Templeton Issues Rabies Advisory

Templeton Issues Rabies Advisory

The Board of Health has issued a notice that a positive case of rabies in a wild animal has occurred.

To date, rabies has not been detected in any domestic animals.

Please vaccinate your pets for rabies.

Signs of rabies:

Overly aggressive behavior

Friendly or fearless behavior

Animals that may appear intoxicated

Animals that may appear lethargic or lying  down

Please do NOT touch any wild animal. If you notice an animal acting strangely, please call Templeton dispatch center 978-939-5638.

Save the Date! Save the Town!

Save the Date! Save the Town!

 September 13, 2016

On Tuesday night, the Planning Board voted 4-3 in favor of reopening the public hearing process regarding the elementary school in Templeton Center.

The public hearing will be on September 13, 2016 at 6:30 pm.

So in order to avoid a costly delay for the elementary school project, here's a thought-

Many of the issues of siting the elementary school at Templeton Center concern the traffic and parking problems and their attendant safety issues for the children. Why not do an experiment?

Take 100 cars ( 50 for staff and 50 for parent drop off) and 12 school buses and do a dry run. Have the buses stop and pretend to off load 30 students per bus and then leave the area.  Film it and review any possible means of correcting any problems before it is implemented. Proponents of the project could use this experiment to allay any concerns about potential problems regarding traffic and safety of the children.

Will this experiment cost money? YES! But it is cheaper than a year delay if the Planning Board rejects the proposal put in front of them by the school building committee. One year's delay is estimated to cost $1,200,000 to the project.

 

 

Social Media Policy? Something to consider!

How The Fed's Facebook PR Campaign Went Terribly Wrong

by Tyler Durden

Aug 23, 2016 7:58 PM

 

Over the weekend we reported that just days after the Fed's launched its first Facebook page last Thursday, in an attempt to mollify the masses with this odd public relations gambit in which the Fed tried to pass off as "one of the people", the result was... "not what it had expected." Overnight, even American Banker chimed in, reported that "when the Federal Reserve Board finally launched its own Facebook page last week, the response was as swift as it was predictable. The page was quickly overrun by critics, who angrily denounced the central bank as a tool of Wall Street and accused it of working against the American public. "The Federal Reserve is the root of all problems in the United States," Luke Peets, a libertarian, wrote in a response that earned nearly 500 likes on its own and was typical of the commentary on the page."

Ironically, while the Fed racked up "likes" for the page,  topping 11,000 by Monday afternoon leading many to wonder just which Bangladeshi clickfarm Janet was printing money for to burnish the Fed's image, the comments it received were universally negative, leaving some - like this website for example - to wonder how long it would be before the central bank would decide to retreat.

Amusingly, American Banker pointed out something spot on: just like everything else it does, the Fed had zero real world experience when it came even to its first foray into FaceBook, which also explains why this PR attempt was such a debacle:

The Fed’s move surprised more than internet trolls, however, but also social media experts, who questioned what the central bank was trying to accomplish and its overall commitment to social media. To some, the page appeared to take a particularly clueless approach.

All of the postings — eight by deadline — were either press releases, speeches by officials or general explainers on the nature of the Fed system. Essentially, the Fed is using Facebook as one more way in which it releases its standard public relations material.

That fundamentally misunderstands the nature of Facebook, which is a social network designed for interaction and conversation — not the simple spouting of PR.

The Fed is "checking a box," said Frank Eliason, the head of customer experience for Zeno Group and formerly head of global social media at Citigroup. " 'We were told we should be in social media.' This is the biggest mistake I see." Perhaps just like the Fed "was told" to lower rates to zero and print money 7 years ago, and realize in retrospect that all those "conspiracy theorists" who had slammed its policy as destructive and clueless, had been spot on.

Meanwhile, the farce continued: