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As the largest project in the school’s 135 year history, the new academic wing plays an important role in continuing the legacy of the school for many years to come. From the onset, the school’s vision was a building that would stand the test of time (100 years) without significant maintenance and would feature state-of-the-art learning spaces and an attractive and inviting environment, all adapted to the needs of their student population. Windover’s role was pivotal in ensuring that the school received the greatest return for their investment without compromising on the quality, detail, and building program.

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by Harriet Berkal, June 11, 2020

My mom was a wash and set type of gal. Sometimes she would throw in the odd perm, to make her life easier. She stayed with same stylist forever. She was loyal to a “T”. So, in later years and after many strokes, I asked Maureen her hairdresser, if she might be able to come to the house, to give my mom a little cut and blow dry? “Absolutely Harriet, I adore your mom and I know it is so hard for her to get to the salon.” Now, that is a fabulous hairstylist!! She really cared for my mother.

She initially met her as a spunky “regular” Friday customer, who always had her hair done before the Sabbath. I bet Maureen knew more about shule business than some congregants did. After all, Sara Berkal had to look good for all sorts of events, ranging from weddings to funerals, condolence calls to bar mitzvahs. There was a great deal of pressure to deal with. There were lots of eyes watching her every move. She was a trendsetter. She refused to wear a hat to synagogue on Saturdays, for fear it would ruin her freshly done “do”.

She would go only once a week. I never saw my mother wash her own hair at all. Maureen knew just how she liked it. Sometimes, they would experiment, but they were partners. She fondly referred to my mom as “Mrs. B.”

They would kibitz with each other and have a good laugh. And my mom would comfort Maureen when she was going through a divorce. Oh, how Sara relished this ritual of being pampered every week. She looked forward to it. It was a release for her.

We rely on these folks not just for the cut, colour, extensions or perms they do - they are like quasi therapists for us, to vent to or gossip with. And it is more than often reciprocal. They might feel safe because we typically do not see them in our social circle. So, our secrets are locked away.

We unload and they console. This all happens whilst, we are getting done up as our spirits are lifted by their artistry.

Truth be told, if you have seen the same stylist for over a decade or so, she/ he likely know more about what is going on in your life, than others do.

Perhaps they might know the inner workings of your marriage; or how you really feel about your new mother-in-law; who cut you off in a friendship and why you are bewildered; what events you have planned; how your surgery went; if your thyroid condition is affecting your hair texture; OR they might say I think you are losing your hair, perhaps you should go to a doctor.

So why do we trust these professionals so much? Well hair is very personal. They are helping us portray ourselves to the outside world. Have you ever left a salon hating your hair but didn’t complain? I will fix this myself once I get home. And we would still go back to them.

Your hair creates a very strong part of your persona. When we might lack the skill set to do it “just right “ourselves, we become dependant upon them.

Perhaps this explains why so many individuals were in panic mode when COVID hit and salons closed. Omg, who is going to colour these roots? How many people decided to go grey during this pandemic? Some liberated themselves, whilst others touched up their roots with boxed colour form the pharmacy and desperately waited for salons to reopen. Let us not even talk about the ones who get regular straightening treatments, to delude the world that their real hair is curly or frizzy and they want to be transformed into Barbie dolls.

So, the government has issued strict rules to ensure the safety of the stylist plus the customer. All necessary and important.

What if one found oneself with a hairdresser who might go well beyond the regulatory guidelines? Yes, she would check your temperature prior to entry. If you did not have a mask you could be sent away. You were to wait in your car until your appointment, etc.  Services were limited and no sittings beyond 2 hours. That all sounds reasonable, don’t you agree?

What if additional rules were imposed? Perhaps, they dictated what clients could talk about whilst in her chair. You were not allowed to speak of COVID or the pandemic of anything negative / only good vibes. So, I guess the unjust killing of George Floyd and the subsequent riots might be off limits? The world has gone insane, as the US is totally divided much akin to the days of the civil war. What can we talk about; the nice weather or what flowers we just put in? Forget that there were no grads, except virtual ones and weddings all on zoom.

How many paying customers would tolerate being instructed on what is acceptable for discussion set out by a stylist?

The irony would be profound. How many hairdressers  haven’t unloaded their personal histories with all the negative details to us at some point or another? It is therapy for them too. I’m all for positivity, but neither do I have my head (groomed or ungroomed) in the sand. The world has gone MAD and the last pandemic was in 1918. The winds of change are in the air regarding the institute of policing and the acknowledgement that systemic racism does exist in this world. But it sure was a beautiful day yesterday.

I think we have all experienced that special connection when we are vulnerable and getting a service done. Chit chat has long gone on between customer and client within this industry. They are listeners and make you feel special to them. It is a quasi friendship of sorts. In some cases, you are, or think you are, friends with them.

In the States, we saw right wing protestors carrying their AK 47’s demanding their constitutional right for hair cuts.

The salon is a magical place. It offers creativity, moral boosting, and bonds of loyalty.

Many of us have devoted our trust to our hair stylist. We all remember that last appointment at salon X, where she/he whispers that they are leaving this company and will be in touch. And most of us do follow them, despite the change in parking, etc. that we must adjust to. So as paying and loyal customers – would you tolerate IF a stylist dictated what you could speak about during “your” time? I would not!

So, for all you Hairgicians out there - we are so glad you are back. Be safe and demand that your clients respect your health as well.  safe. But please, try not to Hair-itate anyone, with aloof and outrageous demands regulating what we talk about. It is our freedom of speech that fuels creativity. Do not STOP us from that. Relax and create magic. Otherwise we just might end up playing musical CHAIRS.

AND THAT’S A CUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bullies Worse than Predators On Social Networks

Contrary to the often cited statistic that one out of five minors is sexually solicited online, a controversial report released this week indicates that cyberbullies are a more prevalent problem than predators on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, and that in the case of predators, "the image presented by the media of an older male deceiving and preying on a young child does not paint an accurate picture of the nature of the majority of sexual solicitations."

About half of minors who report receiving sexual solicitations online say the advances come from other minors, the report says.

Where sexual interactions do occur between adults and minors online, they rarely progress to physical encounters offline and, when they do, they usually involve post-pubescent minors between the ages of 14 and 17, who are aware before the encounter that the person they are planning to meet is an adult.

The researchers found that the minors who are most at risk of encountering inappropriate content and encounters online often engage in risky behaviors or come from environments that make them more susceptible to risks, such as environments where there is little adult supervision or where there is drug abuse or physical and mental abuse.

"Those who are most at risk often engage in risky behaviors and have difficulties in other parts of their lives. The psychosocial makeup of and family dynamics surrounding particular minors are better predictors of risk than the use of specific media or technologies," the report says.

The report also says that although cyberbullying is a greater problem than predators, there is no evidence that bullying has increased because of social networking sites and that bullying still occurs more often offline than online, although social networking sites have created another avenue for expressing it.

The report, titled "Enhancing Child Safety & Online Technologies," was commissioned by the National Association of Attorneys General, which is trying to determine the best way to combat cyberthreats against minors. It was produced by a task force headed by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and is based on reviews of existing research in the area, of which the task force says there's a paucity, as well as an examination of existing tools that offer online safety features.

The task force included more than two-dozen representatives from policy groups (Center for Democracy and Technology and the Institute for Policy Innovation) child safety groups (WiredSafey.org, ConnectSafely.org) as well as technology companies (MySpace, Google and Yahoo).

Although the national attorneys general association commissioned the report, there's been some breaking of the ranks among its members. South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster has complained in a letter (.pdf) that the report's findings are "as disturbing as they are wrong," and "create a troubling false sense of security on the issue of child internet safety."

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal had a similar reaction, saying that the "harsh reality defies the statistical academic research underlying the report."

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[BROOKFIELD, WISC…] Edge Messaging, LLC has expanded and relocated their Waukesha County, Wisconsin offices to the Bishop’s Woods neighborhood in the City of Brookfield.

“As our client base grew it became apparent we needed additional room to produce more audio, visual and other creative projects in-house,” said Edge Messaging’s President Brian Fraley. “So we’ve created a  production and meeting space that is larger, more flexible and more accommodating to our clients’ real-time demands.”
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Edge Messaging is a strategic communications and public relations consultancy that also creates radio and television commercials, websites and social media campaigns.
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Assistant Missouri Attorney General John Sauer, left, talks with Dr. Randall Williams, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, during the first day of hearings between Planned Parenthood and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services at the Wainwright State Office Building in downtown St. Louis on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. (Cristina M. Fletes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s health department director on Tuesday said he tracked the menstrual cycles of Planned Parenthood patients as part of an effort to identify what the agency says were “failed abortions” at a St. Louis clinic.

Department of Health and Senior Services Director Randall Williams made the revelation during the second day of an administrative hearing to determine whether Missouri’s only abortion clinic will lose its license to perform the procedure.

Williams said an investigator made a spreadsheet at his request that included the dates of patients’ last periods, The Kansas City Star reported. He said the goal was to find women who needed multiple procedures to complete an abortion.

The head of the St. Louis clinic called the move “deeply disturbing.”

“Missouri’s top health official, Randall Williams, scrutinized menstrual cycles of women in this state in order to end abortion access,” Yamelsie Rodriguez, president and CEO of Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, said in a statement.

Missouri House Minority Leader Crystal Quade, a Democrat from Springfield, called for an investigation to see if patient privacy was compromised or if laws were broken. She also was critical of Williams’ actions.

“State law requires the health department director to be ‘of recognized character and integrity,'” Quade said in a statement. “This unsettling behavior calls into question whether Dr. Williams meets that high standard.”

The state had moved to revoke the clinic’s license in June, citing concerns about a series of “failed abortions,” and a lack of cooperation from some of the doctors involved.

While Williams said concerns about the clinic are “grave,” he said the issues are “imminently fixable.” He believes there are solutions that both the state and Planned Parenthood would agree to that would allow for licensure.

Planned Parenthood says there are no deals on the table.

Wrangling over the license began when an investigator involved in a March inspection of the clinic found that a woman had undergone an abortion that took five attempts to complete. William Koebel, director of the section of the health department responsible for abortion clinic licensing, said Monday that the clinic failed to provide a “complication report” for that incident.

That failure led the health department to launch an investigation of other instances where women were required to undergo multiple procedures before an abortion was completed, Koebel said.

As part of that investigation, the state obtained medical records of women who had abortions at the clinic. They found four women who required multiple procedures, including one where the physician apparently missed that a woman was pregnant with twins. The woman underwent two procedures five weeks apart.

Planned Parenthood officials contend the state “cherry-picked” a handful of difficult cases out of thousands of otherwise successful abortions. They have accused the state of using the licensing process as a tool to eliminate abortions in Missouri, saying the state is among several conservative-led states seeking to end abortion through tough new laws and tighter restrictions.

The Administrative Hearing Commission isn’t expected to rule on the licensing issue until February at the earliest. In the meantime, the clinic remains open.

Missouri would become the first state since 1974, the year after the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, without a functioning abortion clinic if the license is revoked.

Missouri is among several states to pass new restrictions on abortions in the hope that the increasingly conservative U.S. Supreme Court will eventually overturn Roe v. Wade. Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, signed legislation in May banning abortions at or beyond eight weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions for medical emergencies but not for rape or incest. The law is on hold while a legal challenge plays out in court.

While the Missouri case unfolded, Planned Parenthood quietly built a new abortion clinic in Illinois, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, in part to meet demand from Missouri residents. The clinic in Fairview Heights opened Wednesday.

Missouri women have been increasingly getting abortions at the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Illinois, another St. Louis suburb. Deputy Director Alison Dreith said 58% of the abortions performed at the Hope Clinic through August of this year involved Missouri women, compared with 37% involving Illinois women.

Another abortion clinic sits in Overland Park, Kansas, a Kansas City suburb. The clinic is 2 miles (3 kilometers) from the state line. Information from the state of Kansas shows about 3,300 of the 7,000 abortions performed there last year involved Missouri residents.

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healthy slow cooker recipe of the week: thai peanut chicken

In defiance of current internet rules, I am posting this on my own blog instead of on Pinterest - but please feel free to share this on Pinterest if you like.

I'm going to post one slow-cooker recipe each week until I run out of ideas. Each recipe will use whole foods, be high in fibre and low in salt, and contain no processed foods of any kind. They'll also be easy to prepare.

Thai Peanut Chicken, adapted from The 150 Healthiest Slow Cooker Recipes on Earth, by Jonny Bowden and Jeannette Bessinger.

chicken drumsticks and thighs, on the bone but without skin
1 sweet onion, run through food processor
1 cup peanut-only peanut butter (i.e. no added salt, sugar, trans fats, or chemicals)
1/2 cup low-sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup low-sodium tamari sauce
juice of 1 large or 3 small limes
4 cloves of garlic, crushed or minced
1 inch chunk of fresh ginger, peeled and grated or minced
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon red pepper (optional, I don't use this)

Brown chicken pieces, or omit this step. Put chicken in slow cooker.

Soften onions, put in slow cooker. If you browned the chicken, you can throw the onion in the same skillet so it cooks in the chicken residue.

In food processor or blender, or with hand mixer, combine all remaining ingredients until well blended.

Pour sauce into slow cooker and move chicken pieces around so that all are coated thoroughly.

Cook 4 hours on low.

Remove chicken and keep warm. Continue cooking sauce for 4 more hours on low. Return chicken to sauce for last half hour.

You could serve this with rice noodles or rice. I make a pot of brown rice, which is healthier and re-heats beautifully.

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A delicious veggie alternative to the classic sausage roll, filled with a wholesome sweet potato, courgette and black bean filling. The black beans give the rolls a hearty substance- and you can add extras like feta if you want to make them a little more unusual.

  • 1 tin of black beans (drained)

  • 3 small sweet potatoes

  • 1/2 a courgette (grated)

  • 1 small red onion (finely chopped)

  • 3 cloves of garlic (crushed)

  • Handful of fresh parsley (finely chopped)

  • 1 tsp ground coriander

  • 1 tsp smoked paprika

  • 1 tsp dried basil or oregano

  • Salt and pepper

  • Cheddar cheese

  • 1 roll of puff pastry

  • 1 egg whisked for the glaze

  • Sesame seeds (optional)

  1. Heat the oven 180C

  2. Prick the sweet potatoes a few times with a sharp knife and heat in the microwave for around 5-8 mins until really soft in the centre, cut open and leave to cool slightly. This will form part of the filling.

  3. In a large frying pan, cook the onion, garlic and dry herbs in a generous glugg of olive oil for 2-3 mins on a medium heat until softened

  4. Scoop the soft sweet potato out of the skin and add to the mixture

  5. Stir in the grated courgette and season with salt and pepper

  6. Add the drained black beans and cook the mixture for a good 10 minutes until its well combined

  7. Stir in the fresh parsley

  8. Once its cooked, leave it to cool on the side for a while whilst you prepare the pastry

  9. Lay the sheet out onto a floured surface and cut down the middle length ways

  10. Add the mixture all the way down the middle and glaze the sides in the whisked egg

  11. Add a generous amount of cheese and season again

  12. Roll up and brush in more egg, slice into pieces. Sprinkle in the sesame seeds.

  13. Place on a baking tray cook in the oven for around 15-20 mins until golden!


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German-based Fiona Liddell (pictured with her father Stephen) is the new Scottish Girls’ Champion after an impressive 2&1 win over Heather Munro (Monifieth) in the final at Dumfries and County.

Liddell, coached by her Dad, Stephen, who is a professional in Germany, the 16-year-old showed some real short game wizardry to overcome a dogged opponent.

“This is the best win of my career,” said the delighted new champion. “And I’ll still be young enough to defend the title next year.”

Liddell made a great start. She holed from a putt from off the green at the first to win the hole and was two up after a solid par at the second.

But Munro hit back with wins at the fourth and another with a birdie at the fifth and they reached the turn all square.

But Liddell had a great start to the second half. She drove into a greenside bunker at the par 4 tenth and holed from the sand for a spectacular eagle two. By that stage, Dad could hardly watch.

Following a string of halves – the long 15th in birdie fours - Liddell again showed some magic from off the green, holing a chip shot from behind the 15th to go two up. The next two holes were halved in par and the match was over.

“I was especially pleased to make the shot from the bunker,” said Liddell, who played for Great Britain and Ireland in last year’s Junior Vagliano Trophy. “I was having some trouble with my bunker shots earlier in the week and Dad and I worked really hard to sort it out.

“I was sorry to miss the Scottish Ladies’ Championship this year because I was sitting my A levels. But I’ll be finished school next year and then I want to go to
America on a golf scholarship.”

It really was class final that was played mostly in sunshine but also included a heavy mid-round shower. Liddell was three under par for the 17 holes and Munro was one under -  it was the two chip-ins that made the difference.

In the Ansley Reid Salver it was also a good day for professionals’ daughters. Jillian Farrell, whose Dad is the pro at Cardross, won the title with a one hole win over Jennifer Saxton (Kinross).

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In North Carolina, you may apply for a domestic violence protective order (DVPO) against a current or former same-sex partner as long as the relationship meets the requirements listed in Who can get a domestic violence protective order (DVPO)?  You must also be the victim of an act of domestic violence, which is explained here What is the legal definition of domestic violence in North Carolina?

Note: For non-married people in dating relationships or living together, the law specifically says that the people have to be of the opposite sex to file for a domestic violence protective order.1

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There’s an undeniable power in Savoy Brown’s groove, one which permeates the band’s 2019 album, “City Night.”  Driven by a heavy, driving bass and a rock guitar sense of cool, the album takes the classic blues feel and pushes it to its extremes. Songs such as “City Night,” “Walking on Hot Stones” and "Don’t Hang Me Out to Dry” are infectious and cathartic, the sort of blues that seeps into your skin and washes your cares away.

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NUTRITION experts will often advise that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for debt ridden Midland Red bus driver John Watkins it certainly was.

Not because he wanted to start his shift with boundless energy, but because he chose it to poison his wife.

In October 1985 52-years-old Watkins, who flashed his cash on motorbikes and cars, appeared before a jury at Worcester Crown Court charged with administering poison with intent to endanger life. His wife Margaret had noticed there was a strange taste to her early morning bowl of All-Bran and she was quite right. Her husband had laced it with weed killer.

Prosecuting counsel Mr Graham Cliff said the couple, who were the same age, married in the summer of 1982 but rows soon blew up after she found Watkins owed thousands of pounds to hire purchase companies over motorbikes and a car. When a bailiff called at their home in the Newton Farm area of Hereford to serve a writ Mrs Watkins became “very annoyed”.

She told her husband to sell his 500cc motorbike and buy a bicycle to get to work, but he refused. In fact he was indignant at the idea, shrugged it off and went and bought another motorbike. Action which his wife described as “disgraceful”.

Matters deteriorated even further when a  phone call to the family home revealed Watkins had been married before. It was following this Margaret Watkins began noticing a peculiar taste to her breakfast cereal and grew increasingly weak and shaky. Then on a Sunday morning in September 1984, she took a spoonful of All-Bran and spat it out.

When one of her grown-up daughters by a previous marriage called the next day she found weed killer in a cupboard.

Mrs  Watkins tasted the crystals and they matched the cereal taste. The remains of the breakfast were retrieved from a waste bin and taken to police. A forensic scientist told the jury the cereal was found to contain sodium chlorate.

Adrian Kemmenoe added: “It had more than a minute trace in it.” He explained  that sodium chlorate acts as an oxidising agent and stops the blood carrying oxygen around  the body. Urine tests on Mrs Watkins proved she had consumed chlorate.

However, Watkins said he had no idea how the poison got on his wife’s breakfast cereal. He bought it to control his neighbour’s dock leaves and although the atmosphere at home had turned sour he still loved his wife.

But prosecutor Cliff maintained: “The prosecution says Watkins put the weed killer on the cereal. He told police he loved his wife too much to do anything to her, but it’s more than a co-incidence that when there was a dispute, she found the bitter taste on her cereal.” It was alleged the All-Bran was poisoned four times.

 An eight-woman, four-man jury took only 90 minutes to convict Watkins of administering poison with intent to cause injury. He was cleared of poisoning with intent to endanger life on the direction of the judge because a forensic test could not establish how much weed killer was in the breakfast bowl.

Watkins was remanded to appear later at Dudley Crown Court for sentencing, but that was not the end of the story. While on bail he had earlier fled the country after stealing video recorders and a caravan from a friend who worked alongside him at the bus depot in Hereford.

He travelled to Germany and was eventually discovered living in a town hear Hanover, where he was arrested by local police and sent back to the UK for trial.

At Dudley, Judge Michael Mott sentenced Watkins to a total of three years in prison, telling him: “I am quite satisfied that you intended to cause your wife considerably injury in the sense of feeling extremely ill. There is something very sinister and unpleasant in injuring someone in this way.”

Needless to say, the couple were soon divorced.


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Theology of the Sexes 12 - Question and Answer 1

Part 12 of a 19 part series.
Topic: Sexuality
Organization: Theopolis Institute
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A session from the Theopolis Institute course - Alastair Roberts (PhD, Durham) laid out a rich biblical theology of sexuality, before addressing a variety of philosophical, political, and ethical issues. Roberts stressed that our questions about sex and gender, as much as our answers, are distorted by the assumptions of modern technological society. It’s a mistake to reduce the theology of the sexes to a flat, atemporal discussion of “roles and rules.” Christians need a deep, typological grasp of Scripture in order to grapple faithfully with our cultural pathologies. Positively, Roberts emphasized that manhood and womanhood are framed by the world and our calling in it. Men and women are co-creators, each called in a distinctive way to contribute to the fulfillment of God’s creation mandate to fill, subdue, and rule the creation. These lectures were punctuated with three lectures by Dr. Peter J. Leithart on the Song of Solomon.

Alastair Roberts Alastair Roberts (Ph.D. University of Durham) is a fellow of Scripture and theology at the Greystone Theological Institute. He participates in the Mere Fidelity podcast and is a coauthor of Echoes of Exodus: Tracing Themes of Redemption through Scripture (Crossway, 2018) and a forthcoming book on a theology of the sexes (2019).


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• Bishop Keith Butler

Five Tools of the Enemy

The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. And these are they likewise which are sown o stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. (Mark 4:14-19)

Jesus often told parables or stories to illustrate spiritual truths. All of His teachings are important, but this one was so important that Jesus said if you didn’t get this, then you wouldn’t get any of His teachings. In this most vital parable, Jesus preached about five tools that Satan uses to try and stop the power of the Word from working in your life:

  1. Affliction - This is pressure placed upon you through circumstance. You might call it life’s troubles.

  2. Persecution - This is pressure brought against you through people.

  3. Cares of this world - It is anything that pulls you away from hearing or focusing on God.

  4. The deceitfulness of riches – Riches are not evil, but allowing them to control you is.

  5. Lust of other things - Whatever you need or want more than God.

All five of the devil’s tools will have opportunities to enter your life; if you allow them in, they will choke the Word. Choking happens when something was once alive and productive is strangled until there is no life remaining. Don’t allow the enemy to steal the power of God in your life.

Practical Application – Don’t allow Satan to choke the Word that is on the inside of you.

Romans 8:35; 2 Timothy 3:11

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New PC Hardware Review – The Nvidia RTX 2080

Nvidia RTX 2080 reviewIf there is one piece of hardware everyone has been expecting for some time now, it’s the Nvidia RTX 2080, and it’s finally here. The graphics card is finally opening a door for many people out there to experience new graphics in a way that only high-end gamers were able to.  The GPU is a 20-series mainstream component that lacks a budget-conscious price tag, but it packs quite a punch since it retains the special silicon that allows entry into ray-traced grounds with no problems. It’s also an open GTU that has the ability to work with older components.

It can process six Giga Rays per second of RT Core. Most of the performance resides in the Turing GPU while scraping minimum rated specs for real-time ray tracing. There are still very few games out there capable of challenging this new GPU, but this certainly hasn’t stopped Nvidia from pursuing a big marketing strategy and the announce of third parties embracing the specs of the RTX 2080 to make it attractive to the market in the short run. The official announcement was released in the CES 2019 convention held in Las Vegas.

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Make no mistake; this brand new GPU is undoubtedly a work of art by itself. Before the RTX 2080 came along, very few components managed to pull off the five billion rays per second to achieve entry-level ray tracing. To hit those numbers gamers had to blow at least four figures in state of the art technology. Nvidia just changed all that by offering a GPU capable of retaining 30 SMs worth of ray trace silicon in a full-fat TU106 GPU. If we take the word of Nvidia on these numbers, it means that it can handle 1,920 CUAD Cores, 30 RT-Cores, and 240 Tensor Cores. If you compare this performance with past achievements, the company has managed to create a GPU that can show off better graphics at increased 50% increased better quality than the old GTX 1060.

The power of the silky silicon components is stored in a 445mm2 GPU that is kept cool very noticeable twin axial shroud cooler. This fan cooler is the same one used in most of the 20-series First Edition cards. If there was some room from improvement from previous designs, making the GPU slicker certainly could have helped. This is the first 20-series graphics card that comes with no pre-overclock from the factory. Most of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX cards come with it, so it certainly feels like a fresh change of pace for customizers and builders. The card has been tested with a 1,680MHz GPU boost clock that works perfectly fine for the TU106 GPU inside. So far the lowest combination that has run the card properly is a build featuring 6GB of GDDR6 delivering 14Gbps with an aggregate 192bit bus. The resulting 336GB per sec bandwidth is enough to keep that GPU running at full power.

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How the Super Bowl, football, and faith are inevitably intertwined.

Sunday’s Super Bowl will go down in history as being one of the most legendary matches ever, what with the Patriots winning by such a huge margin in overtime, despite being in a bad shape at the beginning of the match. The coin toss was conducted by none other than former President George W. Bush himself. Adding to the charm of the occasion were various stars and celebrities as well.

The Pope Plays in the Super Bowl

But that was not all. The game had yet another highlight – a rather unexpected one. Pope Francis sent a personalized video message in Spanish, addressing the players. The message was played on the jumbotrons in the stadium, with over 70,000 people watching. The Pope, himself a great soccer fan, has been involved in addressing sports in the past as well.

In the video, Pope Francis said sporting events like the Super Bowl are “symbolic of peace” because it can show that it’s possible to build a “world of encounter and of peace.”  He added that participation in sports teaches people to go beyond their own self-interests besides sacrifice and fidelity to rules. The Pope then invoked his blessing upon the match saying he hoped it would be a sign of peace, friendship and solidarity for the world.

In the past, Pope Francis has spoken on the power of sports to bring people together and create unity across cultures, nationalities and religions as well.

Atlanta running back Devonta Freeman anchors the Falcons run game. He says he wouldn’t be here either if it wasn’t for his faith. He’s from Liberty City, one of roughest areas in South Florida, he feels so blessed to be able to play the game he loves on the biggest stage in football.

“Coming from where I come from, there’s so many ups and downs. You know it’s hard to stay focused, but I’m a man of God. And I just believe in Him so much and that’s all I’ve got. He’s been with me my whole life. Even when things were looking real ugly for me, all I had to do was to keep praying on Him, and keep working hard and continue to be focused,” said Devonta.CBN Interview

Is football its own religion?

Pope Francis may be onto something – football, like religion, fosters a sense of deep camaraderie. Religion and football may actually be more similar than one might think. Although the Super Bowl is by nature a non-religious holiday, Michael Brendan Dougherty of argues that it is “America’s biggest religious holiday.” America, being on a serious religious decline, has attributed religious characteristics to the Super Bowl, elevating it to religious holiday status. The South and the heartland are devoted both to religion and to football. “The game presents itself in themes that are deeply spiritual: Sacrifice and toil lead to glorious conquest and victory,” Dougherty writes. Players are almost revered as demi-gods, and the different event elements, fighter jet flyovers, the national anthem, the game, the awards, form a semblance of a liturgy. Even the food can be considered as a “festal offering.” The only day in America when people eat more is Thanksgiving!

Faith on the field

The status of players as “demi-gods” creates a deeply religious issue for the players. The greatest sin tied to the Super Bowl and the game of football is the sin of pride, which players are apt to suffer from, writes Terry Mattingly of Patriots’ wide receiver Matthew Slater acknowledges how football players often struggle with pride. “As soon as I start believing in what I’ve accomplished on the field or believing what people say about me as a person, that’s the minute that pride can well up in you and become an issue,” asserts Slater. Mattingly comments that the very nature of the job of any professional sport “can lend itself to pride or arrogance for those who aren’t careful.” He further notes that for Christian athletes, “pride can be a serious temptation and a nemesis that has to be fought.”

Religion “runs deep” for a lot of the teams and players of the NFL. In 2014, Matthew Stanmyre of reported on how a group of 10 players from the Seattle Seahawks convene, led by Karl Payne, coming together with their bibles and writing materials. They then discuss the books of the bible and talk about lessons on themes such as controlling one’s tongue, the universal price of one’s soul, and the nature of challenges and its role on one’s success. Stanmyre comments, “Faith and football – with themes of adversity, dedication and striving to improve – have always seemed tied together.”

But even if we believe that religion and God has a lot to do with the Super Bowl, does God actually care about the turnout of the game? Perhaps we will never know. Surprisingly, 25 percent of Americans believe that God is concerned about which team takes home the win in the Super Bowl, a number slightly smaller than those who believe that God placed Donald Trump in the White House, 28 percent. An additional 13 percent believe that God played a “minor role” in the outcome of the 2016 elections. However, the number that say that God is not concerned about sports is greater – 73 percent. White evangelicals and nonwhite Protestants are more inclined to believe that God is involved with sports, specifically 36 percent of white evangelicals and 41 percent of non-white Protestants. According to The Huffington Post, half of American sports fans subscribe the idea that the supernatural influences sports outcomes, about 70 million Americans.

“Of course you have negative thoughts because you[‘re] cut, man. You don’t know what you’re going to do. But that’s one thing about faith, you have to keep your faith in God. Let go of worry, and let go of just the little things that’s kind of bugging you. And just let Him lead you. And I feel like, I did that the right way and now I’m at the Super Bowl,” said Taylor. (CBN)

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This religious involvement in the Super Bowl was apparent in the Annunciation Catholic Church, a church that allowed its members to light a candle in the color of their team of choice and recite the rosary with matching beads. Super Bowl Champion Kyle Van Noy, a Mormon player for the New England Patriots, expressed his gratitude over his many blessings. He commented, “I’m just so blessed,” when asked about the game. Other Christians who played in Sunday’s Super Bowl are Vic Beasley Jr., Atlanta Falcons Outside Linebacker, Jacob Tamme, Atlanta Falcons Tight End, Julio Jones, Atlanta Falcons Wide Receiver, Matt Slater, New England Patriots Wide Receiver, Nate Solder, New England Patriots Offensive Tackle, and Devin McCourty, New England Patriots Safety.

The NFL stands by Islam

Mohammed Sanu is one Muslim who played at the Super Bowl, but he refused to answer the looming question on the travel ban debate. He expressed the desire to separate his sport from his religion. “It’s a very tough situation. I just pray that us as a country and a world can be united. It’s really hard for me to talk about this right now. It would take a lot of time. I would really like to just focus on the game and just talk about football,” he stated. As reported by World Religion News, the NFL vowed to stand by its Islam adherents and support Muslim families against all forms of harassment.

Rabbis trash talk for charity

In 2016, Rabbis in Charlotte and Denver showed their involvement in the Super Bowl by making a Super Bowl wager, with fun videos promoting their teams of choice while humorously taking down the opposing team. Money raised was funneled to children’s charities, the Shalom Park Freedom School in Charlotte. A whole two-thirds of the money was given to the side who supported the winning team. Rabbi Judy Schindler of Charlotte delivered a “sermon” on why “God is a Panthers Fan,” while Rabbi Joe Black of Denver settles the score by proclaiming why the Broncos will win.

Scientology Plays the Super Bowl Again

The Church of Scientology has been airing ads for the Super Bowl since 2013, making this its fifth consecutive year to run a Super Bowl ad. This year’s ad, titled “Potential,” debuted on and the Church’s social media channels including its Church’s Facebook page. In the ad, the narration calmly states that “There are words to describe every step we take,words for the joy, and the sorrow, but through all of life’s journey, there is no language adequate to describe, the ultimate heights you can attain,..your full potential.” The ad drove Super Bowl viewers to and then to a “Your full potential” themed landing page with an associated personality test as a first step, one would gather, in learning about “your full potential.”

While the Church of Scientology’s ad was broadcast on television, the Pope’s message was displayed only in the stadium. Director of the Holy See Press Office Greg Burke revealed that the Vatican wasn’t charged anything for broadcasting the Pope’s message because the Super Bowl organizers were happy to have a message from the Pope.

Mega Churches get the Super Bowl fever too

The Crossroads Mega Church took a novel approach to Super Bowl weekend, they turned it into “The Super Bowl of Preaching,” and streamed the event live. The event page says, “We took the weekend when NOBODY went to church, and turned it into our highest-attended weekend of the year (seriously, we don’t know how). It’s an irreverent, schticky, preaching competition that turns church into a spectator sport.”

Is God to blame if your team loses?

Does divine intervention play a role in the outcome of sporting events? After losing the 2014 Super Bowl 28-24 to the New England Patriots, some fans of the Seattle Seahawks thought so. According to a survey conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute, one in four Americans thinks God has a role in determining the winner of a sports event.

10 percent of respondents said they completely agree that God has a hand in sporting outcomes while 16 percent mostly agree. Still, the vast majority of the 1,012 Americans polled, 72 percent, disagreed that games like the Super Bowl were decided by some higher power. This chart asks respondents if God plays a role in determining which team wins a sporting event in 2015…

Public opinion research company PRRI released a poll called “Americans more likely to say God rewards devout players” and stated the following:

“One-quarter (25%) of Americans believe God plays a role in determining the outcome of sporting events. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of the public disagree. There are significant disagreements among Americans about the role that God plays in sports by religious background.

White evangelical Protestants and non-white Protestants are more likely to see the hand of God in the outcome of sporting events than any other religious group. Approximately four in ten (41%) non-white Protestants and more than one-third (36%) of white evangelical Protestants believe God plays a role in determining which team wins. Fewer white mainline Protestants (25%), Catholics (25%), and religiously unaffiliated Americans (9%) believe God plays a role in determining outcomes on the field.

Nearly half (49%) of the public believes God rewards athletes who have faith with good health and success; about as many (47%) disagree. Strong differences of opinion are evident between Americans of different religious affiliations.

Non-white Protestants (65%), white evangelical Protestants (62%), and white mainline Protestants (59%) are more likely than Catholics (48%) and religiously unaffiliated Americans (29%) to believe God rewards faithful athletes with success and good health.”

Lady GaGa sings about God atop the Super Bowl stadium roof

Lady Gaga set off a Twitter storm with her inspiring and incendiary performance that began on the roof of the Houston Dome that included God when she sang “God Bless America.” See WRN’s article on Lady Gaga’s religion.

The Christian Post reported that: “her former teacher, evangelist Chris White, says he prays that her outward declaration toward God during the show is a sign of the beginning of a genuine spiritual journey that could lead to her salvation in Christ.

Gaga, known by White as Stefani Germanotta, opened the Half Time show with a heartfelt rendition of “God bless America, land that I love.” As her medley performance progressed she also recited the Pledge of Allegiance with emphasis on the line, “One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.”

“To me, the most moving part of her performance was when she sang her new song, ‘Million Reasons,'” the United Evangelical Church minister told The Christian Post of his former student.

The chorus to Gaga’s song a “Million Reasons” is as follows:

“I bow down to pray/ I try to make the worst seem better/ Lord, show me the way/ To cut through all his worn out leather/ I’ve got a hundred million reasons to walk away/ But baby, I just need one good one to stay.”

“Lady Gaga, like many famous people, is bleeding on the inside because fame and success can never satisfy the human heart. ‘Can’t you give me what I’m needin’, needin’?’ is the cry of the human heart for something far greater than anything this world can offer,” White explained. “I have been praying for her now for years, that the Lord will indeed one day show her the way to ‘cut through all the worn out leather’ of this dying world.”

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Effective date as soon as possible, If you are interested in the position please apply through either of the methods: E-mail or In person

Responsibilities and Duties:

· Communicate with customers to gather information in regards to their vehicle’s needs

· Acts as liaison between customer and vehicle technician

· Process customer payments

· Present customers with options and explain the benefits of recommended services and the potential outcomes of postponing repairs

· Manage work flow in the Service Department and look up parts for service technicians and order as needed

· Enter customer’s personal information and create work orders in ShopKey database

· Schedule appointments for customers

Qualifications and Skills

· Strong customer service, communication and time management skills

· Pays close attention to detail

· The desire to learn and advance in the automotive industry

· High School diploma or GED and valid driver’s license

Work Environment:

· The majority of time is spent in the front end (office) of the repair shop

· Time will also be spent in the service area of the shop, consulting with vehicle technicians

· Some areas of the workplace may be hazardous and/or dirty; proper safety and protective gear should be worn as needed

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: $15.00 per hour

  • 8 Hour Shift
  • Monday to Friday

  • Service Writer: 1 year (Preferred)
  • Customer Service: 2 years (Preferred)
  • Phone Skill: 2 years (Preferred)
  • Receptionist: 2 years (Preferred)

  • Secondary School (Required)

  • Drivers License (Required)

Work remotely:

  • No


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Accelerating the Pipeline

Water Quality Research Foundation expands positions & research projects

Water Quality Research Foundation expands positions & research projects
Water Quality Research Foundation expands positions & research projects

The Water Quality Research Foundation (WQRF) has a new approach to expanding the foundation’s impact and research agenda. WQRF, formerly the Water Quality Research Council, was formed in 1949 to serve on behalf of the Water Quality Assn. (WQA) as a universally recognized, independent research organization. Its long-term goal is to achieve sustained growth to conduct and fund scientific research on subjects related to the water quality improvement industry.

Historically, WQRF board membership has consisted solely of past presidents of WQA, with three officers and three directors. WQRF recently added three new director positions, with one position filled by the immediate past president and two that are open to past presidents or non-past presidents of WQA, for a total of six directors and three officers. The purpose of this change is to provide flexibility to bring in specific knowledge scientific expertise is needed and to maintain alignment with the strategic objectives of the industry.

Additionally, two new staff members have been added to the foundation’s team. Kim Redden, foundation relations and research manager, has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from North Central College and a master’s degree in public health from Elmhurst College. Redden has worked for WQA since 2013 in the regulatory and technical affairs department, as well as the professional certification and training department. Kayla Heriaud, WQRF research project leader, has a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of St. Francis and conducted grant-funded research during her undergraduate studies.

These changes have enabled WQRF to accelerate the timeline of its research pipeline. This year, we will be launching three new projects in addition to the annual grant program. In the first half of 2019, we are planning to launch another request for proposals (RFPs) selected by the WQRF Research Advisory Committee.

Ongoing & Completed Research

The “Cost-Benefit of Point-of-Use Devices in Reduction of Health Risks from Drinking Water” study is complete, and the section of this report regarding lead has been submitted to a peer-reviewed journal for publication. The lead section reviewed the case of Flint, Mich., which brought to light the benefits of a point-of-use (POU) risk mitigation strategy that public health departments could use in high-risk situations, such as source water changes, construction or partial lead service line replacements.

A study conducted by Virginia Tech on benchmarking technologies for scale prevention is underway. The study’s purpose is to generate a repeatable protocol for testing the performance of scale prevention technologies. The protocol evaluates the reduction of scale on a heating element, the reduction of scale residue on glass and a soap lather test. The mechanical test setup is complete, and the researcher presented an update at the 2018 WQA Convention & Exposition.

The 2017 grant recipient embarked on a study to investigate if POU devices could be used to monitor the microbial quality of water. The results indicate that household water treatment filters are effective at monitoring drinking water quality at points of use. This study is expected to be completed by the end of 2018.

On the Horizon

The foundation will have at least seven active projects by the fall of 2019. Proposals to be submitted in response to the “Predictive Modeling of U.S. Drinking Water Emergencies” study were due Sept. 3, 2018. The goal of this project is to utilize past water emergency occurrence data with future water emergency modeling to predict the rate of occurrence and contaminants most likely to cause concern. This will allow the national industry to be prepared with solutions for future water emergencies.

Four proposals were submitted in response to the 2018 grant program. WQRF will award one proposal that falls under the research agenda categories of emerging contaminants or regulatory affairs. Research is expected to start in November 2018.

WQRF staff currently is working with industry members to develop RFPs for two new project concepts. The purpose of the “MCLG (Maximum Contaminant Level Goal) Occurrence” study is to compile occurrence data to identify frequency, concentration and population exposure to contaminants that are detected at levels below the enforceable maximum contaminant level, but more than the MCLG. The second research concept will consist of a case study that compares the sustainability of centralized versus decentralized treatment for small communities.

For a glimpse into 2019, WQRF will be developing two additional RFPs for the Research Advisory Committee’s 2019 selection and the 2019 grant program. For the grant program, WQRF will award one proposal that falls under either the emerging contaminants and/or final barrier research agenda categories.

Fundraising Fun

Lastly, the foundation hosted several fundraising events at the WQA Mid-Year Leadership Conference in Hilton Head Island, S.C., Sept. 12 to 14, 2018. Attendees participated in the annual golf outing and took a nature cruise around the island. The Sept. 14 benefit dinner included an oyster roast overlooking the ocean.

Because of the evolving landscape of the water quality industry, research serves as a powerful tool to help identify key needs and gaps within the industry. Support at all levels of the industry is essential to the many projects and accelerated timeline now underway.

About the author

Ned Jones is president of the Water Quality Research Foundation. Jones can be reached at [email protected] or 330.337.8754.


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Big Money Match, What's Going On With Hogan & Styles, WWE Creative Problems, Cryptic Tweets

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Kane, Daniel Bryan & Undertaker

In your opinion, what realistic match right now would draw the most money for the WWE?

There are a lot of combinations with big earning potential. One that I feel would be great for Wrestlemania XXX next year would be CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan. You never know what direction that WWE is going to take but even though the roster is thin right now, there are matches that will draw. WWE also has the ability to use stars such as Brock Lesnar, Undertaker and Triple H. These guys are huge assets when you pair them with workers such as the aforementioned Punk and Bryan. Two guys that I would consider doubtful for the show next year,at least in their current state, are Steve Austin and The Rock.

Can you take us past the scripts and storylines and tell what is truly going on with TNA, Hulk Hogan and AJ Styles? Is this all one big work and they are making us look like marks?

Hulk Hogan's current contract with TNA Wrestling is up Monday/Tuesday and the last I heard, they had not reached an agreement on a new one. The fact that TNA is playing up the Hogan/Dixie Carter storyline tells me they think they'll get something done but there is nothing we can confirm as of this writing. AJ Styles signed a short-term extension to take him through Bound for Glory but it expires before the end of the year. TNA has been in the process of cutting all talent contracts in an effort to save money. Hogan and Styles are of no exception and it's going to be a very interesting situation to watch play out.

Am I making it too easy when I think if WWE hired more good writers they could minimize their creative and booking problems?

Yes and if it were this easy it would have already been done. There are several things that cause creative problems but it all boils down to having to write weekly television each and every week and expect the storylines to make logical sense. Sometimes WWE accomplishes this, other times they do not. WWE gets in trouble by booking on the fly or Vince McMahon orders last minute script changes. One of the biggest things I don't think a lot of people understand is how difficult the job of a writer is. As one observer told me, it's not fun to write TV and is a very tedious task.

What is up with these "cryptic tweets" to the official WWE Twitter account? Have you heard anything special about who it is and when this person will return or make their debut?

I am under the impression the Tweets are about Undertaker and/or Kane but I haven't heard for what. WWE was hoping that Undertaker would come back to work Survivor Series but I haven't heard if there has been any movement on that or not.

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Cena & Bryan Talk Meeting Vince McMahon For The First Time

Dot com posted a new article where they interviewed John Cena, Daniel Bryan, Goldust, Cody Rhodes, JBL, Big Show and Mark Henry about the first time they met Vince McMahon.

Below are excerpts from the stories of Cena, Bryan and Goldust.

John Cena:

“They literally dragged me by the arm to Vince’s office, threw me in and asked him, ‘What do you think?’ I had ridiculously ugly, long, super-dyed blond hair that was shaved bald on the sides. He turned around and with a disgusted look on his face, he said, ‘Cut his hair,’ and I was whisked away from Vince like an assembly line.

“That was the first time I met Vince McMahon and he was disgusted to look at me. They shipped me out and I immediately got a haircut, which was not dyed blond, but equally as horrible."

Daniel Bryan:

“I didn’t even know how to sit in a suit. He asked me things like, ‘What would you like to see happen?’ I told him that I’d like to come in and be a top guy, but I had concerns about not being very big. I have a very self-deprecating sense of humor and think of myself as a humble person, so it’s hard for me to say that I’m good at something. Vince said, ‘Shawn tells me you’re very good.’ And I just said, ‘Well, I’m okay.’ And I could tell instantly he disliked that.

“It was very awkward and very uncomfortable. Vince takes these very long pauses after he asks you a question and you answer him. He’ll just look at you. Some will start talking, which I think he likes because it shows they’re uncomfortable. I was uncomfortable, but I just looked at him. I was waiting for him to talk and he was waiting for me to talk. It was surreal. I was very nervous and even in in my $500 suit — which I thought was the most expensive suit in the world — I knew I was inadequately dressed. This guy has the power to control your destiny.”

“Vince has an aura about him. He’s very intimidating. He reminds me a lot of my father. They have that stature. That’s why he’s the king of the world and The Boss. What he wants, he gets. And we try to put on the best show we can for the fans and for him. We always want that fatherly figure to be pleased with our work. I want Vince’s approval. I don’t necessarily want anybody else in the company’s approval, but I do want Vince’s.”

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*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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WWE taped the Raw portion of this week's WWE Superstars tonight from the the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Below are full results:

Dark Match:

* Brodus Clay b. Damien Sandow

WWE Superstars: (Airing Thursday on WWE.com):

* Epico & Primo b. JTG & Michael McGillicutty

* WWE United States Champion Jack Swagger w/Vickie Guerrero b. Santino Marella

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*Spoilers* WWE Superstars Taping Results From Rockford, Illinois (Part 2)

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WWE taped the Smackdown portion of this week’s WWE Superstars tonight from the BMO Harris Bank Center in Rockford, Illinois. Below are full results:

WWE Superstars (Airing Thursday on WWE.com)

* Jinder Mahal b. Justin Gabriel by submission with the Camel Clutch.

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After WWE Raw Went Off Air, Videos Of WWE Partnering With Special Olympics, Kevin Hart Appearance

- After WWE Raw went off the air, Dean Ambrose came out to the arena and hit Seth Rollins several times with a steel chair. John Cena came to the aid and hit Seth with an Attitude Adjustment. Roman Reigns ended the brawl with a spear to Rollins to make the fans go home happy.

- Below are several videos of WWE partnering up with the Special Olympics this week:

- Kevin Hart was the special guest star for WWE Raw. He made several cameo appearances. His main stunt was to commentate during the Adam Rose and Summer Rae vs. Fandango and Layla match. At the end of the match, Kevin Hart joined Adam Rose's dance party. The video can be seen below:

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Teen killed in multi-vehicle crash in Dinwiddie County

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DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A teen has died following a multi-vehicle crash, that also sent four others to the hospital, in Dinwiddie County on Tuesday morning.

The crash occurred on Route 460 westbound at Courthouse Road at around 10:40 a.m.

According to Virginia State Police, a Honda Civic was attempting to cross Route 460 from northbound Courthouse Road when they were struck by a Lexus sedan traveling westbound on Rte. 460.

Both vehicles spun as a result of the crash, with the Lexus spinning around to face east and the Civic spinning around, striking a light pole on its passenger side.

A driver and two passengers who were inside the Lexus were rushed to an area hospital via ambulance with serious injuries.

The driver and one passenger, both 16-years-old, who were in the Civic were both flown to the hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries on Tuesday.

The passenger of the Civic, identified as 16-year-old John W. D. Reid, was pronounced dead at VCU Medical Center, according to State Police.

State Police says it is believed that all the people involved in the crash were not wearing seatbelts.

Charges are pending, Virginia State Police said, as an investigation into the crash is underway.

A GoFundMe page has been organized for Reid. You can find it here.

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