Dr. Don McKenzie started the first cancer survivor team in 1996.

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Team Survivor members paddle their dragon boat.

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Harvard Medical School professor Rudy Tanzi takes advantage of cutting-edge research to show the way to maximize the brain’s potential.

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San Diego organization, Mom's United to End the War on Drugs is bringing attention to family devastation caused by the drug war with photographs of empty chairs at the holiday table.

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Horton Plaza Shopping Center in Downtown San Diego

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Parking attendants search for a clogged drain in Seattle Monday. Pacific storms are rolling across the Northwest, according to the National Weather Service.

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Contemporary folk rockers Flogging Molly take the stage with highlights from their career.

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Mumford & Sons perform cuts from their hit album "Sigh No More," as well as new tunes.

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Coronado-based author Maggie Shipstead, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize awarded to authors under the age of 30.

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“Mother’s Quilt” ©Faith Ringgold, 1983.

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Handwoven dye patterned scarf by Randall Darwall and Brian Murphy.

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Handwoven dye patterned blouse by Randall Darwall and Brian Murphy.

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Brian Murphy, designer, and Randall Darwall, handweaver.

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Consuelo Jimenez Underwood working on a moon rebozo.

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“Rebozos de la Frontera: Noche,” by Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, 2001.

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“Undocumented Border Flowers,” by Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, 2010.

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Ricky McCoy Jr. spreads his son's ashes in the planting bed for the memorial tree.

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“Sonny’s Quilt” by Faith Ringgold. ©Faith Ringgold, 1986.

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Jasiri Lacey shares a few words about his brother Rickquese McCoy, who was killed in a June 30 shooting. Residents on 44th Street honored McCoy with a tree-planting ceremony earlier this month.

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“The American People Series #9: The American Dream” ©Faith Ringgold, 1964.

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“Echoes of Harlem” ©Faith Ringgold, 1980.

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“Cotton Fields, Sunflowers, Blackbirds and Quilting Bees,” Faith Ringgold. ©Faith Ringgold, 1997, The American Collection, #8.

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Quilter Terese Agnew of Wisconsin.

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“Practice Bomber Range in the Mississippi Flyway,” 2002, by Terese Agnew.

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“Cedar Waxwings at the AT & T Parking Lot,” 1996, by Terese Agnew.

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“The D.O.T. Straightens Things Out,” 1999, by Terese Agnew.

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“Portrait of a Textile Worker,” 2011, by Terese Agnew.

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Detail of “Practice Bomber Range in the Mississippi Flyway,” 2002, by Terese Agnew.

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Quartermaster Seaman Jonathan Roundtree takes the E-4 advancement exam on the mess decks aboard the mine countermeasures ship USS Warrior.

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Faith Ringgold with “Tar Beach,” 2011.

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Mario Bahena, 18, shows the work permit he received last week. Information on the permit has been obscured in this photo.

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Lia Cook, "Facing Touch."

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Clary Illian, "Tea Bowls," Collection of Sanjay and Jigna Jani, and Collection of Todd Thelen & Eric Dean.

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Jeff Oestreich, "Beaked Pitcher."

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Warren Mackenzie, "Yellow Box."

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Tanya Aguiñiga, "Felt Chairs."

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Tanya Aguiñiga, "Modular Lounge."

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Tanya Aguiñiga in her 2011 installation at the Craft and Folk Art Museum, "Crossing the Line."

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A shelter dog at the Helen Woodward Animal Center.

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Patricia Dixon

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(l-r): Celia Imrie as Lady Glenmire, Barbara Flynn as Mrs. Jamieson, Alex Jennings as Rev. Hutton, Imelda Staunton as Miss Octavia Pole, Judi Dench as Matty Jenkyns and Julia McKenzie as Mrs. Forrester. The sequel to "Cranford," based on the novels of Elizabeth Gaskell, tells the story of everyday life in a small Cheshire market town.

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Evan Szablowski

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Imelda Staunton returns as Miss Pole in the sequel to the Emmy-nominated "Cranford" miniseries, based on the novels of Elizabeth Gaskell.

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Dame Judi Dench returns as Miss Matty in the sequel to the Emmy-nominated "Cranford" miniseries, based on the novels of Elizabeth Gaskell.

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Ancient Mayans were the first to use chocolate.

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Colossus and two operators from the Women’s Royal Naval Service, Dorothy Du Boisson (left) and Elsie Booker.

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British engineer Tommy Flowers

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Bill Tutte

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Thanksgiving dinner

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Staff Sgt. Rayvon Battle Jr.

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F-35B

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Members of the New Democratic Coalition (L-R) Representative-elect Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA), Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA), Chairman Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI), Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), Rep. John Carney (D-DE) and other coalition members hold a news conference about the impending 'fiscal cliff' and other economic issues November 15, 2012 in Washington, DC.

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Some Republicans are betting that President Obama won't push for a Susan Rice nomination if it could jeopardize negotiations with the GOP on things like the budget, or immigration.

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