Through the Looking Glass

Managing Those Annoying Passwords

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Not long ago television news reported on high school students who had invented a password storage device and were setting up a business to sell it. The device stored passwords and allowed the user to access them by displaying a fingerprint. The whole password situation is very annoying. It is often tempting to decide against visiting a site or doing anything on it, simply to avoid adding yet another password to your collection. Many people use the same password over and over, a practice the experts strongly disparage.

Suffield’s Pride

Suffield’s Pride – Sandra Bixler

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Brains, beauty, and a fearless desire to be of service, Sandra Bixler has it all. The daughter of Richard and Linda Bixler was raised in Suffield along with her twin brother Steven, and is now a Principal Investigator at the Therapeutic Development Center, Molecular and Translational Sciences Division, at the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). What does that mouthful of words mean you may rightly ask? Basically, Sandra, who has a Ph.D. in Emerging Infectious Diseases works trying to find vaccines or antidotes to the most deadly viruses on the planet such as Ebola, Lassa, and other hemorrhagic fever viruses. USAMRIID, located in Fort Detrick, Maryland, is the Army’s main facility for research into countermeasures against biological warfare and the Department of Defense’s only laboratory equipped to study BSL4 (biosafety level) viruses.

Food for Thought

Food For Thought

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“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

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Daniel J. Beneski April 24, Age 42 Sharon A. Meola May 2, Age 58 Joan M. “Joanie” Berghal May 18, Age 35 Martha G. Clark May 19, Age 89 James E. Williamson May 21, Age 83 Lydia Elizabeth Trillo May 23, Age 44 Shawn Phillip Lopez May 24, Age 20 Michael John Kotowski June 6, Age 56 Dorothy Kaplan McCarty June 6, Age 87 […]