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Rick Perry Endorser Calls Mormonism A 'Cult' And Planned Parenthood A 'Slaughterhouse For The Unborn'
By Michael Falcone October 8, 2011
ABC News' Michael Falcone, Jonathan Karl and Amy Bingham report:
Presidential candidate Rick Perry spoke at the Values Voter Summit, a gathering of hundreds of social conservatives in Washington, on Friday, but the evangelical pastor who introduced him stole the show, sparking a controversy in the process.
It was no ordinary opener from the prominent Southern Baptist Convention leader, Pastor Robert Jeffress, who endorsed Perry on Friday. Jeffress praised Perry for defunding Planned Parenthood in Texas, calling the provider of women's health and abortion services, "that slaughterhouse for the unborn."
He also lauded Perry's "strong commitment to biblical values."
"Do we want a candidate who is skilled in rhetoric or one who is skilled in leadership? Do we want a candidate who is a conservative out of convenience or one who is a conservative out of deep conviction?" Jeffress said. "Do we want a candidate who is a good, moral person — or one who is a born-again follower of the lord Jesus Christ?"
Jeffress called Perry a "genuine follower of Jesus Christ." The pastor did not mention Perry's rival Mitt Romney by name, but he told reporters after his remarks on Friday that Mormonism was a "cult."
Jeffress' comments and his endorsement of Perry threatened to inject some tension into what has been a relatively quiet year for religion on the campaign trail and the Perry campaign sought to quiet the uproar.
The campaign's official comment on Jeffress evolved quickly on Friday afternoon. When initially asked by ABC News whether Gov. Perry agreed that Mormonism is a cult, Perry spokesman Mark Miner said: "The governor doesn't judge what is in the heart and soul of others. He leaves that to God."
Miner would also not immediately say whether the governor believed it was wrong to call Mormonism a cult. "It's not his decision to judge that," the spokesman said. He added that conference organizers decided who should introduce Perry at the summit, not the campaign.
But minutes later, Miner called ABC News with a new statement: "He does not believe it is a cult."
Rather than distance himself from the pastor's introductory remarks on Friday, when Perry took the podium, he thanked Jeffress for a "very powerful introduction."
Perry added, "He knocked it out of the park."
Friday was not the first time Jeffress, a pastor at a Dallas megachurch, has made disparaging statements about Mormonism.
Back in 2007, Jeffress had this to say about Romney: "Even though he talks about Jesus as his Lord and savior, he is not a Christian. Mormonism is not Christianity. Mormonism is a cult."
In 2008, Jeffress asserted that Mormons worship "false" god and said: "I believe we should always support a Christian over a non-Christian."
UPDATE: Michael Purdy, a spokesman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provided this response to Friday's controversial comments by Pastor Jeffress: "We really don't want to comment on a statement made at a political event but those who want to understand the centrality of Christ to our faith can learn more about us and what we believe by going to mormon.org."
And Planned Parenthood spokesman Tait Sye called Jeffress comments "far out of the mainstream."
"Planned Parenthood health centers are trusted nonprofit health care providers to which one in five women have turned at some point in her life for preventive health care and information, including birth control, lifesaving cancer screenings, STD testing and annual exams," Sye said in a statement.
ABC News Network


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Q: How to add an X11 Core font on RHEL6 I wish to add at least one X11 core font to my RHEL6 system.  I want it to be fixed pitch and about the size of a standard 16 popint font (as one would see in, say, MS Word).  I can find a hundred sites that tell me ABOUT fonts, that list Open/Susue fonts or Mandrivia fonts, but none that amounts to a "download this to there and do these steps to install it" page.
Can someone point me to a supply of fixed pitch XX1 core fonts complete with install instructions?

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COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Sept. 2, 2010) –Are you ready to change the world?
Help break the generational chains of poverty in developing countries by offering the destitute self-sustainable solutions and skills training opportunities. Students on your campus can unite with others nationwide to commemorate World Food Day in partnership with the international relief and development organization Food For The Poor.
During the months of October and November students are encouraged to come together for one night to participate in Food For The Poor's "All-Nighter for the Poor" on their campuses. The goal is to increase awareness about malnutrition and to fund self-sustainable solutions – such as tilapia ponds and animal husbandry projects – to alleviate hunger in developing countries.
Students at the University of Florida (UF) are gearing up to participate in Food For The Poor's All-Nighter For The Poor. Approximately 50,000 students are enrolled at UF for the Fall 2010 semester, and organizers for "Gators for the Poor" are working to sign up as many students and faculty as possible.
Last year, more than 35 colleges and universities countrywide made a commitment to make a positive, tangible difference in our world. In one night, they raised enough money to build a self-sustaining tilapia farm in Haiti's Artibonite region.
The farm in Delonger, consists of four 5,000-square-foot ponds that can each accommodate approximately 7,000 fish. Local community members are trained in how to cultivate and harvest the tilapia, and in distribution methods for this highly marketable product. Continuous production of one tilapia pond can generate 1,800 pounds of fish every four months. Portions of each harvest are donated to local feeding centers and orphanages.
Miami Dade College (MDC) was last year's top fundraising team. The initiative to fight hunger and poverty spurred more than 600 MDC students to participate in Food For The Poor's "All-Nighter for the Poor." Stephanie Del Pino was a sophomore at MDC when she helped organize the inaugural campus event and set the ambitious goal. MDC students worked with administrators leading up to the event to coordinate on-campus speaker presentations, car washes and weekly bake sales. The pre-event fundraising was critical to the success of the MDC team. The additional exposure allowed them to tell the story of the poor in the classroom and community. The MDC All-Nighter culminated in a giant outdoor party that included various types of dance, food from around the world, song, games, performances, art, poetry and more.
"Haiti's debilitating famine and earthquake compels us to take social responsibility to help alleviate poverty and transform lives," said Del Pino.
To register your school or join your school's "All-Nighter for the Poor" team visit www.allnighterforthepoor.org. This site also offers a downloadable "How To" guide, publicity materials, and directions to help you create personalized donation pages and more. You can also visit the event's Facebook page. For more information, please call 1-877-654-2960, ext. 6988 or e-mail info@allnighterforthepoor.org.


"I was happy with our effort tonight. I wish we'd had a little more speed to start the race. We made our Brandeis Machinery Ford a lot better the second half. We started a little too far off and had to make some big front-end adjustments. We'll learn from it and move on."
I haven't assumed much from this post race report of the cars. I have only understood the fact that the driver of the car who has lost this competition has not lose hope and is still ready for the new challenges and competitions.


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Sudden death in a Nizhny Novgorod colony
The Investigation Committee intends to stop investigating the outrageous crime committed by law enforcement agents.The investigation into the murder of a 26-year old man from the closed city of Sarov (
Nizhny Novgorod region) has lasted two years already.
On 19 April 2007 Ms. Vera Tsarapkina from Sarov (Nizhny Novgorod region) applied to the Committee against Torture. She reported that her son Mr. Oleg Tsarapkin who had been serving his sentence in colony 14 (Sukhobezvodnoye, Nizhny Novgorod region) had died of acute meningitis. Among her son's personal belongings she found a notice addressed to the regional prosecutor in which Oleg claimed that he had been tortured in course of the preliminary investigation. Ms. Tsarapkina thinks that her son died through violence.
At first, the Sukhobezvodninsk Prosecutor's office for supervision of law compliance in penal institutions conducted a series of checks. In 2007 this prosecutor's office issued several refusals to start criminal proceedings because the reason of Mr. Tsarapkin's death had been acute meningitis. However, the medical examination showed that Mr. Tsarapkin's meningitis had resulted from an injury. In other words, some one hit Oleg on the head, the blow provoked the disease and further death. Besides, multiple injuries (bruises on his neck and penis) were found on Oleg's body. It should be mentioned that Oleg was kept in a single cell and there were no other inmates. Only the colony staff could get access to him. Oleg's lawyer saw him on January 5, 2007, that is two days before the death. He felt good and did not complain of the detention conditions. So, what could be the reason of Mr. Tsarapkin's death who was very healthy and had hardly ever fallen ill? Flash-like meningitis or an injury that caused the disease?
To answer these question deputy regional prosecutor Tkachyov instigated a criminal case under art. 105 of the RF Criminal Code (murder) on May 3, 2007. In summer 2007 Vera Tsarapkina insisted on exhumation of her son's body and sent it for an additional examination to the 111th Senior State Forensic and Criminalistic Examination Centre to Moscow. That examination confirmed that meningitis had resulted from a brain injury. But nevertheless, the investigation failed to find the perpetrators.
After the law enforcement system reform in September 2007 the criminal case was submitted to the Semyonovsk interdistrict investigation department of the investigation administration under the RF Prosecutor's Office for Nizhny Novgorod region.
There, the investigator decided to carry out the third complex examination in order to determine the cause of Tsarapkin's death. However, he was not in a hurry to prolong the preliminary investigation period and preferred to suspend it, he also did not acknowledge Ms. Vera Tsarapkina victim under the case. This was made only in August 2008, that is, a year and a half after the criminal proceedings were initiated. The examination lasted 8 (eight!!!) months and was unlawful because it was not carried out in the framework of the preliminary investigation. It refutes the results of two previous examinations and witnesses that Mr. Tsarapkin's death was not violent and the meningitis developed by itself. Now the investigation is resumed, but the investigator plans to stop the proceedings referring to the results of the third examination.
At present specialists of the Committee against torture are preparing a petition to the Semyonovsk interdistrict investigation department for it to declare the third examination unlawful, and a claim to the head of the Investigation administration under the RF Prosecutor's Office for Nizhny Novgorod region in connection with the fact that the investigator did not maintain the preliminary investigation term and conducted investigation activity (examination) in breach of the Criminal Procedure Code when the proceedings were suspended.

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Naperville Aspergers & Autism - Dupage County Social Skills Therapy | Colleen M. Hanson, LCSW, P.C.
Our office is located on Route 53, also known as Lincoln Avenue, in the 6040 Building, southside entrance to the building.
From Route 53 turn West onto 59th Street and make the first left. Continue past the first parking lot and follow the road to the left, the building will be the 3rd one on your right.


Dan Hunt, chairman of the Memorial Community Hospital & Health System Board of Directors and a Rotarian, talked about recent negative publicity regarding the hospital. MCH&HS, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, had its annual meeting April 26.
Hunt said that MCH&HS is doing well financially. It reduced its debt by $1.7 million last year.
"The fact is, the Blair hospital is probably the healthiest rural hospital in Nebraska," Hunt said.
He explained that some of the negative publicity is about the health care industry in general, but not necessarily specifically about the hospital. For example, the cost of prescription drugs keeps climbing, and health insurance has become too complex for many patients to understand.
"Our customers are now to the point they can't afford their health care," he said.


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St. Mary Parish has slowly and safely resumed the celebration of mass indoors. Our spiritual communities at both St. Mary and Saint Benedict-OLM will follow safety guidelines as mandated by the Bishop's Office. Covid19 Prevention Procedures and Guidelines are strictly enforced in order to maintain everyone's health and safety.
All members of the congregation must wear masks from the time they leave their car until the time they return to the car. The mask must fully cover both mouth and nose.
No physical contact (the faithful do not hold hands during the Lord's Prayer, no physical sign of peace)
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Below is a scan of the Pencil Billboards section from the 1986 Imperial Toy Catalog which includes detailed product information and item descriptions. It is interesting to note that the product catalog image does NOT INCLUDE the Garbage Pail Kids banner on the billboards!?
Pencil Billboards were created by Imperial Toys in 1986 as part of their large Garbage Pail Kids-related toy line. There are 24 different characters on the Billboards. Couple the number of characters with the 3 different colors of plastic, and a 'complete set' would be nearly impossible to assemble.
The trashcan is rather simple in design, made of clear plastic with a cardboard insert/lid. When closed, the lid reads 'Pencil Billboards' and contains information about how to collect and use the product. When open, the same information is displayed, however this time in French. Also, the cardboard has artwork on it that makes it look like the inside of a trashcan. The billboards themselves are just thrown in randomly into the can. These Pencil Billboards Trash Cans are EXTREMELY rare and never show up for sale.


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Q: Continuity of a multivariable absolute value function The function is as follows:
$$f(x,y)=\sqrt{\left |xy  \right |} $$ I have to check whether it is continuous, differentiable and has defined partial derivatives at $(0,0)$. My attempt is as follows:

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*Function is discontinuous at the origin.

*Not differentiable at the origin because of the pointy peak (haha); and

*Partial derivatives are as follows: $f_x=\frac{\sqrt y}{2\sqrt x}$ and $f_y=\frac{\sqrt x}{2\sqrt y}$ and are not defined at origin.
Is my reasoning correct?

A: To show that the function is continuous at the origin, you may use the polar coordinates: putting $x=\rho \cos \theta$ and $ y=\rho \sin \theta$ with $\rho >0$ and $\theta \in [0, 2 \pi)$, you have that $$\sqrt{|xy|}=\sqrt{\rho^2 |\cos \theta \sin \theta|}\le \rho \to 0$$if $\rho \to 0$. About the differentiability, I think that you are right (anyway it is better if you do a background check with the definition).

A: Since $\sqrt{|x|} \to 0$ as $x \to 0$, it follows immediately that
$$
\sqrt{|xy|} = \sqrt{|x|} \sqrt{|y|} \to 0
$$
as $|x|+|y| \to 0$. Hence $f$ is continuous at the origin.
Since $f=0$ on both coordinate axes, the two partial derivatives do exist at the origin, and are both zero. Can you study the issue of differentiability by yourself? Hint: check that the directional derivative along the direction $\mathbf{v}=(1,1)$ does not exist at the origin.


Vacheron Constantin is amongst the most respected watchmaking companies in the world. Its history is filled with unique timepieces known for its complications. Vacheron Constantin's Reference 57260 is now world's most complicated mechanical watches. The 957 grams pocket watch boasts 57 number of complications – the most found in any watch in the world. Most of the watch's complications involve multiple types of perpetual calendars – which means that once it is set, you'll not have to synchronize any calendar ever again; although you'll need to correct the lunar calendar every 1027 years.
It is worthwhile to learn that this watch was specifically made on request by a major collector, whose identity has not been disclosed, for an undisclosed price. However, connoisseurs speculate it could well be worth $10 million. Notably, it took 8 years to make the world's best timepiece. It is amazing to imagine the magnitude of efforts and the precision of watch tools it would have required to transform this idea into reality.


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Cabinet Files are files with the extension .cab that store compressed files, usually for distributing software.
Files with the extension .cab that store compressed files, usually for distributing software. Cabinet files can contain multiple files in a compressed state, or a single compressed file can be spread over several cabinet files.
During installation of software, the setup program decompresses the cabinet files and copies the resulting files to the user's system.
Cabinet files can be digitally signed using a Microsoft technology called Authenticode. This allows setup files to be downloaded safely over untrusted networks such as the Internet.
Cabinet files are compressed using a compression algorithm called MSZIP, which is based on the Lempel-Ziv algorithm.
Cabinet files can be digitally signed using a Microsoft technology called Authenticode. This allows setup files to be downloaded safely over untrusted networks such as the Internet. Cabinet files are compressed using a compression algorithm called MSZIP, which is based on the Lempel-Ziv algorithm.
Cabinet files in Microsoft Windows 95 were located in the Win95 directory on the source CD, and most were represented as a series of large files named Win95_1.cab, Win95_2.cab, and so on. Windows 98 uses a different naming convention and names many of its smaller cabinet files by function rather than by the order in which they are used during setup. Naming by function makes the extraction of files easier, which in turn makes the setup process smoother.
In Windows 95, if you want to extract specific operating system files from a cabinet file (for example, to replace a missing or corrupt file), you have to use the command-line utility called extract. Using Windows 98, you can simply double-click on a cabinet file using Windows Explorer to view its contents in a new window, double-click on the specific file you want to extract, and specify the destination folder to send it to. You can also use the System File Checker tool to extract files without knowing which specific cabinet file they are located in.


How rich is Marilu Henner? For this question we spent 20 hours on research (Wikipedia, Youtube, we read books in libraries, etc) to review the post.
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Mary Lucy Denise Marilu Henner is an American actress, producer and author. She is best known for her role as Elaine OConnor Nardo on the sitcom Taxi from 1978 to 1983.


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Vania Oronoz, pictured with her family, says she is shifting her support from Democrats to Republicans.
Midterm Election 2022
Latino Voters, Once Solidly Democratic, Split Along Economic Lines
Working-class Latino voters in particular are moving toward Republicans
By Aaron Zitner
and Bryan Mena
| Photographs by Saeed Rahbaran for The Wall Street Journal
LAS VEGAS—A few miles from the Las Vegas Strip, in a working-class neighborhood of one-story homes and scattered palm trees, Vania Oronoz is pushing her husband to give up his habit of voting for Democrats.
Mrs. Oronoz and many of her neighbors are shifting toward the Republican Party, a pattern that's being replicated across the country. The move has been especially pronounced among working-class Latinos, whose votes have the potential to reshape the political parties in the same way that the movement of white, working-class voters has made them a pillar of the Republican Party.


Our fantasy world came to a crashing halt last night as we pulled into our dark driveway just before midnight. For the past eight short days, Brian and I have been partaking of another world, so unlike the one we live in on a normal basis. We had the wonderful privilege of visiting San Pedro, Belize on the breathtaking Ambergris Caye. This is an island that is only accessible by boat or fearfully small airplane. It was far removed from the world, almost oblivious to the current events that plague us.
We sailed, we snorkeled, we swam, we dined, we dreamed, we rested. It was wonderful! I had never before experienced anything like our time in San Pedro. We enjoyed all of the luxury of a magnificent resort, as well as the unique Belizean culture with which San Pedro abounded.
One night, we dined al fresco on the back side of Ambergris Caye at the Sunset Grill. This is the view from our table.
Our favorite activity was sailing on the beautiful Nina.
One of my favorite features of the island was the absence of cars. To get from place to place, we either walked or drove a golf cart. This photo was taken as I rode through the town on the back of a golf cart. All through the streets, people sat at little tables just like these two are doing. This was the cashier table for the stores, which were not air conditioned.
There is nothing quite like a Carribean sunset to end a perfect day. Unless, of course, you are watching the sunset from the comfort of a sailboat.
What a fabulous vacation! And you are right...the Caribbean sky is like none other. We visited the USVI (St. Thomas and St. John specifically) and it was pure heaven. I'm glad you had such a wonderful time!
What an amazing trip!! Can't wait to see more!
Wow...how beautiful! Sounds like you guys had a wonderful vacation!
Gorgeous!!! What an amazing time!


➢➢ "When Jodie Whittaker was announced as the 13th Doctor and the first female occupant of the Tardis, many fans raised their ire on social media, saying that the series was now ruined, that the Doctor should be a Time Lord, not a Time Lady. Having seen the first episode of this new series, it's obvious that this vocal minority are wrong. Whittaker is a breath of fresh air: a talented, emotionally engaged actress who brings warmth and humanity to a show that was largely in danger of disappearing up its own black hole." — The Telegraph.
➢➢ "Now, after over a year of build-up (or at least the 9-10 months since Whittaker first appeared in the 2017 Christmas special) we're finally getting to see what sort of show Doctor Who is choosing to be this time around – and based on the first episode, it's a show that's both easy to recognise as the Doctor Who we know and love and the fresh new take on the formula that's been sorely needed." — Radio Times.
➢➢ "This Doctor Who feels like a lot of other TV shows, not just in its writing but in its pacing, its cinematography, its use of music. When the scary monsters appear, you could be watching any other well-made but conventional science-fiction or horror show. Or a police procedural, for that matter. Everything about the show is more ordinary, which may have to do with levels of inventiveness but also feels like a choice." — New York Times.
➢➢ "Like all great regeneration episodes, there's some confusion, as the Doctor figures out who she is in her new body. There are new companions, a new monster and perhaps the series' best action set piece to date. Like the 12 who came before her, Whittaker's 13th Doctor is her own character, with hints of the past personalities. This Doctor is playful and caring. She is daring and hopeful, but also very weird." — USA Today.
➢➢ "The look of Doctor Who has taken on a more cinematic edge. The production team say they are conscious that they are making the show in the Netflix age, where people are used to watching lavishly expensive movies and TV shows across all their devices, without necessarily appreciating the huge gap in budget that a British domestic terrestrial TV production is afforded compared to series like Game of Thrones or Black Mirror." — The Guardian.
To think on Monday morning I can get up and watch a new episode of Doctor Who, I'm so darn excited, is anyone else excited?
Well, Trevor, it's about time that we are getting proper TV, so let's keep up with this trend, don't you think?
I watched Dr Who. I actually quite liked it. I liked the speed it was released following its UK launch. I liked the fact it was in HD. I didn't like the adverts, they just interrupt the flow. I also liked reading an article alleging Netflix was now more popular with Kiwis than Sky – definitely food for thought, people choosing quality and convenience over "a dinosaur" … Now, if only TVNZ would fast track the latest season of The Apprentice, I quite like watching Lord Sugar grilling the candidates, with the inevitable "Your Fired!" Ha-ha!
Hi Phil. Would be interesting to hear any audience figures who viewed online, say this week before the Friday night "launch"? How hungry are the audience here for quality HD viewing fast-tracked and shown on demand? I also noticed the Episode 1 of Season 9 of The Walking Dead was also up on TVNZ way before the time it was shown via Freeview too!


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Q: Counting number of "passes" within a loop Here's my code, in a nutshell it imports data from a csv file, reads it and determines pupils percentages and grades from their two marks stored in the csv file. What I'm trying to do is find and store how many A,B,C,D grades and fails there are, then output them at the end in a way like "There was 2 A passes" "There was 4 B passes" and so on....
Thanks in advance for the help.
import csv

with open ("UASHSDDP3efiles.csv", "r") as csvfile: #Reads the csv file and puts the names into a list
    reader = csv.reader(csvfile)
    list0 = []
    for row in reader:
        list0.append(row[0])

with open ("UASHSDDP3efiles.csv", "r") as csvfile: #Reads the csv file and puts the prelim marks into a list
    reader = csv.reader(csvfile)
    list1 = []
    for row in reader:
        list1.append(row[1])

with open ("UASHSDDP3efiles.csv", "r") as csvfile: #Reads the csv file and puts the coursework marks into a list
    reader = csv.reader(csvfile)
    list2 = []
    for row in reader:
        list2.append(row[2])

list3 = [(int(x) + int(y)) for x, y in zip(list1, list2)] #Creates a list with each set of marks added together

for i in range(len(list3)): #Creates a loop to go through the list
    totalmark = list3[i] #Takes the first piece of data and calls it totalmarks, on the second loop, it will be the second piece of data and so on...
    percentage = (totalmark / 150) * 100 #Finds the percentage of their total mark out of 150

    if percentage >=  70: #Checks if they have received an A grade
        grade = "A"
    if 60 <= percentage < 70: #Checks if they have received a B grade
        grade = "B"
    if 50 <= percentage < 60: #Checks if they have received a C grade
        grade = "C"
    if 45 <= percentage < 50: #Checks if they have received a D grade
        grade = "D"
    if percentage < 45: #Checks if they haven't received a grade
        grade = "No grade"

    roundedpercentage = round(percentage) #Rounds the percentage to the nearest integer
    print(list0[i],"'s percentage was", roundedpercentage,"%", "and their grade was:", grade) #Prints the pupils name, percentage and grade

max=max(list3) #Finds the highest mark
print("The highest mark achieved was:", max)
min=min(list3) #Finds the lowest mark
print("The lowest mark achieved was:", min)

And here's the output:
>>> Alison Brown 's percentage was 71 % and their grade was: A
Peter Smith 's percentage was 41 % and their grade was: No grade
Katrina Cunningham 's percentage was 60 % and their grade was: B
Jason Talbot 's percentage was 40 % and their grade was: No grade
Shahida Choudry 's percentage was 70 % and their grade was: A
Ian Li 's percentage was 50 % and their grade was: C
Petra Carter 's percentage was 39 % and their grade was: No grade
Hermann Zimmer 's percentage was 69 % and their grade was: B
Tatiana Krystof 's percentage was 60 % and their grade was: B
Oliver Hirschbiegal 's percentage was 49 % and their grade was: D
Lola Portillo 's percentage was 59 % and their grade was: C
Alberto Maura 's percentage was 69 % and their grade was: B
Diana Elliot 's percentage was 25 % and their grade was: No grade
Hilary Clark 's percentage was 49 % and their grade was: D
Ruksana Cabuk 's percentage was 11 % and their grade was: No grade
The highest mark achieved was: 106
The lowest mark achieved was: 17

A: You can create a dict with grades as keys, and increment values for each grade encountered. The for loop becomes (made a few code simplifications for readability):
# create the dict first
gradescount = dict()

for student, totalmark in zip(list0, list3): # iterate directly over the lists
    percentage = (totalmark / 150) * 100
    if percentage >= 70:
        grade = "A"
    elif percentage >= 60:  #elif prevents extra tests
        grade = "B"
    elif percentage >= 50:
        grade = "C"
    elif percentage >= 45:
        grade = "D"
    else:
        grade = "No grade"

    # Increment appropriate grade counter
    gradescount[grade] = gradescount.get(grade, 0) + 1

    roundedpercentage = round(percentage)
    print("%s's percentage was %d%% and their grade was: %s" % (
            student,
            roundedpercentage,
            grade
    ))

Then, at the end of your script:
for grade in ('A', 'B', 'C', 'D'):
    print("There were %d %s passes" % (gradescount.get(grade, 0), grade))
print("There were %d fails" % (gradescount.get('No grade', 0),))

In the hope this is what you wanted.

A: make an array of five elements a=np.zeros(5). in each grade make code
if percentage >= 70:
        grade = "A"
        ind=ord(grade)-ord("A")
        a[ind]=a[ind]+1
in cae of else i.e. no grade
make a[4]=a[4]+1. and you will get an array with desired answer


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Marchand scores pair as Bruins open with win…
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Marchand scores pair as Bruins open with win over Stars
Boston Bruins' Brad Marchand (63) scores an empty-net goal as Dallas Stars' Miro Heiskanen (4) defends during the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
PUBLISHED: October 16, 2021 at 11:33 p.m. | UPDATED: October 16, 2021 at 11:33 p.m.
By DOUG ALDEN
BOSTON — Brad Marchand scored twice, Jake DeBrusk broke a tie early in the third period and the Boston Bruins opened the season with a 3-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night.
Marchand scored on a penalty shot in the first period and added an empty-netter with 1:37 left to play. Nick Foligno, Erik Haula and David Pastrnak each had assists and Jeremy Swayman stopped 27 shots for the Bruins, who never trailed.
"All in all, a good start and a good finish," Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said.
Luke Glendening scored for Dallas and Braden Holtby kept the Stars close with 37 saves. Boston had the first nine shots of the game and finished with a 40-28 advantage, keeping the Stars close despite the volume of shots coming his way.
"I thought we battled back, but it's tough to start on your heels like that," Glendening said.
DeBrusk put Boston up 2-1 on a goal 4:43 into the third period, grabbing the puck in front of the crease after Nick Foligno lost control and poking it past Holtby.
After opening the season with a 3-2 overtime win at the New York Rangers on Thursday, the Stars got off to a slow start defensively Saturday and never quite recovered.
Dallas didn't get a shot on net until 4:02 remained in the first, when Swayman easily handled a wrist shot by Jamie Benn to preserve the scoreless tie. Less than two minutes later, Marchand swooped in for a turnover just outside the Dallas zone and skated in on Holtby, drawing a penalty shot when Ryan Suter grabbed his stick.
Marchand gathered the puck at center ice went full speed toward Holtby, beating him with a low wrist shot on the stick side for a 1-0 lead. There was some question over whether Pastrnak cleared the zone in time before Marchand took the puck back in but the call stood, as did Boston's 1-0 lead.
The Bruins nearly added another goal right away after a faceoff win, but Holtby got his right pad extended enough to block any rebounds during a scrum in front of the net.
"It's been outstanding," Glendening said of Dallas' goaltending through two games. "They've made great saves, kept us in games and got us two points in New York. Holts was a huge reason we were in the game tonight, especially in that first period."
Glendening evened the score on a wrist shot from the slot 9:15 into the second period. Dallas responded with a stronger second period, still only getting seven shots but holding Boston to just 11.
Swayman stopped Glendening on a short-handed breakaway with 7:20 left in the second. Although Dallas showed a little more life offensively in the second, Swayman was solid and gave up very few rebounds.
"They're a great team. They have depth. They play hard, they play heavy. We weathered the storm really well," Swayman said. "I'm the last line of defense. I want to do my job, making sure that I'm battling just as hard as those guys in front of me are for me, so I was happy with the outcome."
NO TUUKKA
The Bruins opened the season with Swayman in net as Tuukka Rask remains unsigned and recovering from an operation in July on his right hip. An unrestricted free agent who has played all 14 of his NHL seasons with Boston, Rask has said he'd like to re-sign with the Bruins and hopes to be healthy enough to play around the holidays.
Swayman made his NHL debut in April and went 7-3 with two shutouts last season.
"Going into it, I just wanted to treat it like another game — no bigger or smaller than what I've played before," Swayman said. "Now I do realize the magnitude of it and it's something pretty special, something I'll never forget."
Boston also opens the season without forward David Krejci, who spent 15 seasons with the club before returning to play in his home country of the Czech Republic.
NOTES: Before Marchand's first goal, the loudest cheer of the first period came when the video monitor above center ice switched to highlights of the AL Championship Series in Houston, where the Red Sox hit grand slams in each of the two innings of a 9-5 win to even the series at 1-1. … Dallas LW Roope Hintz was helped to the locker room after getting a cut to his face while down on the ice in front of his own late in the first period. Hintz was back with the Stars on the bench for the start of the second.
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McAvoy nets winner as Bruins top Capitals


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The Collings Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of the world's only dual control P-51C Mustang to our WWII aircraft collection. The P-51 is arguably the greatest fighter aircraft ever produced, certainly the most recognizable and legendary of the Second World War. Today there are less than five of the early B/C models left flying. The "C" model is easily recognizable by it's "razorback" configuration as opposed to the P-51D with its "bubble canopy" that came out later in the war.
The Collings Foundation's Mustang #42-103293 "Betty Jane" was built in Dallas, TX. #42-103293 went though a meticulous restoration from 2000 to 2004. During restoration the Mustang was rebuilt as a two-seat version of the P-51C. The two-seat P-51C was a field modification that added a second seat for use as a high-speed transport and to allow ground crew to fly. At least five P-51B/Cs were converted during WWII for VIP transport. One of the most famous of these modified two seat fighters was used by Dwight Eisenhower and was named "The Stars Look Down". Ike rode in the back seat of that Mustang over the beaches of Normandy to direct the invasion during D-Day. The Collings Foundation's Dual Control TP-51C "Betty Jane" is the only one of its type in existence today that features a full set of dual controls.
The Collings Foundation's P-51C was named "Betty Jane" to honor Col. Charles M. McCorkle, P-51 pilot and Commander of the 31st fighter group based in Algeria, Tunisia, Sicily and Italy. C.M. McCorkle was an excellent fighter pilot and commander, with 11 confirmed kills under his belt – 6 of them in a P-51 Mustang named "Betty Jane". The 31st led the Mediterranean Theatre of Operation in air combat victories with a total of 571 kills.
The Collings Foundation will be offering flight training in the world's only fully dual control P-51C. Participants can actually fly the Mustang on half hour or hour long introductory flights. Special training flights allow a true once in a lifetime opportunity to fly the most recognizable fighters from WWII. To see or fly in "Betty Jane" check our tour schedule for select locations.
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Q: The Parseval theorem applied to 8 well known functions. Could this be extended to L-series? In the shaded section below, I listed 8 well-known functions that nicely hang together:
$$\displaystyle\frac{\beta(s)+\lambda(s)}{\kappa(s)+\alpha(s)}=\frac{\zeta_H\left(s,\frac12\right)+\eta_H\left(s,\frac12\right)}{\zeta(s)+\eta(s)}$$
Each of these functions has a Laplace/Fourier integral transform that can be "plugged into" the integral from the Parseval theorem:
$$\small G_f(s):=\frac{1}{\pi\,\Gamma(s+1)}\int_{0}^{\infty} f\left(\frac{s+1}{2}+x\,i\right)\Gamma\left(\frac{s+1}{2}+x\,i\right)f\left(\frac{s+1}{2}-x\,i\right)\Gamma\left(\frac{s+1}{2}-x\,i\right)dx$$
Based on the example for $f(s)=\zeta(s)$ shown here, I managed to derive the new closed forms for each of the 8 functions and also listed them in the shaded area (note: only analytically continued to $\Re(s)>0$). All closed forms $G_f(s)$ are now directly related to $\zeta(s)$ (note that f.i. $\beta(s)$ wasn't).
I then found that the same nice relation remains for $s \in \mathbb{C}$ and $\Re(s)>0$, i.e:
$$\displaystyle\frac{G{_\beta}(s)+G_{\lambda}(s)}{G_{\kappa}(s)+G_{\alpha}(s)}=\frac{G_{\zeta_H}\left(s,\frac12\right)+G{\eta_H}\left(s,\frac12\right)}{G_{\zeta}(s)+G_{\eta}(s)}$$
1) Is the fact that this relation remains the same a logical consequence of applying the Parseval theorem? (note that other relations like $\zeta(s)+\eta(s)=2\lambda(s)$ or $\alpha(s)+\lambda(s)=\zeta(s)$ do break down).
2) Besides $\zeta(s)$ and sums of $\zeta_H(s)$, the $\lambda$ and the $\beta$-functions are as $L(s,\chi_{4,1})$ and $L(s,\chi_{4,2})$ respectively, the only ones related to a Dirichlet L-series. However, I could not find any further connections like these in the "G-world". Do closed forms for L-series (other than mod 4) also exist after applying the Parseval theorem?
Addition to question 2:
I believe that I have now also found a closed "G"-form for the Dirichlet L-series.
With $\chi_{_{k,\,j}}(n)$ being a Dirichlet character with modulus $k$ and index $j$, it is well known that:
$$\displaystyle L(s,\,\chi_{_{k,\,j}})=\frac{1}{k^s}\sum_{n=1}^k \chi_{_{k,\,j}}(n)\cdot\zeta_H \left(s,\frac{n}{k}\right)$$
Then I defined:
$$\zeta_H^*(s,a)= \zeta_H(s,2a)-(2a-1)\,\zeta_H(s+1,2a)$$
and found that:
$$\displaystyle G_{L(s,\,\chi_{{k,\,j}})}=\frac{1}{k^{s+1}}\left(\sum_{n=1}^{k} \chi_{_{k,\,j}}(n)^2\cdot\zeta_H^* \left(s,\frac{n}{k}\right)+2\sum_{n=1}^{k-2}\sum_{m=n+1}^{k-1}\chi_{_{k,\,j}}(n)\cdot\chi_{_{k,\,j}}(m)\cdot\zeta_H^* \left(s,\frac{n+m}{2k}\right)\right)$$
that seems valid for $\Re(s)>-1$, except for index $j=1$, when it is valid for $\Re(s)>1$ only. The latter can be analytically continued to f.i. $0 <  \Re(s) <1$ by just subtracting from the above:
$$\displaystyle \small \frac{2}{s\,k}\,\left(L(s,\,\chi_{{k,1}})+\frac{1}{k^s}\sum_{n=1}^{k-2}\sum_{m=1}^{k-n-1}\chi_{_{k,1}}(m)\cdot\chi_{_{k,1}}(m+n)\cdot\left(\zeta_H \left(s,\frac{m}{k}\right)+\zeta_H \left(s,\frac{m+n}{k}\right)\right)\right)$$
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$\displaystyle \small \sum_{n\ge1}\frac{1}{n^s}=$ Riemann $\zeta(s)$-function
$\qquad \qquad \rightarrow  \small G_\zeta(s)=  \begin{cases} \zeta(s) - \zeta(s+1) &
 \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \Re(s)>1  \\
 \\ \zeta(s)-\zeta(s+1)-2\,\frac{\zeta(s)}{s}&
 \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad 0<\Re(s)<1  \end{cases}\\$
$\displaystyle \small \sum_{n\ge1}\frac{1}{(2n)^s}=$ Self named $\alpha(s)$-function $\small =2^{-s}\zeta(s)$
  $\qquad \qquad \rightarrow \small G_\alpha(s)=  \begin{cases} \frac{1}{2^{s+1}}\big(\zeta(s)-\zeta(s+1)\big)
 & \qquad \qquad \quad \quad \,\, \Re(s)>1  \\ \\
 \frac{1}{2^{s+1}}\big(\zeta(s)-\zeta(s+1)\big)-\frac{\alpha(s)}{s} & \qquad \qquad \quad \quad \,\, 0<\Re(s)<1  \end{cases}\\$
$\displaystyle \small \sum_{n\ge0}\frac{1}{(2n+1)^s}=$ Dirichlet $\lambda(s)$-function $=\small (1-2^{-s})\zeta(s)$
$\qquad \qquad \rightarrow \small G_\lambda(s)=  \begin{cases} \frac{1}{2^{s+1}}\zeta(s)& \qquad \qquad \quad \qquad \qquad \qquad \,\,\, \Re(s)>1  \\ \\
 \frac{1}{2^{s+1}}\zeta(s)-\frac{\lambda(s)}{s} & \qquad \qquad \qquad \quad \qquad \qquad \,\,\, 0<\Re(s)<1  \end{cases}\\$
$\displaystyle \small \sum_{n\ge 0}\frac{1}{(a+n)^s}=$  Hurwitz $\zeta_H(s,a)$-function $=\small \zeta_H\left(s,\frac12\right) = (1-2^s)\zeta(s)$
$\qquad \qquad \rightarrow \small G_{\zeta_H}(s)=   \begin{cases}
 \zeta_H(s,2a)-(2a-1)\,\zeta_H(s+1,2a) &  \,\,\,\, \Re(s)>1  \\ \\
 \zeta_H(s,2a)-(2a-1)\,\zeta_H(s+1,2a)-2\,\frac{\zeta_H(s,a)}{s} &
\,\,\,\, 0<\Re(s)<1  \end{cases}\\$
$\displaystyle \small \sum_{n\ge1}\frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{n^s}=$ Dirichlet $\eta(s)$-function $\small=(1-2^{1-s})\zeta(s)$
$\qquad \qquad \rightarrow \small G_\eta(s) = \eta(s+1)-\eta(s) \,\, \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \,\,\,\,\Re(s)>0\\$
$\displaystyle \small \sum_{n\ge1}\frac{(-1)^{n-1}}{(2n)^s}=$ Self named $\kappa(s)$-function $=\small 2^{-s}\eta(s)$
$\qquad \qquad \rightarrow \small G_\kappa(s)=\frac{1}{2^{s+1}}\big(\eta(s+1)-\eta(s)\big) \qquad \qquad \qquad \quad \qquad \quad \,\,\, \Re(s)>0\\$
$\displaystyle \small \sum_{n\ge0}\frac{(-1)^n}{(2n+1)^s}=$ Dirichlet $\beta(s)$-function $\small =4^{-s}\big(\zeta\left(s,\frac14\right)-\zeta\left(s,\frac34\right)\big)$
$\qquad \qquad \rightarrow \small G_\beta(s) = \frac{1}{2^{s+1}}\,\eta(s) \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \quad \qquad \qquad \, \Re(s)>0\\$
$\displaystyle \small \sum_{n\ge 0}\frac{(-1)^n}{(a+n)^s}=$ Self named $\eta_H(s,a)$-function $=\small 2^{-s}\big( \zeta_{H}\left(s,\frac{a}{2}\right)-\zeta_{H}\left(s,\frac{a+1}{2}\right)\big)$

$\qquad \qquad \rightarrow \small G_{\eta_H}(s) = \eta_H(s,2a)-(2a-1)\,\eta_H(s+1,2a) \,\, \qquad \qquad \quad \,\Re(s)>0\\$


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On August 3rd, I posted a further note on the inquiries into the Climategate scandal. Joe Romm's criticism that the phrase "the trick to hide the decline" does not appear in the Climategate emails is correct. I have supplied the sentence that did appear, and corrected the other references to it. I've tried to clarify my position on Penn State's treatment of it. I have added sentences to underline what I am not saying about Climategate, and I've removed some words and phrases which were not as clear as they could have been. I apologise for not getting these things right first time round.
Below is a corrected and revised version of my August 3 post.
Joe Romm tells me to "retract [my] libellous misinformation and apologise to Michael Mann". He is referring to a post in which I suggested that the various inquiries supposedly vindicating the Climategate emailers have further diminished the credibility of climate science, rather than restoring it.
I think the only issue of substance in his complaint is the charge that I failed to notice that there were two Penn State investigations of Mann, not one, and that both had cleared the accused. Of course I was aware of the form of the inquiry, though I concede that the post was not as clear about the two phases as it should have been.
There was one inquiry with two stages. (Read the Penn State reports here and here.) In my opinion, the first stage does not deserve to be called an investigation. It consisted of little more than a review of the emails and interviews with Mann. I would characterise the result as a cursory dismissal of the charges. The second phase, which looked more carefully at one of the allegations, has a better claim to be called an investigation, but still, I think, falls way short of what would be required to convince a fair-minded reader that the reports were adequate.
I wrote: "Three of four allegations are dismissed out of hand at the outset: the inquiry announces that, for 'lack of credible evidence', it will not even investigate them." I should have written: "Three of the four allegations were dismissed after the inquiry's first phase on the basis of little more than a review of the emails and interviews with Mann." I also wrote: "Mann is asked if the allegations (well, one of them) are true, and says no." The words in parentheses were wrong, since Mann was indeed asked to explain himself in relation to all four allegations. I should have written: "Mann is asked if the allegations are true, and says no."
I've just completed Mike's Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd [sic] from 1961 for Keith's to hide the decline.
While a perception has been created in the weeks after the CRU emails were made public that Dr. Mann has engaged in the suppression or falsification of data, there is no credible evidence that he ever did so, and certainly not while at Penn State. In fact to the contrary, in instances that have been focused upon by some as indicating falsification of data, for example in the use of a "trick" to manipulate the data, this is explained as a discussion among Dr. Jones and others including Dr. Mann about how best to put together a graph for a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report. They were not falsifying data; they were trying to construct an understandable graph for those who were not experts in the field. The so-called "trick" was nothing more than a statistical method used to bring two or more different kinds of data sets together in a legitimate fashion by a technique that has been reviewed by a broad array of peers in the field.
Well. It seems to me, and I dare say to other open-minded readers, that the talk in the emails of a "trick...to hide the decline" raised the reasonable suspicion that a trick had been used to hide the decline. "[T]o the contrary," says the report. The "trick" has no connotation of trickery, but merely denotes a "statistical method". Let us accept this. What about "hide"? Is it all right to employ a statistical method to hide the decline? Why was anybody trying to "hide the decline"?
Other inquiries and statements by the scientists have explained that a proxy temperature series-used to estimate temperatures going back centuries, before instrumental data were available-shows an anomalous decline in recent decades. This is what the "statistical method" was intended to hide. The purpose was not to fool anyone, but to avoid confusion. All right, but to claim that the issue goes away once you understand this would be wrong. How far to trust a series that breaks down in recent decades (for reasons not yet understood) in estimating temperatures over centuries is a judgment call. Whether it was right to hide the decline for the purposes of the WMO graph, not merely by curtailing the suspect series and ending it early, but by splicing on actual temperatures, is another. Such judgments are, or ought to be, open to question. And how forthright to be in explaining what has been done is another issue worthy of debate.
Finding: In relation to "hide the decline" we find that, given its subsequent iconic significance (not least the use of a similar figure in the TAR), the figure supplied for the WMO Report was misleading in not describing that one of the series was truncated post 1960 for the figure, and in not being clear on the fact that proxy and instrumental data were spliced together. We do not find that it is misleading to curtail reconstructions at some point per se, or to splice data, but we believe that both of these procedures should have been made plain - ideally in the figure but certainly clearly described in either the caption or the text.
I am not competent to discuss the science, and do not pretend to be. But here is what I see when I read the "trick" email and then the Penn State report. An explanation is required. The report offers only half an explanation: "trick" means "statistical method". No contrary opinions are sought or heard. On this basis the report finds "no substance" in the criticism.
Romm is entirely satisfied by this rigorous "investigation". Fine. I disagree with him.
Two other points. First, I want to emphasise that I do not suspect Mann or the others of outright scientific fraud - by which I mean the destruction or falsification of data. I understand that the other Climategate inquiries have cleared Mann and his colleagues of scientific misconduct, and do not question that finding. I understand that some critics, including Sarah Palin and other prominent US politicians, said that "hide the decline" referred to hiding a decline in measured temperatures, which was nonsense. Plainly, I do not believe that the Climategate emails have shown that mainstream climate science is a hoax, or that it has got the main things wrong. To repeat, I believe climate change poses a serious risk, and have argued that policy-I favour a carbon tax-should be designed to mitigate it. But for my purposes in this post and my previous one on the subject, this is beside the point.
According to what I read, for sensible critics of Mann and "The Team", destruction or fabrication of data is not the issue. The argument is about the dangers of groupthink, a preference for data that point in the right direction, efforts to deflect or neutralise opposing points of view, and the selective packaging of findings for public consumption (which is where "hide the decline" comes in). Fundamentally, the problem resides in the tension between the IPCC's role as both an advocacy organisation and a neutral gatherer of scientific analysis. It seems to me the Climategate emails give ample grounds for concern on all those points, and none of the inquiries into the matter has dealt with these issues adequately.
Second, and most important, the evident fondness of climate-change activists for delegitimising dissent and arranging the facts to make them more "understandable" is simply not working. Cap and trade just died for lack of public support. I think climate-change activists are partly to blame, as I argue in this recent FT column. They are harming their own cause.
Romm exemplifies the tendency to the point of caricature. He delights in splenetic hyperventilation. This is his brand, so to speak. It goes down well with the faithful - but persuading the faithful is not the challenge. He needs to convince the unconvinced. Operatic ranting is not, I would submit, likely to succeed.
Note how he responds when I say, "I think climate science points to a risk that the world needs to take seriously. I think energy policy should be intelligently directed towards mitigating this risk. I am for a carbon tax."
Uhh, Memo 1 to Crook: Those exact same words could have been written by Bjorn Lomborg (or even the CEO of ExxonMobil). They tell us absolutely nothing about where you stand on climate change.
Memo 2 to Crook: In case you and your magazine missed it, the big climate change policy Congress has been wrangling over for the last year and a half are cap-and-trade bills, not a carbon tax. Who cares whether you are for some unspecified and hence possibly meaningless carbon tax?
Supporting a carbon tax tells "us absolutely nothing about where you stand on climate change"? I'd say this borders on the unhinged. In any case, there is no capacity here to seek allies in the interests of better policy. Romm's absurd ferocity shuns that very segment of moderate opinion that needs to be brought round to the case for...a carbon tax. He and people like him are their own worst enemies.


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Join us at Silver Ridge Heights to view sample suites and celebrate our Grand Opening in Humboldt! Door Prizes & Refreshments. Wednesday, March 29.
Mulvihill statistics CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — In a story March 4 about some states trying to circumvent the new federal cap on state and local tax deductions, The Associated Press cited the wrong source for projections a.
Welcome to Berkeley Township. Welcome to Berkeley Township! Our newly designed website provides residents and visitors with information about our ever-growing township and gives an overview of the functions of municipal government.
Silver Ridge Community Cottage Iranda Grv Newcastle – Government or Community Facility. Drive, bike, walk, public transport directions on map to Silver Ridge .
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In recognition of the 100th Anniversary of Vimy Ridge, the Edmonton Silver Skate Festival, in partnership with the veterans affairs office, presented a commemorative snow sculpture of Vimy Ridge creat.
Doris "Dorie" Dingbaum Mallicoat, 89, of Manchester, Iowa, passed away on Friday, June 29, 2018, at the Regional Medical Center in Manchester.