, Rescue Dive Master, Instructor 1 Rescue Dive, Instructor 2 Rescue Dive, Instructor 3 Rescue Dive, Rescue Boat Crew, Rescue Boat Driver, Jet ski Operator, AED Certificates, Instructor AED, K9 Certificate and K9 Instructor.[8]
Recognition, affiliations and agreementsEdit
Organisations which recognise ILS as the international federation for lifesaving sport include the International Olympic Committee (IOC), SportAccord, the World Games and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).[9][10][11][12] ILS also is a member of the Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF).[13] ILS has an agreement with the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS) signed on 21 October 1994 regarding recognition of the ILS rescue diver and instructor certification program.[14]
ILS membership which consists of 100 national federations, includes the following organisations:[15]Royal Life Saving Society Australia, Surf Life Saving Australia, Lifesaving Society, Royal Life Saving Society Commonwealth, Rashtriya Life Saving Society, Türkiye Sualtı Sporları Federasyonu, Royal Life Saving Society UK, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, United States Lifesaving Association, Royal Spanish Livesaving Association and YMCA of the USA.
World Life Saving Championships
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ILS Europe website
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Orland Conservation completed a comprehensive land securement guidance document for Essex Region Conservation Authority in 2012. The ERCA Land Securement Strategy was developed to provide a strategic foundation for future ERCA land securement efforts by guiding permanent protection of the Region's most biologically significant natural features. The report reviewed land securement methods appropriate for the Region, and provided recommendations on the implementation of a land securement program.
The Essex Region Conservation Authority watershed is an area with low natural cover, the highest concentration of globally rare species in Ontario and one third of Canada's rare plant and animal species all nested within one of Canada's most important agricultural areas. ERCA has been actively acquiring properties since its formation in the 1970s on a project-by-project basis, including several acquisitions through its Clean Water~Green Spaces program.


Gone are the days of school counselors sitting in their office simply handing out college applications, making schedule changes for students who want to drop a class or meeting with the troublemakers in the school. Today's school counselors help students in the areas of academic achievement; personal/social and career development, ensuring students become the productive, well-adjusted adults of tomorrow.
School counselors spend most of their time in direct service to and contact with students, focusing on overall delivery of total program through guidance curriculum, individual student planning and responsive services. Schools should eliminate or reassign certain inappropriate program tasks –such as developing indirect services called system support– so that counselors can focus on the prevention needs of their programs.
Today's young people are living in an exciting time, with an increasingly diverse society, new technologies and expanding opportunities. They face unique and diverse challenges, both personally and developmentally, that have an impact on academic achievement.
The elementary years are a time when students begin to develop their academic self-concept, competence, confidence as learners, decision-making, communication and life skills, character values, as well as acquire attitudes toward school, self, peers, social groups and family.
Comprehensive developmental school counseling programs provide education, prevention and intervention services, which are integrated into all aspects of children's lives.
Early identification and intervention of children's academic and personal/social needs is essential in removing barriers to learning and in promoting academic achievement.
Elementary school counselors are professional educators with a mental health perspective, who understand and respond to the challenges presented by today's diverse student population. They do not work in isolation; rather they are integral to the total educational program.
At-risk student identification and implementation of interventions to enhance success.


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Welcome to Sammy's Pizza
Sammy's Pizza was established in 1953 in Kankakee. Over the years we have grown to four locations. We now have locations in Kankakee, Bourbonnais, Momence and Peotone. As we continue to grow our goal is to continue to provide the best food in Kankakee County.
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Stop in for a beer and try our 2014 Best Pizza in Kankakee County - Sammy's Tough Guy Pizza. After all the votes were cast, The Tough Guy came out on top as the Best.
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Our Best Food
Enjoy our eight breaded hot or mild with choice of sauce: Garlic, Honey Sriracha, Garlic Parm, BBQ or Buffalo. Served with celery & bleu cheese or ranch dressing Order Online
Sammy's Jumbo Wings
Our specialty is cooked to perfection with the Original recipe since 1953 Order Online
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Our meaty Itialian Beef that is served with au jus and pepperoncini peppers Order Online
Sammy's Italian Beef
Oreo's dipped in the batter & fried with a taste and smoothness you will crave again. Order Online
Sammy's Fried Oreo's
Kankakee Hours
Monday 4:00 pm - 1:00 am
Tuesday 4:00 pm - 1:00 am
Wednesday 4:00 pm - 1:00 am
Thursday 4:00 pm - 1:00 am
Friday 4:00 pm - 1:00 am
Sautrday 4:00 pm - 1:00 am
Sunday 4:00 pm - 1:00 am
Bar Open 1 Hour After Kitchen Closes
Peotone Hours
Friday 4:00pm - 12:00am
Sautrday 4:00pm - 12:00am
Bar Hours Same As Kitchen Hours
Momence Hours
Monday 11:00am - 10:00pm
Tuesday 11:00am - 10:00pm
Wednesday 11:00am - 10:00pm
Thursday 11:00am - 10:00pm
Friday 11:00am - 12:00am
Sautrday 11:00am - 12:00am
Sunday 11:00am - 10:00pm
Bourbonnais Hours
Monday 11:00am - 1:00 am
Tuesday 11:00am - 1:00 am
Wednesday 11:00am - 1:00 am
Thursday 11:00am - 1:00 am
Friday 11:00am - 1:00 am
Sautrday 11:00am - 1:00 am
Sunday 11:00am - 17:00am
Manteno Hours
Friday 11:00am - 1:00am
Sautrday 11:00am - 1:00am
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