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The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will host a public meeting to introduce the Florida Avenue NW/NE Bus Priority Project. This meeting is being held to introduce the project to the community and “kick-off” the outreach process. This project will propose multi-modal improvements for the Florida Avenue corridor from 9th Street NW to 1st NE in order to enhance transit service and reliability and improve the overall traffic safety in the area. For more information about this project, please visit https://buspriority.ddot.dc.gov/pages/floridaavenwne or contact the project manager Matthew Hendrickson at [email protected] or 202-673-6813.


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Diamonds shine on these iconinc earrings by Roberto Coin, in 18kt rose gold, featuring all the uniqueness of a handmade creation.
Domino crossover earrings in 18kt rose gold with diamonds. For pierced ears.
Earrings’ size: lenght 30 mm x width 17 mm
– Weight (total): 1.4 CT
– Clarity: VS
– Color: G
– Cut: round brilliant
Being a handmade product the above characteristics may be subject to slight variations.

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Oxygen therapy is a form of treatment based upon the premise that all harmful bacteria, viruses and fungi (e.g. flu, colds, AIDs, candida albicans and cancerous cells) are anaerobic – they can only thrive in low oxygen environments. Conversely, to maintain good health, the human body requires a rich supply of oxygen.
Dr Otto Warburg, twice Nobel laureate was able to prove that cancer cannot grow in an high oxygen environment. He states: Cancer, above all diseases, has countless secondary causes, but there is only one prime cause: the prime cause of cancer is the replacement of normal oxygen respiration of body cells by anaerobic respiration. In other words, lack of oxygen. His research revealed that when a cell is denied 60% of its normal requirement of oxygen, it switches to a fermentation mechanism and grows out of control. Researchers have since shown that cancerous growths contract and even disappear when oxygen saturation is sufficiently raised in the fluids surrounding them.
According to Dr Warburg, both normal cells and cancer cells derive energy from glucose, but normal cells require oxygen to combine with the glucose, while cancer cells break down glucose without oxygen, yielding only 1/15 the energy per glucose molecule that a normal cell produces. (This explains why people who consume excessive quantities of sugar may be more at risk from cancer).
The anaerobic breakdown of glucose by cancer cells forms large amounts of lactic acid. Some of this is converted back into glucose by the liver which in so doing uses one fifth of the energy per glucose molecule that a normal cell can, but that still leaves three times more available energy for cancer cells. This wasteful metabolism becomes self-sustaining and dominant unless (a) the cancers energy supply is eliminated or (b) oxygen or energy levels to normal cells are significantly increased.
In essence, therefore, advocates of oxygen therapy claim that it is the lack of oxygen on a cellular level that is responsible for disease. The greater oxygen levels in our bodies, the more resistant we become to viruses and harmful bacteria. This is the principle upon which oxygen therapy is based.

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Fashion tips for stylish, older women. Create a unique, personalized look to be trendy and modern at any age and body type. Be stylish and bold with your accessories. Trendy shoes, a beautiful handbag, chic sunglasses, and jewelry sets your outfit apart. Colorful necklaces, earrings and cuff bracelets accentuate your outfit, worn with neutral or bold colors and prints. Mixed metals, such as gold, hematite, and bronze look refined.
Wear pieces that truly fit your figure. Larger sizes hang on your body and don’t give you shape. Layer the length of your items, such as a longer blouse with curved hemline paired with a cropped jacket that sits at your waistline. Pair flowy items with slimmer fit pieces to give you shape.
Wearing dark colors, such as black and navy, gives you a dated, somber look. While easy to pair with pieces, wearing a dark color paired with another dark piece or a bright top is pass © and not slimming as women often think. Breathe color into your wardrobe which brightens your face. Wear prints and patterns, such as mod prints, stripes, plaid.
Layer pieces to create depth to your look. Add prints, stripes, and texture to give your style dimension. Intermix colors with neutrals and solid colors.
For an Elegant Evening Style look for silhouettes that enhance your body type. Draped fabrics can lay smoothly. Show a little bit of skin by accentuating one feature, such as your legs, shoulders, or chest. Ruching often adds weight to the stomach area so carefully choose where the fabric will sit on your body.
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Annual Taste of Africa
Join African Student Association for their annual Taste of Africa event. They will be hosting a tour through Africa through the medium of food. The night will be full of music, fun, education, and delicious food. They will bring together dishes from all around Africa and the African Diaspors to show people the diversity in African and African Diaspora food. Attendees are encouraged to bring a dish from their country or culture. This event is meant to educate people about the diversity of Africa and how food is both different and similar across the continent of Africa and the Diaspora. Attendees will also be educated about the preparation process and unique ingredients featured in the dishes. You don't want to miss this FREE event!
This event is free and open to all students, faculty, and staff.
If you would like to stay involved in things ASA has coming up, contact us to find out how to become a member. Dues are $10/semester and $15/year.
African Student Association

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks we'll eventually work all day in virtual reality. I think he's wrong; here's why.
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News about Meta
With research showing frontline workers feel more disconnected than ever from their organisations, Workplace aims to bridge that divide with an upcoming WhatsApp integration.
The two companies have partnered to ease collaboration for shared customers, with a video streaming integration also in development and due early next year.
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Porsche's product plan is largely on track despite the diesel-related financial hit to parent company Volkswagen Group.
The sports-car brand is expanding into new body styles such as a wagon for the Panamera and a coupe for the Cayenne. Porsche continues to develop alternative powertrains, including plug-in hybrids nearly across the lineup. A plug-in version of the flagship 911 sports car is expected, and an all-electric sedan is on tap for the end of the decade.
Engine sizes will continue to shrink as Porsche pursues fuel-efficiency gains. But the brand will balance that with more turbocharging to increase power outputs.
718 Boxster: The re-engineered and renamed roadster began arriving at U.S. dealerships in June with four-cylinder engines for the first time. The turbocharged 2.0- and 2.5-liter engines produce 300 hp and 350 hp, respectively. They are more powerful and more fuel-efficient than the Boxster's outgoing six-cylinder.
The 718 Boxster will get a full redesign in 2019.
718 Cayman: The re-engineered and renamed coupe will reach dealerships in November. The Cayman gets much of the same changes as the Boxster, including the turbocharged 2.0- and 2.5-liter four-cylinder engines. Every body panel on the coupe except the luggage compartment lid, roof and windshield is changed. For the first time, the Cayman is priced below the Boxster.
The 718 Cayman will be redesigned in 2020. Porsche could choose to go with just 718 for the nameplates of both the Cayman and Boxster at the time of the redesigns. If that happens, the brand could continue to use the Boxster and Cayman names for special editions.
911: The re-engineered 911 went on sale in the U.S. this spring with the major change being a standard turbocharged engine for the first time. The base 3.0-liter, twin-turbo, flat six-cylinder engine is more powerful than the previous naturally aspirated engine and improves fuel economy significantly. The midcycle updates will now roll through the 911's many variants.
The redesigned 911 will go on sale in the U.S. in late 2018 or early 2019. A plug-in hybrid 911 is expected in 2020. Porsche executives have said the brand's plug-in technology eventually could be used across the lineup. While Porsche is pursuing fuel economy gains even for its flagship sports car, a four-cylinder in the 911 isn't likely for the next generation.
Panamera: The redesigned Panamera sports sedan will arrive in U.S. dealerships in early 2017 after a fall launch in Europe. Porsche unveiled the second-generation Panamera's design this summer. Exterior styling is sleeker with a lower rear roofline than the outgoing model. The Panamera gets longer and wider as it moves to Volks-wagen Group's lighter, more fuel-efficient MSB platform.
New twin-turbo engines are more powerful and fuel-efficient than the outgoing Panamera's engines, the company says. The next-gen Panamera will launch with a 440-hp, 2.9-liter V-6 in the 4S and a 550-hp, 4.0-liter V-8 in the Turbo model. A more powerful plug-in hybrid is expected.
For the first time, Porsche will produce a wagon version of the Panamera, and it will come to the U.S., the brand's U.S. chief, Klaus Zellmer, confirmed to Automotive News. It is expected to go on sale here in spring or summer of 2018. The wagon evolved from the Sport Turismo concept car shown at the 2012 Paris auto show.
A Panamera freshening is slated for 2020.
Mission E/Pajun: Porsche unveiled the Mission E electric sedan concept at the Frankfurt auto show last year and later confirmed it would sell a production version by the end of the decade. U.S. sales are expected to begin in late 2019 or early 2020. It's unclear what name the production vehicle will carry. The vehicle also has been called Pajun (for Panamera Junior) during development. It will be built on a smaller version of the Panamera's MSB platform.
Porsche said the Mission E concept vehicle, a four-seat sports sedan, generated 600 hp and could accelerate to 62 mph in less than 3.5 seconds. The car's battery could be recharged to 80 percent of capacity in about 15 minutes.
Porsche reportedly also is developing an electric crossover. That could be based in part on the Mission E production vehicle. But it also has been described as an electric Cayenne coupe.
Macan: Two years after introducing the popular compact crossover, Porsche is adding variants. It introduced an entry-level model with a turbocharged, four-cylinder engine this year. The GTS performance model, slotted between the Macan S and the Turbo models, also went on sale this spring. But a diesel model once planned for the U.S. continues to be delayed by Volks-wagen's diesel challenges.
The Macan will be freshened in 2017. A plug-in hybrid variant is expected late in 2017 or early 2018. A redesign is expected in 2020 with the Macan staying on its existing platform.
Cayenne: The midsize crossover will be redesigned in 2017 with U.S. sales starting late that year or early in 2018. With the redesign, the Cayenne will move to a longer version of the MLB platform, which also underpins the smaller Macan. With the platform change, interior room will grow, and the Cayenne will become lighter and more fuel-efficient. A more powerful plug-in hybrid is expected.
A coupe variant being developed to compete with the BMW X6 is expected in the U.S. in mid-2019. The Cayenne coupe will have a sportier look with a sloping rear and sleeker roofline.
A freshening of the Cayenne is planned for 2021.
Supercar: Porsche ended production in 2015 of the limited-run 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid. Brand executives have said they won't come up with another $1 million supercar right away, but the public can expect a successor program. Likely timing could be early next decade, maybe around 2023.
960: It's unclear when this long-in-development program will get off the ground. The two-seat midengine sports car is expected to cost around $250,000 and slot between the top-end 911 and any supercar entry. Inside the company, the project has been referred to as a Ferrari fighter or FeFi. If built, the car is expected to carry a quad-turbo flat eight-cylinder engine producing around 650 hp.
Timing estimates have ranged between 2017 and 2020. It seems clear now that the early end of that time frame will not happen. The end-of-the-decade timeline could prove difficult, too. One source suggests production timing now has been pushed back until 2026. With Volkswagen reeling financially from the diesel scandal, the program certainly is a candidate for the back burner.


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The pile of presents sits before you, untouched. Each present is beautifully wrapped, adorned with ribbons and bows. There are gifts of all shapes and sizes, all arranged carefully: alluring, tempting, inviting.
Each gift has your name on it. The name tags couldn’t be clearer. These are all gifts from a loving heavenly Father, provided to each of His children from a generous heart. There is no lack, no scarcity. (James 1:17)
But the gifts lie untouched, unopened, unwanted.
It’s not that they are not needed. They are – desperately. Inside these packages are all the resources needed for a victorious, successful life.
Here’s the gift of peace, available to every child, regardless of circumstances. (Is 26:3, Phil 4:7)
Here’s the gift of love – unfailing, unending, faithful, constant and true. (1 Cor 13:4-8)
Here’s the gift of acceptance, meeting your deepest need for belonging. (Rom 15:7)
This parcel contains joy that doesn’t need alcohol, drugs, money, relationships or pleasure to feed it. (John 16:24, John 17:13)
This one has strength (Ps 18:32); this one has contentment (1 Tim 6:6); this one has hope that casts out all despair. (Rom 15:13)
Yet these gifts, while untouched and unopened, can do nothing. They are powerless unless unwrapped and owned.
God says, ‘O my child, why turn your back on these gifts, freely given? Why run to the world for its Poundshop trinkets when all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge sit before you?’

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We had recently revealed that Sony TV has an interesting line-up of shows. Ek Deewana Tha is one among Sony TV's most awaited shows.
The show stars Jana Na Dil Se Door actor, Vikram Singh Chauhan, Ek Duje Ke Vaaste actor, Namik Paul, and Donal Bisht. Ek Deewana Tha is a love story with a supernatural element to it. The show is produced by Prateek Sharma of Beyhadh fame. Read on to know more and watch the promo...
Ek Deewana Tha
Recently, Sony TV had shared a teaser of the show, "Get ready to watch an extraordinary love story, very soon on Sony Entertainment Television. #EkDeewaanaTha @namikpaul @donalbisht @prateek2411."
Vikram & Donal
The promo of the show has been doing the rounds on social media. In the promo, Vikram and Donal are out on a date. Suddenly, the duo starts experiencing spooky things.
Vikram & Donal On A Date
When Vikram touches Donal, strange things happen around them. She tells Vikram that she is feeling strange, while he ignores. But he will be surprised as he gets hurt and Donal sees a heart symbol on her hand.
Namik Paul Plays A Ghost
The dog starts barking and the lights go off. Namik Paul is seen as a ghost. He has a frozen look and his eyes are completely black.
Ek Deewana Tha Shooting
A few days ago, the muhurat of the show was held. Apparently, the cast has completed its schedule in Mussoorie and is now shooting in Mahabaleshwar. The show will be later shot in Lonavala and Pune.
EDT On Sony TV
The story is set in the hills and will be shot in and around mountains. According to reports, the show might take a late night slot.
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Project involved the demolition of the old impact sled from 1970’s. Diversified had to protect the existing lab and structures. Project involves the installation of a new impact sled with reaction block and is to be built in place of the old sled, with close proximity to sensitive equipment. The project is ahead of schedule. Diversified worked in coordination with Seattle Safety, who is the supplier of the impact sled.


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At Best HGH Doctors and Clinics, we are steadfast in our commitment to providing trustworthy, accessible, relevant, and accurate information. Our editorial process is designed to uphold the highest standards of integrity, ensuring that the information we provide is not only accurate but also empathetic and inclusive.
We closely review new developments in healthcare and update our articles frequently, especially on evolving topics like emerging diseases. Our medical professionals thoroughly vet each article to confirm accuracy and clarity.
We aim to present complex details in an understandable, respectful way for our readers. We also welcome reader feedback to help us improve.
Importantly, we cite all medical claims and statistics, backing statements with scientific evidence. This evidentiary support reinforces the reliability of our content.
By following these strict principles, we build trustworthiness and credibility with our readers. Our goal is to deliver medical information that educates, empowers and helps all who visit our site.
Our editorial process is meticulous and thorough. It involves multiple layers of review to ensure that the information we provide meets our high standards. Our team of medical writers, editors, and healthcare professionals work collaboratively to create and review content, ensuring it is both medically accurate and easy to understand.
It helps us maintain the relevance and accuracy of the information, making it a valuable resource for our patients and readers.
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We rely on various credible sources to gather the most accurate and up-to-date information. These include:
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We regularly review and update our articles to ensure they reflect the most current medical research and guidelines. Our dedicated team keeps track of the latest developments in the medical field, with a particular focus on new research findings and changes in medical guidelines. This ongoing review process allows us to provide our readers with relevant and reliable information.
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These principles guide us in our mission to deliver high-quality, reliable information to our patients and the wider public. By adhering to these standards, Best HGH Doctors and Clinics continues to be a trusted source of medical information, especially in HGH and peptide therapies.

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BALTIMORE - APRIL 09: Fans cheer during the game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Toronto Blue Jays on Opening Day at Camden Yards on April 9, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images) (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
Joe Giglio of BleacherReport.com joins Scott and Travis on the Scott Garceau show to discuss the Orioles’ AL East race.
Among the many inconsistently players of late for the Orioles, Chris Davis may be at the top of the list. Joe Giglio mentioned a theory that hasn’t been discussed much.
“I wonder how much that Oblique injury is still hurting him. It typically knocks you out for four to six weeks. He was back much sooner than that.”
Baltimore’s hitting has been somewhat inconsistent, but pitching is the real hot-button issue for making a playoff push. As far as the Orioles’ pitching rotation is concerned, they’ll be expected to start looking aggressively in the market, but playing it conservatively if there’s not sensible deal.
“Duquette likes to go out and get the big fish. However, I’m sure they don’t want to give a Gausman or a Bundy. It would really have to make sense,” said Giglio.
Although the Orioles have had issues with inconsistency with both hitting and pitching, Baltimore’s problems haven’t been as bad as their rivals up north.
“The Yankees need a starting pitcher that can help Tanaka out,” Giglio said. “The Orioles and Blue Jays just look like better teams. It’s getting to the point where they need to win every [Tanaka] start.”
Although the Yankees, along with the Boston Redsox, are only a few games below .500, Giglio sees the Tampa Bay Rays as the most likely for a third AL East contender.
“We’ve seen magical runs by the Rays. I could see the Rays making a run at this, or falling back and trading guys. It will go one way or the other.”

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Japanese sporting manufacturer Yonex has extended their agreement as official Australian Open stringer in a new multi-year deal.
The partnership extension was announced at special Australian Open launch function in Tokyo overnight.
"Yonex is a great tennis brand, much-loved around the world, and a perfect fit for the Grand Slam of the Asia-Pacific,” Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley said.
"At the Australian Open our whole team works incredibly hard to provide exceptional service to the players and Yonex plays a key role in how we deliver.
“We are thrilled to be back in Melbourne again next January. We look forward to taking advantage of our previous three years of experience as the Official Stringer to provide the highest calibre of stringing services to tennis players and fans worldwide,” Yonex Executive Officer of Global Marketing Wataru Hirokawa said.
“Yonex will offer five free restrings to every player per round to allow players to worry less about their gear and focus on performing their best. We are proud to play a vital role in keeping the Australian Open, known as the Happy Slam by players and fans.”
The Yonex team will offer racquet stringing services in the qualifying, main draw singles, doubles, mixed doubles, wheelchair and junior events
More than 5000 racquets are expected to be strung over the event, with the excellent precision that the Yonex team are renown for.
Yonex will have a team of world-class stringers at the Australian Open to maintain the high standard that the players expect.
Fans will be able to watch Yonex’s international stringing team in action at their base on the edge of Garden Square, and there will activations for fans during the tournament.


Green’s continues brand overhaul
14 September 2011 – Baking experts Green’s are continuing the brand refresh started earlier this year with a complete website redesign. The new look website went live this week and is designed to appeal to the varying Green’s demographic with a dedicated ‘Baking with kids’ section to appeal to families, as well as a ‘Creative baking’ section to attract a new Green’s audience specifically targeted with the launch of the new cupcake range. There are also improved product sections and new recipe suggestions.
A key element of the website re-design is to engage consumers – as a result Green’s have created a new section for fans to upload their own recipe suggestions using the mixes as a base. The website also offers an existing bank of recipe suggestions for various Green’s products ranging from recipes for kids to traditional, savoury and time saving recipes.
Green’s consumers are also invited to upload photos of their own creations – a platform which is supported by the recent cupcake launch. To promote website interaction Green’s have designed a competition offering a year’s worth of ‘girltime’ activities’ with a simple entry mechanic of uploading a photo of a creative Green’s cupcake to the website.
The website also boasts an ‘offers’ section where Green’s not only run their own competitions and promotions but also offer third party cross-promotion. To kick off the launch Green’s teamed up with women’s consumer magazine website RedOnline to promote a competition for the new cupcake range being run on their site.
Senior brand manager for Green’s, Emma Calder says, “We have worked hard to create a new website that will excite and engage our consumers and are happy to announce the launch this week. Part of the brand overhaul was to encourage repeat purchase and we are hoping that with our new recipe suggestions our customers will see Green’s as a store cupboard essential. Whatever the occasion the new look Green’s website will offer inspiration for a delicious dish or dessert! ”


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An increasing number of industries are turning to hydrogen technology. By converting it into hydrogen, energy can be stored, transported and released in a clean and environmentally friendly way. Working with hydrogen in a safe and efficient manner all comes down to the right temperature.
RÖSSEL-Messtechnik has partnered up with experts in the field of hydrogen technology to develop innovative sensors and apparatus for generating power with reliable temperature measurement at extreme temperatures. Our sensors help advance the research and development of environmentally friendly energy systems to permanently sink carbon dioxide emissions.
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As a leading manufacturer of temperature measuring technology for industrial and research purposes, we meet the strictest production standards. With internationally recognized approvals and calibrations, we offer quality you can rely on around the globe.

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New Delhi, 20/9:From the upcoming Gandhi Jayanti i.e. on October 2, the Narendra Modi government at the Center will run a special campaign for the settlement of pending public grievances. Under this one-month special campaign, pending public grievances and inter-ministerial matters in all ministries will also be settled.
According to a letter written by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba to the secretaries of all ministries and departments, this campaign will be run from October 2 to October 31. According to the information received by News18, it has been said in this letter of Gauba that instructions have been given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding this.
This process is part of the work of the ministries.
The Cabinet Secretary has written in the letter – You all are well aware that the timely disposal of public grievances from the references of MPs, State Governments is part of the functioning of the Ministries/Departments. These include inter-ministerial affairs and parliamentary assurance.

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More than 5,900 co-operative businesses in the UK contribute £35.6bn to the UK economy and operate across all business sectors. This annual report gives an overview of a sector that has outperformed the UK economy for the past four years, demonstrating resilience in difficult economic times and proving that values and principles go hand in hand with commercial performance.
Introduction from the report: Our economic system is lost at sea. Steered for too long by the wrong compass, we have privileged short-term, rentier finance over long-term and sustainable wealth creation.
In the process we have neglected enterprise and allowed deep inequalities to become the norm. Weathering the storm are the UK people and its businesses, reluctant passengers who are weak from battening down the hatches and bracing themselves for waves of austerity measures. Austerity is one way to allocate the costs of past failure, but it does little to address the reasons for that failure.
Our economy needs a new engine and a fundamental change of course based on principles such as widening ownership, sharing profits and encouraging long-term, sustainable enterprise. We need to redefine the way that we see economic progress, to lead towards a more hopeful and inclusive horizon of future, common wealth. This report shows that in 2012, the United Nations designated International Year of Co-operatives, we are seeing co-operatives across the UK proving to be resilient businesses. They are providing alternatives to austerity in the form of a new co-operative economy.
Ed Mayo, Secretary General, Co-operatives UK

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CAMDEN — A Camden man was found guilty of murder Friday in the slaying of Tierra Pressley, who was killed in a 2007 crossfire shooting.
Manfred J. Younger, 24, was found guilty by a Camden County jury following a seven-week trial before Superior Court Judge Gwendolyn Blue.
Co-defendant Anthony D. Parker, 27, also of Camden, was acquitted of all the charges.
The jury deliberated approximately nine hours before reaching a verdict.
The jury found Younger guilty of first-degree murder for gunning down Pressley, 24, of Woodlynne, on June 17, 2007 in Camden.
The jury also found Younger guilty of first-degree attempted murder in the shooting of Adrien Jackson, who was the primary target but who survived his wounds.
Younger was also found guilty of first-degree conspiracy to commit murder; second- and third-degree counts of aggravated assault related to Jackson; second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose; third-degree unlawful possession of a handgun; and two counts of third-degree endangering an injured victim.
On the murder charge, Younger faces a sentence of life in state prison, including 30 years without possibility of parole. He faces additional time on the other charges. Judge Blue scheduled the defendant to be sentenced on June 15.
Pressley was shot at about 2:30 a.m. as she spoke with Jackson, then 32 years old, in a parking lot at Seventh and Sycamore streets in Camden.
Pressley had just left a bar called the Seventh and Kaighns Lounge with a female cousin. According to the evidence and testimony at trial, Younger walked into the parking lot with a semi-automatic handgun and opened fire, discharging several rounds.
Pressley was shot several times in the back, torso, arm and leg. Jackson was shot in the chest, abdomen and arm.
Pressley’s cousin rushed her to the hospital in a car, but Pressley was pronounced dead within minutes of arrival.
Jackson, who was critically wounded, was taken to the hospital by ambulance. He survived and was discharged from the hospital about a month later.
The state presented testimony, based on statements Younger made to witnesses, that Younger was ordered to kill Jackson because he had disrespected some of his associates. One witness testified that Younger said he carried out the shooting of Jackson as a “Bloods initiation hit.” According to the testimony, Pressley was shot because she was in the way.


A T-14 Armata main battle tank on display at the "Russia Arms Expo 2015" in Nizhny Tagil.Donat Sorokin / TASS
Internet users have been given a glimpse into the crew capsule of Russia's latest tank, the Armata T-14 or the first time – a video of the vehicle's test runs of and the work of its crew has been uploaded on YouTube.
The YouTube video contains footage of a crew operating in Russia's newest tank, the T-14 on the Armata combat platform.
Video by TVCenter / YouTube
The first frames from the crew capsule show the interior of the combat vehicle – lots of electronics, computer displays and a spacious interior that easily accommodates three crew members.
The video demonstrates the tank's tests on the testing range, apparently conducted last winter. The vehicle shows its capabilities and stability when driving on snowy roads and rough terrain at the never-seen-before speed for a tank of up to 50 mph.
The basic version of the T-14 is designed for a 125-mm gun. However, according to gunsmiths, the combat vehicle can be upgraded for 152-mm weaponry.
The tank is capable of firing up to 10 rounds per minute at an effective range of 4.3 miles (7 km). For comparison, the firing rate of U.S. Abrams tanks is only three rounds at a range of 2.8 miles (4,600 meters).
The Russian vehicle also has a radar system, which has advantages for the aiming and fire control system. For instance, the T-14 is capable of hitting aircraft as well as intercepting enemy rockets and shells.
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Miss Universe 2015: The 10 funniest memes about Steve Harvey's HUGE mistake
Miss Universe 2015 broke the Internet in the worst way possible, and it was all Steve Harvey's fault. The host gave Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutiérrez the worst heartache of her life, when he announced her as the winner, only to take the crown away. He had made a mistake. But when he tried to apologize on Twitter, he had another #EPICFAIL. Obviously, social media paid him back with a vengance. You have to see the memes!
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Commissioned by the Illinois Music Educator’s Association for the 2008 Illinois All-State Jazz Ensemble and inspired by the music of the Dave Holland Quintet, the straight 8th Latin jazz feel of this creative original features inventive melodic lines and refreshing voicings. Tenor and trumpet are the designated soloists. Rhythm section parts are partially notated with chords cued. Duration 6:40.
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More Canadians are open to working into their retirement years or returning to work after having retired — two scenarios that present numerous tax and retirement planning considerations.
Data from Statistics Canada released in August indicate that more than half of Canadians planning to retire soon would continue working longer if they could work part-time; 43% would do so if the work was less stressful than their current job; and 37.6% said they’d like to take on work that is more interesting than their current job. Statistics Canada data also revealed Canadians are retiring slightly later now: the average retirement age in 2022 was 64.6, up from 64.1 in 2018.
“Why people are working [in retirement] isn’t necessarily tied specifically to income. Work is their connection; it’s their community; it’s where they see people and how they have a schedule and make sure they get up in the morning,” said Laura Whiteland, certified financial planner and founder of Inclusive Financial Planning in Truro, N.S. “You’re starting to see work become more of a focus in retirement, but it’s because of that that people end up in awkward tax situations.”
Tracy MacNeil, certified financial planner and founder of Tracy MacNeil Financial Solutions Inc. with Sun Life in Dartmouth, N.S., said choosing to work in retirement is, for some clients, tied to the discomfort associated with switching from earning income to having to draw on their assets. “It’s a very, very large concern for people,” she said. “People just keep working because it makes them feel better.”
Clients working into their retirement years can affect the decision made about the date on which they begin receiving their Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and old age security (OAS) benefits.
Whiteland said she generally advises taking CPP early. “I’m more of a fan of cash in hand because it gives you more flexibility,” she said. “But if you’re continuing work past 60, what I will sometimes recommend is, if you’re in the 40%–50% tax bracket and not really benefiting from CPP, even just taking it and putting it into an RRSP so you’re really just still saving. It gives you more control on your end and you’re not worried about the tax implications.”
MacNeil said clients who still have debts to pay off or who want to put additional savings toward retirement expenses such as travel can benefit from taking CPP benefits earlier. “Then, when you do trigger your retirement date and are done from work, you have all your debts paid off,” she said.
However, clients who have been consistently earning above the yearly maximum pensionable earnings and plan to continue working into retirement might be better off deferring CPP and receiving the higher amount at age 70, said Aravind Sithamparapillai, associate at Ironwood Wealth Management Group Inc. in Fonthill, Ont. Given CPP’s cost-of-living increases, receiving the higher amount can be especially helpful for longevity planning, and clients will begin receiving CPP benefits when they are in a lower tax bracket.
Clients who still are working after age 65 and already drawing from CPP can choose to make voluntary contributions to CPP. This strategy can benefit clients who were not making CPP contributions throughout their adult lives, such as immigrants who didn’t spend their entire working lives in Canada, people who took years off work, and people who are earning a high income and want to make up for low-earning years in their CPP calculation.
“What many people will often look at is, instead of contributing to CPP, wouldn’t you just save that money yourself?” Sithamparapillai said. “But are they going to potentially be able to invest the same way? Will they have the same behaviour? The same tolerance? They certainly don’t have the same time frame. All of a sudden that [CPP] guarantee may look very beneficial.”
For clients who have already begun drawing on CPP, Whiteland said, contributions after age 65 don’t tend to have enough of an impact on their benefit entitlement to be worthwhile. “It’s almost 6% of your income you’re losing into that pool,” she said. “I’ve never recommended that somebody continue [contributing] if they have the option.”
Given that OAS begins being clawed back after a certain level of income ($86,912 for 2023), Whiteland said, deferring OAS benefits until the client leaves the workforce, or age 70, whichever comes sooner, may make sense.
Clients continuing to work or going back to work after retirement still earn RRSP room and can contribute to an RRSP until they turn 71, Sithamparapillai said. This would be particularly beneficial to clients earning a high income. If the client makes an overcontribution in December of the year they turn 71 — their final opportunity to contribute before the plan must be converted to a RRIF — they will incur the 1% penalty. However, this tactic may be worthwhile because their income will generate RRSP contribution room the following year.


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Pops pure white
about 9 servings per container.
About 3 servings per bag
2 Tbsp (33 g) unpopped (makes about 3 cups popped)
Amount per serving
2 Tbsp (33 g) unpopped (makes about 3 cups popped) Calories
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|Saturated Fat 2 g||10%|
|Trans Fat 0 g|
|Cholesterol 0 mg||0%|
|Sodium 140 mg||6%|
|Total Carbohydrate 21 g||7%|
|Dietary Fiber 4 g||16%|
|Total Sugars 0 g|
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|Protein 3 g|
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|Calcium 6 mg||0%|
|Iron 1 mg||4%|
|Potassium 73 mg||2%|
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Ingredients: Non-GMO Popcorn, Palm Oil, and Sea Salt
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Pops pure white
Natural Popcorn from Black Jewell is a delicious whole grain treat! This gluten free snack is grown and harvested on Midwestern farms and free of hulls. The natural flavor of this popcorn makes it a great base for adding your favorite toppings and spices, or enjoy it plain!
Shipping Weight: .81 lbs
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USA: Online Grocery Shopping Comes to Sooke, British Columbia - Peachtree Network expands its online grocery shopping service on Vancouver Island with the online launch of Village Fine Foods
Peachtree Network Inc. (CDNX:PCH), the Canadian leader in online grocery and food-related services, today expanded its services on Vancouver Island with the launch of online grocery shopping at Village Food Markets in Sooke, British Columbia. Village Food Markets will provide residents of Sooke and the surrounding area with online grocery shopping and home delivery services."Our partnership with Peachtree Network gives our customers a new and convenient way to do their shopping," said Jerry Liedtke, managing director & partner, Village Food Markets. "Sooke is a bedroom community, with many of our residents commuting to Victoria. Our new online service will let them order their groceries at work in the morning, and have them delivered when they get home." Liedtke noted that as part of the Peachtree Network, Village Food Markets' online consumers will benefit from Peachtree Network's other features, including "Ask The Dietitian," Quick Purchase Recipes, HealthSCOUT health tips, and cooking instruction from the New England Culinary Institute, all found on
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Perioperative Encobini in BRAFV600 Mutant Stage III (B/C/D) or Oligometastatic Stage IV Melanoma (PREMIUM)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Know the risks and potential benefits of clinical studies and talk to your health care provider before participating. Read our disclaimer for details.|
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05097378|
Recruitment Status : Not yet recruiting
First Posted : October 28, 2021
Last Update Posted : October 28, 2021
|Condition or disease||Intervention/treatment||Phase|
|Melanoma Cancer||Drug: Encorafenib + Binimetinib Drug: Standard Adjuvant Treatment||Phase 2|
A phase II, multi-centre, open label, randomised trial.
The trial will assess the delivery, response rate, treatment compliance, efficacy and safety of encorafenib and binimetinib compared to standard adjuvant therapy in patients with BRAFV600 mutant clinically detected AJCC stage III(B/C/D) or oligometastatic stage IV Melanoma.
|Study Type :||Interventional (Clinical Trial)|
|Estimated Enrollment :||45 participants|
|Intervention Model:||Parallel Assignment|
|Intervention Model Description:||Neoadjuvant and adjuvant administration schedule|
|Masking:||None (Open Label)|
|Official Title:||Perioperative Encorafinib+Binimetinib in BRAFV600 Mutant Clinically Detected AJCC Stage III (B/C/D) or Oligometastatic Stage IV Melanoma|
|Estimated Study Start Date :||January 1, 2022|
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :||September 1, 2023|
|Estimated Study Completion Date :||January 31, 2024|
Experimental: EncoBini Arm
Oral encorafenib 450mg once daily and oral binimetinib 45mg twice daily for 8 weeks pre-operative and for up to 44 weeks post-operative.
Drug: Encorafenib + Binimetinib
Encorafenib is a potent and highly selective ATP-competitive small molecule RAF kinase inhibitor, which suppresses the RAF/MEK/ERK pathway in tumour cells expressing several mutated forms of BRAF kinase (V600E, D and K).
Binimetinib is an ATP-uncompetitive, reversible inhibitor of the kinase activity of mitogen-activated extracellular signal regulated kinase 1 (MEK1) and MEK2. Binimetinib inhibits activation of MEK by BRAF and inhibits MEK kinase activity
Other Name: Braftovi + Mektovi
Active Comparator: Standard Arm
Immediate surgery followed by Investigator's choice of standard adjuvant therapy to commence within 12 weeks of surgery and to continue for up to 52 weeks.
Drug: Standard Adjuvant Treatment
Standard Adjuvant Treatment
- Pathological response rate [ Time Frame: During scheduled surgery ]% of patients with a complete response using Haemotoxylin and Eosin staining of tumour removed at surgery.
- Treatment compliance [ Time Frame: Through study completion for an average of 12 months ]Incidence of missed treatment doses assessed from number of tablets returned.
- Radiological response [ Time Frame: Through study completion for an average of 12 months ]% of patients with a complete response using CT scan tumour measurement assessment (RECIST) from start of treatment until 8 weeks.
- Toxicity of treatment [ Time Frame: Through study completion for an average of 12 months ]Rate of patients with drug related toxicities reported from start of study until end of treatment
- Lymphoedema toxicity [ Time Frame: Through study completion for an average of 12 months ]Incidence of lymphoedema toxicity using circumferential limb measurement and questionnaires for an average of 12 months.
- Survival rate [ Time Frame: Through study completion for an average of 12 months ]Number of patients deceased from start of treatment for an average of 12 months.
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: Through study completion for an average of 12 months ]Quality of life assessed by Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Melanoma (FACT-M) questionnaire for an average of 12 months.
- Recruitment rate [ Time Frame: Through study completion for an average of 12 months ]Rate of monthly recruitment achieved during the last 6 months of the trial recruitment period
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05097378
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|Principal Investigator:||Pippa Corrie||Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust|


Well Point Dewatering, What is it ? and What are the Advantages ?
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WellPoint dewatering is a process used to remove groundwater from an area. This is typically done using a series of wellpoints, which are small wells that are installed in the ground at intervals around the area where the groundwater needs to be removed. The wellpoints are connected to a pump, which is used to draw the groundwater out of the ground and direct it away from the site. WellPoint dewatering is commonly used in construction projects, where it is necessary to remove groundwater in order to excavate or build foundations. It is also used in environmental remediation projects, where it is necessary to remove contaminated groundwater in order to clean up a site.
What are the advantages for well point dewatering ?
It is a relatively low-cost and efficient way to remove groundwater from an area.
It can be used in a variety of different soil types and conditions.
It is a flexible method that can be easily adapted to changing conditions on a site.
It is relatively easy to install and maintain.
It can be used to remove large volumes of groundwater quickly.
It can be used in conjunction with other dewatering methods to provide an effective solution for removing groundwater from a site.
What are the disadvantages for well point dewatering ?
Limited effectiveness in cohesive soils with low permeability.
Well points may clog with fine particles and debris, leading to reduced efficiency unless correct filter media is used.
Regular maintenance and monitoring are necessary to ensure continuous operation.
Depth limitations for effective dewatering, which may not be suitable for very deep excavations.
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What is "freedom?"
We love to throw the word around, but what does it actually mean in its purest, most unadulterated form?
It's the ability to make choices without "absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint."
It's the ability to live without being controlled by someone — or something.
But freedom goes far beyond that. It's the opportunity to wake up each day and make decisions about one's own destiny.
From the small decisions to the large, freedom offers us the chance to pave our own way.
In America, freedom is most typically associated with rights. The right to pursue happiness, the right to enjoy liberty. And these ideals are immeasurably important.
In America we can:
- Voice our political perspectives
- Worship God in the way we see fit
- Speak our minds
- Seek to fulfill our dreams, whatever they might be
I'm eternally grateful for these freedoms, among many others, and I too often forget to thank God for allowing me to live in a nation that so profoundly affords me the opportunity to make choices, both big and small.
There are too many places in the world where these rights don't exist — where people cannot express their beliefs and are harassed, beaten and killed for doing so.
That is tragic and horrific.
I praise God for America and the blessings given to us on a daily basis — rights too many of us forget to be thankful for. Our normal ability to decide for ourselves is an unattainable fairy tale for so many across the globe.
So, back to that question: what is freedom? As I've stated, it has much to do with rights (at least in the modern context), though my focus here, again, is "true freedom," the purest form.
The Bible speaks deeply and profoundly on this topic.
2 Corinthians 3:17 tells us, "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." And John 8:36 reads, "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed."
It doesn't end there, either. The Scriptures are filled with explanations of what freedom really means.
Galatians 5:1 adds, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."
It's clear that God created us for freedom, but that freedom can only be attained in its truest and purest form through Jesus. That might seem confusing; that might appear odd to someone outside the Christian faith.
But it's truth. Freedom isn't free. We were bought at a price.
And as we celebrate Independence Day today and reflect on our nation's history and on the liberty we all enjoy, we must also remember that true freedom runs much deeper — and it can be attained not by tradition or ritual, but by simple belief: an understanding that Jesus, who was sinless, is God's son who came to Earth, died for our sins and offered redemption.
Why not accept this free gift and let it transform you? So many of us are hurting, wondering what life really means, looking for something deeper. You'll find that meaning — that purpose — in Jesus.
Think deeper. Pray harder. Be thankful. Find out what it means to accept Jesus here.


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WPTV journalist T.A. Walker was Shining A Light on the Young Singers of the Palm Beaches live from the Kravis Center on Thursday.
The group is wrapping up their holiday performances, just after singing to a sold out crowd at the Kravis.
Young Singers of the Palm Beaches sing Jingle Bells:
Young Singers of the Palm Beaches sing “Jingle Bells”
Young Singers of the Palm Beaches sing Feliz Navidad:
Young Singers of the Palm Beaches sing “Feliz Navidad”
The choir wrapped up their holiday performances as they sang on the steps below the Kravis Center’s iconic poinsettia Christmas tree.
More than 100 students will travel to New York City to perform at Carnegie Hall in June.
And if you like to join the choir, they are holding auditions in West Palm and Boynton Beach in early January. For more information, click here.


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I am not a foreigner to the cutting board, matter of fact, it is the most used object in my kitchen. And, I feel naked making a meal without it. Just the simple task of pulling it down inspires me to eat the rainbow (no, I am not referring to Skittles candy). It keeps me focused on eating healthier, as well as, encouraging and challenging me to pay attention to what I am putting in my body.
Today, fresh strawberries, blueberries, spinach, yellow pepper, and mushrooms adorn the board, looking mighty gorgeous might I say, while I prepped my omelette for assimilation. One by one adding more vibrant color to the collective whole.
While it really wasn’t the board or what it does to me that made this task unusual, it was putting everything on the board, like a child lining up her crayons admiring the arrangement. Usually, I chop, swipe, and repeat until everything is ready to cook, devour it, then think in the aftermath, “I should’ve taken a picture.”


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Get In The Spirit.
In his latest song, a Neil deGrasse Tyson diss track, rapper B.o.B. continues his argument that the earth is actually flat, and scientists have been lying to us about it for years. One might argue that it's only a gimmick to get the struggling artist some much-needed attention, and we might have even heard you out if he hadn't been saying crazy shit for years. Remember when he was talking about celebrities being cloned a few years ago?
Anyway, don't believe everything you read and/or hear. Like all those people telling you that nothing cool ever happens in Dallas or that it's impractical to go out on Wednesday nights. Don't fall for it. We've got plenty of evidence to prove that's just not true. — Cory Graves
Matthew Logan Vasquez at Three Links
His band Delta Spirit may be on break, but frontman Matthew Logan Vasquez can't stop won't stop. In the fall he released a dirty, rock 'n' roll EP that he mostly recorded all the parts himself. It set the tone for the unbridled LP he's got slated for release next month. After stops in Fort Worth and Denton in the past two weeks, he hits Dallas along with fellow Austinites A. Sinclair and Fort Worth's Kevin Aldridge & the Appraisers. — CG
If/Then at Winspear Opera House
If/Then will be stopping by Dallas on their nationwide tour from Wednesday through the weekend. If/Then was conceived by the Tony Award-winners of Next to Normal, and stars Jakie Burns. The story follows Elizabeth (Burns), a city planner in New York City, who learns all about alternate choices and roads not taken. The scenery mimics the perfectly clean and upbeat commercials of twentysomethings dancing around in city parks and plays like two coexisting Lifetime movies, according to the New York Times. The music is, well, very musical-like with it's interchangeable melodies and bright tones. Shows on all five days start at 8 p.m. with matinees on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. And then it moves onto the next town. — Roberto Aguilar
Trivium at Trees
The cold metal of Trivium will fall upon Deep Ellum when it comes to Trees on Wednesday. The Orlando-based rockers of the heaviest order are fresh off the heels of their October release, Silence In The Snow. Rounding out the bill are Dallas' own Adakain, whose video “Hey Girl” was recently filmed at Truth & Allibi, and Serosia which will make your ears bleed. In this case, that's a good thing. — RA
Pegasus Reading Series: Ju, Levine, Morton, And Kent Evans at Kettle Art
Kim Kyung Ju is a South Korean poet attempting to fight the cultural death of poetry by pushing its boundaries into performance art. WordSpace Dallas will be bringing him to speak as part of their weekly reading series along with Jake Levine, an experimental writer who also translated one of Ju's books of poetry and Denton resident Karissa Morton. The award-winning series is meant to showcase local and touring writers. — Paul Wedding
Stephen Kellogg at Cambridge Room
Lock your doors. Hide your children. Stephen Kellogg is coming to town. Wait, that's Stephen King. Nevermind. Get out your candles and your handkerchiefs, and head over to the Cambridge Room for the sweet, soft voice of Mr. Kellogg. He certainly is ambitious too with his forthcoming four-disc album titled South, West, North, East, which earns its release in February. Anthony D'amato will opens. — RA
Shaping Sound Dance Company at Bass Performance Hall
Shaping Sound is back at the Bass Performance Hall with the Emmy Award-nominated choreography of Travis Wall, Nick Lazzarini, Teddy Forance and Kyle Robinson. The show is insanely entertaining judging by the videos found on YouTube. It melds pretty much every type of dance style with just as many music genres. Tickets are selling fast, so get on it if you want to be marvelously blown away. — RA
Cory Morrow at Will Rogers Memorial Center
Cory Morrow is a Houston guy who has been selling albums for nearly 20 years. He got his start playing guitar at Memorial High School in Houston then spread his country wings in Lubbock at Texas Tech University. From there he moved to Austin where he became a part of the Red Dirt music scene. It is safe to say that this guy is Texan through and through. Check him out at the Coors Light Rodeo Roadhouse at this 100-year-old stock show. That's as Texan as it gets. — RA
Reed Farrel Coleman at The Wild Detectives
Reed Farrel Coleman is a New York Times bestselling author (who isn't these days?) whose new book, Where It Hurts just came out to excellent reviews. Hailed as one of the best written crime novels of the year, follows a retired cop who is confronted by an ex-con to help find his son's killer after the local police department refuses help. He'll read from it at this one. — PW
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JUNIOR VARSITY Coleman sweeps Vestaburg COLEMAN - Coleman swept visiting Vestaburg 15-0 in three innings and 13-3 in five innings Thursday in junior varsity softball action. Arynn Spencer (12-7) earned the win in game one, allowing no hits with one walk and eight strikeouts. She was also 3-for-3 at the plate, while Codie Spink and Brittany Brandon each had a hit. Joslynn Rickord (6-3) got the win in game two, allowing three runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts. Keisha Lytle had three hits to lead the Comets, who broke the game open with a seven-run third inning. Coleman (18-10 overall) travels to Evart today.


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Reader’s Digest discovered in their recent nationwide diet poll that 72% of Americans have tried to lose weight. “Not surprisingly,” wrote fitness writer Joe Kita in the February edition, “women are much more likely to have done so than men—85 percent versus 59 percent.”
When we wrote about body image a few weeks ago, our research found that the ladies tend to be more critical of their bodies than the guys. Could that be why so many more women than men were trying to get in shape last year?
Of course, negative body image and media messages shouldn’t be the driving factors in weight loss. The best reason to get in shape is health. And, in fact, Kita reported that of those surveyed, most said they were motivated to shed fat for health reasons. A slimmer figure was just a bonus.
Being overweight or obese can have a detrimental impact on health and longevity. That’s why the government is getting involved: they reported that “forty to 50 million US adults do not meet recommended physical activity (PA) levels.” In response to this health crisis, they issued the first-ever official Physical Activity Guidelines in 2008, and they’ll be updating the plan this year.
As Americans become better educated about their health (and the real ingredients in fast food), it’s likely that even more will take control of their health and begin holistic weight loss programs in 2010. But will it be more women than men again this year?
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Yes, I agree with Tea Party that balancing of budget would solve some of our economies problems. However, it cannot solve all problems in our economy. I agree with them because eliminating or reducing national debt will reduce tax burden to the citizens and leads to growth of the economy. Reduction of taxes will also enable most American families and small businesses to pursue wealth which will grow the economy in
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts on December 16, 1773. The citizens of the colonies felt cheated due to the lack of representation in Parliament which caused unfair taxes colonists could not do anything about. In their opinion, they were British citizens as well and deserved the same rights given to those back in the mother country and to not have “virtual representation” where members of Parliament were chosen to speak for those across the sea instead of an election to decide who holds their seat in office. Therefore, when a shipment of highly overpriced tea, due to taxes, docked at the harbor, the Sons of Liberty paraded in dressed as American Indians and in a matter of three hours
When we start analyzing the data we find that living in the colonies following the Boston Tea party was a difficult time for many. There were people on both sides, those who were against the act and those who were for the act and a fight against Britain. When asked by the authorities, no one would release the names of the perpetrators of the Boston Tea Party for fear of backlash. Those who were against the act also feared from those who were now actively seeking to fight against the British. “The mob held no dissent, burning homes of the most outspoken opponents and sending the dreaded tumbrel, an imitation of the Inquisition leading to the doors of citizens who dared voice support for the established government” (Unger 3). This shows a clear example of how many there were who were opposed to the actions of the rebels, yet at the same time they could not speak out in fear for their homes and families. It continues with, “Whatever the motives of the
Back in the 1700’s the British Parliament had to start taxing the colonies to pay for war debt from the treaty of paris, this made the colonists furious, for they did not know why they had to pay, they thought this was underhanded, this caused breakout wars between Britain and America.
On the cold night of December 16, 1773, the Sons of Liberty dumped about forty-six tons of British tea into the Boston Harbor, destroying the boxes and turning the water brown; however, this was not a violent protest. Many of them did not want any damage to be done to the three ships carrying the tea, the last of which had just arrived that morning. During the entire event, only a few people got injured. Most of the protesters were unharmed and cooperated with each other to protest against the British government, although one man was caught stealing the tea they were supposed to be destroying, and another was knocked unconscious by a falling box of tea. Despite those mistakes, most colonists supported the Boston Tea Party, and it had a great effect on what was yet to come.
In the prewar decade from 1765 to 1775 there was an escalating in anti-Brits opinion in the American language colony. Some reason that this escalated was that people felt as though they didn’t really owe the Brits anything but that the Brits owed them something for taking care of the colonies. Ever since they imposed the stamp act the American settlers felt insecure with having to pay so many taxes to the British people because they owed a huge national debt that they had to pay for colonizing the American colonies. The settlers responded with more boycotts, daughters of liberty and newspapers started displaying support for the colonists; the sons of liberty, the newspapers started displaying support for the settlers, riots, and some published names of the merchants that were
The history and foundation of America was forged through the blood, sweat, and the tenacity of the colonists in the mid- 1700s. During this time of new hope and perspective, the colonists felt stifled by Britain’s tight hold on their country. They insisted on independence for their colonies and were enraged by their original land’s refusal to acknowledge their rights. Britain ignores the colonists’ natural rights and took advantage of America’s reliance on their finances and support. Britain’s government terrorized the colonists by denying their natural rights and abusing their power, leading to revolutions that would further shape the history of America.
"The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!" (Patrick Henry in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.) American colonists gave everything for independence. While independence did not come immediately, many events triggered the Revolutionary war and eventual forming of the Nation we call home. Colonists banded together through oppression and tyranny caused by the British. Prior to the Boston Tea Party, the colonists quietly adhered to Britain's rules and taxations. Over time, angst and anger built up which erupted into the iconic Boston Tea Party. Men came together as brothers in the light of independence and nationalism for their country. The Boston Tea
Merriam-Webster defines rebellion as, "open opposition toward a person or group in authority” or “refusal to obey rules or accept normal standards of behavior, dress, etc” (“Rebellion”). Have you ever thought of the numerous accounts of rebellious acts that have been expressed throughout time? Many of these uprisings have been successful and have brought great change in society. There are many examples of this throughout history. The Boston Tea Party painting would most likely spark a feeling of rebellion inside any American who views it. While the main focus is the painting, one cannot fully grasp the extent of powerful emotions that it encases without having prior knowledge about the defiance and its purpose, the details within the
The Boston Tea Party was a tremendous moment in history that was caused by many factors and had many lasting effects that led to the war that shaped our country into what it is today, The Revolutionary War. The Boston Tea Party occurred due to the creation of The Tea Act in 1773. The colonists retaliated by taking tea off of a British boat and throwing it into the harbor. This led to the creation of The Intolerable Acts, and the beginning of The Revolutionary War.
So far, the Tea Party in Texas has made great contributions that have lead to many success for the Republican party. Tea party members demonstrated the power of their influence in the, “… 2010 general elections by contributing to a GOP sweep that gave Republicans… a two-thirds majority…” and control of the Texas House of Representatives (Montgomery). Some of the Texas Tea Party endorsed candidates that won office this past year include: Governor Abbott, Attorney General Paxton, Senators Hall, Shaheen, Taylor, Huffines, and Burton for State Senate, and Representatives Anderson and Rinaldi for the Texas House of Representatives. Presently, the Texas Tea Party is also endorsing U.S. Senator Cruz and Mr. Ron Paul for President.
American history is full of battles and freedom fighters. From the Boston tea party to voting rights. America fought against a king who was unfair and unjust. They may have had a civil war but it was also for the idea that rights were being taken away. The country has many amazing historical characters that made it the country it is today. This paper will discuss the Boston Tea Party, George Washington’s inaugural address, his warnings upon leaving office as well as the Boston Massacre, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and John Adams on voting rights.
The Boston Tea Party: Act of Terrorism or Valiant Protest There has been a question posed concerning whether or not the Boston Tea Party could be construed as an act of terrorism by the standards defining terrorism in the Patriot Act of 2001. The Boston Tea Party of December 17, 1773 was a famous protest against the British monarchy’s tea taxation where men of the organization the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Native Americans and boarded an English ship that was carrying tea. Once on the ship, the Sons of Liberty threw the entirety of the British tea supply, 342 barrels, into the Boston Harbor thus destroying the tea (Digital History ).The Patriot Act is a law that was signed after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New
Through the analysis of primary historical sources, one finds that Tea/stamp act, the sturred up Battle of Lexington, the American Revolution and slavery contributed to the American Revolution which led to the Civil War.
When the Boston Tea Party occurred on the evening of December 16,1773, it was the culmination of many years of bad feeling between the British government and her American colonies. The controversy between the two always seemed to hinge on the taxes, which Great Britain required for the upkeep of the American colonies. Starting in 1765, the Stamp Act was intended by Parliament to provide the funds necessary to keep peace between the American settlers and the Native American population. The Stamp Act was loathed by the American colonists and later repealed by parliament.
Due to the weak state our of economy over the past several years, many organizations and movements have surfaced in order to attempt to make a change to better our country. One of those organizations is the Tea Party and their movement. The Tea Party movement is an effective political force in our society because it is respectable, organized, and focused on common issues.

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Javier Patiño Loira joined the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UCLA in 2017, after receiving his PhD from Princeton University. He has published articles and book chapters on a variety of topics connected with early modern Spain and Italy. These include literature and science, the formation of libraries, education, translation, and the development of the notion of interiority.
Javier is working toward his second book, Ecologies of Decay: Spontaneous Generation and Nature’s Economy. Ecologies of Decay argues that the study of spontaneous generation (the belief that insects, toads, fungi, and a variety of creatures emerged from decaying matter) crucially informed seventeenth-century views of nature’s “economy,” its program to remain always similar to itself yet never the same. The book explores two crucial developments resulting from the belief that death and decay were just a new beginning for life, and that individuals of one species could be born from the remnants of another species. The first was a view of nature as a dynamic, sustainable, and self-regulating web of interconnected beings, in which nature remained whole by repurposing rot. The second was the rise of complex forms of ecological thought: Ecologies of Decay contends that spontaneous generation shaped a world of horizontal links, integrated by beings born not from what is similar to them but from what lies nearby, in which contiguity replaces lineage and hierarchies among different beings become increasingly less relevant. By explaining spontaneous generation through the lens of material processes such as fermentation and putrefaction, natural philosophers advanced a materialistic and ecologically conscious vindication of the study of lesser forms of life, including insects, fungi, and parasites believed to be generated inside the body. Spanning from the early seventeenth to the early eighteenth century, Ecologies of Decay demonstrates that clichés about “Baroque” culture, including the lure of death embodied by flesh-eating worms and ruins—in vanitas paintings, poetic meditations on the fragility of earthly existence, and devotional “arts of dying”—made sense within a materialistic ecology of decay and regeneration that captivated scholars and creators with its protean and riotous creativity, in which human and non-human history related to one another in terms of matter and its transformation.
Javier’s first book, The Age of Subtlety: Nature and Rhetorical Conceits in Early Modern Europe, is forthcoming from the University of Delaware Press in June 2024. The project has been awarded numerous fellowships, including a 2020–21 ACLS Fellowship. At the crossroads between literature and the history of science, The Age of Subtlety adopts a fresh and transdisciplinary approach to seventeenth-century rhetorical conceits, devices that connect diverse facets of reality in a playful and irreverent way through figurative language. Reacting to a tradition that has studied conceits within the narrow sphere of rhetorical and poetic debates, the book contends that the extraordinary popularity and controversy that surrounded conceits only make sense when they are considered within the early modern culture of ingenuity. Ingenuity was a form of creative, problem-solving use of the imagination that was at once responsible for the conceits of orators and poets, the machines of the engineer, the juggler’s sleight of hand, the wiles of the statesman, and the discovery of truths about nature. While modern, post-Kantian views confine the imagination to the poet and the artist, the book argues that, for seventeenth-century individuals, the invention of conceits existed in continuity with practices that today we associate with science and technology. By examining a set of Italian and Spanish theories of the conceit composed between 1619 and 1654 in parallel with contemporary works of natural philosophy and mathematical disciplines, The Age of Subtlety contests the received and well-established belief that conceits departed from the imitation of nature in the pursuit of creative freedom. Instead, it contends that theorists often understood conceits as a response to a new sensibility towards the study of nature articulated around the notion of “subtlety.”
Since September 2014, Javier has been part of the Diversifying the Classics project, directed by Prof. Barbara Fuchs at UCLA. As a member of the project’s Comedia in Translation and Performance working group, he has co-translated eight seventeenth-century Hispanic plays into English.
- M.A./Ph.D. (2012/2016) Spanish and Portuguese, Princeton University
- M.A. (2008) Literature and Arts, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris
- B.A. (2007) Romance Languages (Italian), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
- B.A. (2007) Spanish, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
- Early Modern Spanish and Italian Literature
- Poetics and Rhetoric
- Early Modern Science
- Ecology and Ideas of Nature
- Humanism and Antiquarianism
- Libraries and Collections
- The Age of Subtlety
- Nature and Rhetorical Conceits in Early Modern Europe
- University of Delaware Press, Forthcoming June 14, 2024
- “The Ingenuity of Fireflies: Conceits and Natural Philosophy in Seventeenth-Century Italy.” I Tatti Studies 27.1 (forthcoming in Spring 2024).
- “Curiosity and Artifice in Juan Eusebio Nieremberg’s Natural Philosophy.” Arts (forthcoming in 2024).
- “Francesco Robortello.” In Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy, ed. Marco Sgarbi. Springer, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_877-1
- “Migration and the Continuity of a City Lluis Pons d’Icart’s Libro de las grandezas de Tarragona (1572).” In Multi-ethnic Cities in the Mediterranean World. Vol. 1 Cultures and Practices of Coexistence, 13th-17th Centuries, ed. Marco Folin and Antonio Musarra. Routledge, 2020, pp. 215–231. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003089339
- “Policing Talent in Early Modern Jesuit Rome: Difference, Self-Knowledge, and Career Specialization.” In The Quest for Certainty in Early Modern Europe, ed. Barbara Fuchs and Mercedes García-Arenal. University of Toronto Press, 2020, pp. 132–156. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487535506-007
- “La deuda de un traductor: La poética de Aristóteles de Alonso Ordóñez (1624-1626).” Revista de Filología Española 100.1 (2020), pp. 215–243. https://doi.org/10.3989/rfe.2020.009
- “Cervantes’ Persiles and Early Modern Theories of Wonder.” In Cervantes’ Persiles and the Travails of Romance, ed. Marina Brownlee. University of Toronto Press (2019), pp. 118–146. https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487530884-008
- “Tropes.” In Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy, ed. Marco Sgarbi. Springer, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_1084-1
- “Giulio Camillo Delminio.” In Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy, ed. Marco Sgarbi. Springer, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_321-1
- “‘Meddling with Royal Hearts:’ Interiority and Privanza (1598-1643).” Culture and History 6.2 (2017): e017. https://doi.org/10.3989/chdj.2017.017
- “Imagining Public Libraries in Sixteenth-Century Italy and Spain: Juan Páez de Castro and Juan Bautista Cardona.” Pacific Coast Philology 52.2 (2017), pp. 184–194. http://doi.org/10.5325/pacicoasphil.52.2.0184
- “‘Glosar la intención:’ Baltasar Gracián, el secreto de estado y la agudeza en el historiador.” Memoria y civilización 19 (2016): 271-291. https://doi.org/10.15581/001.19.271-291
SPAN 42. Iberian Cultures.
In SPAN 42 we will learn about Spanish history and culture through the prism of diversity. We will look at Spain as the site of centuries-long encounters and negotiations among different religious, ethnic, and linguistic groups. We will also learn about Spain’s role in world history by considering it a point of reference in the first but crucial moment of globalization in the 16th and 17th centuries.
SPAN 120. Literature in Historical Context. Difference and Diversity in the Early Modern Global Hispanic World.
What does a novel, a poem, or a chronicle tell about the world in which it came into being? How might knowledge about a period’s political, social, and religious circumstances (about the way people lived, what they feared and hoped for) help us understand what they wrote and read? SPAN 120 builds on the notion that, whereas literature is not exactly a mirror of life, it provides readers with powerful insights about any society’s expectations and anxieties. With that in mind, we will consider how in the first age of globalization (the 16th and the 17th century) the encounter with new peoples and lands involved a profound and self-conscious reflection on what makes human beings both similar and different from one another. While pondering on religious, cultural, racial, sexual, or linguistic difference, scholars and writers asked questions (and offered answers) that, albeit often unsatisfactory, discriminatory, and violent, give us nonetheless a glimpse of the mechanisms with which present societies still struggle to cope with diversity. From the distance of several centuries, we will realize that many of the reactions to difference that are characteristic of the present are woven with the stuff of protracted conflicts and attempts at dialogue that date back to early modern history. Readings include El Abencerraje, works by Cervantes, Calderón, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Cabeza de Vaca, Inca Garcilaso de La Vega, and others.
SPAN 135. Performing One’s Life in the 17th-Century Transatlantic Spanish World.
Performance shaped the existence of 17th-century individuals. Men and women, regardless of class and race, gathered at the theater, eager to see and to be seen. Even outdoors, ephemeral architecture and fireworks transformed cities and turned citizens into spectators. However, at the end of the day, everyone realized that it was the human hearts and minds that provided the curious with the most genuine and mysterious spectacle to see. We will read plays by Lope de Vega, Ruiz de Alarcón, Guillén de Castro, Ana Caro, Tirso de Molina, Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz, and others. They will guide us through a world in which the suspicion that everyone in the street was performing a role was only too real. Individuals feared that the other was concealing his or her true self. It became necessary to develop tools in order to peep into people’s minds, while keeping one’s own under lock. Only the smartest ones (and we will read them too) realized that even to spy on others was often easier than to look inside one’s self.
SPAN 135. Embodied Minds: Love & Emotions in Early Modern Hispanic Literature & Science.
What happens to our body and soul when we fall in love or find friendship? What good or bad does it to us as individuals and to society? Students will read novels, theatrical plays, poems, and even fragments of medical and psychological treatises that present us with the answers that 16th- and 17th-century individuals gave to questions like these. For some, love was a terminal illness. For others, the only path to happiness. Then like now, it tied in affection people of different but also of the same gender. Philosophers hailed friendship as the way to find another self with whom alone sincerity was allowed in a world that forced individuals to mask every feeling in order to dissimulate with others. Unfortunately, much like today, love and friendship took place under constraints of gender, class and race. They helped to create social ties as much as they operated through exclusion. Readings include La Celestina, Cervantes, María de Zayas, and Antonio Mira de Amescua.
SPAN 135. Interrogating Gender in 17th-century Spain.
A study of gender as depicted in 17th-century novels, autobiographies and plays from both shores of Spain’s Atlantic Empire. That of 17th-century Spain was a patriarchal society made up of contradictions. The king’s closest pen friend was a nun who influenced policymaking in a world that did not allow women to hold office. Females authored bestselling books against the outcry of confessors and preachers. They were not allowed to act unless in their husband’s troupe, but then became real celebrities, earning higher salaries than men. Women starred in plays that constantly showed female characters falling in love with cross-dressed members of their own sex, despite legal bans against homosexuality. The literature of the time shows individuals eager to cross gender boundaries and test prejudice in ways that allow us to reflect upon today’s society. Readings include Ana Caro, Lope de Vega, Erauso, Tirso de Molina, María de Zayas, Sor Juana.
SPAN 226. Prose of the Golden Age. Imagining Community. The Faces of Utopia in the Early Modern Global Hispanic World.
Through early modern works written in Spanish in three continents, students will explore how a diverse but hierarchical society envisioned ideal or better communities after models based on the series of intercultural, interreligious, and interracial encounters that resulted from the globalization of the 16th and 17th centuries—but also on the experience of gender and power divides. How did travelers to Istanbul and Beijing, as well as the soldiers who marched on Tenochtitlan reflect on alternative forms of coexistence? How did gender shape new ways of participating in a community, allowing women to explore innovative forms of anonymity? How did gypsies, and other marginalized communities, serve as experiments to imagine different legal and social frameworks of coexistence? How did racial and religious conflict generate debates on identity and difference in Mediterranean and Atlantic contexts?
SPAN 226. Prose of the Golden Age. Self-Fashioning and Interiority in Early Modern Spain.
For Spaniards of the seventeenth century, one of the most salient features of the age in which they lived was the progressive development of a barrier between the individual’s exterior and his or her interiority. Political handbooks influenced by Machiavelli and Tacitus, as well as treatises on self-fashioning intended as how-to manuals for those living at the court popularized the idea that modern men and women differed from those of past times in that they excelled at creating appearances, using sophisticated techniques of simulation and dissimulation with the aim of preventing others from seeing “inside” them while, in turn, they tried to peep into everyone else’s heart. Students will read sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish theatrical plays, novels, political handbooks and manuals of behavior. They will learn how notions of privacy and intimacy (always marked in terms of gender and class) acquired increasingly defined contours within the context of interpersonal communication at the court, political relations, and diplomatic conflicts.
SPAN 224. Poetry of the Golden Age. A Society of Poets.
From metropolitan hubs like Mexico City and Madrid to small villages and cloistered communities, early modern poetry circulated in a variety of media that ranged from orality to manuscript and print—on books, broadsheets, and walls. It was a tool of socialization and self-fashioning for elites and common people alike, with cobblers and nuns vying for awards in public competitions, courtiers quibbling on a variety of emotions in court games, and humanists discussing scientific topics in verse with learned friends. In SPAN 224, we are going to focus on two aspects of early modern poetry, namely its role as a means of social cohesion and dispute, and as a site for contemporary scholars to theorize the shared ecologies of natural and human creativity and ingenuity, at the time in which writing verse and the study of nature were twin activities often carried out by the same individuals.

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