The Silver Wave Film Festival wrapped up Sunday with the screening of
Tony Merzetti's documentary about the Mazucca brothers. We also
visited Christmas in the Country, the Christmas Bazaar at St. Francis
of Assissi, three galleries of outdoor art works by the students @ the
NBCCD...and more.

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Lots to do in the calendar this week - from Flu shots to a free legal
clinic.

http://justFRED.ca/calendar.php

We quietly celebrated an anniversary on Sunday, by the way: justFRED
was two years old yesterday.

Cheers,

George

justFRED.ca

A small gathering of UNB students, a few faculty and a crop of
reporters and photographers yesterday at the protest over the high
debt loads being carried by New Brunswick's graduates. The student
organizers were hoping to collect stories totalling $1 million in
debt from students to fill the debtometer they'd hung from the rear
of the student union building. They were all wrong. By the time the
protest took place, the total had risen to $8 million.

You have to wonder about our commitment to the future when we load
students up with crushing debts. It might be good for Canada's banks
- while their profits will likely be down in 2008, they recorded more
than $19 BILLION in profits in 2007.

We also stopped by the Canadian Paraplegic Association (NB) annual
art and antique auction, checked out that luscious full moon, and
more.

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The Silver Wave Film Festival continues through Sunday - get out and
see a mix of local, national and international films, Christmas @ The
Market continues, and a whole lot more.

http://justFRED.ca/calendar.php

Oh, and by the way, it's justFRED's 2nd birthday on Sunday. Terrible
two's...sounds about right.

Cheers,

George

justFRED.ca

Student designers from the New Brunswick College of Craft & Design
teamed up with Changes to revitalize wedding gowns donated to the
not-for-profit...we visited the fashion show and tea last night.

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Another group of students will be holding a rally - part of a
cross-province event - to protest the high cost of post secondary
edution in New Brunswick that leaves the majority of grads with
crushing debts, not the best way to begin their careers.

On a happier note, the Silver Wave Film Festival is back - with the
opening gala taking place this evening.

http://justFRED.ca/calendar.php

Get out an enjoy what looks like another beautiful sunny day.

Cheers,

George

justFRED.ca

Thousands came out to the streets of Fredericton yesterday - many of
them families with young children - to pay tribute to the mostly
young men and women who lost their lives in the pursuit of freedom.

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Lots to do in the calendar today including the fashion show, auction
and tea by Changes, the book launch by Gooselane...and more.

http://justFRED.ca/calendar.php

Thanks to the folks who wrote with such kind words about
justFRED...we'd like to keep it going, but it's incredibly time
consuming. Do you have any suggestions about how we could engage the
business community? Our ad rates for a year are about the same as
what a business would spend in a day in the newspaper.

We do appreciate your support and will personally respond to your
emails.

Cheers,

George

justFRED.ca

It's been a couple of weeks since we posted a justFRED-O-GRAM. We've
been incredibly busy plus we wondered if anyone would notice or
comment on our silence.

It's nearly two years since we launched justFRED and while it's been
fun, it's also a tremendous amount of work. And right now we're
wondering if we should keep it going or say 'It's been fun, but...."

In those two years, we've attended hundreds of community events,
talked to thousands of people, and posted more than 70,000 photos and
videos. But despite all the talk about going green and being a smart
city, the advertiser support keeps going towards the expansion of the
landfill.

We'll decide in the next couple of weeks if justFRED will continue
for another year - and if so, in what format.

Meantime, check out the latest crop of smiling faces:

http://justFRED.ca/

And all of the things to do...or not do (like no school today)...in
the calendars.

http://images.justfred.ca/calendars.html

And whatever you do, don't forget to Say Cheese!

Cheers,

George

justFRED.ca

The justFRED-O-Grams may experience some interruptions this week as we
perform upgrades to the system and the software...but we didn't want
to miss this morning with a reminder that it's Election Day in Canada
and to encourage you to cast your ballot.

Meantime, you can enjoy our photos of the Thanksgiving weekend - the
fall colours, the turkey dinners, the treck through the woods.

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So do your civic duty, support the democratic process, and mark your
ballot.

Cheers,

George

justFRED.ca

PS - I'll be taking part in Rogers TV's election coverage tonight. So
while justFRED tends not to do hard news, we do take the election
process very seriously.

From all of us, to all of you: Thank you.

And have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend with your loved ones.

Cheers,

George

http://justFRED.ca

Slow to get the Thursday morning update in place thanks to a server
problem...but it's coming now and includes The Haunted Village @ Green
Village (which is also a fundraiser for the Fredericton Food Bank), more
on the job but not in the office, smiling faces, fall colours and more.

http://justFRED.ca/

We're hurrying to finish up...so you'll have to check the calendar for
yourself this morning.

http://justFRED.ca/calendar.php

Sure is annoying when everything works fine and then suddenly....POOOFFFF!!!

Just the good ole magic of computers. On the plus side, the next update
is Friday. And that's the last day of the workweek before the long
Thanksgiving weekend.

Cheers,
George
justFRED.ca

Slow to get the Thursday morning update in place thanks to a server
problem...but it's coming now and includes The Haunted Village @
Green Village (which is also a fundraiser for the Fredericton Food
Bank), more on the job but not in the office, smiling faces, fall
colours and more.

http://justFRED.ca/

We're hurrying to finish up...so you'll have to check the calendar
for yourself this morning.

http://justFRED.ca/calendar.php

Sure is annoying when everything works fine and then
suddenly....POOOFFFF!!!

Just the good ole magic of computers. On the plus side, the next
update is Friday. And that's the last day of the workweek before the
long Thanksgiving weekend.

Cheers,

George

justFRED.ca

We can't help but be amazed at the spectacular colours - the trees,
the leaves on the lawns, the skies, and the people - at this time of
year. Even if that includes the occasional scary mask. It's October.
Enjoy it before the entire world around us turns white.

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There's a free lecture at St. Thomas University this evening - all
about stories. You'll find that and more in today's calendar.

http://justFRED.ca/calendar.php

You may have noticed at temporary problem with our blogs. The
justFRED-O-Gram goes by email into the blogs - and something broke
the other day. It's fixed now, but we're still cleaning up.

We've also continuing to make improvements to the servers - this
time, it's an upgrade to our database server to make our photo albums
load more quickly. That's step one in a process that will see us
replace the current display pages - which we expect will make the
images load at least twice as quickly as they do now.

So...back to work...and don't forget to Say Cheese...or to get out
there an enjoy the beautiful colours while they last.

Cheers,

George

justFRED.ca