Flights of Osprey

Back in March I wrote about the construction and placement of an osprey nesting platform on Money Island. The article addressed the plight of the osprey due to insecticide exposure, and its recovery thanks to people’s efforts to bring it back from the brink of extinction. It seems appropriate to follow up on what happened

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Beating the Odds

Christina Cavallero says, “I don’t remember it at all” when describing her 2003 automobile accident. Others recall it vividly, as Cavallero was given a 99 percent chance of not surviving or of living in a vegetative state. Today, she’s happily employed at the Cumberland Cape Atlantic YMCA and as a substitute teacher in Vineland. The

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NJ Schools Development Authority Acts to Protect from Mercury in Floors

The New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA) will be requiring a certification from manufacturers of rubberized and/or urethane floors installed on SDA projects ensuring the floor does not contain phenyl mercuric acetate (PMA) or other mercury catalysts. These floors, which continue to be identified in New Jersey schools, have been installed since the 1960s. This

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Pause, Plus…

In 1999, the digital video recorder changed television forever by letting viewers pause live TV, ushering us into a new world of on-demand everything. “TiVo®” became a household word. DVRs radically changed the video and consumer electronics industries, but today, the notion of on-demand programming has become something we take for granted. We expect this

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