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A river in east central England that joins the Ouse River; a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion;

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  • Unfortunately my cam is a couple hours away and I have not been able to check it in almost a month.
  • The sound on this live cam is so good, I even hear insects buzzing.
  • My current cam is admittedly "last-gen," but it runs on regular AA cells.
  • Hey ... it even has a message board and a live web cam from the internet cafe.
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  • After the "cam" (part of the wheel or shaft that affects the motion of other parts of a machine) broke, they all tried to "calm" (relieve, bring an end to distress) the anxious driver.
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