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COVID-19 Updated Information

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Here in Lycoming County, I cannot get tested because I do not have symptoms [yet?] I am 72, have a compromised immune system and a COPD. If I want to get tested, the closest location is an hour and a half away each way. I do not have a car.

In Williamsport, no busses outside the city limits. No public train services. The leading cab company in town has closed. The Williamsport Regional Airport used to be served publicly only by American Airlines, which used to do a terrible job, now no job, plus it is bankrupt.Coming soon, the death rate per capital where I live will make NYC seem like a clam bank by comparison.

Sensuous Françoise Hardy, Sixties icon, is now 76 years old

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Françoise Madeleine Hardy (French: [fʁɑ̃swaz aʁdi]; born 17 January 1944) is a French singer-songwriter. She made her musical debut in the early 1960s on Disques Vogue and found immediate success with her song “Tous les garçons et les filles“. As a leading figure of the yé-yé movement, Hardy “found herself at the very forefront of the French music scene”, and became “France’s most […]

Mandarin Chinese numbers 1 to 10

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“Native speakers 920 million (2017) “Mandarin is by far the largest of the seven or ten Chinese dialect groups, spoken by 70 percent of all Chinese speakers over a large geographical area, stretching from Yunnan in the southwest to Xinjiang in the northwest and Heilongjiang in the northeast. This is generally attributed to the greater ease of travel and communication.

US Representative in Congress Val Demings, Democrat, Florida must be our next Vice President. Must be.

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Demings: ‘I would be honored’ to serve as Biden’s vice president Headline in today’s Hill, the unofficial publication for those who work in Congress Rep. Demings certainly does work in Congress Wikipedia: Valdez Venita Demings (née Butler; born March 12, 1957) is an American politician and retired law enforcement officer who serves as the United States Representative from Florida’s 10th congressional district, serving since […]

Alizée

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While seeking updates on the Covid-19 virus, I discover Alizee by accident. By this accident: Wikipedia: “The video for the single is a rather simple video compared to the videos for the rest of her Gourmandises singles. Set against a pink backdrop, this time it features Alizée dressed in white and playing with bubbles. There is one scene in […]

Make sure the Calgery Stampede is up and running on July first, 2020

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Sometimes, seemingly out of nowhere (a synonym for Canada) a great leader emerges. MP Michel Rampel is a great leader. I would follow her anywhere. That is because I trust her. I have heard the great orations she has delivered in Parliament in Tornonto with great admiration. MP Rampel is a feminist and an articulate […]