LearningExpressLibrary & "PSAT/SAT" Tests

Have you had a hard time finding the PSAT/SAT tests on this site? Did you think they had been removed? Well fear not, they are still here and located in several places. If you are looking for PSAT and SAT practise tests go to the subject heading "College Entrance Exams" and you will find the majority of the tests here. If you are looking for writing PSAT/SAT tests they can be found under the subject heading "Writing Improvement Program".

In addition to these areas LearningExpress also offers E-BOOKS for these tests. LearningExpress provides study guides and test-preparation books to help people prepare for high-stakes tests—to advance in school, or pass licensing, certification, or competitive entry-level exams.

To find a book on a particular subject, click on the E-BOOKS subject tab and enter a topic (e.g., "SAT") in the search field. All E-BOOKS on that subject will appear. Don't forget to reccomend this site to your customers when they need SAT help!

Medical Examiner's Office Moves

On October 1st the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's office moved from its long time home on South Morgan Street, downtown to their new location on 46th street. New address and telephone numbers can be found off their web page at:

http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/medexam/

New Phone Number and Hours for Temple Terrace Public Library

On October 1st, 2008 the Temple Terrace Public Library will change their hours of operation as well as their phone number. For more detailed information please visit their web site at: http://www.templeterrace.com/library/index.htm

New Digital Music Class @ John F. Germany Public Library

Explore digital music available from the library and on the web in a new Digital Music class at the John F. Germany Public Library. The class will be held on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 7:00 pm. Adults and teens are welcome.

Though not required, attendees are encouraged to bring portable MP3 players and/or USB drives to this highly interactive class.

This class would be a great help to anyone interested in using the downloadable music collection in the TBLC Digital Media Catalog.

Please mention this class to anyone who might be interested. (This class is not listed in Page by Page.) Thanks!

Google News Archives - Historical Newspapers

Google has launched additional services with their Google News site – indexing and archiving of many of America’s newspapers – full-text, keyword searchable and …full-page digital images.

This initiative makes more old newspapers accessible and searchable online by partnering with newspaper publishers to digitize millions of pages of news archives. Let's say you want to learn more about the first years of the Gandy Bridge. Try a search for [gandy bridge] on Google News Archive Search, and you'll be able to find and read an original article from 1924 through the late 1980s in a digital edition of the St. Petersburg Times. Nationally, the newspaper archives goes back more than 200 years into America’s past.

This will be a great resource for student – and anyone else – doing historical research through some of America’s best known newspapers.

Give it a try:
(1) go to Google
(2) select News from the options at the top left of the page
(3) select the “News archive search” option
You can search nationally or choose the advanced search feature to limit to a specific newspaper. The St. Petersburg Times is the only local paper currently included.

Follow-up to New Hillsborough County Flood Maps

New Flood Maps Have Now Taken Effect

As of Aug. 28, Hillsborough County's new flood maps have become official for flood insurance and development purposes. This process of updating the County's new flood maps, which has been going on for the past ten years, is part of a required update of flood maps across the United States. The last time the maps were formally updated in Hillsborough County was 1992 and some parts of the County have not been updated since 1980.
In all, approximately 18,000 properties moved into the high-risk flood zone for the first time and approximately 17,000 properties moved out of the high-risk flood zone. With these updates, more than 78,000 properties in Hillsborough County are now in the high-risk flood zone.
If residents have property that has moved into a high-risk area with the Countys new flood maps, they will now likely be required to have a flood insurance policy. Most mortgage lenders will require that they have such a policy as part of their loan agreement, if their structure is in the boundary of the flood zone. If affected residents have not yet been contacted by their lender, they probably will be in the coming months.
Property owners can view the new official maps online at:



http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/pgm/hazardmit/floodMap/mapviewer.cfm



Users can search the maps by address or property folio number.
If residents still feel the flood map boundaries are incorrect on their property, they can apply for a Letter of Map Amendment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). A Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) is a federal document that identifies that there should be no flood insurance requirement placed on the mortgage holder's structure because the primary structure and all attached areas (screen enclosures, garages, etc.) are out of the high-risk area. To learn more about the LOMA process, you can contact FEMAs Map Assistance Center at 1-877-336-2627 or visit the following FEMA website:



http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/ot_lmreq.shtm


The update of these maps is one of the County's many floodplain management activities. These activities are reviewed on an annual basis by the National Flood Insurance Program and result in residents receiving discounted flood insurance rates. Currently, residents within the unincorporated county receive a combined $5 million dollars in discounts annually on their flood insurance rates due to the Countys efforts.
For more information about this process, residents can visit the Flood Map website listed above or contact their lender, insurance agent or the Countys Building Services Division at (813) 307-4510.