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1298 Tasting Notes
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This one came from the EU Travelling Teabox, round 1. I was originally going to make a fruity white and green blend from the Fru P Christmas calendar when it struck me that if I wanted a tea which was not black, and therefore rather out of my usual tea-sphere, then I really ought to tackle something from the Yet To Be Tried box, a box which appears to be changing its name every time I mention it and which is at present full to bursting!
So I dug through to see what I could find and decided on this flavoured green tea. It has rose petals and sunflower and 'aroma'. Aroma of what? Fruit? Flowers? Spices? Sweets? Lamb chops? Old wellies? What? It could be anything! Consequently I haven't the faintest idea what I'm going into here.
Now, I'm not usually very keen on floral teas at all, so my mind is boggling a bit as to why I chose to take some of it. Perhaps it had something to do with the lack of jasmine that made me feel more safe about it. Either way, I took some and now I'm trying it.
It smells quite floral. I'm rather reminded of a bar of scented soap. The scent of the scented soap, but not the soap itself, if you understand what I mean. Luna the Cat seems to find it a mildly interesting smell as she sniffed at it for a fairly long time. This is noteworthy because normally when she investigates my cup she seems to find whichever tea I'm drinking rather stinky and shies away from it. There's another note in here as well which reminds me strongly of honey. Either the aforementioned 'aroma' has something to do with honey or a honey-like product or I have just discovered nasal proof of the fact that bees make honey from flowers. All in all, it's actually quite an attractive aroma to both Angs and Lunas.
The sencha base is strong in the flavour. I can easily recognise the vegetative flavour of green tea here, but the flowers are fairly in the background. Most floral teas, when I first sip them, it's like getting a mouthful of perfume, but this is not the case here. It's first and foremost a green tea and then any flavouring appears to be occurring around the edges and in the background. It becomes rather more pronounced in cooling, but still it isn't really taking over.
To my vast surprise, I'm finding it actually quite palatable.
I've added it to all the posts in the queue. I don't know why I didn't do that from the beginning. This has led me to think I proabably also ought to have noted the day I had them.
Oh, and thank you for being so great about always noting the tea is from the swap box! I added this one to the list – we're almost at 70 notes now.
Well, I count sort of the same as mentioning who shared something with me. In this case it's too much of a hassle for me to keep up with who added what, so I'm thinking The Box shared it with me. :)
MissB is a star! I have been equipped with no less than four boxes of this one AND a myriad of other samples. I counted them. There were nineteen different teas in the box. Nineteen! Many of them are herbals, so I've got a lot of choice in my Before Bed Beverage now. (As has Husband, of course. I'm not that selfish) Some of them are from companies I don't think I've ever even heard of before. How exciting!
So, yes, this is intended as a Before Bed Beverage, but as I'm writing this it's only actually mid afternoon. I just couldn't wait. I have high hopes of this one. I've come to be quite fond of the normal Sleepytime before bed, so in my mind adding vanilla to that couldn't possibly go wrong. The worst that could happen, that I can think of anyway, is that I can't actually find the vanilla in it at all, leaving me with something that tastes much like regular Sleepytime and then… what have I lost, really? Not much, the way I see it.
Well, I can detect the vanilla in the aroma, definitely. It's rather peculiar, because it depends on how close I put my nose to the cup. I do have a bit of a cold, but my nose isn't completely incapacitated at this stage (and I hope it stays that way!), so I can still smell things. If I put my nose close to the cup, I can pretty much only smell mint. If, however, I'm sitting normally upright with the cup in front of me letting the steam waft up past my face, it's all sweet and vanilla-y. It's almost as if the mint is a heavier scent and doesn't make it all the way up to my face. I've never noticed this happening before. Isn't that odd?
I tend to like steeping Sleepytime for a pretty long time so I've done that with this as well. It must have got at least six or seven minutes I think. Now that it's stronger I can also smell the vanilla among the mint when putting my nose closer to the cup. It smells wonderful!
I've tried a few sips, but I can't really taste anything. Still too hot. I'll have to be more patient, I suppose… Ah yes, that's better.
It still tastes like Sleepytime. I'm not sure I would have been able to tell that it's a different variety had I not known, but as I do know, I can find the vanilla. I can find it because I know it's there but that doesn't mean that it's not done properly, if you know what I mean. Sometimes you don't need to be able to taste everything. Sometimes just a hint is enough to enhance an overall experience. Just think of a sauce which has just a pinch of salt versus the same sauce with too much salt in it. The pinch of salt enhances the flavour of the whole, but too much of it just takes over. I tend to like heavily flavoured vanilla teas, but in this particular blend I think the vanilla works much better as that enhancer. It smooths the whole thing out and adds a touch of sweetness.
I'm really glad I decided to ask for someone to play middle-man so I could have some. I don't usually like doing that because it seems such a lot of bother for everybody involved. I shall have to put together a really great box to send back to MissB after we've moved now.
TIME WARP. This might not be backlog, though, and that last sentence really reads, '…a really great box to send now after we've moved.'
I think you need to come visit me Anna. I think we would have fun together being weird. Except that my hair might get jealous and try to take yours out.
I agree. Imagine how awesomely we could stalk Ang if we teamed up on the same continent!!!
And I'm sure our hair would probably just merge. For world domination.
…gosh. O.O hides
Yes, Sil, this is from the queue and from before we moved. I try to remember to write 'from the queue' on them, but I'm not very good at that. I don't know why I don't just start with that sentence when I write the post in the first place. 99% or what I post are from the queue, so you can generally assume that it's a couple months old.
Also, you two are scary. Seriously. Scary. (But I'd still feed you and rustle up something you could sleep on if you showed up)
Bonnie shared this one with me. We're fairly fond of LS in this household, but I don't usually try very many different ones. Like with most things, I have a very particular idea of the perfect specimen, and I've already found that from AC Perchs. It's just the right amount of smoke and just the right sort of strength for me, so I have little need to 'shop around' as it were. If I'm shopping somewhere else and we're out of it, I'll get one, but that's really as far as my shopping around goes mostly. Nevertheless, when someone shares one with me, I'm hardly going to refuse it, am I? That would be silly.
I'm under the impression that this one is Bonnie's favourite LS, and if I'm right in that then I suspect we have similar ideas of how the best LS should be, because it strikes me as similar to the one that is my favourite. I can't remember if I shared some of that one with her. I hope I did.
The aroma is smoky and sweet and just about equal measures, and this goes for the flavour as well. Lots of smoke, but also LOTS of body. Lots, especially, of that sweet fruity note that nearly drove me mad the first time I discovered it in the ACP one. There's a bit of a mineral note on the end of the sip, though, which I don't think my usual LS has, but that's really the only major difference between the two.
I happened across this one in one of those odds and ends shop that sell all sorts of small things relatively cheaply. I don't really like shopping in there much, because although they have lots of fun things to look at, the shop is laid out so that you follow a path all the way from the door to the till and if you later discover you want to go back and look at something again, it can be difficult getting back there, because the path is fairly narrow. If there are many people in the shop, you can forget about it. Easier to just go through and go in again. Not really something that makes for a pleasant shopping experience in my book.
I knew they had a selection of Celestial Seasonings as well, but I thought it was much the same as everywhere else that has CS these days. It's a relatively new brand in Denmark, it's only been available here for a few years and compared to you Americans we've only got a fraction of the available flavours. Obviously this was not one I thought I'd see here at all, but there was one box, so I took it. I remember the name of this one from Steepster, and I remember people have been raving madly about one of these Christmas-y flavours. Couldn't remember which one, so having checked the ingredients for known dislikes (none) I took the box on the off chance that it might be this one.
It has a funny creamy smell. I can smell vanilla and orange, and it's a creamy-thick smell. It reminds me strongly of something I know I know, but I can't think what it might be. Husband had the same sort of reaction when he tried it. Smelled familiar to him but he couldn't think what it was.
I gather it's the milk thistle that makes it feel like warm milk. I can also detect orange and vanilla quite clearly in the flavour, but apart from that it tastes very much like coconut to me. I'm surprised actually that there doesn't appear to be coconut in it at all. Is that the flavour of thistle, then? Coconut-y?
It's pleasant enough, but not really something I would get in much of a state over. In a large mug I find it a little cloying towards the bottom. I think this one box will be enough.
I'll have to dare another visit to that shop though, and have a closer look at their CS selection, because clearly it must be MUCH larger than I've seen anywhere else. I've become fairly interested in it lately what with Husband having taught me this ' cup of herbal while reading in bed' habit. I never cared about it before at all. Funny how things can change. Perhaps they even have that Sleepytime Vanilla. Wouldn't that be typical now that MissB is sending me a few boxes?
As this is a queued post, it has been a while now since MissB provided me with a good supply of Sleepytime Vanilla. I am halfway through my third box of those…
I'm not a fan of those 'go only in one direction' shops either. I went to Ikea the other weekend and had to go around the showroom about three or four times. I'll have to check out CS, I'm in the US but have never really gone for any of their offerings.
Ikea isn't even too bad for that here, because the 'paths' are wide enough that you can go back or you can slip between the displays. In this shop the path is only about two people wide and you have to go through till and outside and in again if you want to go back but can't. (Or be a pain to everyone else to get back, in which case I often actually prefer going through and in again.)
Sheherazade shared a couple of bags of this with me, and my immediate thought was that it came from Cameroon! That was a new one, I didn't even know they grew tea there. (Truth be told, I'm barely certain where Cameroon even is apart from Africa. I think the West coast, in that corner there…) Turns out that this wasn't actually from Africa at all. It's so called because it's grown in a place called the Cameron Highlands and that is in Malaysia. Still a new one, then! I don't think I've had tea from Malaysia before. I did think it was strange that it said Kuala Lumpur on the bag if it came from Cameroon. While I may not be entirely up on African geography, I do know that Kuala Lumpur is not in Africa.
Now, let's see. I am a bit concerned about the whole 'highlands' part. As we know, I'm not super fond of high grown teas, and this does indeed have that grassy, slightly spicy aroma to it.
It tastes grassy and a bit flower-y as well, but to my pleasant surprise it appears to be entirely or almost entirely without that sour aftertaste that puts me off in Darjeelings especially. There isn't really all that much else to this. It's a bit of a one-note tea.
Not super impressive, but not awful either. Interestingly I happened to see this brand in a grocery shop recently. Not our usual shop, but the posh one in town that has a lot of specialty products.
This is a fairly old one that I received ages ago from Autumn Hearth I believe the name was. I have made a note of it, but she modified her name later on and now appears to not be around anymore.
I'm not certain about these recommendations. I've been told 30 seconds steeping and I've previously heard that with this type of green it's important to brew the first steep rather coolly, so I went for the lowest setting on my kettle which was 60°C. I'm just not sure that's warm enough and/or long enough. I mean, I know I'm used to black tea which is tastes far stronger than the average green, but even so. This tastes rather thin on these parameters. It doesn't have a detectable aroma at all and the flavour is mostly a juicy, veg-y splash in some otherwise fairly lukewarm water. Husband thought it was rather nice, but I thought it was mostly just a cup of warm water.
Not impressed at this point, I decided to go for a second steep and make the water 70°C this time and I gave it 45 seconds. This time it has an aroma, although it's not a very strong one. It smells like vegetable water, sort of, and with that 'fat' note that I associate with green tea. I can't really explain that one, it just smells fat to me. If a smell could have a shape, that's what it would be. It has also picked up a smidge of astringency right on the first sip, but other than that it's still mainly a cup of warm water. That veg-y note is coming through after a while though. It's a sort of building up note, and it takes half a small cup to get it in any noticable way. It's mostly right as I swallow and as an aftertaste.
Hm. I don't dare make the water any warmer, because I think it will probably definitely go all bitter if I do, and I don't dare make the steeping time longer either for the same reason, so I think I've reached a dead end here.
I shan't rate this because I honestly don't know how to rate warm water… Honestly, I think the leaf was just too old.
Posting queue appears to be growing explosively at the moment, so I'm going to do daily posts for a while. Blame the second round of the EU TTB! (But also a number of moments involving certain indiscretions made on certain webshops… Had to admit to having been a very bad dog last night.)
This came out of the EU travelling teabox (round 1), and I can't actually remember if I took all of it or not. I think it's possible that I did. I initially only took half, but then I can't remember if I pinched the rest when I discovered I hadn't taken enough to be able to close the box.
Anyway, the leaves smell absolutely wonderfully sweet, custardy, caramel-y vanilla. Very promising! After steeping it still smells wonderful, but this time it's more vanilla-vanilla, rather than custard-y caramel-y vanilla.
The flavour, however, isn't quite the smooth and soft vanilla-y flavour that I would have wished. I mean, it does taste like vanilla, very much so especially on the aftertaste, but there's a certain harshness to it as well, which I think has to do with the base. I think the best base for my perfect vanilla is something that is smooth and full-flavoured, but doesn't try to dominate the vanilla. I think this one does. I think it's a little too strong for the flavouring. I shall have to try it with a shorter steep, I think, and then see what I think.
The level of vanilla is great, but the base doesn't seem to want to play nicely with it.
This one I got out of the EU Travelling Teabox (round 1). At first I wasn't even planning to try it at all, but then two things happened.
1. I found myself rather forced to take some more stuff out, because I couldn't tetris everything into the box and close the lid.
2. Scheherazade shared a couple of bags of surprisingly pleasant (well, it surprised me) chai with me, so I thought why not?
The more I thought about this one, the more appealing I thought it was. Nuts, you know. :)
I'm trying it tonight while I'm home alone and rather need something warming. I haven't quite reached the point where I can only stand peppermint herbals yet, but let me put it this way. In the last 48 hours I've watched 23 episodes of As Time Goes By. I think that speaks volumes about my current health, really. I'll be taking season four with me to bed as soon as I'm finished writing this.
I don't usually like milk in my tea, in fact I tend to generally be of the opinion that milk and/or sweetener is just ruining the cup (especially the sweetener, blech!), but I've come to understand that I really do need it there in a chai. Otherwise it seems unfinished, somehow. Even so, I've got a few mouthfuls of this in a second cup without milk, so that I can taste it unadulterated.
I'll start with the non-milk version. As it was the dregs of the pot, it's gone a bit bitter. It smells very cinnamon-y but it doesn't have an overwhelming cinnamon taste. Mind you, I can't taste any nuts either but that might be the dregs-y situation's fault. If it hadn't gone so bitter, it does taste like it would be really rather nice.
As for the milked cup, I fulled the mug about a quarter up with milk and nuked it. I am too damn lazy for saucepans when it's such a relatively small amount of milk we're talking about. Then I poured the finished tea into that, and this does smell quite nutty. And milky. It only lacks chocolate and it would smell like hot nutella. I can detect the cinnamon as well, but it's even more discreet here than without the milk.
It's not at all bitter with the warm milk in. It's very sweet, actually. Partly I think because of the nuts, and partly because of the milk. (Seriously, next time you have a glass of milk, pay attention to it. It really does have a sweet taste to it) The spices are very low here, as is the base tea, so I pretty much feel like I'm drinking warm nutty milk.
Which, actually, is really rather nice. For all the lack of base tea and spices, I strongly suspect that I would notice them NOT being there, so I don't think they're completely invisible. They're just… background noise. Rounding everything out. As the cup cools the spices come in to play more, but still mainly as an aftertaste.
I'm glad my tetris-inabilities forced me to pilfer this one. It's really very pleasant. Perhaps I can learn to enjoy chai. It's just a question of finding the correct chai.
This is a tea that Scheherazade shared with me. I have never heard of anything by the name of Yuzu before, so I had to look it up. Initially I thought it was the name of the type of green tea, but it turns out that it's the fruit it's flavoured with. Further investigation reveals that it's a kind of citrus fruit that grows in East Asia. It looks like a mandarin and supposedly tastes like a mix of grapefruit, mandarin and lemon. So I'm left to expect something that can somehow manage to be sweet, bitter and tart at the same time. How is that going to work?
Citrus-y conundrums aside, I tend to find that green tea and citrus go quite well together, so I'm rather looking forward to tasting it now.
It does actually manage to smell like all those three citrus fruits mentioned earlier all at once. Imagine a triangle with grapefruit, lemon and mandarin at the corners. Right there in the middle of the triangle. That's what it smells like. I wouldn't have thought it was possible. Now, the danger of lemon-y things is that they might wind up smelling a bit like washing up liquid, but I don't think this one does. It smells rather like a fruit I would like to taste.
There's a good deal of bitterness in the flavour. It's not oversteeping-bitter or too-warm-water-bitter, it's more like grapefruit-bitter. Like when you get a bit of the peel as well as the fruit. Apart from that the flavour isn't really reminding me all that much of grapefruit, mandarin or lemon, although it is decidedly citrus-y. More sort of bergamot-ish to me. Like a bergamot that has been tarted up a bit with some lemon. It does go really well with the green tea though.
Hmmm… I'm not sure what I think of this. It seems to be rather refreshing, but I'm not sure I can drink very much of it without getting a bit tired of that bitter note.
Jenier order arrived today. I'd forgotten they did that, but when the very first thing I see when I open the box is a small envelope with my name on it and containing a little hand-written 'hope you enjoy, thanks for your order' card, I get a happy! Also, I bought another 50g pouch of their golden monkey, but the actual pouch weighs 120g. They did the same thing last time when I also bought a supposedly 50g pouch of golden monkey. I'm definitely not complaining, but… they must have really poor scales in Scotland.
This is an older one I found in my Haven't Yet Posted About Box (which needs a better name) and it was Sil who shared it with me.
I don't know anything at all about this oolong, so I had to look it up. Apparently it's had leafhoppers. Isn't that the same thing that happens to Oriental Beauty? I'm not too keen on OB these days, actually, but there can be several other factors involved with that. It would be silly to expect immediate dislike just because they have leafhoppers in common. It could be loads of other things that make OB not really appeal to me.
This one looks darker than OB. Has it been roasted a little bit? It smells like it has. It also smells extraordinarily like peaches! And a little nutty as well, but mostly peach or some similar stone fruit.
Okay, this is already seeming much better than OB! Isn't it strange how the more conscious you are to NOT compare with a specific other kind of tea, the more you find it impossible to avoid it?
At first when I sip I get a borderline sharp bitterness. Perhaps I oversteeped it just a little bit? This note turns into a sort of coal-y thing on the aftertaste, like burnt toast where it has been attempted to scrape the worst of the burn away. This, for me, is the top note.
Underneath that it's gone all fruity. Again I'm reminded mostly of peaches or similar, but I'm not really getting this honey note that the description mentions. Perhaps that's the note that is coming out as peaches for me.
The bottom note is very fleeting. It's only sort of there if you squint, but if I really pay attention I can find a whiff of something nutty there. Just for a moment before the other notes completely takes over. I can't find it on every sip no matter how closely I pay attention, but every once in a while, there it is. I'm thinking of a relatively sweet-flavoured nut like almond or hazelnut. I associate those with a modicum of sweetness. (Walnut is more sort of tree-like for me and not sweet at all. I'm not sufficiently familiar with other types of nuts to be able to categorise them. I'm not much of a nut-eater really. I'm merely a nut. :p )
This is rather nice, and not like OB at all. That just goes to prove that it's not the leafhopper effect that makes OB less interesting for me.

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Cornwall On Hudson The Storm King School
314 Mountain Road
Cornwall On Hudson, NY, 12520
(845)534-9860142 students | Gr. 8-12
Rockville CentreAnn Frank Montessori School
430 Demott Ave
Rockville Centre, NY, 11570
(516)678-5955Montessori School1 students | Gr. PK-KG
MassapequaBay Center Montessori School
270 Clocks Blvd
Massapequa, NY, 11758
(516)799-8090Montessori School4 students | Gr. K
JamaicaBessie & Nora's Place
9005 161st St
Jamaica, NY, 11432
(718)739-0884Daycare / Preschool5 students | Gr. K
BronxvilleBronxville Montessori School
101 Pondfield Rd W
Bronxville, NY, 10708
(914)793-2083Montessori School3 students | Gr. PK-KG
BrooklynBrooklyn Heights Montessori School
185 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY, 11201
(718)858-5100Montessori School143 students | Gr. PK-8
CooperstownBrookwood School (the)
687 County Highway 59
Cooperstown, NY, 13326
(607)547-4060Montessori School8 students | Gr. PK-KG
CanandaiguaCanandaigua Montessori School
400 Fort Hill Avenue Building 34
Canandaigua, NY, 14424
(585)393-8155Montessori School4 students | Gr. NS-K
East AmherstCasa Dei Bambini Montessori School
7041 Transit Rd
East Amherst, NY, 14051
(716)668-5111Montessori School2 students | Gr. K
ElmiraChemung Valley Montessori School
23 Winters Road
Elmira, NY, 14903
(607)562-8754Montessori School93 students | Gr. NS-8
FreeportChildren''s World Montessori School
Po Box 43
Freeport, NY, 11520
(516)208-5555Montessori School8 students | Gr. PK-3
Staten IslandChildrens Harbor Montessori School
1000 Richmond Ter
Staten Island, NY, 10301
(718)442-6112Montessori School4 students | Gr. PK-KG
Great NeckCountryside Montessori School
354 Lakeville Rd
Great Neck, NY, 11020
(516)466-8422Montessori School3 students | Gr. NS-1
East AuroraEast Aurora Montessori School
46 Grey Street
East Aurora, NY, 14052
(716)652-5092Montessori School13 students | Gr. NS-K
IthacaElizabeth Ann Clune Montessori School
120 E King Rd
Ithaca, NY, 14850
(607)277-7335Montessori School182 students | Gr. PK-8
BrooklynGold Material Montessori School - Brooklyn Branch
105 Kings Hwy
Brooklyn, NY, 11214
(718)253-2552Montessori School5 students | Gr. K
LagrangevilleHawk Meadow Montessori School
1515 Route 55
Lagrangeville, NY, 12540
(845)223-7414Montessori Schooln/a students | Gr. PK-3
Croton On HudsonHoly Name Of Mary Montessori School
110 Grand St
Croton On Hudson, NY, 10520
(914)271-5182Montessori School (Roman Catholic)1 students | Gr. K
Spring ValleyHome Room Learning Center
27 Flint Dr
Spring Valley, NY, 10977
(845)362-4430Montessori School4 students | Gr. PK-5
IthacaIthaca Montessori School
12 Ascot Pl
Ithaca, NY, 14850
(607)266-0788Montessori School4 students | Gr. PK-KG
East RockawayJack & Jill Montessori School
23 Front St
East Rockaway, NY, 11518
(516)599-5174Montessori School2 students | Gr. K
BrooklynLefferts Garden Montessori
559 Rogers Ave
Brooklyn, NY, 11225
(718)773-7478Montessori School20 students | Gr. K
AstoriaLes Enfants Montessori School
2921 Newtown Ave
Astoria, NY, 11102
(718)626-9549Montessori School29 students | Gr. 2-4
WestburyLong Island Montessori School
718 The Plain Rd - Sali
Westbury, NY, 11590
(516)997-0250Montessori School10 students | Gr. K-2
CenterportLove Of Learning Montessori
Po Box 628
Centerport, NY, 11721
(631)754-4109Montessori School86 students | Gr. PK-6
BrooklynLuria Academy Of Brooklyn
238 St. Marks Ave.
Brooklyn, NY, 11238
(718)398-3290Montessori School (Jewish)74 students | Gr. NS-8
Ballston SpaMalta Montessori
100 Saratoga Village Blvd Ste 34a
Ballston Spa, NY, 12020
(518)633-1971Montessori School35 students | Gr. NS-6
New YorkMetropolitan Montessori School
325 W 85th St
New York, NY, 10024
(212)579-5525Montessori School143 students | Gr. PK-6
BrooklynMidwood Montessori
2825 Bedford Ave
Brooklyn, NY, 11210
(718)253-3242Montessori School20 students | Gr. NS-K
ArmonkMontessori Childrens Room
67 Old Route 22
Armonk, NY, 10504
(914)273-3291Montessori School30 students | Gr. NS-1
North MassapequaMontessori Childrens School
Po Box 1609
North Massapequa, NY, 11758
(516)541-6365Daycare / Preschool29 students | Gr. PK-KG
PlainviewMontessori Children's School Of Plainview
95 Floral Drive W
Plainview, NY, 11803
(516)541-6365Montessori Schooln/a students | Gr. NS-PK
BrooklynMontessori Day School Of Brooklyn - Prospect Hts
787a Washington Ave
Brooklyn, NY, 11238
(718)398-2322Montessori School1 students | Gr. K
Long BeachMontessori School Of Long Beach
111 Delaware Ave
Long Beach, NY, 11561
(516)897-3031Montessori School9 students | Gr. PK-K
SyracuseMontessori School Of Syracuse
155 Waldorf Pkwy
Syracuse, NY, 13224
(315)449-9033Montessori Schooln/a students | Gr. PK-6
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As the CIO often strategizes for the future, the deputy CIO gets agency operations done today. The arrangement is the foundation for a well-run organization, experts say.
The pair runs in tandem, balancing the now and the future, for a successful agency. The CIO develops strategies and plans for building a powerful and well-rounded agency IT infrastructure and important systems. The deputy is focused internally to make sure employees are doing the day-to-day work.
"I see the deputy much more implementing and helping making sure things are on track," said Chase Garwood, current deputy CIO at the Small Business Administration.
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With the deputy's support, the CIO can work on strategic, long-term outreach and partnerships with other agencies. The CIO can also build relationships in the community, such as with other CIOs, IT experts, and federal contractors, said Karen Evans, former administrator of the Office of Electronic Government and Information Technology at the Office of Management and Budget.
The deputies "are critical, critical to the stability of an organization, especially if you have an operational aspect to the job," said Evans, now partner at KE&T Partners.
It isn't all the here and now for the deputy though. Experts say the deputy plays a significant role in strategic planning too. While having separate and defined jobs, the CIO and the deputy need to cooperate on planning efforts. The long-time deputy often has first-hand knowledge of the ins and outs of the agency from past experience. CIOs can benefit from a broad range of perspectives on the agency's vision and mission, said Christopher Smith, former CIO at the Agriculture Department and now federal chief technology innovation officer at Accenture.
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At the Plainview Water District Board of Commissioners public meeting held on Tuesday, Jan. 24, Andrew Bader was inducted as chairman of the Plainview Water District and Edward Shulroff was inducted as secretary. Commissioner Joel Kessler was appointed as treasurer.
"I am honored that my fellow commissioners have selected me as chairman, stated Chairman Bader. "The residents of Plainview-Old Bethpage have entrusted me and my fellow commissioners to represent the community with regard to water-related issues, and we take this responsibility seriously. Protecting the quality of our water supply is the board's top priority and we will continue to do this by remaining proactive."
Chairman Bader has many years of experience in leadership positions for various community organizations. He is a member of the Citizens Advisory Board of the Concerned Citizens of Plainview, a member of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Chamber of Commerce and member of the Board of Directors of the Friends of Sagamore Hill. He previously served as a Den Leader and Assistant Cubmaster of Pack 423 and Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 170.
N.Y.S. Governor Cuomo recently proposed his 2012-2013 Executive Budget & Reform Plan, with four main points of reform focusing on economic development, re-imagining government, mandate relief, and education. To create a dialogue with communities across the state, Governor Cuomo has been sending state representatives to various locations to speak on his behalf about the proposed budget and reform plan.
Rose Harvey, commissioner of the state's Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation Department, visited the Port Washington Public Library on Thursday, Jan. 19 to begin this conversation with local community leaders. This event was co-hosted by Nassau County Legislator Wayne Wink (D-Roslyn), Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman, and the Port Washington Public Library.
The year 2012 is still in its infancy, but an issue that dates back years in New York State and other states, is dominating its first steps into the New Year. Local municipalities and school districts will work to get under the inaugural 2 percent property tax cap that was enacted by Governor Andrew Cuomo in June.
La Marmite in Williston Park went from a fine dining restaurant to debating ground on Jan. 10. The Nassau County Village Officials Association (NCVOA), New York Conference of Mayors (NYCOM) and the State Comptroller's Office hammered out the issues and implications on the property tax cap and its affect on municipalities.
The tax cap limits the increase in property taxes each year for school districts and local governments to 2 percent, or the rate of inflation. New York City is exempt from the tax cap.
From fire bombings to menorah desecrations to racist and anti-Semitic graffiti, an unsettling wave of intolerance has been spreading throughout the greater area. Local community and clergy leaders felt it was time to address the situation this week, meeting on Martin Luther King Day at Saint Boniface Church in Sea Cliff.
Mayor Bruce Kennedy of Sea Cliff called the forum together, after a rash of swastikas and other graffiti started turning up throughout his village recently. He was joined by State Senator Carl Marcellino, Assemblyman Charles Lavine, Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, Glen Cove Mayor Ralph Suozzi, Glen Cove City Councilman Anthony Jimenez, as well as rabbis, priests and ministers from throughout the area.
While Kennedy believes that "ignorant and confused youth" rather than "neo-Nazis," are actually the problem in his area, he made it clear that "prejudice is not a prank."
The Plainview Old Bethpage JFK HS Competitive Cheering team competed in their first LICCA cheer competition in many years. The rookie competition, hosted by Sachem North, was held on December 11, 2011. Despite three injuries the week of the competition, one occurring on Saturday, the day before the competition, the team performed a relatively flawless routine and took first place. The competitive cheer team is comprised of cheerleaders from the Varsity and JV cheer squads. The team competed against six other teams that afternoon.
Twenty years ago, Able Newspaper's publisher Angela Miele Melledy wondered if there would be enough content about people with disabilities to fill a monthly newspaper. Today, she wonders how she will fit it all. Two hundred and forty issues later, Able Newspaper, based in Old Bethpage, is written for, by and about people with disabilities, is being called "my bible" by people with disabilities."
Able Newspaper enables people with disabilities to read about people facing the same issues they are and see the possibilities that are out there. It features all the news that pertains to people with disabilities, including a calendar of events, columns written by various experts and a variety of informative articles and is printed in a larger type format for those with visual impairments.
With temperatures dropping and as a result of a bruising economy, the demand for warm coats for those in need is greater than ever. In an effort to get as many children as possible the proper winter apparel, the Town of Hempstead has partnered with Kids Helping Kids, by Kids Way, Inc., a local nonprofit organization located in Old Bethpage with various local social service groups that assist the needy.
"I'm delighted that the Town of Hempstead was able to facilitate an association between this wonderful organization and local groups that can distribute a vast quantity of warm apparel to those who truly need it," stated Town Supervisor Kate Murray. "With the chronically depressed economy taking its toll on families, the importance of getting warm coats to families is more important than ever."
The Concerned Citizens were very active in 2011 on behalf of the community.
The organization was very humbled to see eight years of planning come to fruition with the ground-breaking Ceremony in May for the Plainview 9-11 Memorial Garden and World Trade Center Artifact.
Shortly after, in July, the organization held a very well-attended dedication with their partners the Town of Oyster Bay who constructed the Memorial Park. The ceremony was befitting the honor that the Port Authority of NY and NJ bestowed on the Plainview-Old Bethpage community in selecting the Concerned Citizens of the Plainview-Old Bethpage Community as a recipient of a piece of steel from the fallen World Trade Center. The Plainview Fire Department, representatives from the 2nd and 8th precincts, the water district, school board members, local, county and state representatives were there to share in this special day which was sponsored by the Concerned Citizens.
Conor Shelly reprised his Oyster Bay Town Supervisor's 5K win, Stefanie Braun reprised her Marcum Workplace Challenge win in the Women's Division and Peter Hawkins completed still another wheelchair win, as beautiful skies and brisk temperatures greeted the competitors in the 24th Annual Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt Ho Ho Ho Holiday 5 Kilometer Run on Dec. 17. A total of 1238 runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes navigated the streets of Bethpage before crossing the finish line at the John F. Kennedy Middle School (the record number finishers for this event was 1256 in 2001.)
Highlighting the run from a local standpoint were the awards won by local runners: Shari Klarfeld of Plainview (second woman overall, first woman 30-34 age group), Beth Alizzi of Syosset (third woman, 20-24 age group), Thomas Brouillard of Woodbury (first, 20-24), Bradley Raxenberg of Woodbury (third, 20-24 Age Group), Connie Sehlmeyer of Syosset (third woman, 65-69 age group), Bert Jablon of Syosset (second, 80-84 age group.)
The Mid-Island Y JCC Outdoor Nature Explorium earned the national designation of a certified Nature Explore Classroom from the Arbor Day Foundation and Dimensions Educational Research Foundation.
The national certification places Mid-Island Y JCC in a growing network of organizations that have created effective outdoor learning environments for children. This network allows for idea-sharing, peer support, and continuous learning and development. The first Nature Explore Classroom is located in the Tree Adventure attraction at Arbor Day Farm, the Arbor Day Foundation's interactive conservation venue in Nebraska City, Neb. Nature Explore Classrooms are part of the Nature Explore program, a collaborative project of the Arbor Day Foundation and Dimensions Educational Research Foundation. Developed in response to the growing disconnect between children and nature, certified Nature Explore Classrooms are designed to help fill the void by educating young children using research-based principles for integrating nature into their daily learning.
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A defensive back out of LSU, his story is well documented, including being a Heisman Trophy finalist in 2011 before being dismissed from the Tigers by head coach Les Miles due to issues with substance abuse.
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"We talked about Tyrann, how he handled the big stage," Keim said of a conversation he was having with head coach Bruce Arians following the team's preseason opener last Friday in Green Bay. "We're sitting there, and he's telling me the fact that he played in the late first quarter, the second quarter, the third quarter...'T, time to get out of the game.'
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Mathieu tallied four tackles, one sack and one pass defensed in his first taste of NFL action, but his reasoning for wanting to stay in the game had little to do with how well he was playing.
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An energy-efficient quality adaptive framework for multi-modal sensor context recognition.
ABSTRACT In pervasive computing environments, under- standing the context of an entity is essential for adapting the application behavior to changing situations. In our view, context is a high-level representation of a user or entity's state and can capture location, activities, social relationships, capabilities, etc. Inherently, however, these high-level context metrics are difficult to capture using uni-modal sensors only, and must therefore be inferred with the help of multi-modal sensors. However a key challenge in supporting context-aware pervasive computing environments, is how to determine in an energy-efficient manner multiple (potentially competing) high- level context metrics simultaneously using low-level sensor data streams about the environment and the entities present therein. In this paper, we first highlight the intricacies of determining multiple context metrics as compared to a single context, and then develop a novel framework and practical implementa- tion for this problem. The proposed framework captures the tradeoff between the accuracy of estimating multiple context metrics and the overhead incurred in acquiring the necessary sensor data stream. In particular, we develop a multi-context search heuristic algorithm that computes the optimal set of sensors contributing to the multi-context determination as well as the associated parameters of the sensing tasks. Our goal is to satisfy the application requirements for a specified accuracy at a minimum cost. We compare the performance of our heuristic based framework with a brute-forced approach for multi- context determination. Experimental results with SunSPOT sensors demonstrate the potential impact of the proposed framework.
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ABSTRACT: This paper examines the problem of target detection by a wireless sensor network. Sensors acquire measurements emitted from the target that are corrupted by noise, and initially make individual decisions about the presence/absence of the target. We propose the local vote decision fusion algorithm, in which sensors first correct their decisions using decisions of neighboring sensors, and then make a collective decision as a network. An explicit formula that approximates the system's decision threshold for a given false alarm rate is derived using limit theorems for random fields, which provides a theoretical performance guarantee for the algorithm. We examine both distance- and nearest-neighbor-based versions of the local vote algorithm for grid and random sensor deployments and show that, in many situations, for a fixed-system false alarm, the local vote correction achieves significantly higher target detection rate than decision fusion based on uncorrected decisions. The algorithm does not depend on the signal model and is shown to be robust to different types of signal decay. We also extend this framework to temporal fusion, where information becomes available over time.IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 02/2008; · 2.81 Impact Factor
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So very beautiful and oh so loving. I loved this and happy I chose to read it today! Thank you.... (Report) Reply
Unwritten Soul
By The Kiss Of Starlight
Silent night
Awaken my mind on you
As i see your face painted on the moon
Breathe me out all of my warm breaths
Riding on the wind, running to you
Whispering sound to think of me
My voice echoes in your sweet dream
Hope it shelters you warmly
As it resides inside
Sleep in your heart
Hold me tight
When i say goodnight
By the kiss of starlight
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From star to moon...gud nite
Comments about this poem (By The Kiss Of Starlight by Unwritten Soul )
Dee Corpolongo (12/7/2013 5:52:00 PM)
Kanav Justa (11/12/2013 11:58:00 PM)
... nice write.... i love the first five lines... (Report) Reply
marvin brato (11/1/2013 3:41:00 AM)
Romance fills the night with the thought of a loved one! (Report) Reply
Ken E Hall (10/30/2013 5:05:00 AM)
A simple simply luvli dream in your heart sealed by the kiss of starlight...regards (Report) Reply
Dee Corpolongo (10/23/2013 9:45:00 AM)
Very beautiful, my friend, and it includes some of my favorite things, the moon,
and the stars. Loved the warmth brought to the reader~ through your words. (Report) Reply
Valerie Dohren (10/21/2013 12:38:00 PM)
A lovely goodnight poem Soul. Very imaginative and romantic. (Report) Reply
Ramesh Rai (10/17/2013 1:51:00 PM)
beauty has an endless task. amazing beauty penned thro beaitiful soul. (Report) Reply
Kee Thampi (10/15/2013 11:25:00 AM)
a r) eue story in poem.................................. (Report) Reply
Hans Vr (10/14/2013 11:19:00 PM)
Wonderful, my freind, it touches the heart. It reflects the warm feeling appreciation for mother nature
Very poetic, excellent write (Report) Reply
S.zaynub Kamoonpuri (10/8/2013 2:42:00 PM)
A fabulous poem, öne of yor best, ravishing wording! Sleep tight, sweet dreams pal! (Report) Reply
Gary Kedron (10/8/2013 10:03:00 AM)
Simplicity is often the most magnificent.... Great! ! (Report) Reply
Rekha Mandagere (10/7/2013 10:20:00 PM)
What a lovely song on good night! Today I will surely sleep more remembering this hreat thought combined with strong fellow-feelings. It is sweet as always: -D (Report) Reply
Dinesh Nair (10/7/2013 11:23:00 AM)
A meaningful goodnight song with soothing charm of its kind dear Soul. (Report) Reply
Jesus James Llorico (10/6/2013 9:33:00 PM)
Incredible piece of artistry, so beautiful
a real kiss of starlight. (Report) Reply
Aftab Alam Khursheed (10/6/2013 11:58:00 AM)
Soul is enjoying in the lap of warm shelter enjoy lovely poem 10 (Report) Reply
Lyn Paul (10/6/2013 4:21:00 AM)
Hope It Shelters You Warmly. ... Beautiful words Soul (Report) Reply
Neela Nath (10/6/2013 1:59:00 AM)
Wow! I'm just wondering who is this U.S? Fab, Soul.Very nice and soothing and what not! Getting emotional. (Report) Reply
Diane Hine (10/6/2013 1:33:00 AM)
As gentle and romantic as the touch of starlight. (Report) Reply
Gulsher John (10/5/2013 11:48:00 PM)
a bit stronger and intense in emotions this time....
u often go for feelings and passions rather than Art...(whats fashion today)
its not bad idea but sometimes try to verse in contemporary style...
as for the last few weeks im deeply indulge in discussion regarding the style and purpose of modern poetry... modern vs old
the natives tightly mark our poetry as clichéd and trite as we often treats poetic theme exotically
you verse in highly motivated fashion, that mostly cultured in the subcontinent or may be at ur side too.
i like it as it glides smoothly this time
good job (Report) Reply
Farah Ilyas (10/5/2013 2:09:00 PM)
For the very first time, i saw such short n easily interpretable poem from ur side..ha ha, just kiding..
As i see your face painted on the moon
Breath me out all of my warm breaths
By the kiss of starlight...
kiss of starlight, wao what a romantic poem u have composed, completely holdable poem.. (Report) Reply
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