It's Swine Flu, Part II. The flu season is on the horizon, just time in time for the start of the school year, and educators in our area are already preparing contingent plans for dealing with the H1N1 virus. The question remains: will it really be worse than the last batch of cases? Patrick McLaughlin, Assistant Principal St. Francis Prep High School in Queens, NY told John Gambling that the school has been working very closely with the CDC and Mayor Bloomberg to get input and advice on what to expect and what to do. A certain amount of anxiety is good said Mclaughlin. However, educating and informing is paramount - so if a student feels sick or ill, stay home! Students who came to school even though they felt a bit under the weather was one of the triggers for the epidemic at St. Francis Prep.
So will the swine flu be striking back? The CDC is unsure says Mclaughlin "but we aren't taking any chances with it - the CDC is stock piling vaccines, St. Francis Prep has been scrubbed down and completely clean and the final step is of course: education and taking precautions. The response from students and parents has been positive says Mclaughlin. Parents are concerned but cooperative and pat believes that this was due to good communication between the school, the students and their parents.
In a previous blog, “A Runners Wife” I spoke about my husband training for the NYC marathon. All I have to say is that the months of training all came together of an amazing race. Race day is a grueling day for runners, and the family. But a miracle happened...
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the senate judiciary committee and basically shrugged when asked if any other enemy combatant captured overseas had ever been brought to civilian criminal court to face justice. Talk about an incompetent boob, not to mention a disgrace.
Here is a list of wines all from Spain, and menus from restaurants in Brooklyn where a crew of us did a food / wine crawl through Carrol Gardens and Williamsburg recently
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