Muted colors this foggy morning. The sun will break through the cloud cover. Have a good day!
"Speed methods don’t really have anything to do with math," he said. "The methodology behind solving the cube doesn’t really involve math unless you’re looking at it from a level of theory."
According to Ricci, the most important attributes when "speed-solving" are time and patience.
"There’s a lot to learn in order to solve the cube fast," he said. "It really comes down to having a lot of time to practice and being really motivated to practice."
Ricci said he would perform up to 400 solves a day "back when I was really into it," before his record-setting competition.
Part of the donations gathering here for the feed the need turkey trot 5k.
The Franklin Food Pantry appreciates the community support!
We have a day for giving thanks. We have two for getting deals. This year help create #GivingTuesday™, the giving season’s opening day.
On Tuesday November 27, 2012 charities, families, businesses and individuals are coming together to transform the way people think about, talk about and participate in the giving season.
It’s a simple idea. Find a way for your family, your community, your company or your organization to join in acts of giving. Tell everyone you can about what you are doing and why it matters. Join a national celebration of our great tradition of generosity.
And together we’ll create ways to give more, give better and give smarter.
Peter, she said, is very social, outgoing and friendly. From volunteering at the Hockomock YMCA in Franklin to photographing weddings and other events, he's always involved in some activity.
However, Peter Willis, 20, was not always as outgoing as he is today.
When Peter was born, he was diagnosed with failure to thrive, or insufficient weight gain. As he grew, he was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, as well as Lujan-Fryn syndrome, a genetic disorder that results in mild mental retardation and a tall, thin stature.
This time of year, the Friends of Franklin get into the act, too. The members of the local charity are busy working behind the scenes to ensure that the holidays are bright for fellow residents who have fallen on hard times.
On Monday, the Friends put up one of their annual Angel Trees at Shaw's Supermarket in Horace Mann Plaza, hanging it with dozens of angel-shaped tags, each one bearing the special Christmas wish of a Franklin child whose family might not be able to afford it.
"We put the angels up on the tree and people come and take them and get the things on the tags," said Priscilla Cornetta, Friends co-president with Sheila Hooper. "Each tag has the child's age, clothing size, gender and a gift they would like."
"We tell them over and over again, ‘You are going to have to work really hard,’" said Kristen DeSimone, a seventh- and eighth-grade special education teacher who for the past seven years has planned Remington’s annual Thanksgiving Harvest Luncheon.
The mouth-watering event, DeSimone said, teaches the 18 students who participate valuable social and life skills, while challenging them to put to use some of the lessons they’ve learned in class.
For instance, math came up during the shopping spree last week, she said. Students had to bargain hunt, identify the best prices and manage their food budget.
On Monday, they had to measure just the right amount of ingredients while baking pies for dessert.
Our state budget is a statement of our priorities, a reflection of the choices we make together to strengthen our communities, support vulnerable residents, and build a vibrant economy.
MassBudget's new online slideshow, Our State Budget: Building a Better Future Together, describes the ongoing fiscal crisis, recent budget cuts, our tax system, and the choices we will face moving forward.
In most of our emails, this is the point when we would tell you to GO VIEW THE SLIDESHOW. This time, as part of our ongoing effort to reach new audiences, we would also like to encourage you to:
In general, email will remain our core method for communicating with you--whenever we release a report, finish a factsheet, or update our budget browser. But we will also be using social media to share shorter pieces, research highlights, and information about interesting reports from other organizations.
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Recreation Director Ryan Jette said losing Reagan was difficult, given how long he worked for the department, but that White’s background in athletics and education makes the transition easier.
"We just started our winter registration, so it’s a busy time for us," Jette said. "Around here, winter is arguably the biggest time of the year. Megan is picking up real quick, learning very fast. I’ve had a lot of compliments about her already. She’s going to be a good fit."
White's experience as a student athlete and coach lends her a unique set of skills.
"As an athlete, I feel that thinking about programs, how they need to be ran and how to interact with the different players, comes naturally," she said, adding, "Any athlete wants to work in a sports-related job. If they aren’t, then they don’t like their job."
In New York City, Smith said, the darkness was eerie and disquieting.
"I didn’t expect that," he said.
Smith said he never realized the scope of Sandy’s wrath.
"While we were deployed, I saw no news; I heard no news, so I wasn’t even aware of how bad the devastation was until I got home," he said.
Roy, who spent 14 years as a Franklin town official, serving on the Town Council, as well as the Master Plan Committee and School Committee, said his main focus will be jobs and the economy.
He also wants to help speed completion of the Franklin High School project and to increase local aid during the upcoming session.
Roy hopes to serve on the education and criminal justice committees.
"I am delighted to be a part of the team and I hope to make it stronger," he said.
Both the Franklin and Nashoba Regional went into Friday night’s Division 1 state final at Worcester State University without a loss this fall. The South sectional champion Panthers touted an impressive 21-0-1 mark, while the Central champion Chieftains from Central Mass. came in at 18-0-4.
Thanks in large part to the efforts of sophomore Taylor Cogliano and senior Kristi Kirshe, people will be dancing in the streets of Franklin as the Panthers captured the first girls soccer state championship in school history by earning a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Nashoba.
"We have been a very good program for a long time," said Franklin coach Tom Geysen. "We have been close several times to going over the top. If you had asked me in August, I would have said we will see where we end up because we have six freshmen and nine sophomores. This is a credit to them."
The $9 million project broke ground in the spring and has stayed on budget. Only some interior and landscape work remains, according to Brian Kelly, Dean College’s assistant vice president for capital planning and facilities.
The Planning Board approved the project in February.
On Friday, there were some construction crews working behind the dorm, as students heading to class passed by.
Located on West Central Street, a stone’s throw from the Franklin Historical Museum, the dorm will address overcrowding on campus. It is part of the school’s long-term design plan.
The gap between Massachusetts's richest and poorest households is the 8th highest in the nation, according to a new report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute.
Comparing income inequality in all fifty states over the last 3 decades, the report finds that:
Income for the top 20% of households in Massachusetts more than doubled between the late 1970s and the mid 2000s (adjusted for inflation). By contrast, the bottom 20% saw virtually no income growth over that same period.*
To provide a fuller picture of the situation in Massachusetts, MassBudget has put together an accompanying slideshow, with additional information about statewide inequality, poverty, the minimum wage, and more.
Read PULLING APART, a joint report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute
View MassBudget's Slideshow PULLING APART IN MASSACHUSETTS
*The numbers cited in this email are available in Table 1 (pg. 17), Table 8 (pg. 35), and Table 7 (pg. 33) of Pulling Apart.
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In a push for more programs to re-enroll students who have dropped out, the education research group the Rennie Center Tuesday released a report on the statewide impact of dropouts.
The average Bay State dropout costs taxpayers $122,000 over the course of his or her lifetime, the report said, through cash assistance and benefits including food stamps, health care and housing subsidies.
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