Hip-hop artist Rick Fire says conditions are far better than they were twenty years ago.

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Tap Waterz and Rick Fire, the wheelchair-bound members of the Hip Hop duo Four Wheel City, at the start of the celebration.

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"We put down our roots, literally and figuratively, " Leanne Baum said, bouncing her curly-haired daughter on her hip before a roaring fire in her family room.

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While Mr Romney has come under a good deal of fire recently for gaffes, or shooting from the hip, it is only fair to point out that on China, Mr Obama has been triangulating - or adjusting his policy closer to those advocated by his critics - on trade relations with China.

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