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Episode 10 of 57weeks.COM pOdcast. Apple Dumpling Episode

Tom Truex, is the featured host in the podcast, 57Weeks. In Episode 10 he gives you some details on the life and death of “Wild Bill Hickok.” Also his take on the importance of an old school recipe for apple dumplings. Episode available on 57Weeks.Com or Spotify. ... Read More

Everything you need to quickly start a produce garden

Grow your own fruits and veggies with these must-have products With spring right around the corner, now is the time to start thinking about the plants and flowers you want to grow this year. Colorful flowers are a surefire way to dress up your yard, but growing your own fruits and vegetables gives you the satisfaction of producing your own food. A vegetable garden can also help you save money. While starting your own produce garden may seem difficult, you can complete the project fairly... Read More

Seminoles’ rise boosted by transfers

By Bob Ferrante Orlando Sentinel Correspondent TALLAHASSEE — There are college football programs around the nation taking more transfers than Florida State. But few can claim a success rate quite like that of Mike Norvell and the Seminoles’ staff the last few years. FSU had 11 selections to the 2023 All-ACC team who transferred in after Norvell took over, a group that doesn’t include quarterback Jordan Travis. While there will annually be a debate over who is the portal king, and... Read More

Man who died in weekend fall from Pompano bridge ignored frantic calls to stop, official says

POMPANO BEACH — Within all likelihood, no one may ever know why a man kept walking up a raised drawbridge in Pompano Beach over the weekend, despite desperate pleas to stop from a horrified bridge tender, motorists and other bystanders. The mid-Saturday afternoon walk — on a St. Patrick’s Day weekend — ended with him sliding down the raised east side span of the draw, disappearing beneath the roadway and landing on a concrete counterweight below, said Sandra King, spokeswoman... Read More

Appeals court to consider case of South Florida man accused of illegally voting

TALLAHASSEE — An appeals court Tuesday will take up a high-profile case about the state’s attempt to prosecute a convicted felon who was among 20 people accused of voter fraud in 2022 by Gov. Ron DeSantis and other top Florida officials. Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office went to the 4th District Court of Appeal after Broward County Circuit Judge George Odom in December 2022 dismissed charges against Terry Hubbard, who registered and voted in 2020. Hubbard had received a voter... Read More

Haitian community leaders in South Florida renew calls to aid country. ‘A frustration that is boiling inside.’

The worsening crisis in Haiti has leaders in South Florida’s large Haitian American community alarmed and searching for solutions that never seem to come. “Every day in Haiti people are being murdered, are being raped, killed. Houses, properties are being set ablaze in total impunity. This is what Haiti is living today,” Frandley Julien said Monday. “This is the most severe crisis Haiti has seen in more than 100 years.” It’s so bad, Julien said, that every morning when he wakes up... Read More

Jordan Poyer has dominated Dolphins for seven years with Bills; now, he’s on other side of rivalry

Jordan Poyer spent the past seven seasons with the Buffalo Bills, facing the Miami Dolphins twice a year and, in one case, three times when accounting for a playoff pairing. In that time, Poyer’s Bills were 13-2 against the Dolphins, which, for the past four seasons, have been Buffalo’s top competition in the AFC East while the Bills have reeled off four consecutive divisional crowns. As Poyer, the veteran former All-Pro and Pro Bowl safety, switches sides in the rivalry this offseason,... Read More

Who Restricts Religion More, Politicians or the People? Pew Crunched the Global Data.

Annual report grades 198 nations and territories, with 9 in 10 harassing believing communities. China and Nigeria score the worst. Government restrictions on religion are at a global high. Social hostility toward religion, however, has ticked downward. So concludes the Pew Research Center in its 14th annual analysis of the extent to which 198 nations and territories—and their citizens—impinge on religious belief and practice. Some sort of harassment of religious groups was... Read More

Metaphors Have a Power That’s More Than Metaphorical

Joy Clarkson peels back the veil of overfamiliarity from commonplace expressions and images. I’m afraid these men would only slow me down,” says a cocksure Benedict Cumberbatch in the role of the godfather of computer science, Alan Turing. A 2014 biopic, The Imitation Game, portrays Turing as a lonely, world-changing genius who reluctantly takes on help from less intelligent colleagues who’d only threaten his efficiency and from whom he has to hide secrets that threaten... Read More

Vayikra parsha: The small aleph | Commentary

Why is the letter aleph in the word va’yikra, the very first word of the Book of Leviticus, written smaller than the others? It is smaller, suggests the Ba’al Haturim, because it reveals Moses’s humility, teaching an ethical lesson. Moses preferred the text to read va’yikar, without a final aleph, as va’yikar means “by chance.” Rather than state that God called Moses (va’yikra), implying a constant close relationship, Moses in his modesty... Read More

Student on scooter seriously injured when struck by car near Cooper City High

An 11th-grade student riding to school on a scooter sustained life-threatening injuries Monday morning when he was struck by a car near Cooper City High School, authorities say. The student, who had head trauma and was unresponsive, was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood in “extremely critical condition,” said Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Michael Kane. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel) A Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputy is on scene where a... Read More