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Bloomfield Tech !EN/OR! Grade: 1 2

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3 "Congratulation to the cla of 20 on a job well done. You arc the fir~t graduating clas that I have had the plea ure of being your principal for all four year of your high ch ol experience. You have truly been a remarkable group of young men and women. I feel that all of you have the potential for greatne and will go on to wonderful thing . I wi h you the be t and keep Bloomfield Tech. in your heart.. Go mighty Spartan !"

"I wi h our enior cla the be t that life ha to of­ fer! I hope you remember your year at Bloomfield Tech fondly and have gained information to help you in life. Try to make a itive difference in y ur community, with your familie and friend ! May god be with you al­ way ."

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---- - I would like to thank the team for this year' effort , including all the senior for their hard work and dedication. The team's be t wi he will be with them a they move on to thier future endeavour . -Rudy

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64 DHERFF JONES. More than 90 mtlhon votes were cast when the world was asked to name the "New Seven Wonders of the Wo The man-made s1tes selected mclude the Cohseum in Rome, Mextco's Chtchen Itza, Petra m Jordan, Peru's Ma Picchu, the Taj Mahal m India, Chnst the Redeemer Statue in Brazil, and The Great Wall of China. team of 30 physiCians worked 24 The bald eagle was removed The first Baby Boomers became eligible Steve Jobs mtroduces the MacBook to remove extra limbs from a two­ from the endangered spec1es to apply for Soc1al Secunty benefits, An, the world's thinnest notebook old born w1th eight limbs. list after 30 years. begmnmg a stress on the system. computer at January's Macworld.

Researchers m South Korea cloned a cat and modified 1ts genes so that 1t glows red in ultraviolet hght.

wlldfires, which forced evacuation of nearly 1 million people, burned more than 600 square miles and destroyed The space shuttle Endeavor landed s many as 1,500 homes over 19 days in Southern California. Santa Ana wmds and extreme drought worsened the safely in August desp1te extenor of the fires; rune people were killed and 85 others - includmg at least 61 firefighters - were injured. damage that had worried NASA John McCam emerged from "Super Tuesday" as a strong favonte among Even after "Super Tuesday" and the Potomac Pnmaries, the race betvo Republicans. M1ke Huckabee remamed h1s only challenger for the party Hillary Clmton and Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomma nommat10n after Mitt Romney suspended his campa1gn. was too close to call.

Cn stma Fernandez is Argentma's first elected

Tesla Motors, a S1hcon Valley start-up, Bntish Prime Mimster Sc1entists in Moscow unveiled the remains of a frozen mammoth found pre-sold all 600 of 1ts $98,000 all-electnc Tony Blau res1gned after S1benan tundra in May. A reindeer herder found the frozen carcass, wh1ch Roadsters set for production m 2008. 13 years in office. been dated back 10,000 years to the end of the last Ice Age.

Researchers uncovered two new species Former Pakistani Prime The disputed December re-election Unusual cold plagued Iraq. - a g1ant rat and a tmy possum - m a Mimster Benazir Bhutto of president Mwa1 Kibaki caused remote JUngle m Indonesia m June. was assassinated. unrest and violence m Kenya. Bntam banned smoking m enclosed Nmtendo's profit doubled Meteorologists blame this wmter's bhc spaces m July Individuals caught this year, thanks to sales tornados across the South on La Nu1a

1tatmg the law will be fmed 400. of 20 million Wu dev1ces. (the cooling of Pacific waters). Internet service in Asia, the Middle East and northern Africa was interrupted when an undersea Mediterranean cable failed in January. Many businesses were brought to a standstill, but most Middle East governments had backup satellite systems that minimized the impact.

After an eight-year legal battle, a major power company agreed to spend $4.6 billion to reduce chemical emissions blamed for spreading acid rain across the Northeast.

Velib', a program that has nearly 20,000 bicycles posted at 750 stations around Paris is Socialist Mayor Bertrand Delanoe's latest effort to make his city more green and bike-friendly. The program allows Parisians and tourists to use the bikes for a minimal fee.

Astronaut Daniel Tani experienced something no other American has ever faced when his 90-year-old mother was killed in a Chicago train accident in December while he was in orbit aboard the international space station.

The Homeland Security Department announced plans for its REAL ID Act, which is designed to make it harder for con artists, illegal immigrants and terrorists to get government-issued IDs. The plan will increase requirements of people applying for drivers licenses.

New words inducted into the English language in 2007 by Merriam-Webster included "ginormous" (a contraction of sorts of gigantic and enormous), "Hollywood," "sudoku" and "speed dating". In all, nearly 100 words were added to the company's collegiate dictionary. entire span of an interstate bndge broke mto sections and collapsed mto the Mississippi River dunng evening rush hour in Minneapolis. The August 2 catastrophe killed 13, in)ured more than 60 and called light deficiencies m many of America's bridges needmg repau. Aftei]ust40yearsmeXlstence, Concern about lead-based pamts Ice storms cnppled the Midwest more than 1.5 million ATM caused world-wide recalls of mlllions freezmg ram coated electncal . machmes simplify hfe. of toys produced m China. causing far·reaching power outag

The national debt expanded roughly S1.4 billion a day, nearly S1 million a minute. Economists said that an economic slowdown may be looming and that higher taxes or cuts in government programs are possible.

Oil prices hit a new high of $100 a barrel when the markets welcomed 2008. The previous record, $99.29, was set in November, 2007 as the year ended with the decade's largest annual price increase. A falling dollar, violence in Nigeria and bad weather in Mexico were among the causes of the drop in U.S. crude supplies.

Medical researchers decoded the DNA of the cat and anticipate new information in the search for treatments to both feline and human diseases.

In Spain, a new S179 million telescope became operational in July. The Great Canary Telescope took seven years to build and construction involved more than 1,000 employees from nearly 100 companies worldwide.

At the Consumer Electronic Show, inventors demonstrated a driverless car and a S2,500 11-inch light-emitting diode television which offers contrast more than 30 times sharper than a current screen.

A Bend, Oregon man flew 193 miles toward Idaho in a lawn chair lifted by 105 helium b~lloons . During his nine-how trip, 47-year-old Kent Couch used a GPS and a BB gun and he took his video camera along to prove he'd flown. The trip was Couch's second; in September, he was aloft six hours. Both the House and the Senate approved a 146 b11lion economic st1mulus package which called for one tax rebates aimed at rejuvenatmg the economy. The rebates were expected to begm arnving in early The plan also mcluded temporary tax breaks for businesses and measures to help struggling hnr""""""'"r an mcreasmgly polanzed Middle In his final year as Russia's president Fidel Castro, Cuba's leader smce 1959, announced m February that more than 45 nations attended Vladmir Putin was named Person of The he would "not aspire to nor accept" another term as President. Days Year by "Time" magazme. later his brother Raul was elected the new President of Cuba.

Former VP AI Gore and the Chrysler announced cuts of 15 UN's Panel on Cllmate Change of Its workforce m November, shared the Nobel Peace Prize. following February layoffs.

tle long winter drought and July heat wave across central and southeast Europe A standoff in Hillary Clinton's Jordaman and Israeli farmers 10k temperatures as high as 115° F, caused fires and contributed to the deaths of New Hampshire campaign used barn owls to control the ore than 500 m Hungary alone. At the same time, It was floodmg m Bntam. offices ended without mcident. crop-eatmg rat population.

The August collapse of Utah's Crandall Mohammed Zahir Shah, the last Boeing Co. unveiled Its fnst new Canyon coal mine killed six miners and kmg of Afghanistan. died in July model since 1995 the Dreamlmer after reignmg for 40 years. 787 will enter service in 2008. U.S. mtl!tary troop casualttes numbered Sctentists have discovered After selhng more than 525,000 tPhones m the first weekend of then relE!aS! at least 3,941 smce the begmmng of the 11 new speCies of plants and Apple moved mto third posttlon in the global smartphone market by year's e Iraq war m March 2003. ammals m central Vtetnam. More than 4 milhon tPhones were dtstnbuted m the fust stx months.

The UN convened in an emergency A wueless memory card won session on human rights abuses after "Last Gadget Standmg" honors protests and violence in Myanmar. at the electronics show.

Polarmd announced it will The worst wtldflres ever m Greece killed more than 64 people, destroye no-fnlls Nano thts year out-the car wtll stop making film for its hundreds of homes in southern villages and burned more of the country's raptd not be available m Amencan markets. mstant cameras. dwindling forestland than in any smgle year on record.

In December, a Rhode Island couple Lady Bud Johnson, thewtdow Issues of discrimination and (tinmg on clams found a rare purple of former Prestdent Lyndon dtfferenttal treatment were central pearl; a 1-in-2-million fmd. Bames Johnson, dted at 94. to Jena 6 protests m Louistana. 640·acre farm would power local lker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Cahforma, When PalestJman militants breached the Lam bourg him unve1led 1ts Reventon sports car at the ted legislation that will mcrease fuel economy, Gaza-Egypt border wall, thousands of Frankfurt Motor Show m September. They w11l produce sting mileage standards 40 percent to 35 mpg refugees poured mto Egypt for supphes. only 20 of these cars to be sold for S1.4 milllon each.

February blizzards in Chma paralyzed roads, railways and airports m a region used to m1ld winters. Offlc1als fear economiC losses may reach 3 billlon .

•mate changes appear to be destabilizing vast 1ce sheets in western Antarctica, which Missmg adventurer Steve S1r Edmund Hlllary, the fnst orries researchers who had prev10usly believed the area was protected from global warming Fossett was declared dead to successfully scale Mount Everest, passed away at 88. 1ey say the melt IS more dramatic than previously imagined. m February. Top-selling Country Artist "No Country for Old Men" swept Johnny Depp was Hollyw~ Carne Underwood announced Hollywood awards, concludmg top money maker, said Olllglt plans for a pair of 2008 tours with the Oscar for Best Picture. Pubhshmg's 2007 annual IJO!:.

2007 was the year of the threequel. Five of the six top-grossing films were continuations of previous storylines. "Spider-Man 3", "Shrek the Third", "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and "The Bourne Ultimatum" brought millions of viewers to theaters across the country. Harry Potter films extended past the threequel; "The Order of the Phoenix" was the series' fifth installment. Sony's 'Spider-Man 3" was Amenca's top grossmg film of the year. Starnng Tobey Maguire, KirS: Dunst 1nd Topher Grace, the film was released May 4, 2007. Although it received mixed reviews fr The announcement of the Golden Globes, usually cntics Spider-Man 3 broke most of the opening weekend records, both m U.S. and foreign markets the first Hollywood awards extravaganza of the season, was reduced to an hour-long press conference at the Beverly Hilton on Jan. 13 because of the writers strike. The red carpets were rolled out just six weeks later for the Academy Awards after the strike ended.

The DVD market experienced its first-ever decline when sales rentals dropped 2% to S23.7 billion, yet it generated more sales than music, video games or the theatrical box office.

Kelly Clarkson, the season one winner from "American Idol", cancelled her 36-date summer arena tour saying, "Touring is just too much right now." Her third album, "My December," was released in June and certified platinum by year's end.

Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly sued Baxter Healthcare Corp. after their newborn twins were given an overdose of the blood thinner Heparin because the vials containing different doses of the drug were packaged too similarly. The Quaid twins recovered, but investigators learned that a number of infants had died following similar situations.

The world bid farewell to entertainer-turned· gameshow producer Merv Griffin, larger-than· life tenor Luciano Pavarotti, French mime Marcel Marceau, daredevil and stuntman Evel Knievel and controversial rock pioneer Ike Turner. Live Earth created a global musical audience on July 7, 2007; the 24 Amenca Ferrera's Best Actres hours of music across seven contments was delivered With a call m a Comedy was one of 11 •ug: to combat the climate cnsis. Betty• Emmy nominations. School Musical 2" prem1ered as the most-watched bas1c cable telecast m hiStory. The mov1e, wh1ch The Pollee reumon tour. which sold more acted 17.24 m1lhon viewers, featured Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and fnends. "High School Mus1cal 3", a than 1.8 m1lhon tickets, earned more ·length feature fllm and "High School Mus1cal 4" are bemg planned. than any other concert tour.

Rad.Iohead released therr seventh album, "In Rainbows,• onlme (set your own pnce) and followed w1th a box set.

West's album "Graduation• sold After 50 years on daytime TV, Bob Miley Cyrus' tour mcluded Offic1als sa1d that the death of actor copies (957,000) m 1ts first week Barker ret1red as the host of "The songs from her album and her Heath Ledger, found in h1s NYC any other smce 2005. Price 1s Right" in June, 2007 at 83. "Hannah Montana• TV show. apartment m January, was acc1dental. Pnnces Harry and William held a concert m honor Marvel Comics buned Fergie's "Big Gtrls Don't Cry' of their mother. The July fundraiser was held on the Captam Amenca m July was her thud # 1 and the Yeats 46th anmversary of Pnncess Diana's birth. after 66 years of heroics. most downloaded track. POPULar TV SHOWS 30 Rock Dancrng W1th The Stars CSI Grey's Anatomy Lost Heroes Fnday Night Lights House The Office

HiT movies Hauspray Bee MOVIe Alvm and the Chipmunks The Simpsons Mov1e Rush Hour 3 "The Sopranos•, an HBO series which broke rules, told complex stories and both changed and enforced National Treasure: stereotypes, ended after s1x seasons. Book of Secrets I Am Legend Enchanted

TOP albUmS N1ckelback All the Right Reasons Josh Groban: Noel Gwen Stefam: The Sweet Escape Norah Jones: Not Too Late The Spice Girls, the origmal "Girl Power" band of The seventh and fmal volume m the Harry Potter senes set Linkm Park: Mmutes To M1dmght the 1990s, reumted for an 11-show world tour of all-time records m book sales in July, tallymg more than 83 Rascal Flatts. their first concerts smce they broke up m 2001 million books sold in the first 24 hours. Me and My Gang Taylor Swift: Taylor Swift MercyMe· All That Is W1thm Me

Breakout Sh1a LaBeouf Endorsement deals landed starred m "Disturbia" and Beyonce at #5 on the list of "Transformers." "Cash Queens of Music." nearly four months on stnke, the Wnters GUild of Amenca and the Alliance of Motion Picture After a global box off1ce of more than 700 m1lhon, Producers reached a settlement on Feb. 12. Production halted in November when more "Transformers" sold more than 8.3 m1lhon DVDs m 12.000 wnters )Omed the effort, but the mdustry was prepared to gear back up quickly. the first SIX days after 1ts release.

D1sney/P1xar's "Ratatouille" won the Golden Globe for Best Ammated Feature F1lm and earned five Academy Award nominatiOns.

"The Assassmation of Jesse James", starring Brad Pitt, exemphfied the Western genre's return to populanty on the b1g screen.

Fourth place American R&B star Akon was Billboard's NBC remade and launched several'80s pnme time hosts Conan O'Brien and David Idol Chris Daughtry had top pop art1st; "KonvJCted" hits: "Biomc Woman", "Amencan Gladiators" and sportmg full strike beards. the top-selling album. spent 30 weeks m the top 30. "Knight Rider•. In May, 2007, Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced plans to leave hts father's legacy, DEI, and race for Hendnck Motorsports in 2008

April 2007's Final Four brought a second consecutive NCAA tttle to the Florida Gators when they beat Ohto State, 84-75.

Wtth a 9-3 wm over North Carolina, Oregon State became the first team m years to wm back-to-back College World Senes.

The day after Tiger Woods fmtshed second The NY Giants won Super Bowl XLII 17-14, thwarting the New England Patriots' hopes of becommg the fust m the U.S. Open, hts wtfe Elm gave btrth to team since 1972 to complete an NFL season undefeated. New York OB Eli Manmng and hts brother Peyton their first chtld, a daughter named Sam (Indianapolis Colts) became the first brother OBs to lead their teams to back-to-back Super Bowl victories Red Sox celebrated after sweepmg the Colorado Rock1es w1th a 4-3 wm in Game 4 of the World Candace Parker's 17 pomts agamst . Sox P1tcher Jon Lester became the th1rd pitcher in MLB history to win the deciding game of a World Rutgers made her the Final Four MVP and m his f1rst career postseason start. earned the Lady Vols a natwnal t1tle.

Cahforn1an Shaun White captured the Men's Snowboard Slopestyle honors m the 2007 ESPN Wmter X Games m Aspen.

Johnson won NASCAR's 2007 Nextel Cup, h1s Flonda OB Tim Tebow is the The team from Warner Robms, Venus Williams won her fourth in as many years - after winning 10 individual first underclassman to wm GA won the Little League Wimbledon title beatmg France's the Heisman Trophy. World Series over Japan. Marion Bartoli, 6-4, 6-1. In one of the greatest upsets m college When the San Antomo Spurs swept Cleveland m an 83-82 finale, they football. Appalachian State surpnsed became the fourth NBA team to wm four titles. The Spurs JOined the M1ch1gan 43-32 m Ann Arbor. Boston Celtics, the LA Lakers and the Chicago Bulls at that level. Controversy surrounding Atlanta Falcon quarterback Michael Vick's dogfighting operation in Surry County, VA continued past his July guilty plea and December sentencing to 23 months in prison.

New York Yankee Roger Clemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner with 354 career wins, disputed the claims of his former trainer who reported he injected Clemens with steroids.

Olympian Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in prison for lying about her use of steroids and involvement in a check-fraud scam.

Ex-NBA referee Tim Donaghy The Anaheim Ducks crushed the pleaded guilty to conspiracy Ottawa Senators 6-2 earmng the state to commit wire fraud and of Cahforma Its first Stanley Cup. transmitting betting info across state lines.

Bobby Knight, the winningest coach in college basketball with 902 victories, resigned abruptly from his head coaching responsibilities at Texas Tech in February. Knight will be The LSU Tigers became the fnst team succeeded by his son, Pat. to wm a second BCS title with a 38-24 championship wm over Ohio State. A number of sports greats passed away this year; these included SF 49's coach Bill Walsh, MLB pitcher Rod Beck and figure skater Christopher Bowman. In addition, Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor was shot and killed in a home invasion.

Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa became Roger Federer won his fifth consecutive Wimbledon crown m July, the fastest LPGA player ever to earn but not Without drama. After his fifth set with Spam's Rafael Nadal, S10 million. Federer clinched his twelfth Grand Slam title since 2003.

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