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Recap: 'So You Think You Can Dance' - Meet the Top 20
All things considered, that wasn't such a long preliminary process for Season 9 of "So You Think You Can Dance." I guess I'm only thinking relative to "American Idol," which took 13 episodes to get to the Top 24 this season. In contrast, this will be our sixth episode of the "SYTYCD" season and we're about to meet the Top 20.
Click through and join me for the entire protracted process.
8:01 p.m. I forgot that there was the potential of a wacky format for this. I'm intrigued.
8:02 p.m. This is the 200th episode of "So You Think You Can Dance" and our judging panel includes Mary Murphy, Nigel Lythgoe and... ZOOEY DESCHANEL! Cat Deeley calls "New Girl" TV's top new comedy, which it isn't. By any measure. At all. But anyway... Zooey!
8:02 p.m. Nigel Lythgoe announces that we're going to have two winners this season. We're going to have America's Favorite Girl and America's Favorite Guy. Zooey's got to be figuring that she's got America's Favorite Girl in the bag.
8:09 p.m. OK. After that commercial break, we're getting some results, followed by some dancing.
8:10 p.m. Astoundingly, Alexa Anderson is up first. I can't believe we're not saving Robo-Alexa for the very end. We spent all of last week with the judges begging her to show emotions and saying stupid things like that Alexa could win. Whether or not that's the case, ALEXA ANDERSON is the first person in our Top 20.
8:11 p.m. The first guy to face judgement is George Lawrence II. You remember him because he moved Debbie Allen emotionally at his audition, but you may have forgotten, because he wasn't seen in Vegas at all. But since Debbie Allen is giving him his results, there's no doubt at all. GEORGE LAWRENCE II is in the Top 20. As is some guy named WILL THOMAS from LA.
8:13 p.m. Uh-oh. Our first sad person is Megan Branch, followed by Colin Fuller.
8:14 p.m. Amber Jackson came close last year. Will this be her lucky year? Yes. AMBER JACKSON is in the Top 20. I wish they were showing chyrons to give me names in case I didn't type fast enough.
8:15 p.m. They have to rush through the announcement, because Amber, Will, Alexa and George have to do a routine by Toasty Oreos. They're not especially synchronized, this group of four. I can't tell if that's entirely intentional, partially intentional or completely unintentional. They may not be together, but in individual isolation, nobody seems immediately out of their depth.
8:17 p.m. "As far as I'm concerned, all of the Top 20 are superstars," Nigel says, praising Tosty and his choreography. Nigel tells Will he has to move his body faster. He tells Amber that she's a star now, but that she was unattractive when she said last year that she wasn't going to come back. Nigel tells Alexa that she found herself and needs to keep herself. And finally, Nigel says George is shiny. Mary was happy. "It's far for me to even think of anything to say," Zooey says. Ask Siri! She praises their teamwork.
8:25 p.m. Our next group is our ballroom group, led by the Salt Lake City powerhouses. Up first is Nick Carter. He has a hyphenate name, but if "SYTYCD" don't want to identify him for me, I can't be bothered to record it. In any case, tear-prone NICK BLOXOM-CARTER is in the Top 20. But what about Whitney Carson and her less sexualized buddy Lindsay Arnold. They're both called in together and... uh-oh. There's only room for one Ballroom Girl. One of the best buddies is about to be sent home. This is very sad. It's WHITNEY CARSON in our Top 20. Lindsay smiles contentedly, but disappointed. "We just can't think of a Top 20 without both of you," Mary cackles. Oh. So LINDSAY ARNOLD is also in the Top 20. Watching their Latin trio, I'm feeling like Nick is a very lucky man at this moment and he probably doesn't appreciate it. Whitney and Lindsay should be encouraged to dance together frequently this season.
8:32 p.m. The men in the audience are very pleased. "I think the train just pulled up at the Sizzle Station," Mary squeals. She's proud of them all. May does, however, want just a little bit more from Nick. "You guys are two of the hottest tamales we've had on the show for sure," Mary says. Zooey calls Lindsay and Whitney "twins" and "firecrackers." Nobody's wants to hear Nigel slobber over Whitney and Lindsay?
8:38 p.m. Daniel Baker, Eliana Gerard and Chehon Wespi-Tschopp are up next. They're all classically trained. ELIANA GERARD is in the Top 20. But what of the two ballet boys? I'm rooting for Chehon, even though I'm not sure I'm ever going to learn to spell his name. DANIEL BAKER makes the Top 20. The judges praise Daniel's consistency and make it seem like Chehon isn't in the Top 20. But they're just being stupid. Again. You can't pull that fake-out crap two segments in a row. CHEHON WESPI-TSCHOPP is also in the Top 20.
8:43 p.m. Their routine is dynamic and exciting and marvelously choreographed. All three look like potential superstars. Kudos to choreographers Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson.
8:45 p.m. Nigel praises both men for giving up careers to do this, celebrating their bravery. Nigel also calls Eliana a wonderful dancer. Mary calls Eliana "a ballet warrior" and the guys make her shriek. And Zooey? No time for Zooey. You bring in Zooey Deschanel and you don't let her be banal about the ballet dancers?
8:50 p.m. We've got some jazz dancers. We've got Tiffany Maher and Audrey Case. They're basically interchangeable, so they think they may not both make it. TIFFANY MAHER makes the Top 20. Does that mean that arm-farting Audrey is out? Adam Shankman gets to break the news that AUDREY CASE is in the Top 20. "Wait. Are you for sure?" she asks. Reassured, she calls her mother and cries. A young woman named Abigail doesn't make it, nor do three people I don't really recognize. Oh. One of them is Kaitlyn, who I liked in a brief, unnamed appearance last week. Will bellydancer Janelle Issis make it? Yup. JANELLE ISSIS makes the Top 20. She owns the moment until she does a graceful faceplant into the door celebrating.
8:56 pm. Janelle's sick. So she isn't dancing. But Tiffany and Audrey get to share the stage for a Sonya Tayeh routine. It's intriguingly messed up, because they're costumed and styled the same and they've got some serious Dead Ringers action going on. "I look like the BFG," Cat says, standing next to the tiny pair. Oh, Cat. How I love you. Zooey loved the choreography. "I love seeing ladies supporting one another," Zooey says. She praises Tiffany as "strong" and Audrey as "graceful." Melanie Moore is in the audience with a very, very problematic hat. "You look like two dancing Pebbles," Nigel says, predicting good runs but tough competition for each.
9:04 p.m. Joshua Alexander is very emotional. Me, I'm just relieved he's alive, since we weren't updated on his condition after he flipped onto his head and was hospitalized. "Come and do a back somersault for us," Nigel says, mocking him. Joshua is alive, but he isn't in the Top 20, nor are a few people who I can't identify.
9:06 p.m. What will be next for the allegedly Ryan Gosling-esque Matthew Kazmierczak? Well, MATTHEW KAZMIERCZAK is in the Top 20. Also making the Top 20 is DAREIAN KUJAWA, who has "lousy feet." I don't think I've seen Janaya French before, but she's cute and a bit twee. She goes to face the judges, leaving even-more-twee Amelia Lowe and Jill Johnson sitting and waiting. We've seen tons of Amelia and none of Jill. But first... JANAYA FRENCH is in the Top 20, which means either Amelia or Jill is doomed. They approach the judges together. Toasty Oreos tells them that the judges are looking for "star quality," which means AMELIA LOWE is in the Top 20. Jill's a good sport.
9:10 p.m. Stacey Tookey choreographed a contemporary number for Matthew, Dareian, Janaya and Amelia. Neither guy makes much of an impression on me. Probably Amelia is the stand-out. I bet Zooey's gonna love her.
9:12 p.m. "It was so delicate and beautiful it felt like I was watching a painting move," Zooey says, before telling Amelia that she really stood out. Zooey suggests, however, that Janaya didn't exactly fit into the routine, but she was still good. Mary loved the routine. She says that Dareian may look small, but he dances big.
9:19 p.m. There are only seven guys left and three spots remaining. We didn't see any of Cole Horibe in Las Vegas, but his martial arts-infused dancing was memorable in his audition. That's why COLE HORIBE is in the Top 20. Tappers Aaron and Zach, however, are sent home. It's down to four. Steppers Brandon Mitchell and Devon McColluch. I don't know if we've seen much from either of them so far. They're both proud that no matter what happens a stepper will represent in the Top 20. BRANDON MITCHELL is in the Top 20. Devon is marvelously supportive of Brandon. Feliciano Turk and Cyrus Spencer are our last two. Cyrus has been one of the season's most featured dancers. Feliciano? Never seen him before. To his credit, Cyrus is a great admirer of his less exposed competition. Because Nigel has never seen anybody like him in his life, CYRUS SPENCER is in the Top 20. Dragon House represent.
9:25 p.m. Chris Scott choreographed a very weird mixed genre number built around baseball. I get tht FOX televises the MLB All-Star Game, but this is profoundly strange. It's hypnotically bizarre how many things Chris Scott has squished into one routine. I don't have a clue what it proved about our three dancers. Not a clue.
9:27 p.m. Nigel and Mary plug the All-Star Game, wearing baseball caps and begging for a Season 10 order. "Guys, you are going to be a challenge for the choreographers this year. I don't mind that, but they probably will," Nigel says. "You definitely hit that out of the ballpark," says Mary, who knows a piece of baseball idiom. "Zooey. Let me guess. Speechless?" Cat tells Zooey. ZING. Cat Deeley just called Zooey Deschanel worthless.
9:34 p.m. National Dance Day. It's coming. July 28. I will not be dancing. But I'm sure I support DizzyfeetFoundation.org.
9:36 p.m. Travis Wall choreographed the 10 Women for their first group number. The routine asks the dancers to make their way into the light. Or something. The show is the light? Travis added harder and harder material because the girls this season are so hot. I mean "talented." OK. Fine. Talented *and* hot.
9:37 p.m. I'm trying to count to see if Janelle is performing. Nope. It appears to be our Top 9 girls. I wonder if this'll hurt Janelle in the weeks to come that she didn't get this exposure. It's a terrific group number and I think it does what it was designed to do, which was make everybody look collectively good, rather than causing me to fixate on any one dancer. Nigel loves that Travis' choreography flows. He tells the women to enjoy not being judged. "What a beautiful routine for such beautiful girls," says Zooey Deschanel, who need never be invited back to "So You Think You Can Dance."
9:45 p.m. The Top 10 Guys are being put through their paces by Sonya Tayeh. She says that it represents the fight they're going to have to go through to stay on the show. "Having a pack of men is like releasing the wolves to the masses," Sonya says. Out of curiosity, how can Will be a dancer at this level and be so [relatively] out of shape? I mean, he's in VASTLY better shape than I'm in, but... Yeah. This is tremendously funky and awesome and even better than what Travis did with the women, this is showcasing that almost all of these guys are tremendous. You can still sense Sonya working around the fact that Cyrus has extreme dancing limitations. He's in the back through most of the number and the couple times I can isolate him, he appears to be slightly off. He's gonna have to get a really lucky draw to last more than a few weeks. The number ends and Will is, once again, sucking air.
9:49 p.m. "I smell man around here," Cat says. "Sonya has given birth to an incredible routine," Nigel raves. Mary also loved the routine. Cat prods Zooey to get her to come back to life. Zooey reflects on how difficult it must be for them to lift each other. "I have no upper body strength," Zooey reflects.
9:56 p.m. No "So You Think You Can Dance" next week. And there's a strong possibility that when we return in two weeks, Liane Bonin-Starr will be back on recapping duty. If that's the case, I thank you for spending these few weeks with me as your fill-in tour-guide.
9:57 p.m. Mia Michaels has choreographed a number for the full Top 19. There are a lot of talented dancers on the stage. I'm just impressed she fit everybody on the platform.
How does the Top 20 look to you? Quick! Predict the season's winners. NOW!!!

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Sixteen people -- to include volunteers, residents and department members -- were presented with awards during the event. The department's community services division, traffic division and K-9 unit all received Unit Commendations. (Scroll to the bottom of the story for a complete list of awards and recipients.)
The ceremony began with bagpipes and the national anthem, which the department Chaplain Paul Olds sang. At his request, the crowd joined him.
Those in attendance also included Mayor Denny Doyle, Washington County Sheriff Pat Garrett, Hillsboro Police Chief Carey Sullivan and Beaverton City Council and retired law enforcement members.
Officers in duty uniforms sat clustered together in the pews. Other officers and the department's command staff wore midnight blue dress uniforms, adorned with gold buttons and piping on the sleeves.
Just before they were recognized with their handlers, the police dogs lined the left side of the sanctuary. Their wagging tails thumped against the wall. Some whimpered. Some panted. They were loud, and the crowd laughed.
In his opening remarks, Chief Geoff Spalding cited statistics that he said exemplified the department last year and gave perspective to the agency's "quality and quantity" of work.
Spalding told the audience:
- The department had more than 98,000 total calls for service, which included officers' self-initiated calls and residents' 9-1-1 and non-emergency calls.
- The traffic team issued nearly 11,400 citations.
- Volunteers worked just under 6,500 hours, saving the city about $138,450.
- The records division per month fielded more than 5,700 phone calls and helped people about 2,100 times at the police station counter.
- The investigations unit was assigned more than 700 cases and solved nearly 500, giving the division a solve rate of about 70 percent.
- Officers arrested about 650 people on impaired driving charges.
- And the K-9 team captured nearly 60 suspects.
"When we look at these statistics, it seems a daunting task to single out specific individuals for recognition," he said.
Three officers were presented with the agency's Lifesaving Medals: Officers Ken Magnus, Jeff Flory and Matt Cline.
In June, Magnus alone forced entry into a home to help a man who was being seriously assaulted, according to the department. When Magnus arrived, he saw a man repeatedly striking the victim in the head and determined he couldn't wait for more officers to arrive. He kicked down the residence's door and controlled the suspect until other officers arrived.
In December, Flory and Cline responded to a woman threatening to jump from the Southwest Denney Road overpass onto Oregon 217, the department said. The woman placed one foot over the guardrail and leaned away. Flory and Cline then grabbed the woman.
The Chief's Award was presented last during the ceremony, and Spalding selected Olds, the department chaplain, as its recipient. He described Olds, who joined the department two years ago, as "passionate" and "compassionate."
Olds, Spalding said, has spent hours with department members and quickly gained the trust of officers, known to be cautious and skeptical. Spalding recalled asking an officer about the chaplain: "Everybody loves Paul," the officer simply replied.
Here's a list of all the awards presented and the recipients:
Volunteer of the Year
- Ron Weber
- Reserve Lt. Bob Friedler
- Robert Osborne – Heard a commotion at a local grocery store, and ultimately detained a man who was threatening an elderly woman and attempting to snatch her purse.
- Michael Prager – Alerted police to men who were attempting to sell suspected stolen merchandise to him at his Bend store. His actions helped police identify suspects in a burglary at a Beaverton board shop.
- Robert Ezell and Angela Lusby – Witnessed men pushing a cart full of Home Depot merchandise out a side door to a vehicle waiting outside the store. The two reported the suspicious activity to police and followed the vehicle long enough to get a license plate. Three suspects were ultimately arrested and accused of being part of a large-scale burglary ring.
- Officer Evin Eustice
- Officer Sean Hinkley
- Sgt. Pat Campbell, 30 years.
- Deputy Chief Terry Merritt, 25 years.
- Lt. Jim Monger, 25 years.
- Management Analyst Michelle Harrold, 25 years.
- Community services division
- Traffic division
- K-9 unit
- Officer Ken Magnus
- Officer Jeff Flory
- Officer Matt Cline
- Chaplain Paul Olds
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A reward of up to $35,000 is being offered for information leading to the identification of suspects in nine bank robberies across Middlesex and Union counties, the FBI announced this morning. The robberies spanned from January to the latest on Oct. 12 at a Bank of America branch in Edison. The two suspects brandished guns and often were in masks or wigs.
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Iowa City Press-Citizen: Company Works with UI to Move Wind Industry Forward
Saturday, December 31, 2011
By Tara Bannow
Iiowa City Press-Citizen
Eight months after announcing plans to locate a plant that will build wind turbine components in Iowa City, the North American Ductile Iron Co., or Nadicom, has pledged to contribute $300,000 and a wealth of its own data to University of Iowa research it thinks will benefit the wind energy field.
Fulton, Md.-based Nadicom still is working out some of the financing and logistics before breaking ground on the $85 million foundry — the company's first in North America — slated to go in the Wind Energy Supply Chain Campus near the Scott Six Industrial park on Iowa City's southeast side. The company's CEO said partnering with UI's research will give it a competitive edge, as well as a head start when its foundry opens.
UI mechanical and industrial engineering professor Christoph Beckermann's research will attempt to identify methods of developing lighter, higher-quality ductile iron castings, components of a piece of equipment — wind turbines in this case — made from pouring molten metal into a mold. As its name suggests, Nadicom's facility will focus specifically on ductile iron castings, which makes for a mutual benefit.
Prasad Karunakaran, Nadicom's CEO, said the downfall of most wind turbine manufacturers in the U.S. is that they don't have a research and development arm at their casting site. By collaborating with Beckerman's research, Nadicom has the benefit of being able to work directly with the researchers to see how things should be done at the foundry.
In short, it will provide a competitive edge that U.S. manufacturers only find through innovative research, Karunakaran said. Countries such as China and India have the advantage of cheap labor, so to attract customers, U.S. companies need to be unique, he said.
"You don't just put in $85 million for the foundry and think someone's just going to come to you," he said.
The Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Development initially awarded its own $300,000 grant, which Nadicom and Clipper Windpower, a Cedar Rapids-based turbine manufacturer, agreed to match.
One of the biggest issues wind turbine manufacturers face is the need to make the turbines able to produce more power, more efficiently. Usually, that has to mean making them larger, Karunakaran said.
"You can only make it bigger so much," he said. "You have to find unique ways of building these things."
The goal, generally, is to make the castings lighter, thereby making them cheaper to operate, yet increasing their production capacity, he said.
Nadicom's Iowa City foundry, which has won the public praise of Gov. Terry Branstad and Iowa City Manager Tom Markus, is planned to open by 2013 expects to employ 175 people. Depending on where demand goes, the plant also could make automobile parts or parts for other industries in which castings are used.
Wind turbines in the U.S. have spurred an annual $3 billion industry for steel or cast iron components, according to the Iowa City Area Development Group, or ICAD.
Mark Nolte, ICAD's business development director, said the public/private collaboration between the UI and Nadicom is becoming increasingly important to companies. For example, it's one of the reasons Acciona Windpower decided to locate in West Branch, he said.
It's all about getting the most knowledge in a single area, Nolte said.
"It's the concept of clustering: You want to get more of those companies together in one place," he said. "This is just another way to make this area more attractive for the manufacturing."


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Cops Off the Hook for Camastro's Door
The city of Wheeling should not be held responsible for replacing a motel door that police broke down in the act of arresting a fugitive who was staying there, Circuit Judge David Sims ruled.
Grove Terrace Motel owner Vince Camastro had appealed to Ohio County Circuit Court following Magistrate Joe Roxby's December 2012 dismissal of Camastro's original lawsuit, which sought $1,800 plus attorney's fees for damage done by police officers serving a fugitive warrant on a suspect in a Benwood break-in in July 2011.
State law provides that political subdivisions are immune from liability for damages resulting from "execution or enforcement of the lawful orders of any court." Employees of political subdivisions also are immune unless the act in question occurred outside their official duties or was performed recklessly or with malicious intent.
In his order affirming Roxby's decision, Sims said Camastro failed to present sufficient evidence demonstrating that the officers were either acting recklessly or outside the scope of their authority in kicking down the door. Camastro had argued that the officers should have asked him to open the door prior to breaking it down.
In addition to the city, the suit individually named two officers, Thomas Callison and Will Ward, as defendants, along with the arrestee, Zachary Collins – who Camastro alleged should be held responsible for "wrongfully concealing himself from justice as a fugitive. Sims' order notes that the matter appears to remain unresolved with respect to Collins who unlike the officers, has no claim to immunity from liability.
Camastro could not be reached Thursday for comment.
Camastro has a contentious relationship with the city that dates back almost 20 years to 1994, when he was denied a zoning variance for a car wash he wanted to build in Elm Grove. In the years since, Camastro he has erected multiple signs expressing his displeasure with city officials on his property that the city has ordered him to remove – most recently in May 2012 – saying they violate zoning code.


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The Hunterdon County Antiques Fair at the county 4-H fairgrounds in East Amwell Township is a benefit for the county 4-H Leaders Association.
It will be held Sunday, Sept. 15, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the buildings at the fairgrounds, South County Park on Route 179 south of Ringoes.
Ellen Katona and Bob Lutz, the managers, have been running antique shows since 1982.
The Hunterdon show will feature some 70 exhibitors in the covered pavilions. The 4-H Leaders Association will be selling food all day.
Katona and Lutz are in the country antiques businesses themselves and will be showing some of their own items at the show.
Admission is $7 per person. Parking is free.
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Shore Reg. (0-1) at Asbury Park (1-0): A number of key players return for a rematch of a Central Jersey, Group 1 semifinal. The rematch features returning quarterbacks Matt Muh (Shore) and Robert Barksdale (Asbury Park). Both teams look to improve after mediocre Week 1 performances.
Shore, 17-13 Read the full feature on this game and VOTE for the winner
Manalapan (0-0) at Freehold Township (0-1): Freehold Township allowed 176 yards and three touchdowns through the air in a loss to Southern. Look for wide receiver Saeed Blacknall and the Manalapan offense to find similar success in its debut.
Manalapan, 34-10
Middlesex (0-1) at Holmdel (0-1): Holmdel allowed a physical, competitive first half to slip away against Barnegat. Look for fullback and senior leader Frank Condito to highlight a full game of powerful running.
Holmdel, 20-13
Brick (1-0) at Middletown South (0-0): Middletown South returns to action after making a run to the Central Jersey, Group 5 final. The perennial power looks to slow Brick's dual-threat quarterback Carmen Sclafani, who accumulated 187 yards and two scores, in his debut against Brick Memorial.
Brick, 24-23
Ocean Township (1-0) at Neptune (1-0): Both dual-threat quarterbacks are coming off impressive debuts. Ocean's Royal Moore rushed for 115 yards and threw three touchdowns in a blowout victory over Manchester Township. Neptune's Shakeem Richardson posted 227 yards and three scores against Raritan. Who makes the defensive adjustment?
Ocean, 34-30
Wall (1-0) at Red Bank (0-1): Wall's defense did not allow a first down in the first half of its shutout victory over Jackson Liberty, as running back Pete Miceli churned out 177 yards rushing. Look for Wall to continue its ground-and-pound philosophy.
Wall, 21-0
St. John Vianney (1-0) at Rumson (1-0): Quarterback Billy DeMato led St. John Vianney with 309 yards through the air in a opening-day victory over Msgr. Donovan. Can DeMato repeat against a Rumson defense that held Shore to just two field goals?
Rumson, 17-14
Lakewood (1-0) at Msgr. Donovan (0-1): Defensive end Moe Diawara made seven tackles, had 1.5 sacks, forced a fumble and tipped a pass that led to a game-winning interception to lead Lakewood's defensive-driven triumph over Freehold Borough. The unit must replicate the performance to contain Msgr. Donovan playmakers Joey Field and Kyle Carrington.
Lakewood, 23-21
Middletown North (0-0) at Brick Memorial (0-1): Brick Memorial quarterback Joe Hans rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns in a tough-luck loss to crosstown rival Brick. The senior looks to find his favorite target Mike Basile against a Middletown North team that finished 2-7 a season ago.
Brick Memorial, 30-13
Toms River East (0-1) at Jackson (0-0): Running back Matt Gudzak looks to right the ship after Toms River East struggled in a 45-0 loss to Colts Neck. The senior will have his hands full with a stout Jackson defense led by linebacker Ken Bradley and a speedy offense featuring prospect Marcus Ademilola and quarterback Joe DeMaio.
Jackson, 28-10
Central Regional (0-1) at Jackson Liberty (0-1): Central Regional turns to quarterback Marcus Drumwright and running back Javon Hardy to take advantage of a Jackson Liberty defense that allowed more than 330 yards in a loss to Wall.
Central Regional, 20-17
Point Pleasant Boro (0-1) at Pinelands (0-1): Pinelands dropped a 61-7 loss to Lacey. It looks to hang in with a Point Pleasant Boro, which features Joe Fitzsimmons, who scored two touchdowns in a loss to Monmouth.
Point Pleasant Boro, 30-7
Barnegat (1-0) at Manchester Township (0-1): Barnegat found its stride in the second half against Holmdel. Look for quarterback Cinjun Erskine to continue to improve against a Manchester squad that surrendered 51 points to Ocean Township.
Barnegat, 35-14
Dunellen (1-0) at Point Pleasant Beach (1-0): Noah Yates and Joe Wegryzyniak were not on the field long in a blow-out victory of Cardinal McCarrick, but when they were, they contributed big plays. Look for the pair to continue the trend. Dunellen opened by beating Metuchen, 34-18.
Point Pleasant Beach, 34-14
Allentown (1-1) at New Egypt (0-1): Allentown looks to bounce back after surrendering big play after big play to Alta (Utah) in a 37-point loss on the road. Tailback Davione Thomas scored Allentown's lone touchdown and figures to be a factor against New Egpyt, which surrendered nearly eight yards per carry to Florence's Jazmir Best.
Allentown, 21-6
Southern (1-0) at Toms River South (1-0): Southern's aerial attack produced three touchdowns in a victory over Freehold Township. Mike Gesicki, a 6-6 wide receiver, caught one and will be the best player on the field. Toms River South turns to its triple-option offense which netted fullback Otis Kearney 190 yards in a victory over Central Regional.
Southern, 22-20
Keyport (1-0) at Highland Park (0-1): Asbury Park held Keyport's prolific QB Alex Thomson in check in a dramatic 7-6 victory last week, so look for the veteran signal caller to redeem himself against an extremely young Highland Park club. The all-time series is knotted at 7-7-1.
Keyport, 27-6
Long Branch (0-1) at Monmouth (1-0) (Saturday): Quarterback Shabazz Shuler and running back Deon Williams look to bounce back from a Week 1 loss to Manasquan. Monmouth's Isaiah Seawright leads Monmouth, which defeated Point Pleasant Boro last weekend.
Long Branch, 28-17
Keansburg (0-1) at Spotswood (1-0) (Saturday): Third-year starter Gerard Reichardt, a 6-1, 275-pound right tackle, who recorded four pancake blocks in the season opener, leads the Spotswood line as recipient Jack Dalrymple racks up the yards.
Spotswood, 30-6
North Brunswick (0-1) at Colts Neck (1-0) (Saturday): Anthony Gargiulo rushed for 137 yards, made 10 tackles and forced two fumbles to help Colts Neck blank Toms River East. The senior running back looks to capitalize against a North Brunswick defense which surrendered 185 yards to Monroe's Akeer Franklin in a 55-6 loss.
Colts Neck, 34-7
Red Bank Catholic (1-0) at Manasquan (1-0) (Saturday): Manasquan held a speedy Long Branch rushing attack in check but will need to do more against Red Bank Catholic's oversized offensive line. The unit helped running back Larry Redaelli rush for 120 yards and four touchdowns in Red Bank Catholic's 25th straight win against Shore Conference opponents.
Red Bank Catholic, 20-7
Matawan (1-0) at Freehold Borough (0-1) (Saturday): Matawan's defense had seven sacks and scored a defensive touchdown in a 17-7 victory over Bishop Ahr. Freehold Borough's offensive line must be better after struggling in a loss to Lakewood.
Matawan, 20-10
Howell (1-0) at Marlboro (0-1): Quarterback Connor McGlynn threw for 367 yards and five touchdowns in a victory over Toms River North. He and receiver Joey Schultz look to take advantage of a Marlboro squad that allowed more than 300 yards of offense to J.P. Stevens.
Howell, 30-10
Cardinal McCarrick (0-1) at Mater Dei (1-0): Derek Lopez averaged more than 11 yards per carry, as the offense compiled 417 yards in a 34-14 victory over Keansburg. Cardinal McCarrick was overmatched by Point Pleasant Beach.
Mater Dei, 32-7
Lacey (1-0) at Toms River North (0-1): Toms River North looks to bounce back after surrendering 367 yards through the air against Howell. Lacey's senior quarterback Tom Kelly threw for 219 yards and three touchdowns and added 85 rushing yards and a touchdown in a rout of Pinelands.
Lacey, 37-14


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Second Bill Burr Pabst show added, Tower of Power and WAR co-headlining Potawatomi
If you were planning to see comedian Bill Burr's set at the Pabst Theater March 8, tickets are just about sold out. The good news is a second show at 9:30 p.m. that evening has been added.
Tickets for that show are $29.50 and go on sale at noon Wednesday at the Pabst Theater box office (144 E. Wells St.), the Riverside Theater box office (116 W. Wisconsin Ave.), by calling (414) 286-3663 and visiting pabsttheater.org. »Read Full Article
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Featuring free WiFi and a restaurant, Vue de l'Esplanade offers accommodation in Ségou. The hotel has a year-round outdoor pool and views of the lake, and guests can enjoy a drink at the bar. The rooms include a flat-screen TV. Some rooms include a seating area to relax in after a busy day. Certain units feature views of the pool or garden. Every room comes with a private bathroom. There is a 24-hour front desk at the property. The area is popular for canoeing and hiking. The hotel also offers bike hire. Další
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For tonight's Quickfire Challenge, the chefs are asked to make a hot breakfast dish in just 10 minutes using only a microwave oven. Microwaves have been used in home kitchens since the 1970s, but you'd think it was some new-fangled technology from the chefs' unfamiliarity with it. Los Angeles chef Mary Sue Milliken says she's never really used one except to reheat tea. New York chef Floyd Cardoz says he's never cooked eggs in them. And Portland's Naomi Pomeroy seemed as if she'd never used one in her life, explaining that her family never had one growing up, and that she's never had one in her restaurant. How does a microwave work? "I guess you just touch a button," Pomeroy says.
Also struggling are San Francisco's Traci Des Jardins, who doesn't like the texture of egg whites, so she creates a hollowed-out egg dish that incorporates only the yolks. But Cardoz shows confidence with an omelet similar to a dish he made when he was younger.
Judging the Quickfire is the sassy comic duo Frangela, who are used to eating a lot of microwaved meals when they are on the road. As the comics dig into the dishes, the chefs don't seem thrilled to have another challenge judged by people who don't know a lot about food. "Come on! How much pride can you have for knowing a ton about microwaves," Pomeroy says with incredulity.
After some saucy banter about host Curtis Stone cooking in the buff – heaven, help us! – the Frangela gals fault Des Jardins eggs because they weren't filling enough, and Milliken's goat cheese sandwich because the microwave had made the baguette tough. Winning the challenge is Atlanta chef Hugh Acheson, who made baked eggs with chanterelles and bacon that the comics loved, giving him his third Quickfire win.
Several of the chefs initially struggle using the equipment, because they can't get enough heat out of the lab burners, but the science students come to the rescue, showing them tricks to using their culinary chemistry sets.
Except for Acheson, that is. He bristles at the idea of a science student acting as his sous chef, and relegates him to prepping herbs for a salad he's making that will have a homemade mayonnaise, depicting how emulsion works. At one point, the student has an idea for how the salad could be better plated on the Petri dishes, and Acheson brushes off the suggestion, saying he knows more about presentation than a scientist. That prompts some zingers between the two.
"You're not a scientist," the student says. "You have to be curious to be a scientist."
"At what stage do you think I'm not curious?" Acheson responds with a smirk.
Before becoming a chef, Cardoz was a biochemistry student, which he thinks will give him an edge in explaining the Maillard reaction, the process that turns meats and bread crusts brown.
Pomeroy has to explain elasticity, so she uses elastic pizza dough and stretchy mozzarella to create two takes on pizza, which she thinks will be a big hit with the high school students. Des Jardins has to depict acidity, so she's making ceviche, which will show how citrus breaks down fish flesh, cooking it without the use of heat. And Milliken makes churros to show viscosity, which will incorporate liquids with different thicknesses.
But it's only the judges' opinions that matter this week. Regular judge James Oseland shows up in a ridiculous black bow tie and pencil-thin suspenders (maybe he didn't think he'd have time to go home and change before heading to the barber shop quartet competition after the show), the latest in his sartorial weirdness this season. Returning to the judges' table after missing most of the season is veteran critic Ruth Reichl, who remembered to brush her hair this time. And the guest judge this week is Padma Lakshmi, the host of the flagship "Top Chef" series.
When he tastes Acheson's salad, Oseland isn't impressed, noting that his mayonnaise has actually broken apart, and that the dish didn't really explain how emulsion works. "I'm waiting for my light-bulb moment," Oseland says. Acheson takes umbrage with Oseland's criticism, telling him he's wrong.
All five chefs are summoned to the Judge's Table, and Milliken and Cardoz are singled out for having made the best dishes. Judges loved how Milliken's churros incorporated dolce de leche in them, creating a delicious flavor. And they thought Cardoz's two beef dishes best explained his scientific principle. Milliken ends up winning $10,000 for her charity, for a grand total of $30,000 so far.
But Acheson gets most of the judges' scorn. Reichl says making mayonnaise was the most-obvious way to depict emulsion, and that she would have liked to see him make something more challenging than a salad. And Oseland remarked again that his mayo had broken apart, prompting Acheson to argue with him again.
And it's that transgression that probably got Acheson the boot for the second time this season (he was kicked off the show in the very first episode, but was brought back when another chef was forced to withdraw). He leaves the competition with $15,000 for his charity, and a key lesson learned.
When you're cooking at a science fair, you don't pick on the nerd in the bow tie – especially if he's a judge.
-- Grant Butler; follow him on Twitter.


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The purpose of this EA is to assist the BLM in project planning, ensuring compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and making a determination as to whether any significant environmental effects could result from the Proposed Action. As used in this EA, "significance" is defined by NEPA and in 40 Code of Federal Regulations 1508.27. An EA provides evidence for determining whether to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or a statement of Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for a Proposed Action. If the decision-maker determines this Proposed Action has significant impacts following the analysis in this EA, then an EIS would be prepared for the Proposed Action. If not, a Decision Record (DR) may be signed for the EA approving the selected alternative, whether the Proposed Action or another alternative. A DR, including a FONSI statement, documents the reasons why the selected alternative would not result in significant effects under NEPA.
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Men's Style event to teach gentlemen on campus the importance of style in building a professional image
The Men's Style Project will be hosted on Monday, Oct. 24 from 5:30-7 p.m. in Shamblin Theatre. This event is exclusive to gentlemen of Lipscomb's community both past and present.
Lipscomb hosts Veteran Education Academy for Middle Tennessee
The Tennessee Department of Veterans Services, in partnership with the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and Drive to 55, held its annual Veteran Education Academy at Lipscomb University on Tuesday, Oct. 5.
Lipscomb ranked No. 26 in nation by College Choice for HR degree program
Lipscomb University was recently listed No. 26 in the nation as part of College Choice's 2016 Best Bachelor's in Human Resources Degree programs ranking.
Election Watch Blog: 19 Days and Counting: Last night's historic precedent, voter fraud, who can be funny tonight?
Linda Peek Schacht, leader-in-residence in the College of Leadership & Public Service and veteran political communicator in the White House, Congress and presidential campaigns, shares insight into the final days of the presidential election.
National Cyber Security Awareness Month: how to stay safe online
Chris Simmons, assistant professor of computer science and information security, shares expertise on how to stay safe online in light of email phishing scams that typically occur after natural disasters like Hurricane Matthew.
20 days and counting: What to watch in tonight's presidential debate
Linda Peek Schacht, leader-in-residence in the College of Leadership & Public Service and veteran political communicator in the White House, Congress and presidential campaigns, shares insight into the final presidential debate that airs tonight, Oct. 19.
Veteran Services receives $185,000 Reconnect Grant from state
Lipscomb University's Veteran Services Program was one of six institutions in Tennessee recently selected to receive funds through the Tennessee Higher Education Commission's 2016 Veteran Reconnect grant program.
Author Jeff Selingo to share insight on preparing college students for job market Oct. 19-20
Best selling author Jeff Selingo will share his insight and advice with parents, students, employers and university leaders at a series of events Oct. 19-20 hosted by Lipscomb University's College of Professional Studies.
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Since exploration—of the academic and spiritual variety—is what we're all about, we invite you to do a little of your own. You may be an alum or community member who simply needs to find a faculty or staff member or specific office for some reason, or you may be a member of the news media checking in on everything that's happening at this very active campus. On the other hand, you may be a parent trying to find out a little more about your student's time here or a new transfer who wants to get a head start on understanding how Lipscomb will support your success. Here's a quick connect.
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There's a lot going on at Lipscomb, but we believe that the best about us…hasn't happened yet! We have a vision for this university—to offer even stronger academics, broader service, better facilities and smarter technologies. We're planning the future of Lipscomb and we invite you to help us build it. We welcome people who want to put faith in futures.


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The event will feature 65 booths throughout three floors, a coffee shop, soup and sandwich luncheon, bake sale and homemade cookie walk.
All proceeds will be donated to local missions. For more information, call the church at 361-8503.
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Hudsonville: Oct. 29: Jillian Christine and Mallory Ruth to Robb and Michelle Kornoelje
Ada: Oct. 25: Tyler Christopher to Christopher and Megan Roth
Grand Rapids: Oct. 27: Anthony to Manuel and Maria Tinoco; Oct. 27: Kavarion Jamal to Brandy DeGrate and Sam Morris; Oct. 26: Carter Blake to Chris and Diane VanZoest; Oct. 25: Nessiah Nathaniel to LaToya Sanchez; Oct. 27: Justin Dean to Brian and Jennifer DeGennaro; Oct. 27: Isaiah Ramiro to Brittany Taylor and Samuel Garza; Oct. 30: Jax Taylor to Chase and Tina Ryan
Grandville: Oct. 29: Trevor Paul to Nate and Laurie Micherhuizen
Holland: Oct. 27: Isaac Alan to Ross and Jamie Klingenberg
Hudsonville: Oct. 30: Ezekiel James to Donald and Ashley Churchill; Oct. 30: Gavin Charles to Rob and Kendi Roberson; Oct. 28: Jackson John to John and Jaime DeGroot
Nunica: Nov. 1: Jacob Duane to Nicholas and Lisa Baughan
Rockford: Oct. 26: Benjamin Raymond to Courtney Merrills and Jeffrey Coonrod
Saranac: Oct. 27: Gavin John to Tami VanProoyen
Sparta: Oct. 28: Cameron James to Jim and Katie Frodl
West Olive: Oct. 29: Jackson James to Peter and Katherine Zeedyk
Wyoming: Oct. 26: Mason Christopher to Keith and Mindy Farrish; Oct. 26: Camden James to Lindsay White and Brad Zehr; Oct. 27: Evan Jack to Shawn and Jennifer Leonard
Zeeland: Oct. 28: Brayden to Michael and Renee Nykamp; Oct. 31: Davin Stuart to Sathya Prabha and Thangaraj Karol Stuart; Oct. 31: Evan Williams to Lee and Elizabeth Hansen
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New Jersey Senate approves gay marriage but Governor will veto
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another biggot governor, what the hell is wrong with american govenors are they born stupid and as biggots are do they grow up that way
Governor Christie, otherwise known as The Fat One, Jaba the Moron, Moby Prick, really is the absolute scum of the Earth – a man who wilfully set out to ruin his State's educational system; a man who LIED and FALSELY ACCUSED a State official for HIS ERROR which resulted in his State missing out on MILLIONS OF DOLLARS of Federal Aid. Christie is the Rupublican Party at its UGLIEST!!!!
A friend of mine who lives in New Jersey told me that the only way for coward Christie to get a referendum would require the New Jersey legislature to do it, and that is unlikely to happen.
Christie is pandering to the worst prejudice and fears, mostly the religious bigots.
By the way Pink News, Gov. Gregoire of Washington state is due to sign the marriage equality legislation today, not February 18.
I think the reality is that as someone who is expected to make a presidential bid in the future for the Republican party, he is not going to be the first Republican Governer to sign gay marriage into law. I would imagine that regardless of his point of view, he won't say anything which would upset the decision makers in the Republican Party.
However, I hope someone is pointing out to him, that by the time he does end up running for president, gay marriage will be legal in a lot more states and people will look back on these figures in a similar way to those who opposed the civil rights movements – hateful, uncaring bigots.
Christie would put equal rights, and the due process of the legislature, to the sword in order to serve his own desire to be VP. The man is an odious pile of self-promoting filth
Word has it, Christie won't be courted as a VP candidate. The odds on favorite is freshman senator Marco Rubio from FL but the odds of him accepting are low.
You underestimate the pervasiveness of stupidity amongst all Americans, it's not just governors and other politicians.
One of the very fundamental purposes of the US Bill of Rights is that human rights are not subject to a vote. It would be like asking two tigers and a rabbit to vote on what is for dinner. 999 people out of 1000 still cannot vote away the rights of the 1 individual.
Astoundingly, most Americans believe they can ignore the US Constitution, grab their torches and pitchforks and run anyone out of "their" town or take a vote and make any group of people 2nd class citizens by attenuating their rights and freedoms for no other reason than it makes the majority uncomfortable. It is precisely the same as black slavery, women voting, inter-racial marriages. And yet, Americans still haven't learned anything about basic human rights!
40% of the US is pathetic, bigoted, idiots.
Does anyone remember in the U.S. in the 80s when right wingers rallied behind the motto, "Equal Rights Yes, Special Privileges No!" when they opposed non-discrimination laws aimed to protect gays and lesbians in housing and employment? Funny but now they wouldn't dare use that motto because their hypocrisy would show they would have to support equal rights in marriage for gay and lesbian citizens.
Paul Harris
Author, "Diary From the Dome, Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina"
Should gay people and Governor Christie be allowed to marry?
Another unattractive fundamentalist. Inside and out. There's a pattern forming here.
Why should one person with outdated views scupper the chance for New Jersey to introduce marriage equality. A comfortable 60% of the State Senate has voted in favour and should the issue go to referendum then it again should be passed. Governor Christie should stay out of this one unless he wishes to be out on his ear in the next election.
Christie is widely seen as a viable republican presidential candidate in 2016 -provided he can get a stomach bypass & his morbid obesity doesn't kill him first. The Dems have 2 years to get the two-thirds majority needed to override Christie's predicted veto. They will need 27 votes in the Senate to accomplish this. The Assembly will vote soon, and that vote is likely to be even closer to a 2/3s majority.
New Jersey doesn't have ballot referenda, same as New York. It would take a state constitutional amendment to do that which takes time and a lot of money and a two thirds majority in both state houses ot make it happen. Unlikely that will happen. Christie knows it but he's only vetoing to save face, so that the religious freaks and other right wing bigots will be appeased. It gets him off the hook and won't cost him their votes. He's screwed either way. After 45 days, the law takes effect with or without his signature. Well done, New Jersey!
I would strongly recommend anyone who hasn't already to watch a 9 part documentary on youtube called "outrage". It deals with some people like this in politics and it even had the eyebrows on an old cynic like me twitching.
I wish it could be broadcast on a mainstream tv channel in the uk.
It's like calling for a ballot on basic civil rights? Is this the freedom we hear so much about? The freedom that thousands have died for?
I am with Chris Christie on this one, they Government make the law, not the citizens.
All Governments should have Chris Christie, he has balls and is no a walkover.
Then the citizens of California who voted for Prop 8 and tried to make it the law in that state had NO right to do so. Interesting that this is what the court decided. So let's see, that means you are now in favour of equal marriage since the government of California is not opposed to it just a few of its citizens.
Are you familier with the 14th Ammendment? With the comment you just made, it tells me you're not. Prop 8 was over turned because the Judge said it violated the 14th Ammendment. We're likely to see this in the US Supreme Court where the Justices will have no choice but to agree if violates equal protection under the law.
Christie has NO BALLS and the brains of a slug.
If Civil Rights were decided by voting in a Referendum, no one would ever have any……look at America's history for evidence…voters always vote the rights of others away…they voted to make interacial marriage illegal for almost a hundred years….was that right because it was "the will of the people"? How about Segregation, or Apartheid…both voted on by citizens….
And this is how Roman Catholics of the Republican party deals with the issue, please take not of Washington State Governor
Whoops, spelling erroe, should be please take note! But I guess you all knew that.
I fail to see where democracy fits into all of this if a state senate can vote in favour and a single individual can chose to override that majority.
There is somethng seriously wrong with your constitution if the Governor can veto the will of the Majoirity.
Only stupid people can go against progress and justice. This governor is one of them
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about the same time, the Church hierarchy was also pressuring Fr. Josef
to stop, saying that reflexology was not his proper work. Though he
firmly believed that he was simply doing what Jesus did in helping people,
the strain was great. He finally took a leave of absence, resting, praying
and meditating at a Benedictine convent in Israel.
There, he came to some important realizations.
One was that every reflexologist must first take care of his or her
own health.
"This must be taken seriously," he says. "We
can only do as much work for others as the amount of good health we
are in."
Secondly, he decided that the future of reflexology
in Taiwan would be best served by placing his work into the hands of
others. He turned to his "adoptive" brothers, Joseph and Thonet Tschen.
(It is a tradition in Taiwan that a foreigner will be "adopted" by a
Chinese family. Mr. and Mrs. Tschen were Fr. Josef's Taiwanese adoptive
parents. Their sons, Joseph and Thonet, had known Fr. Josef since they
were in their teens.)
In 1982, just a year after his work with Li
Wen had created such publicity, the brothers started the Rwo Shur Institute.
(By that time, Fr. Josef had become so famous in Taiwan that his associates
insisted the institute must be named for him; in Chinese his name is
Rwo Shur.) Both of them were trained by Fr. Josef.
Fr. Josef's technique has become widely known in Asia as the Rwo Shur
Health Method, although Westerners usually refer to it as Taiwanese-style
reflexology. And since the time he first introduced his technique in
his adopted coun- try, the Taiwanese government has slowly come to
accept reflexology as a viable health-care method. Fr. Josef estimates
that 20 percent of Taiwan's population receives reflexology sessions regularly.
Fr. Josef does not hide the fact that he is
completely self-taught, since no teachers were available to him. Although
he is very knowledgeable about the body and the reflex points, with
characteristic humility he says, "Honestly, I could not pass one [reflexology]
exam." He claims that his only guiding principle was to get results
as quickly as possible for the sake of the client's health, and that
he learned by reading books on reflexology and medical texts, and through
trial and error.
It seems, though, that aiming for a swift recovery has also saddled the Rwo Shur method with a deserved reputation
for being painful. Then again, there is no denying that its practitioners
have suc- ceeded remarkably with scores of "hopeless" cases.
Fr. Josef tells the story of one of his very
first clients, 73-year-old Mr. Chen, who suffered from severe back pain
due to an accident. Mr. Chen had visited seven physicians, with no relief;
used up all his money; and finally decided to tell his priest- Fr. Josef-that
it was time to go to heaven.
"Not yet," Fr. Josef told the man. "I will see
you at 4 p.m. tomorrow." Fr. Josef showed up the next day. At some point,
Mr. Chen began crying from the pain of the session. The second and third
sessions were equally painful. When Fr. Josef returned a fourth time,
Mr. Chen had hidden himself to avoid the treatment, but neighbors told
on him. Fr. Josef treated him once more, although he himself had lost
hope. That night, around 10 p.m., Fr. Josef received a joyful call from
the man's family, saying, "It works! Come back tomorrow!" Within two
weeks, the man who had been ready to die was fully recovered. By working
on very tough cases like this from the out- set, Fr. Josef gradually
developed his technique.
Today, he admits that perhaps in the early years
he was too aggressive, and he now counsels stu- dents to pay attention
to the client's pain tolerance. However, he maintains that deeper pressure
works faster, and that if the patient has a "shell" over a certain reflex,
there is nothing to do but break that shell, which will be painful.
Of the pain involved with the technique, physician Eugene Cheng, M.D., says, "Though the Rwo Shur Method, in the early
days, was painful, Fr. Josef's affection, sincerity and modest deeds
gained the trust of his [clients], and many people loved him because
of the cures he effected. He was never arrogant, and kept studying with
his students for new knowledge, creating better treatments, and seeking
for ways to reduce the clients pain."
In the beginning, Fr. Josef used only his hands,
and especially his thumb. He was in such demand and working so hard
that finally a helper observed, "Try using a stick, or you will kill
yourself." It took him about six months to incorporate the four-inch
long wooden tool into his work. He finds it especially useful on tough
feet, and he believes the stick can go deep into a reflex without creating
so much pain. His technique has also evolved to use fingers with thumb,
like pincers; the thumb knuckle; and forefinger joint.
The reflex points addressed in Fr. Josef's method
are similar to those used in Western-style reflexology. A few differences
include working the diaphragm on the top of the foot, around the base
of the metatarsal bones; a new reflex called the balance organ in the
hollow between the fourth and fifth metatarsal heads on the top of the
foot; and a larger solar plexus reflex, encompassing the kidney, adrenal
gland and gall bladder points.
Josef has distanced himself from the Rwo Shur Institute in recent years
because, he says, he believes that as the organization grew larger,
money became more important to many practitioners than did helping
However, he says that the institute did a marvelous job spreading Taiwanese-style reflexology throughout Asia. Under
its auspices, Fr. Josef offered many courses in Singapore, Malaysia,
Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan.
On mainland China, there has been an especially
strong response to reflexology. While China has had a tradition of foot
massage and uses points in the feet for acupuncture, the theory and
practice of reflexology seem to have been largely either lost or unknown.
Fr. Josef and his students were the catalysts in introducing reflexology
to modern Chinese.
When Fr. Josef attended the China Reflexology
Association's conference in 1996, he was amazed to hear the Chinese
health minister publicly announce his support of reflexology. Explaining
that health insurance is not yet available to every- one, physician
Qian Xin-Shan said that physicians and reflexologists have a duty to
teach natural health methods so that people can help themselves.
Today, reflexologists in China practice alongside
physicians in Chinese hospitals, and they are very active in case-study
documentation and research. In only a decade, membership in the China
Reflexology Association has grown to almost 10,000.
work of this authentic, humble and charming priest is becoming known
to more people. In 1998 he introduced reflexology to another part of
the world: South America. In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, he taught laypeople,
physicians and nurses his technique.
Fr. Josef has been a keynote speaker for International
Council of Reflexologists' conference. In 1991 he was presented with
the council's Special Recognition Award for his successful efforts in
popularizing reflexology in China; in 1999 he received the council's
International Humanitarian Award for helping spread reflexology throughout
Asia. He has also addressed the Reflexology Association of America.
"Through his humility and compassionate love,
he has brought help to thousands and thousands of people who cannot
afford Western health care," says Christine Issel, a founding member
and first president of the International Council of Reflexologists.
"If I were to make a list of those who have had the greatest influence
on the growth and development of reflexology, his name would be right
under Eunice Ingham's [Ingham developed and popularized the Western
method of reflexology]. What Eunice did in America, he has done in Asia
and around the world.
"As far as I'm concerned, he is the most influential
reflexologist alive today," Issel continues. "He exemplifies what reflexologists
aspire to attain both in helping humanity and in their own personal
The result of exposure in the United States
is a nonprofit organization called The Father Josef Method of Reflexology,
which sponsors workshops where reflexologists receive instruction from
Fr. Josef.
Not surprisingly, Fr. Josef has fans in both
the East and West.
"Fr. Josef acts as a bridge between the East
and West," says Geraldine Tay, a translator of Fr. Josef's book on the
Rwo Shur Health Method and a reflex- ologist in Singapore and Malaysia.
"He is a European who speaks Mandarin and Chinese dialects, working
in the East. His understanding of the people of Europe and Asia makes
communication between the two easier. Furthermore, people accept him
and his reflexology because he is a priest who preaches love, a very
important factor to make foot reflexology work. [He] will not practice
reflexology for monetary gain or fame, but for the love of mankind."
Mitsuru Orita, a reflexologist in Tokyo, Japan,
trained in the Rwo Shur Method. "Fr. Josef is for me a big, brilliant
star in the sky," he says. "I met him for the first time 13 years ago,
and since then, he hasn't changed. He continues to have passion and
vigor to promote reflexology to the world. I continue to follow his
Bill Flocco, founder and director of the American
Academy of Reflexology in Burbank, California, adds, "Because of Fr.
Josef's introducing foot reflexology to Taiwan and China, millions of
people's lives throughout the Orient have been improved-through better
health, less illness, greater well-being. [Fr.] Josef has done more
than any man in recent history to touch the lives, souls and well-being
of such a massive number of people throughout the countries of the Orient."
Connecticut reflexologist Irina Breslav says
she was fortunate to be chosen from the audience at the Seventh International
Reflexology Conference in Hawaii in 1999, as the person Fr. Josef would
demonstrate his technique on. "
One month later, with his permission, I was
in Taiwan working beside him in his remote village of Chang Pin, learning
and applying his unique method of reflexology," she says. "Since returning
to the U.S., I have been employing a blend of his method and the classic
Ingham approach, which has doubled my practice and generated enthusiastic
healing stories from my clients."
Despite the worldwide acclaim, Fr. Josef continues
quietly on his healing mission. And although he has continued his parish
ministry in Taiwan successfully all these years, he maintains that reflexology
became his mission through a special calling.
"There are all kinds of healing methods in nature,"
he says, "but the most wonderful one, the Lord of the Universe has put
into everyone's feet."
Treece is a certified massage therapist who often incorporates reflexology
into her work. Living in Tokyo, Japan, she is also a writer and teacher
from Massage Magazine, Issue 93, September/October 2001 with permission
from Massage Magazine, Inc.
copyright 2001, Massage Magazine, Inc.
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A FilmSchoolRejects interview with Looper writer-director Rian Johnson:
A lot of sci-fi films never match their premise, and I'd say you avoided that pitfall by having that high concept lead to a mother/son story. How early on did you know you were going to steer the set up into that direction?
That's a good question, because all the sci-fi I grew up loving — Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, or whoever it was — used its sci-fi premise as a tool to talk about something we really cared about. To me, that's what sci-fi is for. It's not necessarily to preach or send a message, but just to talk about what we as human beings can relate to, while using these fantastic concepts we cannot relate to at all. That's a very powerful thing, I think. The idea of going onto the farm in the second half of it with the mother/son relationship developed as I was writing the script relatively late in the game.
It was a less about switching the focus from the basic set up of the old man versus the young man, but more about: what is the best, deepest way of exploring this old man versus young man dynamic and the basic concept between them? You can either have them go head-to-head in the second half of the movie — having more chases and shootouts between them or the two of them ganging up — but it seemed much sharper giving them both the same problem to deal with, and then exploring the conflict within them by how they deal with that problem.
The problem that seemed to cut most to the bone was this thing between children and mothers, which was the exact opposite of the world we had just been in. I don't know if I'm making sense, but, for me, it was not a way of departing from our main theme, but digging deeper into it.
So there was never a version early on of the two Joes constantly fighting each other?
No, no, not really. I will say, the original two-page treatment I wrote 10 years ago, which was the first incarnation of Looper, was just that. It was the two of them chasing each other across the city. I found when I expanded it out into an entire feature it has to become a different feature. What works on a few pages of text doesn't necessarily stretch out to two hours worth an audience's time. It just ended up growing and it made sense taking it into the direction the movie goes in.
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Hunger fighters: Snoqualmie Valley Rotary Club hosts first free Thanksgiving dinner
As most families sit down to their traditional Thanksgiving dinners on Thursday, a small group of volunteers will be on their feet, cooking and serving the first community Thanksgiving dinner in the Valley.
The dinner, with noon, 1:30 and 3 p.m. seatings at the Mount Si Senior Center, 411 Main Avenue South, North Bend, is free and all are welcome to attend.
It's the first such community dinner in the Valley, and it's the brainchild of Snoqualmie Valley Rotary Club service project chairperson Rick Woodruff.
"He said 'there doesn't seem to be a Thanksgiving Day dinner in the Valley,'" said Club President Jolene Kelly.
Several groups, including the Mount Si Helping Hand Food Bank, offer needy families all of the ingredients for the traditional holiday meal.
But Woodruff pointed out that there was no place that people could simply go for dinner. Rotary members realized that this was a need not being met for local families, and decided last month to host the Thanksgiving dinner.
Woodruff "reminded us that service above self is a key component of our mission, and we decided to organize a Thanksgiving Day dinner that will serve as an impactful event to those most challenged with the difficult economic times," Kelly said.
The food bank and senior center have both posted sign-up sheets for anyone who plans to attend the dinner, but signing up in advance is not required.
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All Shook Up is a burnin' new musical comedy that tells the story of a small town girl (Gambatese) who dreams of hitting the open road, and the guitar-playing stranger (Jackson) who brings romance, rebellion and rock 'n' roll into her life. ALL SHOOK UP features such Elvis Presley classics as "Heartbreak Hotel," "Burning Love," "Love Me Tender," "Can't Help Falling in Love," "Jailhouse Rock," "Blue Suede Shoes," "A Little Less Conversation," "Hound Dog," "Don't Be Cruel," and of course, "All Shook Up."
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JEFFERSON - Rural Iowa and the beauty of this state's landscapes have been the inspiration behind many paintings done by a rural Jefferson artist.
Joe Murray paints his creations in his studio, a converted horse barn, in rural Greene County near Jefferson.
His Wayuga Art Studio is from a Native American word for serenity, he said.
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Joe Murray, owner of Wayuga Art Studio near Jefferson, stands by one of his latest paintings, "Abandoned Dreams." Murray focuses on rural culture. He unviled the painting during an open house in Jefferson on Dec. 2.
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Murray works on a painting. His studio is located on his farm near Jefferson inside a renovated horse barn.
It's fitting, as serenity sums up what Murray is known for painting.
His art centers on rural culture, including barns, animals and numerous landscapes.
He describes his style of painting as "representational impressionism."
Murray uses gallery wrap watercolor canvas using watercolor and acrylic paint. This style of painting, he said, allows him to utilize the tonalities of watercolor and the brilliance of acrylics on a ready-to-display canvas, versus paper that requires a frame and glass to exhibit.
Murray's style is not only unique; it's the way he discovered his artistic talents.
He grew up near Cedar Falls, graduating at age 16 from high school in 1961.
After working for a year, he enlisted in the Air Force. After serving in Vietnam, he was honorably discharged in 1966.
He then decided to enroll at the University of Northern Iowa with the aid of the G.I. Bill and eventually earned a bachelor's degree in business marketing.
It was during his years at UNI when Murray dexperienced a "big change of passion in his life."
Murray said he never so much would draw stick figures while growing up and focused much of his extra-curricular activities in sports.
"I was never interested in art," Murray said. "I was a business major and had to take a two-hour elective art class. I thought if I could pull off a 'C' in this sculpting class that would be good."
But Murray said he discovered sculpting helped relieve some of the stress that accompanied him from serving in Vietnam.
With encouragement from his art teacher and mentor, Ralph Haskell (also a veteran), he took more art classes and eventually ended up with more than 12 hours of elective art courses.
"It ignited a flame in me that I hoped later I could pursue," he said.
Through the next 20 years, Murray said he honed his artistic skills by working and experimenting with his painting and some sculpting.
In the early 1990s, Alice Nipps, who owned a local gallery, heard Murray had done some painting and she invited him to show his work.
"I really didn't want to, by she insisted," said Murray. "It was after that I slowly and surely expanded and began showing."
Murray continued with his career as an independent ag marketing representative until 2000 when he and his wife, Joan, decided it was time for him to fulfill his dream and become a fulltime artist, while Joan continued to work for Midland Power. It was a decision they will likely never regret.
"If there was ever an opportunity, now was the time and we have never looked back," said Murray.
Images Murray paints come from rural culture, and are "centered around a belief system that we all seek an environment that represents serenity. A place where we can regenerate our soul."
Murray said he will do some custom work for clients. When it comes to painting a barn, for example, said it is more than just painting the barn for him.
"I'm thinking of their heritage, an essence of their soul," he said.
In addition to his painting, Murray said he will do some abstract sculpting, but prefers painting.
Murray credits several mentors who helped him along the way including Haskell, Jack White, Karen Vance and local artist Chris Lohr.
The Wayuga Art Studio is located at 835 230th St., Jefferson.
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Jenn Grant
|Jenn Grant
|Background information
|1980 (age 35-36)
Prince Edward Island
|Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
|Years active
|Was on Six Shooter Records from 2007-2012;
New label to be announced.
|Associated acts
|The Heavy Blinkers, Daniel Ledwell, Buck 65
|Jenn Grant
Jenn Grant (born 1980) is a Canadian folk pop singer-songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Born on Prince Edward Island to Ken (a vascular surgeon) and Heather Elizabeth Grant, she moved to Halifax with her mother and brother at age ten when their marriage broke up.[1] She attended Saint Mary's University for a time[1] and later graduated from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University,[2] with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting.[1]
Jenn's mother who was an inspiration to her career was named the Queen of Azaleas in 1973 in Norfolk, Virginia. Jenn's video for the song "The Fighter" uses 16 mm film footage of this parade and time, as this song and album are a dedication to her mother's life. Jenn's mother died in May 2012.[citation needed]
She is married to producer and musician Daniel Ledwell. They were married in October 2011.
She performed as a musician for a time in her early teens, but stopped due to a bout of stage fright, and did not return to performing until her early 20s when she played some shows with The Heavy Blinkers.[3] She then released an independent EP, Jenn Grant and Goodbye Twentieth Century, in 2005.
She collaborated on her debut album, Orchestra for the Moon, with such artists as Ron Sexsmith, the Heavy Blinkers, Matt Mays and Jill Barber, and later toured Germany and Canada in support of the album, including as an opening act for The Weakerthans.
She later began recording her second album, Echoes, on a farm in rural Ontario in 2008.[4] The album was produced by Jonathan Goldsmith and engineered by Walter Sobczak at The Studio at Puck's Farm.[5][6] Her voice was also featured in the song "We Made a Pact" by Hey Rosetta on their 2008 album Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood). Echoes was released in 2009.[7]
She continues to paint, including designing some of her own album covers.[8]
In 2010 and 2011, she collaborated with Buck 65 on several tracks, including "Paper Airplane", "Cold Steel Drum", "Days Go By" and a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Who By Fire", on his 20 Odd Years series of EPs. Late in 2010, she also released a four-song EP, Songs for Siigoun, which featured a cover of John Denver's "Annie's Song".
She released her third full-length album, Honeymoon Punch, in early 2011.[9] Her fourth album, The Beautiful Wild, followed in 2012, and her fifth album, Compostela, was released on October 21, 2014.[10]
In 2006, Grant won Best New Artist and Best Female Artist at the Nova Scotia Music Awards.[11]
Honeymoon Punch was a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize, and was shortlisted for a Juno Award in the Adult Alternative Album of the Year category at the Juno Awards of 2012.[12]
Grant won an East Coast Music Award for the song for song of the year at the 2013 ECMAs of the album "The Beautiful Wild". Grant won an East Coast Music Award for Pop Recording of the Year at the 2012 ECMAs for The Beautiful Wild. At the 2013 ECMAs, she won the award for Song of the Year, for that album's single "I've Got Your Fire".
Grant's song "Dreamer", from Orchestra for the Moon, is featured as the theme song on CBC's Heartland. Her song "Make it Home Tonight" was played at the end of episode 12 of Flashpoint, "Haunting the Barn".
Her album Compostela has been nominated for two Juno Awards.[13]
- 2005 - Jenn Grant and Goodbye Twentieth Century (EP)
- 2007 - Orchestra for the Moon
- 2009 - Echoes
- 2010 - Songs for Siigoun (EP)
- 2011 - Honeymoon Punch
- 2012 - The Beautiful Wild
- 2014 - Clairvoyant (EP)
- 2014 - Compostela
- ^ a b c Tara Thorne (2007-04-26). "To the moon". thecoast.ca. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- ^ Robert Everett-Green (2007-06-14). "Ambitious Girl Next Door" (PDF). The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- ^ Wigney, Allan. "Jenn Grant flying over the Moon". canoe.ca, June 13, 2007.
- ^ "Jenn Grant's Heartbreak". Exclaim!, February 2009
- ^ http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/jen/bio.asp
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/echoes-mw0000825583/credits
- ^ Jenn Grant: Halifax singer/songwriter discovers happy songs can be just as good as heartbreakers". NOW, February 17, 2011.
- ^ "Jenn Grant Takes Symphonic Sounds to the Moon". chartattack.com, December 8, 2006.
- ^ "Jenn Grant delivers a Honeymoon Punch on latest album". Waterloo Region Record, February 9, 2011.
- ^ "Jenn Grant Taps Ron Sexsmith, Rose Cousins, Sarah Harmer for 'Compostela'". Exclaim!, September 9, 2014.
- ^ Shannon Webb-Campbell (2006-12-08). "Jenn Grant Takes Symphonic Sounds To The Moon". chartattack.com. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- ^ "2012 Juno Award nominees". CBC News, February 7, 2011.
- ^ "Juno Award Nomination List" (PDF). Retrieved 31 January 2015.


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With one mighty swing of the bat, a playoff-long slump ended and a championship was delivered.
Nick Fluegge, hitless during the Tri-County League postseason, crushed a hanging curveball over the left-field fence in the sixth inning Monday, and that was all DiFranco Realty needed to win its second straight championship with a 1-0 victory over Manny's TV & Appliance Center at East Longmeadow High School.
The game lasted a mere 70 minutes. That's because starting pitchers Steve Moyers of DiFranco and Jeff Dixon of Manny's smoothly sailed through a fast-paced game.
DiFranco swept the best-of-3 series 2-0 without allowing a run. It claimed the opener 4-0 Sunday night in nine innings.
If those two extra innings represented a marathon, this one was a sprint. Moyers, the losing pitcher in a 15-0 loss to PeoplesBank in last week's semifinal series, tossed a four-hitter and fanned five.
"I knew I would rebound from that game," Moyers said. "I felt good and hit my spots."
The 2012 East Longmeadow graduate had to be good. Dixon, a 31-year-old University of Vermont graduate, allowed only two hits. But one of those came in the bottom of the sixth.
"I threw a hanging curve," Dixon said. "It's tough."
Fluegge launched that 1-0 pitch to snap the scoreless tie, his first hit in eight playoff games.
"We knew we just had to keep swinging," he said. "I got the pitch I was looking for." Through four innings, Dixon threw only 24 pitches. He faced the minimum number of batters through five.
DiFranco's Travis Schwamb led off the second with a hit, but was quickly erased on a double play. Eric Libardoni of Manny's led off the game with a hit and advanced to third, but Moyers made sure he stayed there.
After Fluegge's blast, Moyers retired the side in order.
"This is your moment," coach Bill Bathel told his team after the game. "You will have a memory that will last forever."
DiFranco did not make an error in the series. "Playoffs are all about defense and pitching," Bathel said.
Shortstop Nick Grassetti, who gave up his Yankees-Red Sox tickets Sunday to play in the finals, made some good defensive plays to spark the title run.
"I made a commitment to this team," Grassetti said. "Steve (Moyers) stepped up."
DiFranco Realty rules Tri-County League playoffs again
With one mighty swing of the bat, a playoff-long slump ended and a championship was delivered.


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Nursing skin lesions and shapes of lesions
Permanant superficial vascular dialation: spider veins, connective tissue diseases, radiation skin damage
unilateral arrangement of lesions in the cutaneous distribution of a nerve route/dermatome. (e.g. Herpes zoster)
(<1cm dia.) flat primary lesion. circumscribed. e.g. Freckles flat nevi, petechiae, measles. (top right pic is a macule, bottom right is a patch)
( <1cm dia.) something you can feel (elevation, solid, circumscribed). solid or cystic. primary lesion. e.g. Elevated nevus(mole), wart (verruca)
(>1cm and <2cm dia.) solid or cystic. primary. Deeper than papule. e.g. Xanthoma, fibroma, intradermal nevi.<pic _0147_2p.jpg>
(papules coalesce to >1cm dia.) plateau, sometimes crusted. primary. e.g. Psoriasis (pic), lichen planus.
cafe au lait spot
Large round or oval patch of light brown pigmentation, usually normal. >6 macules >1.5cm diameter indicate neurofibromatosis
Encapsulated, fluid-filled cavity in dermis or subcutaneous layer. Tense, elevated skin. |e.g. Sebaceous (follicular) cyst
extremely dry areas of thin plates of cornified epidermal cells that form flakes on the skin; secondary.
Superficial, raised, transient, erythematous; slightly irregular due to edema. e.g. Mosquito bite, allegic reaction, demographism.
( <1cm in dia.) circumscribed, elevated. primary. serous. "blister". e.g. Herpes simplex, early varicella, herpes zoster (shingles), contact dermatitis.
( >1cm vesicle) large primary vesicle. Superficial in epidermis. Usually single chambered. e.g. Friction blister, burns
atrophic scar
(depression) loss of tissue of skin surface. Thinning of epidermis; secondary. e.g. Striae
deep depression into dermis, crater-like, irregular. May bleed, leaves scar. secondary. e.g. pressure sore, chancre
dry, leathery thickening of skin as a result of repeated rubbing or scratching area; secondary lesion; chronic atopic dermatitis, neurodermatitis
dried exudate of serum, sebum, purulent material on skin surface; secondary. e.g. Impetigo, scab after abrasion, weeping eczema
Iris, resembles iris of eye, concentric rings of color in the lesions (e.g. Erythema multiforme)
Mongolian spot
Hyperpigmentation in Black, Asian, American Indian, and Hispanic newborns. careful not to interpret this as child abuse.
Linear pigmentation
Brown-black pigmented areas, or linear bands, or streaks along edge of nail. Normal in dark skinned people, abnormal in light skinned people.
3 normal erythematous neonatal states
Beefy red flush from vasomotor instability, harlequin color change, erythema toxicum (pic)
Bluish color around lips, fingertips, feet, and toenails. Normal = < few hours. Persistent = cyanotic congenital heart disease.
Cutis marmorata
Transient mottling in trunk and extremities. Persistent/pronounced mottling occurs Down syndrome or prematurity.
Tiny whit papules on neonate face. Sebum occluded follicle openings. Will resolve spontaneously. Advise parents not to squeeze.
Senile lentigines
Hyperpigmentation, "liver spots", small flat brown macules. Aging adults. Excess sun exposure. No treatment req.
Actinic (senile/solar) keratosis
Red-tan scaly plaques, progress to raised and rough. Premalignant to squamous cell carcinoma.
Superficial scooped out shallow depression. Epidermis lost. Most, no bleeding. Heals w/out scarring.
Decubitus ulcer (pressure ulcer)
Appear over bony prominences, from impeded blood delivery. Ischemia and cell death. Measured in 4 stages.
Stage 2 decubitus ulcer
Partial- thickness skin erosion w/ loss of epidermis or also dermis in decubitus ulcer.
Stage 3 decubitus ulcer
Full-thickness pressure ulcer. Resembling crater. Extends into subcutaneous tissue. Can not see muscle, bone, tendon.
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FOLEY, Alabama -- One person died in a traffic accident today in south Baldwin County, Coroner Stan Vinson said.
The identification of the victim has not yet been released.
At 1 p.m., Foley police and county officials were working the one-vehicle accident that took place near the intersection of the Baldwin Beach Express and Doc McDuffie Road, Vinson said.
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quote ZazomyLMAO. Well put.
quote Okita2468At that point it was glaringly obvious how it would always be with her. You've should have seen where things were going after this incident.1st time We went to this asian place for happy hour, just me and her. she ran up $30 in drinks, and all I had was $5 worth of sushi and some grilled chicken. when we got the check, she said, "all i have is this $100 bill and i don't to use it, could you put it on your card? you know i'll pay you back, and it's not the last time i'll see you!" I was annoyed.


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A 12-year-old Freehold girl died early Monday morning when a fire tore through her family's home, according to a report in the Asbury Park Press.
The report said Kaylee Ramos, a sixth-grader, died in the fire, which was caused by an electrical problem and was reported around 3:25 a.m., First Assistant Monmouth Prosecutor Peter E. Warshaw Jr. said. Two younger girls were able to escape with help from their mother, he said.


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A fire that was sparked near Yosemite National Park has forced some Mariposa County residents out of their homes.
The fire jumped the Tuolumne River and Highway 120 and grew from just a few hundred acres to more than 10,000 acres overnight.
So far, about 2,500 structures have been threatened and seven have been destroyed.
Yosemite National Park Rangers are currently assisting the Incident Command Team and Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office and will continue to assist throughout the fire.
KMPH news partner, the Mariposa Gazette, contributed to this report.


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