I'm heading off to Reno today for the annual Convocation.   Unfortunately, due to the reduction in airline flights, what should be essentially a half day trip will be a whole day trip with a five-hour layover in Las Angeles.  As usual, I will post date some articles to auto-post while I'm away.  I will try to add additional posts while I'm there.  I'll have my new laptop with me and also my digital camera so I can get some pictures.  This year I may get to the Great Italian Festival on the eleventh and twelfth which I missed last year because I arrived in Reno on the last day of the festival.