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• Full Moon Art Gallery, 3155 Harborview Drive — Showcase for artists who are getting ready for Girls' Night Out on Nov. 14.
• Gallery Row, 3102 Harborview Drive — Also will have artists getting ready for Girls' Night Out.
• Kit Kuhn, A Jeweler Designed for You, 3104 Harborview Drive — Will provide an opportunity to create a custom abalone and daimond pendant.
• Water's Edge Gallery & Framery, Inc., 7808 Pioneer Way — Will feature Lola Waller, a watercolor, portrait landscape and seascape artist.
• Peacock Hill Gallery, 9106 Peacock Hill Ave. — Al Johnsen will have his paintings, drawings and ceramics are on display.
• Gig Harbor BoatShop, 3805 Harborview Drive — Will host a display of maritime art and offer tours of the facility.
• Visitors also can view the Harbor History Museum's maritime-themed photography and art in the lobby at 4212 Harborview Drive.
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Am I really this stupid?
I readied myself for my fifth attempt at using the Lexus LS 460's advanced parking guidance system. I'm the sort of person who prides myself on being able to hop in a car, pop in a videogame, or turn on a computer and be able to engage all the basic features without rummaging around for an ill-translated instruction manual.
But with the Lexus parking system, I appeared to have met my match.
Damn, I touched the steering wheel.
''Guidance interrupted,'' said the anthropomorphized Lexus in a soothing feminine voice.
Man, I should have listened when the guy offered to give me a demonstration.
Despite the appearances of television advertisements, the top-of-the-line Lexus LS does not actually park itself -- although without exception, every person to whom I mentioned the car said, ''Oh, is that the one that parks itself?'' Apparently, the Lexus marketing and engineering teams need to occasionally schedule a lunch together.
What the Lexus features is a ''guidance'' system. You target the desired space in which you wish to parallel park by manipulating a two-dimensional wire-frame on the dashboard video screen -- the car's cameras scope out the scene for you. Once set, you issue the command and, presto!, you're parked.
Uh-oh, I'm going too fast, hit the brakes!
''Guidance interrupted.''
As the system works, you're not to touch the steering wheel but you do have to maintain pressure on the brakes to keep from moving too quickly. Kind of like patting your head and rubbing your tummy, it can be a little challenging until you get the hang of it.
Once I did get the hang of it, the Lexus parking assistance worked pretty well, deftly backing itself into spots along my low-traffic street. Still, the idea of trying to engage the system, say, on a busy downtown street makes me blanch -- it may work well, but it doesn't work particularly fast.
The LS is the Lexus flagship, appropriate given its land-yacht size. The version I drove was the 460 L, a slightly extended model that provides more room for the back seat passengers. Lots more room, in fact, bordering on small-limousine territory. I could think of all sorts of ways to make use of that much space, but I didn't implement any of them because a) I didn't want to pay the cleaning bill and b) I'm married.
With appropriate options, back seat passengers are also treated to their own individually operated climate-control features, as well as sun shades and audio controls.
Up front in the driver's seat, things are as luxurious and well-appointed as you would expect for an $80,000 sedan. We're not talking Bentley or Maybach levels here, but the Lexus LS is a sedan that easily makes you feel far more important than you probably are. How else would you feel when you're enjoying a 19-speaker audio system?
Base MSRP: $71,000 ($80,977 as tested)
MPG city/highway (est.): 18/27
Highlights: Overtly luxurious interior and ride with huge cabin space.
Lowlights: Parking assistance system is complicated; back seat space comes at the expense trunk space.
I can't even think where I would put 19 speakers in my house.
The LS offers a beautifully comfortable ride, transforming the feel of bumpy roads and highways into something more metaphorical -- it's like you're driving on the idea of a road, not the road itself. Not the feeling you'd want if you're into making like a race-car driver, but if it's creature comforts that appeal to you then the ride is mighty fine.
The vaunted Lexus quiet is on full display here, muting outside noise to the point where you could drive through a convention of plastic-bucket percussionists and hear nary a thump. It's a cocoon-like driving experience that, again, if you like having such things as road feel and handling feedback, you might not like.
But if a quiet, stately and eminently comfortable luxury ride are what you desire, then the Lexus has got you covered.
Just be sure to let the nice man demonstrate the parking system for you.


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Ever wanted to see some crazy Serbian driving around in car that's been cut in half? Then today's your lucky day! I kept waiting for him to flip the thing over on himself but the physics weren't there. And speaking of crazy Serbians: I used to know one. He drove a bright yellow VW GTI with a matching smiley face air freshener hanging from the rearview and an AK-47 in the trunk. I never rode with him.
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Toddler found wandering alone, shoeless along busy Prince George's road
A little boy around the age of two was found walking alone, shoeless and carrying a plate of food Thursday evening near a busy street in an area bordering Hyattsville and Landover, police say.
Prince George's County Police say at about 5:30 p.m. they received a report of the boy in the 600 block of Garrett Morgan Boulevard.
Police tell ABC7 News they searched, but could not find the child's parents or his home.
Then at around 9 p.m. a parent came forward, more than three 3 hours after the child was seen outside and alone.
The area where the child was found is near a very busy road that has townhouses on one side, apartments on the other.
The child was checked out at an area hospital as a precaution and appears to be unharmed.
Police are trying to determine who was caring for the child at the time he got out on his own.
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Avoid fiascoes with fiber optics
By Derek Montgomery
New technologies, such as mechanical, hydraulic, acoustic, and pneumatic systems, have always attempted to eliminate electricity from control systems in hazardous industrial environments. Today you're more likely to run into commercially viable optical systems.
Such technologies allow optical sensing in almost any industrial process—temperature, pressure, displacement, strain, liquid level, and electric field. Fiber optics are also durable and chemically inert. They fair well in atmospheres where metal electrodes are subject to corrosion, such as marine environments.
Fiber-optic control components offer advantages over electrical technology, and manufacturers often consider them first in situations where electrical devices suffer from extraordinary environments. Optical signals are unaffected by electric fields and radio interference, and you can route fibers without concern for antenna effects. You'll find manufacturers applying fiber optics mostly in the presence of high electric fields—electric power distribution stations, industrial microwave dryers, or locations near radio communication towers.
Because fiber-optic signals are not affected by electromagnetic interference, you don't need the sensor transmitter in the immediate vicinity of the measuring probe. Relatively long fiber runs can usually reach an electrically safe operating location where you don't need explosion-proof enclosures. You could put the opto-electronic converters in convenient intermediate locations and network them together on a standard data bus loop, connecting them either electronically or by data communication fibers.
In a typical fiber-optic control system, switches and sensors appear in the hazardous environment. They use only light transmitted by the optical fibers to convey control information. The opto-electronic conversion modules appear in a nonhazardous environment—connecting to a conventional electronic control system through a standard electrical interface. These modules are comprised of a light source, a photodetector, and processing electronics to interpret the optical signals and generate electrical outputs in accordance with protocols.
Ubiquitous acceptance in the commercial marketplace hasn't happened yet, however. And the main complaints remain—it's too expensive, and glass fiber is too difficult to install. Glass fibers tend to be fragile and you need to terminate, polish, and splice them using specialized equipment.
Plastic optical fiber might change all that. It looks and feels like fishing line, and you can trim it and terminate it with a simple tool in seconds. You can find plastic optical fibers with core sizes up to 1 millimeter in diameter, which dwarfs the glass varieties. They don't transmit light pulses as well as glass fibers, but the plastic is much tougher, which makes it more suitable for most industrial environments, without resorting to expensive cable protection. The plastic is not as transparent as glass, but the large core diameter means that much more light launches over relatively short distances, and the plastic fibers can deliver more illumination than their tiny glass counterparts.
Photon Control's fiber-optic temperature sensor has a special fluorescent material (phosphor) coating the tip of the fiber probe, which is in thermal contact with the measuring environment. Light-emitting diodes generate light that transmits down the fiber to the probe tip, which charges the phosphor. The phosphor then discharges the energy by emitting light, some of which the optical fiber transmits back to the photodetector. The signal generated by the photodetector processes electronically. You can determine the temperature of the phosphor by measuring the persistence of the fluorescent afterglow light.
Fiber optics have also become the standard interconnect medium for most data communication networks. Industrial plants are now using fiber optics for data communication to connect their control systems to their computer networks, so they can monitor industrial processes online. This fiber has a larger core than its long-distance counterpart, which makes it less expensive to terminate at the expense of operating distance.
The telecommunication-grade fiber has a microscopic core, which allows light pulses to travel great distances without distortion. The data communication–grade fiber has a somewhat larger core, but the light pulses rattle more inside its core, which distorts the communication signals and limits their operating range to less than a mile. The plastic-coated glass fiber has an even larger core and is commonly used in instrument illumination applications.
Fiber optics might not replace electricity for most industrial control applications any time soon, but the cost of this technology is competitive with conventional explosion-proof electrical systems. Guaranteed safety is perhaps an unrealistic goal, but optical fibers can play their part in reducing catastrophic risk one more notch. IT
Derek Montgomery is vice president of operations at Photon Control in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
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According to ABC News Australia, controversial Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has decided to run for a seat in Australia's Upper House. Not only does Assange aspire to become a political figure himself, but Wikileaks also claims to have its own candidate who will be running against incumbent Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.
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To make matters more complex though, Assange is currently on bail awaiting a decision by the British Supreme Court regarding his extradition to Sweden. Assange faces allegations of rape and assault from 2010. The Wikileaks founder has vehemently denied the sex-crime accusations, however, Assange claims such an extradition would pave the road to facing U.S. charges of espionage. Expectations of such charges stem from thousands upon thousands of sensitive military documents which were publicly exposed through Wikileaks' website.
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Labor not Lalor.
And stuff him, I hope he crashes and burns...
No, it's Lalor. And I genuinely wish him well in his endeavours.
He is a criminal. So yeah, he fits right in with politics...
Why is he a criminal?
He's a criminal cus he exposed the dirty side of the Americans and the rest of the worlds politicians. ahaha! but sad that he's now him self going to be one of them. One person cannot make a change in the system unless you happen to be NEO.
Guest said:
Why is he a criminal?
Probably a rapist of women: most definitely a rapist of the truth and an avowed supporter of terrorism. But hey, so are half of Obama's advisers, so I guess that's the new normal.
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Labor not Lalor.
It's lalor, as the quote says, actually. It's a political division of land: http://g.co/maps/z9amu
Probably a rapist of women: most definitely a rapist of the truth and an avowed supporter of terrorism. But hey, so are half of Obama's advisers, so I guess that's the new normal.
By the way the [link] so I wouldn't buy into these charges too much, in all probability when the likes of CIA get involved they can get anything done through legal or illegal means.
On the terrorism, modern terrorism stems from American's support of various factions who were fighting the Ruskies in Afghanistan during 1980s, ironically, their own game is now defeating the purpose of it, as except for couple of large cities they no longer have any control over the country they occupy, and are in desperate search of an face saving option.
So next time you want to convict someone, do a little research before jumping to the conclusion.
lol, should australia go to war against the U.S.A. in case julian assange wins in the senate (or australian parliament's prime minister position) and the U.S.A. insists on immediate extradition due to sensitive info leaks?
the U.S.A will get what it wants anyway for whatever reason just like in the case of general manuel noriega of panama, saddam hussein of iraq, moafar khadaffi of libya, ferdinand marcos of the philippines...
only fidel castro can resist the U.S.A.
maybe, hugo chavez is next when oil prices rise to undesirable levels.
I for one would vote for him, hopefully he would scare a few pollititans into doing the right thing for us all....there should be more like him entering pollitics.
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I for one would vote for him, hopefully he would scare a few politicians into doing the right thing for us all....there should be more like him entering pollitics.
Kinda agree with this statement, I know what he has done can be considered by some as bad, however, someone like this in politics would scare other politicians into doing the right thing and not for greed.
I think right now, given the choices, I would vote for this guy, I have more faith that he would not lie to the public (as much) as someone like David Cameron does.
in short - politicians are public persons and as such, they need to held accountable for their actions; thus exposing their secrets should be considered as good deed; a deed from a citizen who is concerned for the health of the society...
but then - is he?
This guy leaked classified military documents to the world when it wasnt his place to do so. That in and of itself is a crime. Whitewash it however you see fit, but the point still remains that he is a criminal. If he had done this in 1950 America he would have faced a military firing squad. Hes no "Hero". Hes no "Robin Hood" Hes just a cyberthug. Oh and to the person who posted above about America getting what they want with dictators......We didnt see ANY other country standing up to defend anyones rights except America. Can you honestly sit there at your computer with the whole worlds info at your fingertips and tell me that those ppl America went after didnt deserve it??
Khadifi...Human rights violations
Hussain.....Brutalizing his own ppl
Should we have left them to continue their horrible crimes?? It must be nice to be that blind if you believe that. Ppl claim America is a bully. Well sometimes you need to be a bully in order to save others. Its not nice or fair but NO ONE ELSE does anything. They all sit in their Parliments or other House of Law and mentally masterbate as to what they are going to do.
Stupido said:
in short - politicians are public persons and as such, they need to held accountable for their actions; thus exposing their secrets should be considered as good deed; a deed from a citizen who is concerned for the health of the society...
but then - is he?
I agree with you on this. Politicians know what they are getting into so if they are exposed for something they have done that is unethical I have no pity for them. And it is our job to dig for this type of stuff and bring it to light. However, when you start publishing top secret documents that can get military and/or clandestine operatives killed, then I have a problem with it.
Qadafi was simply kicked out by the US (& allies) on so called 'human rights violations' so to control that country by placing a subservient govt. Look what is the current state of Libya, nothing but utter chaos. Oh and did I missed the part played by Libyan oil (& water, Great Man-Made River) in this? Nope. Roughly the same for Saddam, in fact I remember US was made aware by the Saddam govt. that they intend to invade Kuwait, and Mr. Bush Sr. & Co. having armed and funded Saddam's army for a decade, looked the other way as it presented them with an opportunity to militarize ME to their own advantage.
If for one moment we accept your argument, what you make of Bahrain Govt. killing thousands of its own people who wanted 'freedom' from the clutches of American supported regime? Or to even greater extent the Yemeni Govt. killing even more of its citizens? Why no one wants to stop these 'human rights violations'?
To sum it up, human rights etc. are just slogans, the real objective is to sustain and prolong empire's dominance and protect its interests, and this they'll achieve with whatever means necessary.
To be able and by exposing the dirty side of the Americans and the rest of the worlds politicians or anyone else's info, he first commited a crime: violated information - so why should people vote for a crook to occupy so important chair?!!
What is he still out of JAIL?!!
One little question, the charges of raping was before or after he released all that dirty stuft about the us and friends?
psycros said:Guest said:
Why is he a criminal?
Probably a rapist of women: most definitely a rapist of the truth and an avowed supporter of terrorism. But hey, so are half of Obama's advisers, so I guess that's the new normal.
Does the little troll want a tasty baby to eat?
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This guy leaked classified military documents to the world when it wasnt his place to do so.
Whose place was it, Cheney's? He exposed a well established, smoothly running intel network because the handler's husband had criticized Cheney's little war industry project against that non-threat, Iraq. But don't let such facts get in your way.
As for classified military documents, the Pentaloons are now going through old, declassified documents and REclassifying them. How much absurd secrecy is enough?
If anyone ever made a convincing argument that Wikileaks had actually harmed any important military or diplomatic interests, or caused actual strategic or even tactical harm, I might be more sympathetic to b.s. like yours. But as near as I can tell, all Wikileaks did was embarrass a bunch of dishonest, power-greedy a**holes. Good for Wikileaks and good for the man who started it.
Anyhow, that rape charge reeks to high heaven. It stinks of power politics at its worst.
Obviously it wasnt his place to share those secrets. Regardless of whomever was responsable not leaking that info. The only FACT im stating is that he didnt have the security clearence to do what he did. It doesnt matter if you think what he did was "harmless" or not. If it was your dirty little secrets someone was releasing w/o your permission you would look for a way to get back at that individual.
Heres your convincing argument.........
Hes not military.
Hes not a member of Congress.
He is by definition a traitor.
To be factual, he is not traitor, as he is not a) an american, b) american laws are useless for rest of the world, as they can't be applied beyond its boundaries. Hence not being a citizen mean the charge of treason is irrelevant and useless.
Now what is left after this rationale is simple fact, that an empire is annoyed that its dirty little secrets have been brought into public sphere and it can't find any way to get even, but come up with false accusations / allegations / cases etc.
Actually it doesnt matter if he is a citizen of the US to be deemed a Traitor. He performed a malicious act against America and its interests. The rape charge isnt comming from the US. Its another country entirly that is saying he raped someone. America just wants its shot at prosecuting him for the crime he has commited.
Why Australia? Come to America! The government (among MANY other things) is horrendously corrupt here.
Assange would be a boon against corruption with whatever position he happens to get within that respective country's government. I hope he succeeds.
The world needed Wikileaks; it still does.
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NEW YORK (ExecuSpeak Dictionary) -- Is it a good deal? The fast answer is this: If it exceeds the hurdle rate. But there's more to it than just a number.
The hurdle rate is the measure used to determine if an investment is considered to be worth spending the money. It's used to compare and contrast a multitude of investment and project choices.
Most explanations indicate that the calculation is designed to make the decision (this investment vs. that investment vs. no investment) a quantitative and financial decision. Presumably, the hurdle rate considers risk. Thus projects to reduce costs are likely to have a lower hurdle than projects associated with new products since new products are more risky.
It is essential to understand that the hurdle rate varies. The decision makers have determined, in advance, which measure will be considered their "hurdle rate." The preferred measure to define the hurdle rate at one company may be return on investment (ROI). Another company prefers internal rate of return (IRR). Others might select net present value (NPV). Sometimes the hurdle rate is referred to as the "required rate of return." That's the first part.
The second element of the hurdle rate information is the actual number or the metric. There are lots of ways to select, or justify, the actual value once NPV or ROI or IRR is selected. The choice of interest rates (whether the formula uses 2% or 3% or 3.5%) selected for the cost of capital and the alternative investment (U.S. Treasuries or money market) are decisions. But even then the actual metric will vary since one venture capital (VC) firm may set their hurdle rate at an ROI of 30% on a project in cleantech while another venture capital firm may set the bar at 35%. Or a large corporation might use NPV to compare and contrast investments across divisions and subsidiaries. The choices made in selecting the composition of the formula -- the interest rate selected, the measurement selected (NPV or ROI or IRR), the way the calculation is used and discussed -- all provide insight into the investing group's priorities and values. Beyond this technical discussion of the metric, the number and the calculation, the hurdle rate is not about the number. It's a filter. It's a means of separating the wheat from the chaff to organize a potentially overwhelming set of investment choices and options. It's a management tool to organize a broad array of investment options. With the exception of the interest rate or cost of money element, it doesn't take strategy into consideration. But it aids in the discussion. Effectively, it's a way of getting the financials out of the way so the strategy discussion can begin. More from ExecuSpeak DictionaryIs your business scalable?
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In Europe, hatchbacks are premium cars. For every Citroen with crank windows, there's a Renault with power seats and navigation. Congested cities and high taxes all but force Europeans into smaller cars, so when they need a new one, they upgrade rather than upsize. Pricey compact cars, most of them hatchbacks, flood their roads.
Here, we've tended to see hatchbacks as compromise cars: too small for power, too large for savings. But today's hatches are too good to poo-poo. We've never seen so many expensive hatches on our shores, especially those priced above $30,000, like the Ford Focus ST andVolkswagen Golf R. The big-bucks Audi A3 has been a stateside hit for years. Even the Chevrolet Sonic, with its available leather and big alloys, is handily outselling its cheaper predecessor.
So why not make the sexiest and fastest hatchback the world has ever seen? Give it an enormous engine up front with the most deafening exhausts out back. Slap on complex chassis sensors, racing aerodynamics, and electronic differentials that can tackle every minute change in the road. Drench the entire cabin in exquisite leather, and while you're at it, make the rear seats fold flat. Ferrari did.
The 2013 FF is what happens when the most legendary racing team—from which the most terrifying, uncompromising, achingly beautiful road cars have ever been built—decides to get practical.
FF, short for "Ferrari Four," refers to the car's four seats and all-wheeldrive, the first of its kind in a Ferrari. Behind the driver, two grown adults have actual breathing room, and behind them, nets can secure grocery bags on a leather-lined cargo floor. Double-paned glass and magnetic shocks keep the ride quiet and smooth. A snow setting gives serious traction in thick powder. There's ample space for baby seats. Had Subaru built a supercar with 14 times its budget, this is what they'd make.
But Ferrari doesn't dare call the FF a hatchback, lest it be lumped alongside a Fiat. Among car collectors, the FF is a"shooting brake"like the MGB GT of the 1960s, or more recently, the BMW Z3 Coupe. Call it what you like. When you need to load a couple of 30-pound bags of dog food, the back of the FF cracks open like a Toyota Sienna (it even has a power liftgate button on the key fob). I didn't have to leave the Ferrari at home while running errands, not even once. Isn't that nice?
Being an all-in-one dream machine brings some compromise—not my average 7-mpg fuel economy, which is better than I expected—but as a design. The FF can't match the stunning aesthetics of other Ferraris like the 458, 599, and new F12 Berlinetta. Rather, it's a stranger kind of beautiful. In the front, bulging fenders and an elongated hood instantly define the FF as a proper GranTurismo—the kind of car built for long-distance cruising with maximum speed and comfort. But then, tracing the extra-large doors to the rear glass, your eyes expect the roof to slope gracefully toward the massive 20-inch tires. Instead, it stays oddly upright. And so, while everyone on the street gawks and knows this is a Ferrari, no one can explain why.
Take a week with it, and trust me, the words spill right out.
The FF is something mystical, if only because Ferrari always had a supernatural pull over my carobsessed childhood. But it's all real, from the moment I grab its red key to thumbing the red ignition button on the carbon fiber steering wheel. The starter motor winds up, takes a deep breath, then – Brrrrrapppahhhh! Birds scatter into the sky, and if any of my neighbors were still asleep, they're now catching earfuls of rasps and booms from the 6.3-literV-12. I give it some gas, and the FF barks and spits, growing into a siren that could level parking garages to rubble. I haven't gathered the courage to move.
Soon I can't see. On this chilly morning, exhaust fumes are spitting out the four pipes like a coal-fired steam locomotive. I hit the "R"button on the center console—there is no shifter, just this reverse switch and two carbon fiber paddles on the steering column—and my rearward view is totally clouded.Thankfully, my FF has the optional parking sensors—plus front and rear cameras—which all help me berth this long, wide supercar without sweating. Practical, remember.
Past city confines, the FF shrinks and glues itself to the surface. Acceleration is glorious. The 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox fires off rapid shifts at a searing redline, the Formula One-inspired rev counter flashing sharp, red dots on the steering wheel, the exhaust baffles opening and letting out a war cry. It's a curdling symphony of deep thrums and piercing shrieks, each upshift and downshift more rageful and violent than the last, a beautiful, obnoxious noise that would be banned by the Brookline Board of Selectman, could they ever catch it. Continued...


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East Aurora-based Fisher-Price, Inc. and Mattel, Inc. is writing a check $3 million to the future John R. Oishei Children's Hospital on the Buffalo-Niagara Medical Campus.
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MILAN — Ergonomics leader Humanscale will exhibit its latest designs at SaloneUfficio, International Workspace Exhibition within Salone Internazionale del Mobile at the Milan Furniture Fair 2013, which is the largest trade fair of its kind. Humanscale will showcase the Float™ height-adjustable table, the Element Disc™ task light, M/Flex™ monitor arm and the Diffrient Smart™ task chair at the Fair.
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