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Standing the test of time: A love for antiques
A little change of pace. That was what Wendy Granville was looking for when she and her family moved from Anacortes to Kettle Falls last year. But when it came to finding a job, Granville returned to what she knows---antiques. She recently opened A Kick in the Attic Antiques, located at 235 E. 3rd Kettle Falls. The store features antiques (of course), vintage items and consignment. Many of the goods Granville brought with her from the antique mall she owned and operated in Anacortes for 17 years named Days Gone By. It's safe to say, this lady knows "great junk" when she sees it. "I'm addicted to junking," Granville says modestly. "When I first started I had a booth in an antique mall and it wasn't long before I ended up buying the business." Toys, posters, furniture, glassware, games, books, tools---A Kick in the Attic has a bit of something for everyone. She also rents a space on consignment to Forget Me Not of Colville. Even though Granville says she is not a collector, she enjoys searching for antiques and vintage items. She compares the experience to beach combing, something she has been doing since she was "old enough to crawl" having been born and raised on the coast. Craftsmanship and artistry "It's like finding agates," Granville muses on antiquing. "It's the allure of the hunt, searching for and finding that perfect item." Granville's favorite places to hunt are the grounds of most antique aficionados---auctions, estate sales, garage sales, etc. Though so far, she says she has had quite a few walk-ins with items they want to sell. She also provides handmade gift cards and items under $10. "Right now, I'm trying to see what people want out of this store," says Granville. "I want customers to help guide me so I can carry more of the vintage wares and antiques they are looking for. We'll see what goes well here." Admittedly, Granville says her home is a lot like her business—she's surrounded by old things. She's particularly partial to goods from the 1930s and 40s. Like many with her passion and profession, she realizes there's something about antiques that stands the test of time. "You just appreciate the craftsmanship and the artistry," says Granville. A Kick in the Attic is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closed Sundays and Mondays. Check out the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/JustaSmartyPants or call 738-7400.


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I thought Greed was "The Multimillion Dollar Challenge" where teams of five tried to answer trivia questions but each round one player was randomly paid to try to take another player out of the game, or be thrown out trying....
I thought Greed was getting kickbacks from the lobbying groups to buy your support for questionable bills.
I thought Greed was getting kickbacks from the lobbying groups to buy your support for questionable bills.
No, that's called Politics.
I thought Greed was getting kickbacks from the lobbying groups to buy your support for questionable bills.
What he has done is effectively apply game theory in deciding which coins to target and how to spread his resources. It is quite clever but applying this solution to this style of problem isn't really unexpected.
and upload this to the drone control network.
...It's a moral imperative!
And why wouldn't there be?
Well because the US and Israel are allies.
(i keed i keed)
For now. US and Iran used to be allies too.
Spot especially, as it's relatively cheap - quite cheap as supercomputing cluster time goes!
Please, I ran a simulation just like this on a 1992 super computer, and I haven't paid a cent.
I guess the agreement did say payment was due when processing finishes next decade, though.
We also use very similar force algorithms in our cancer models.
The description of the agents and forces in this summary was actually very well done.
You need to click on the "Elsevier Open Access" link from NCBI, which is a direct link to the article on the publisher's website (this location is where you click for all PubMed articles, as long as the publisher has provided access in that way). PubMed never displays complete articles.
After clicking through, there's a "Download PDF" link at the top left of the article, just under the green Science Direct header.
It's extremely confusing to put it nicely.
I feel compelled to tell the world about a more confusing part of NCBI that I'm trying to navigate myself around at the moment: The Transcriptome Shotgun Assembly Sequence Database. Submitting sequences is... a little tricky. Here's a simplification of the process:
Anyone else find it odd that he used a distance squared force for a 2D problem? The surface of a circle depends linearly on the radius.
The goal is that the attraction to the coins is greater when you're close (so you don't wander past one, pulled by that large cluster off to the side) and the repulsion is lesser when you're further away (so two allies can turn directly towards each other to pick up coins that lie between both, even though they repel each other).
Anyone else find it odd that he used a distance squared force for a 2D problem? The surface of a circle depends linearly on the radius.
Linearly being the key word... take it one step at a time (before looking at what geometry inverse square law could represent). The rule is derived entirely from distance... Distance reduces the number of spacial dimensions into one, it doesn't matter how many spacial dimensions you have so long as you can find a scalar distance between two points.
For a less abstract explanation think of a 2D simulation as a geometrical subset of a 3D simulation (that subset doesn't have to be axis aligned), a 2D simulation
It actually sounds like a "Schema Architecture" that Arkins proposed in 1998 http://mitpress.mit.edu/catego... [mit.edu]. You can implement it in about 10 lines of python because it's just that: the sum of attractive (goals) and repelling (obstacles) force vectors, weighted by the inverse of the distance squared. I was surprised OP didn't mention the Schema architecture, because it is exactly that, and since it sounds like a (simulated) robot game...
Your paper on newborn looking is really interesting. I build robotic
How about Core War?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C... [wikipedia.org]
http://www.koth.org/info/akdew... [koth.org]
http://blog.codinghorror.com/c... [codinghorror.com]
This is a very fun game! I've been looking for stuff like this. Normally I have fun writing stuff like this in games until they ban me for "Hacking" when really the hacking was the only fun part of me. Now the hacking bit IS the game.
Maybe I can ditch my EVE mining bots now
https://gist.github.com/schmat... [github.com]
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Shortly after my son got home from school Monday afternoon, he jumped online to do his homework. Breaking news about the bombings at the Boston Marathon was hard to ignore, however, so we talked about that, instead.
"I really hope this isn't [from] North Korea," Noah said, reflecting on tensions brewing there.
When tensions brew and I decide I need comfort, I make chicken and rice for dinner (a staple of my childhood), curl up with my kids and watch an old episode of "The Waltons." Been doing that a lot lately.
Some folks enjoy retail therapy. I prefer re-run therapy.
But maybe I should step it up and try a relaxing cruise with the cast of "The Waltons?"
In fact, 150 lucky fans will get to do just that Oct. 19 through 28, along with cast members Michael Learned (Olivia), Jon Walmsley (Jason), Eric Scott (Ben), Judy Norton (Mary Ellen), Ronnie Claire Edwards (Corabeth) and Tom Bower (Mary Ellen's first husband, Dr. Curt Willard). They'll set sail from New York aboard the "Norwegian Gem" with stops in Puerto Rico, St. Maarten, St. Thomas and the Dominican Republic.
Sounds awesome to me, but what about the cast? What'll it be like for them to be stuck on a boat with that many rabid "Waltons" fans for nine days?
"We did a three-day cruise, 14 years ago and it was a blast," said Eric Scott, a.k.a. Ben Walton, when I spoke to him by phone Monday. "The show (with its wholesome message and values) really brought out the best in the fans," he added.
"The Waltons," the beloved television series created by Earl Hamner Jr., was based on his novel "Spencer's Mountain" and his memories of coming-of-age in Virginia during the Depression. It debuted in 1971, when I was just 4. I recall sitting cross-legged on green plaid carpet in front of my family's television every Thursday night, over the course of nine seasons.
The plaid carpet is long gone, but my warm memories remain, and I get to relive them all over again whenever I watch re-runs with my own children. Wonderful conversations have ensued over the years, inspired by the myriad family and social issues the series addressed including WWII and the Great Depression. Though much too young to recall the Depression, Scott, 54, can relate to some of the feelings this period of hardships evoked.
"I was observant; I saw the writing on the wall," Scott said of his family's life before he began his acting career. "We were lower middle-class. I was 7, but knew I wanted to go to college," he said.
When people approached his parents and said he had "that look," he jumped at the chance to act, appearing in an episode of "Bewitched," among other roles.
"The love of the business wasn't artistic for me – it was about the money," he said, expressing the practical and savvy nature he has in common with the character he eventually played on "The Waltons."
I recall several episodes of the show where entrepreneurial Ben strived to create one business opportunity or another in an effort to make money. In fact, says Scott, the character of Ben was modeled after two of the Hamner brothers, one of whom was a shoe salesman. Scott may not have entered show-business for the love of acting, but he grew to love and appreciate his Waltons cast-mates.
"I had never been on a set as warm and inviting," he said, of his Waltons days. "They embraced us," he recalls, of the adult members of the cast.
A few had experience performing on stage, which yielded a sort of egalitarian "troupe" mentality, said Scott, adding that they set the tone for the younger actors.
Ellen Corby ("Esther 'Grandma' Walton"), in particular, encouraged him to take chances, to spread his actor's wings, to not be afraid to spice things up.
Though he recalls she often kept the younger cast members in line (in addition to Will Geer, "Grandpa," who nearly drove Corby to distraction with his penchant for ad-libbing) and "took care of us on set," "she was also the vinegar," Scott said.
During our conversation I recalled an episode late in the series, when Corby, who'd had a stroke (which was written into the script), returns.
"I recall how poignant it was," I said, "that her first words, following her partial recovery from the stroke, were to Grandpa (Will Geer). She said, 'You old fool.'"
"Wow, you really are a fan, aren't you?" Scott quipped.
Indeed I am. I even made a pilgrimage to Earl Hamner's childhood home (it looks just like the white house on the show, only smaller) in the tiny town of Schuyler, Va., in 1993, the year after the Waltons Mountain museum opened in the building once occupied by his former high school. Nearby is the little store that Ike Godsey's "General Merchandise" was modeled after, where I bought a coke. I'd love to return to Schuyler one day, with my kids.
Apparently I'm not the only one who harbors an urge to return to the hamlet that inspired Walton's Mountain, from time to time. Earl Hamner, who now lives in California, once wrote in his blog, "In memory I go there each night. I stand beside the gate, look up to the house, and once again I hear the voices of my mother and father, my brothers and sisters as we call goodnight to each other before we sleep," the inspiration for the ritual at the end of each episode where the characters bid each other goodnight.
Scott's been to Schuyler, too, and recalled that along with Jon Walmsley ("Jason"), he once visited Hamner's mother at their home there during the show's heyday. Clearly a mischief-maker in her own right, Scott says Doris Hamner suggested to them, when fans rang her doorbell, "You go answer the door and see the looks on their faces."
"What's your favorite episode?" I asked Scott, as I sifted through several priceless "Ben" moments in my mind.
"Any one that had Ben in it," he quipped. "I wasn't shy about this," he volunteered, describing how he made the most of any opportunity he saw to become involved in the show.
For example, when John-boy started the "Blue Ridge Chronicle" newspaper, Scott went to Richard Thomas (the first actor who played "John-Boy") and said he'd like to be involved with this plot. "Richard (Thomas) was very good. He taught us a lot. If we were concerned about something he would bring it up (to the producers)," said Scott. This is how it came to be that Ben sold advertising space for the "Chronicle."
Scott applied this same drive to his next career, when he worked his way up from courier to owner of Chase Messengers, a parcel delivery service in California, where he lives with his wife, Cindy and their two children (Scott also has another child, a daughter, born three days before his previous wife's death from acute myelomonocytic leukemia ). But he's never left his Waltons family behind.
"Three to four times a year we get together for dinner," he says, of Mary Elizabeth McDonough ("Erin"), Jon, and Leslie Winston (the actress who last played his "Waltons" wife, "Cindy"). Sometimes they even have sleepovers, he added, where all of their children, whom he says regard each other as cousins, sleep in a tent.
Scott says his kids aren't nearly as impressed with his Waltons fame as his fans, though when introducing her parents to friends, he does notice that his 11-year-old daughter will mention the fact that he married a "Cindy" on The Waltons and in real life. "It's a source of great humor," he said.
Like other Waltons cast members, Scott regards their fans as part of the extended Waltons family. There's always room for one more at the table, so to speak, which is a great comfort to me, because at the rate things are going, there will always be bad news and bombings. But as long as the Waltons live on in re-runs, there will also be warmth, humanity and a little side of salt and vinegar for balance. Works for this mom.
"I'm just glad that people can still watch it," said Scott of the beloved series, which airs locally on the INSP network, "but get out there and sail the seas with us! Talk about being salty," he quips, with his trademark laugh.
For details about the Waltons Appreciation Cruise, visit www.asobo.cruiseone.com/travel/HomePage.html. Also, check out the Facebook page titled "A Waltons Appreciation Cruise."
• Jennifer DuBose lives in Batavia with her husband, Todd, and their two children, Noah and Holly. Contact her at email@example.com.


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Vatican City, Apr 24, 2013 / 10:31 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis will be receiving over 70,000 young people when he offers the Sacrament of Confirmation to 44 of them this coming weekend.
"We are joyful because we will be receiving so many young people," said Archbishop Salvatore R. Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization.
The archbishop made his announcement April 24 at the Vatican press office, as he detailed two upcoming events in Rome for the Year of Faith.
The first is the April 27–28 weekend gathering, which will bring youths who have received the Sacrament of Confirmation in the past year to Rome for a pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Peter and a Mass in which Pope Francis will confirm 44 young people.
The second Year of Faith event is the Day of the Confraternities and Popular Piety, which will take place May 3–5. A confraternity is an organization of lay people that promotes Christian charity and has been officially approved by the Church.
On Saturday, April 27, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., youths will gather at Saint Peter's Square with teachers of the faith, who are known as catechists. The catechists will guide them on a pilgrimage that will include Michelangelo's Pietà, the tomb of Blessed John Paul II and the Tomb of Saint Peter, where they will make the Profession of Faith.
They will gather again the next morning at 10:00 a.m. for a closing Mass with Pope Francis, during which he will confirm 44 young people from five different continents representing the universal Church.
The youngest are 11-year-olds from Romania and Italy and the oldest is a 55-year-old from Cape Verde. Two more could be arriving from Haiti, bringing the total number to 46.
Other countries that will be represented are: the Congo, Nigeria, Madagascar, Lebanon, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Argentina, Brazil, Belarus, France, Germany, Ireland and the United States.
"We have not forgotten the presence of a disabled person to represent those who are privileged in the eyes of the Church and deserve their full attention even in the reception of the sacraments," Archbishop Fisichella said.
"The Pope will also give the youths a small, simple and symbolic present. But I can't tell you what it is otherwise it wouldn't be a surprise anymore," the archbishop quipped.
The event will finish on Sunday evening in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall with a "Witness Festival," which will include music, and testimonies from world figures and those who have been confirmed.
"We will have Antonio, who comes from the Diocese of Carpi to give a voice and hope to the victims of the earthquake and to those who still suffer situations of profound discomfort," he added.
Archbishop Fisichella told journalists that a boy from mainland China, Paul, who has lived in Italy for several years as a refugee, and Malia P. Malani of the Island of Tonga will "tell everyone that even in the most remote parts of the world, the Church is alive and present."
And over 50,000 people have already signed up for the second event in May.
The international gathering will bring confraternities from Italy, Spain, Malta, France, Poland and Ireland that will give their testimony on local traditions.
Confessions will be heard and there will be Eucharistic Adoration from 4:00 p.m. until midnight on May 3 in Roman churches of the confraternities.
On Saturday, May 4 there will be a pilgrimage to the Tomb of Saint Peter at 7:00 a.m., Adoration and confessions from 8:00 a.m. to noon in churches across Rome, catechesis at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls and an international Mass in the same basilica at 6:30 p.m.
"On Saturday we will follow the pattern of the pilgrimage to the tomb of Peter divided by language groups, while in the afternoon at four different churches we will have a catechesis with the subsequent celebration of the Holy Eucharist," Archbishop Fisichella explained.
Catechesis will be in several languages, with Archbishop Arthur Roche delivering the English teaching in the Church of Saint Maria in Traspontina, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera catechizing in Spanish at the Church of Saint Mary of the Garden, and Bishop Jean Lafitte speaking in French at the Church of the Trinita dei Monti.
On Sunday morning, May 5, members of the confraternities in their habits will take part in a procession down the Via della Conciliazione until they reach Saint Peter's Square.
Pope Francis will then celebrate Mass at 10:00 a.m. in St. Peter's Square, followed by the Regina Caeli prayer.
"A moment of faith will be lived, which is found in the simplicity of the expressions of popular piety and rooted in our people, who without interruption live these signs as a strong reminder of the faith of previous generations and a tradition that deserves to be witnessed with courage and enthusiasm," Archbishop Fisichella said.


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Briahna Havis, a Batavia senior defensive specialist, recently committed to play her college volleyball at Roosevelt, an NAIA school in Chicago.
A three-year varsity player, Havis led the Bulldogs in serve percentage and aces (38) in her final high school season.
Bulldogs coach Lori Trippi-Payne said Havis officially will sign with the school in January.


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Royaldragon01 wrote:
hey guy is this OVA in anohana?
It's in AnoHana episode 5(search through discussion forums).
If it exists, it can be made. If it does not exist, it will be made.
yup this is a photoshop
TheAncientOne wrote:
Am I the only one that finds this image both disturbing and inappropriate?
I found it to be Disturbing, but wasn't sure if I should say anything since to each their own Fetishes. I mean look at me I am into Catgirls and imouto's. I'm sure there are some who find my love of Catgirls and imouto's disturbing.
Yandere Goddess of Fire, Lover of Twintails
you cant change the world without getting your hands dirty
My mind is like lighting, one brilliant flash, then its gone.
TheAncientOne wrote:
Am I the only one that finds this image both disturbing and inappropriate?
But the moment you report these things, they will start whining that they're not breaking any rules.
I wish real life had a Ctrl+Z button.
I don't see anything wrong but a bloody loli *pun intended*
His Holiness Optimus Maximus Decimus Meridius Colossus Nemesis Nexus Genesis
zendude wrote:
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Okay. I'm lurking through the thread with my phone and saw this little neuroticity, and I haven't seen a post that has pissed me off so much that it warrants me to stop what I'm doing right now and go to the nearest computer cafe to just type this up.
(Consider that I don't play the "UBER Veteran" card nor the "I'm the guy that got this thread started up in the first place" card enough nor even at all, but you know what I'm going to take them out of my deck and use it here.)
I'll keep this simple as I can possibly can. Just shut your face. Seriously, shut your face about in even considering something like that.
I have seen this thread go down twice because of something so selfish like that, and guess who got this place back and running again. That's right. It's me. Now that everything is almost at the third year you just want to just off it like that? Do have any idea how much people have invested here? Do have any idea how much people use this place as some kind of stress release? Do you really have any idea really? Of course not. Those questions were rhetorical.
This not about me, nor you. It's about everyone here, the regulars, the lurkers, the mods, hell even sometimes the snipers. The next time you're going to be all "WANNA BE FIGHT THE POWAH" think about everyone here because what you're saying is just completely selfish.
You know what, if you going to sour this place with such selfishness, then maybe you're the one that should go somewhere else.
Again, shut your face about that. Have a nice day. Thank you very much.
I don't usually speak up with these things, but maybe 'tis time for me to state some stuff... I agree with you, in everything, but man, calm down... most of the power of your character comes from the fact that you've achieved Nirvana... it is your neutral "nothing gets to me, and I'm always chill" attitude what makes everyone see up to you the way we (I include myself because something) look up to you. I know why you're angry, I've been in similar situations myself, but that's not you, that's not the way you state your business.
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Now where dit that come from? That man who was calling to arm holding a banner yeling "come and get a piece of me" some 100 pages back (and that was not the first time) is now all flower, rainbow colored t-shirts and crow´s foot signs?
I know you work hard to get this place running again. Its not my first day here. I appreciate it. And i respect you most of all (non-RL) people i know.
...And after all: 4 months back, this place was the first place on web i visited (after 1 hour of opening and closing browser and staring into wall) when an assigned cop come to tell me that my parents have car accident and my mom did not make it. And this place is holding me together since...
But every day someone get shot down here, every day. And no one say´s a word. We only laugh to it? And some of those mots and pics are right in the border line? Related, no NSFW? Not worse than some others anime related with green to go??
I just can take it. They told as to obey, so we obey. So the next day they say "Yu no obey enough"?? This thread was ment to be for fun and motivation from the begining. But definition or sources for it are changing with time (just randomly jump trough older posts and you will know what i mean) and anime alone can get you only so far. So every time there is some non-anime mot and posts wave, we got new (you cant...) block and rule after (and mostly when the non-anime theme is on its demise and the avalanche of non anime activities are finished)??
And about killing this palce. Where were 25+ pages is less then 10. Jokes are more rough almost vulgar sometimes. Where is that happy-go-lucky AMP?... They dont need to shut this place down any more. And dont give me "you dont need to read it" crap. As i say i like this place and its sad to see it in such a state. So i just done what i can do best: Slaming the wall with my empty hard head waiting who goes down first (and no: usualy its Da wall=) or art least i fly just to hope that someone at least wake up and watch it as i burn all the way down,... If its bad or not enough then im sorry, and your right and just tell me straight to leave...
as for that... man, I learned this lesson the very hard way, but most of the fight is won in the decision if it's worth to have a fight in the first place. There are times when sitting down and playing along is the best way to take problems on. I don't say it's good to be submissive, but sometimes the stakes are too high and the price either small or null. The new rules and the snipering suck, I admit. I love ponies, and I loved some of the links people shared here, but the "essence" of what we do here is still there. We come here, chat about anime, life, people's weirdness and whatnot, and post posters of what we believe in, or what we are feeling, or to make people laugh, or just for the heck of it, because that's the essence of any art. The restrictions suck, yes, but we can do fine with them, and seriously, is it really worth it to fight for them like that if the most likely outcome would be to lose the thread altogether? Not to mention that you're fighting the wrong way for that method, which is the wrong method. The best thing to do here is to keep playing along with the mods, keep doing our business, and not rant about anything, so that when something actually unfair happens, we'll have that as an argument to play with, and we'll have the mods on our side.
Now, personally, I'm a medical student, and part of the university's (american) football team, and I work really hard for both of those things. My very little free time, I use it for helping people with their personal problems, acting as a consultant. Where I'm going with this is that I live a really stressful life, and this place is the only thing that keeps my sanity inside of my skull, it is the only where I don't have to play any character but myself, and it is the only place where I don't have to work... just chill, and talk to people I've grown fond of over the more than 2 years I've been here... so yea, this place means a lot to me, I don't think I could forgive anyone for shutting it down. let alone for a childish and selfish reason like "the rules are unfair".
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TheAncientOne wrote:
Xylrot wrote:
Am I the only one that finds this image both disturbing and inappropriate?
It's definitely a bit disturbing. I would say the picture is borderline.
(Swimming Anime)
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Anime_kat wrote:
TheAncientOne wrote:
Am I the only one that finds this image both disturbing and inappropriate?
But the moment you report these things, they will start whining that they're not breaking any rules.
so here's your whining
Neither the breasts nor the genital area are exposed,
the breasts are perfectly covered and her panties cover what must be covered,
about the amount of blood and injuries:
the amount of blood and injuries a picture can contain is not limited by rules,
and it''s pretty far from being too bloody anyway,
the picture is completely anime related since Corpse Party got its own mangas and OVAs
whine END
and good morning to you too
"... except for that one h-doujin." -Xylrot
If it exists, it can be made. If it does not exist, it will be made.
"... except for that one h-doujin." -Xylrot
If it exists, it can be made. If it does not exist, it will be made.
I wish real life had a Ctrl+Z button.


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The number of confirmed cases of the flu is up statewide, with Washoe County leading the way.
The state health division said there have been 558
laboratory-confirmed cases of the flu since October, up from the
statewide toll of 289 in February of last year.
More than 220 of the cases are in Washoe County. Clark County
has about 160.
The state's only flu death was reported in Clark County.
The health division said statewide cases are declining, except
for increased influenza activity in Carson City, Douglas and Lyon
The number of cases peaked at Christmas time, according to
Martha Framsted, the state health division's spokeswoman.
This has been a typical year for seasonal influenza," Framsted
said. "Because we know the virus can still be circulating through
March and even into April, it's important for people to continue to
take preventative measures. Cover your mouth and nose when you
cough or sneeze, wash your hands often, exercise and get plenty of
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported
an increase in influenza activity, primarily in the eastern half of
the country.
Thirteen states, including Colorado and Wyoming, reported
widespread influenza activity. Nevada was among 11 states that
reported only regional influenza activity.
Washoe Leads In Flu Cases
The number of confirmed cases of the flu is up statewide, with Washoe County leading the way.


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Let this friendly yellow robot help you and your child see just how fast he's growing. Doubles as a lively decoration that's sure to add that modern touch to his room. Grommets placed in the four corners make them easy to hang. We provide color coordinated decorative covers that easily fit over the screw or nail you choose. A portion of the profits from the sale of this item is donated to children's charities.
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I picked this sweet clock up last week. This is just the way I got it, and as you can see, it's in great condition, but missing the setting stem (and the condition of cord, which I will get to in a second). It's got great color, and a great deco look, and the dealer plugged it in to show it worked (shudder). The pics were taken in my wood shop, which is where I bought the clock for.
I took off the back to see if I could figure out what was up with the setting stem, and about jumped out of my skin when I saw the wire! It was just as you see it. Someone had noticed the cracked insulation, I imagine, and cobbed a newer cord on to the old one. Please notice the condition of the insulation in the second picture, and you can see why I shudder when I think that it was plugged in like that!
So, the note of caution... No matter how clean an item looks, if you're going to plug it in, check out all the wiring, sockets, etc, or have someone else do it. I'd hate to see someone lose their house and collections because of something like this!
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|24th October 2006, 03:39 AM
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Clew Position
Hi Roger,
I have a sail with two clew positions, I usualy use the lower one for no good reason. There is a diference in performance when using any of them?
Thanks a lot
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RE: Clew Position
Hi Diego,
A very interesting question......and one that the answer to depends alot on who you talk to.
One "school of thought" is that by using the upper clew grommet, you actually pull down more forcefully on the leech of the sail and kinda "tighten the leech" a bit.
Basic physics tells me if the boom is the same length, and the clew grommets are exactly the same distance from the front of the boom, you get no additional leverage by using the upper grommet. The angle of the boom running from the mast to the clew grommet will change, but that does not give you any additional "mechanical advantage" (basic levers here).
This could be one of those "feel" things and by having the end of the boom slightly higher, sailors tend to apply more "down force" on the boom with their back hand, and this could conceivably straighten the leech slightly.
Some sailors use both grommets with an adj. Outhaul setup and the boom end gets positioned right between the 2 grommets.
My instincts and experiences here are that it really makes no difference (beyond a different "feel" perhaps), as there is no "physics" to suggest there's a difference unless the grommets are closer or futher from the mast and front of the boom), so if you are taller, use the upper grommet so you don't have a big angle down from the boom head to the clew.
If you are short, like me, use the lower grommet to avoid having the boom higher at the clew than it is at the mast.
But all of this may vary, and you need to go out and see what the effects are with your rigs.
Sail with the outhaul through which ever grommet you usually use, then, without adjusting the length of the boom, simply pivot the end of the boom to the other grommet and outhaul to the exact same distance.
See if you can notice or "feel" any difference.
That's the only true "test" you can make. How does it affect your sailing and more specifically your comfort while sailing. Comfortable is fast and fun. Anything else is not. That's the bottom lihe here.
Hope this helps,
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Chelsea star Frank Lampard says Jose Mourinho is bringing the winning mentality back
Frank Lampard says Chelsea have now found the consistency needed to claim their first Premier League title since 2010.
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The Blues have now won six straight matches, which is their best sequence of results in over four years.
Mourinho's side are progressing well in the Champions League and they moved up to second in the league standings at the weekend thanks to a 2-1 victory against title rivals Manchester City.
They followed that up with a convincing win at Arsenal on Tuesday which helped them ease into the quarter-finals of the Capital One Cup.
Despite a shaky start to Mourinho's second spell at Stamford Bridge, midfield star Lampard has called on the club to maintain their current form in order to heap pressure on the competition.
"When you look at our squad, one Premier League title in seven years just doesn't feel right for Chelsea," Lampard told Sky Sports.
"But there is a real feeling that things are fitting into place under Jose Mourinho. We had a mentality from Jose's first time at the club that coming second was a disappointing year. That's the way we regarded it.
"The last two years have been the worst two in recent memory in terms of league performance although obviously we've done really well in Europe.
"But coming sixth and third domestically doesn't feel good enough. For those of us who are still here from Jose's first time in charge, we know what he is like week in and week out, and you can sense he is bringing that winning mentality back.
"It's what we need and it's for us, the players, to now show the consistency, which is what is happening."
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Lampard, 35, also admitted there is more competition from a number of clubs than at any other time in the Premier League era due to the amount of money in the game.
"The competition is getting tougher, without a doubt," said the England international. "When we won the league for first time, in 2005, Manchester United were the biggest threat. Arsenal were there as well, but that was it.
"Now, the challenge of Manchester City is there, and if you look at it this year, you wonder if Liverpool or Tottenham could be there at the end. Even Southampton have spent £30million, so it has become harder.
"But I think that it is a good thing for the fans to see. Nobody wants it to be a one horse race unless you are the horse.
"And of course, we see ourselves as real contenders - I think with our squad you can't deny that.
"Consistency is everything though and there is the feeling that we have that now. It's very exciting."
Frankie's Magic Football: Frankie vs The Cowboy's Crew by Frank Lampard is published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, £4.99.


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12 November 2014
This year is an important year for artists working across commercial theatre, as we renegotiate the Equity agreement for all artists working in the sector outside of the West End of London - including most regional tours, pantomimes and a number of non-West End producing houses.
Our claim has been put together after extensive consultation with all artists who have worked on it over the last three years, compiled by a working party of experienced members from the sector – working performers and stage managers who serve on Equity committees and as deps on shows across the country.
Our claim has a straightforward purpose – to set minima that represent what producers can afford to pay. The bigger the show, the bigger the producer, the more that should be returned to the artists involved.
We've also heard loud and clear that subsistence and touring allowance is no longer meaningfully contributing to the costs of artists on tour or coming to London to rehearse. Along with proposing a restructure to end unfair clauses like the reduction in touring allowance to subsistence after four weeks in a venue, and a significant rise of around 20% in touring allowance, we're proposing that subsistence rises to match the rate of touring allowance in every case.
These are your proposals, proposals to make your working lives better and fairer. However, the managers will make their claims of us, and we need to defend existing terms as much as make claims to improve them.
We know that not every proposal of ours will be agreed – and we know that all will meet with resistance. Commercial producers won't write us a blank cheque, which is why we need you standing up in support of our claim.
Encourage non-members to join our union and stand with us to make our voice louder, and watch out for the newsletters which will keep you updated as to where we are.
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GM&RGB Meeting Minutes 16th September 2014
2 October 2014
Minutes of branch meeting 16/09/14
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29 July 2014
The Live Entertainment Works! campaign has now launched. The aim of the campaign is to approach local venues asking them to display the poster supporting live entertainment and get across the message that the change in licensing law means that it is now easier to put on acts in venues with a capacity of 500 or below. For further information contact Mike Day by phone on 020 7670 0235 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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The 58th annual Block A Dinner, Athletic Award Presentations sponsored by the Amity Athletics Booster Club took place at Grassy Hill Country Club on June 8.
See all the photos HERE.
Beth Young, the Booster Club President opened the event before a room full of the best-of-the-best in Amity sports, their coaches and parents.
One-by-one the various Amity coaches came forward to present the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award to the one player who contributed amazing things to their particular sport during the past school year.
The MVPs are:
Boys Sports
Baseball – Sebastian DiMauro
Basketball – Dave Ryan
Cross Country – Michael Yuan
Football – Joe Choiniere
Golf – Brent Marieb
Ice Hockey – Adam Shea
Indoor Track – Aaron Rattley
Ski Racing – Scott —
Lacrosse – Joe Choiniere
Swimming AJ Pite
Soccer – (goalie) Griffin Volta
Track and Field – Ben Feola
Tennis – (16-1 record) Jason Seidman
Volleyball – (196 kills) Tyler Barwise
Wrestling – Jesse Cala
Girls Sports
Basketball – Chloe Brinton
Dance – Rosie Richetelli
Cross Country – Emily Criscuolo
Field Hockey – Lauren Kelly
Ice Hockey – Sarah Wydra
Ski Racing – Rebecca Lettick
Indoor Track – Allison Denny
Softball – Jill DeMaio
Lacrosse –
Tennis – Claire Foster
Soccer – Chloe Brinton
Track and Field – Zoey Reed
Swimming – Dana Chung
Volleyball – (290 kills) Allison Denny
Individual Awards – Boys
Mark E. Greco Memorial Hockey Award – Keating Seymour
Jeremy Saxe Memorial Award – Evan Donahue
James Dunleavy Memorial Hockey Award – Brett McNeil
Steven J. Zeider Memorial Swimming Award – Charlie Pite
Thomas J. Ross Memorial Manager Award – __________________
Thomas G. Laugeni Memorial Award – Brent Marieb
Albert L. Seymour Memorial Award – Keating Seymour
Versatility Award – Ben Feola
Booster Club Scholar-Athlete Award – Michael Yuan
Sportsmanship Award – Dan Horton
Athlete of the Year Award – Joe Choiniere
Individual Awards – Girls
Thomas J. Ross Memorial Award – Isabella Bierezowiec
Thomas G. Laugeni Memorial Award – Ashley Woo
Albert J. Seymour Memorial Award – ________________
Versatility Award – Claire Foster
Booster Club Scholar-Athlete Award – Kathleen Feng
Sportsmanship Award – _____________________
Athletic Department Recognition Award – Dakota ___________________
Amity Coaches Association Awards:
Outstanding Service: Todd Glodowski
Coach of the Year: Michael "Scooter" Richetelli
Asst. Coach of the Year: Bill McNeil
Paul Mengold Leadership Award
With the retirement of longtime Athletic Director Paul Mengold, a new award was created to honor a student who demonstrates exemplary leadership skills.
This year's recipient of the Paul Mengold Leadership Award was Mikaila Schmitt.
During the ceremony, it was mentioned that Boy's Cross Country Coach Bob Orgovan, who's been guiding Amity Athletes for 32 years, was in the running for the National High School Athletic Coaches Association's Coach of the Year award.
In June, Orgovan attended the convention at the Snow King Resort in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Well worth the trip. Orgovan won the honor. Congratulations to you coach!
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|2009-09-29, 12:26
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I'm still hoping that Moria isn't down for the count, despite getting OHKO'd by Jinbei. Even if Luffy's done with him, the fact that he also wants to become Pirate King (albeit in his own lazy way) should still hold some merit. Furthermore, we still don't know the full history behind him and Kaidou, nor how he ended up losing his old crew in the New World, so those topics should be touched upon at some point......
By the way, it should also be noted that when Smoker got hit by Hancock, he specifically said that it must have been because of the "Kuja's Haki". This brings to mind what Sandersonia told Luffy about how few people outside of the Kuja tribe are able to use Haki. I guess they truly are a unique group of ladies, huh....?
|2009-09-29, 12:27
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|2009-09-29, 12:43
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And I really think that Smoker is stronger than Vice Admiral but less than Admiral
|2009-09-29, 12:47
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|2009-09-29, 13:50
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But still its pretty amusing if someone like Buggy reaches such high position...
His followers believe he is some kind of messiah, next pirate king even when Buggy admitted that every single one of his followers has actually higher bounty than himself...
And Buggy is just FLASHY atleast he is not dull person and atleast something happens when he appears...
|2009-09-29, 14:03
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Actually, me and james0246 seem to be the only ones who really give a darn about Buggy (and technically Oda as well ), but.... eh, whatever. Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks, I guess......
While that may be true, there are still individuals outside of Amazon Lily who are known Haki users as well (Shanks, Rayleigh). Yet despite that, Smoker still singled out the entire Kuja tribe's usage of it instead of saying something like "She was able to hit me? This must be her (Hancock's) "Haki"!" This suggests to me that Hancock's tribe must be famous for having mastery over an ability that very few people in the outside world can use effectively......
|2009-09-29, 14:28
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Ah i think this arc is too obvious :/
Since Luffy can't use his Haki yet he is useless in this arc so what's going to happens is :
The time of Ace's execution comes,someone somehow keeps whitebeard busy(perhaps that's Sengoku's plan)while Ace is getting executed > Luffy goes on rampage > unleashes his Haki > KO's the ones trying to kill Ace > Everyone goes "WOWOWOWOWO" about Luffy's Haki > Luffy saves Ace > the end of the arc.
I hope I'm wrong ;o
|2009-09-29, 14:28
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Either way still waiting on news of the cover story, curious what that title is leaning towards.
|2009-09-29, 15:04
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Luffy fighting Smoker and being unable to hit him, only to be saved by Hancock makes me think that the prediction made a while ago about this arc (I think it was either james0246's prediction or marvelB's) that Luffy would finally defeat a Logia user, namely Commodore Smoker, without some gimmick/weakness, is a correct one. I think that Luffy will in the course of the battle realize his Haki and strike Smoker with it, finally being able to hit him and probably defeat him.
Now, as for another prediction that's been circulating, I'm starting to be more in favor of it. It makes sense to me, and that's that Hancock will join the Straw Hats. The whole love sickness thing and being unable to stay in Amazon Lily without dying, with the only cure being following her love makes it seem inevitable. And the fact that she's seemingly willing to give up her Shichibukai status for Luffy only further drives the point home. If she were to lose her status, she couldn't go home, cuz then she would die, so logically, she'd have nowhere to go BUT with Luffy....... I'm enticed to see how it does turn out.
PS: I think it's a nice touch that Oda is making Jinbei into a beast via his pwnage of Moria. There might have been doubts about how strong he was considering he doesn't have any special/Devil fruit powers, but I think there's no question now. Sweet. He gets a big thumbs up from me.
|2009-09-29, 15:30
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Smoker is good defensively(Logia), but really weak offensively. What he's gonna do, suffocate his enemies to death?
All he can do with smoke is probably trap or restrict enemies.
Compared to the Admiral's and Enel's godly offensive abilities.
|2009-09-29, 15:49
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Yep I agree, it's a propable scenario and it would be really great and funny to have Hancock in the crew
About Smoker, well I think he can do many think with his power. I mean maybe he can make his smoke as hard as a rock or something like that
|2009-09-29, 15:54
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But shit... imagine Sanji with same boat as Hancock,Robin and Nami... he would go insane... unless he learns something in Kamabakka-island.
And I dont think Nami and Hancock would fit too good either, both being very authorative as nature...
|2009-09-29, 15:55
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This has not been fully confirmed, but if it is, wow.
First info about Zoro's ministory has been released, and it was I have predicted for quite awhile: Ghost-cutting .
Additional info: It is revealed that a special "prison" ability will be used to capture all of the pirates. This was Sengoku's true plan.
Also, Luffy, while fighting Smoker, flashbacks to Rayleigh stopping Kizaru. So, if the spoiler is true, expect a haki-powered Luffy in the next chapter or 2.
Also, Marco is not with Luffy because he went off to fight Kizaru (again).
The Zoro cutting ghosts part is what makes me think this might be fake. All of the other islands ahve been very hush-hush and ambiguous on how the various crewmembers would level up, so Oda outright telling us that Zoro is attacking a ghost seems a bit too well-defined.
|2009-09-29, 16:08
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Even though smoker is weak offensively he he still has that seastone sword thingy.Now that i think of it whitebeard's earthquake ability prolly wouldn't affect a smoke man. Soooooo unless he has haki he better watch out for smoker! LOL
|2009-09-29, 16:24
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Hey, some of us actually predicted the ghost-cutting thing a while back! Looks like Zoro's another step closer to slashing diamond, then the elements......
And it's good to know that there's a reason why Marco didn't protect Luffy right away. The fact that Luffy flashes back to Rayleigh damaging Kizaru is also a definite hint towards his soon-to-be-revealed Haki prowess. And yes, as I already predicted, I suspect that Smoker will soon become Luffy's guinea pig.....
As for the whole prison ability thing, that sorta sounds like a DF power, specifically Hina's. It's probably something different, though. Well, things should be more clear once the pics come out.....
|2009-09-29, 17:00
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|2009-09-29, 17:03
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That unconfirmed spoiler also has Garp snitching things to WB and Akainu facing Garp cause of it. But it has parts that are the same as Nja's spoiler. Still sceptical cause it could be a guy trolling us and adding things like back when WB's waves took out 50.000 of the marines.
Hancock helping Luffy, wonder if it's due to Smoker trashing chibi Luffy or if it's just cause her love got trashed in orginal form. Well her defending him opens tons of possibilities and AL could be solved in several ways. Kind of don't want to get in to the discussion again cause I've discussed this over and over on an other site. Always been saying I'll shink she joins and Oda sure is giving me more hope.
Zoro's cover, I wonder if we'll have three cover-stories for him like he received three pages when he landed. Well guess technically is was one perona and then two zoros.
Looks like one hell of a great chapter like usual.
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December 3, 2012
The Morning Heresy is your daily digest of news and links relevant to the secular and skeptic communities.
This is why the Heresy is late today. It's bad news: An Indiana court has dismissed CFI's lawsuit challenging its prohibition against the solemnization of marriages by secular celebrants. CFI boss Ron Lindsay:
According to the court, what is a required accommodation for the religious, is just a matter of convenience for the nonreligious. It would be difficult to imagine a clearer way to classify nonbelievers as second-class citizens. . . . A wedding is one of the most important ceremonies in a person's life, and it is just as meaningful to atheists as it is to theists. It's disappointing that a 21st-century court refused to recognize this reality.
CFI plans to appeal. Early reaction to the decision from Hemant.
Better news: The UN omits blaphemy and "defamation of religion" language from its text on religious intolerance.
A state judge rules Louisiana's school voucher system unconstitutional, but not for the reasons readers of this blog might hope - not for church-state separation, but because of the way it allocates public school funds to private schools.
This weekend, CFI's Michael De Dora talked to Stephanie Zvan for Atheists Talk radio.
Council for Secular Humanism chief Tom Flynn is invading the Bible Belt just in time for Christmas.
My own personal blog Near-Earth Object gets a new home at Freethought Blogs, and I join alongside Miriam Mogilevsky's Brute Reason. Neat, right?
Greg Laden thinks a lot more "witches" have been killed since the Middle Ages than is commonly thought.
Catholic priest to Fox & Friends:
If our Christmas is going to be all about getting upset at people who are to trying do away our Christmas, isn't that silly, too?
Already morally-challenged Boy Scouts of America is so porous about its hiring, several pedophiles have been hired.
Michael Moyer at SciAm is glad that Time is considering the Higgs boson for its something-something of the year, but, "Every single sentence in Time's nomination contains at least one serious error."
The Michigan Senate Committee on Health Policy approves legislation that allows religion to be an excuse for LGBT discrimination in health care.
West Point hosts its first same-sex wedding.
Another Hollywood fraud psychic pleads guilty to, well, fraud.
Ashley Miller tells a heartbreaking story of being disowned by her father for dating out of her race. In 2012.
NYT: Across Russia, a "collective mass psychosis" over the Mayan apocalypse.
North Korea makes a lot of nutty claims, but the discovery of a unicorn was not among them.
Monica Harmsen writes for the CFI On Campus blog on the Eddie Tabash-Frank Turek debate at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and offers advice for folks looking to put on similar events.
Seer-of-angels Lorna Byrne to The Guardian: "Sometimes I will say, 'Leave me alone', but it doesn't work. I can't hide from them." Yep.
Paul Finkelm at NYT argues that Thomas Jefferson should be looked on far more harshly than he is for his perpetuation of slavery and pseudoscientifically-based racism.
Also filed under Kill Your Heroes, at The Atlantic, Isaac Chotiner looks to deflate what he believes to be Salman Rushdie's overrated writing:
Before the fatwa, Salman Rushdie wrote two great books, Midnight's Children (1980) and Shame (1983). Since the fatwa, he has not written any.
In Skeptical Inquirer's special section on art and skepticism, Ben Radford muses on the power of context.
12 folks tell Templeton whether the universe has a purpose.
Dr. Oz gives a platform to cure-the-gays therapy.
BREAKING: God prohibits lawsuits against pedophile priests. Says God:
If you disagree with my solution of granting an irrevocable safe harbour for the actions of a corrupt priesthood in perpetuity rather than lifting a single heavenly finger to alleviate the torment of young children who did nothing whatsoever to deserve the pain they will experience until the day they die, you can 'opt out' of my covenant by telling me so the next time you pray to me. Once I receive your cancellation request, I shall cast you into a lake of fire to writhe in hellish torment for all time. This clearly satisfies legal and moral standards.
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What should believers do if they discover that their belief is getting in the way of their proper connection to God? Would they be prepared to sacrifice their faith for their faith? For the true believer, God is always a mysterious supplement, present in life but never completely known, always in essence just beyond the ability of the mind to grasp. But for a true atheist, this is even more profoundly true: the atheist embraces the mysterious Otherness of God much more wholeheartedly than the believer does. To the point, indeed, of Othering God from existence itself.
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Mrs. Betty Jo Lewis Gallaway, 86, of Quinlan, Texas and longtime resident of Borger, Texas, went to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday, June 18, 2011 in Terrell, Texas. The family will have a service in Borger at a later date.Mrs. Gallaway was born March 30, 1925 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. She is the daughter of the late Ernest and Ella Lee Singleton Lewis. She was raised in Borger and graduated from Borger High School. She went on to attend Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth. She married former Hutchinson County District Attorney Robert G. Gallaway in 1948 and he preceded her in death in 1972. Betty lived most of her life in Borger, moving to Quinlan, Tx. 2 years ago. Mrs. Gallaway is a member of the First Baptist Church in Borger.She is loved and will be missed by her Son, Blair Gallaway of Quinlan. Daughter, Robin Gallaway & her husband Chris Davis of Quinlan. Granddaughter, Jennifer Davis of Quinlan. Grandsons, Jeffrey Davis of Quinlan and Boyd Davis of Athens, Texas. Nephew, Steven Lewis of California.


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The St. Louis missed an opportunity to clinch a playoff spot in the opener of a home-and-home series with Colorado, but the Blues will get another shot when they host the Avalanche on Tuesday.
The Blues needed to gain only one point in Sunday's game in Denver to officially clinch their second straight playoff berth, but they dropped a 5-3 decision to Colorado. Although the Avalanche are sitting last in the Western Conference, they have won eight straight home games against St. Louis and Colorado has taken 11 of the last 14 encounters in this series overall.
St. Louis still needs one point to nail down a postseason spot and is sitting sixth in the West standings with 54 points, one less than San Jose and three ahead of Columbus and Minnesota.
The Blues have won three straight against the Avs on home ice and St. Louis is 12-8-1 at Scottrade Center this season. The club is closing the regular season on a three-game homestand, where they will host Calgary and Chicago.
St. Louis never led in Sunday's game and Jamie McGinn led the way for the Avalanche with two goals and an assist. Cody McLeod, Matt Duchene and Chuck Kobasew each scored a goal for the Avalanche, who are headed for a third straight year without a playoff spot.
The score was tied at 1-1 late in the first period, but McLeod recorded a goal with 55 seconds left in the stanza to give Colorado a lead it would never relinquish.
"It was nice to get one right before the end of the (first) period," McGinn said. "It's a momentum-shifter and a booster for the locker room. We could feel the energy in here and the energy in the crowd tonight, and we wanted to build off it."
Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 29 saves for Colorado, which went 2-1-1 on a four- game homestand. The Avs are playing two straight on the road, where they are 3-15-4 this season, before closing the season at home against Minnesota on Saturday.
David Backes had a goal and an assist for the Blues, while Jaden Schwartz and Kevin Shattenkirk also lit the lamp in a losing effort.
Brian Elliott stopped 15-of-19 shots before being pulled for St. Louis. Jake Allen turned aside 11-of-12 shots in relief.
"We just didn't play as good as a team. That's not how we wanted to play and obviously it's frustrating not getting a win and clinching a playoff spot like we had a chance to do tonight, so that's what's frustrating," Elliott said.
With Jaroslav Halak still sidelined with a groin injury, Elliott expects to get a sixth straight start in tonight's game. He is 2-2-1 with a 3.19 goals against average in five career games against Colorado.


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DODEA schools reviewing security after Sandy Hook shooting
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Security measures are under review at Department of Defense Education Activity schools worldwide in the aftermath of last week's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, DODEA officials said Monday.
"We know this tragedy in Connecticut affects every school district across the country, including our DODEA schools," said DODEA spokesman Frank O'Gara.
Given what happened, "it's incumbent upon us to take a look at the safety and security procedures at our schools," O'Gara said. "We're in the process of doing that."
A statement posted on DODEA's Facebook page on Saturday reads in part: "Events such as these have focused our attention on developing, implementing and reviewing crisis plans in our schools. We are also mindful of the need for constant vigilance in preventing tragedies before they happen and coping with the unthinkable should it happen."
On the same site, DODEA posted various online resources to help parents and educators talk with their children and students about the tragedy, in which a 20-year-old shooter killed 20 students, ages 6 and 7, and seven adults before taking his own life. Parents were being encouraged to seek counseling support for their children Monday at school if needed.
"Everyone is trying to come to terms with this," said Harvey Gerry, chief of staff for Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe. "How to react to something like this, basically has no precedent."
At military schools in Europe, school officials were focused on ensuring students were provided any needed support and assuring parents that their children's schools were safe and secure, Gerry said.
Robust security measures are already in place at all schools, Gerry said.
"I feel pretty good about that to begin with," he said.
The schools are supported by military and local national police, he said. A military security official contacted the school system to ask about "what type of support we require … what types of things would we need to respond to an incident like this," Gerry said.
Sandy Hook compels a hard look at whether enough is being done to ensure the schools are safe, even with the added protection that comes from being on a military base, where access is already restricted, he said.
"When you hear about something as horrific as this, you really want to stop for a second and say 'Is this enough?' " Gerry said.
DODDS-Europe schools routinely run mock drills to prepare for different types of emergencies and scenarios, Gerry said, declining to say whether these included "active-shooter" exercises. These are "lockdowns," he said. "I'm not talking about the usual fire drill that you and I remember having when we were children."
Schools have controlled access, Gerry said. "In Wiesbaden, you actually have to make eye contact with the person behind the glass" before letting them in, he said.
But at Sandy Hook, which seemed to have "a decent security access system in place, it didn't seem to make a difference," Gerry said.
It's "a real challenge for any school" to maintain a secure school environment that also feels welcoming to parents, Gerry said. At one school in the Kaiserslautern district, there can be hundreds of people on any given day coming and going. It could be a parent dropping off lunch for a child, meeting with a teacher, or volunteering in the child's classroom, Gerry said.
Whether security measures will be tightened "might be a little early to say," Gerry said. "No system is perfect. I'm sure there will be a lot of lessons learned from the particular incident. We're all watching this very carefully."


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Amid the lack of any official and revealing information about its next-generation flagship GeForce "Fermi" GF100 graphics card for desktops, Nvidia Corp. continues to publish static pictures of the novelty in order to attract attention to its future product.
On Tuesday Nvidia revealed a photo of Tom Petersen, director of technical marketing at Nvidia, proudly showing off his new Maingear Shift PC, equipped with two GeForce "Fermi" GF100 graphics cards. Based on the picture, it can be said that the new graphics accelerator from Nvidia can, at least, enable multi-GPU SLI mode and can operate inside custom PC from a boutique vendor.
Nvidia demonstrated its code-named GF100 (also known as NV60, G300, GT300, etc) graphics processor based on code-named Fermi architecture in late September, days after arch-rival ATI, graphics business unit of Advanced Micro Devices, started to sell its Radeon 5800-series graphics cards, the first DirectX 11-supporting solutions on the planet. However, since then the company remained relatively quiet about its next-generation GeForce. The only official comment on the matter was made by the company's chief executive Jen-Hsun Huang, who said that production of the GF100 would be ramped only in Q1 FY2011. Nvidia's first quarter of fiscal year 2011 begins on the 26th of January and ends on the 26th of April, 2010.
Due to lack of official information about the progress of already revealed technology, publication of photographs may be considered as an indirect progress report. In mid-November Nvidia revealed that the GeForce "Fermi" GF100 can render DirectX 11 benchmark and today the firm disclosed that the product now supports SLI multi-GPU technology.
The flagship Fermi graphics processor will feature 512 stream processing engines (which are organized as 16 streaming multi-processors with 32 cores in each) that support a type of multi-threading technology to maximize utilization of cores. Each stream processor has a fully pipelined integer arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and floating point unit (FPU). The top-of-the-range chip contains 3 billion of transistors, features 384-bit memory GDDR5 memory controller with ECC and features rather unprecedented 768KB unified level-two cache as well as rather complex cache hierarchy in general. Naturally, the Fermi family is compatible with DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.x and OpenCL 1.x application programming interfaces (APIs). The new chips will be made using 40nm process technology at TSMC.
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UK Progressive Death outfit AGELESS OBLIVION have unveiled their brand new full length 'Penthos', set for release on the 17th March through SOAR/Century Media.
Produced by Chris Fielding (NAPALM DEATH, ELECTRIC WIZARD) and mixed by Hertz Studios (BEHEMOTH, DECAPITATED), 'Penthos' is a devastating blend of MORBID ANGEL death metal, AKERCOCKE style blackened heaviness and NEUROSIS inspired soundscapes.
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'Penthos' track listing:
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Popularity Trumps Privacy For Many On Facebook 99
Hugh Pickens writes "A recent study published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science found that adults have almost as much need for being popular on Facebook as teenagers do, and people who crave acceptance are more likely to share personal information, says Emily Christofides, lead author of the study. 'If you're someone who has your privacy settings set quite high — you don't post your birthday, you don't post what's going on in your life — you're not giving other people the opportunity to comment on those things,' says Christofides. 'You're going to find that there's less going on on your page, and you may actually feel less popular as a result.' The study also found that those with higher self-esteem are more likely to protect their personal information."


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I'm running into a challenging issue where when I mount a Canon 60D to the tray for an IkeLite 60D enclosure the camera tilts a bit too far forward. This causes things like the control lever for the on/off switch to not reach fully and the camera lens is not centered properly in the port hole.
Its a new enclosure, I sent it back for evaluation and it checked out perfectly. Chatting with them by phone it seemed like the likely issue was that I didn't have the tray screw pushed all the way through the tray before screwing into the camera's tripod hole.
Well I followed that advise and see the exact same issue.
Has anyone seen a similar situation and might have a clue as to what I might possibly be doing wrong?
What's odd is there are two rear posts on the tray, one tall one on the left and a shorter one on the right. When the camera is mounted on the tray the right post looks fine but the left post seems to look too high as it pushes up against the LCD screen hinge.
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BRADFORD — Larry F. Webber, 64, of Bradford passed away at 12:05 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, at his home in rural Bradford.
Larry was born Feb. 13, 1949, in Kewanee to Leo Francis and Dorothy J. (Baylor) Webber. He married Annetta M. Ross Feb. 23, 2013, in Bradford. She survives.
He graduated from Bradford High School in 1967 and attended the University of Illinois for two years. He worked at AgView Farm Services in Princeton. He was a member of E.A.A. and the Bradford Fire Department. He had his private pilot license. He served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and was a member of the 199th light infantry brigade.
Larry had many interests throughout his life. Above all, he loved to fly. He built and flew his own replica of a World War II P51 Mustang. On occasion, Larry was known to "buzz" his local friends with his unmistakable airplane. In 1995, he was very proud to follow his uncle's footsteps, achieving a rare opportunity to pilot a vintage B17 bomber. He attended many different air shows including the EAA Oshkosh Air Adventure in Wisconsin and the National Stearman Fly-in held in Galesburg. He helped maintain the Bradford Airport where his airplane was kept and often took family members and many friends for a joy ride. He enjoyed hunting and informal target shooting and was a member of Fort Defiance Rifle and Pistol Club.
Larry was an excellent mechanic and enjoyed owning many early Ford Mustangs. He also used his hands on skills by participating in stock car racing in Princeton and Mendota. He was a motorcycle enthusiast enjoying both street and motocross riding. He enjoyed yard and garden work using his John Deere lawn tractors for plowing, tilling, spraying and snow throwing. Larry spent many years plowing snow when called upon for the Bradford Township area. Recently, Larry had been providing the daily weather and precipitation reports to the National Weather Service in Lincoln. He also enjoyed boating, swimming and loved to play volleyball.
Larry was a great and life-long friend to many throughout his years and always provided a helping hand. He loved spending time with his children and grandchildren, always including them in the things he did.
Also surviving are his mother, Dorothy J. Webber of Princeton; two sons, Thomas A. (Michaele) Webber of Princeville and Brian Webber of Bradford; one daughter, Renee (Jesse) Wagner of Kewanee; two stepsons, Matthew (Rachel) Ross of Princeton and Zach Ross of Bradford; three stepdaughters, Angie Ross of Moline, Melissa (Ken) Westefer of Kewanee and Shelly Ross of College Station, Texas; 12 grandchildren, Leigha, Chris, Connor, Allysah, Lydian, Regan, Laci, Morgan, Kenzie, Rhyan, Brody and Dominik; and one great-granddaughter, Kylene.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Grant-Johnson Funeral Home, Bradford, with the Rev. Rex Hendrix officiating. Burial will be in the Bradford Cemetery, Bradford, with military rites conducted by Bradford American Legion Post 445.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be directed to Bradford Fire and Rescue.
Online condolences may be left at www.grant-johnsonfh.com.
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BRADFORD — Larry F. Webber, 64, of Bradford passed away at 12:05 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, at his home in rural Bradford.


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COAL CITY — Mr. Gene D. Dunning, 76, of Coal City, formerly of Carrier Mills, Ill., passed away Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, at Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Ill.
Born Feb. 27, 1936, in Mitchellville, Ill., Gene was the son of the late Henry and Lettie (Dunn) Dunning.
He was a veteran of the United States Army.
Gene retired from Caterpillar, Inc. in Joliet, Ill., following 30 years of employment.
Gene was a member of the Rod and Gun Club in Morris.
Survivors include three sons, Dennis Dunning and Phillip Dunning, both of Sheboygan, Wis., and James (Janice) Dunning of Morris; seven grandchildren; two sisters, Isabel Berrong of Gardner and Carol (Orville) Stergil of Omaha, Ill.; and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Bonnie (Wilinks), whom he married April 24, 1956, in Carrier Mills, Ill.; and three brothers, Donald Dunning, Darrel Dunning and Randall Dunning.
Local visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, at the R.W. Patterson Funeral Homes, Ltd., Braidwood Chapel.
Visitation will also be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at the Felty Funeral Home in Carrier Mills, Ill.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Palastine Church in Stonefort, Ill.
Interment will be at Palastine Cemetery in Stonefort, Ill.
Condolences to the family can be shared online at www.rwpattersonfuneralhomes.com.
R.W. Patterson Funeral Homes, Ltd., 401 E. Main St., Braidwood, Ill., 60408, is in charge of arrangements.
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June 19, 2012 > Have You Ever Had Chickenpox?
You Could be at Risk for Shingles
If you suffered through the itchy blisters associated with chickenpox as a child, you are at risk of developing a painful rash called shingles. You can get shingles at any age, but it's more common in people over age 50, according to Dr. Dianne Martin, a local internist and member of the Washington Hospital medical staff. "We could end up seeing more cases as the population ages," she said. "It tends to be the 50 and over crowd, and that demographic is growing." About one in three people will develop shingles, also known as herpes zoster, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Shingles is caused by the varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. After you recover from chickenpox, the virus stays in your body. Years later it can be reactivated, causing shingles. Older adults, those with cancer, HIV, or organ transplant, or people who have a decreased ability to fight off infection due to stress or immune deficiency have a greater chance of getting shingles, according to the CDC. "The immune system keeps the virus under control," Martin explained. "When your immune system is weakened by stress or a medical condition, it makes you more susceptible to getting shingles. The virus stays dormant in the spinal cord and when something activates it, the virus travels along a sensory nerve to the skin where it causes shingles."Rash Forms Blisters Shingles generally starts as a painful rash on one side of the face or body. The sensation can be itching, tingling, burning, constant aching, or a deep pain. The rash forms blisters that usually scab over in seven to 10 days. The word "zoster" is derived from the Greek word for "belt" or "circling," which describes how the rash develops, Martin said. It often shows up as a single band that looks like a belt line. The rash generally occurs in an area that a single sensory nerve supplies in the skin, she explained. "Often the pain starts several days before the rash breaks out, which can lead to a misdiagnosis," Martin added. "We've had people come in with chest pain or abdominal pain who actually had shingles." The rash lasts from two to four weeks in most cases. The main symptom is pain, but other possible symptoms include fever, headache, chills, and upset stomach. While the shingles rash can't be passed from person to person, the virus can spread through airborne or direct contact with fluid from the blisters. A person with active shingles can pass the virus to a person who has never had chickenpox, which could cause the infected person to get chickenpox, but Martin said it's not common. "People who get shingles usually only have it once," she added. "But it is possible to have recurrent episodes."Get Vaccinated The only way to reduce your risk for shingles is through a vaccination, according to Martin. She recommends that people age 50 and over who have had chickenpox get vaccinated. The vaccine reduces the risk for shingles by about 50 percent, according to the CDC. "Nothing is 100 percent," she said. "The shingles vaccine boosts your immunity to the virus, reducing the chances it will reactivate. The vaccine can also reduce the risk for developing postherpetic neuralgia in those who do get shingles by about 60 percent." Postherpetic neuralgia or PHN is the most common complication from shingles. People who develop PHN continue to experience severe pain in the areas where they had the shingles rash after the rash is gone. "The shingles cause scarring on the nerves, which causes the pain," Martin explained. "It can be very debilitating." She said anyone who thinks they may have shingles should consult their physician. Several antiviral medications are available that help to shorten the severity and length of the outbreak, but they are most effective when started early. "I really urge people who have had chickenpox to get vaccinated," Martin said. "Shingles can be very painful and some people get devastating cases depending on the nerve involved. I've seen shingles develop in the eye, which can be very dangerous. You can lose your eyesight. If you are 50 or older and had chickenpox, talk to your doctor about getting vaccinated." To learn more about shingles, visit www.cdc.gov/shingles. For information about wellness programs offered by Washington Hospital, visit www.whhs.com.


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Years, days, minutes, nanoseconds. A fraction of a second from a historical perspective doesn?t amount to much, but can be critical to the functioning of a computer program. Synchronization of file updates across several computers, sequencing distributed procedures, and coordinating flight patterns in the air traffic controller?s booth, depend on accurate timing. Such problems are avoided by the synchronization of clock times in networked computers with the Network Time Protocol [NTP]. Coordinated Universal Time [UTC] synchronizes computer clock times to less than a millisecond. David Mills at the University of Delaware developed this Internet standard which has been refined over the past twenty years.
Marking time permeates, and heavily affects the human condition. Remember the hullaballoo over the year Y2K? The changing of years is represented by Father Time, a mythological figure. The event is cause for reflection and resolutions. We earthlings have always been obsessed with Time. Our technology for tracking it has progressed from sun dials, water clocks, and mechanical timekeeping devices to quartz, and atomic clocks.
Humans have developed complex techniques to measure this elusive element, Time. We have divided our world into 24 standard and 16 nonstandard time zones. Travelers, on-line publishers, and separated families must coordinate meetings, publication, and phone calls cross numerous time zones. The challenge of knowing what-time-it-is-where has been met by several software developers. WorldTimeServer is one website that maintains its own place-related time database. There, you can view time differences, including Daylight Savings Time, in various parts of the world.
Prague's Astronomical Clock. Photo credit: Petr Kratochvil
Before computers, centuries ago, time was related to the cycles of the universe, agricultural planning, astrology, and superstition. Amazingly a clock made in 1410, the Prague Astronomical Clock, continues to function. Joseph Siry of Rollins College explains how it works "?there are three great co-axial wheels of the same diameter, driven by the same pinion, with 365, 366 and 379 cogs. The first of these gearing the zodiac and the indicator ? rotates once a sidereal day. The second gears the indicator of the Sun and rotates once a mean solar day. The third gearing the Moon's pointer rotates accordingly with the mean apparent motion of the Moon."
Less complex, the ancients used a simple stick and its shadow to track the sun?s movement. The Egyptian obelisk, a fancy improvement, was a more stable measuring device. From this, smaller sun dials evolved with equi-distance markings. When, where, and who developed such instruments is debated, but the sequence of events [Egyptian Obelisk PDF Download from NIST] holds true.
The next technological advance, the water clock, came along before 2,000 BC in India and Mesopotamia. Sun dials were the basis for calibrating the water clocks. Water, dripping from an upper vessel into a bottom vessel which filled at a constant rate, reached markings that incrementally measured the passing of time.
Interestingly, clocks of this nature were used to limit visitation time in Greek brothels, around 350 BC according to Water-Clocks and Time Measurement in Classical Antiquity by John G. Landels in Endeavour a quarterly scientific magazine. Herophilos, a physician/anatomist, used the device to measure his patient?s pulse rate. Innovations in timekeeping waned for almost a thousand years. Looking around in the 14th century, you would find large mechanical clocks in city squares. Don Rathjen from the Exploratorium Teacher Institute describes the guts of a mechanical clock: "All mechanical clocks include some sort of escapement mechanism, whose function is to control the energy the clock receives, and portion it out into small regular bits of movement. The term escapement is associated with regulating the "escape" of energy from the weight or spring." An escapement [PDF download] includes a gear with teeth. An anchor which interacts with the teeth is attached to a pallet. As gears move, the mechanism marks the passage of time. Tick, tock.
The German Henlein replaced heavy drive weights by springs, spring-powered clock which made smaller, portable timepieces possible. Blaise Pascal, whose name graces a familiar computer language, supposedly was the first person to wear a wrist watch, tying his pocket watch with string to his wrist.
The pendulum clock designed by Dutch scientist Huygens, was a major improvement, however, friction was still a problem .This pendulum clock achieved a daily error of only 10 seconds. Scientists were developing quartz clocks in the 1920?s, the first step towards today?s atomic clock. Quartz clocks operate using the piezoelectric property of quartz crystals. The crystals when stimulated vibrate, generating an electric signal of comparatively regular frequency that operates the clock, without gears or escapements.
Size, shape, and temperature of the quartz determine frequency. An atom of hydrogen or caesium was considered to be more stable. The first atomic clock, in 1949, was based on ammonia. The National Physical Laboratory in England built the first practical cesium atomic frequency standard. Caesium standards replaced those of the original design. By 1960, they were incorporated into the official timekeeping system of the National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST].
NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the US Department of Commerce which promotes innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and t
echnology. The cesium atom?s natural frequency was formally recognized in 1967 as the new international unit of time, and the second was defined as exactly 9,192,631,770 oscillations or cycles of its resonant frequency, replacing the old second that was defined in terms of the Earth?s motion.
Time pieces started small, grew to gigantic proportions, and have again been minimized by technology. A prototype introduced in July 2008 was a translucent watch designed for the thumbnail, the TX54, which never made it to market apparently. However, atomic watches¸ even those that talk, are plentiful, if tracking time is a critical part of your life.


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ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- It wasn't the usual cafeteria fare for students at Rockford College on Saturday night.
The college's multicultural club hosted its 8th Annual International Food Fair which featured cuisine from Palestine, Puerto Rico, and several other countries. International students helped prepare dishes from their homelands. They also modeled traditional costumes for their classmates. The feast is popular among students every year because it's a unique way to learn about different cultures.
"Most of the recipes are made authentic and are homemade recipes, so we spend a lot of time in the kitchen and really it shows, so I mean the food is amazing and the people really put their dedication and their heart into it," says student organizer Eman Ghazal.
The evening also included a demonstration of Tai Chi, and performances from local Italian and Irish dance troops.


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