A long year and there’s reason to believe, maybe next year will be better than the last.
I can’t remember the last thing you said as I was leaving, now the days go by so fast.
~inspired by Counting Crows

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Where is that email with your bank information or vacation itinerary?

We’ve all seen Microsoft Outlook email archiving pop up and often they hit yes to archive old emails without knowing what it does. What is email archiving and how does it help? Is it worth it for the average person to archive emails? Does it save space or make it quicker to open emails? Many users have these questions when they first hear the term email archiving. Email archiving is an amazing tool for businesses, although for personal use email archiving may not offer many benefits.

Boston Mayor Isn’t Archiving his Emails

In the case of Boston City Hall, a close advisor to Mayor Menino has been reported to have deleted items from his inbox, sent box and the deleted/trash folder on a daily basis prior to traditional end-of-day tape backup. Now the Massachusetts Secretary of State has forced the hiring of an independent expert to retrieve City Hall emails that were “improperly deleted.” If a Microsoft Exchange archiving solution had been implemented, these email records, including email, calendar items and records of email deletions, would have been captured immediately as they happened, regardless of what was stored on backup tapes at the end of the day.

UPDATE:
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Email archiving allows a company to store emails on a private server for its employees to refer back too at a later time. Many companies often will send out updates on a new procedure, which can be missed if a person that works for the company was not in the office that day. Email archiving can also be an excellent tool for training new employees on current and new procedures. Once you access the server files, it is easy to direct an employee to a certain file or old email that is in the system saving someone hours looking for it and resending it to single or multiple users.

Why is Archiving Emails Important?

One example of this is, imagine you run into a problem at work that only happens every 2 months, you remember getting the email on the proper procedure, although you have had so many emails since the update you just cannot find it. Rather than spending hours looking for one single email, often times a company server is available with file named procedures in email archives, for that problem, and you can just open, read it or you can re-email it to yourself and flag it for later use. Email archiving saves time and space on employee’s personal computer for that reason alone.

Personal email archiving may not seem to make much since when it is easy to simply store important emails in a private folder; however, many users often forget to move an email that they need until it is too late. Making auto email archiving a nice feature, it is also very useful with so many professional email users now working from home as much as from work. Smart phone users are very used to synchronizing emails at home as well as work, and email archiving those emails to home can be as much of a time saver while working at home too, although they do take up space on your personal computer.

Email archiving may not seem like it is very useful when you haven’t had a need for it, until you need an important email and find that you do not have it. The pop up from Microsoft may have convinced many users to use email archiving without knowing what email archiving can do. Now knowing you possibly still have those emails you thought you lost can now be a major cause for a sigh of relief. Go check that email archive folder and see if you can find what you are looking for, and never forget where it is again.

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Over the next three months, more than 3,200 post offices and retail outlets out of 34,000 will be reviewed for possible closure or consolidation.

Downsizing is a business imperative, says Linda Welch, acting vice president of delivery and post office operations at the Postal Service. “Revenues have declined, and mail volume continues to decline,” she says.

Do you want to see the whole list?

I’ve been working a few hours each day since the announcement to build this list of post office closings so people can look up and see if their local post office will be closing. If you want to be notified of updates to the Most Recent Announcements and to Download the list, subscribe below:

Can We Get A List Of The Post Offices That Are Closing?

If you know of any other post offices that are closing because of this please contact me. Partial list that I have got so far:

Kansas
New Albany, KS, Post Office, 101 2nd Street, New Albany, KS, 66759

Louisiana
Cameron Post Office (70631) is closed. Residents can pick their mail up at the Lake Charles Drew Station.

New York
The South Kortright, NY, Post Office 10675 County Highway 18, 13842 is temporarily closed. The mail is being redirected to Hobart, NY 13788 located at 698 Main St, Suite #1

Ohio
Birmingham, OH, Post Office 44816 is closed. All customers will be serviced at Wakeman Post Office, 16 W Main St. Wakeman, OH 44889

Are These Post Offices Closing Because of the Recession?

Not only have e-mail and electronic bill paying made for a skinnier mail stream, but the recession has caused a sharp pullback in advertising mail that has hurt the Postal Service even more.

In March, Postmaster General John Potter asked Congress for the right to reduce the mail week from six days to five, for a savings of $3.5 billion. Shutting down post offices will have similar cost-saving effects. And most Americans say they’re OK with the cutbacks, as long as they don’t have to pay more to send mail. A recent USA Today/Gallup poll found that more Americans would rather the Postal Service curtail services than seek a bailout or raise stamp prices.

At least, that’s what everyone says until it’s their beloved post office at stake. For various reasons, people tend to react with great fervor when their local offices are endangered.

Consider the case of the Hawleyville Post Office. After years of negotiations, the Postal Service in January notified the Connecticut community that its 166-year-old post office would close Feb. 14. An article in the local newspaper poignantly noted, “The long love affair between the Hawleyville post office and its loyal customers will come to an end on, of all days, Valentine’s Day.”

Its post office was rickety, but the community embraced it as a gathering place. One resident told the Newtown Bee, “The Hawleyville Post Office is like Cheers in Hawleyville.”

In fear of losing its precious haunt, the community mobilized. A Web site and online petition drive were created. Members got Congress involved. And lo and behold, the community won approval for a new post office, to be opened this summer.

Every time a post office is slated for closure or consolidation, the Postal Service is legally obligated to inform its customers well in advance. “There’s a very long process that they have to go through,” says Mario Principe, the post office continuance consultant at the National League of Postmasters. That gives the communities plenty of time, usually at least two months, to stage a rescue.

Your Post Office is Closing. Get Used to It

The Postal Service will typically send out a survey or host a town hall meeting before an endangered office closes. Perhaps the closing of a post office means too many lost jobs for an already-hurting community. The office might house the bulletin board that posts important community announcements. Or the next-closest post office may be really far away. If customers alert officials to such concerns, there’s a better chance that their office will be spared. Appealing the closure decision to the Postal Regulatory Commission often works, too, though it’s a step many communities don’t know to take.

It’s also important to check out why a post office is on the chopping block in the first place. Those under review this summer are mostly metropolitan branches or stations. But in the case of small post offices, federal law states that the reason can’t be just that the office isn’t bringing in enough revenue. If that’s the only explanation given, then the Postal Service can’t legally shut it down.

Oftentimes, post offices face closure because their leases expire. That’s the case in Deer Harbor, Wash. After attempts to find a new location for the post office failed, the community decided “in desperation” to buy the property just to keep it in business. If the community can raise the $250,000 purchase price by the June 30, the Postal Service says it will continue operations there.

The Postal Service seems willing to negotiate, and it’s not really bothered by the protests. “It actually it makes us very proud to know that we are a valuable member of the community,” says Welch. She says that the Postal Service appreciates the great lengths that some communities will go to just to ensure that their services continue.

What the Postal Service would appreciate even more: If those people would show their appreciation by taking the simple step of sending more mail. Oddly enough, that seems to be the unthinkable last resort.

Local Post Offices Are Closing. Is Yours on the List?

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In 3 months, voters across the Commonwealth will head to the polls for the critically important 2006 election. It has been 20 years — far too long — since we elected a Democratic governor here at home. Massachusetts, like so much of the country, is ready for a change.

That’s why the Democratic Coordinated Campaign in Massachusetts has organized a series of cookouts in support of Massachusetts Victory ‘06, the impressive grassroots organization that we Democrats are building to help Democratic candidates win in 2006. Several cookouts have already been held, and a dozen more are planned throughout the Commonwealth that you can sign up for today.

I’ll be at the Lexington grassroots cookout on Sunday, August 13 to show my support for Massachusetts Victory ‘06, and I hope you can join me. If you cannot attend this cookout or if you simply live too far away from Lexington, please consider participating in another cookout or making a donation in support of Massachusetts Victory ‘06.

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A “Summer of Democratic Action” is underway. That’s what we are calling the key summertime organizing initiative for Victory ‘06. And it is all about neighbors talking to neighbors and fighting for a better future for Massachusetts. Already this month, in every region of the state, hundreds of precinct captains and volunteers are engaging in door-to-door canvasses, phone banks, house parties, and cookouts, spreading the Democratic message. With your help and participation, we can further build this program and strengthen the fall campaign effort.

I know what incredible things you can do when you join together at the grassroots level. I saw it throughout the 2004 campaign when you knocked on doors, picked up the phones, passed the hat, and helped us turn out a tremendous vote for Democrats in the general election. I am convinced that you can make that same extraordinary impact this year.

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I hope you and your family can join me on August 13 or attend another cookout to support Massachusetts Democrats. Together, with a Democratic Party re-energized at the grassroots, and with outstanding candidates offering strong leadership, we can achieve victory in November.

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These Indians quickly became friends with the Pilgrims. In a way of celebrating both the Pilgrim/Indian friendship and the wonderful harvest that the Pilgrims and the Indians worked together to cultivate…Thanksgiving was born.

Now as time goes on and the country becomes more and more politically correct we can see that the story behind Thanksgiving was based mostly on mythology and it has gone through great changes. This is, in part, due to the Wampanog tribe of Native Americans but more specifically a man named Frank B. James, the one time leader of the Wampanog tribe.

How did the Wampanog tribe of Native Americans turn Thanksgiving into the National Day of Mourning?

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts had decided back in 1970 to invite the then leader of the Wampanoag Native American tribe to Plymouth Mass, the site of the “first Thanksgiving”, and give a speech about the meaning Thanksgiving. The speech was set to take place on the top of Cole’s Hill.

Once the Commonwealth of Massachusetts realized that the Wampanoag tribe leader, Frank B. James, intended to speak out about the misconceptions of Thanksgiving and the way that the Native Americans were actually treated, they decided to un-invite him as a public speaker. This, however, did not stop the Wampanog Native American tribe, it’s leader Frank B. James, or it’s supporters.

Convening at Cole’s Hill in Plymouth Mass, The Wampanoag Native American tribe declared that the Fourth Sunday of November would no longer be known to Native Americans as Thanksgiving. They would now use this day as a way of protesting the Thanksgiving myth of how Native Americans were actually treated…The National Day Of Mourning was born.

National Day Of Mourning Will Continue

Since that first gathering, Native Americans and their supporters have gathered on Cole’s Hill in Plymouth Massachusetts on the Fourth Thursday of November at twelve noon to commemorate The National Day of Mourning. There has been a plaque placed on Cole’s Hill at the yearly meeting site which reads:

“Since 1970, Native Americans have gathered at noon on Cole’s Hill in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourning on the US Thanksgiving holiday. Many Native Americans do not celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims and other European settlers. To them, Thanksgiving Day is a reminder of the genocide of millions of their people, the theft of their lands, and the relentless assault on their culture. Participants in a National Day of Mourning honor Native ancestors and the struggles of Native peoples to survive today. It is a day of remembrance and spiritual connection as well as a protest of the racism and oppression which Native Americans continue to experience.”

I can certainly understand why Native Americans would take issue with their whole country celebrating the way that their people were murdered and their land overtaken. See I don’t know exactly what happened because A) I wasn’t there B) my “perfect world” history books told a story of two different types of people coming together to give thanks for their newfound relationship with each other.

The Wampanoag Native American tribe has been quoted as saying they will continue with their National Day of Mourning ceremonies and rallies until American history books reflect what truly happened to their people once the Pilgrims came to this country. While I think we have made definite steps in that direction…I can’t see that happening for a long, long time, if ever.

How Thanksgiving Became the National Day of Mourning for the Wampanoag Native Americans

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It is the wholesome and fresh product line of our restaurant/takeout and franchise operations that has made Sal’s Pizza a unique and successful quick-server enterprise. The concept for the company originated in Boston’s North End, the renowned enclave of authentic Italian eateries, and where CEO Sal Lupoli did his culinary apprenticeship. This experience was to be a powerful influence in the development of his own signature recipes.

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So what effect would this proposed amendment have on Massachusetts marriages? It would clearly define that Massachusetts marriages would only be legal between a man and a woman. Therefor, same sex marriage would no longer be considered legal. And all the current same sex marriages in Massachusetts would be safe. If this amendment was voted in, it would have an effect on the same sex marriages that took place before it came into effect. All of the gay marriages occurring in Massachusetts prior to this ban would be grandfathered in. I just don’t understand why the fear of gays in this state.

Currently, Massachusetts is one of very few states to recognize same sex marriages. Which, being from Massachusetts myself, I am quite proud of. I personally do not agree with this ban and will vote against it when given the opportunity. Currently the number of couples that have had same sex marriages performed is up around 8,000. I personally hoped that once same sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts that other states would soon follow.

The Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney, actually called the advancement of this ban “a huge victory for the people of Massachusetts”. Well, he does not speak for me and has lost my support over this. Well, I don’t know if he ever really had my support, he’s pretty goofy but that is neither here not there. He is using this as his rallying point for his run for office in the next election. Does he really get offended by same sex marriages so much that he would support that a ban on it be passed? I bet not.

Personally I don’t understand why this bothers people so much. If everyone would think about themselves we would be a lot better off in life. I say let Henry and Martha worry about Henry and Martha not about Sally and Cindy. My opinion on the matter is that legal Massachusetts marriages should continue to include same sex unions from now until the end of time.

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But how fresh is fresh? When you are talking Shaw Farm fresh, it means that the milk that you are buying in the afternoon more than likely came from the cow that very morning. You can’t ask for fresher milk than that. So what makes Shaw Farm so special?

Shaw Farm, which is still owned and operated by the Shaw family, has been in the dairy business since the beginning of the 1900’s. At that time there were many similar dairy farms in operation in the immediate area of Merrimack River Valley and also throughout New England.

It was in 1908 that M.L. Shaw began the operation of what is still known today as Shaw Farm. Farming today is still hard work but has been made easier with the help of power driven equipment. Not so was the case back when M.L. Shaw started out.

In the beginning, everything at Shaw Farm was done by hand. This included milking the cows twice a day, Clearing and plowing the fields with the help of a team of horses, cutting the hay with a hand scythe, and heating water in a wood fired kettle. The Shaw Farm milk was delivered door to door all over the Greater Lowell area with the use of a horse drawn carriage.

What Has Changed?

It’s important to realize that the only thing that has changed about Shaw Farm is the method in which they get their farm work completed. What was once done by hand is now done by power driven equipment.

What hasn’t changed about Shaw Farm is the quality and freshness of their dairy products. They still milk their cows twice a day. They also still take great lengths to ensure that the finished product that is sold to the public is of the highest quality possible.

You can still get a taste of nostalgia when purchasing your milk from Shaw Farm as it’s available in returnable glass quart bottles. Don’t worry, for those of us that are less likely to return the bottles, we can also purchase Shaw Farm milk in plastic containers.

Although the horse and wagon days of delivering Shaw Farm Milk are gone, if you are in the Greater Lowell area you can still have Shaw Farm dairy products delivered right to your door. You just don’t find that type of convenient service in this day and age.

More Than Just Milk

You can be sure that when purchasing your milk from Shaw Farm you are getting more than just milk. You and your family get a chance to experience a real working dairy farm in an age when dairy farms are very few and very far between.

You can also experience the fresh Shaw Farm milk and cream in the form of ice cream. Shaw Farm ice cream is made from the same fresh milk and cream that you love to drink. They have over 50 flavors available of their hard gourmet quality ice cream and also carry a line of sherbets, low fat frozen yogurts, and no sugar added ice creams all of which are for sale in the farm store.

If you want that “on the farm” ice cream experience, all you have to do is walk across the street from Shaw Farm to their seasonal Shaw Farm Ice Cream Stand. It is here that you can get all of the same variety of Shaw Farm Ice Cream while taking in some “on the farm” sites.

The Shaw Farm Ice Cream stand has a fenced in pen where from time to time you will see a baby cow or two. You can also have a look at an antique tractor which was used on Shaw Farm back in the day. All of this while enjoying the freshest ice cream that you can get your hands on.

No Artificial Growth Hormones Used

Because the use of artificial hormones have become so commonplace in the dairy industry and because of the fact that the FDA does not require artificial hormones to be listed on the ingredients label of dairy products, Shaw Farm is often asked by their customers whether or not they use artificial growth hormones.

The answer is No, Shaw Farm does not use artificial grown hormones as a way of getting their cows to produce more milk. Since this had became such an issue with consumers, Shaw Farm had started putting on their dairy product labels “No Artificial Growth Hormones Used”.

It seems that the FDA took issue with this as they felt that Shaw Farm was trying to speak out against the use of artificial growth hormones by other companies. This isn’t what Shaw Farm had intended at all. What they did intend was to be upfront with their customers about exactly what they would be consuming when drinking and eating Shaw Farm dairy products.

So although it may not say it on the label, you can be sure that Shaw Farm Dairy Products contain no artificial growth hormones. This practice fits in very well with the Shaw Farm logo:

“If they say it’s homemade, ask to see their cows…”

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Background
Dramatic growth in motorized trail recreation in the last decade and the lack of legally established riding areas has resulted in widespread complaints about illegal off highway vehicle use. Off highway vehicles, also known as recreational vehicles or off road vehicles (ORV) typically include equipment such as all terrain vehicles (ATV’s) and off-highway motorcycles. Effective and sustainable management of this growing recreational activity requires three inter-related elements:

1. Legal, sustainable and accessible places to ride that offer environmental protections and safe OHV use.
2. Strengthened state laws, regulations, and enforcement capacity to deter illegal riding.
3. Consistent information regarding safe and environmentally responsible motorized trail recreation coordinated among land managers, and state law enforcement agencies, dealers and manufacturers of motorized recreation vehicles, and the network of clubs and riders.

DCR recently developed standards for the siting of motorized trail recreation activities to guide agency decisions regarding this use on DCR lands. The Department’s Stewardship Council recognized the importance of enforcement when it directed DCR to develop an enforcement plan for OHV’s on Department property. Recognizing that OHV enforcement concerns exist throughout the Commonwealth, the OHV Enforcement Working Group is intended to advise both the agency and the Commonwealth in further actions related to OHV enforcement on both public and private lands.

Enforcement Working Group Tasks and Members The enforcement of OHV laws and regulations is a complex issue involving multiple agencies and many stakeholders. Law enforcement agencies, public and private land managers, motorized recreation enthusiasts and environmental advocates all have an interest in the outcome and play a role in the effectiveness of current or future laws and regulations.

The following agencies, organizations and interests have been invited to participate in the working group.

Executive Office Agencies
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA)
Office of Environmental Law Enforcement (Environmental Police)
Department of Conservation and Recreation:
Department of Fish and Game
Department of Environmental Protection

Other Law Enforcement
Massachusetts State Police
Massachusetts Police Chiefs Association

Other Land Management Entities
Mass Land Trust Coalition
The Trustees of Reservations
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions

Recreation Vehicle Interests
National Off Highway Vehicle Conservation Council
New England Trail Riders Association
Northeast ATVers
Massachusetts ATV Association
Berkshire Trails Council
Snowmobile Association of Massachusetts

Other Stakeholders
Environment Massachusetts
Consumer Product Safety Commission
DCR Stewardship Council

The Working Group plans to identify options and opportunities in four key areas:

1. Assess existing laws and regulations pertaining to the use and operation of recreation vehicles and identify opportunities and strategies to enhance their effectiveness for the protection of public safety, the environment, and public and private property
2. Review the current capacity of agencies charged with enforcing OHV laws and regulations and identify opportunities and financing strategies to increase the capacity of the enforcement system.
3. Identify short-term opportunities and strategies to reduce unsafe and inappropriate use of OHVs that are currently available under existing laws, regulations, enforcement capacity and funding mechanisms.
4. Identify opportunities to improve communication among stakeholders in order to increase safe, responsible and legal OHV use Schedule and Outcomes

The Off Highway Vehicle Enforcement Working Group is scheduled to meet four times between August 2007 and October 2007. Agency staff supporting the working group will prepare a report that captures recommendations and strategies that emerge from the process. The report shall include recommendations in each of the four key areas described above including legislative, budgetary and operational actions necessary to improve OHV safety and the protection of public and private lands from illegal OHV use.
To maximize the opportunity for timely change, the report will be due by mid November, 2007.

Your suggestions are welcome

While every individual or organization who has an interest in this topic can’t attend the working group meetings, the Department and the group are interested in your thoughts regarding OHV enforcement. You can follow the progress of the group at DCR’s website. There you will find minutes of the working group meetings and other documents related to the process.

You can share your ideas for OHV enforcement at ohv.comments@state.ma.us.

We are hopeful that this process will produce ideas for improving OHV enforcement in Massachusetts. We welcome your contributions to this exciting discussion and look forward to sharing our progress with you.

Off Road ATV Laws In Massachusetts Are Changing

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Changes in the Law for Junior Operators

In order to obtain a valid drivers license in Massachusetts teens will have to log 40 hours of driving time with their parents. This is a huge increase from the previously required 12 hours. Along with parental supervised driving hours a teen will have to log 12 hours of driving time that is supervised by a driving instructor. The previous amount required was 6 hours.

If you are a Junior Operator who gets pulled over for speeding you will now have a different punishment than just a citation. If a Junior Operator gets pulled over for speeding they will now have their license suspended for 90 days. On top of that suspension a junior operator will have to complete a driver re-education program, a state sanctioned road rage program and will be forced to pay a $500.00 reinstatement fee once the 90 suspension is over.

So what is hoped to be accomplished with the updated Junior Operator Laws? The state is hoping to become proactive instead of reactive when it comes to the amount of auto accidents that are caused by teens due to lack of driving experience and speeding. I honestly believe that this will have a positive effect. I know that if I was still a junior operator and knew that I would have to deal with tons of repercussions for speeding… I wouldn’t speed. I also think that a required 52 hours of logged driving time prior to being able to take the license test is an excellent idea to ensure that someone gets adequate supervised experience.

I’m sure that the teens who have to comply with these new laws are thinking that it sucks. I probably would have too when I was younger.

But will we have safer roads because of the law changes?

Massachusetts Junior Operators Face New Stricter Driving Laws

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