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What's Happening - Fort Bragg - Mendocino Coast Calendar Of Events - Fort Bragg Advocate-news
thursday, oct. 9 - booksigning, "a run up the coast — a story of freedom," by gene lewis, noon, fort bragg library, and 5 p.m., four eyed frog, gualala. - native daughters meeting, 7:30 p.m., masonic hall, main street, fort bragg. 964-5812 ...
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Art Galleries
"just suppose" new photographic works by maggie taylor and jerry uelsmann. on display are taylor's images illustrating lewis carroll's "alice's adventures in wonderland." also, uelsmann's black-and-white photo montages exploring the theme of meditative space.
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What's Happening - Fort Bragg - Mendocino Coast Calendar Of Events
- caltrans hosts simpson lane/highway 1 intersection public open house, 4 to 7 p.m., fort bragg town hall, 363 n. main st. 441-4678. - business leader luncheon, noon, north coast brewery's tap room & grill, fort bragg. 964-7576, 964-7571.
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Mccain/palin No Mavericks, Say Real Mavericks - Huffingtonpost.com
"i'm fontaine maverick, and john mccain, you are no maverick..." john mccain i know a maverick, and you, sir, are no maverick. truly. i now know fontaine maverick, great-great-grand daughter of samuel augustus maverick (1803-1870), and it was he and ...
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Simple Curiosities Compel Scientist - Boston Globe
l. mahadevan smiled at the question, which was: "what, exactly, do you do?" it is, on the surface, a simple question, but for mahadevan the answer could lead many places. or, maybe, that's the answer, that mahadevan, a 43-year-old professor at ...
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Special Events
all events are open to the public. to submit a listing, send to ffw, 203 n. college ave., fayetteville, ar 72701, or fax to 444-7289, at least two weeks prior to event. submissions are printed as space allows. photographs and art are also considered.
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What's Happening - Fort Bragg - Mendocino Coast Calendar Of Events
- booksigning, "a run up the coast — a story of freedom," by gene lewis, noon, fort bragg library, and 5 p.m., four eyed frog, gualala. - native daughters meeting, 7:30 p.m., masonic hall, main street, fort bragg. 964-5812.
www.mendocinobeacon.com

3 Things To Do Today - San Jose Mercury News
one of the visual arts treasures of the peninsula is stanford university's sculpture garden, home to the largest collection of rodin bronzes outside of paris' rodin museum. cantor arts center, lomita drive and museum drive, stanford. free. (650) 723 ...
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When Parents Won't Let Go - Inside Bay Area
as local universities open their doors to a new class of freshmen, they're fending off a less welcome arrival: the blackhawks. nicknamed after the military's rescue helicopter, these are the parents seen marching to the campus bookstore, course ...
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Leah Garchik - San Francisco Gate
-- "well, when i said i loved you ..." (man on cell phone, overheard in walgreens by jean tepper .) -- "it was a little bit on the outer perimeter of my comfort zone." (one woman to another, overheard at a cafe in sausalito by clint wilder .) -- "by ...
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Ftcs Prep For Frosh - Stanford Daily
each year, the arrival of freshmen on campus is marked by a ritualistic, perhaps over-the-top welcome ceremony. residences are ornamented with balloons and signs. staff members stand out front, welcoming each person by name over a loudspeaker. eager ...
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Maria J. Avila / Bay Area News Group - Palo Alto Daily News
left to right, santa clara university alums and self described "recovering helicopter parents," jim mcnamara, of laguna niguel and his wife maggie mcnamara, talk about being sometimes too involved in their kids college lives with daughter allison ...
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Newport’s Rich History - Atlanta Journal Constitution
many of the waterfront mansions in newport, r.i., are products of the gilded age of the last century. they’re accessible via cliff walk, a public right of way. newport, r.i. — it’s easy to spend a few hours in this historic little city and be ...
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Speed Readers: Stream Processing Tools Give A Boost To Analytics - Computerworld
to keep latency low, stream processing systems place data that must be retained in memory and discard everything else. nothing is stored on disk. "streaming databases say, 'let's not try to store everything. let's just watch everything as it flies by ...
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