Thursday, September 22, 2011

Make Up Artist Lindsay Clegg featured in this years Haunted House.


Ms. Clegg Trained at San Francisco's very own Academy of Art; majoring in the film and television industries. She has worked in the local Indie Film Industry for the past 10 years.  Her passion has taken her on movie sets to do hair, makeup, spfx, wardrobe, and script supervision. Projects Lindsay has worked on include short horror films, features, music videos, and print production. Her expertise will bring this years Haunted House to a whole new level. Please welcome Ms. Lindsay Clegg.

What is the definition of, "Contagion?"

CONTAGION

Pronunciation (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does contagion mean? 
CONTAGION (noun)
  The noun CONTAGION has 3 senses:
1. any disease easily transmitted by contact
2. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
3. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
  Familiarity information: CONTAGION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

CONTAGION (noun)

Sense 1contagion [BACK TO TOP]
Meaning:
Any disease easily transmitted by contact
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("contagion" is a kind of...):
communicable disease (a disease that can be communicated from one person to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "contagion"):
flu; grippe; influenza (an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease)
measles; morbilli; rubeola (an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children)
diphtheria (acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing)
scarlatina; scarlet fever (an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash)
pox (a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks)
trench mouth Vincent's infection (an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane)

Sense 2contagion [BACK TO TOP]
Meaning:
An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("contagion" is a kind of...):
incident (a single distinct event)

Sense 3contagion [BACK TO TOP]
Meaning:
The communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
contagion; infection
Context examples:
a contagion of mirth / the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry
Hypernyms ("contagion" is a kind of...):
communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Please help make this years Haunted House a success by donating!!

2011 St. Mary’s School Haunted House Donation List
Please send all donations to Mr. Ballesteros in Kindergarten

Large old White Bed sheets
Bags of fake spider webs
Bags of Fake rats and snakes
White lab/doctor coats
Red Christmas lights
Strobe lights
Bottles of fake blood
Science experiment materials
Large plastic trash bags
Old t-shirts for costumes
Zombie makeup kits (white, black, grey makeup)
Fake skin/fake scars kits
Bag of fake bones
Home Depot large black tarp role for walls

For more info check out:
www.mrbcryptofchaos.blogspot.com