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Bad Dad Jokes - That's How Eye Roll
Bart King
A goofy book celebrating the Dad Joke lifestyle and packed with puns and wordplay for your favorite punster. Bad Dad Jokes covers every aspect of the most simultaneously loathed and beloved joke form of all time: the pun. Includes quality pre-loaded puns, the taxonomy of the different types of wordplay, and famous punsters in history and on screen.
Bart King has written more than twenty-eight books, including The Big Book of Boy Stuff, The Big Book of Spy Stuff, and The Pocket Guide to Mischief. His books for Gibbs Smith have sold more than...
Around the World in 80 Trains -...
Monisha Rajesh
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL BOOK
SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
'Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world. Never too fast, never too slow, her journey does what trains do best. Getting to the heart of things. Prepare for a very fine ride' Michael Palin
From the cloud-skimming heights of Tibet's Qinghai railway to silk-sheeted splendour on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, Around the World in 80 Trains is a celebration of the glory of train travel and a witty and irreverent look at the world.
Packing up her rucksack – and her fiancé, Jem – Monisha Rajesh embarks on an unforgettable adventure that takes her from London's St Pancras station to the vast expanses of Russia and Mongolia, North Korea, Canada, Kazakhstan, and beyond. The journey is one of constant movement and mayhem, as the pair strike up friendships and swap stories with the hilarious, irksome and ultimately endearing travellers they meet on board, all while taking in some of the earth's most breathtaking views.
No Room at the Little Cornish...
Nancy Barone
There's magic in the Cornish air this Christmas...
Rosie Anderson was hoping to whisk her young son Danny away for a lovely Christmas with family, far from the hustle and bustle of her life in London. But then her boss at the head office – aka Susan the Sacker – suddenly assigns her to go in incognito and save a tiny inn in Cornwall from being closed permanently. Rosie doesn't know why The Old Bell Inn is performing so badly but it's on her to sort it out!
Hours in the car later, Rosie arrives at the inn to find she's been double booked – there are no rooms left. And she isn't there for more than a minute before she's butting heads with the manager, Irishman Mitchell Fitzpatrick. He seems to dislike her on sight, so it's confusing that he seems to get on so well with Danny... But if he's as terrible as his reputation, Rosie will have to be the one to fire him.
This really isn't the Christmas Rosie was dreaming of. But maybe, just maybe, it could be a whole lot more...
A sweet and uplifting Christmas romance, No Room at the Little Cornish Inn is perfect for fans of Philippa Ashley, Holly Martin and Jenny Hale.
Praise for Nancy Barone:
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'Nothing like the magic of Cornwall!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  NetGalley reviewer
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Instant Wit - How to Be Witty...
How to Be Witty and Come Up with the Right Things to Say Instantly!
Surely you've encountered (or even know) that one particular individual in your life who seems to be able to pull "something witty to say" at the drop of a hat that knocks everyone's socks off - by generating the perfect responses for the perfect moment, cracking unexpected jokes making people laugh, or bantering witty one-liner comments with their endless repertoire of repartees.
So who is this Mr./Ms. Witty? You're scratching your head dumbfounded, yet in impressive awe...how in the world do they do it, and deep down secretly wanting to be like them.
Who doesn't, right? Who wouldn't love to be admired, respected, and worshipped for their charming clever wit? Yet, it's much more than that. By being witty, you can always come up with the right things to say, at the right time in expressing yourself clearly, concisely, and convincingly at an instant with few short words (no more, no less) that establishes more authority, credibility, and trust.
That's the power of having a razor-sharp wit! If the pen is mightier than the sword, then the wit is sharper than the knife. However, let's be honest, being witty doesn't always come naturally, especially for those who are less creative and more logical-prone. The good news is, your wit is like your muscle, and like any muscle, it can be trained and built up...all without needing to memorize any line by knowing a few structures and formulas to guide how to generate your responses.
Within "Instant Wit":
* How to use this "twister technique" to prepare yourself on what you should say, when the exact moment occurs for your quick comeback.
* How to strengthen your creative wit to banter witty one-liners with another person, for good fun or quick laugh.
* How to cut down any opponent with your razor-sharp wit, so they won't dare mess with you ever again.
* How to take whatever response you get and absorb it, to think of and respond back with the appropriate words.
* How to use your clever wit to think fast on your feet during tough situation, to handle it properly for the best outcome.
* Plus, custom practical "how-to" strategies, techniques, applications and exercises to improve your wittiness.
Don't be dim-witted...be quick-witted. Become the king/queen of your wit by developing a razor-sharp wit to be reckon with. Respect the wit!
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"STAFF REPORT Green Jobs: A Pathway to a Strong Middle Class" by Joe Biden. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
JIN SHIN JYUTSU For Your Animal...
Adele Leas
Learn the basic techniques of the ancient Art of Jin Shin Jyutsu for use on animal companions to promote healing, health and harmony of body, mind and spirit. The book is based on Mary Burmeister's Jin Shin Jyutsu Self Help books 1 and 2, which are said to contain the essence of this "Art of the Creator through Compassionate Man." Includes step by step directions and color illustrations, showing the adaptations needed to easily work with different size species including: dogs, horses, cats, birds, rabbits, and hamsters.The pages are clear and accessible, with hands showing the location of each step. Flows are adapted as needed based on the relationship of the Safety Energy Locks (building blocks of the body) in different species, as well as attitudinal and physical differences needed to be able to work with domesticated  animals.


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Q: How to integrate Linkedin Share on android app I am new in Android. I want to integrate LinkedIn share on my Android application. Which is the best way to integrate LinkedIn share?
Thanks.

A: Answer is here:
Class name to Share via Intent to LinkedIn only
if(Utils.doesPackageExist(getSherlockActivity(), "com.linkedin.android"))
{
    Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    shareIntent.setClassName("com.linkedin.android",
            "com.linkedin.android.home.UpdateStatusActivity");
    shareIntent.setType("text/*");
    shareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, shareText);
    startActivity(shareIntent);
}
else
{
    Toast.makeText(getSherlockActivity(), "Please install the LinkedIn app to share your result", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}

A: Use the following URL to share a Linkedin URL.  All you need to do to share is insert your URL below...
https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url={url}

This URL has changed, though, several times in the past years.  If you don't want to worry about that anymore, check out this repo, where URL's are regularly tracked and updated by the community: Github: Social Share URLs.

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Fort Mason Center is located along San Francisco's northern waterfront on a National Historic Landmark site in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The programs offered in the historic piers and waterfront buildings focus on the visual and performing arts, education and recreation. The Center houses over two dozen nonprofit organizations and is the setting for more than 15,000 meetings, conferences, performances and special events each year. Fort Mason Center is a partner of the National Park Service.


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Guest Post by Rebecca Powell – author of 'The Brazilian Husband'
With the 2016 Rio Olympics in full swing, it's an ideal time to welcome to the blog Rebecca Powell. Rebecca's debut novel, The Brazilian Husband (women's contemporary fiction), was published in June 2016 and is available from Amazon in ebook and paperback.
Brazil – the real star of The Brazilian Husband
As Brazil basks in the international spotlight of the Olympic Games, people around the world are starting to realise just how little they know of this vibrant country of contrasts. The fifth largest country in the world, with over 200 native languages spoken among its people, there is so much more to Brazil than Copacabana and carnival.
I knew very little of the country when, as a 21 year-old student, I arrived in Recife. From the age of 14, when I'd seen a photo of a boy digging in a rubbish tip in Rio, it had been my goal to travel to Brazil to work with street children. And so, seven years later, naïve but determined, I walked straight in to the Centre for the Defence of Human Rights and volunteered.
What I discovered was a country and a people so diverse, so vast, so beguiling, that in my year living and working there, I experienced only a fraction of its immensely rich culture.
Things I remember:
• Eating grilled sweet corn from street vendors on my way to work;
• Dancing Forró on the beach as an orange moon rose over the ocean;
• Sleeping under the stars at the Soão João festival in Campina Grande (a major setting in the book)
But as Ricardo, the human rights lawyer in the book says, 'just because you're on holiday, doesn't make this Disneyland.'
Things I'll never forget:
• Toddlers playing in the open sewers of the favelas;
• Sexually active 14 year-old girls, who didn't know where babies came from, let alone what a condom was.
• Half-built medical centres in the poorest communities, promised by politicians in return for votes, then left in ruins after the elections;
• The diary entry of one girl, describing how her mother's boyfriend would come in to her bed at night, and how she thought this was normal.
What I came to realise, after a year living and working in Brazil, was that my being there had made no more than a ripple on a tear in an ocean of suffering. Returning to London I started working for charities in the UK, but the stories I'd heard from the girls I'd worked with continued to haunt me. I needed to tell their stories. This was the motivation behind The Brazilian Husband.
What became clear, as I started to write the book, was, in the same way as the Heath is a character in Thomas Hardy's Return of the Native, so Brazil became a character in itself.
The Brazilian Husband is just one of Brazil's many stories, which I hope is both accessible and informative (I have deliberately peppered the narrative with fun and frightening facts about the country) and which, as Tom the journalist says in the book, 'gets people talking, throws a spotlight in to the shadows', whilst celebrating the eclectic beauty of its cities, beaches, backlands, and people – in equal measures fascinating; devastating; passionate; stunning, and, quite simply, spectacular.
"…scrawled in biro, the words which had brought me here…
'Take me home'."
Determined to honor her late husband's final request, Judith and her teenage step-daughter, Rosa, set out on a journey from London to Brazil to track down his family and take his ashes home.
But when Judith's search leads her to Ricardo, a handsome but haunted human rights lawyer, she begins to unravel a web of lies surrounding her husband's past: a past which is about to come crashing into their present in the form of Rosa's real mother.
As the two women navigate their way through this vibrant country of contrasts, they find themselves struggling to salvage their own fractured relationship and put the past behind them.
The perfect blend of romance and suspense, set against the stunning backdrop of northeast Brazil, The Brazilian Husband is a story of friendship, family and finding out who we really are.
Rebec ca Powell was born in Bristol and has a degree in French and Portuguese from the University of Leeds. In her early twenties she worked for a year at a women's shelter in the northeast of Brazil, before moving to London, where she continued to work for a number of national charities. She now lives in the southwest of France with her husband and three children.
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The EFL has released a statement condemning the actions of a minority of Millwall fans who invaded the pitch at Wembley at the end of the League One play-off final.
Millwall's 1-0 victory secured their return to the Championship after two seasons spent in League One. But at the final whistle 'unsavoury' scenes marred the Lions triumph as hundreds of fans ran on to the field of play.
The actions of the individuals were met with boos from both Bradford and Millwall supporters, as Neil Harris and Steve Morison went over to urge them back to their seats in the stand.
The statement commented that no action would be taken against Millwall FC but the EFL will cooperate with Wembley and the Metropolitan Police to identify individuals who goaded or taunted dejected Bradford City players.
"It is a criminal offence to enter the playing area and whilst some of those who made the decision to break the law did so to celebrate their team's success back to the Championship, a mindless few opted to goad the Bradford City players.
"Their actions were completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated by the EFL. The efforts of the Millwall manager and some of his players to remove the offenders from the pitch should be complemented as should Neil Harris' appropriate and welcome apology on behalf of his Club.
"The EFL will be writing to Stuart McCall and his Bradford team to apologise for the situation they found themselves in.
"In addition, the EFL will be encouraging Wembley to work with both the Metropolitan Police and Millwall to identify those whose behaviour created the most concern on the day and to take the necessary and appropriate action.
An increase in pitch invasions has become a cause of concern for the EFL. Leyton Orient's pitch invasion as a means of protest against their owner Francesco Becchetti saw their match with Colchester United seemingly abandoned only for it to recontinue behind closed doors in an empty stadium.


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Q: Looking to bring 24V inputs to PC to store in database I've been given a project that sort of bridges the electrical/PLC and PC/software world.
I have to take a 24VDC photoeye and 24VDC encoder (1/4" to 1/2" pulse @ 540FPM ~ 1 pulse every 2.3ms-4.6ms) input and store their derived measurements in a database.
Essentially I am measuring how many pulses the photoeye is blocked to get box length, and how long it is unblocked to get gaps between. Storing both the gap in front, the length of the box and the current time in a table/database and repeating.
Program wise I know a PLC is the best solution, but storage wise, I need this to be stored preferably in a database (CSV, MySQL) so that it can easily be exported to excel and analyzed for throughput and the like.
Thus I was looking at using a compact X86 based PC communicating with some type of 24VDC IO Arduino microprocessor to receive and process the IO, and then send to the PC and the PC will take care of storing the data, calculating gaps and length and handling HMI. The Arduino would likely also take input from the PC to control outputs.
Is this the best solution? Are there lower cost PLC's that can do this type of data storage while keeping the data easy to extract? Will an Arduino be capable of accurately picking up 2-4ms signals?
Thanks for the help guys!

A: For an industrial application I would steer away from the Arduino or any hobby board solution. It won't be industrially hardened, you'll have to sort out 24V to 5V interfaces, power supplies, mounting, etc., and worst of all, you'll be the only one able to maintain it.
Standard industrial approach would be:

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*Use a small brick PLC with Ethernet comms capability.

*Have the program measure the box length and save the value to a memory location. At the same time increment a counter in another location to indicate that a reading has been taken.

*Use an OPC (Open Platform Communications) server to connect from your computer to the PLC. You configure the OPC device connection and "tags" (memory locations) that you wish to monitor and the OPC makes the tag data available to your operating system for reading by OPC clients.

*Add an OPC data logger with a connection to an SQL database and you can begin logging. Trigger the logging the length "on change" of the counter.

Figure 1. Source: Inductive Automation.
OPC servers are similar to printer drivers in that they make the hardware available to all applications on the host computer.
Most of the major manufacturers including Siemens, Allen-Bradley, Mitsubishi, Automation Direct, etc., make low cost brick PLCs often with built-in LCDs and cursor, Enter and ESC keys.
There are many OPC vendors. The OPC servers may be available from the PLC manufacturer or third-party vendors. Have a look at Inductive Automation's Ignition SCADA package. It has extremely powerful OPC server, data historian, unlimited Java based clients, unlimited tags, browser based admin, and an excellent comprehensive series of short instructional videos at Inductive University. There is a "light" version of their product which may suit you. You can download full or light version for trial with two-hour runtime.
For the database you can use MySQL or MS SQL Express both of which are free.
Think about where this development is likely to lead in the coming years and pick a scaleable solution.

A: As I was reading your problem statement, the solution that formed in my head was exactly what you outlined. I should note that I am probably biased, because I do not have PLC expertise. This is a pretty straightforward Arduino/serial problem. The Arduino can certainly handle that short of a pulse - they run at 16+ MHz and have digital IO operations in the range of 10,000-100,000/second in my experience. You could write a simple Python (or many alternatives) script to watch the USB port for the Arduino and then update a database (PostgreSQL, mySQL, etc) with the results that it gets. Note: you would want to do the simple computations on the Arduino, because the limit on the serial connection is going to be the bottleneck for communication (i.e., you don't want to mirror the digital signal straight through the Arduino - you want to count the pulses then send the result).


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O Herói é um filme realizado por Zezé Gamboa, uma coprodução de Angola, França e Portugal. O filme estreou em Portugal a 13 de maio de 2004.

Elenco
Oumar Makéna Diop... Vitório
 Milton Coelho ... Manu
Maria Ceiça... Maria Bárbara
Patrícia Bull... Joana
Neuza Borges... Flora

Filmes de Portugal de 2004
Filmes de Angola de 2004
Filmes da França de 2004
Filmes em língua portuguesa
Filmes ambientados em Angola
Filmes de drama de Angola
Filmes de drama de Portugal
Filmes de drama da França
Filmes de guerra de Angola
Filmes de guerra de Portugal
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Drone Certification TestThai energy giant PTT increases renewable target, eyes EV venture, Auto News, ET Auto
PTT also targets 9 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year and reach 8 GW of electricity from conventional sources by 2030. It plans to have at least 30% of net income from new energy and business sources like EV, life science and logistics by 2030, Auttapol said.
BANGKOK: Thailand's state-owned PTT Pcl is setting its sights on a future in electric vehicles (EV) and more renewable power, its top executive said on Tuesday.
"We have a new vision," Auttapol Rerkpiboon said, laying out plans for growth and increasing its renewable power target to 12 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, from 8 GW previously.
"Energy has arrived at a point of change, moving more towards renewables, and fossil fuels are contributing to climate change – its time we adjust our vision."
In May it announced a partnership https://www.reuters.com/article/foxconn-ptt-electric-idUSL3N2NI0LY with Taiwan's Foxconn on EV production.
PTT plans to invest $1 billion to $2 billion over the next five to six years in a facility to produce smart chassis for EVs, said senior executive for innovation, Noppadol Pinsupa.
It could become a regional export centre, he added, building on Thailand's position as Asia's fourth-largest autos assembly and export hub. Thailand is a production base for top carmakers, such as Toyota and Honda.
"The factory will be able to produce an EV and the smart chassis, the key technology in an EV that manages electricity," CEO Auttapol said.
"Auto brands who have not developed this can order it from us."
The company this year has also formed joint ventures in plant-based meats, pharmaceuticals and cloud computing to boost new business streams.
PTT's subsidiaries have invested , mostly overseas, in chemicals, renewable power, biopolymers.
"There will continue to be investments at home and abroad," Auttapol said, adding cashflow was sufficient, with room to borrow more.
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A schoolmate of the embattled Dino Melaye, Abdussobur Salaam, at the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, has described the travails of the senator as retribution for certain sins committed in the past.
Salaam who now works at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), spoke against the backdrop of the certificate controversy in which the senator is currently embroiled.
Premium Times reports that Salaam, who spoke on a Pen pushing social media platform, he said he studied political science at ABU at the same time Melaye was a student in the Department of Geography at the university.
"Permit me to say that as at the time we were admitted, Geography Department was under the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). In our 200 level, the Faculty was split and Geography Department had issues of where to fit in. It was initially placed under Faculty of Arts and later shifted to Faculty of Sciences where it is presently domiciled. The narrative on his certificate could be correct," Salaam wrote.
"Dino and I are supposed to be 'friends' but differences never permitted while we were in school. Till date, we communicate once in a while, but I dare say he is the architect of his problems. "I have spent all yesterday responding to enquiries on different platforms about Dino's status as a graduate. My take?
"We were admitted the same year, initially into the same faculty of FASS, and given that our courses were four years, we ought to have graduated same year. "However, recalling how studentship in ABU was that period, you could never be too sure of the academic status of any 'student'.
Salaam, who was a former Chairman of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities at FUNAAB, said such attitudes of the fake students might make it difficult for any of their colleagues to believe that they were not authentic students.
"While this is not exactly the same with Dino, you cannot be too sure until facts are unearthed. "I know for a fact that we were admitted together. I am aware that he was very active in student political circles, though he has attempted to insinuate that he was SUG president to shore up his political profile.
Unfortunately, during our time, under the reign of Uncle K, (General Kontagora as Sole Administrator) the student Union was proscribed, so that claim cannot stick! He lied on that!
Mr. Salaam said it is only the records of ABU that can state whether Mr. Melaye graduated from the university. "On his status as a graduate, only the records can tell. For all you know, he may have had a few unresolved carry-overs. Knowing Dino, he may have bluffed, paid or manipulated the system to ensure those records are obliterated.
"As a political scientist, what I see is a class fragmentation struggle. An in-house struggle within the elite class. Saraki and Dino are the subjects of attack today for a takeover of the National Assembly. They may get over it or it may consume them.
"However, I do not have any sympathy for him (Mr. Melaye) because he is also a master in the art of subterfuge, blackmail and crude propaganda. Today, he is a victim of the same method he has adopted over the years and I am happy to see the tables turn!
"Everyone includes me! Last two weeks, it was Apostle Suleiman. This week, it is Dino. Who knows who next week will throw up? While we dwell on personalities and are distracted by their shenanigans, we continue to remain victims of the plots and scheming.
At the end of the day, things like this die off, others take their place in an endless cycle of politics of personality. While the elite class continues to regale us with entertainment, the real problems of underdevelopment, poverty, poor infrastructure, bad governance, corruption, and other malaise remain! God help Nigeria!," Salaam concluded.
Some of the information garnered in this article may go a long way to shed the light of understanding on evident gaps of information between the allegation levelled against Senator Dino Melaye and his defence.


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The Whirling Dervish is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring performances recorded in Paris in 1972 and released by the French America label.

Reception
The Allmusic review by Jason Ankeny awarded the album 4 stars stating "The Whirling Dervish looms among Mal Waldron's boldest and most challenging sessions -- its three epic compositions are intimidating in their scope and reach, but the music rewards the intellectual commitment it demands with some of the pianist's most inspired playing".

Track listing
All compositions by Mal Waldron
 "Reaching Out" — 25:24
 "The Whirling Dervish" — 11:03
 "Walk" — 7:36
Recorded in Paris, France in May 1972.

Personnel
 Mal Waldron — piano
 Peter Warren — bass
 Noel McGhie — drums

References

America Records albums
Mal Waldron albums
1972 albums


I stayed up way too late over the weekend- so late that I ran into one of those half-hour Time-Life infomercials- this one touting a multiple CD set of the best songs of the 60's. These are meant to appeal to one's nostalgic urges. It worked.
No, I didn't buy the Time-Life CD set, but I did jot down some of the songs and promptly bought the ones I liked at the I-Tunes store and put them right on my I-Pod. I am sure this would come as a disturbing development to the people at Time-Life- I can't be alone in this.
One of the greatest "story" songs ever written. Ingenious, mysterious lyrics written by Ms. Gentry, whom I admit having had quite a crush on when I was 14. She's 66 years old now. It's already been 33 years since she dropped out of the business. So what did Billy Joe McAllister and Bobbie throw off the Tallahatchie Bridge? It's been analyzed to death for decades. Was it a baby? Was it flowers? Here's the beauty of song-writing. It doesn't matter. As Bobbie Gentry said herself in an interview a quarter century ago, the meaning of the song has nothing to do with what the heck they threw off the bridge. It's all about the incredible indifference people have to human suffering. It's a gothic treatment of the emotionally constipated culture of the South in those days. "Papa said to mama as he passed around the black- eyed peas…well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense, pass the biscuits please." By the way, her record company made her excise some 7 verses because the song was too long to be commercially viable. No one's ever seen them or heard them except for Bobbie Gentry.
Coolest electric guitar lick ever, weaving its way through the fast-paced, narrated, hilariously rhyming tale of a highway racing incident in which a Lincoln beats the crap out of a Cadillac. Along the way, the driver with no sense watches telephone poles passing like a picket fence, the driver sees spots, the lines on the road look just like dots. And a truck is side-swiped. The fun ends as "I look in the mirror and a red light's blinking, the cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln. They arrested me and put me in jail and called my pappy to throw my bail and he said, son, you're going to drive me to drinking if you don't stop driving that Hot. Rod. Lincoln." Meantime, electric guitars simulate the sound of a car engine unwinding to maximum power and a fiddle replicates the sound of the police siren. Clever, clever, clever.
Who would have thought to write a song about a guy who works for a power company complete with references to power-grid technology? "I am a lineman for the county and I drive the main road, searching in the sun for another overload." "I know I need a small vacation but it don't look like rain. And if it snows that stretch down south won't ever stand the strain." Oh, and he hears his girl "singing through the wire." And ol' Glen caps it off with one of the most romantic lines ever written. "And I need you more than want you. And I want you for all time." A heavily reverbed electric guitar echoes the melody in vintage Campbell style (it's featured in Galveston too). I always found his tumultuous relationship with then 21-year old pop star, Tanya Tucker to be quite interesting. Talk about an impressive body of work. This former Los Angeles session musician and occasional Beach Boy fill-in, churned out over 70 albums over his 50-year career, selling 45 million records, appearing on the charts 75 times, 27 of them in the top 10.
Schmaltzy, corny, syrupy and sentimental and composed by some of the greatest song-writers of all time- Burt Bacharach & Hal David. The guys had 70 top-40 hits in the United States. Another 52 top-40 hits in the United Kingdom. They made an absolute killing writing songs for Dionne Warwick. Walk on By. I Say a Little Prayer. I'll never Fall in Love. Bacharach also produced hits for Dusty Springfield and my girl, Bobbie Gentry.
I have always been fond and in awe of Herb Alpert. The man founded A & M records, for Christ's sake. One of the great musicians and music entrepreneurs of our time. He's also one of the most generous. His foundation has given away $13 million for music eduation and his name adorns the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. A cooler cat has never existed. I mean, really- look how cool he looks now?
I have heard this song covered a zillion times and no one, and I mean no one, ever properly recreates the incredible acoustic guitar licks that punctuate this cleverly written and cute song about romance blossoming beneath an umbrella at a bus stop. The harmonies are classic. God bless you, Graham Nash.
Graham was inducted in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame this year for his contributions to both the Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. He's had a good year. He was also appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
A cultural classic about Southern hypocrisy. Widowed wife, Mrs. Johnson wears mini-skirts and sleeps around and the PTA whips off a letter saying she's not fit to raise her kid. She shows up at the PTA meeting in her short skirt and skewers the entire town. Bobby Taylor is sitting there and 7 times he's asked her for a date. And Mrs. Taylor seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away. Mr. Banker is asked to explain why his secretary had to leave town. And perhaps Widow Jones should be told to keep her window shades completely down. Mr. Harper couldn't be there because he stayed too long at Kelly's bar again and if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath you're sure to smell some gin. It climaxes with what was then very hip terminology as Mrs. Johnson's daughter remembers the day her mother "socked it to" the Harper Valley PTA.
Boy, talk about a head filled with useless information. "Sock it to me," of course, was popularized on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Richard Nixon appeared on the show once uttering the memorable phrase. And the first winner of "So You Want to be a Millionaire," got the top prize by answering a question about Richard Nixon's appearance on Laugh-In. How do I know this?
Ok. Enough nostalgia. I'm going to go listen to some Drop Kick Murphy's now. Ah, nothing like Irish music with wailing electric guitars.
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Why can't Americans vote online?
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, residents in New Jersey displaced by the storm were allowed to cast their ballot online or by fax.There did not seem to be any problems with this process.
However, elsewhere, long lines at polling places were reported. Virginia even had to suspend reporting of its results because even though its polls closed at 8pm, people were still in line at 11 p.m. waiting to vote. Florida also had problems with long waits. Newly reelected President Barrack Obama even said it was a problem that needed to be fixed in his victory speech.
Early voting helps and is more popular now than ever, but a bigger and more obvious fix would be to open up the voting process to new technology, allowing people to vote online. But it's not that easy. The military tried it in 2004 with the Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment system. But SERVE was pulled shortly before the election amid security concerns, even though 100,000 soldiers had already registered.
It's true that hackers will attack anything. And voting must be secure. But I wonder if there is a stopgap? If the long lines are caused by the limited number of voting machines, why not set up mobile voting pavilions at polling stations next time? People would still have to meet with an election official and confirm their identity, but then they could download a secure app for voting on their personal mobile device. They would cast their ballot over a secure wireless signal, so anyone who tried to hack such a system would need to be within the range of that signal, which could be downgraded to only project within a set area. It would like bringing your own voting machine or the self-checkout isles at the supermarket. Those who use the do-it-yourself option would clear out of the other line of people waiting to cast their ballots the traditional way.
And perhaps if this smaller step was successful, and I think it could be, people would eventually be less afraid of implementing a true online voting system like that in Canada and Australia.
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If online voting could guarantee that each voter was only allowed one vote and then delink the voter from their ballot (to ensure secrecy of who votes for what/who) then I would be for it. Until then, I am with the computer scientists of the world, and have no faith...
Fri, Dec 7, 2012
I can remember voting for the 1st time 30 yrs ago. No technology. It was paper. All across my State, there were no lines. Why is that? Just thinkin' out loud...
Fri, Nov 9, 2012
Also, the author said there were no problems with the NJ voting by email/fax... you better check your fax (facts) again.... pun intended...
I am a computer scientist. I love computers and technology. I refuse to vote on an electronic machine. Paper ballots only for me. The author is naive. Voting was taken down BECAUSE it was not secure. Wireless is the MOST unsecure, even for short distances. Sometimes technology is NOT the solution.
Fri, Nov 9, 2012 Shawn Richmond, VA
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COVID-19 Vaccines in The Fight Against Coronavirus
India is going through a frightening situation. The number of corona patients are rising, and so the death rates. In the present terrifying situation, the coronavirus vaccines are the only ray of hope. The second and third wave of Coronavirus has made all of us affected by it. To a few, the virus has infected physically, and the rest of us are battling with depression, anxiety, and negative thoughts. We have reached the point where it has become difficult to watch the COVID-19 news. Considering the chaos, the GOI has announced that every 18+ citizen will get the COVID-19 vaccine.
The coronavirus vaccine is the only solution that can help to control this difficult situation. With the announcement to make the COVID-19 vaccine available for all (18+) citizens, the government of India has also opened the doors for other vaccines like Sputnik V and Pfizer. India has already started to vaccinate its people with COVAXIN and COVISHIELD. Both vaccines are made in India and had given impressive results so far.
The government of India has launched the Coronavirus vaccine in three phases. In the first two phases, the 60+ and then 45+ age group were counted in. In 2020, the first wave of COVID-19 was more dangerous for older people. So, the government planned to protect them first. In phase 3, all the adult people of India can get the vaccine. To vaccinate such a huge population, India would need more vaccines, better planning and educating people. So, other approved vaccines will be available in India soon. Soon Pizer and other vaccines will be available in India, you must want to get the best one for you. So here, we have compiled information from various sources on different COVID-19 vaccines.
COVID-19 Vaccines Available in India
If you are 18 years old or elder, you will be eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine from 1st May 2021. In the present situation, it is the only reliable way to be safe from this Coronavirus. India has already vaccinated its people with 100 million doses on Covishield and Covaxin. The government has asked the private clinics to vaccinate the eligible ones, so demand for Coronavirus vaccines will rise, and many other COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers will approach Indian authorities. Considering the present situation, the demand for vaccines is high, and supply is low, so when other vaccines get entry, India would be able to vaccinate more people. You can check out the available vaccines for COVID-19 before taking a shot.
COVISHIELD
The Serum Institute of India has manufactured Covishield. The Serum Institute of India is the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, and the vaccine they manufactured for Coronavirus is a trusted one in India. At present, the institute is producing more than 60 million doses in a month, as reported. The GOI is providing the vaccine in government hospitals, and a few million of its doses have been given to the people.
The vaccine is made from a weak adenovirus, which is a common cold virus from chimpanzees. Some changes have been made to the virus, so it has more similarity to Coronavirus. In easier words, you can say that the vaccines have some weak common cold virus that will start making antibodies in the host's body. In case of coronavirus infection, the antibodies will prompt the immune system to inactive the virus.
To get the maximum protection against the coronavirus, you will have to take two doses of the vaccine in a gap of 4 to 12 weeks. It is a must to take both of the doses stay protective from the deadly Coronavirus. The vaccine is stored in 2 to 8 degree Celsius temperature, as reported. The vaccine is also named as Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. In international trials, its effectiveness reached upto 70%. However, no written data is available to prove this claim.
Covaxin is India's first vaccine against Coronavirus. It is being manufactured by Bharat Biotech in the collaboration of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Bharat Biotech is a 24 years old vaccine making company. Its portfolio includes 16 vaccines that are exported to 123 countries.
The Covaxin is made of killed Coronavirus and falls in the category of inactivated vaccines. The inactivated vaccines are already present before Covaxin. Vaccines for diseases like Polio, Rabies, and few others are based on inactivated vaccines. Now Covaxin is a part of the government's vaccination program. In phase 3 trials, it has found that COVAXIN has the efficiency rate of 81%. The vaccine received the approval in January 2021. Its two doses are given in intervals of four weeks. The vaccine has no sub-zero storage, and it remains stable at the temperature of 2-8 degrees Celsius.
Sputnik V
One of the globally accepted corona vaccines is Sputnik V. It is also known as Covid-19 vaccines of Russia. Gamaleya Institute of Russia developed and introduced it to immune the people from Coronavirus. The controversy with the vaccine is its launching time as it was introduced before the final trial. The vaccine has a cold type of virus that is made to be harmless to the human body. It delivers a small fragment of the COVID-19 virus to humans and makes them immune to the Coronavirus. The small part of the virus allows the body's system to recognize the threat and prepare its fight against it. After getting its vaccination, the body starts producing antibodies against Coronavirus. The vaccine remains safe at the temperature of 2-8 degrees Celsius.
As the GOI will need more COVID-19 vaccines to vaccinate 18+ so Sputnik V will be available to India soon. The vaccine is 92% effective. It was approved in the late-stage trial results of the vaccine published in The Lancet. Sputnik V is also a two doses vaccine. Its two doses are to be injected in a gap of 21 days. The vaccine gives longer and safe protection against the virus. The doses of Sputnik V will be produced in India. Initially approx. Eight hundred fifty million doses of the vaccine will be manufactured at the Indian plant. The vaccine is manufactured by the Russian Direct Investment Fund for global distribution. In India, the RDIF is in touch with a few vaccine manufacturers. According to the latest information following five, vaccine makers will manufacture Russia's vaccine in India; Gland Pharma, Panacea Biotec, Hetero Biopharma, Stelis Biopharma, Virchow Biotech. Serum Institute of India is also in talks with RDIF to start manufacturing the vaccine in its Pune plant.
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
Pfizer is a COVID-19 vaccine being widely used for people 16 years and above in age. It's an authorized and recommended vaccine to combat Covid-19. After getting the desired and accurate results now, Pfizer might be available in the Indian market soon. It's an mRNA vaccine that is used to protect the body against infectious diseases. The vaccine helps the muscles to make a protein that immunes the health system. Pfizer does its work with the help of mRNA technology.
To get immunity against Coronavirus, one has to take two doses of the Pfizer in a gap of 21 days. A few specialists in the US also recommend the third dose of the vaccine, but FDA is yet to approve this recommendation. The mRNA technology has been used earlier to make a vaccine for the Zika virus. Flu and rabies. Pfizer, the COVID-19 vaccine of US, shows a very effective efficacy rate of 95%.
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
Like Pfizer, Moderna is one of the WHO approved COVID-19 Vaccines. Its also works on mRNA and suitable for adults. The two doses of vaccines need to be taken in the gap of 28 days though the interval can be extended upto 42 days. The vaccine is authorized to be used across Europe. Still, there is no confirmation of the arrival of the vaccine in India. the vaccine has an efficacy of approx—92%.
Johnson and Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 Vaccine
The single-dose COVID-19 vaccine by Johnson and Johnson was banned after the cases of rare and severe type of blood clot were reported in vaccinated people. It has been reported that most of the cases were found in women in the age group of 18-49 years.
The FDA and CDC examined the data to assess the risk of thrombosis involving the CVST, cerebral venous sinuses, thrombocytopenia, or low blood platelet counts.
The FDA and CDC concluded that the vaccine is safe and effective in preventing COVID-19. Further, the CDC has said "At this time, the available data suggest that the chance of TTS occurring is very low, but the FDA and CDC will remain vigilant in continuing to investigate this risk".
India has vaccinated more than 100 million people with the COVID-19 vaccine, and it aims to vaccinate 250 million people that come on the priority list till July 2021. With the second and third wave of Coronavirus, India has left all other countries behind with the highest number of Covid-19 cases in a day. Corona vaccine is the only shield that can help you from this deadly virus. So if you are eligible, then you must get the corona vaccine. The crumbling medical system, shortage of oxygen, struggle for hospital beds says it all, so when its your turn take the vaccine. Meanwhile, follow the corona-appropriate behavior and stay safe.
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Bob Hamilton was born in 1946, raised and educated in Berkeley. I have lived in Berkeley my whole life. My career began as a student in Physics working nights for a Nobel winning physicist, Luis Alvarez analyzing photographs from high energy physics experiments. I dropped out of college to pursue a passion for scientific glassblowing specializing in electron tubes and lasers. I became UC Berkeley's youngest Principal Glassblower, a career I maintained for 17-years. Given changes in research funding, I made a leap and assisted in the design and construction of the University of California's Microfabrication Laboratory, a shared semiconductor research facility which annually served more than 400 researchers. I became its Equipment and Facilities manager. I went on to help design and manage UC's Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory which supersedes the Micro lab. In 2017 I retired from UC after a 50-year career. I met my partner, John Leathers in 1975. Following our purchase of a house in 1977 with a built-on solarium we began tropical plants and orchids, John would eventually specialize in Pleurothallids and me Odontoglossums. Circa 1989 we founded Hawk Hill Orchids, a 3000 square foot operation that remains mostly a hobby. We make our own hybrids as well as propagate desirable species. We operate our own propagation lab. I am past President of the Orchid Society of California and currently President of the International Odontoglossum Alliance, which became the first specialty group affiliated with the American Orchid Society. We are passionate about orchids and work hard at our avocation. John is the recipient of the American Orchid Society 2015 Award for Excellence in Hybridizing and I am the recipient of the American Orchid Societies 2015 President Award for my work with antimitotics for increasing chromosome numbers in orchids. John Leathers is the editor of The Odontoglossum Alliance newsletter, a web-based publication in both English and Spanish. Beyond orchids, I play classical piano and we are both avid art collectors.
Tom Mirenda has been cultivating plants since his early childhood and lives to create beauty with plants in botanic Garden settings for more than half of his adult life. Originally trained as a Marine Biologist, Tom moved to Hawaii in his early 20s to pursue an MB career and worked on the Trophic relationships of denizens of Coral reefs in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands (Midway and French Frigate Shoals). There he realized he was better suited to Horticultural pursuits and took positions at New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanical Garden and at the Incredible Greentree Estate in Long Island where he cared for a first class Orchid collection. During this time, Tom also was the floor manager of the legendary New York International Orchid Show. Eventually Tom accepted the Orchid Collection Specialist Position at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC where he cultivated and curated a huge diverse orchid collection for the past 17 years. The collection was used to create massive 4 to 5 month long educational orchid exhibits displayed to literally millions of visitors each year.
For the past 14 years Tom has contributed 2 monthly columns for the ORCHIDS magazine, the Bulletin of the American Orchid Society, and has developed an international following, as a writer, speaker and advocate for orchid conservation around the world. Last year Tom Co -authored The Book of Orchids with Two scientists from Kew and has done speaking tours in the British Isles for the last three summers. Presented at the last 3 world Orchid conferences and several IOCC and AOCs on Conservation topics. Tom was a founding member of the North American Orchid Conservation Center and continues his support of orchids conservation there, and around the world.
Last fall, Tom took a major gamble and left the security of his job with the Smithsonian to take a leadership position at the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, an exceptionally beautiful jewel on the lush Hamakua coast just north of Hilo on the Big Island (aka the Orchid Island!). What Tom found there was an Orchid Paradise where myriad spectacular orchids of all types, both lowland and montane species and hybrids seem to thrive, simply planted in the trees, placing them thoughtfully in the landscape.
Ultimately, he believes that the concept of growing orchids in Garden settings, to be a viable model world-wide for orchid conservation and encourages the ex-situ cultivation of orchids by diverse stakeholders in the orchid community and that it is only with the cooperation of Botanical Garden Professionals, commercial growers, academia and committed orchid collectors and backyard growers, that orchids will survive the vicissitudes of climate change.
Nile Dusdieker is a retired Gastroenterologist living in North Liberty, Iowa. He and his wife grow over 900 orchids in a greenhouse atop their third garage with most of the orchids going outside to a pergola in the summer. Nile is an accredited AOS Judge and has given presentations, posters, and webinars in the US, and internationally at the World Orchid Congress and Australian Orchid Council National Conventions. He has published several articles in Orchids Magazine.
Nile and his wife, Lois, are known locally as the 'Orchid Snoops' because everywhere they go they like to look for and learn more about orchids. Nile enjoys visiting orchid societies and sharing his passion for orchid growing.
'The Dunes and the Mist; The Sanctuary and the Ledges; Orchids of Southern Brazil' describes one of their recent trips to four different habitats for native Brazilian orchids. They were fortunate to see literally hundreds of orchids in bloom.
I grew up on the beautiful island of Maui, in the Hawaiian Islands chain. I left Maui for Honolulu, Oahu to attend the University of Hawaii. It was in the honors program, my favorite mentor, Dr. Yoneo Sagawa, introduced me to Orchids and the new emerging technology of orchid seed germination and cloning. I eventually earned a Bachelor in Education, to teach biology. I was recruited to work at an Orchid cloning laboratory, E&R Orchids. For seven years I honed my skills in seed germination and cloning. In 1981, I partnered with Harry Akagi to start H&R Nurseries in Waimanalo, Hawaii on the island of Oahu. I am a judge Emeritus for the American Orchid Society as well as the Honolulu Orchid Society.
Today, I have been hybridizing, cloning, and germinating seeds for more than 40 years. H&R maintains a laboratory to do its seed germination and grows Orchids under one acre of shade houses. I have been refocusing H&R to excel in the culture of species as well as providing hybrids in the Dendrobium and Cattleya Alliance. My passion has been the proper nutrition of Orchids and the mythical florigen. My favorite Dendrobium hybrids are in the Latouria section.


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In probability theory and statistics, the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of a real-valued random variable, or just distribution function of , evaluated at , is the probability that will take a … Remember that frequency distribution is an overview of all distinct values (or classes of values) and their respective number of occurrences. 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Cumulative frequency distribution is a form of a frequency distribution that represents the sum of a class and all classes below it. Example. A cumulative frequency distribution is a summary of a set of data showing the frequency (or number) of items less than or equal to the upper class limit of each class. of data frequency below a given level. Find the cumulative frequency distribution of the eruption durations in There are 7 items, which is our final cumulative frequency. frequency distribution is: The cumulative relative frequency distribution of the eruption variable is: We can print with fewer digits and make it more readable by setting the digits The graphs in question are a frequency distribution graph and a cumulative frequency distribution graph (you may have run across such graphs in a newspaper or magazine). In this tutorial, I will be categorizing cars in my data set according to their number of cylinders. The n th percentile of an observation variable is the value that cuts off the first n percent of the data values when it is sorted in ascending order.. In this particular form of frequency distribution table, the frequencies are cited in a cumulative format. Take a look at the figure. It is mostly tidy, but also has an annoyance in that the category values themselves (A -E are row labels rather than a standalone column. Counts, percentages, cumulative percentages, missing values data, yes, all here! Find the cumulative frequency distribution of the eruption waiting periods in distribution and relative cumulative frequency distribution in parallel columns. Cumulative frequency plots can be done with histograms. summary of frequency proportion below a given level. statisticslectures.com - where you can find free lectures, videos, and exercises, as well as get your questions answered on our forums! We first find the frequency distribution of the eruption durations as follows. To create a cumulative frequency distribution, count the number of data points that are below the upper class boundary, starting with the first class and working up to the top class. Data set details can be found in the Frequency Distribution tutorial. The relative frequency distribution is also called the distribution of empirical opportunities. The table below shows the cumulative frequency distribution for all the classes. Cumulative Frequency Graphs Sometimes, in addition to finding the median, it is useful to know the number or proportion of scores that lie above or below a particular value. As a result, the cumulative relative A frequency distribution shows the number of occurrences in each category of a categorical variable. Cumulative frequency graphs are always plotted using the highest value in each group of data. Problem. Then we find the sample size of faithful with the nrow function, and divide the Count the number of data points. The frequency distribution can be stored as a data frame. chosen levels. Here's how to calculate and define the cumulative frequency distribution of a given set of data. I am relatively new to [R] and am looking for the best way to calculate a frequency distribution from a vector (most likely numeric but not always) complete with the Frequency, Relative Frequency, Cumulative Frequency, Cumulative Relative Frequency for each value. Copyright © 2009 - 2020 Chi Yau All Rights Reserved The most common and straight forward method of generating a frequency table in R is through the use of the table() function. We then apply the cumsum function to compute the cumulative frequency distribution. Therefore relative frequencies are considered based on observational data. The empirical cumulative distribution function (ecdf) is closely related to cumulative frequency. The cumulative frequency distribution is undeniably one of the most important frequency distribution. 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When a witch turns fifteen, it is her duty to move out and begin work. For Makoto Kowata, that means moving in with relatives to start her training as a witch. Set against the beauty of rural Aomori, Makoto and her familiar arrive to a scene that's more captivating than they could have imagined. With her second cousins, Kei and Chinatsu, to help her, this somewhat flighty junior witch will encounter all sorts of new experiences as she learns more about magic and herself.
When Makoto arrives in the picturesque town of Aomori, her relatives, and those around her, aren't prepared for what they get.
Spring arrives in Aomori, and the one who brings it decides to visit the new witch in town, much to her younger cousin's concern.
At Aomori's Cherry Blossom Festival, Makoto, Chinatsu and Kei come across a rather odd fortune teller with a unique problem. Can Makoto help?
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The Anstead Family celebrated their 51st reunion in Champaign, Illinois over the weekend of June 22 – 24, 2001.
This year, family members arrived throughout the week prior to the reunion. But the reunion festivities didn't officially kick off until Friday evening.
Friday, Kristine and Alan Chalifoux (along with their wonderful children Madeleine and Ryan) welcomed all the Ansteads to their beautiful restored home and garden. It was such a beautiful evening and almost everyone pulled up a chair in the garden to mix and mingle.
We were all surprised at the budding entrepreneurs in our family. Megan Shiffler and Erika Anstead were marketing nails (yes…bent, rusty nails!) to all in attendance. It started out small, but eventually we witnessed dollar bills being exchanged! Buzz Ziegler was nice enough to buy wife Faye one for a souvenir, leading to his summary of the evening, "I got nailed at the Anstead Family Reunion!" Oh, Buzz!!
We had a wonderful dinner of lasagna, salad, and bread, with brownies and cookies for dessert. Many thanks go out to Jim and Therese Shiffler for contributing the lasagna!
Saturday morning, Kristine arranged a guided tour of the Prairie Preserve with a local naturalist. Everyone who attended was amazed at his passion for the flora and fauna of the prairie.
Throughout the day on Saturday, Ansteads could be found taking in many of the sites in and around Champaign. One of the biggest attractions was the railroad museum in nearby Monticello. Here, visitors were able to view vintage pieces of railroad equipment, as well as take a 50-minute train ride through the country.
Saturday evening was our big cookout at Crystal Lake Park. Jim Shiffler (with assistance at various times from about every man in attendance!) fired up the grill and cooked up hamburgers, bratwurst, and hotdogs. Again, thanks to Jim and Therese for contributing the burgers and brats! We had lots of side salads and desserts, as well as our traditional reunion cake. We concluded the evening with our annual family meeting (see details inside).
Come Sunday morning, there were still more events going on. The Ansteads attended mass together at Holy Cross Catholic Church, and then returned to Kristine and Alan's house for brunch. There were pastries, fruit, and Mary Anstead's Sausage Strata. We all had an opportunity to say our good-byes until next year.