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Raisman tweeted to her followers today that is she is doing better after some needed rest.
Olympian Aly Raisman is recovering well after suffering bruised knees during a fall in a California show this past weekend. According to the Boston Globe, the Olympian fell off the uneven bars and landed on a concrete floor, injuring her knees, during a performance during the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastic Champions on Sunday, Sept. 9. However, Raisman said she is feeling better and is ready for the next show. On Monday she tweeted from her official Twitter account: "THANK YOU so much for all the kind words & support. I'm so thankful that I am OK, just some bruising on my knees and the rest of my legs!" The Olympic gold-medalist followed that tweet with an updated posted this afternoon: "Finally got a full nights sleep last night. Feeling SO…
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A nice and sunny day, an ice cream social and two opportunities to play bridge.
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Partly sunny skies, an open house at Temple Shalom Emeth and a presentation by a Girl Scout.
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Possible showers and thunderstorms, a rally for a gold-medal winning Olympian and Lego fun at the library.
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Every once in awhile, Facebook makes changes that users either love or hate. Over the last few months, the social media giant has changed its "algorithm" on how to sort users' news feeds—which means that just because you signed up for a page's status updates, it doesn't mean you're going to get them. And we've heard from a lot of you that you hate that! 1) Make sure that your Facebook account is set up to see pages' updates. If you click or hover over the "liked" button on our page, beneath our cover photo, you can choose "show in news feed." This will help you to see more of our posts! 2) Interact! A lot! The more you interact with our Facebook page, the more the Facebook Algorithm thinks you like it. Which means it'll show up in your …
A nice and sunny day, quilting and Origami at the library.
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What was the first Morse code message, first television broadcast and first Tweet?
"Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication." So said Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl, who passed away in 2002. Heyederdahl, who was born in 1914, saw great developments in human communication in his time and understood the value that it has in the making of a community. Today marks 168 year anniversary of the first American telegraph line and first Morse Code message sent from the States. The telegraph could connect people at great distances and proved very useful in trans-continental and eventually world-wide communication. Today, of course, we have telephones, smart phones and computers to communicate across the globe. People communicate constantly through social media and sites like Twitter and the …
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Another gray and rainy day, a meeting of a quilting club and stories for babies.
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