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Welcome to Silent Memories Photography My name is Seth Graham. My specialty is Photography along with Web Design and Computer Services. I am a wedding photographer, portrait photographer, and sports photographer. I am located in the small town of Caledonia, New York. I am the owner of Silent Memories Photography and Seth Graham Computers & Design.
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July, 1969, Yosemite Park, California. I took this out our car window against my father's advice. We went to Yosemite as a family each year until I went away to college; my parents continued to go for many years after. Those were amazing years in Yosemite and we even experienced the famous Yosemite Firefall where park rangers got a pile of logs burning on top of Glacier Point and pushed the embers over the 3000′ cliff to the delight of the tourists below (well, not directly below).
Yes, we went to Ansel Adams' slide lectures and met him numerous times at his gallery in the Valley.
Those were the days. A few years later I was back in Yosemite as a climber. Those were even better days.


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about 5 oranges per quart jar
1 1/4 cups sugar
5 1/2 cups water
1/2 to 1 teaspoon of honey
Peel, seed and segment oranges. Place segments in a quart jar, packing firmly, but not tightly. Mix sugar and water in a saucepan until sugar is dissolved and mixture is just under the boiling point. Add in 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of honey. It's better to add a small amount and taste the mixture and then add more if you want a stronger Honey flavor. Let simmer for about 5 minutes. Ladle about 1 cup of syrup into the jar and wait a minute for the jar to come up in temperature. This is to avoid having the jar crack. When you can feel that the jar is hot, ladle more syrup into the jar, leaving about 1/4″ head space. Use a non-metal utensil to burp the jar. (running it along the inside edges, pushing back the fruit slightly so that air bubbles can escape.) Ladle in more syrup if needed. Wipe the rim of the jar and seal it up with a lid and ring.
Place in the refrigerator after the jar has cooled. These are VERY good if you heat them back up before eating. If you'd like, you can slice each orange segment cross-wise to blend the flavors more. Personally, I love the orange flavor of the fruit with the sugary-honey flavor of the syrup.
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In 1984, Collier became intimately involved in the development of Maryland's MFA in creative writing and has helped direct it to its current heights.
In addition to his volumes of poetry, The Clasp and Other Poems, The Folded Heart, The Neighbor, The Ledge, and Dark Wild Realm, Collier also wrote an acclaimed translation of Euripedes' Medea for Oxford University Press's Greek Tragedy in New Translations series that has been performed by theater companies across the country. Collier's most recent poetry collection An Individual History (W.W. Norton, 2013). Of the poems in an An Individual History, Eavan Boland writes, that "with music, time, and a sheer narrative [...] these poems find their path to an almost secret place, where history and memory meet." His awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, two NEA fellowships, and selections as a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the LA Times Book Prize for Poetry for 2001's The Ledge.
Collier holds posts as the director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Middlebury, Vermont, the longest running writers' conference in the country, and as poetry editorial consultant for Houghton Mifflin. Despite the variety of prestigious posts held and prolific poetic output, the former Maryland poet laureate has been instrumental in developing the careers of many undergraduate and graduate students.


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Fiction of any sort – be it a poem, a song, a movie or a book – requires its audience to be flexible. To silence the inevitable voices in their minds telling them that dragons do not exist, that magic is, well, just that. Space ships don't shoot lasers, and one man armed with a single pistol can't take on squad after squad of killer mercenaries and come out alive.
The term bandied about for this flexibility is suspension of disbelief, or the ability for the audience to stop themselves from questioning whatever's going on in front of them. Lovers of fiction, especially of the wackier varieties, have to hone this skill (and it is a skill) in order to take the exceptionally fantastic tales for a spin and still absorb the impact those tales attempt to deliver, an impact that can often be stronger, and more straightforward than a real-world scenario could provide (just look at fairy tales).
And now the sharp turn towards Avengers: Infinity War, a movie that, is a miracle to even exist. Its primary villain is, more or less, an almighty purple thumb. Its protagonists include a talking raccoon, the Norse god of thunder, a kid who's been bitten by a radioactive spider, and, uh, a robot brought to life by a magical stone.
To say this story requires a lot of its audience is an understatement.
Which is why it's rough, and I'm striving to avoid spoilers here, that so many gave it and are now bitter or frustrated by the ending, even though neither of those emotions come from (I think) the film itself. They come from, instead, the realities of the world outside the fiction – namely, the world in which future film schedules and expiring contracts contrive to sap the emotion from the story being told.
In short, when the audience can't suspend their disbelief because of the circumstances around the story, it seems unfair to blame that story for it. At the same time, it's nigh impossible not to consider everything we experience through the lens of the lives we lead. Some of us is going to bleed into what we watch, read, or listen to.
Still, if you can, I would challenge you to take the next movie you watch, the next comic you page through, or the next tale you hear told as its own thing. Try to avoid questioning its choices, spotting typos or plot holes. Sink into the world being crafted in front of you and embrace the punches it throws.
Do that well, and you'll get the experience what the creators are hoping for. And, who knows, you'll probably have more fun.
A couple things:
- I did actually enjoy Infinity War. There's definitely a "part one of two" element there, which is always a little unsatisfying, but I think that's lessened here because Marvel has conditioned us to expect a continuing story after all of their movies. And it's still a blast to watch these heroes and villains crack wise and smash stuff on screen.
- I'm reading Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn right now (it's a trilogy), and I'm realizing how long its been since I've dug into a true Epic Fantasy novel. In the book world, an epic fantasy that you fall in love with provides a unique experience – they're so large, the worlds created are often so detailed, with large casts of characters, that, if you let yourself get sucked in, it's awesome.


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- 2 lemons
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- 1/2 cup thinly sliced onion
- 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
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- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 pound fusilli
- Finely grate zest from lemons, then juice; set aside zest and juice. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Meanwhile, reserving shells, peel and devein shrimp. In a small saucepan, combine shrimp shells, onion and 1/4 cup oil. Over medium heat, bring mixture to a simmer; cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Add lemon juice, increase heat to medium-high and cook 1 minute, then add cream, 1/4 teaspoon salt and generous pinch pepper. Reduce heat to low; gently simmer sauce, 5 minutes. Remove from heat; cover to keep warm. Boil pasta until al dente. Meanwhile, in a medium skillet, heat remaining tablespoon oil over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add shrimp, reduce heat to medium and cook, turning occasionally, until opaque and just cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Drain pasta, then transfer to a large serving bowl. Over pasta, strain sauce through a medium-mesh sieve, pressing on solids to extract all liquid. Add shrimp and zest; toss to combine. Serve immediately.


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With no warning whatsoever, Walt Disney went and dropped a second trailer for The Lion King at 5 a.m. PT this morning. Thanks a lot, Mickey. I guess "winning the internet" with a likely Star Wars trailer (and title) for "Episode IX" on Friday wasn't enough for one weekend. Maybe they'll throw out a new Frozen II trailer tomorrow just to make it a hat trick.
Anyway, in the realm of things that are painfully obvious, this longer, 105-second trailer for The Lion King is a visual marvel, offering photorealistic animation that creates the illusion of a live-action remake of The Lion King.
Yes, as my 11-year-old explained (as she rolled her eyes), it's not really live action unless they filmed actual animals performing the film. Whatever—she'll still see it when the time comes, as will much of the world. We know this Jon Favreau-directed remake of the blockbuster 1994 toon is going to be big; the only question is "How big?"
I'm totally okay with folks arguing that the visual splendor, the high-profile voice cast, the timeless appeal of the "Hamlet meets Bambi in Africa" flick and the generational nostalgia for the source material may put Lion King on a plane alongside Avengers: Endgame, Star Wars IX and (I would argue) Frozen II. But the notion that it could be the biggest movie ever (as I've seen argued here and there) is tantamount to pre-release sabotage.
Even if The Lion King does the unthinkable and tops $2 billion, it'll still be around $775 million below Avatar. If it sells the same number of tickets worldwide as the animated version did in its original 1994 theatrical release ($766 million worldwide), that'll still be (adjusted for relative inflation) under $1.4 billion global. And that 1994 release existed in a time when A) more people went to the movies just to go to the movies, B) more people saw a movie multiple times in theaters and C) there were far fewer movies in a given season of the size and scale of Walt Disney's The Lion King.
One bright spot is that much of the dialogue we hear in the trailer (most of it delivered offscreen) is different from the original or at least expanded from the 88-minute original's screenplay. While the film may or may not benefit from expanded scenes, new scenes or an overall longer running time (124-minute Beauty and the Beast <<< 84-minute Beauty and the Beast of 1991), the only way folks are going to shell out movie theater money to see this more than once in theaters is if it succeeds in offering a "new" experience beyond just seeing the original with a different coat of paint and a new vocal cast.
If it's just the same movie delivered via different filmmaking tools, then it's essentially Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake, which remains a fascinating cinematic curiosity 21 years later but wasn't a hit and certainly didn't inspire repeat business even from those who enjoyed the experiment. I absolutely believe that plenty of folks will show up to see this new Lion King even if it's somewhat redundant (after all, fans of a given stage show will happily see that show again with a new cast). But I have a harder time believing that folks will take their kids multiple times to this new Lion King if it's essentially the same movie as the 1994 version.
We're talking about whether The Lion King will make "most of the money" or "all the money" when it opens on July 19. The film is a retelling of Disney's most popular Katzenberg-era toon, one that still stands as one of the biggest-grossing animated movies ever even adjusted for inflation. With a cast that includes Donald Glover, Beyoncé, James Earl Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, John Kani, John Oliver and Alfre Woodard, and with an opportunity to "update" some of the misgivings that met the film during its initial release (more discussion of inequality, less cultural stereotyping, etc.), the sky is the limit. But we should remember that Avatar currently sits well above even the highest clouds.
I've studied the film industry, both academically and informally, and with an emphasis in box office analysis, for nearly 30 years. I have extensively written about all…
I've studied the film industry, both academically and informally, and with an emphasis in box office analysis, for nearly 30 years. I have extensively written about all of said subjects for the last 11 years. My outlets for film criticism, box office commentary, and film-skewing scholarship have included The Huffington Post, Salon, and Film Threat. Follow me at @ScottMendelson and "like" The Ticket Booth on Facebook.


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Social media is big business these days. Successful employers use online platforms for a variety of uses, like viral marketing campaigns, direct ads, recruitment efforts, screening potential candidates for employment, and communicating with existing employees. However, this increased connectivity comes with increased risk. As technology continues to evolve, the laws around it do, too.
Use Caution with Targeted Recruiting
One advantage of social media is that it makes it easy to push your content to a targeted demographic, e.g., to show ads for maternity clothes to young women of childbearing age but not to users over 55. If you're using social media to advertise careers with your organization, however, this targeted dissemination may run afoul of anti-discrimination laws. Federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws like the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) prohibit discrimination in hiring based on a prospective employee's membership in a protected class. Some social media platforms' algorithms may automatically distribute your content in an illegally discriminatory manner, so it's important to take steps to affirmatively control the audience for your recruitment messages.
Learning Protected Information
According to a recent survey, 70 percent of employers use social media to screen candidates before hiring. While this can be beneficial and benign in many cases—affirming that a candidate's educational and professional background is accurate, for example—it can also be a virtual minefield. Individuals' social media platforms are often littered with information that is impermissible for a potential employer to take into account in the hiring process, like indications of their religious beliefs or sexual orientation. A safer way to use this valuable source of information without potentially running afoul of the law is to use an outside, third-party background check service that comports with all federal and state credit and background check laws to screen potential new hires.
If it's impossible or impractical to use an outside service, a company's human resources department should perform any social media screening and should not share any protected information with the individuals directly involved in the hiring process. Creating a list of social media sites that will be searched for each prospective employee, using the list to uniformly screen all prospective employees, and keeping thorough documentation of search results for each candidate can help reduce your risk of potential issues.
Passwords and Connections
Many states, including New Jersey, have passed laws prohibiting employers from requesting employees' or potential employees' passwords and/or username information or otherwise demanding access to the "private" portions of personal social media accounts. Case law and guidance from multiple jurisdictions also caution against sending "friend" or connection requests to potential employees before hiring and also against connecting with their friends or connections. Avoiding this can help reduce the chances of claims that the employer was attempting to gain access to otherwise private information.
Employee Social Media Content Protections
New Jersey is an "employment at will" state, which means that employees may quit their jobs at any time, with or without notice, and private employers are free to terminate their workers for any non-prohibited reason without notice, warning, cause, or severance. Because of this, it's not against the law for a private employer to terminate an existing employee or refuse to hire a new employee for what they find on publicly available social media platforms so long as that information doesn't relate to a legally protected characteristic (such as race or age). For example, an employer who learns you love heavy metal music and cats could decide you're not a good fit for their dog-loving, reggae-listening company.
However, existing employees are protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) if they use social media to discuss their "terms and conditions of employment," including wages, hours, and working conditions. The law protects the rights of employees to discuss, organize, and take action to address conditions at work, including certain work-related conversations conducted on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.[1] The protection is relatively narrow; ordinary "gripes" or complaints are not protected without some relationship to "concerted activity" among workers. Complaining about your boss, harassing, mocking, or bullying other employees, or engaging in arguments with co-workers on your social media platforms would probably not be NLRA-protected speech.
Questions About Employment Discrimination?
Whether you're an employer, employee, or a job seeker, it's important that you know your rights when it comes to social media. Because these laws are constantly changing, if you have any questions or concerns, you should consult with a qualified employment attorney. The lawyers at the Mark Law Firm have experience with anti-discrimination cases and can help you. Contact us today.
[1] "The NLRA and Social Media." NLRB.gov. National Labor Relations Board. Accessed 16 Feb 2018.


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So East Central Machine & Tools have just 15 business days from receipt of citations to completely request a conference with OSHA and pay the penalty.
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Publishers Weekly reports that all four winners of 2012 National Book Awards — Louise Erdrich's The Round House, Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers, David Ferry's Bewilderment, and William Alexander's Goblin Secrets — saw sales spikes in the month immediately after their win. Erdrich sold 30,000 copies after her win, while Alexander has seen sales of his poetry book surge to a total of 2000 copies sold. Considering, from personal experience, how extraordinarily difficult it can be to sell even one copy of a book, I am even more motivated to make my next novel worthy of attention from the awards committees, but commenter John J. Geoghan is not impressed. "The really shocking thing here is that in a nation of 350 million people, approximately 172 million of which pay admission to see a movie in any give year, the number of book sales for National Book Award winners remain depressingly small." He has a point.
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I'm an extroverted introvert—or an introverted extrovert. (Haven't figured that one out quite yet.) I'm twenty pounds of crazy in a five pound bag. I'm a writer, novelist, poet, a gypsy with a camera, a realistic daydreamer and an inspired procrastinator.
Linda Donahue is a writer and poet. Her debut poetry collection, illusions and misdemeanors, was released in 2019. Her novel Broken, is set to be published late 2020. She's also the writer of numerous short stories and a photographer whose work has been exhibited at galleries in New York and Miami. She's been featured in the Palm Beach Post, Women's World, the Wall Street Journal, and online at Lost in Cheeseland and HiP Paris. A former creative director and copywriter, she's served on the board of directors of several local and regional organizations, including the American Heart Association, Tobacco Free Florida, and Florida Governor Jeb Bush's Women and Heart Disease Task Force. A proud native of the Garden State, she currently resides in Miami with her (crazy) dog, Bonzo.
You're from New Jersey?
Proudly so. I'm from the same town that brought you Harlan Coben, Chelsea Handler, and Chris Christie.
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What's the best Bruce Springsteen song?
The one that's playing right now.
When did you know you wanted to be a writer?
I can't remember not wanting to be a writer.
When did you take up photography?
My first experience with a camera was in front of it. My father, a lawyer by trade, took up photography as a hobby while I was in my "tween" years. He was pretty darned good, but as a self-taught artist, he learned his craft through experimentation. Unfortunately, I was the subject of that experimentation. Dad learned depth of field, lighting, and exposure by placing me in myriad uncomfortable situations—indoors, outdoors and in pitch dark rooms. I believe several sections of the Geneva Convention were violated as my father tortured me for countless hours. Having been traumatized by my experience, I took up photography as therapy while in high school. My father fled in fear each time I tried to get him to pose for me (knowing I was out for revenge), so I began aiming my lens at inanimate objects and landscapes. I put the camera aside for a while when I went to college, focusing instead on honing my writing skills. I kept it in storage while I began a career as a writer. But after a few years, I needed a creative escape that didn't require thinking or words, I dusted off my Canon and rediscovered a world of inspiration. It was like gaining entrée into a dimension that few could see, where I could capture incredible moments in time and space. Best of all, it's an unlimited reservoir of inspiration I can tap into. And now it's how I see the world.
What else inspires you?
The way human beings interact with the world. When a person with limited means gives what he or she has to someone with even less, I find myself wanting to be more generous. When a person keeps jumping over hurdles others think impossible to achieve a dream or purpose, it makes me want to work harder. When an artist/musician/writer risks all to share themselves with the world, it makes me a little more fearless in doing the same.


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Ambassador Owada currently serves as President of the Japan Institute of International Affairs, Advisor to Japan's Minister of Foreign Affairs and as a Senior Advisor to the President of the World Bank. From 1994 to 1998, Ambassador Owada served as Japan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, where he was deeply engaged in promoting new strategies for international development.
Ambassador Owada is among the world's most knowledgeable and creative international diplomats. He brings to the Foundation a remarkable understanding of the United Nations and its work on behalf of peace and progress," UNF President Timothy E. Wirth said. "The entire Board of Directors is delighted that Ambassador Owada has agreed to join us."
Ambassador Owada has a distinguished career in foreign affairs and academia. He has played an instrumental role in the formulation of Japanese foreign policy for more than three decades, on issues ranging from reducing Cold War tensions to developing cooperative international agreements. In his diplomatic career, Ambassador Owada has served as Private Secretary to the Foreign Minister and then to the Prime Minister of Japan. He also has served as Director-General of the Treaties Bureau (Principal Legal Advisor), Deputy Minister and Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan. He served as Japan's Permanent Representative to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development from 1988 to 1989.
In the academic world, Ambassador Owada has taught for 25 years at Tokyo University, as well as at Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School and New York University Law School.
The United Nations Foundation was created in 1998 with businessman and philanthropist R.E. Turner's historic gift to support UN causes. The United Nations Foundation promotes a more peaceful, prosperous, and just world through the support of the United Nations and its Charter. Through its grantmaking and by building new and innovative public-private partnerships, the United Nations Foundation acts to meet the most pressing health, humanitarian, socioeconomic, and environmental challenges of the 21st century.


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The island is big enough to be interesting and small enough to get to know it. We promote harmony to maintain a peaceful environment. Our accommodation is powered by solar energy, as well as utilizing solar power to charge up your electronic equipment. We collected fresh rainwater, which we filter and store in tanks for our use. The resort is connected to the outside world by VHF radio, mobile telephone, and wireless internet. We provide and serve local organic foods and we recycle where possible.
We are very proud to own two of the most highly efficient boats in Vava'u, which we use for the transportation of our guests and for our water related activities. "Tofua'a Moana" (Ocean Whale) is our traditional 37ft outrigger. "Moana Loloto" (Deep Ocean) is our 31 ft. walk around cabin, tunnel haul exploration and scuba boat. Both boats were designed and built by the resorts' owner, Mark Belvedere. Our boats are both environmentally friendly vessels, moving quickly, smoothly and quietly to provide you with the most comfortable boat transportation and with a quite approach to the whales during our whale swim season.
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Our company was founded in 2006. Treasure Island Resort is situated on Eueiki island in Vava'u, Tonga. We are the first and only inhabitants of the island, making Treasure Island Resort the perfect destination for those seeking peace and true serenity. When you stay at our resort you will have the opportunity to learn about the highlights of the untold story of the greatest seafaring migration in human history. Other plans include showcasing the history behind the former King of Tonga's 108-foot double-hull sailing canoe, the "Kalia", along with the addition of an educational library and museum. Soon, visitors to Treasure Island Resort will be able to experience smaller sailing outriggers while whale watching, fishing, or seafood gathering.
The resort has 8 traditional Tongan thatched fales. Fale is the Tongan word for house. All our fales have a king size bed that can be split up into two single beds to accommodate a twin configuration. An extra single cot can be added to accommodate a third person.
Each fale has an ensuite bathroom with a hot and cold running rain water shower, screened windows, bath towels, and an outside covered porch. Our fales feature a service of a tray with coffee or tea taken to your veranda at 7a.m. every morning during your stay. Beach towels are provided at the main fale upon your request. At your doorstep, the pristine waters of the turquoise lagoon await. Bask in the sun on the beach or relax in the comfort of a shady hammock – all within feet of your front door.
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March 12-13, 2003
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The charge of this paper was to identify and validate an indicator of school connectedness using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). In this paper I identify two indicators of school connectedness that tap the subdomains of social belonging and the relationship with teachers, and I make recommendations regarding their use in national and state-level monitoring systems.
Resnick and colleagues (1997) invented the term school connectedness to describe adolescents' perception of safety, belonging, respect and feeling cared for at school. In a cross-sectional analysis of risk and protective factors for eight different health risk outcomes among adolescents, Resnick et al. (1997) identified school connectedness as the only school-related variable that was protective for every single outcome. Widespread dissemination of this finding, along with its intuitive appeal, has led to an eagerness on the parts of state health departments and school boards to monitor how well they are doing in terms of promoting school connectedness.
Despite the interest, the empirical evidence of a causal relationship between school connectedness and adolescent development is rather limited. The next section reviews the theoretical underpinnings of the concept of school connectedness, the empirical evidence of its importance to promoting adolescent development, and the ways it has been previously measured in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.


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ST. PAUL — Minnesota scientists say they could have a tool to detect a fatal neurodegenerative disease in deer within two years. But it will come at a cost.
As the state fights to protect wild and captive deer from catching chronic wasting disease, veterinary scientists at the University of Minnesota told Forum News Service on Monday, Jan. 28, that they expect to have a breakthrough prototype tool to detect the disease in 2021. And they asked lawmakers last week for $1.8 million to make that a reality.
There's no test that can detect the disease in live deer at this point. And there's no vaccine or antidote to get rid of it.
And as wildlife officials report increasing numbers of deer infected with the disease, some warned that Minnesota's deer population — and possibly others — could face a serious threat if CWD can't be managed.
Chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in other species, but not in humans. But scientists worry that the disease, which is like mad cow disease, could become a danger to humans if not kept in check.
"There's an affliction now and it's attacking this tradition and it's causing fear and we owe it to history like this to try and to go for the moonshot," Peter Larsen, a professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences, said, pointing to Theodore Roosevelt's book "The Deer Family."
The disease stems from a mutation in proteins called prions and it was first detected in captive deer in 1967. And it is highly contagious. It can be spread through an animal's waste, saliva and bodily fluids.
And from those bodily materials, it can pass to other animals that eat an infected deer's remains or interact with soil or plants which soak up the animal matter. Scientists say they don't yet know how long the mutated prions can live on.
In Minnesota, more than 30 wild deer have been confirmed to have CWD. Wisconsin, by comparison, has reported thousands of cases. Minnesota Natural Resource officials have scheduled special sharpshooter hunts to help expose the scale of the problem and state lawmakers have said they'd explore possible legislative solutions.
Minnesota legislators last week heard the pitch from U of M scientists and said they'd seriously consider that as they weigh how to write a nearly $50 billion state budget.
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To test a deer or other cervid for CWD now, the animal needs to be killed and samples of its brain stem undergo examination. That process takes more than two weeks and can run $30-80 per test.
"It's slow and it's expensive and it's invasive and it's on dead animals," Jeremy Schefers, a diagnostician in the Minnesota Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, said. "This particular test although it's good, it doesn't serve our needs."
Schefers said his lab would struggle to process tests for the hundreds of thousands of deer killed during hunting season each year. And hunters would have to wait weeks to see test results before breaking butchered deer meat out of the freezer for cooking.
Schefers and Larsen said they'd like to see a test that was closer to a take-home pregnancy test: something hunters could take into the field and scientists could use to detect CWD in the animals or their waste within minutes.
That way people would know earlier, and possibly while an animal is alive if the deer is infected and its disease could spread.
Asking for $1.8 million
The scientists working on the project said they were hopeful that lawmakers would accept their pitch, despite the $1.8 million price tag.
"The ask seems like a lot, just under $2 million, but research is really expensive," said Pam Skinner, a professor of veterinary and biomedical sciences. "It takes millions of dollars for new treatments."
Scientists and hunting enthusiasts have said the state brings in more than $1 billion each year from the Minnesota hunting economy and further spread of CWD could erode that.
Minnesota lawmakers are set to present their budget priorities later this year.


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on August 31, 2011 at 7:53 am Bill
Capercallie (sp?)
Melanistic ring-necked pheasant?
A most photogenic bird that should be left alone fathering or mothering many many chicks.
on September 25, 2011 at 8:40 pm snakey
I can include mild (VERY mild) OCD and severe anxiety among my life's rainbow of challenges; being averse to human company but fairly internet-capable, I enjoy researching animals as an extremely time-consuming hobby. "Aberrant" anything tends to catch my eye fastest, and I'm with Priscilla Lai up there. To me that looks like a melanistic female pheasant, most likely Phasianus colchicus (hardly any help as it's one of the most variable pheasants).


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Dr. William L. Fischbein received his Ph. D. in nuclear physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and served as Assistant Professor of Physics at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. As a research scientist and consultant, Dr. Fischbein published more than 30 articles in nuclear physics, astrophysics, and earth sciences, as well as in the fields of investment banking and finance. He served as vice president and senior trader at a number of banks and financial institutions. His research areas include proprietary trading for stock index, fixed income, and energy markets; derivative trading and price forecasting techniques; artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, and neural networks; hedging strategies using derivatives to manage risk.
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How to backup and restore Windows NTFS EFS certificates
Posted by MB in Uncategorized on November 29, 2011
Starting with Windows XP, the Encrypting File System (EFS) allowed for transparent, in-place encryption of files on your computer using automatically-generated certificates tied to your user profile. This would prevent access to encrypted files in case the data on the hard drive became compromised. However, if the user profile became corrupted or you were unable to log in normally, the encrypted files would become inaccessible.
You can prevent this from happening by backing up your certificates while the system is in a working state, so that you are able them to restore them later if the need arises.
In Windows XP, you can backup the certificate by doing the following:
- Log into the computer
- Click Start > Run and type mmc, then press enter.
- From the menu, choose File > Add/Remove Snap-in.
- Click Add, select Certificates, click Add, select My user account.
- Click Finish, click Close, click OK.
- Browse to Certificates – Current userPersonalCertificates.
- Right-click the certificate that you want to export.
- Click All Tasks then click Export.
- Follow the steps in the Certificate Export Wizard. Make sure to select that you want to export the private key along with the certificate.
In Windows XP, you can import the certificate by doing the following:
- Log into the computer
- Click Start > Run and type mmc, then press enter.
- From the menu, choose File > Add/Remove Snap-in.
- Click Add, select Certificates, click Add, select My user account.
- Click Finish, click Close, click OK.
- Browse to Certificates – Current userPersonal.
- Right-click Personal.
- Click All Tasks, click Import.
- Follow the steps in the Certificate Import Wizard. When browsing for the certificate, you should select Personal Information Exchange (*.pfx; *.p12) from the Files of type dropdown list box. You will need to enter the password you supplied when you exported the certificate from the destination computer.
In Windows Vista and Windows 7, you can manage your EFS certificates by going to Control Panel > User Accounts > Manage your file encryption certificates. From here, you can backup and restore your EFS certificates.
Do you have a method of backing up or restoring the EFS certificates not mentioned above, or have other feedback related to Windows EFS? Please feel free to share it in the comments below. Thank you!
My list of must-have iPhone apps
Posted by MB in Uncategorized on November 25, 2011
I've been delaying this post while I search for the real must-haves of the iPhone world, and after putting together this list, I went back and updated my must-have list for Android where some of these exist in the Android app store.
So here is my list of must-have apps for iPhone. Note that some of these application descriptions have been taken directly from the App Store where I feel the author has explained it better than I could.
Google Authenticator
With Google support for 2-factor authentication for both Google and Google Apps accounts, and now LastPass support for 2-factor authentication, this is an app that I keep on my phone always. The security it adds to my accounts is invaluable.
This app allows you to scan a number of barcode formats and then email or copy/paste them for use later.
Z-Bar Barcode Reader
A good, featureful alternative to Bar-Code. Allows you to email as text and csv.
This is one of those apps that once you have it you're not sure ow you got along without it. Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders–and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go. Since Evernote's notes are synced to all of your devices via the cloud, you don't have to worry about losing them. iPhone users have access to Evernote's two new apps: Evernote Hello and Evernote Food.
No specific app to mention or link to here, just anything that offers to turn on the camera flash to function as a flashlight. You never know when it will come in handy.
Google Maps
Okay, yeah, it's been said a dozen ways that the Maps app in iOS 6 is pretty lacking. Google Maps is an excellent alternative — when it's on the App Store. It's been pulled a handful of times as well. Waze (below) is also an excellent program, but suffers from some rather glaring bugs that I've noticed.
With fast and easy access to your LastPass password vault, the LastPass mobile app is a must-have. (Note: Requires a LastPass premium subscription – $12/year) For more information about LastPass, see the LastPass web site.
MyWeather seems to be the only app on the App Store that features push alerts for NWS severe weather alerts. This makes it the go-to weather app for me. Granted, registration is required, but it's free and worth it.
Android has one thing over iOS devices — integrated turn-by-turn directions. Waze fills that need quite nicely, and goes way beyond, for free. Waze uses your devices GPS to not only provide turn-by-turn navigation, but also provides crowd-sourced traffic data to other Waze users about traffic, delays, police presence, accidents, and other road incidents. Waze allows you to report a road incident with just a few taps on the screen, and Waze works well in both portrait and landscape orientation. (Thanks Jeff T. for the recommendation!)
I know this is a rather short list, but I deliberately excluded the usual social media apps.
Do you have any iPhone apps that you consider must-haves? Please feel free to share them in the comments below. Thank you!
Keep your data and identify safe. Learn how to protect the data you store on your drives.
Posted by MB in Uncategorized on November 24, 2011
Just bought a shiny new laptop? Don't let a would-be data- or identity-thief cause you major heartburn if your laptop is lost or stolen. Read the following to learn about various ways to protect the data you store on your laptop, desktop, or other removable drive.
Data security should be one of the top concerns for laptop users. If your laptop is stolen, often the impact of confidential or proprietary data being lost or compromised can be much higher than the cost of replacing the physical machine. But it doesn't have to be.
There are many easy-to-use ways of keeping your hard drive's data out of the hands of laptop thieves. I'll explain and compare some of the pros and cons of different methods, and I'll try to do it in an OS-agnostic way as possible.
Login Password
A login password (or account password) is the most basic security credential. It does very little other than keeping your kids, house guest, the-guy-one-cube-over, or anyone else log in as you. It barely does that — On Windows XP for example, someone could simply log in as the administrator account (which by default has no password) and reset your password. Access granted.
A login password doesn't protect the data on your hard drive at all. Someone can still pull the hard drive out of your computer and hook it up via a USB cable and read everything off your drive.
Pros: Easy to set up; available on any modern operating system
Cons: Has to be set up on each account; Easy to defeat; doesn't protect the actual data on the hard drive
BIOS System Password
A BIOS system password prevents the system from booting ANY device without the correct password. It protects the physical system from being used, and goes a step beyond the login password above, by preventing the system from booting any attached drive (including removable ones). However, it's still easy to defeat on desktop systems — a motherboard jumper can clear the password. Again, a BIOS password doesn't protect the physical data on the hard drive — the drive can be put in a different machine and accessed.
Pros: Protects the physical system from use; Easy to set up; Available on most (if not all) modern BIOSes
Cons: Easy to defeat on desktop systems; Does not protect the hard drive data; Forgotten laptop password can render the system unusable.
Hard Drive Password
A hard drive password or "hard drive lock" will cause the drive to not work until the correct password is entered. This follows the drive even if it's removed from the system, and provides a level of security against a good number of would-be data thieves. Until the correct drive password is entered, the drive can't be used or reformatted. However, forget your password and you'll most likely have to replace your hard drive. However, its not encryption — it's read/write protection, and tools exist to remove it.
Pros: Easy to set up; Supported by most (if not all) motherboard BIOSes; Protects the drive even when removed from the system; Provides a good level of security
Cons: Drive can't be accessed using USB with a password set; Can be removed using specialized tools; can be cracked; doesn't encrypt the actual data
Software Encryption
Encrypting the underlying data itself is one of the best ways to protect your data against compromise. With modern algorythms, it really doesn't matter if a would-be data thief gets his hands on your drive — cracking the underlying encryption isn't as easy as the movies make it out to be. AES encryption is practically unbreakable. (Emphasis on practically, follow the previous link for why.) However, it comes at a hit to system performance. TrueCrypt and Windows BitLocker are both great implementations of full-disk software encryption.
Further Reading: Whole-disk Encryption.
Pros: Requires software and the knowledge to use it; Excellent protection to the underlying data
Cons: Significant hit to system performance; Takes time to encrypt/decrypt hard drive
Self-Encrypting Hard Drives
These relatively-new-to-the-market drives, such as Seagate's Secure, actually encrypt your data before it's actually written to the drive, and you have to authenticate to the drive using a key. However, if the drive is placed in a different computer, or tried to access over USB, a would-be data thief retrieving the underlying data is just as difficult as a software-encrypted drive. These drives also have the added benefit that the drives encryption key can be wiped by an administrator or anti-theft software and render the entire drive unrecoverable.
Pros: Easy to use; quick set-up; lower hit to system performance than software; OS agnostic; Data is stored in an encrypted form
Cons: Relatively few drives on the market to choose from; may be a poor choice for an external enclosed drive; Expensive
As you can see, there are quite a few ways to secure your system and data to varying degrees. Do you have any preference on these methods? Do you have any experience or stories to share about how one or more of these have helped you? Do you have any advice or recommendations, including anything I may not have mentioned above? Please feel free to share in the comments below!
Google Music vs iTunes Match
Posted by MB in Uncategorized on November 19, 2011
Google and Apple each brought their own services which allow users to upload their music library and stream it to their devices in the form of Google Music and iTunes Match, respectively. But how do those services compare?
Let's take a side-by-side comparative look at some of the features:
|Google Music
|iTunes Match
|Number of songs
|20,000 songs not purchased from Android Market
|25,000 songs not purchased from iTunes
|Supported devices
|Works on common browsers on Win / Mac / Linux / Android / iOS (1)
|Works on Win / Mac running iTunes; iOS devices supporting iCloud
|Automatically sync music to Google Music using Win / Mac / Linux client
|Automatically sync music to iTunes Match using iTunes
|Sync Selection
|Select which songs to upload using sync client
|All songs from iTunes library are synchronized.
|Local Storage
|Save music to your Win / Mac / Linux / Android device for offline playback
|Save music to your Win / Mac / iOS device for offline playback
|Every song must be uploaded
|Matching is performed prior to upload; Only unmatched songs are uploaded
|Supported file formats
|Mp3, AAC (m4a), wma, flac, ogg (source)
|Same as iTunes
|Excluded formats
|24-bit audio; Bitrates under 96 kbps; File over 200MB (source)
(1) Although Google Music is reported to work on iOS devices,
As you can see, Google Music is aimed at the Android crowd, while iTunes Match is aimed at the iOS crowd. However, a few of the major points in Google Music's favor that I see are that it supports playback from a web browser, has a Linux client, and is free.
I'm interested in everyone else's opinion as well. Which streaming music service do you prefer, and why? Please feel free to share your opinion in the comments below. Thank you!
The hunt for the perfect iPhone 4S case…
Posted by MB in Uncategorized on November 17, 2011
The iPhone 4S follows the previous iPhone 4 design of having a glass front and back surrounded by a steel band. I didn't want to get a nice shiny new phone only to have it lose a battle with the concrete like my previous phone did, so I knew I needed a good… no, great case to protect it. But which?
I really like Seidio cases… I've used their cases before for a number of my previous phones and I've always been happy. I figured I would try the Surface for my iPhone 4S, which I ordered at the same time as I ordered the phone. (If you haven't figured it out yet, almost any case which fit the iPhone 4 will fit the 4S, as long as it is marked either "any model" or "Verizon" or "CDMA" — read why here.)
So I got my Surface case and I was really happy… for a bit. The case itself seemed to start warping ever-so-slightly after the first few removals. (People keep asking to see the phone with the case off!) I didn't care too much for this and decided to try something else.
I had read a few reviews encouraging the use of two-part cases — those with rubber or silicone wraps with a hard case that goes over the top — and decided to try the Otterbox Commuter. I can honestly say I didn't care much for it. It never seemed to fit "right" and the rubber flaps which covered the dock port and the headphone jack were just downright annoying.
I went back to Seidio and found their equivilent — the Active X. It's an awesome case! Everything seems to fit snugly and it tolerates being removed and replaced just fine.
If you're looking for an iPhone 4 or 4S case that will handle a busy lifestyle, check it out!
Readers, what are your preferences or experiences with iPhone cases, or any other cases? Please feel free to share in the comments below. Thank you!
How to display ICE (In Case of Emergency) contact on your iPhone, Android, or BlackBerry lock screen
Posted by MB in Uncategorized on November 15, 2011
If you have stored ICE (In Case of Emergency) contacts in your phone, you probably noticed that your phone treats them like any other contact. This means that emergency responders won't be able to access your contacts if your phone is locked. Also, if you're an Android user using a custom ROM, there's a chance an emergency responder won't even know how to access your contacts. In an emergency, every moment is important.
You can, through a few easy steps, display emergency contact information, along with any other information you select, on your phone's lock screen. This means that it will be available just by turning on the screen, making it quickly and easily available in the case of a real emergency. Who knows, this might actually help you get your device back in case it's lost or stolen.
You might also be interested in reading about how to streamline your emergency contacts with an emergency email address.
So how to do it?
Select a wallpaper (dimensions)
Start by selecting what will be your new wallpaper (either an existing photo or graphic) with a resolution close to your phone's display, to prevent the text from being stretched or scaled. Here's the resolution of many popular smartphone displays:
- BlackBerry: Varies by model, but the most common sizes are:
- BlackBerry Bold: 480×320
- BlackBerry Curve: 320×240
- BlackBerry Pearl: 240×260
- For other devices, or to verify the above, see BlackBerry forums for your device's exact resolution.
- Android: Android also supports a wide variety of screen resolutions. You will likely find your device and its resolution listed at Comparison of Android devices – Wikipedia.
- iPhone 2G through 3GS: 320×480
- iPhone 4 and 4S (retina display): 640×960
Edit it to add your contact information
Open your soon-to-be wallpaper in your favorite image editor, or use one of the following utilities:
You'll want to place your text and/or information where the UI isn't going to cover it. Here's some pointers:
- BlackBerry: Avoid the top 1/4 and bottom 1/4 of the image, as well as the direct center (where the unlock/password prompt appears).
- Android: Avoid the top 1/4 and bottom 1/4 of the image, as well as any other UI elements (such as the unlock slider). You may have to experiment somewhat, since different Android versions have different slide-to-unlock methods.
- iPhones: avoid the top 1/4 and bottom 1/4 of the image.
Save it to your phone
- BlackBerry: Either insert your microSD card to your computer, or connect your phone and mount it as USB storage. Copy your picture to your card in any location, but remember where you put it for the next step.
- Android: Either insert your microSD card to your computer, or connect your phone and mount it as USB storage. Copy your picture to your card in any location, but remember where you put it for the next step.
- iPhone: The easiest way to get your picture onto your device is to email it to an account you have set up on your phone. Then, from your phone, save the attachment from your email.
Set it as your wallpaper
- BlackBerry: open your pictures (via Media, may vary by OS version), display the image you want, hit menu > Set as Home Screen image.
- Android: From your home screen, press menu button > Wallpapers > Gallery > (select folder and file).
- iPhone: Go to Settings > Wallpaper > (touch screen) > Camera Roll > (Select your picture) > Set.
There you have it. Your emergency contact information is now displayed on your phone's display, even when it is locked, making it available to emergency personnel quickly and easily.
What do you think of this tip? Was this useful to you? Do you have any other tips or suggestions to share related to this? Please share in the comments section below! Thank you!
I put down my Android and picked up an iPhone… here's what I noticed
Posted by MB in Uncategorized on November 14, 2011
I've been getting more than a few expressions of "You? Got an iPhone?" from friends and family lately, after they see my iPhone 4S. While I've been known not to be the biggest fan of Apple up until now, I'm starting to realize why the device has gotten to be so popular — it's an easy-to-use, reliable device that doesn't frustrate.
Although learning a new smartphone OS hasn't been terribly difficult, here's some of the major points between the two that I've found myself having to adjust to.
The Home Screen
The home screen on an Android phone is more-or-less a "blank slate", waiting for you to fill it to your liking with widgets and shortcuts, to make it just the way you want it. If you want to access all your installed apps you open what's typically referred to as the "app drawer."
On an iPhone, that "app drawer" is your home screen. No widgets here, though apps do have what's called "badges" that can show an indicator on the icon if the app has something that wants your attention, such as a number of missed calls over the phone icon, unread texts over the messages icon, and so on.
Removable Storage
Android-based phones feature a microSD card slot for removable storage. It's an optional — but highly recommended — additional storage space that you can use for media, and on some versions of Android, even apps. You can upgrade this by simply popping out the card, copying the contents to a new, presumably larger card, and putting that card in your phone.
On an iPhone on the other hand, what you buy is what you get — buy a 16GB iPhone, get a gross total of 16GB. Likewise for the other sizes, such as 32GB.
However, there's some distinct differences:
Android phones by default have their apps installed on the phone's lower-capacity internal memory. Since the internal memory is smaller than the microSD card, (Sprint's Epic 4G for example, only has 1GB internal memory), you are sharply limited for the space your apps have to share with everything else. Starting with Android version 2.2 (Froyo) and up you had the ability to move apps to the SD card. This frees up internal memory. However, its up to the app developer to support this feature, and if they did, most apps still required that you move it yourself from within the phone's settings. Remember those widgets? Don't plan on them working if you move your app to the SD card.
iPhones on the other hand have a single unified storage area for everything. Assuming you get a 16GB iPhone, that storage space is used for everything — there's no need to move anything. Apps, media, and the OS all share a single storage space. You might say "this is less overall than an Android phone", and you would be right. But — you aren't going to have to try to balance what apps are stored on SD card versus the phone's internal memory.
When you plug your Android-based smartphone into your computer's USB port, you'll likely get a message asking if you want to charge-only, or mount as removable storage. If you select to mount as removable storage you have full access to the SD card in the phone. This is handy if you want to use your phone's memory card as a makeshift USB flash drive. However, once you mount it to the PC, you don't have access to it from the phone. Apps that are installed on the SD card cannot be run, and you won't have access to any media on the card until you unmount it from the PC.
Installing media on an Android phone isn't difficult. Simply mount the phone to your PC as USB storage (or insert the microSD card into your computer), and copy music, pictures, or anything else you like to it. When you unmount (or insert the card back into the phone) the media scanner will automatically detect your media and propagate the media libraries. But — it's up to you to get your own music.
With an iPhone and a Windows or Mac computer running iTunes you simply connect your phone to your PC, select what media — such as music, movies, or other — you want to sync, and iTunes adds it to your device. You can purchase your music through iTunes as well. However, you have to use iTunes. Don't expect your iPhone and Linux-based PC to get along very well.
Backup and Restore
With an iPhone, completely backing up your device is as quick and easy as plugging it into iTunes and right-clicking on it and choosing "Backup." iTunes takes care of it, and makes restoring it just as painless.
With an stock Android, you don't have any options to make a "full" backup. You can sync your contacts, calendar, etc to your Google (or other) account, and there they will sit in case you need them. In case of a serious issue, you can boot your phone to recovery mode and wipe it from there, restoring it to stock configuration, after which, prepare to spend some time reinstalling and reconfiguring your apps and account. Rooted users have a few additional options, such as ClockworkMod's Nandroid backup and restore, and the third party app Titanium Backup.
There's a lot more differences between the two that I didn't cover above. But I will say this: When people ask me why I got an iPhone, my typical response is something along the lines of "it's easy to use without having to think about." I really enjoy my iPhone, and I don't think I'll be picking up an Android phone again anytime soon.
What about you, reader? What are you experiences with Android and iPhones? Do you have anything to share or compare that I didn't cover in the above? Please feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below!


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Ohio's very first Stacked Pickle has announced opening details for its first Dayton-area location near the Dayton Mall.
Stacked Pickle management told this news source Tuesday that a soft opening date has been scheduled for Monday, May 13. Details on the restaurant's first day are coming soon, including a grand opening date, and we will update this story as soon as those details become available.
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The Indianapolis-based restaurant applied for a liquor license to open its first Dayton area site earlier this spring.
Stacked Pickle, a sports-themed restaurant chain, will open at the former Roosters site in Miamisburg at 103 N. Springboro Pike in Miamisburg, records show.
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Roosters occupied that location for years before moving to the former Caddy's Tap House site in Miami Twp.
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Established in 2010, Stacked Pickle is owned and operated by former Indianapolis Colts football player and Super Bowl Champion Gary Brackett.
The chain serves American foods like wings, burgers, fried pickles and sandwiches. The restaurant chain has nine Indiana locations, according to its website.
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Friday Mail Sign up Form
January 25, 2019
This week's FRIDAY MAIL!!
Don't forget to check out all the exciting things happening at school.
It's also Registration Time. We can't wait to begin planning for the 2019-2020 School year!
January 18, 2019
Friday Mail
Make sure the to check out all of the information in this week's edition:
New lunch menu for February including the addition of Strawberry Milk,
The updated School Events Calendar
Our Genius Day and more.
Friday Mail is where you will get all important school information and our primary method of communication.
January 11, 2019
Friday Mail
This was a long, full week back to school since our Christmas Vacation. Students were very busy getting back into the routine, connecting with peers and adults and working hard on their learning. I think everyone is waiting for some fluffy white stuff! This is New England so just wait a little bit and the weather will change.
Remember that Friday is a half day of school- extended care is OPEN and there ARE Busses.... No School Monday the 21st for MLK Day.
January will fly right by!
January 4, 2019
Happy New Year!
Friday Mail
Welcome to 2019! We are excited to start the New Year. Last year at this time we had a mountain of snow on our playground already. It feels like winter with the chilly temps but we've been blessed with a lack of the fluffy white stuff, unless you want to ski, snowboard, build a snowman or snow fort!
Mrs. Veilleux, our principal, will update the blog once she gets settled in. She is excited about keeping you informed and up to date about upcoming events.
July 2019