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Q: Is HTTP 1.1 Full duplex? wondering whether any one can provide a convincing explanation about the whether HTTP 1.1 is half duplex or full duplex in the context of pipelining? As far as I understand,multiple requests can be send over the same persistent connection before the client gets the response.  So does that mean that server can respond for the previous request while client sends a new request?

A: Most implementations do allow full-duplex HTTP (for 2xx responses).
A formal discussion can be found at
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-zhu-http-fullduplex

A: HTTP is request-response protocol. The client sends request. The server waits till the complete request is received. Then sends a response. The client and server cannot send simultaneously.
Full Duplex channel implies that client and server can send data simultaneously. Phone lines are example of Full Duplex. To achieve full duplex in Web, Web sockets is the recommended standard. Once a Web socket connection is established, both parties can exchange messages simultaneously. Web sockets work on top of TCP and does not use the HTTP protocol.

A: Let's have a look at the standard, in this case RFC-2616.  There we find in paragraph 8.1.1, Persistent connections:
  - HTTP requests and responses can be pipelined on a connection.
    Pipelining allows a client to make multiple requests without
    waiting for each response, allowing a single TCP connection to
    be used much more efficiently, with much lower elapsed time.

and a bit later in the document:
8.1.2.2 Pipelining

   A client that supports persistent connections MAY "pipeline" its
   requests (i.e., send multiple requests without waiting for each
   response). A server MUST send its responses to those requests in the
   same order that the requests were received.

As in both cases it's clearly stated that the client can send requests without waiting for a response, I think it's safe to state that HTTP 1.1 supports full-duplex.
EDIT: in RFC-7230, part of the RFC set that replaces RFC-2616, this statement becomes:
A client that supports persistent connections MAY "pipeline" its
requests (i.e., send multiple requests without waiting for each
response).  A server MAY process a sequence of pipelined requests in
parallel if they all have safe methods (Section 4.2.1 of [RFC7231]),
but it MUST send the corresponding responses in the same order that
the requests were received.

A: As it is using tcp, that doesn't mean every application protocol on tcp is a full duplex.
HTTP uses a request-response paradigm, not a full-duplex streaming paradigm. Let me repeat it: HTTP is a request-response protocol! This means that the client sends a request, and when the complete request has been sent then the server sends the response. This is the case even if so-called keep-alive is used, i.e. multiple requests are sent over the same TCP connection. Because this behaviour is fundamental to the protocol most implementations make certain (valid) assumptions which make it difficult to create a full-duplex connection.
If you want a full duplex go for websockets, which are designed for an entirely different purpose.


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(1488) Aura (aussi nommé 1938 XE) est un astéroïde de la ceinture principale, découvert le  par Yrjö Väisälä à Turku en Finlande.

L'astéroïde est nommé d'après la rivière finlandaise éponyme.

Voir aussi
 Liste des planètes mineures (1001-2000)

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Références

Astéroïde de la ceinture principale
Planète mineure découverte en 1938
Objet céleste découvert par Yrjö Väisälä
Aura
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Identifying emotions is an important milestone for children. Kids begin to recognize and name their own anger, excitement, and sadness. They practice reading the feelings of those around them based on facial expressions, too. We worked on identifying emotions by using a mirror to draw dramatic self portraits!
Our preschooler E has been having emotional outbursts lately. I suspect that part of this is due to less frequent napping during our busy days but the other part is just being a young child. Children are identifying navigating emotions in themselves and others all day every day. As adults we need to give them the patience, support, and advice they need to figure out these feelings!
We created a book called My Emotions. You can get your own FREE copy of this booklet by signing up for our weekly newsletters! Once you join our email subscribers you will receive a link to the page with all of our free printables. E used a mirror to check out how her face changed when she was mad, happy, and sad. We discussed the details of what we saw. She drew how she looked during each feeling.
She used kid writing to name an example of when she might feel each emotion. She drew her self portrait of anger then wrote, "I look mad when somebody doesn't do what I want to do." Don't we all, E!
She moved on to sad with the detail of heartbreaking tears! "I feel sad when somebody is mad at me." When she said the sentence aloud I gave her a line for each word. I love how she wrote about her reaction to other people's emotions here.
Can you read her kid writing? "I look excited when we go to Disney!" I am excited about how she added an exclamation point to both her drawing and her sentence!
This post is part of our monthly Light & Reflection series.
Love it! I love E's expressions and observations!
Love this idea! Perfect child-led activity! Pinned to my social/emotional board and scheduled to share tomorrow!
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Middle of nowhere to Bahia de los Angeles
During our debriefing last night we realized that we were one day ahead of schedule. Not wanting to camp at Yubay for two nights, we decided to head to Bahia de los Angeles, get a hotel, shower (since we have not had one in five days), charge all of our gear and batteries, and regroup.
Tomorrow we will head out to Yubay and meet Greg and Guy to film the tinaja and surrounding areas.
Sunset over Bahia de los Angeles.
"The Devil's Road" Expedition: Days 1, 2, & 3
MARCH 1st (DAY 1)
We woke to a beautiful and chilly day in Santa Cruz to start our two-month trek into Baja California. Bill Sylvester (a retired fireman and friend of ours and one of our adventure consultants) showed up to send us off. Our friend Eric Doughty and his 5-year-old daughter, Gia, accompanied us for the ride through California. All went smooth until we were swallowed up in the greater Los Angeles traffic and the trailer started to wildly fishtail. A slower speed, faster speed, or use of another lane did not help. It was on the second safety stop when we found
that the nut holding the ball onto the hitch has loosened and we were millimeters away from catastrophe. Tragedy adverted!
We arrived at the Potrero County Park (San Diego County) at about 9:30 pm and went about setting up camp, starting a fire, and cracking open a bottle of whiskey. Even though it was very windy and a little chilly through the night, we slept great.
Camp at Potrero County Park (San Diego County)
Campsite at night or arrival.
MARCH 2nd (DAY 2)
A sunny and warm day greeted us and allowed the needed time to pack. We spent the morning organizing, packing, and finalizing any last minute storage issues and drove the bikes to the town of Campo for fuel and a treat for Gia. We are surprisingly calm and excited for the journey ahead. Baja is a magical place for us and we both always feel at home when we are there. Can't wait.
MARCH 3rd (DAY 3)
The wind was blowing hard this morning when we woke up. The area looked like a garage sale, our stuff strewn about from the wind. A whole roll of paper towels was flapping in the wind as one end wrapped around a tree. After a quick breakfast and several cups of mocha, we packed the bikes were sadly saying goodby to Eric and Gia.
We didn't make it but a mile down the road when we had our first blunder. My Sena camera fell off my bike, hit my foot, and slammed onto the pavement while accelerating to 30 mph. The case blew apart, camera parts flying everywhere as JT and I madly tried to keep the other cars from running over the parts. We think we got all of them!
Today was as much about working out problems as it was about getting the filming started. JT forgot to put the locks on the top box as he drove off and nearly lost them. I just about dumped my bike twice while standing still! Our phones are not working. The GPS coordinates appear to be about a mile and a half off. It was all trial and error while figuring out how to use our Sena 10c cameras.
We had a great ride along the Ruta de Vina. A beautiful road that winds through Baja's wine country and the Guadalupe Valley. This route was the road that Goldman took in 1906 at the end of their expedition. The pair took a steamer from La Paz to Ensenada once the expedition was complete. Nelson continued on to San Diego via steamer and Goldman took a stage coach from Ensenada to Tiajuana through the Guadalupe Valley.
Valle de Guadalupe, Baja's wine country.
Ensenada is a huge city. In 1905, there was only about 1,000 people living here and life centered around the waterfront. Now, the city thrives on the shipping industry, tourism abounds with the cruise ship bringing thousands of visitors daily, and one could find just about anything you desire here in this bustling and sprawling community.
Safely Across the Border
"Another Awesome Day on The Devil's Road" - The Broken Wagon Films crew's first south of the border satellite ping!
Associate Producer Bri Bruce's Story about Squid
Broken Wagon Films associate producer Bri Bruce shares a defining Baja moment from her past.
"The Devil's Road" Episode 5: Isla Magdalena
The final episode from the island expedition brings us to Isla Magdalena, where we talk to Julio Solis about important conservation issues that face Magdalena Bay and Baja at large.
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Carolina Shepard-Espinosa on Change in Bahia de los Angeles
Carolina Shepard-Espinoza, Director of the Bahia de los Angeles Natural History and Cultural Museum, talks about some of the economic changes she's witnessed over the past 44 years.
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Episode 2: Isla San Martin
Episode 2 from the island expedition brings the Broken Wagon Films crew to Isla San Martín off the Pacific coast of Baja California.
Elephant seals, breeding sea birds, scientists tagging snakes, rugged lavascapes, and strange endemic plants are just a few of the wonders found on this small volcanic island.
The Devil's Road, Episode 1: Isla Raza, Gulf of California, B.C.

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Allowing airlines to charge for check-in luggage will be a step towards building a competitive civil aviation sector.
In a recent turn of events, the civil aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) rejected the plea of some airlines to charge for check-in luggage. The DGCA prevents airlines from charging any fees for check-in baggage below a weight limit of 15 kgs.
This is precisely where the problem behind such a regulation lies.
The main focus of the government should be on building an environment for competitive transport providers so that the passengers have better options. Instead, by focusing on imposing such pricing restrictions the government is creating perverse incentives in two ways.
First, such a measure disincentives passengers from reducing their check-in luggage which consequently increases the operating and opportunity cost of flights. Heavier planes burn more fuel in order to compensate for the drag caused by the increased mass, which, in turn, raises the operating cost of each flight. To place this in context, jet fuel accounts for 40% – 50% of the total operating cost of Indian air carriers as Aviation Turbine Fuel for domestic flights is priced highest in India. It is therefore only economical for airlines to charge for any extra weight brought on board. Check-in luggage also increases the opportunity cost of air travel; the time lost in handling luggage while during boarding and departing increases the waiting time of fellow passengers, of the current flight, and all subsequent flights.
Second, it increases the ticket price for passengers with minimal amounts of luggage as the additional cost of check-in luggage is added to the base cost of the ticket. It is with this reasoning that airlines had proposed the idea of "zero bag fares" when approaching the DGCA. This would essentially be a discounted ticket given to passengers traveling without check-in luggage . But the DGCA dismissed this idea as well, thus creating a disconnect between the operating cost and the revenue sources of airlines.
In order to achieve the larger goal of encouraging efficient airline services, the government should allow airlines to compete amongst each other and let the market price prevail. An example of a step taken in this direction would be the provisions made by the Ministry of Civil Aviation in April, that allow domestic carriers to unbundle their services and charge separately for facilities such as preferred seats, on-board meals and the use of lounges. This step was taken to increase the ancillary revenue sources for airlines, which can be generated from means other than the ticket price.
As far as the "middle class Indians" are concerned, there are various factors which affect the demand other than the ticket price, such as the income of the household, the cost of other modes of transport, their preferences etc. Moreover, better quality and efficiency of service can be a good substitute for the low cost, inefficient and time-consuming services delivered by most airlines currently.


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If a parliament is as good as its members
Mustafa K Anuar
Obscene remarks can be disruptive as they can cut the flow of discussion in Parliament, observes Mustafa K Anuar.
If a parliament is as good as its members, it is incumbent upon Malaysia's MPs to reflect on the misdemeanour that some in their ranks flaunted in recent times, much to the chagrin of ordinary citizens they supposedly represent.
It is disturbing to learn of, for instance, MP absenteeism that caused parliamentary proceedings to be disrupted temporarily because of a lack of quorum. The bell had to be rung before the proceedings could continue.
Concerned voters would expect politicians, particularly the discerning and articulate, to engage in discussions or debates in a skilful and rigorous manner for the benefit of the larger society.
To be absent from such important proceedings without a legitimate reason is most appalling.
If the lack of quorum was caused by the MPs stepping outside the house because it was too cold, as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Hanipa Maidin put it as the reason for the recent interruption, they should see to it that the room temperature is adjusted accordingly and immediately.
Either that or wear thick clothes to keep themselves warm to ensure an uninterrupted flow of parliamentary proceedings.
While absenteeism is a cause for concern, the following misconduct is a lot more disconcerting as it recurs from time to time, disrupts proceedings and veers to rowdiness, vulgarity and even sexism.
There is verbal diarrhoea that emanates from the grimy mouths of certain politicians in the heat of arguments during proceedings.
READ MORE: Arbitrarily postponing parliamentary meetings deepens constitutional crisis
The recent incident involved a shout-out between Noh Omar (the Barisan Nasional member for Tanjung Karang) and RSN Rayer (Pakatan Harapan-Jelutong) where the former used an expletive of "p******". That is a below-the-belt remark that deserves unqualified condemnation.
In August last year, a ruckus broke out during a parliamentary proceeding when Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) expressed the F-word after being goaded by other lawmakers.
Such obscene remarks can be disruptive as they can cut the flow of discussion, if not cease it entirely. They only bring about heat, not light, to Dewan Rakyat.
In March lawmakers from both sides of the divide gallantly showed their prowess in a shouting match in the presence of visiting Singapore speaker Tan Chuan Jin and his fellow MPs.
There was even an attempt to get Tan indirectly involved during the ugly exchange. After the visit, Tan reportedly cautioned the visiting MPs "not to get any wrong ideas from this particular episode".
These Malaysian politicians should know when to hold their tongue because a formal setting clearly demands decorum. Such misconduct obviously has the effect of mocking and trivialising Parliament.
This verbal spat could also lead to something more sinister and uglier, as a recent incident seemed to forewarn us – two Umno lawmakers were close to trading physical blows at the Parliament lobby.
It makes you wonder whether the title Yang Berhormat (Right Honourable), which is assigned to MPs, is a deplorable mortal mistake. In this situation, the supposedly treasured dignity of oneself appears to have swiftly flown out the window.
It is hoped that, given their propensity, these politicians would not turn our Parliament into a training ground for court jesters.
READ MORE: Will the MPs save the nation or save themselves?
Source: themalaysianinsight.com
Dr Mustafa K Anuar, a longtime Aliran executive committee member and co-editor of our newsletter, is concerned about issues of press freedom and freedom of expression in our society. He is also a senior journalist with an online media portal


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Stocks Broke Record High Again This Week
Published Friday, August 13, 2021 at: 7:51 PM EDT
The manufacturing purchasing managers index ticked lower in July but is not far off from a record high, while the more important service purchasing management index shot higher to a record high. Meanwhile, business owner optimism ticked lower in July and the S&P 500 closed the week by breaking another all-time closing high. Here's a roundup of the financial economic news.
The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index came off its peak in July but was still at a very strong number by historic comparison. According to The Institute for Supply Management (ISM), which conducts this survey of purchasing management professionals at large companies monthly, a reading above 50% indicates that the manufacturing economy is generally expanding; below 50% indicates that it is generally contracting. Nothing like a recession is indicated in the current reading.
The ISM also conducts a monthly survey of purchasing managers at service sector companies. Since the service sector accounts for 89% of economic activity in the U.S., this index is much more important to the financial economic outlook. The service economy survey shot higher in July, hitting its highest level since the index' inception in January 2008, an impressive number
The Optimism Index, a monthly survey of business owners, decreased by 2.8 points in July to 99.7, reversing nearly the entire 2.9-point gain in June's report, according to the National Association of Independent Business.
Six of the 10 index components of the business owner optimism index declined in July, while three improved, and one was unchanged. Sales expectations for the next three months decreased 11 points and business owners expecting better conditions over the next six months decreased 8 points.
Notably, 49% of business owners reported job openings that could not be filled, an increase of 3 points from June and a 48-year record high.
The Standard & Poor's 500 stock index closed Friday at an all time high of 4,468.00 for the second week in a row. According to The Wall Street Journal, Friday marked the 48th time in 2021 that the index broke its record high. The S&P 500 gained +0.16% from Thursday and +0.70% from last week. Since the March 23, 2020, bear market low, the S&P 500 index is up +66.53%.
Inflation uncertainty and the spread of the Covid variant remain the two known major risks and could cause a sharp stock price decline, but a recession is not a threat.
A parting tip: Consider whether the next sharp drop in stock prices would present a strategic tax-selling opportunity to convert traditional IRA or 401(k) assets invested in stocks into tax-free Roth IRAs. With tax rates low but expected to be going up, converting to a Roth IRA in 2021 is something for retirement savers to evaluate in the current environment.
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Wagner: Overtures, Preludes & Orchestral Excerpts
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Janowski, Marek
Catalogue number PTC5186551
Discs 2
Celebrating the conductor Marek Janowski's triumphant Ring cycle at this year's Bayreuth festival, PENTATONE rounds off his groundbreaking survey of Wagner's operas with the release of a double album featuring orchestral highlights from the series.
Recorded in PENTATONE's state of the art multi-channel surround sound, the album contains the popular overtures and preludes from Der fliegende Holländer, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde, and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, as well as orchestral excerpts from Siegfried, Götterdämmerung and Parsifal. Also included is the previously unreleased Siegfried Idyll, the symphonic poem that Wagner wrote for the birthday of his wife Cosima.
The overtures, preludes and interludes in Wagner's operas have always had broad appeal with audiences for their heady, intoxicating atmosphere and vivid orchestration. During Wagner's lifetime, his contemporaries made arrangements and potpourris from the operas to satisfy an ever enthusiastic public, bowdlerisingWagner's scores in the process. In these vibrant recordings, however, Janowski remains faithful to Wagner's original vision and uses conclusions either written or authorized by Wagner himself.
This release is accompanied with notes on the music by the dramaturge and musicologist Steffen Georgi.
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02 Act III: Prelude 04:45 $ 1.28 USD
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Siegfried, WWV 86C
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Tannhäuser, WWV 70 20:47
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Album total 131:22
Composer Wagner, Richard
Orchestra Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
Conductor Janowski, Marek


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Raheleh Filsoofi
In my current work I synthesize issues regarding society and the human condition from a personal perspective. Displacement, memory, and the search for cultural identity are all central concerns. My work utilizes ancient and contemporary technology – ceramics, poetry, ambient sound and video – in a holistic sensory experience. My upbringing in Iran has given me great appreciation of the potential of clay, both as a plastic material of enormous transformative potential and as a source of metaphorical content for the nature of the human body. The ability of clay to serve as a venue for images and sound offers tremendous means of didactic and expressive engagement and empowers my art in a serious way to observe the world and make things visible.
The dynamism of my work is vested in the engagement of the viewer in a way that establishes a dialogue through shared experience. People move today in ways that they have done for centuries but with an unprecedented rapidity. Many do so without knowing what awaits them either at their destination or along the way. Coming into contact with others inevitably leaves one changed, either through receptivity or resistance to new ways of living and new perspectives. It is ironic that in our ultra-connected society, which is saturated with social media and communicative technology, people nonetheless withdraw into pockets of comfort, where individual identity somehow seems to imply that individuals should be identical. Cultural heritage and social diversity enrich our world, and the recognition and celebration of that variety brings with it the responsibility to understand and respect one another as human beings that all live on a single, fragile planet in the midst of the vast universe.
— Raheleh Filsoofi
Raheleh Filsoofi is a multi-disciplinary artist. She utilizes ancient and contemporary art media – ceramics, poetry, ambient sound and video – to make fundamental statements about perception and memory through a holistic sensory experience. Clay, the ancient medium of her Persian ancestry, is a source of pride and an outlet for metaphorical expression and visual poetry. Her initial academic training came in Iran, where she also completed several public and private commissions. She moved to the United States in 2003 and worked with several renowned American Ceramic artists on public art projects in Coral Springs and Miami, and she completed a number of important commissions, including in 2010 a work for the Crocker Mansion in Mahwah, New Jersey. She is an active participant in juried art exhibitions both in Iran and the United States, including the recent International Fair Festival in Tehran (2016) and a solo exhibition at The Cultural Council of Palm Beach in Lake Worth, Florida (2016). She has received several awards including the South Florida Cultural Consortium Award in 2017 and a Dave Bown project award in 2016. Raheleh Filsoofi lives and works between Tehran, Iran, Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A. and Edinburg, Texas, U.S.A. where she is Assistant Professor of Ceramics in the School of Art at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She holds an M.F.A. in Fine Arts from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida and her B.F.A. in Ceramics from Al-Zahra University in Tehran, Iran.


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Two Freeholder Candidates and the Solar Topic
Posted on November 2, 2015 by Jennifer Jean Miller in Government, News Sections, People in the News, Politics // 0 Comments
Harvey Roseff (left) and Carl Lazzaro (right). Roseff is an Independent candidate for freeholder and Lazzaro a Republican. Images courtesy of the respective candidates.
SUSSEX COUNTY – As Election Day 2015 nears closer, candidates have been sparring on particular issues. For Harvey Roseff, an Independent Candidate for Sussex County Freeholder, there have been a number of points that have been a part of his platform as he is on the campaign trail.
In a letter to the editor he asked for publication, Roseff downed both Republican Party and Democratic Party interests in the county, referring to those in the parties as "big, crony government caretakers," and especially describing the solar project controversy within the county as a "Wall Street-style scam."
It is one letter, however, that NJ Inside Scene refused to publish. NJ Inside Scene has a policy that it does not publish letters to the editors with statements it might consider defamatory towards other opposing candidates. The author of this story explained that to Roseff, after the publication believed statements made against one candidate appeared defamatory.
Roseff countered that his stance was not defamatory but news facts that should be reported. He stated other outlets had already published it.
NJ Inside Scene still refused to publish the letter in the form it was sent in and offered to present the views of both candidates for a story .
The letter is, however, published in full on Roseff's website.
Roseff describes the leadership in Sussex County as "awful Party Boss leadership for years, even when the solar bailout was delivered from a Morris County Republican Party Boss."
He feels that residents have been served a bill of goods, with the "transitional healthcare" program, centralized 9-1-1 program (which he says that residents "now pay twice for"), single bids on County Projects including one at Sussex County Community College, and one that has been on the platform of most candidates, the controversial solar project.
Roseff has especially taken exception against Carl Lazzaro's platform. Lazzaro is one of his opponents on the Republican team who he had described in his letter as a "party designate who somehow now finds it appropriate to throw rocks at the solar bailout, yet it was he who put Fredon into this very same solar fiasco – foolishly reaching for a rainbow that flushed the taxpayer."
Roseff said that as Fredon's Mayor, Lazzaro signed off on a measure that Fredon Township would pay 9.35 cents/kwh, although Somerset County was able to pay 4.1 cents/kwh and Morris County 6.7 cents/kwh.
"All of Sussex County was to save $180,000/yr," Roseff wrote, "and for this small risk-laden sum Lazzaro was willing to borrow an absurd $28 million."
Roseff has referred additionally to Lazzaro's signing of an "Amendment I" that waived the rights of consent for future solar project matters. The bankers of SunLight General, one of the Wall Street banking companies involved with the project, Roseff said, were seeking to avoid paying their first lease payment for this solar project, which left Sussex County residents holding the bag.
"Amendment I removed any remaining effective taxpayer protections against the Wall Street bankers of Sunlight," Roseff also wrote. "Worse by signing Amendment I, Mr. Lazzaro also waived his right of consent to future solar project matters. He now asks for an investigation – but he held the door open for the foxes to enter the henhouse. He gave up his consensual power to stop the nonsense."
Amendment I (Click here to read the document in full, and see Lazzaro's signature, as well as all local officials listed below, and county officials) was dated Dec. 1, 2012. It consisted of signatures requested from Fredon Township, Town of Newton, Byram Township School District, Frankford Township Board of Education, Franklin Borough Board of Education, Green Township Board of Education, Hardyston Board of Education, High Point Regional School District, Kittatinny Regional School District, Newton Board of Education, Sussex County Community College, Sussex County Technical School and Sparta Board of Education officials– not just Lazzaro's.
Click here for the full American Arbitration Association documentation between Power Partners Mastec, LLC against SunLight General Sussex Solar. The document explains that SunLight Capital formed to "take advantage of the solar boom and develop solar renewable energy projects," and that SREC (Solar Renewable Energy Certificate) prices in 2011 were originally $600 per credit in New Jersey, but then dipped the following year to less than $100 per credit.
Following Power Purchase Agreement setups in 2011 for Somerset County, Morris and Sussex Counties were issued.
The project cost was estimated overall at about $33.6 million, with total construction costs about $30.3 million total. Bonds were proposed for $24.7 million and $1.3 million.
In a phone interview with NJ Inside Scene, Lazzaro said that municipalities were unaware of the bigger picture that Roseff has intended to paint him into and that municipalities instead looked to the county, namely its administrator, for guidance, when Amendment I came across for his signature.
"None of us [at the municipal level] were privy to confidential information at the county level," Lazzaro said.
Lazzaro said when consulting with John Eskilson, then county administrator, Eskilson said that the unfinished project could be completed with another contractor.
At that stage, Lazzaro said, the solar project, which has since emerged with many complexities, had been sitting dormant in his municipality and others. At that stage, the solar panels were sitting on the roof of the fire department, for three to four months and unplugged, in other municipalities as well as Fredon, including Byram, Sparta and Newton. Along with all other municipal and school officials, at the advice of Eskilson, Lazzaro signed off on Amendment I. Lazzaro signed off at the advice of his township committee as mayor.
"What it meant to us," explained Lazzaro, "was finishing the project. "We don't have any control of the management of the project. We don't have any say over the contractor."
He said signing off at the advice of Eskilson, made the solar panels operable.
When asked if Fredon has experienced any savings from the project, Lazzaro told NJInsideScene.com the municipality was "maybe saving a few pennies."
He said that if there was storage capacity on the solar panels, instead of the unused power being shuffled back into the grid that may offer savings back for the town if it could operate the building strictly off of solar power. That is something, he said, that may be considered for the future.
Solar Discussion at the New Jersey Herald Freeholder Debate
Roseff has been very public in his outspokenness on the topic of solar relating to Lazzaro. At the freeholder debate that The New Jersey Herald conducted in the video above, he also was vocal about it. At about 47 minutes into the video, was when the discussion began.
Jonathan Rose, Lazzaro's running mate, complimented Lazzaro on his experience with budgeting and vouched that his experience could help with the solar bailout.
"We're going to have a big problem with the budget next year because of that solar bailout," Rose said, "I think Mr. Lazzaro is the man that can help fix that problem, and close that budget hole."
In response to Rose's statement, Roseff countered that the solar problem started four years ago, and again hammered that Lazzaro paid 9.35 cents per kwh versus the 4.1 kwh for Somerset. Roseff blamed that on Lazzaro during the debate.
"There's no budget experience there that I want to see on the Freeholder Board," Roseff said.
Lazzaro in reply cautioned Roseff to "remember at the time that the town of Fredon agreed to the contract it was less than nine cents, it came up there later on."
Roseff was then given permission to ask one candidate a question. He challenged Lazzaro alleging that when Lazzaro signed amendment one that "he stripped away the protections from the taxpayers on the solar deal. Roseff also said that the developer raided construction funds to pay for financing and independent trustee bought into this deal.
"Amendment number one caused all of our problems today," Roseff continued, then taunted Lazzaro with a question because of the investigation he has demanded and asked if he would be investigating himself.
After a pause, Lazzaro calmly replied, "No Harvey, I won't be investigating myself. I'll be investigating the people who were involved in the project."
Lazzaro called out Roseff and said he took a document (Amendment I), cut and pasted it and placed it on his website, and "didn't tell the whole truth."
Lazzaro said that Roseff mismatched the documents on his website and connected his pasted signature to one it did not coordinate with.
"Our structure was done," Lazzaro added, referring to the solar panels in Fredon, "but it wasn't plugged in. And it couldn't be plugged in until the township committee, not me, signed the document to say, 'we need somebody to finish the project, so we can plug it in.'"
Lazzaro held up the documents, which he said accurately reflected the paper trail. Roseff still countered that he could show a different story.
When asked if there was a rebuttal, Rose came to Lazzaro's defense.
"Mr. Roseff," Rose began, "you're the master of afterthought. You know, you're attacking Mr. Lazzaro for something that happened four years ago, or three years ago," then asked, "Where were you when this started? It's easy to say in hindsight, 'this isn't a good idea,' but where were you back then?"
Roseff replied that Rose was correct and he was not a signee on the document, and he did not vote to accept it. He then said that he did not enter a primary and throw rocks, and accused Lazzaro as one who was doing so and that had dug a hole.
Roseff said he still believed he had the "road map" for the situation.
Next, Lazzaro was given a turn to ask a question and asked Roseff what he has done in the last 20 years. He asked Roseff if he was out on an EMS or fire call on evening as he had volunteered his time doing. He also asked Roseff why he spent $50,000 in taxpayer money on a "losing lawsuit that was wrong."
Roseff claimed that the lawsuit was not a lawsuit but a petition, to not exceed budget cap limits. He claimed that the $50,000 cost to the town to defend itself in the lawsuit that he and others filed will save the taxpayers in Byram Township $300,000 in the long run.
Harvey S. Roseff et al, v. Byram Township et al (case #A-5479-11T3)
Nowhere on Roseff's website does he mention his involvement in the lawsuit in Byram Township as an accolade as he did in the debate, or even at all on his website.
But the website LAW 360 gave it a mention, noting that an appellate panel in New Jersey denied the case Harvey S. Roseff et al, v. Byram Township et al (case #A-5479-11T3).
Although Roseff and fellow plaintiffs Nelson A. Drobness, Merwyn Lee, Eugenia C Moran, and Joann Smith, presented their petition in a timely manner to demand a referendum about the budget ordinance and the council's adoption of the ordinance to raise the budget by 3.5 percent, the panel agreed with a trial judge that stated in March 2012 that Roseff et al's petition could not dictate budget ordinances be placed on the ballot for a referendum vote, which is backed through the legislature's N.J.S.A. 40A:4-45.14. The panel also ruled that Byram Township's counsel was in the right for denying the plaintiff's petition – the reason that the quintet filed the lawsuit.
"For all of the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the trial court properly dismissed plaintiffs' complaint seeking to compel a referendum on this ordinance," the appellate panel concluded (Click here for the full court document and appellate panel decision). Plaintiffs have also challenged the manner in which the Township's officers rejected their petition for a referendum. Because we conclude that the ordinance was not subject to a referendum, there is no reason to address this claim."
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Unemployed percentage above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
10.03%Native Hawaiian and Other
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According to our research of Vermont and other state lists, there were 18 registered sex offenders living in 05476 zip code as of January 22, 2022.
The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in zip code 05476 is 172 to 1.
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(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.9% for AGIs below $25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.8% for AGIs below $25k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 8.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.1% for AGIs below $25k, 2.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.9% for AGIs $50k-75k)
Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $6,036 (reported on 9.2% of returns)
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)
Charity contributions: $2,100 (reported on 7.5% of returns)
(% for various income ranges: 50.9% for AGIs below $25k, 52.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 58.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 75.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 50.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.5% for AGIs below $10k, 0.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 7.3% for AGIs over 100k)
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.4% for AGIs below $10k, 6.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)
Profit/loss from farming: +$77 (reported on 2.2% of returns)
Here: +$77
State: -$1,958
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 4.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14.5% for AGIs over 100k)
Charity contributions deductions: $1,441 (2% of AGI, reported on 9.9% of returns)
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.4% for AGIs over 100k)
Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 2 (2 now married, 0 unmarried)
Housing units in zip code 05476 with a mortgage: 475 (8 second mortgage, 35 home equity loan)
Notable locations in zip code 05476: Nutting Corners (A), Richford Country Club (B), Missisquoi Station (C), Richford Country Club (D), Richford Town Hall (E), Arvin A Brown Public Library (F), Richford Fire Department (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
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Lake: Guillmettes Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map
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2$2,000,000 or more
One, attached: 7
Two: 78
Mobile homes: 199
7.0%108Carpooled
4.5%70Bus or trolley bus
0.8%12Taxi
593 spouses (581 opposite-sex spouses), 93 unmarried partners, (93 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 1,136 children (1,103 natural, 17 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 92 grandchildren, 59 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 0 foster children, 50 other relatives, 80 non-relatives
In group quarters: 19 (-1 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 346 2-persons, 227 3-persons, 105 4-persons, 99 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons
248 single-parent households (134 men, 114 women).
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% well).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% very well, 37% well, 4% not well).
Foreign born population: 102 (3.0%)
24%Argentina
8%Romania
7%Bangladesh
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Organizations: RICHFORD HEALTH CENTER INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
RICHFORD MTP (W W T F ROAD in RICHFORD, VT)
Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
Alternative names: RICHFORD STP
RICHFORD TOWN OF (HARDWOOD HILL RD in RICHFORD, VT)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: GARRY SHOVER (CONTACT/OPERATOR) , TOWN OF RICHFORD (CONTACT/OWNER)
SOUTH MAIN QUICK STOP (301 S MAIN ST in RICHFORD, VT)
Organizations: JOHN WETHERBY (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
W A SANDRI INC (75 MAIN ST in RICHFORD, VT)
TRANSPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Organizations: CRUMPIN-FOX CLUB INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
CITIZENS UTILITIES RICHFORD (HOME ST in RICHFORD, VT)
59.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
24.8%Wood
2.1%Utility gas
Midwest: 58
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Vermont.
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school):
44,367Management occupations
36,246Sales and related occupations
Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (50-99 employees: 1 establishment)
Health Care and Social Assistance: Continuing Care Retirement Communities (50-99: 1)
Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
Health Care and Social Assistance: Child Day Care Services (10-19: 1)
Health Care and Social Assistance: Other Residential Care Facilities (10-19: 1)
Information: Libraries and Archives (5-9: 1)
Other Services (except Public Administration): Civic and Social Organizations (5-9: 1)
73 people in group homes intended for adults
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Based on the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 15. The highest number of fires - 27 took place in 2007, and the least - 0 in 2005. The data has a growing trend.
2812.4%Other
219.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
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Joseph 10 73.6 years
Frank 9 72.3 years
Richard 9 69.9 years
Fletcher 13 79.1 years
Wetherby 12 67.6 years
Domina 11 78.7 years
King 11 81.3 years
Wright 10 80.4 years
Lumbra 10 83.7 years
Morse 8 76.3 years
Ryea 8 69.0 years
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This week my teaser comes from Invictus by Ryan Graudin which I received from NetGalley. I only started this yesterday so it's still fairly early days but there is something instantly likeable about it plus, ya know, time travel. There really aren't enough books with time travel and this one combines it with some thievery so it's all good.
It was good that she remembered him, though it was exhausting to do so. No rest for the weary. Or the dying. Or the dead.
That sounds like a really interesting story!
It's reminding me a lot of the TV show Firefly at the moment. Possibly why I'm loving it so much.
Weirdly I don't like historical fiction but love time travel. Think it's the clash of different time periods.
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Home News Featured News EASTERN ONTARIO: Lessons learned by on-farm store owners
EASTERN ONTARIO: Lessons learned by on-farm store owners
on: December 06, 2021 In: Featured News
Jonathan Bruderlein with wife Jolianne Demers and son Milo.
Four on-farm store owners talk about mistakes made, good advice, bad advice and when they knew they were going to make it
Starting an on-farm business is risky with inevitable hiccups along the way. About 60 per cent of all start-up businesses will have failed before the end of their third year. So, who knows the game better than those who've made it past their first five years? Farmers Forum's Irena Vélez recently spoke with four different on-farm store owners who laid out the biggest challenges they've faced, how they overcame them, and their keys to success.
JONATHAN Bruderlein
Jonathan Bruderlein, owner of Ottawa Farm Fresh Inc., opened his farm store and CSA (community supported agriculture) with 250 members just over a year ago but has had 10 years of experience running an organic vegetable farm at Dunham, Quebec. His new farm store is on 110 rented acres of National Capital Commission property 10 minutes from downtown Ottawa. He sells 34 different kinds of vegetables.
How was business this year?
"Given that this is not our first business, we pretty much hit the ground running and this year we surpassed by 50 per cent our biggest year after a decade of farming in the eastern townships of Quebec."
What's one of the most important lessons you've learned?
"To put myself in the client's shoes and think about what problem I'm solving for the client, instead of thinking, 'Oh my god I have too many tomatoes, I have to sell tomatoes.' That's my problem, not the client's."
What advice has helped you most?
"On the first farm I ever worked on, two proverbs stuck with me: Don't be lazy and don't be greedy. There are really no shortcuts. Good planning, good agronomy, and doing the right thing is going to pay off pretty much every time."
What's the biggest mistake you made?
"Not letting go of things that aren't really worth it fast enough. Things that I know aren't worth the energy versus how much money they're generating but not wanting to let go for fear of not being able to replace it or because I'm emotionally attached to the client. Thinking that $200 a week is better than nothing but it's taking up the energy that I would put on developing that next big idea."
What's the biggest challenge you've faced
"Leaving our first farm business. One August morning my wife said to me, 'Let's let everything go and go on a road trip,' and I was like, 'No, we're running a business!' I had the openness to accept it but it was definitely a challenge to walk away from something that was working. But stepping into the unknown, that's when new things can emerge."
When did you know your business was going to make it?
"Day one! When we got going just after university, we were used to the student lifestyle so it didn't take much to make us feel like it was working. As we grew, it just kept going."
What advice would you give to someone starting their own on-farm store?
"If you're going to be doing direct marketing, you're literally running two businesses. You're running a production business and you're running a marketing business. They're connected but they're fundamentally different in how they function. We hired a marketing and events coordinator and have a weekly meeting with her."
Harley Farms includes James Harley with his wife Jessica, his sister Emily, and parents Julie and Roger.
JAMES Harley
Harley Farms
James Harley, head of operations and sales at Harley Farms, has been managing the on-farm store for six years in Keene, Ont. They sell farm-raised pork, beef, lamb, and chicken, as well as fresh eggs, pet food, and seasonal vegetables.
"Customers are used to shopping in a grocery store so they want the ease of that but on a farm. They want good quality but they want it to be easy. It's got to be inviting for them to come in. We're located on a paved road and make sure the store is clean, tidy, and accessible to all. For those who still don't want to go out and about, we deliver.
"We never fully jump into one thing and hope it works. We always test products before we go into big production."
What's the biggest challenge you've faced?
"Getting the customer base to know we're there. It's a long-term project. You won't have a lineup of customers right away. It's a slow process but if you have a good product at the end of the day they keep coming back."
"The last couple of years is when it's really come into its own, fully sustaining itself. It was a couple of years before it really started picking up. And then it snowballs from there because everyone tells their friends. I'm still hoping it's going to get bigger."
What advice would you give someone starting their own on-farm store?
"You've got to be very dedicated. Customers don't like the 'Oh, I'm busy doing this on the farm,' they want someone to be there. You've got to make sure it's a priority, not just a second part of your business. It can get out of hand pretty quickly if there's not someone there all the time restocking and things like that."
Kathie, Francis, Patrick and Olivia Groenewegen.
KATHIE Groenewegen
Limestone Organic Creamery
Kathie Groenewegen, owner of Limestone Organic Creamery in Kingston, built a dairy plant and farm store nine years ago as a pilot project with Dairy Farmers of Ontario. They produce skim milk, 1% and 2% milk, whole milk, non-homogenized milk, chocolate milk, eggnog, table cream, whipping cream, butter, and ice cream. They also sell grocery items from 35 other local producers.
"Location is really important. I'm not sure we would've been as successful if we didn't live on a busy highway. We've taken advantage of that. We're also 15 minutes from downtown Kingston."
What's the best advice you have been given?
"Some business owners we knew when we started told us to focus on a certain number of products and make them as good as we can. And that's what we've done."
"Especially during COVID, it's been a challenge finding employees. Myself, my husband, and our two kids run the business and if an employee doesn't show up, we can fill in, so we manage."
"We took some advice from some equipment dealers when we first started and some of our dairy equipment really wasn't what they said it was going to be, so we've replaced it. There were a couple of pieces that didn't last."
"Once we established the home delivery system and got local stores buying our milk, we felt pretty safe that we'd be able to keep going."
Robert Anderson opened an on-farm store, near Carleton Place, six years ago.
Anderson Farms
Robert Anderson, owner of Anderson Farm in Ashton, has been selling his farm-raised beef and lamb for 15 years and opened a farm store six years ago. He also sells locally produced goods like pickles, jams, baked goods, honey, maple syrup, oils, spice mixes, sauces and condiments.
"I'm a pretty optimistic person, I always have high hopes. I built the whole thing myself. We did it step by step. We were very conservative. We'd buy two freezers and pay them off, then buy another one. We do have some debt but we're not millions of dollars (in debt)."
What's the biggest mistake you made and how did you learn from it?
"When we started, we were open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and it almost killed us. Being open too much stressed us out and it just wasn't worth it. We cut down to two days a week and we also offer by appointment. People were annoyed at first but once they figured out the hours, it worked well."
What was your worst moment?
"A couple of years ago our slaughterhouse threatened to not kill our beef anymore because they were overwhelmed. That was pretty stressful because if we don't have a slaughterhouse, we don't have a business. We worked through it. We paid them right away, we would book ahead, kept them happy, and they kept us on. Other than that, the odd freezer dies and you have to spend $2,000 on a new one."
What advice would you give to someone starting an on-farm store?
"Don't spend too much. Be conservative and run manageable debt. Don't get in over your head. Be ready for the worst-case scenario. Have a plan B, actually have a plan Z. If it doesn't work out, you better be able to rely on something else. Be optimistic but there should be some reserve there too."
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Margaret Floy Washburn
Margaret Floy Washburn graduated from Vassar College in 1891 and joined the ranks of Mu Chapter, Phi Beta Kappa in 1898. She audited classes in Psychology at Columbia, but, unable to matriculate because she was a woman, transferred to Cornell into a credited program for the M.A. degree. Her Master's degree was sent by E.B. Titchener, her graduate mentor, to be published and she was Titchener's first graduate student to receive a Ph.D. She was also the first woman in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in Psychology. Taking a position first at Wells College, she successively took several underpaid positions at colleges and universities, including Cornell and the U. of Cincinnati, returning to Vassar as an Associate Professor of Philosophy in 1903. In that year she was also included on Cottrell's list of one thousand most important "American Men of Science," as one of three women to be included.
At Vassar, she was the first woman in the country to establish a psychology laboratory. There she mentored sixty-nine published studies with 177 students.
Her active life as a seminal psychologist continued to influence many of her students who turned to the field of Psychology. She taught at Vassar until 1937 and died in 1939. Along with a handful of colleagues, she led the way among women faculty members with distinction. Her concern was first and foremost for her students.
President Henry Noble MacCracken paid her tribute in a memorial notice after her death. He said of her that the "key to her personality was a unique attitude, in which were combined a detached objective devotion to experimental science and a passionate joy of living."
She organized "fundamental principles of a motor system of psychology," and her book The Animal Mind, A Textbook of Comparative Psychology went to a second printing and was translated into Japanese.
In 1927 she wrote a forthright letter to a complaining, impatient student:
"I appreciate the spirit in which your letter was written and am far from being offended by it. But I want to tell you that I do not approve of your aims and desires as you state them. And do not believe that you will reach your full usefulness until you discard them for simpler and more practical purposes. I do not think it is wise to set deliberately about "making a whole" of one's character, or doing anything else to one's character. That is an egocentric aim. The desire to be 'understood" is also egocentric. It belongs to adolescence, not maturity. And the deliberate ambition to 'understand' other people is presumptuous."
In 1937 she started a faculty outcry on the Vassar campus opposing the demolition of Vassar Brothers Laboratory, where she had established her early Psychology Lab. President MacCracken had decreed that the building was unfit. Washburn opposed the move because it would cause the department to be housed in Blodgett Hall of Euthenics, which had then just recently been built. As usual, her opposition was on principle, as she thought the discipline of euthenics would return women to the kitchen, from which they had been emancipated by Matthew Vassar.
She was honored with an award by the New York State Psychological Association in May, 1994.
Henry Noble MacCracken
Vassar Brothers Laboratory
The Disappointing First Thrust of Euthenics
Drawn from miscellaneous sources in Special Collections, Vassar College Library, including the MacCracken papers, and through the Courtesy of Steve Sadowsky, Chair , Department of Psychology in 1994


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My family, (especially the women), were very sad for me when I started to lose my long hair. Surprisingly, I never really felt sad about losing my hair; I was too busy focusing on the finish line! I told myself that there was no way that I would NOT see my two sons graduate high school, go to college, get married and make me a grandma! I always tried to find the silver lining in each bad situation.
When I finally lost all my hair, I reminded myself that I was actually "privileged" to lose my hair. Sounds crazy, right? Well, some people didn't have that option because they didn't even have an option for treatment! So, I took the lumps, rolled with the punches and pushed through treatments. I crossed that remission finish line in March 2005. I didn't cross gracefully, and I do have some residual long-term side effects. But, I sure am grateful to be here today!
I am forever thankful for the people who participate in and conduct oncology research trials. Working as a research nurse and having cancer empowered me to move forward. I have been a Clinical Research Associate since 2008 and have been working on oncology trials since 2013. I am currently working on a leukemia and lymphoma trial and take great pride in my work and great joy in giving back.


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