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Emile Tremblay of Berlin, NH, at the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in France. It contains the graves of 5,255 of our military dead, most of who lost their lives in northeastern France to the Rhine River and into Germany during WWII. Tremblay, 91, a veteran of the 36th Infantry Division, recently returned to the sites of his war experiences.

New HampsHire wwii VeteraN returNs to tHe places wHere He serVed

On September 18, 1944, the 36th Infantry Division participated in the lib-eration of the city of Val-d’Ajol in France.

Twenty-three year old, Emile Tremblay, of Berlin NH, was one of the sol-diers of the 36th. In July of 2012, Tremblay, now 91, along with his grand-daughter, Amy Hollings-

worth and her husband, went back to visit Val-d’Ajol, along with other cities he had helped liber-ate during World War II.

The 36th Infantry Di-vision - also known as the Fighting 36th, the Panther Division, or the Texas Division - is a mod-ular division of the Unit-ed States Army National

Guard. It was activated for service in World War II on November 25, 1940, and was sent overseas in April 1943.

In September of 1943, the 36th Infantry Division landed in Italy at Paes-tum in the Gulf of Saler-no. The 36th was the first American combat division to land on the continent

of Europe.The Division fought in

the Italian Campaign as part of the 5th United States Army in such no-table actions as Mt. Lun-go, San Pietro and the Rapido River. In the Rapi-do River action, the Divi-sion lost the better part of two of its three regiments

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“Play In A Day” Youth

Program at Garrison

PlayersThe Garr ison P lay-

ers Arts Center in Rol-linsford will have a free Youth Education “Play In A Day” workshop for kids on Saturday, Janu-ary 12th from 10am to 3pm.

Drop off your kids in the morning for a day of fun theatre and art workshops.

Students will attend workshops in art, music and theater. The day will end in a performance and a gala of the chil-dren’s work.

This event has proven to be very popular and early registration is rec-ommended.

Email to [email protected].

The Garrison Players Arts Center is located at 650 Portland Avenue Corner of Rt 4/Roberts Rd in Rollinsford.

For more information you can call. You can also find more info on future Youth Ed pro-grams at www.garrison-players.org.

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Prescott Farm Offers Family Holiday Camp Day

LACONIA - For all you parents that have always wanted to come to camp, now’s your chance! In addition to their Annual WildQuest Holiday Camp for children ages 6-12, Prescott Farm will be offer-ing a Family Holiday Camp day on Saturday, December 29th from 10am to 2pm.

You will have the opportunity to complete an infamous Prescott Farm Quest that will feature sea-sonal changes in nature. You and

your children will work together as you follow a map that will guide you to specific stations of fun-filled activities where you’ll collect a clue that will unveil the location of the treasure.

WildQuest Holiday Camp will enhance your child’s ecologi-cal awareness and provide fun learning opportunities in a community-minded and non-competitive atmosphere. Camp includes nature activities, animal and plant identification, arts and crafts, quests, and hands-on learning. Most of the day is spent outdoors. Extended care provides supervised playtime before and after regular camp hours.

Space is limited and registration is required for both Wild-Quest Holiday and Family Camp days. For more information please call 603-366-5695 or visit www.prescottfarm.org.

Prescott Farm is open year round, seven days a week from 9:00 – 4:00PM. It is free to come and go for a hike or explore the “green” building!

Sant Bani School Hosts Admission Open House

Sant Bani School in Sanbornton will be hosting its second in-school Admission Open House of the year on Thursday, January 10, for interested parents from 8:30 – 10:30am. Tours of the campus will begin at 8:30 a.m.; parents who would like to explore Sant Bani School for their children are encouraged to attend. There will be opportunities to ob-serve students and teachers during class time. Coffee and refreshments with current teachers and Deans from each of the divisions will take place after campus tours with time for questions and answers. Parents with high school aged children can also learn more about the wide array of colleges Sant Bani School alumni have attended.

Please RSVP to Admission Associate Becky Beane at 934.4240 or [email protected]. Visit santbani.org for more information.

Hampton Beach State Park Oceanfront Pavilion’s New Year’s Eve Gala

Kick off 2013 in style at the new Oceanfront Pavilion at Hampton Beach State Park with a New Year’s Eve Gala. The Gala will include music, dancing, fireworks, and a top-notch buffet.

“With the sands of Hampton Beach State Park at its door-step, the Seashell Oceanfront Pavilion is truly a unique set-ting for a New Year’s Gala or any special occasion,” stated Phil Bryce, Director of the Division of Parks and Recreation. “Windows overlooking the Atlantic and the sound of waves crashing are just a few of the things that make this venue unforgettable.”

Tickets for the Gala will include a reception from 7:30-8-pm, fireworks on the beach at 8pm an assortment of hors d’oeuvres, an unbelievable buffet, a champagne toast, party favors, cash bar, and dancing to the music Party-Time DJ. The Gala is from 7:30pm to 12:30am and is $85 per person. To reserve a ticket or table for the New Year’s Eve Gala, please call 603-227-8717 or email [email protected].

DecThursday 27Th

Story Telling Dinnerthe corner house Inn, center sandwich. 6:30pm. $19.95 pp plus tax and gratuity. 284-6219

Friday 28Th Recycled Percussionthe Flying Monkey, 39 south Main street, Plymouth. 536-2551

Monday 31sT New Year’s Eve Family CelebrationPat’s Peak ski Area, henniker. 6-10pm. Guests can purchase a “party & skiing” ticket that allows access to every event. the party includes an impressive midnight fireworks display, a champagne toast, party favors, dancing and much more! 428-3245Tuckermans At 9 – A Capella Singing GroupAnderson hall on the campus of Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro. 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30pm. Admission by first night button only. 569-2200

Team TriviaPatrick’s Pub, Gilford. 7pm. 293-0841

JanWednesday 2nd

Songs of Old New HampshireFirst Baptist church, 122 Main street, Plaistow. 7:15pm. Presented by Jeff Warner. 382-5843.

Disney’s Beauty and the Beastcapitol center for the Arts, Main street, concord. 7pm. 225-1111

Thursday 3rd Disney’s Beauty and the Beastcapitol center for the Arts, Main street, concord. 7pm. 225-1111


saTurday 5Th Winter MarketDanbury Grange, Across from the fire station in the center of Danbury. 9am-1pm. Breakfast and lunch available.

Rockingham Fishing and Hunting Exporockingham Park, rockingham Park Blvd, salem. 10am-7pm. $8/adult, $3/kids. Free Parking.

Pot Luck Suppertrinity church, Meredith. 5pm.

Winter Bird Banding Open Housesquam Lakes science center, holderness. 9am-12pm. Drop in to learn why birds are banded and get a first-hand look at some common winter birds. Adults must accompany children. 968-7194

sunday 6Th Windborne – Live Music Music in Bass hall, Peterborough historical society, Peterborough. 3pm. 924-3235

Rockingham Fishing and Hunting Exporockingham Park, rockingham Park Blvd, salem. 10am-5pm. $8/adult, $3/kids. Free Parking.

Tuesday 8Th True Stories from New Hampshire’s Black Historyhampstead Public Library, 9 Mary e. clark Drive, hampstead. 7pm. Presented by Valerie cunningham. 329-6411.

Old Time Rules will Prevail: The Fiddle Contest in NH and New Englandexeter historical society, 47 Front street, exeter. 7:30pm. Presented

by Adam Boyce. 778-2335

Thursday 10Th Admission Open Housesant Bani school, 19 Ashram road, sanbornton. 8:30-10:30am. Parents who would like to explore sant Bani for their children are encouraged to attend. 934-4240

Genealogy WorkshopWolfeboro Public Library, Wolfeboro. 6:30pm. richard cote will present a program on “researching our French canadian Ancestors”. Free and open to all. 569-2428


Friday 11Th Headliner’s Comedy Nightthe Flying Monkey, 39 south Main street, Plymouth. 7:30pm. 536-2551

saTurday 12Th Johnny Winter with Michael Vincent Bandthe Flying Monkey, 39 south Main street, Plymouth. 7:30pm. 536-2551

Family Snowshoe Hikesquam Lakes science center, holderness. 10am-12pm. Join an exploration hike to Mount Fayal to experience the magic of the outdoors in the winter. $7/member, $9/non-member. 968-7194

sunday 13Th Wild Winter Walk: Guided Tour of the Gephart Exhibit Trailsquam Lakes science center, holderness. 1-3pm. $8/member, $10/non-member. Adults must accompany children. 968-7194

Monday 14Th A House on the Bay: Life on 17th Century NH’s Costal Frontierstratham Fire station, 2 Winnicutt road, stratham. 7pm. 772-4118

Wednesday 16Th Matt Langley – Live MusicPatrick’s Pub, Gilford. 7pm. 293-0841

Kenny Werner Trio – Live Jazzthe Margate, Laconia. 8pm. $12. 1-800-MArGAte

Thurs. 17Th – Feb. 2nd All Shook Up – Elvis Musicalrochester opera house, 31 Wakefield street, rochester. 335-1992

saTurday 19Th 3rd Annual Macaroni and Cheese Bake Offcourtyard Marriott, concord. Doors open at 2pm. 271-3696

The Wailers with Roots of Creationthe Flying Monkey, 39 south Main street, Plymouth. 7:30pm. 536-2551

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Big Bellies, Rg III, And Race

Long-time Baltimore Or i o l e ca t che r R i ck Dempsey used to enjoy entertaining fans during rain delays. After a tarp covered the infield, he’d stuff a pillow under his jersey and head to home plate. There he’d pan-tomime the portly Babe Ruth hitting a home run and do an exaggerat-ed Ruth home-run trot around the bases be-fore hydroplaning across home plate, where he would call himself safe.

I’m sure the real Bambi-no enjoyed these shows, watching from baseball heaven.

Fast forward to 2012, and Caroline Wozniacki, the Danish women’s tennis star. Wozniacki, the girlfriend of golfing sensation Rory McIlroy, did her own imitation of friend and rival Serena Williams. During an ex-hibition match in Brazil against Maria Sharapova, Caroline stuffed towels in various places to repli-cate Serena’s curvaceous body, in a humorous attempt to rattle Maria, who doesn’t play well

against Serena.The well-intentioned

pantomime drew the de-sired response, which was laughter. But being from Denmark, Wozni-acki unfortunately didn’t take into account how some tormented Ameri-can souls would perceive her frivolity. The usual suspects from the left-wing blogosphere quick-ly pounced and decried Wozniacki’s “racist an-tics.”

Aye carumba! I am real-ly, REALLY tired of these people framing anything and everything in terms of perceived racial insult. It not only has a chilling affect on discourse, but it’s overtly political.

Our United Nations Ambassador, Susan Rice, was rightfully excoriated for pushing what the Obama Administration KNEW to be a misleading account of the circum-stances surrounding the

Benghazi, Libya, deaths of an American ambassa-dor and others on Sept. 11. But instead of speak-ing to the concerns of those who questioned Rice’s account, many Democrats chose to ac-cuse critics of Rice as being racist.

So does the fact that Rice is African-Ameri-can make her immune

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Need Armed School Security OfficersTo The Editor:

The recent tragedy at a Connecticut school shooting points out the need for stronger secu-rity measures to help prevent or mitigate loss of life at our schools.

The emergency plans implemented at schools can minimize injuries and deaths, but can-not prevent them when confronted with deter-mined shooters. Buzzers, cameras, identification cards and sign-in books will not stop shooters from forcibly entering schools.

One security measure that could counter the actions of shooters is the presence of armed security officers in ev-ery school. Granted, the killers might try to shoot the officers first, but the killers could be focused on shooting the students and teachers, and the of-ficers could take out the shooters.

A n o t h e r p o s s i b i l -ity would be to have trained administrators with weapons available to them in a locked and secure location.

Mental ly competent people and non-felons may purchase weapons in accordance with the Second Amendment of our Constitution which allows citizens to bear arms, and this r ight should continue. Howev-er, should ordinary citi-zens, like the Newtown shooter, be allowed to purchase a bullet proof

vest? The purchase of bullet proof vests should be a huge tipoff on the purchaser planning a shooting.

We need armed school security officers.

Donald A. MoskowitzLondonderry, NH.

Guess Who Will Pay?To The Editor:

Seems the tax on medi-cal devices will take place starting in January.

Guess who will pay for the tax???

Since most medical devices such as hips, knees prostetic arms and legs are used by senior citizens or war injured veterans, and their im-plants are paid for by government programs such as medicare or vet-erans medical payments, won’t the government programs pay the tax?

After all the companies can’t take a loss and will more than likely increase the cost to pay for the tax, then when the billing goes to one or another of our government pro-grams the included tax cost will be paid by gov-ernment, won’t it?

OH, yeah guess who the government is, the working stiff who has taxes deducted from his paycheck every week.

So what’s this tax on replacement limbs and implanted hips, knees etc. just another way to get into the peoples pockets with a hidden tax to businesses that

increases cost of prod-ucts.

Harriet E. CadyDeerfield, NH

Tax RatesTo The Editor:

If the marginal tax rate on household income of $250K goes up terrible things will happen.

The old conservative canard is back, any in-crease in taxes will de-stroy jobs and cause the sky to fall. No wonder the Republican propaganda machine is fully engaged. The current “fiscal cliff” debate is hung up on what to do about taxes on the top two brackets. The maximum increase would be 4.5% on the 35% bracket. This means that the extra tax bite on income over $250K would be $4500 per $100K.

In the Republican fan-tasy world they would have you believe the fol-lowing: all small busi-ness owners earn $250K in taxable income, own-ers will lay off or never hire an employee if taxes increase, the most impor-tant issue for small busi-ness people are taxes. All this is, as Joe Biden would say, Malarkey!

In the real world the facts about small busi-ness are: only 2% earn $250K, 77% are actually sole proprietorships (no employees), The National Federation of Indepen-dent Business says the top concerns for small business are: healthcare,

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After a few years of try-ing to be a non-conform-ist, I finally got a Twitter account.

For those of you who may not know, Twitter is a Social Media site on the Internet.

Social Media is that oddly named phenom-ena where people talk to each other without actu-ally “talking” to them. We email, text and tweet things on different So-cial Media sites that can be read by one or even thousands, without ever leaving the bathroom. Nothing very social about it at all.

With Twitter, you tweet. These were names made up by the creator of this site who was very excited when he woke up one morning and realized he had the power to make perfectly sane and re-sponsible adults use the word “tweet” on a daily basis. (I believe he got the idea one night after drinking heavily with the guys who created Google and Yahoo.)

On Twitter, people get to use 140 characters to ex-press their feelings about something. It can be any-thing from the state of the economy to the meaning of life to the dustballs un-der your bed; all with as much cleverness as pos-sible to make you seem much more interesting than you actually are.

Much like a politician but with thousands of less words.

There are millions of

people all over the world on Twitter, tweeting mil-lions of clever things, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Prov-ing that the world, for the most part, is full of Tweet.

On Twitter, it’s okay to follow someone all day long. In fact, its encour-aged and usually by the person you are following.

I felt a little overwhelmed when I first signed on to Twitter and then began noting at the end of my columns for people to follow me. First off, just asking someone to follow you is weird. When I was a kid my parents told me to run away from people who were following me, but now I am trying to learn to embrace it as ac-ceptable. I haven’t been this torn since the Catho-lic Church decided, sud-denly, it was okay to eat meat on Friday.

Some people, like ce-lebrities, have millions of followers. Some peo-ple. Like me, have about twenty…including family and friends. But that’s okay for now. I’m still get-ting used to it.

I have been cautious since I’ve been on Twitter. You have to be careful. A lot of people have gotten into trouble using it.

Recently, a reporter for a local paper got in trou-ble when she acciden-tally tweeted a very rude remark about the weight of a member of the NH House of Representa-tives. She had meant it to be a private tweet, but somehow she pressed the wrong button or some-thing and everyone who was following her could read it, causing quite a stir.

I don’t want that to ever happen to me. I consider myself a good and hon-orable person and I’d be horrified if every slan-derous, cruel and hurt-ful remark I ever made

about someone ever went public.

Still, the reporter quick-ly got back on Twitter to apologize and all was right again. So, I guess I could always just do that if I screwed up and got caught.

Once I did begin to get followers on Twitter - who weren’t family and friends - I began to panic. I asked these people to follow me, and they did. I thought they were now expecting something clever, not just once a week…but every day….and not even just once a day but several times.

It became unnerving.I did tweet a few pithy

(whatever that means) sayings but, after a few days, I felt like my tweets were forced and not as clever as my followers might expect.

I was beginning to feel like a complete Tweeting failure.

Still, I’m not one to give up.

I’m still on Twitter and I continue to encourage people to follow me, as weird as that sounds.

I do send out the oc-casional tweet. But only when I actually have something to say. Just to stay in the game.

I’ve come to realize that people following me are also following hundreds of other people as well so the pressure isn’t always on me to perform.

It’s been a weight off my shoulders.

So, if you want, you can follow me on Twitter at @weirsbrendan.

If you follow me any-where else, I’m calling the police.

B r e n d a n S m i t h w e l -comes your comments at [email protected]. You can also follow him on Twitter at @weirsbrendan (seriously!)

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I t ’ s n o t about jobs. It’s not about sa fe ty . I t ’ s n o t a b o u t i m p r o v i n g d o c k w o r k -e r s ’ l i v i n g s t a n d a r d s . The looming, long-planned East and Gulf Coas t po r t

strikes are about protecting Big Labor’s archaic work practices and corrupt waterfront rack-ets.

Are you ready for a fiscal cliff? The union bosses of an estimated 14,500 workers at 15 ports are preparing to send the economy plunging back into recession over productivity and efficiency rules changes. You read that right. Much more on that in a moment. But first, here’s what’s at stake.

The International Longshore-men’s Association’s (ILA) grip extends from Boston to Texas to Florida and all points across the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. The New York-New Jersey ports -- which handle cargo valued at $208 billion -- could come to a standstill. National Retail Federation executive Jonathan Gold issued a desperate state-ment: “The last thing the econ-omy needs right now is another strike, which would impact all international trade and com-merce at the nation’s East and Gulf Coast container ports. This is truly a ‘container cliff’ in the making.”

Retailers have begged Big Labor-lovin’ President Obama to intervene. Good luck with that. The cozy White House powwow with union bosses immediately after Election Day tells you all

you need to know about which side Obama champions.

The United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), which rep-resents 14 Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports, has been bracing for a union-spearheaded shut-down since the summer, when labor negotiations fell apart. The ILA’s current contract expired on Sept. 30. Federal mediators granted a 90-day extension that ends on Dec. 29. ILA President Harold Daggett won a unani-mous green light earlier this month to call a strike if industry leaders don’t give in completely to the union’s demands. Accord-ing to my sources, despite over-whelming industry concessions on wages and benefits, port watchers view the likelihood of a strike at “probably 70 to 85 percent now.”

Don’t believe the union sob stories. ILA members are among the highest paid union workers in the country. Starting pay for dockworkers is $20 an hour, with a top straight-time pay rate of $32 an hour. Longevity and overtime bonuses are generous, with ILA members earning an average of more than $124,000 a year in wages and benefits.

The sticking points of the heated ILA-USMX talks are “container royalties” (a fee per ton of containerized cargo that carriers pay to ILA members) and “customs and practice.” On the New York-New Jersey waterfront, union racketeers have turned archaic work rules into a corrupt system of pa-tronage tied to organized crime. Reporter Carl Horowitz of the National Legal and Policy Cen-ter broke down the container royalty dispute this fall: “In 2011 these royalties amounted

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EPHRATA, PA -- Five years ago, t h i s a n n u a l Christmas col-umn was writ-ten while our Fox News “War Stories” team was embedded with the U.S. Army’s 3rd In-fantry Division

south of Baghdad. A year earlier, the Christmas 2006 column was written in Ramadi, Iraq, while we were embedded with 1st Bat-talion, 6th Marines in what was then the bloodiest place on the planet. In 2005, this column originated with 3d Battalion, 7th Marines and the 2nd Brigade of the 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard, in Anbar Province. In the days before Christmas that year, we were able to document the first free elections ever held in an Arab

country. It’s been like that for most of

the last 11 years -- ever since the horrific terror attacks of 9/11. In the days before celebrating the birthday of the Prince of Peace, we have been able to keep com-pany with America’s heroes. But this year, after being embedded with U.S. special operators and the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines in Afghanistan, we returned home in time for Thanksgiving. Instead of composing this column in an armored vehicle on the way to a dusty outpost in the shadows of the Hindu Kush, I’m doing so aboard a comfortable Premier motor coach en route to a book signing.

When I’m overseas with our soldiers, sailors, airmen, guards-men and Marines serving in harm’s way, I’m inspired by their extraordinary esprit and demon-strated tenacity in very difficult

cHristmas 2012

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“Forward” to tHe past?The political

s logan “For-ward” served Barack Obama w e l l d u r i n g t h i s y e a r ’ s election cam-paign. It said that he was for going forward,

while Repub-l icans were f o r “ g o i n g

back to the failed policies that got us into this mess in the first place.”

It was great political rheto-ric and great political theater. Moreover, the Republicans did virtually nothing to challenge its shaky assumptions with a few hard facts that could have made those assumptions collapse like a house of cards.

More is involved than this year’s political battles. The word “forward” has been a political battle cry on the left for more than a century. It has been al-most as widely used as the left’s other favorite word, “equality,” which goes back more than two

centuries.The seductive notion of eco-

nomic equality has appealed to many people. The pilgrims started out with the idea of equal sharing. The colony of Georgia began with very similar ideas. In the midwest, Britain’s Robert Owen-- who coined the term “socialism”-- set up colo-nies based on communal living and economic equality.

What these idealistic experi-ments all had in common was that they failed.

They learned the hard way that people would not do as much for the common good as they would do for their own good. The pil-grims nearly starved learning that lesson. But they learned it. Land that had been common property was turned into private property, which produced a lot more food.

Similar experiments were tried on a larger scale in other coun-tries around the world. In the biggest of these experiments-- the Soviet Union under Stalin and Communist China under

UNITED NA-TIONS—One year ago the re-nown Author, P l a y w r i g h t , and f o rme r President of the Czech Re-public Vaclav Have l d i ed at age 75. In tribute to this

extraordinary European Renais-sance Man, I’m reissuing my column in the spirit of memory and the season.

“Havel’s career as literary fig-ure, intellectual and a political dissident, confronted the tyran-ny of the former communist re-gime, and oversaw the country’s peaceful transition to democracy and a free market economy.

Havel was a man of gravitas and unbending moral authority whose persona was formed by the harsh winds of the Cold War but who was able to turn his classic Bohemian wit to chroni-cle the ferocious stupidity of the former socialist regime. He paid the price both in harassment, arrest, and the “non-person cat-egory” he gained in opposition, especially after the thwarted dreams of the Prague Spring in 1968.

His role as a dissident spanned the darkest decades of the old communist regime. In 1977, he and fellow dissidents supported the “Charter 77” human rights manifesto, which emerged as a political template from Cen-tral Europe to China today. His works and plays moreover were banned, and he was regularly harassed by the security police.

In that epic autumn of 1989, pro-democracy demonstrations jolted the old Soviet order, itself brittle and moribund. A politi-cal earthquake rocked Central Europe, the epicenter being in Berlin, but the reverberations ranging from Prague to Bucha-rest.

Without question, Havel’s greatest play became the Velvet Revolution, the political drama the directed and helped choreo-graph during the tumultuous November. Massive people-pow-er protests which rocked Prague the capital and other centers, finally broke the grip of the rul-ing communists.

VaclaV HaVel--europeaN reNaissaNce maNWhen the Soviet-backed re-

gime collapsed in November 1989, Vaclav Havel became President of Czechoslovakia in an almost giddy affirmation that the Czechs who suffered under the suffocating socialist regime, were finally now magically and breathlessly free. A Fairy Tale with a happy ending! A New York Post headline shouted; “Bouncing Czechs.”

Soon after these extraordinary events, in 1993, the Slovak por-tion of the once-united Czecho-slovakia broke off as an indepen-dent state. This became known as the Velvet Divorce.

Importantly, during Havel’s tenure, the Czech Republic “re-joined history” and regained its place in Central Europe as a strong economy. The country embraced its European roots, and the Czech Republic was ad-mitted into the European Union (EU) and NATO. This presented an almost magical change for a nation who long wished to be part of Western European struc-tures but who was isolated by its “East bloc” status.

Globally Vaclav Havel was a tireless and unapologetic cam-paigner for human rights. The Czech Republic has been a proud and vocal sponsor of hu-man rights pressures from Cuba to North Korea.

Here at the UN, I had the pleasure of seeing Vaclav Havel during a 2006 human rights symposium on North Korea. “Failure to protect; A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in North Korea,” stressed the need for international action to coun-ter the political repression and humanitarian disaster in North Korea. The former Czech Presi-dent spoke in favor of dissidents and the dismal political situation in communist North Korea.

President Havel was admired and remembered throughout Europe. German Chancellor An-gela Merkel stated, “We mourn the loss of a great European.”

Shortly after the news of his death, people began lighting candles and placing flowers at the statue of St. Wenceslas on Wenceslas Square, where as a dissident Havel addressed the huge crowds of demonstrators in November 1989.

That massive square in the

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heart of Prague has historically recorded the pulse of the Czech nation. Good King Wenceslas of Bohemia, the medieval martyr and saint of the Czechs, stands guard on his iron steed, watch-ing the ebb and flow of history.

Vaclav Havel, the Renaissance Man who made modern history and confronted totalitarian tyr-anny will be missed well beyond golden Prague.”


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The New Year is rapidly approaching. It’s pret-ty amazing how quick a year goes. You blink your eyes and more time passes. As the time moves faster and faster, the thing that most often falls apart is health and life goals. The simple act of keeping up with an overbooked life, ab-solutely overwhelms us. Work, school, chores, errands, bills…..repeat and repeat until another year slips past. These things are all important, of course, but they are not as important as tak-ing care of your health. In fact, with better health you may be able to better take care of all the stuff that usually seems to drown your day.

That’s one of the real joys of the New Year. It seems like a new page, a fresh start, an opportu-nity to break free of the overwhelmed cycle and into the life we want. Yet, we typically squan-der it. Generally, this is because the resolutions we make are gigantic and vague….”lose weight” or “stop smoking”. These are great, but doomed to fail because there are no steps, no actions, and no plan. This year is going to be different though. This year, you will be successful. The resolu-tion I encourage you to make is to “be healthier”. This will make all parts of your life easier, more economical, and more happy. Further, while this is also a huge and vague resolution like the others above, but we are going to combat that by

giving you five simple steps to be successful. Remember with this type of goal, success isn’t overnight and will hap-pen as the small posi-tives compound in val-ue over time. This also makes you more likely to be successful, be-cause it doesn’t require drastic change that can’t be maintained. Without further ado:

1) Drink more water. Easy and free, but so important. Most people are dehydrated even if only in a mild way. We not only fail to drink enough water, but we also drink things with diuretic effects like cof-fee and tea. The prob-lem is that even mild dehydration can cause fatigue, headaches, and concentration problems. I think of not drinking water as running your car without oil.

2) Eat more produce. At this point, stop think-ing about things you can’t eat and instead focus on adding good things. Easy r ight….don’t remove or restrict straight away, but in-stead add good stuff to fill up on and naturally you wil l cut out bad choice. Simply add fruits and veggies at every meal and snack.

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4) Ask an expert. Stop being your own doctor. Please don’t wait for problems to get so big that your doctor can’t deal with them or they become very difficult to deal with. Stop stalling and make an appoint-ment with your doctor, dentist, chiropractor, etc. If you don’t have the provider you need, find one! It’s easier and cheaper to mainta in your health, then to bail yourself out of a crisis. I regularly see people in our offices that come with issues that have been present for years. It makes everything hard-er. Don’t hesitate.

5) Slow down. Sched-ule 10-30 minutes daily of quiet time. No TV, radio, internet. Howev-er, journaling, reading, meditating, etc would all be appropriate. Put this time on your cal-endar daily and protect it. Treat it like a doc-tor’s appointment or an important meeting. This time is needed for you

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The Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce recently announced plans to publish Lakes Region magazine, a relocation and eco-nomic development guide.

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I wou ld l i k e t o wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

W i s h -i n g i s a n ice ges-ture, but you and I know that

“happy” is what we can make out of it. If “pros-perous” means doing bet-ter financially, with this president, forget about it. This administration is all about punishing success, while protect-ing and growing public sector union jobs and protecting “too big to fail” unionized companies.

Barack Obama’s goal of creating a country of me-diocrity and dependence is almost complete. There are a couple of US Con-stitutional Amendments that must be altered in his view. Those are free-dom of speech and the right to own and possess guns. Political activists, column writers, gather-ings in the town square, talk show hosts, are a danger to the Regime. In the good old days of Rus-sia, and somewhat now, reporting the truth to the masses was considered a crime. The “criminal” was imprisoned or, some-times just disappeared.

Remember when our country celebrated capi-talism? Success is ridi-culed and is an enemy now. Why? Back in the 1800’s investments by the wealthy led to an expan-sion of our country, and jobs. Back then, bridges, tunnels, entertainment centers, and Charitable Foundations were named after them. Today, far too many Americans who create wealth and jobs are scorned. Who would have ever thought that one day we would elect a

president in the mold of Barack Hussein Obama? No, it is not the color of his or her skin it is the content of the man or woman!

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people who were mur-dered this year, does not the slaughter of the in-nocent young ones tear you apart? We have a 20 year old who is refused the purchase of a gun earlier, then finds that his mother has several legally owned guns hid-den away in her home. What we cannot accept is the murder of very young children being slaughtered! Not allow-ing a good crisis to go to waste; Obama wants to punish law abiding Americans from owning the guns of their choice. So, he wants to know how many you have and what kind of guns are they?

Think of ALL American military personnel who lost their lives because they are sitting ducks in a country that we should not be in, trying to con-quer Afghanistan. Who is the enemy? What is our role and goals? Hav-ing lost 5,000 + in the Iraq War, blood and trea-sure, what did we learn? We now know that both Bushes were not in the winning mood. Never send our young Ameri-cans to war if we do not intend to be victorious! Even better, after what we have learned from Viet Nam and Iraq, if we do not have a real and understood mission, then stay out.

Barack Hussein Obama gave the okay to kill Osa-ma Bin Laden. That one act does not make one a Commander-In-Chief. Obama could care less about foreign pol icy. Then okay, put America

and Israel first, and bring our military home; no more sitting ducks in a country where we should not be. Just received a “to everybody email” from Newt Gingrich. Newt tells us of a 4-6 month project “considering what the party has to do to become competitive in all 50 states”.

My colleagues on The Advocates radio and I are going to relish put-t ing together a plan, and it won’t take 4-6 months of babble. First, we will identify those amoeba (no backbone) Republican members of Congress and Senate. That includes leadership! Second; they need to be informed that NO GOP money comes their way in 2014 if they do not come up with more sup-port for OUR agenda. In fact, primary challengers will be encouraged. As a registered Republican, I believe in going to the voters to explain what needs to done, and why. In my 3 campaigns for city council and 2 for state representative that is what I did ….won all 5 elections. Things have changed greatly over the years making it more difficult to communi-cate with voters. There are too many who look out only for themselves. The days of patriotism and thinking of the fu-ture of their children and grandchildren are gone in too many instances. Don’t lose the parents and grandparents who DO care about their fam-ily and country.

Until we chat again, remember, ONLY YOU can prevent socialism. In America we are about op-portunity, NOT equality of outcome.

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Well, here we are – the world did not end with the Mayan calendar. Our calendar ends every year and starts over again; the Mayan long calendar does the same thing but in a longer, much longer cycle!

In the Christian Church, we are still celebrating Christmas – it start-ed on Dec. 25 and will end on January 6…the twelve days of Christmas that gave us the famous Christmas carol.

So, in the middle of the Christmas celebration, society starts a new year. We make New Year’s reso-lutions about all the good changes we need to make. We celebrate the passing of the old and the coming of the new. We look with hope into a new period of time when things can be better.

Too often, the resolu-tions we make pass away quietly. Why? To make a change in ourselves, we actually have to change! That sounds so obvious, but somehow we seem to think that all we have to do is want things to be different and they will be.

Life doesn’t work that way. If we want the world to be a better place, we have to do something that will make it a better place. Change takes ac-tions, and to do new ac-tions, we have to change ourselves. Where we once were willing to sit back and let things happen around us, now we need to do something.

It doesn’t work to say we want peace in the world, and then we make fun of another person or bully someone, or try to control

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It doesn’t work to say we want to have children live in safety, but we al-low children to live in a violent society, watching violence on TV and in movies, acting out that violence on one another – we need to change the attitudes in society, be-ginning with our own, so violence is not seen as the best way to solve our dif-ferences.

It doesn’t work to say that we think everyone should work together in society and then say that some people are really better than others, be-cause of skin color or accent or family back-ground.

Wouldn’t it be wonder-ful if, in the next twelve months, we could actu-ally do something that would make a difference in the world? It has been done before. Some people worked for civil rights for all races. Some worked to gain the right to vote for women. Some people championed health care and education for the poor. Some people worked to find new sources of energy. Some worked to make transportation systems more “green”. When I was a child, no one recycled other than to pass clothes down to a younger sibling or put vegetable scraps in the garden. We didn’t think about plastic, but now we do – because someone worked on recycling just about everything.

When I was a child, air and water pollution was

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What are you going to do in this coming year to make a change for the better.

In Genesis, the story is that after God created the world, God put it into our hands and said, “It’s your responsibility now to care for the earth and every creature on it.” It’s our responsibility to care for the children – not just ours but all children. It’s our responsibility to care for the earth, trees and dirt, water and air. It’s our responsibility to care for the elderly, the help-less.

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As individuals, we can-not do it all – but we can each to something.

Decide what you are going to do this coming year and start working on it. Make the world a better place for all people, not just yourself. Make a resolution that means something, and go for it.

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out, I really didn’t think that the fishing would hold up during Septem-ber. By the time August arrived, we were really at “Peak” and the fish-ing was absolutely OUT-STANDING.

Prior to leaving for New York, I had booked a fair number of charters for fishing after Labor Day, cautioning all about what I had suspected. Well, that’s not really the issue as I didn’t cancel the charters and put the boat away just because I felt the fishing would be slow. It was more a mat-ter of being stupid than anything else. We’re supposed to get smarter as we get older, what can I say.

We had experienced a GREAT trip to the big lake this year and I was excited to get back home and get back up and running on Winni. We arrived back in NH on the Friday of Labor Day weekend and applying some common sense, did not plan on launching the boat until Tuesday, the day after Labor Day. This gave me time to un-load all of the Lake On-tario gear and set up for the fishing here. It also gave me the opportunity to flush the engines and bleach the live wells as I wanted to be cautious about bringing back any zebra mussels. Also, al-lowing the boat to dry out for a day or so helps to prevent this.

All of this was accom-plished over the week-end and I was anxiously waiting Tuesday morn-ing. Tom showed up at 6:00 AM and by 6:30 AM we were having break-fast and complimenting ourselves on what an ef-ficient job we had done with the launching.

After breakfast, I re-turned home in order to tidy up a few things. About 8:15 AM, (it was raining out), I left the house and was heading across the deck to the stairway when my cell phone rang. Between holding a cup of coffee, answering the phone and descending the stairs, I SLIPPED. Up into the air and down on my chest, spilling all of my coffee all over myself. However, I did not drop the cell phone…….what a save.

The end result, after picking myself up off the ground, with a great deal of difficulty, I made it to my truck and left to do a few errands. Well, by the time an hour had gone by, I really KNEW I had done some damage.

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As one digs deeper into the Republican dooms-day storyline it begins to fall apart piece by piece. Recent studies by government and aca-demia have found no link between tax rates and economic growth or job creation. Clinton created 22.1 million jobs with a top tax rate of 39.6%. Bush created 1.1 million jobs after reducing the top tax rate to 35% and cutting capital gains dra-matically. Taxes up, jobs up—taxes down, jobs down!? Of course, taxes are not the only variable in the economy but the tax fanatics would have you believe that they trump everything else.

According to this group each and every small business, your local shop-keeper, artisan or profes-sional, will be badly hurt by any marginal tax rate increase at the high end. This is simply not the case. A healthy percent-age of the membership in these high brackets: actors, authors, athletes, consultants, lobbyists, hedge fund managers and other professionals don’t account for many employees. These indi-viduals, while technically classified as small busi-nesses in the sole pro-prietorship category, are not in the profile that the Republicans want you to imagine.

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was unable to lay flat. A couple of hours sleep then a couple of hours of TV to get back into the sleep mode……. Finally by the time week 4 ar-rived, I was finally back in bed and sleeping a little better. Oh well, the price paid for NOT paying attention. When I look back at these things I try to be positive about

them. Two broken ribs, it could have been worse, I could have broken 3 ribs or even landed on my head.

The lesson learned, other than paying at-tention to what you are doing, is that at my age, I don’t bounce very well any more!

Well, at this writing, I am about 90% recovered and applying due dili-

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Later……… Capt. Pete

Grasso from 20having to worry about crossing the political and intellectual boundaries imposed by racialists like Parker.

Thumbs down for Rob Parker and the left wing blogosphere. Kudos to Caroline Wozniacki and Robert Griffen III.

And thumbs up for Babe Ruth and Rick Dempsey, as well!

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to criticism? Sadly, too many people on the left tend to racialize issues as opposed to addressing issues. This racialization inoculates some Afri-can-Americans to criti-cism, while stifling oth-er perspectives. It’s not healthy. It’s not right.

A prime example is the 44th U.S. President, Ba-rack Obama. The main-stream media is famous-ly loath to raise touchy issues or develop stories that could be perceived as unfavorable to BHO. Why risk being called a racist? The ignorant and the inarticulate are fa-mously quick to launch epithets like “racist” or “Nazi” to emotionalize is-sues and discourage ra-tional discourse. People need to start calling them out on it all.

Democracy doesn ’ t function as it should when racialization in-timidates the media. We end up with those many millions of “low informa-tion voters.”

Can only blacks criticize blacks? Consider how Rob Parker, an African-American, blasted Wash-ington Redskin quarter-back Robert Griffen III on ESPN’s “First Take.”

“Is [Griffen] a ‘broth-er,’ or is he a cornball ‘brother?’... He’s black, but he’s not really down with the cause. He’s not one of us. He’s kind of black, but he’s not really like the guy you’d want to hang out with… He has a white fiancé, and people are talking that he’s a Republican.”

Heaven forbid that RG III be engaged to a white woman, or still worse, have Republican lean-ings! While Parker was suspended for his racist commentary, consider the outcry that would have occurred if a white commentator uttered similar inanities.

Our country will be better off when white re-porters can cover a black president like they would a white president. And we’ll be even better off when African-American athletes like RG III can follow their own dreams and instincts without

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Emile Tremblay never received the Croix de Guerre (Cross of War) which was awarded for gallantry to any member of the French military or its allies. A French advocate is working on seeing that Tremblay finally gets one.

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Epinal American Cem-etery in Dinozé, France where over 5,000 Ameri-can troops are buried, most who lost their lives in the campaigns across northeastern France to the Rhine River and into Germany. The cemetery is 48acres on a plateau 100 feet above the Moselle River in the foothills of the Vosges Mountains.

The rectangular memo-rial consists of a chapel, portico and map room with a mosaic operations map, On May 12, 1958, thirteen caskets, draped with American flags, were placed side by side at the memorial. Each casket contains the remains of one World War II un-known American, each from one of the thirteen permanent American mil-itary cemeteries in the European theater of op-erations.

According to grand-daughter, Amy, Tremblay made friends with the cemetery caretaker who, after hearing Tremblay’s recollections, notified a

local newspaper “Vosges Matin” who wrote a trib-ute to Tremblay called “An American Hero.”

“The liberator was born in the state of New Hamp-shire, in the north of the United States, near the border with Canada. He is a descendant of a French family and today he still lives in the same city. This young man was called up under the flag at Manchester, New Hamp-shire and was mustered into the 36th division in-fantry, which was formed in Texas…..In August of 1944, he landed with his division at St. Raphael, travelled up the Rhone Valley and participated in the battle of Montelimar and arrived at Haute-Sa-one where he participated in the liberation of Lux-euil, Fougerolles, plus the Voges: Val-d’Ajol, Eloyes, Remiremonnt. He was wounded on the 5th of October 1944 between Docelles and Fayes……”

Tremblay was injured when a bomb blast caused a serious back injury and five other soldiers had to

carry him by stretcher in the middle of the night. Tremblay spent about six months in the hos-pital and was disabled for about a year until he went back to work in the mill in Berlin.

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It was also determined that Tremblay, among the medals he was awarded, never received the Croix de Guerre, the Cross of War, which awarded for gallantry to any member of the French military or its allies. The cem-etery caretaker along with Jocelyn Papelard who is highly involved in recog-nizing American efforts in the Allied liberation ef-forts, are working to see Emile gets his Croix de Guerre.

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Until the Dec. 14 shoot-ing at Sandy Hook El-ementary School in New-town, Conn., most of the wives, parents, siblings and offspring of those I have covered in this war have told me about their concern for how our coun-try’s economy, the fiscal cliff, or the Middle East mess or the Benghazi fi-asco might affect the fu-ture or job prospects for their loved one in uniform. That’s no longer the case.

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Action like this won’t change bad news here at home. But it does serve to let brave Americans wear-ing flak jackets, helmets, fight suits and combat boots in faraway places -- and their families here at home -- know we still care. That is after all the spirit of the season.

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Wild Winter Walk: Guided Tour of the Gephart Exhibit Trailsquam Lakes science center, holderness. 10am-12pm. $8/member, $10/non-member. Adults must accompany children. 968-7194

sunday 20Th Winter Coastal Birdingsquam Lakes science center, holderness. 7am-5pm. Join executive Director Ian MacLeod for a trip to the new hampshire and Massachusetts seacoasts to search for the hardy bird species that spend their winters in new england. $30/member, $40/non-member. For ages 16+. 968-7194

Wednesday 23rd Moved and Seconded: Town Meeting in NHsandown town hall, 320 Main street, sandown. 7pm. 887-3428

Gin Blossoms with Adam Ezra Groupthe Flying Monkey, 39 south Main street, Plymouth. 7:30pm. 536-2551

Thursday 24Th The Manhattan Transfer capitol center for the Arts, Main street, concord. 7:30pm. 225-1111


saTurday 26Th Martin Sexton with the Alternative Routesthe Flying Monkey, 39 south Main street, Plymouth. 7:30pm. 536-2551

Wild Winter Walk: Guided Tour of the Gephart Exhibit Trailsquam Lakes science center, holderness. 10am-12pm. $8/member, $10/non-member. Adults must accompany children. 968-7194

sunday 27Th Bubblemania: Comedy with a Drip capitol center for the Arts, Main street, concord. 1 and 4pm. 225-1111

OngOingSenior Ten Pin Bowling LeagueFunspot, rt. 3 Weirs Beach. 10am every Monday morning. 50 years and older welcomed! call Gail 569-1974 or Marie 494-8405

Laconia Indoor Winter Marketskate escape, court street, Laconia. every thursday from 3pm-6pm oct. 4th through May 30th.

Singles DanceDaniel’s hall, rt 4, nottingham. Fridays from 8pm-12am. casual dress. ByoB, free light buffet and drink set-ups. smoking outside on the patio. $12. 942-8525

Acoustic Country Pickin Partytilton senior center from 7pm-9pm every Wednesday.

Lakes Region Camera Club Meetingtrinity episcopal church, rt. 25, Meredith. 7:30pm. First and third tuesdays of the month. Persons of any experience level are welcome. www.lrcameraclub.com or 340-2359

Free Movie MatineeDover Public Library. every saturday at 2pm. Free screening of a family movie. Bring your own popcorn!

Reiki ClassesMeredith senior center. every 2nd and 4th tuesday of the month. Free. 279-5631 for times and to schedule an appointment.

Preschool StorytimeMeredith Public Library, Main st. Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30am and thursdays, 1-2pm. Ages 3-5. 279-4303.

Knotty KnittersMeredith Public Library, Main st. 10:30am - noon. every thursday. All levels of experience welcome. 279-4303.

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On Wednesday, Janu-ary 16, The Portsmouth Music Hall’s Writers in the Loft series welcomes to its intimate stage the author Magnus Flyte. Known as “an international man of mystery,” Flyte is actually a female writing duo com-prised of former dancer Meg Howrey and television writer and fashion jour-nalist Christina Lynch. On the heels of press sto-ries about their unique teaming and daring mas-querade as a single male writer, the female duo is visiting Portsmouth with their debut novel, City Of Dark Magic, a fanciful romance-comedy set in the magical city of Prague. The 7pm event will be held at the Music Hall Loft, located at 131 Congress Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

“We are excited to hear from the mysterious writers behind City Of Dark Magic and learn more about their first creative work,” said

about the creation of the pseudonym Magnus Flyte – how do two talented, busy California profes-sional women get together to write such a heralded tale, already well known in the press.”

The ticket package for Writers in the Loft: Mag-nus Flyte on Wednesday, January 16 at 7pm is $30 ($27 for Music Hall mem-bers). In addition to a re-served seat, the package includes a copy of the book City Of Dark Magic ($16), a bar beverage, and book signing meet-and-greet. Packages can be pur-chased through The Music Hall Box Office, located at 28 Chestnut Street, Ports-mouth, over the phone at 603-436-2400 or online at www.themusichall.org. Packages can also be pur-chased on the night of the event, if available, at The Music Hall Loft Box office at 131 Congress Street, beginning at 6pm for the 7pm event.

Patricia Lynch, Executive Producer of Writers in the Loft. “I love that it is set in Prague, a city known for its wizardry and history-bending happenings.”

Meg Howrey is a former dancer with the Joffrey

II and the winner of an Ovation Award. She is the author of the novels The Cranes Dance and Blind Sight and lives in Los An-geles. Christina Lynch is a television writer and for-mer Milan correspondent

for W Magazine.The duo has been the

talk of reporters in the last few weeks, gaining com-parisons to the famous Bronte sisters and also J.K. Rowling. Said Lynch, “I’m also fascinated to hear

writiNg duo “magNus Flyte” at music Hall’s writer iN loFt series

Meg Howrey and Christina Lynch together are Magnus Flye, author of the popular “City Of Dark Magic.” Both will be at the Portsmouth Music Hall’s Writers In The Loft Series on Wednesday, January 16th at 7pm.

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