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- Individualized therapy services tailored to getting you results.
- Physical therapy services utilize:
- Heat treatments, to treat injuries, pain, and to help restore mobility.
- The ultimate goal of physical therapy at JAG Physical Therapy is to restore mobility, reduce pain, prevent disability, and improve the overall health and fitness of our patients.
- Learn more about physical therapy in NJ and NY, here.
- Coming back from a surgical procedure can be difficult.
- Unfortunately, sometimes surgery is the only answer to solving pain or a trauma injury. Surgery is hard, but the recovery is often even worse.
- Working with the experts in Post Operative care at JAG Physical Therapy will make the recovery process easier by helping you cope with pain and to prevent further injury from occurring.
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- At JAG Physical Therapy, we truly believe that prevention is the best medicine.
- Our injury prevention programs for athletes work to strengthen the body to prevent common injuries in the muscles, bones, and tendons that occur from both overuse and trauma.
- The prevention of injury program will strengthen vulnerable parts of the body, leaving you less susceptible to injury.
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- Rehabilitation includes a variety of different techniques utilized by our physical therapists to address the patient’s injury.
- We take the time to develop an individualized rehabilitation plan depending on each patient’s condition.
- Our orthopedic rehabilitation team is comprised of the best physical therapists in the country, all who have the ultimate goal to treat, rehabilitate, recondition, and get the patient back to their regular daily physical activities.
- Learn more about the rehabilitation programs in NJ and NY here.
- At JAG Physical Therapy, we specialize in the treatment of the athlete.
- When athletes sustain an injury, many don’t allow for the proper rehabilitation to get their body healed, leading to further problems.
- The Return to Sport program at JAG Physical Therapy was designed with the athlete in mind, to get you necessary therapy in a timely manner, so that you can get back to your sport stronger than ever.
- Learn more about the Return to Sport program, here.
- Maintain the progress made in physical therapy with individualized post-rehabilitation.
- This program was designed by the professionals at JAG Physical Therapy to give patients next steps for maintaining and building upon the progress they made while in physical therapy.
- Building upon what you learned in rehabilitation, individual post-rehabilitation, we will work with each patient as an individual to continue the progress.
- Learn more about Individual Post-Rehab, here.
- Many people head to the gym looking to jump into a new workout routine, and end up overwhelmed with where to start or even worse, injured.
- If you have been out of the game for a while, or are looking for better results, then the JAG Physical Therapy fitness service is just for you.
- Our expert physical therapists and athletic trainers will create an individualized plan to get you in the best shape of your life, efficiently and safely.
- Learn more about Fitness Service in NY and NJ here.
- Improve your running efficiency and gain essential information about your running style with the help of JAG Physical Therapy!
- Video Gait Analysis is an incredible technology that analyzes your running style.
- Simply jump onto our treadmill for a quick run, and the experts at JAG Physical Therapy will analyze where you can improve running efficiencies.
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- Our top of the line equipment is designed to build strength and endurance when recovering from an injury.
- JAG Physical Therapy invested in high quality equipment to ensure our patients get the maximum benefits and strength while enrolled in any of our services or programs.
- We have a wide range of machines and equipment by Cybex throughout all of our facilities in NY and NJ so that we never have to take shortcuts when treating patients.
- JAG Physical Therapy has highly trained nutritionists to provide expert care for our patients.
- The nutritionist will design a meal plan for you dependent on your individual goals.
- Following the nutritionist’s guidance alongside your program at JAG Physical Therapy is an excellent way to maximize the benefits of physical therapy or rehabilitation.
- Learn more about Nutritional Consultation in NY and NJ here
- Massage therapy helps relieve pain and restore mobility to tight and sore muscles.
- The massage therapy at JAG Physical Therapy expands upon the massage you will get in a typical physical therapy session, allowing for an extended massage session.
- Leave JAG Physical Therapy feeling refreshed and pain-free with deep tissue massage therapy from the experts.
- Learn more about Massage Therapy in NY and NJ here
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Physical Therapy for TMJ
Our Physical Therapy Programs help Pain, tightness, locking and clicking of the jaw are signs of TMJ. Physical therapy and specialized techniques work to restore motion and relieve pain in the jaw. Learn more about the benefits of physical therapy for TMJ, here
Post Offer Employment Testing in New Jersey
Reduce injury on the job with a pre-hire screening for new employees known as POET (Post Offer of Employment Testing). This trusted program is dedicated to improving health and employee safety. Click here for more information on POET Testing.
Functional Capacity Evaluation Testing in New Jersey
Reliable evaluation is vital toward measuring the effectiveness of a treatment plan following an injury or disability. FCE Testing will ensure that JAG Physical Therapy is always providing the best treatment plan. Learn more about FCE Testing.
Women’s Health Programs at JAG Physical Therapy
The female body requires unique wellness services. A variety of female-oriented programs at JAG Physical Therapy are offered to ensure that a woman’s pain is safely and properly addressed. Learn more about our women’s health programs.
Overcome symptoms related to vertigo such as impaired balance, dizziness, and light-headedness with vestibular physical therapy. We will help you return to your prior way of life, before vertigo took over. Learn more.
Safety First! Slips and Falls Prevention Program
As we age, slips and falls become much more dangerous. Prevention is the best medicine, so come learn from the professionals at JAG Physical Therapy! Learn more about Safety First.
We Teach L.E.S.S. Lower Extremity Strengthening System
As the base of our body, the lower body needs to be strong. This intense program works to strengthen the lower extremities to prevent common injuries. Learn more about L.E.S.S.
Take Strokes Off Your Game with JAG Physical Therapy’s Golf Fitness Program
Identify the limitations and faults in your golf game to prevent injury and become a better player. Our TPI evaluation and treatment methods are guaranteed to improve your long-term game. Learn more.
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Health and Wellness Series
Attend a complimentary program to learn important tips for injury prevention. Stay healthy and have fun with the help of JAG Physical Therapy. Learn more about our complimentary wellness series.
JAG Physical Therapy
We connect the community through complimentary educational series aimed at injury prevention and leading healthy lifestyles. Attend one of these sessions led by the professionals at JAG Physical Therapy. Learn more here.
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This therapeutic technique addresses soft tissue injuries to decrease tension. This technique allows us to achieve better outcomes. Learn more about the Graston Technique.


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Desaer plans to build its new aircraft factory in Araxá (MG) and the estimate is that R$ 250 million will be invested and 1,000 new jobs will appear by the end of 2024, the date on which the factory can be inaugurated.
The Municipality of Araxá (MG) granted an area of 277,800 m², attached to the Municipal Airport, this Wednesday (13), to Desaer Desenvolvimento Aeronáutico. The site will receive an initial planned investment of US$ 250 million and the estimate is that 1 thousand jobs generated, either directly or indirectly. Such investments are for the site to soon receive the start of construction of a company's aircraft factory so that the commercial, defense and freighter markets are served by Desaer.
Aircraft factory in Araxá is scheduled to open in 2024
According to Evandro Fileno, the CEO of Desaer, the estimate is that by the end of 2024, the aircraft factory will already be in activity and seeking to meet purchase contracts already signed. According to Fileno, one of the concepts that served as the basis for the development of the aircraft factory in Araxá (MG) was to attract partners to the country, contributing to the generation of new jobs for the region and for Brazil.
The estimate is now to encourage the arrival of other companies that may be suppliers of the aircraft factory, in addition to encouraging the opening of higher education courses aimed at this sector.
According to Juliano Cesar da Silva, municipal secretary for Economic Development, Tourism and Innovation, the feasibility of the arrival of Desaer in Araxá (MG) will not only favor the local economy, but also technological development. Cesar also states that it is a great milestone for the city to have a large investor, mainly in the innovation sector, which is one of the bets of the current administration, with the objective of attracting new companies and promoting the qualification of manpower and generation of jobs.
Desaer's Aircraft Factory is in the final stages to release the works
Cesar informs that before the works, the project must also meet the various standards established by the National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac), which is responsible for approving the project, considering that the location of the aircraft factory in MG is 20 meters from the airport.
With the aim of valuing the people of the municipality, the architecture students of the Centro Universitário do Planalto de Araxá will be responsible for the development of the factory project, which is also seen as a way of contemplating talent.
During the signing of the contract with the city of Araxá (MG), Fileno said that in the next few days he should go to the capital for approvals to be released, given that the company plans to deliver an aircraft already contracted and that should be produced in Araxá at the end of 2024. Just for the production of the ATL-300 model the company plans to invest more R$ 500 million.
Students from Araxá (MG) will also participate in the project
Another project that will have the participation of students from Araxá is a closed partnership with the Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais (Cefet-MG) so that within two years, citizens of the municipalities will be able to meet the demand of the sector, even if the secretary estimates that professionals from other parts of the country should also migrate to the municipality in view of the company's knowledge requirements.
It is worth mentioning that, in recent days, the Municipality of Araxá announced the renovation works of the airport, which has not received domestic flights since the beginning of the pandemic due to lack of demand.

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What do you do when your closest friends find love and settle down, but you haven’t? That’s the question behind the New Theatre’s latest production, Significant Other.
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A Virginia family was forced to grieve the loss of their daughter for a second time after an urn containing her ashes was stolen from their car.
Now they’re hoping whoever is responsible has a change of heart.
Brandy Kaufman told NewsNation affiliate WRIC her dream came true when she found out she was pregnant with a daughter in 2006.
She received some devastating news a week and a half before her due date.
“I went for a check-up and they told me they couldn’t find her heartbeat,” Kaufman said. “My doctor sat down and cried with me having to tell me that she’d passed.”
JulieAnne Hope Kaufman was stillborn on Nov. 14, 2006.
Her ashes were placed in a handcrafted urn with her name, birthday and a quote inscribed on it. The quote read: “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.”
This year, Kaufman said she got a new job in Florida and before her family made the drive down, she decided to spend Thanksgiving with her parents in Chesterfield, Virginia.
Sometime between Friday night into Saturday morning, she said their car was broken into.
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Now, the family is hoping for a miracle.
“I’ve cried and I’ve sobbed,” Kaufman said. “Words can’t describe; everything else can be replaced. Anything else that was taken from my car, I’m not concerned with. I just want her back.”
The family is offering a $1,000 reward for the return of their priceless items.
Chesterfield County Police are investigating this incident and ask anyone with information to give them a call.


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When Football Gets Political
I don’t know much about football. If you asked me to discuss the differences between Tom Brady and Eli Manning, I would struggle to find the right answer (unless, of course, one was clutching a deflated football.) I’ve never paid much attention to this aspect of an all-American world, full of team pride and fantasy football leagues. But, when Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem back in August of 2016, football had my full attention.
Here was a famed athlete, kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial inequality. He had everything to lose when he made that move, and he must’ve known it. One cannot comment on race in this country without a considerable amount of backlash. When asked for comment, Kaepernick said, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.” That statement was bold, and it resonated. Across the country, people were divided on Kaepernick’s peaceful protest. Some believed that this protest was the embodiment of our democracy while others thought it was dishonorable. But Kaepernick is just one man in a sea of thousands. How much of an impact could he really have?
Fast forward to the present day. Kaepernick can’t get signed to a team. He is too controversial. He stands for something. No owner would risk hiring a player who has a political agenda and upsets much of their fanbase. Many NFL owners want nothing more than pawns on the field: obedient, non-controversial bodies, who will play, entertain the public, and leave. Kaepernick, by taking the knee, proved that he is interested in being more than a body. He wished to use the platform he had been granted to make a statement about America’s racial oppression. With today’s rising political tension, no one will give him that platform any longer, as they are afraid of the repercussions from the conservative American football fans. The NFL is fine with signing domestic and sexual abusers to their teams since assault on women won’t keep the football fan base away. Apparently, though, what will keep them away is a man standing up for his value system without hurting anyone in the process. I guess this is indicative of the priorities of the NFL and America at large.
As Kaepernick’s ‘knee’ was becoming increasingly politicized, it was only a matter of time before President Trump chimed in on the issue. President Trump criticized Kaepernick and others like him at a speech in Alabama, saying, “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a b***h off the field right now. Out! He’s fired. He’s fired!’” He then went on to complain about the rule changes in the NFL, making the games less violent, and attributed this to the dip in football game ratings.
Trump didn’t end his attacks in Alabama. He went on a Twitter tirade (and continues to go on one) demanding that fans boycott the NFL, that the NFL set rules prohibiting ‘taking the knee’, and promising that this issue has nothing to do with race. But it does. It has everything to do with race. The protest started due to race, and Trump is berating the protesters due to race.
After the comments made by Trump, NFL players across the country began ‘taking the knee’ during the national anthem. Entire teams, owners, and coaches started kneeling together and locking arms in solidarity. Players who were afraid to join Kaepernick’s demonstration before jumped at the chance to do so now. When the President attacks the right to a peaceful protest, the game changes. It doesn’t matter if all those kneeling agree with the premise of the original protest. What they do agree on is that all Americans, whoever they may be, have the right to protest our government and our system.
As a broader issue, it seems like many Americans don’t want black Americans to protest oppression at all. Many are infuriated when Black Lives Matter takes a stand in the streets to dispute police brutality, and see the group as a band of recluses searching for trouble. They say that if you want to protest racial oppression and unfair police brutality, do it peacefully. If you have a peaceful protest, you’ll have the attention and full support of America. But when an athlete like Colin Kaepernick ‘takes the knee’ during the national anthem, our country is up in arms. This isn’t the peaceful protest they had in mind. How dare Kaepernick and the other athletes disrespect the flag our veterans fought to protect?
So where should black Americans protest? If they can’t make a commotion and they can’t kneel, what would those against Kaepernick’s protest like them to do? The answer is nothing. Many Americans don’t want black activists to protest the flag or the country at all. They see this country as a beacon of freedom and hope that has protected and served all who dwell here for centuries, and they are offended that anyone would believe otherwise. However, for many, this is not the case. African-Americans have fought for centuries to obtain equal rights in this nation. They have fought for economic and cultural equality, and the right to be treated humanely by our police forces.
It isn’t up to white Americans to say that they’re in the wrong, and that America has given them all the opportunity in the world, because we don’t know what another’s persecution looks like. If they are pleading with us, we need to listen. But many refuse to. Many refuse to listen when protesters make a racket, and many berate the protesters who take a stand silently and peacefully. It is a reenactment of the Civil Rights Era. Malcolm X was viewed as a danger and a threat to the equality of black individuals. Work within the system, they said. So, that’s precisely what Martin Luther King Jr. did. He worked in the system and protested peacefully, yet was still met with the same backlash. The problem isn’t the method of protest, the problem is with us.
We’ve shoved African-American protesters out of every arena. We’ve refused to listen to their cries for help and their rallying for change. So, for them, the only means of protest left was kneeling during the national anthem at a football game. Fans were livid, how dare these athletes politicize football? Get your issues and your values out of sports. Find another space to hold a demonstration. But there isn’t any. This is it. Football isn’t a safe space anymore, lacking all politics and social justice, solely because many Americans don’t have the tolerance to listen to the pleas of the persecuted.
The players on the field, protesting, have been entertaining Americans for decades. They work for years, perfecting their skills so that we can have those Sundays, with a game and beer, that we love so much. It’s our job to listen. It’s our job to realize that the national anthem and the American flag are symbols, representing something infinitely larger than themselves. They are symbols of hope and democracy, not only to white Americans who are content in this country, but to the black Americans who feel systematically oppressed. They have every right to protest the anthem, because this democracy has given them that right. The women and men who fought for this country have granted them that freedom. When we were gifted “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” it wasn’t accompanied by a disclaimer saying: unless it’s Sunday football, in that case just shut up and play. Sports will remain political as long as it is a viable platform for players to voice vital opinions. It is their right, and not Trump, nor anyone else can take that right away from them.


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A week ago today, I was lying in bed in the emergency room of Swedish Hospital in Ballard, Seattle, with an IV dripping fluids into my veins.
You see, I had contracted some virus that gave me the shakes, hot flashes, and a fever for two days. On the third day, all those things went away but I was still weak. My hope rose like a freshly inflated helium balloon. I was getting better! Then it came crashing down on the fourth day when I got Montezuma’s revenge (aka. diarrhea) seven times. I had been down this road before and knew I was headed toward dehydration. So, I asked Marcus to take me to the ER, and even though I’m a needle-phobe, I willingly asked for an IV for fluids. The ER doctor praised me for coming in. An hour later, I felt better.
That night, I went six more times. That makes it 13 bouts of diarrhea in one day. Yep, lucky number 13.
But the IV fluids from before helped me from getting dehydrated, and the next morning, my mouth was drier than the Mojave, but I felt better.
While I was sick, I couldn’t sit up, couldn’t read, couldn’t even watch TV. All I did was lie on my bed, sleep, listen to podcasts, and think. I thought many thoughts. Many I didn’t want to think–racing, crazy-ass thoughts–but some made me think even more.
Thoughts like, when I get better, what do I want to do with my life?
Thoughts like, when I get better, what do I want my legacy to be?
Thoughts like, when I get better and can eat solid food, what’s the first thing I’m going to eat?
The answer to #3 was homemade chicken and vegetable soup. Good stuff. Highly recommend it.
The answer to #1 was I want to keep writing and keep building my writing business.
The answer to #2 was a little bit harder and took me a while to figure out.
By the seventh day of this illness, when I felt much better, I realized that what I wanted for my legacy was what I’ve been doing for much of my career: help people achieve their dreams.
Specifically, help people achieve their writing dreams. And even more specifically, help people in the beginning stage, when fear and doubt are loud and raging, and keeping you from venturing even a few paces down the path of being a writer.
I know that place. Intimately.
While I delight in talking shop with other writers, I don’t necessarily want to help people with the craft of writing. Don’t get me wrong, I love discussing story, armature, theme, character arcs, setting, and more, but what really lights me up is helping people break through their mental and emotional barriers to expressing themselves in a creative way.
I realized once again that this is what I had been doing for 12 years as a prelaw adviser when I helped students write their personal statements for law school. Writing the personal statement was the most scary and daunting of anything on the law school application–even more than the dreaded and terrible LSAT (Law School Admissions Test)–and it was the most rewarding for me to coach students through it, and help them get their stories out.
Many of my prelaw students told me the process of writing their personal statement was cathartic. It changed them, for the better. For many, writing a story about their life gave them courage to move forward. It also gave them a touchstone that they could read in coming years when they felt fear and doubt creeping in, or when they’d lost their way and needed to remember why they were on this path.
I didn’t realize when I closed my Prelaw Guru consulting company that I’d still want to do what I did with prelaw students, but with writers.
But when I opened my writing coaching business in January and started doing one-to-one writing coaching, the work focused more on the nitty gritty of the craft of writing. I realized that while I was good at it, and enjoyed working with my clients, it didn’t feel quite right. It felt too technical. It felt too much like homework. It made me realize that I may need to close my writing coaching practice. But to do what? I can’t just write, I need to do something that is of service to people. That’s important to me.
Because of this, I’ve felt at sea through all of August. I wasn’t sure where I was headed and it filled me with anxiety. Then, September came crashing in with that dang virus and tossed me out of the boat and into the waves. I swam and swam, and now I’m back in the boat and the shore is in sight.
I feel better. Tons better.
I have more hope now than I did before I got sick.
Being sick forced me to slow down and face my anxiety.
Change is coming.
I will hit land soon.
I’m no longer afraid.
Stay tuned, friends.
Peg Cheng is the author of The Contenders, a middle-grade novel centered on the question, can enemies become friends? She is currently writing another novel that is a re-imagining of the Snow White fairy tale set in 1980s Seattle. Peg is also a writing coach giving help, encouragement, and feedback to writers from all walks of life.
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Tamiko Nimura says
Hooray! So glad you are better and feeling more (self-)directed, friend. xoxo
Peg Cheng says
Thanks, Tamiko! And thanks for all your kind get-well wishes on Twitter while I was going through the worst of it. 🙂
Linda Ando says
Thank you for your courageous honesty and search for personal truths to live the best life you can. You inspire me and others to find our voice, to ride the wave of life and know that we can do it with the help of others and belief in ourselves.
Be well dear friend and excited for your new adventures ahead!
Peg Cheng says
Thanks so much for your kind words of support and encouragement, Linda! We’re riding these waves together.
Mary Bell says
Peg, I’m so sorry you were ill enough to go to ER! Glad you’re better. Being out of commission for a while does make one think about one’s life. Our lives are so short and fleeting that we want to make the most of it. It sounds like you got to really delve into what you want to make of life. Go get ’em!
Peg Cheng says
Thanks for the encouragement, Mary! I’m taking things slower this year to be more deliberate. Getting sick was yet another reminder to slow down and really look at what I want and what I’m doing.
Peg – this post stuck with me so much I just sat and read it aloud to Chris. For one – your description of being sick and how that turns into all these questions is so perfect and spot on. You’re so incredibly talented at articulating these vulnerable times. I was so happy that you had clarification about what you want your legacy to be because you’re so good at it. I would have never gone to your poetry class without your calm and reassuring voice when we met with you and Marcus prior to the class and then I never could have felt open to writing (what was for me) a pretty vulnerable poem and then reading it to class. Yes, I wrote the poem and had the courage to open up but I couldn’t have done it without you. So, so glad to hear this is your legacy. We’re all lucky to have you!
Peg Cheng says
Aww, Heather, you are going to make me cry. Thank you so much for this incredibly kind and thoughtful post, and thank you for giving me your vote of confidence that I’m headed in the right direction with what I want to be my legacy. It makes me so happy to know that you took a chance on our poetry workshop and that you mustered up the courage to read your beautiful poem at the end of the class for all of us to hear. Marcus and I were both so grateful that we got to witness that. You are a creative and artistic person, Heather, and I hope you will continue to follow your creative desires and interests.

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Updated in a new 9th edition, this book offers accessible, carefully crafted, and straightforward coverage of the foundations of American politics, as well as a consistent focus on the achievements of a government by the people. Built on decades of authoritative scholarship, this completely updated text demonstrates that politics matters by emphasizing the accomplishments of a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.Biografía del autor:
David B. Magleby is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, and Dean of the College of Family, Home and Social Science at Brigham Young University. He received his B.A. from the University of Utah and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and has also taught at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of Virginia. He has directed national studies of campaign finance and campaign communications in competitive federal election environments involving a consortium of academics from nearly 80 universities and colleges in 38 states. This research is summarized in six edited books. In addition, he is co-editor of a longstanding series of books on financing federal elections. In partnership with colleagues, he has been studying the implementation of new voting technology, work funded in part by the National Science Foundation. He has been a Fulbright Scholar at Oxford University and a past president of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society. Magleby is the recipient of many teaching awards including the 1990 Utah Professor of the Year award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation, the 2001 Rowman & Littlefield Award for Innovative Teaching in Political Science, and several department and university awards. Paul C. Light is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University's Wagner School of Public Service. He received his B.A. from Macalester College and his Ph.D from the University of Michigan. Professor Light has a wide-ranging career in both academia and government. He has worked on Capitol Hill as a senior committee staffer in the U.S. Senate and as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow in the U.S. House. He has taught at the University of Virginia, University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has also served as a senior adviser to several national commissions on federal, state, and local public service. He is the author of 15 books on government, public service, and public policy. Light's current research focuses on government reform, Congress, the presidency, and social entrepreneurship. He was the founding director of the Brookings Institution's Center for Public Service and continues his research on how to invite Americans to serve their communities through public service. His work has been funded by the Douglas Dillon Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, among many others. Christine Nemacheck is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the College of William & Mary and has been the College's Pre-Law Advisor since the fall 2007. She received her BA in History from the University of Michigan, and her MA and PhD from the George Washington University. She has taught previously at Iowa State University. Her book examining Supreme Court nomination politics, Strategic Selection: Presidential Nomination of Supreme Court Justices from Herbert Hoover through George W. Bush, was published in March 2007. The paperback edition of the book was released in 2008. Her work has also appeared in Congress and the Presidency, Drake Law Review and a number of edited volumes. She is also a recipient of the College's Alumni Fellowship Award for 2007.
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Some persons who spoke to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on condition of anonymity listed some of their grievances as the never-moving long queues they join daily, and the repeated rescheduling of the date their passports are due for collection.
A young man in his 30’s said he misplaced the old passport and was in the re-application since January.
The GNA spoke to a worker at the passport office, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to explain the process in acquiring a passport.
He explained that after an applicant buys a passport form and attaches a birth certificate and other relevant documents to it, he or she has to join a queue early in the morning at the passport office to be part of the 100 persons that would be selected that day for picture capturing and biometric verification.
He explained that if one does not want to go through the normal process, he provides a middleman that would go through the entire process for the applicant within days instead of the two to six months and that attracts an extra charge of GH₵200.00 to GH₵500.00.

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Legendary Country Singer-Songwriter George Riddle Dies
Legendary country singer and songwriter George Riddle died on Saturday (July 19) following a battle with throat cancer. He was 78.
Riddle, who is probably best known for his role as the original Jones Boy, leaves behind an undeniable impact on country music. He backed George Jones in his band, and it was just the two of them when the legendary act started. Riddle also had the privilege of being a regular fiddle player on the iconic Grand Ole Opry stage.
Riddle wasn't just a talented musician, however. He also spent a lot of writing for established artists including Jones, Ray Charles, Tammy Wynette, Mickey Gilley, Del Reeves, Melba Montgomery and Margie Singleton. Riddle penned 13 songs for Jones alone.
The late singer-songwriter was born on September 1,1935 in Marion, Indiana. Later, Riddle would join the U.S. Army, serving from 1958 to 1960. He then decided to purse his true love and packed up and moved to Nashville, which is where he met Jones, and they formed a friendship inside and outside of music.
His latest musical endeavor included being a host on Indiana's WCJC 99.3 FM, where he hosted a classic country radio show.
During his lifetime, Riddle received some big honors, including winning R.O.P.E. awards (also known as Reunion of Professional Entertainers) for his contributions to music.

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• Red Curtain Theatre is putting on "Miracle on 34th Street: The Musical" Friday-Sunday and Dec. 15-17.
• The Conway Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its annual Christmas Open House at 900 Oak St. in the chamber lobby on Dec. 14 from 2-4 p.m.
• The Lantern Theatre presents "A Lantern Christmas" Dec. 15-16 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 17 at 2:30 p.m. The show will consist of sketches, Christmas carols and improv.
• The choir of Grace Presbyterian Church, 1010 Hogan Lane, will present a Christmas concert, "Kinsman Redeemer," on Tuesday, Dec. 19, beginning at 7 p.m. The children of the church will also perform a Nativity pageant. The public is invited.
• A Christmas Carol will take the stage Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Reynolds Performance Hall on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas.
• The Mayflower City Council will meet at City Hall on Monday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m.
• The Greenbrier Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a meeting on Monday, Dec. 18, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Greenbrier Municipal Building.
• The Conway Planning Commission will hold a meeting on Monday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m. in the District Court Building.
• The Vilonia City Council will meet Tuesday, Dec. 19, at 18 Bise Drive, Vilonia at 7 p.m.
• The Lantern Theatre will be holding auditions for "Steel Magnolias" Jan. 8-9.
• Conway Regional Medical Center and the Blood Institute will be holding a blood drive Tuesday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and Wednesday from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Conway Regional Auditorium on the medical center campus at 2302 College Ave. in Conway.
• The Conway City Council will meet Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the District Court Building.
• The Mayflower Planning Commission will hold a meeting at City Hall on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
• ARcare Vilonia hosts the Great Turkey Giveaway on Friday, Dec. 15, at its location. There will be 100 free turkeys to give away, first come, first served. For more information, call ARcare Vilonia at 501-796-6740.
• The St. Joseph Christian Ladies will be holding their annual bake sale in the St. Joseph Family Activity Center from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Baked goods and homemade candy will be sold.
• Registration for Faulkner County’s inaugural FA LA LA 5K and Elf Run hosted by Lip Sync for Life will be at 7:30 a.m.; the 5K begins at 9 a.m. The Elf Run will follow.
• City of Conway Christmas Parade hosted by Silver Linings for the ACS will be at 6 p.m. This year’s theme is "The Magic of Christmas." Lineup needs to begin around 4 p.m. in front of the Conway Police Department.
• Mistletoe Madness kicks off the 12 Days of Christmas Celebration that leads up to the final shopping craze before Christmas.
• The Conway Symphony Orchestra will be performing at 7:30 p.m.
• The Faulkner County Singing Club monthly meeting will be at 1:30 p.m. at Gold Creek Baptist on Sturgis Road in Conway. The public is invited.
• Friends of the Conway Animal Shelter (FOCAS) will be hosting "Strut your Rescue Mutt" at the Conway’s PetSafe Dog Park from 2-4 p.m.
• Bethlehem House is hosting an "all-you-can-eat" pancake breakfast at Stoby’s from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Tickets are $5 and include coffee, milk or juice. Drive-thru service is available, and you can call ahead.
The Conway Symphony Orchestra will be performing at 3 p.m.


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This started life as a poem, mutated to story and settled on being somewhere inbetween
Last night I had a dream.
You were in it.
Sometimes it seems you always have been, ever present in the corners or lurking in plain sight and whether meaning to or not, you almost always have my attention.
Creeping round the room like some exotic house spider from a different house. You spin webs from multicoloured yarn wherever you go, leaving traces, trails where you’ve been and all the dark crevices you’ve occupied… and still do. Bright threads amidst the shadows that used to suffice before you’re arrival.
The loom is spun, here… there!
You move round confident, cautious!
Seeming to dwell wherever I try to hide. There are times I have managed jar you up, both fascinated and terrified at the same time, and behind the glass you’re manageable, so long as we don’t touch, connect, because that would be… well, just what I want and for some reason that terrifies me even more than the alternative.
So instead I release you, but not outside because you’re a house spider, albeit from a different house, and that would kill you. So I release you in the spare bedroom where the coloured threads number the most, and each time I know that you will get out, because I want you... I want you to.
Once, on a dark confused night, you spun you’re most ambitious colourful web, an invitation, a snare. I panicked and ripped it down before you had finished and scurried away afraid of getting caught. Now I dream of what that vibrant loom would have looked like fully spun. But it seems you scurried away to.
Sometimes I think I still see you, I feel the chill and think it was maybe your ghost, perhaps you always have been. But if that is the case, then who has spun this crochet web around the shadows of my heart bringing both colour and warmth to the cold and dark? Why does something once so foreign to me actually feel like a bittersweet version of home? Bookmarks to chapters never read, a passport stamped for shores never reached.
But spiders are survivors, and survived you have, despite my best half-hearted efforts, even if your form is that of an eight legged phantom, both blessing and curse.
Sometimes when I’m feeling brave I tentatively reach out to the multicoloured webs contemplating how to pluck them, play them in such a way to bring you back, if you were even here in the first place.
I can see you now, even on waking, an image weaving light from shadows, tentatively stitching moments into grand quilts and tapestries.
I hope you are sharing them with someone, and I hope they realise how fortunate they are. I envy them their lack of fear; fear of not bringing enough to the table, fear of not being good enough to participate in the game, but mostly the fear of being consumed.
Consumption? Death? Such concepts are metaphorical phases in the narrative of life, it is how we weave these phases into the greater loom that creates the over arching web. One day I will learn, my only regret is that it won’t be with you… because those dreams?
The dreams in which I’m dying
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Argyll and Bute councillors have agreed a one-off funding boost of £20,000 to help launch and promote a major new winter festival.
Last September, the council agreed an annual sum of £16,000 to support the new Helensburgh Winter Festival, which will take place in late November/early December.
The money was to come from a new Strategic Events and Festivals budget, set up to provide three year financial support to a range of events across Argyll and Bute in a bid to maximise economic benefit to the area through increased cultural tourism.
Today, the Executive approved a request from the organisers for an additional one-off allocation of £20,000 to promote and develop the event.
Depute council leader Councillor Ellen Morton, who represents Helensburgh and Lomond South, said she hoped the new event would have a long-term impact on the economy of the town and the surrounding area.
“Bringing back repeat visitors to the area provides an ongoing stimulus to the local economy. A truly successful event not only delivers an immediate impact, but also leaves a footprint for years to come,” she added.
“The new Helensburgh Winter Festival is designed to meet this longer term objective. Our hope is that it will provide a welcome boost to the local economy in the early winter, with the aim of establishing Helensburgh as a significant short stay visitor attraction at that time of year.
“In order to achieve this, it is vitally important that this new event is effectively marketed and promoted in the early years. In addition, there will be set-up costs involved which do not apply to the other ongoing events funded by the council.
“The £20,000 agreed today was specifically included in the new Strategic Events and Festivals budget as a contingency sum, with the primary aim of financing the promotion of a new event. I am delighted that the council has agreed to allocate this to the Helensburgh Winter Festival, as it will provide the best possible chance to create a longstanding legacy for the area.”

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Well, maybe not races, but I’m back in the running.
Many people ask me how I found my way to becoming a natural health care practitioner. It is a long journey back in time to get clear on how the doors first opened for me.
I spent almost twenty-five years working for a Fortune 500 corporation. During that time I held a number of different positions, eventually working my way “up the ladder.” I had the opportunity not only to experience first hand the joys and stresses of the workplace, I unfortunately was one of the people that had to deliver too many of those downsizing messages. That ultimately took its toll on me. Let’s go back to where I think my journey began.
I divorced early in my corporate career and even though that was a good thing for both of us, I still felt something was missing in my life. My sister encouraged me to attend an intense, personal growth seminar. Of course, I had all the usual reasons why I couldn’t or shouldn’t attend. I finally “let go and let God” and attended.
I learned many valuable life lessons, the most significant of which was when the facilitator asked some one in the group to tell a story about a time when they were completely victimized. I couldn’t wait to be called upon to share my story. I told a great story, ever so proud of myself for convincing the other trainees how victimized I was. After some laughs, I was asked to tell the same story only this time taking full responsibility for every choice I made along the way. I gasped! After all that drama, how could I claim responsibility? Much to my amazement, I was able to do so.
That was a life changing experience. Through a simple shift in storytelling, I learned how much power we have in our daily lives through each of the simple, seemingly meaningless choices we make every single moment. I began an insatiable quest for information on spiritual growth, alternative health, virtually anything out of the “ordinary” as I knew it. I was driving the people around me crazy with my new found discovery and beliefs.
You would think after a such a powerful lesson I would have learned the importance of listening to my inner voice. I didn’t. I spent the next several years ignoring my heart and spirit. I eventually developed a severe case of osteoarthritis and needed to wear orthopedic braces on my legs. I blamed my condition on years of sports and wearing high heels on a concrete factory floor. As I dug further into new age thinking, I recalled that knee problems represent stubborn ego and pride, inflexibility and not giving in, according to Louise Hay in You Can Heal Your Life. Joints represent changes in direction in your life and the ease of making these movements. Stuck with making my current situation work, I am a fighter and survivor; I didn’t want to give up, even though it was really taking its toll on me. I knew I needed to change directions, but was too fearful to make the change.
I have always been intuitive, although I’ve tried to hide, discount, and ignore that skill because it didn’t seem “normal” to other people. So, for the majority of my life, I repressedmy intuition because the approval and acceptance of others seemed much more important than being who I really am. After considerable reflection, I now know that the real cause of my knee problems was not listening to my inner voice. Had I been paying attention along the way and not denying my intuitive capability and my desires, my body wouldn’t have had to do something so drastic to get my attention.
I got to the point where pain became the focus of my life. All I was able to do was get to work each day and come home and cry. The pain became unbearable. I was close to suicidal. I wasn’t willing to spend time with my friends and virtually gave up my love of boating, partially because of the pain, but mainly because of the attention. When people would see the braces they would want to ask all kinds of questions. I know that people weren’t being malicious or cruel; I just DID NOT want to be reminded of my “condition.” I finally returned to see my orthopedist and was told that the only option was to have a total knee replacement. I was reluctant to have this extremely invasive surgery, because I had enough difficulty recovering from my two previous “simple” arthroscopies and somehow, my inner voice was telling me the procedure would be a big mistake.
I wholeheartedly believed my inner voice (intuition) was speaking to me even though I wasn’t sure what it was saying. I eventually found my way to a Naturopath who practiced bio-energetic medicine. I learned through the screening process that my adrenal glands, pancreas and thyroid glands showed signs of extreme energetic weakness.
According to the work of Louise Hay, on the emotional level, these glands and organ represent
– Defeatism, no longer caring for the self, anxiety
– Sweetness in life
– “When will it be my turn?”
As I reflected on this information, I realized that I was quite anxious and not taking very good care of myself. I had come to the point where I felt defeated in my life because I couldn’t affect any change. I was truly feeling like the joy or sweetness in my life was gone, I just wasn’t having fun anymore. I also had been a service provider my entire career, looking out for other people and, at times, I felt resentful because there was never enough left for me. My body managed to tell me that story! With Sue’s (Naturopath) direction, after three short months, I was no longer in need of wearing my braces – or surgery! Each day the pain subsided and I am still regaining my strength.
Sue is a true healer, not because she “cured” me, but because she took the time to listen to me and my body, and then helped facilitate my improvement by providing me with the tools and information I needed to get better. I am the one that chose improvement. She helped me to “re-member” who I really am. She is a bit of a mystic and started asking me questions about when things in my life started changing. She was able to help me raise memories of childhood, those before I learned to conform and hide my true identity! I must have cried most of the first appointment at the realization that someone recognized me. She encouraged and urged me to rediscover my dream and pursue it. She has become my mentor and friend.
After extensive exploration and reflection, I “discovered” it was time to change careers. With Sue’s guidance and my determination, I left the “comforts” of a corporate career’s steady paycheck, earned a Doctorate in Natural Health, received training on the Bio-Energetic Screening equipment and technique, interned with my mentor and opened my own alternative health care business.
Because of my experience in the training profession and several years in a people leadership position, it has been a natural transition to alternative health care consulting because so much of what I do involves providing information to people so they can make informed decisions. For me, there couldn’t have been a better change than to be able to help people develop their own divine potential. I am committed to helping people finding balance in their lives by teaching them how to listen to their inner voice and align their body, mind and spirit through a holistic approach to health and well being. I am grateful every day for the opportunity to help people see their own gifts, strengths and share the gift of healing with others.
Through my journey I have continued to realize the importance of listening to my mind, body and/or spirit. When my inner voice speaks, I listen. I was recently talking with a group of people about listening to these messages and what happens when we don’t pay attention. We all laughed and remembered how important it is to listen or eventually “pay the price.” There are times when I may shake my head and say, “I can’t do that. That’s silly, give it up.” But now I know it makes much more sense to say, “Hey, wait a minute, I better listen to that message.”
I have come to recognize the power of gratitude and abundance. I have learned, and continue to learn, the power of choice. We can make things difficult, or we can make them easy. The choice is in our hands – in our every day actions or reactions. If I make a choice that doesn’t seem to fit, I know I can choose again.
Today I choose not to wear leg braces. It is that simple.
I was asked to provide a local paper with a picture of me in braces. I searched all of my photo albums and wasn’t able to find any pictures of me in braces (big surprise). So, I put the braces back on for my husband to take pictures. I immediately had an extremely interesting experience with cellular memory. My knees almost instantly went back to feeling like they did when I wore the braces! My emotions were soon to follow. I became more and more miserable as time went on and got so frustrated that I couldn’t continue with the picture session.
My knees actually hurt for the remainder of the day! I suddenly realized the reality and power of cellular memory and that I am TRULY committed to never having to wear the braces again.


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Chicago rapper Joseph “Lil JoJo” Wright’s murder remains unsolved but his mother feels that Chief Keef is to blame, according to Hip-Hop Wired. Wright’s mother, Robin Russell, appeared on BET’s Don’t Sleep with her son, where she revealed that she believes Cheif Keef, born Keith Cozart, orchestrated the murder.
“I don’t believe he himself pulled the trigger, I believe he paid somebody to do it,” Russell told Holmes when asked if she thought Keef shot her son.“I would like justice to come from this and to show kids it’s a better way. [That they need] To get an education.”
Russell says Chicago police are looking into some leads in hopes of solving the teen’s murder, but it doesn’t change her mind on who she thinks set it up, and admitted that she fears for her own life.
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Keef has not been charged with, or found to have any involvement in, JoJo’s murder thus far.


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Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has secured contracts for the design and construction of seven stern trawlers for four Icelandic fishing companies.
The stern trawlers measure 29 metres by 12 metres, and will be constructed and outfitted by Vard Aukra in Norway for delivery in 2019.
The total contract value is about NOK700 million (US$84 million).
Each vessel has a large trawl deck with electric permanent magnet motor-driven trawl winches, a twin screw mechanical propulsion system, large propellers and rudders to ensure smooth operations in harsh environments and safe handling of the fishing gear.
Accommodating a crew of 13 people, the vessels also have a 240-cubic-metre refrigerated cargo hold and a fish processing area.
The first two vessels will be delivered to Bergur-Huginn in the first and second quarters of 2019.
The third vessel will be delivered to Utgerdarfelag Akureyringa, a wholly owned subsidiary of seafood company Samherji, in the second quarter of 2019.
The fourth and fifth vessels are scheduled for delivery to Gjøgur in the second and third quarters of 2019.
Skinney-Thinganes will take delivery of the sixth and seventh vessels in the third and fourth quarters of 2019.
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At the point when the sun sets over the beautiful city of Seattle, a mystical change happens at Magnuson Park. The Seattle Night Market, a yearly sundown event, shows some major signs of life, offering a brilliant mix of flavors and a good time for all who adventure into its charming hug. This 2023 version of the Seattle Night Market vows to be a hypnotizing venture into a universe of delightful treats, lively diversion, and a local area soul that sparkles as brilliantly as the stars above.
The Seattle Night Market Experience
The idea of a night market is a deep-rooted custom that has tracked down its direction to the core of the Emerald City. The Seattle Night Market at Magnuson Park takes this idea and implants it with a special Pacific Northwest appeal. As the sun plunges beneath the skyline, the market stirs, embellished with glimmering lights and bright slows down. It’s a genuine festival of the city’s different culinary scene and imaginative gifts, making an extraordinary experience for guests, everything being equal.
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One of the evident features of the Seattle Night Market is the variety of culinary delights. Food merchants addressing a range of cooking styles offer an enticing excursion for the taste buds. From appetizing Pacific Northwest fish to worldwide road food top picks, there’s something to fulfill each sense of taste. Envision enjoying rich lobster rolls, relishing the flavors of valid Thai road noodles, or indulging yourself with a debauched cut of distinctive cake.
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Past the culinary contributions, the night market is a mother lode of nearby masterfulness and specialties. Local artisans gladly show their manifestations, going from carefully assembled gems and apparel to complex pottery and canvases. The market turns into a display where guests can interface with the inventiveness and ability that flourishes inside the Seattle people group.
Entertainment and Community
At the core of the Seattle Night Market is a strong sense of community. Musicians, dancers, and performers grace the stages, implanting the air with songs and rhythms that empower both moving and profound unwinding. It’s a space where outsiders become companions over a common love for good food, dazzling exhibitions, and the basic delight of being important for an option that could be bigger than themselves.
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As the stars sparkle above and the Seattle horizon flickers somewhere far off, the Seattle Night Market at Magnuson Park unfurls its embroidered artwork of flavors and tomfoolery. The 2023 release of this charming occasion vows to be a sundown experience like no other, where the preferences, sights, and hints of the city meet up as a lovely, unified whole. Whether you’re a neighborhood searching for a better approach to encounter your city or a guest anxious to drench yourself in Seattle’s lively culture, the Seattle Night Market is an excursion you won’t have any desire to miss. In this way, as the sun plunges underneath the skyline, follow the sparkle to Magnuson Park and plan to be enamored by a universe of enjoyments that really woken up into the evening.


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Example Books & Manuscripts
Examples of Books & Manuscripts
COURTANVAUX, Francois Cesar le Tellier, marquis de (1718-1781); [LE ROY, Pierre] Journal du voyage de M. le marquis de Courtanvaux, sur la fregate l'Aurore, pour essayer par ordre de l'Academie, plusieurs instrumens relatifs a la longitude. Mis en ordre par M. Pingre, nomme par l'Academie pour cooperer a la veerification desdits instrumens, de concert avec M. Messier.
A Paris: A Paris : De l'Imprimerie royale., MDCCLXVIII  FIRST EDITION. Quarto. Recent full calf binding, central lozenge design, spine in blind tooled panels with gilt lines and contrasting morocco title label, some very light browning and occasional light spotting. Pagination pp. , viii, 316, , collated and complete with 5 engraved plates (4 folded) and the folded engraved map. [National Maritime Museum Catalogue v.I. 1149a; Norman 1335].
Courtanvaux had been destined for a military career until ill-health forced him to resign in 1745. He subsequently took up the the study of the natural sciences, and was elected to the Academie des Sciences in 1764. The present work is his report of a voyage in the frigate l'Aurore - a vessel that Courtanvaux fitted out at his own expense to allow for the accurate assessment under everyday conditions of the various competitors for the prize offered by the Academie (for the first successful method of accurately measuring longitude). The main contender assessed was the Horloger du roi from 1754, Pierre Le Roy (1717–1785). He had invented a completely original marine chronometer in the 1750s, which he perfected over the next decade and presented to Louis XV in 1766. In 1767 Le Roy entered his machine, which "embodied all the principles upon which later marine chronometers were constructed" (Norman), in the competition. The present voyage between Le Havre and Amsterdam was the first practical trial to which it was subjected. Le Roy was awarded a double prize in 1768, for his chronometer and for his memoir describing it. The first four chapters give a detailed account of the different methods employed from the 15th to 18th centuries to determine longitude. The rest of the work, written by Courtanvaux, Pingre and Messier, describes the voyages and the experiments carried out. The final chapter is devoted to a recapitulation of Le Roy's marine clocks.
WILBERFORCE, William (1759-1833); POLE, Thomas (1753-1829), A group of three interesting autograph letters from abolitionist William Wilberforce, each addressed to the Quaker physician and educationalist Thomas Pole.
Letters dated Dec. 22 1814; Oct. 17 1815; Oct. 17 1815.
The two earlier letters are in the hand of William Wilberforce, the third in that of his secretary; all three are signed by Wilberforce, and each has the original mailing envelope inscribed with his name and that of Dr Pole.
The letters mainly concern Pole’s influential book on adult education, ‘A history of the origin and progress of adult schools: with an account of some of the beneficial effects already produced on the moral character of the labouring poor’ (1814), which was arguably the first study on adult education and helped launch a national adult school movement in the United Kingdom.
It appears Wilberforce had previously received a request from Pole for an introductory letter of commendation for his book. In reply Wilberforce is highly complimentary and urges Pole to publish in America. For example, at the end of the earliest letter Wilberforce writes, “Has yr book been sent to America (O for peace with our transatlantic brethren!!!) If not I should like to send it to a very worthy friend there.”
OLDROYD, JOSHUA, WINE-MERCHANT] A Catalogue of all the Genuine Household Furniture, Plate, Linnen, and China, of Mr. Joshua Oldroyd, Wine-Merchant, deceas'd, at his late Dwelling House on Tower-Hill, the corner of Tower-Street: Consisting of Damask, and other Furniture, Bedding, Chairs, Tables in Mahogany, and walnut-tree, Sconces and Chimney Glasses, Stove Grates, an Eight-Day Clock by Webster, two Lead Cisterns, a large Copper, Brewing Utensils, and Kitchen Furniture. To be sold by Auction, on Thursday the 9th Instant, Aug. By order of the Executor. The whole to be viewed on Wednesday the 8th Instant, and till the Time of Sale, which will begin at Eleven, all being sold in one Day.
Catalogues to be had at the Place of sale the Day of viewing, and at Mess. Whiting and Macquistin, Upholsterers, in Watling-Street. Not one article in this Sale, but what was the property of the Deceased. Thursday, August 9, 1753.
Octavo. Original plain grey stitched wrappers, manuscript inscription to front cover "Mr. Hussey's Catalogue", very good original condition.
Pagination pp. 8, interleaved.
The catalogue details conditions of sale, quite straightforward, noting increments and outlining conditions for payment and collection.
The catalogue is divided into sections by location or item:
- Numb. I In the Garretts;
- Numb. II. Two Pairs of Stairs backwards;
- Numb. III. Two Pairs of Stairs forwards;
- Numb. IV. Dining Room;
- Numb. V. The Parlour;
- Numb. VI. The Counting House and Passage; Jewells; Plate; Linnen; China;
- Numb. VII. The kitchen;
- Numb. VIII. In the Yard and Brewhouse.
The catalogue is interleaved throughout with items manuscript ruled sections, carefully noting prices paid and by whom; the results generally exceeding estimates and the names frequently repeated. A remarkably nice and evocative survival. The catalogue is unrecorded on ESTC.

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One of the big divides in the Presidential election was the urban-rural split.
Rural communities have over 95% of the land mass; cities have more than 60% of the population.
Clinton carried the cities by 31 points; Trump carried the rural areas by 29 points; the suburbs were a push
According to The Daily Beast:
“Rural counties now deliver lopsided totals for Republicans that approach Democratic tallies in African-American neighborhoods.”
What the heck is going on?
A writer for “Cracked” put it this way:
The recession pounded rural communities, but all the recovery went to the cities.
The rate of new businesses opening in rural areas has utterly collapsed.
Rural jobs used to be based around one big local business — a factory, a coal mine, etc.
When it dies, the town dies.
Cities can make up for the loss of manufacturing jobs with service jobs — small towns cannot.
That model doesn’t work below a certain population density.
In a city, you can plausibly aspire to start a band, or become an actor, or get a medical degree.
You can actually have dreams.
In a small town, there may be no venues for performing arts aside from country music bars and churches.
There may only be two doctors in town — aspiring to that job means waiting for one of them to retire or die.
You open the classifieds and all of the job listings will be for fast food or convenience stores.
The “downtown” is just the corpses of mom and pop stores left shattered in Walmart’s blast crater, the “suburbs” are trailer parks. There are parts of these towns that look post-apocalyptic.
The hopelessness eats you alive.
To the city dwellers, “Nothing that happens outside the city matters!”.
They’re blissfully unaware of where their food is grown.
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It poignantly cuts to the chase to explain why …
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In almost 400 years no parliamentary session has lasted as long as this one. It is, therefore, only right that it is prorogued and a new session begun.
Respected parliamentarians such as Valerie Vaz and Chris Bryant have called for this to happen and Keir Starmer confirmed to the Today programme that: “Obviously Parliament has to be suspended or shut down when you have an election or we have a new parliamentary session.”
The abnormality is not that it is happening now but that it has not happened before.
The State Opening of Parliament is an event of symbolic grandeur that indicates the importance of the challenges ahead and allows a government, and especially a new one, to set out its priorities....
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