<div dir="ltr">Hello! So far I have v<span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-b7f16c2f-7fff-0292-cac2-87494a9a365a"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">otes from Ranjit, Hitch, Eric, Pierre, Nick, Joshua, and Jim.</span></span><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">For all others, even if you did not submit an entry, p</span></font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">lease send one 2-point vote and one 1-point vote by the end of Tuesday, July 18. I'll tally them on Wednesday, July 19th, whenever I get around to it, on my first day of my first-ever sabbatical! (it's not that exciting, it is only 1 month)</span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Today is my last day in the office before sabbatical, and I will be working in Sacramento for the next 4 days. :-D</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">-Fran<br></font><div><div><span id="m_-1921509986626856079gmail-docs-internal-guid-91cd3a6c-7fff-8f1e-f651-e9a45dfacf2e"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">—</span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">loof, v., To oscillate in torsion, as a strap in wind.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">loof, n. A strong localized current of upward-moving cold air. Most commonly observed in the wake of a derecho.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">loof, n., A posting-house along a road.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">loof, n., a large piece of hard coral, often ground into powder. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Loof - v. - In curling, to use the edge of a slider shoe to provide a slight groove which alters a stone’s track.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">—</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">loof, n., 1. (chiefly Scot.) The palm of the hand.  2. (nautical) The tapering of a hull toward the stern.</span></p><br><p dir="l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