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I've been a chunky gal practically my entire life. Other than a few years in grade school - probably a growth spurt - I've been a little larger than most of my peers. Hey, I will give myself a break, I came into the world weighing a hefty 10.2 pounds. My poor mother.
As an adult, I've found ways to lose weight when I needed to. I used to be able to step up my exercise routine and lose 10-15 pounds. I went through a skinny phase after my divorce, subconsciously knowing that skinny girls get more dates than chubby ones. And I was right - they do.
So at age 46, I weighed more than I did when I was nine months pregnant. I weighed almost as much as my husband. I weighed 75 pounds more than the BMI scale said I should. I felt fat and miserable. My clothing crept out of the regular sizes and into plus sizes. I've always loved clothes, so that last one really hurt. I hated plus-size clothing. It's butt ugly.
The last straw was a picture I saw of myself. I was at an outdoor festival in the middle of August. I was wearing a long sleeved argyle sweater and khaki capris. I looked so uncomfortable. It was one of those rare photos that I wasn't trying to hide behind someone or something. I looked like a sausage squeezing out of those pants. There was no denying it. I was a fat chick.
Another thing happened around the same time. No guys checked me out anymore. Not a look, not a whistle, not a remark. Not that my life revolves around guys checking me out, but let's just say...it's no fun to be invisible.
I always thought that Weight Watchers was the best weight loss program out there. It was always the most sensible because you can eat real food. I do eat prepackaged food when I'm in a hurry, but mostly eat real food that I cook at home. And cooking is a real passion, so one of those programs where frozen food arrives in a box did not appeal to me at all. I faced the music - I was really going to have to make a lifestyle change.
My friend Lisa mentioned that she was ready to join Weight Watchers in March 2013. She'd already been through the program 20 years ago and had found success. She welcomed the opportunity to have a friend tag along. We both shared our weights with each other - very similar. That was oddly comforting. We also made the committment to attend meetings and weigh in every week, which is something I had never really thought would "work" for me. Looking back, I don't know what made me think that. Maybe it's because I didn't think I needed the help. But in reality, what I was doing wasn't working (which was NOTHING).
I ended up in a very supportive group of (mostly) women. All sizes, all shapes, in all stages of their weight loss. There are young athletic women who just need to lose a few pounds. There are women who have lost more than 100 pounds, sometimes over many years. There are a lot of women like me - middle-aged and looking to regain some control over our physical selves. There are people there for their health - Doctor's orders. Others are doing it to support a spouse or sister.
The Weight Watchers leader and the group who comes to the meetings are key components to why the meetings work. The leader makes sure that people get to tell their stories if they wish. She congratulates people on reaching their big goals, but also something as simple as a 5-pound increment. The group members tell personal stories about their struggles and victories. We discuss things that derail us as well and things that work.
If I could point to one thing that really makes it work, it's the weekly accountability of the weigh-in. Knowing that your progress will be measured and recorded does provide motivation to do well. At least it did for me. And when the scale doesn't budge for months for no particular reason, I have my leader and my group's words to get me through and keep me motivated. I also recognize the benefit of knowing how much I am eating every day and how to make better choices. As our leader often reminds us, we can eat anything we want - but does that donut really make sense? Probably not. I've also learned about power foods and the fact that choosing carefully really does make you more successful. And feel a heck of a lot better.
Given what I do for a living - I would be completely remiss if I didn't mention that our group has a very active private Facebook page where we share victories and failures. It's very inspiring to read what others in the group have to say.
I know that people have to meet this journey on their own terms, but this is what works for me. I highly recommend Weight Watchers! I've lost forty pounds and no longer wear plus sizes! I still have another 25 or so to lose, but I'm in control of that now. It will be a piece of cake. Well, maybe a rice cake!


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Authorities raided an orphanage in Keezhakuyilkudi near Nagamalai Pudukottai where a six-year-old girl was allegedly branded with hot candle wax.
District Child Protection Unit officials swooped on the orphanage on Thursday and rescued eight girls, aged between 6 and 8, who were allegedly subjected to physical abuse.
The plight of the girls came to light on Wednesday when a class teacher noticed a scar on a child's arm, which the girl said was caused by hot candle wax as a punishment for being late.
The teacher mentioned it to her husband who in turn alerted the child helpline.
The rescued children have been moved to another home.
A team comprising officials from the district child protection unit, anti-human trafficking unit of the rural police, child welfare committee and staff from the child helpline inspected the orphanage where the children were said to have been compelled to perform domestic chores in unhygienic conditions.
Preliminary enquiries revealed that 37-year-old Mark Kannan of Nagamalai Pudukottai ran the orphanage for the past two years without proper authorisation. The source of funding to the orphanage is under investigation.
"Though the orphanage employed eight staff to do household chores, the children were forced to wash dishes as well as clothes," alleged Jim Jesudass, director of Vidiyal, where the children are housed presently.
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It's November, and the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries detectives have a new mystery to solve. ''The twins' new neighbors are up to something! It's Thanksgiving, and a mysterious couple has moved in next door. Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy must work out the clues: The neighbors have built a tall wooden fence. They've bought some strange parts for making . . . something. They've even put up a suspicious tent in their backyard, with a big, scary dog to guard it. What could they possibly be hiding?
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Lethal type of dengue fever hits Mexico
The deadly hemorrhagic form of dengue fever is increasing dramatically in Mexico, and experts predict a surge throughout Latin America fueled...
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MEXICO CITY — The deadly hemorrhagic form of dengue fever is increasing dramatically in Mexico, and experts predict a surge throughout Latin America fueled by climate change, migration and faltering mosquito-eradication efforts.
Overall dengue cases have increased by more than 600 percent in Mexico since 2001, and worried officials are sending special teams to tourist resorts to spray pesticides and remove garbage and standing water where mosquitoes breed ahead of the peak Easter week vacation season.
Even classic dengue — known as "bonebreak fever" — can cause severe flulike symptoms, excruciating joint pain, high fever, nausea and rashes.
More alarming is that a deadly hemorrhagic form of the disease, which adds internal and external bleeding to the symptoms — is becoming more common. It accounts for one in every four cases in Mexico, compared with one in every 50 seven years ago, according to Mexico's Public Health Department.
While hemorrhagic dengue is increasing in the developing world, the problem is most dramatic in the Americas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Dengue is driven by longer rainy seasons some blame on climate change, as well as disposable plastic packaging and other trash that collects water. Migrants and tourists — including the many thousands of Americans expected for spring break this year — carry new strains of the virus across national borders, where mosquitoes can spread the disease.
The CDC says there's no drug to treat hemorrhagic dengue, but proper treatment, including rest, fluids and pain relief, can reduce death rates to about 1 percent.
Latin America's hospitals are ill-equipped to handle major outbreaks, and officials say the virus is likely to grow deadlier, in part because tourism and migration are circulating four strains across the region. A person exposed to one strain may develop immunity to that strain — but subsequent exposure to another strain makes it more likely the person will develop the hemorrhagic form.
Mexico's Public Health Department has sent hundreds of workers to the resorts of Puerto Vallarta, Cancún and Acapulco to try to avert outbreaks ahead of the Easter week vacation.
"We are working intensively, both the federal and state governments, on [these] three sites that we want to keep under control, so that it doesn't become a risk for tourists," said Pablo Kuri, head of Mexico's National Center for Epidemiology and Disease Control.
The Canadian Embassy in Mexico City issued an alert about dengue after five Canadians were sickened in Puerto Vallarta this year. Acapulco, a city of 700,000, has documented 549 cases of classic and hemorrhagic dengue in the first two months of 2007, up from 86 in the same period last year.
Dengue is mostly a problem in tropical slums, where trash collection and sanitation are not as good as in tourist areas.
In January and February, Mexico's dry season, there were 1,589 cases of both types of dengue nationwide, up 380 percent from the same period in 2006, Kuri said. And last year was also bad for dengue: Mexico documented 27,000 infections overall — including 4,477 hemorrhagic cases and 20 deaths — compared with 1,781 cases overall in 2001.
Dengue has been found along the U.S.-Mexico border, where 151 classic and 46 hemorrhagic cases were recorded last year in the Gulf state of Tamaulipas, south of Texas.
A 1922 outbreak in Texas infected a half-million people. And according to the CDC, dengue returned to southern Texas in 1980 after a 35-year absence. Occasional cases since then have included hemorrhagic dengue.
The global solution to dengue outbreaks is mosquito control, and faltering eradication efforts, together with climate change, probably share blame for dengue's rise in the Americas, Kuri said.
A successful eradication program in Latin America in the 1960s sent the disease into remission, but economic crises and government downsizing sapped those efforts over the next two decades.
Paraguay declared a state of emergency in March after 17 people died of hemorrhagic dengue and an estimated 400,000 were infected with the milder "classic" form of the disease. The government sent soldiers into the streets in an emergency campaign to spray insecticides and clean up stagnant water.
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Anyone else notice that you cannot view a users profile?Submitted by declarationofre... on Thu, 04/17/2008 - 13:49
It continues to say: "Page not found". It has done so for over a week. Are we being denied means to communicate to one another?? Why can't we use the search function either?
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Now can you see my profile?
All that gobbledegook is indicative of a bug in the system query language (sql, pronounced "sequel"). Although things are a little funky here technologically speaking since the attempted upgrade, we are still able to communicate with each other, so that's one for the "good" column.
Manystrom alerted us that when he started the upgrade attempt, he discovered the issues with the site were much greater than he had originally anticipated, which frankly, happens often enough with programming. No conspiracy, just Fun With Drupal.
So, no, we can't see profiles right now; also the search function here isn't working (but you can always search via Google), and other bizarre things are happening. I'm sure Manystrom is aware of the issues and will upgrade as he can. Perhaps in the meantime, we could buy some of his stickers (which look pretty cool, btw) to help pitch in for more servers or whatever it is he needs to help upgrade the site. After all, helping him ultimately helps us. :)
Login huge error message??
At least, the login works (very slowly/logout very slow, as well)
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You can't search archives anymore....maybe that will be up and running soon?
.. the backing database table(s) weren't restored after the failed upgrade attempt...
when I signed on
I got an error message or warning that was highlighted in a pink box. I don't know what the heck that was all about. Maybe we're about to get "hit" again..............
.. just a cms hiccup. Drupal isn't the smoothest piece of software around.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LucidWorks, the trusted name in Search, Discovery and Analytics, today announced that New Idea Engineering, a leading search technology consulting company, is now a part of LucidWorks. The New Idea Engineering team will allow LucidWorks to meet the growing demand for search expertise as companies worldwide choose Lucene/Solr to transform mountains of information and big data into invaluable insights that can create tangible business benefits. New Idea Engineering's team, Miles Kehoe, Mark Bennett and Evan Sayer, are joining LucidWorks' engineering and professional services groups, thereby adding high caliber talent to the company's cadre of Apache Lucene/Solr open source search experts.
"At no time in history has enterprise search been so crucial," said Paul Doscher, president and CEO of LucidWorks. "The technology has become a critical ingredient in managing and understanding information in a way that immediately impacts business decisions to create competitive advantage. We're thrilled to have the proven authorities from New Idea Engineering join us in our quest to help customers reap those benefits and meet new data challenges head on. Miles, Mark and Evan bring coveted talent to LucidWorks, adding to a collective knowledge base that far surpasses that of our competitors."
Miles Kehoe and Mark Bennett founded New Idea Engineering in 1996 to focus on the business and technology of search. They bring more than 40 years of collective enterprise search experience to LucidWorks, with deep knowledge across all major commercial search platforms. Kehoe joins as director of professional services where he will oversee a team of high-caliber consultants working side-by-side with LucidWorks customers to successfully implement their mission critical search applications. Bennett joins the engineering team where his seniority and talent will be leveraged within core engineering projects to further product innovation. Sayer joins professional services as a member of the consulting team reporting directly to Kehoe.
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Officials see positives in commercial sector
What's the future of commercial real estate in Henrico County?
On Sept. 22, 120 members of the Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate (GRACRE) got a glimpse of it on what was billed as GRACRE's first real estate bus tour.
Beginning at North Shore Commons in Innsbrook, the three sold-out buses traveled to nine featured locations and made four stops, most of them in Henrico.
Among other western Henrico sites, riders viewed the vacant Deep Run I, which previously housed Circuit City offices but will soon serve as headquarters for travel insurance company Mondial Assistance US. Also located along the route were Glen Forest's Highland I – notable as the first project on the East Coast to use an innovative weight-saving structural system – and Towne Center West, the westernmost mixed-used development tied to Short Pump Town Center and the future Gayton Road flyover.
Riders disembarking at West Broad Street and Lauderdale Drive were treated to a peek at the buildings under construction at The Corner at Short Pump, where new retailers will include Toys 'R Us, Bassett Furniture and Olive Garden – all scheduled to open in spring of 2012.
The Corner is already something of a boom town, riders learned, thanks to the Kroger that opened in July 2010. In a typical week, the store attracts an average of 30,000 customers and grosses $1 million in sales.
Among the passengers on the bus was Kathleen Finderson, a director at management consulting firm Warren Whitney, who said she came on the tour so that she could better help clients with real estate needs.
"A lot of what's available, and the price points of what's available, are changing so fast," said Finderson. "I need some ideas of what's out there, what spaces are like, what access is like, and what amenities are like."
A resident of South Richmond, Finderson observed that the Short Pump bus stops were the real eye-openers on the trip.
"It amazed me," she said, "because [my husband and I] never come out here."
Optimism at West Broad Village
Bryan Kornblau, CEO of Eagle Construction, welcomed tour-goers at the stop at the West Broad Village clubhouse, and described an outlook that has swung from disastrous to decidedly optimistic in the course of the last two years.
"In the summer of 2009, this project was very close to foreclosure," said Kornblau, ticking off a list of woes that included multiple lawsuits and a builder in Chapter 11. "Twenty-three prospective townhouse residents were living in the Aloft Hotel, and couldn't close on their property – because where you are standing was red clay."
But on Christmas Eve of that year, said Kornblau, a group of investors formed what would become Markel|Eagle Asset Management LLC, and the turnaround began in earnest. By Memorial Day 2010, the clubhouse had opened and new residential units were well underway, and by June the Children's Museum of Richmond (CMOR) had moved into the Village.
"CMOR really jump-started the empty [retail] space," said Kornblau, who listed a string of soon-to-open retailers that includes the Atlantic Coast Athletic Club (ACAC), Bonefish Grill, and Halligan's West. That's in addition to the already-established anchors such as Aloft Hotel, REI, HomeGoods, Dave & Busters, the Wine Loft, and a Whole Foods store that ranks in the top 15 in the nation for sales.
Innsbrook rebound
Members of the Innsbrook community have seen a turnaround in the 30-year-old office park as well, as Paul Kreckman of Highwoods Properties told the bus riders. After a vacancy rate that slipped to 25 percent in 2009, Innsbrook is back up to closer-to-normal levels in the single digits.
But Kreckman has no intention of sitting back and waiting for improvement to continue. Innsbrook needs to change, he said.
"It's a nice suburban office park," said Kreckman. "But if we don't [face] the future, it's never going to be more than that."
At North Shore Commons, tour participants heard descriptions and browsed renderings of Innsbrook Next, a 188-acre project for urban mixed use that is still in the preliminary zoning application phase. The new zoning would allow for buildings as tall as 16 stories, which would be constructed on both parking lots and undeveloped land.
Most of the new buildings would top out at "eight to ten stories, max," said Kreckman. "I think we can be more 'up' without being really tall.
"We're going to try to keep that same green space we have," he added, "only at the same time going more upward in our parking lots."
The added density would enable Highwoods to develop 1,000 hotel rooms and 6,000 apartment and condo units, in addition to new office and retail space. Development will be completed in phases, with the first phase beginning as early as spring 2012. If all goes as planned, the changes would help bring a projected 14,688 new permanent jobs to Innsbrook in the next 20 years.
'Aren't we smart!'
A dozen or so miles down Broad Street, The Shops at Willow Lawn is also undergoing a transformation.
On Sept. 27, members of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Young Leaders Group visited Willow Lawn for a look and a presentation entitled, "The New Normal: Repositioning and Rethinking or 'Refashioning' a Historic Richmond Mall."
Richmond's original suburban mall, Willow Lawn has evolved from its 1956 opening as an outdoor shopping center typical of the time, to its repositioning as an enclosed mall in 1986, to its reincarnation as an outdoor center.
As John Tschiderer of Federal Realty Investment Trust – the company that bought Willow Lawn in 1983 – told ULI members, "Here it is 28 years later; and here we are, still repositioning."
Using a collection of old photos to illustrate the center's history, Tschiderer pointed to a 1987 picture of the newly-enclosed mall that was placed prominently in the company's annual report. At the time, he said, company executives considered their makeover of the center quite an accomplishment.
"'We turned an open air community shopping center into a mall!'' Tschiderer drily quoted Federal's leaders as exclaiming. "'Aren't we smart!"
Everyone knows what happened next, Tschiderer continued. Retail – eventually including Willow Lawn anchor Dillard's – began marching westward, and the mall began to decline.
In 2006, Federal Realty began the "de-malling" process, removing enclosed sections and taking the center back to its roots as a walkable outdoor mall. Stores that include Old Navy, Lane Bryant, Victoria's Secret, GNC, and Chick-fil-A are relocating, and new restaurants, shops and cafes are being enticed to locate in the open areas. Although the center of the mall is still under construction, said Tschiderer, the exterior space is 100 percent leased.
In addition, the mall has been hosting regular family events such as Mommy and Me and Imagination Richmond, which have seen substantial increases in attendance, sponsorship, and merchant participation, said Sarah North of Federal Realty. Plans for a festival of arts, garden parties, jazz festivals, concerts and a farmer's market are also in the works.
While programs at other outdoor malls have declined due to the economy, Tschiderer pointed out, programs at Willow Lawn have expanded, and are drawing participants from as far away as Ashland and Chesterfield.
The reason for the success, he surmised, has to do with the center's reacquiring of that quality that malls have been missing for so long: a sense of place. Willow Lawn – once a destination for family activities from fashion shows to "Dino-land" exhibits – has become once again a community center and a place to take the kids or just "hang out."
Still far from stable
Despite the optimistic reports at the ULI breakfast and on the GRACRE tour, the commercial real estate industry in Henrico County – as in the rest of the region and the nation – is still a long way from achieving anything resembling stability. In recent weeks, as investors have backed off and financing has become more difficult, headlines have noted a faltering in the industry's slow recovery of the last year or two.
What's more, a Henrico County submarket – Parham South – bears the distinction of the highest vacancy rate in the region: 18.7 percent for the second quarter of 2011, according to real estate brokerage Thalhimer.
Birck Turnbull, a vice president for Thalhimer, attributes Parham South's decline not only to aging buildings, but a lack of access.
"Just like in the retail market, [office buildings] become a little tired and outdated after 20-plus years. People want newer buildings with better access to the highway and parking," said Turnbull, noting that Innsbrook and Deep Run offer quicker and easier access to Interstate 64 than the Parham Road corridor.
In general, however, the Henrico market from Glenside Drive west to Route 288 is a strong one, said Turnbull – thanks to the county's residential growth to the west and the tendency for commercial growth to follow rooftops.
"Suburban office parks aren't going to go out of fashion, but there will be a push for more density," he said, praising Innsbrook Next developers for their foresight in moving to high rises and mixed use.
"There's not going to be a new perimeter beyond 288," he predicted. "[Route] 288 is probably going to be it for awhile."
'Big driver' catalysts
Turnbull also noted that while the local market has weathered the massive vacancies left by the departure of Land America, Wachovia, and Circuit City, one company filled the gap almost singlehandedly: Capital One. What Henrico could use now, Turnbull said, is another "big driver" or intense office user to serve as a catalyst and kick-start a recovery.
And while he sees hopeful signs in the success of sites such as West Broad Village and The Corner at Short Pump, Turnbull pointed out that both of those projects were underway before the 2008 economic downturn, and required new owners to get them back on track. Although the "second-generation" owners have given the projects new life, projects have fallen short of original projections for pace of growth and level of rents.
To the east, Turnbull said, Henrico's biggest success stories have been Rocketts Landing (which recently added its first restaurant on the county side) and The Shops at White Oak Village.
"The success of White Oak has been surprising," said Turnbull, pointing out that a comparable mall on Route 288 in Midlothian is struggling. "People didn't think the population base was out there to support a big lifestyle marketplace."
Willow Lawn's makeover is another surprise, said Turnbull. "I would have predicted Willow Lawn would have gone the way of Cloverleaf Mall."
Whatever improvements might be in store for Henrico's commercial real estate market, say experts, they won't be dramatic ones. The market has yet to settle out after the shocks and fluctuations of recent years, said Turnbull, and the county is "definitely overbuilt" in the retail sector.
"There's going to be a long period of time to [fully recover]," said Turnbull. "We need some time to absorb."
As John Tschiderer summed it up at the ULI presentation, "It's an evolving process . . . an evolving education, and evolving markets.
"It's going to be a slow burn."
MADD to host candlelight vigil Dec. 2 at UR
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) will host a candlelight vigil of remembrance and hope Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. at the University of Richmond, outside the Cannon Chapel. The public is invited to attend and join MADD to honor victims of impaired driving crashes, while helping to remind the community to be safe during the holidays. > Read more.
Tournament supports adoption efforts
Among participants at the Seventh Annual Coordinators2Inc Golf Tournament and awards luncheon Oct. 3 were (from left) Rebecca Ricardo, C2 Inc executive director; Kevin Derr, member of the winning foursome; Sharon Richardson, C2 Inc founder; and Frank Ridgway and Jon King, members of the winning foursome.
Held at The Crossings Golf Club, the tournament will benefit placement of children from Virginia's foster care system into permanent families through Coordinators2. > Read more.
A.C. Moore to host winter craft day for kids
Event will help kick of Marine Corps' 'Toys for Tots' campaign
All 140 A.C. Moore locations will serve as drop-off centers this year for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, and all toys collected will stay in the local communities served by the stores in which they are donated.
On Saturday, Nov. 15, the Willow Lawn location will kick off the month-long program by hosting a "Make & Take" craft event for kids. Children ages six and older will be able to make a craft and take it home with them. Representatives from the Marines will be in-store to teach customers about the Toys for Tots program. A.C. Moore team members will be on site to help with the crafts. > Read more.
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Authentically Italian
Bella's feels – and tastes – like Italy should
Short Pump is known for its share of chain restaurants and strip malls, but diners looking for something more distinct can certainly find it without heading downtown or to nearby Charlottesville.
In fact, local husband-and-wife restaurateurs Valeria Bisenti and Doug Muir brought a taste of Charlottesville (and Italy) to Short Pump when they took a chance and opened Bella's second location in the same shopping strip as Wal-Mart and Peter Chang China Cafe. (Bella's original location is on Main Street in downtown Charlottesville.)
For a local Italian restaurant, Bella's is as "Mom and Pop" as its gets. Valeria is Mom, and Doug is Pop. Since its opening about six months ago, diners have been eating rich comfort foods and drinking Italian wines. > Read more.
Restaurant watch
Find out how your favorite dining establishments fared during their most recent inspections by the Virginia Department of Health. > Read more.
'Sizing Up!' opens at Cultural Arts Center
The Cultural Arts Center unveils a new exhibit – "Sizing Up!" – Nov. 20-Jan. 18 in the Gumenick Family Gallery.
Artist Chuck Larivey has spent the past three years "sizing up" – creating large-scale oil paintings that are designed to engage their viewers in a monumental way by using size to captivate them and make them a part of the artistic experience.
The exhibit is appropriate for all ages and is free and open to the public at the center, located at 2880 Mountain Road in Glen Allen. > Read more.
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