text: Political Limericks Keep Arriving Posted on Oct 30, 2012 LIMERICKS COMING IN—people remember political limericks fondly, evidently. I keep hearing from skilled limericists (is that a word?) who send them along in honor of the current campaign. These came in recently, one on e-mail and the others on Facebook. Note: in David Grant's limerick, Jill Stein is the Green Party Candidate, evidently—as I noticed on my ballot when I voted today in Cedar Falls. Hey, they're great fun. Send more anytime to my e-mail or comment here: firstname.lastname@example.com From Martin Hoel in Waterloo: The campaign ads were all wrote, To slander, deceive and misquote. All the babies were kissed, All the B.S. was dished, May we please just get on with the vote? And David Grant in Cedar Falls: Poet Cawelti felt fine, His vote was cast before time. For honor, for truth, for Republic, forsooth, He checked the box marked "Jill Stein." From Steve Maravetz, a Facebook friend: A rich guy, not from Nantucket. Whose fibs scraped the dregs from the bucket. He was gray at the ears And he'd forsaken beers And when questioned, he always would duck it. And David Adamson, a Cedar Falls native long gone, but who's still in touch via Facebook: Just what did we all do to rate So much blather piled on our plate With surrogate minions Spreading opinions? Its hell to live in a swing state. Bottom of Form Go comment! 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First, though, here are two of mine, since hardly anyone submitted limericks using the recently-named VP candidates: A toast to Barack and his Veep, Joe Biden, a man with some deep Life lessons, it seems He's had broken dreams Yielding wisdom, which never comes cheap. And for John McCain's bombshell choice: Now John M. and Sarah are sailin' Yet try as I may, I keep failin' To make any sense Of his vice-president Would YOU believe in a President Palin? Now the chosen ones. Hillary proved a popular subject. From Marilyn Anderson in Cedar Falls: Hillary, a sturdy contender Was flatly averse to surrender. She proved a big spender Advancing her gender, Her task now—a party rift mender. Another from Rita Kies in Jesup: When Chelsea asked Obama Who he feared besides Osama With a deep sigh He looked in her eye, And said, "I think it's your momma." And this on McCain's domain, from Dixon Stuelke in Waterloo: Confronting the proper and prim in His picks shows old age ain't dimmin', From marriages (twice) To presidents (vice), His penchant for pretty young women! Larry Secrist in Waverly offers this fond hope: Let's hope on election night That we're able to get the count right. No machines going bad Not one hanging chad And the losers concede without fight. A comment on the economy from Jerry Nissen in Cedar Falls: The rich and the powerful gain, From a ride on the "free market" train. But if you are without A big off-shore account, You're stuck with the bills and the pain. John DeLorb of Waterloo isn't too happy with the war hero: GOP, oh must you complain You're blest with the brave John McCain But where is his fire? The will to inspire? Could it be the same old refrain? Nor is Marilyn Desmond of Waterloo: Some say McCain's a curmudgeon He seems in a state of high dudgeon He's set in his ways Cannot be swayed Even with forcible nudgin'. And a not-so-worshipful verse about Barack, from Arlo Doughty in Waterloo: He went to Wright's church for some years But he must have had wax in his ears The things that were said The things that were read To most anyone would have brought tears. And a sharp comment on the state of racial harmony from Grant Veeder from Waterloo: It's down to McCain and Obama In this year's electoral drama So what are the chances For racial advances Without a big national trauma? And now, the winning entries and limericists: The only limerick that commented on the darkest of dark horses: Say, who is that strange masquerader— Portraying an ancient crusader? Hell bent to upend An election again, Why, it's Al Gore's old buddy Ralph Nader. That's from winner 1, Robert Gremmels of Waverly. He's a master limericist, having sent a dozen or so, all of them as good as political limericks get. And this, from winner 2, Ruth Anne Schneck of Waterloo, for this mysterious limerick on one candidate's dream of kingship: Once a man threw his hat in the ring. He thought that he'd like to be king. He woke with a start Found that he'd lost his own part And learned that he'd just had a fling. Thanks to all the versifiers who submitted; great fun for me. And congratulations to Ruth Ann and Robert, two witty and wise limericists. I'll be contacting you about that free lunch. Go comment! 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Rebounders on free-throw attempts will be positioned along the foul lane three feet farther from the basket during high school basketball games next season.
The National Federation of State High School Associations, the umbrella organization for more than 18,500 U.S. high schools, approved a rule change vacating the two marked lane spaces closest to the basket to reduce rough play and fouls while rebounding missed free throws.
Starting this fall, players will move back one lane space during a free-throw attempt. A new mark also will be applied to the lane line nearest the free-throw line to designate the last lane space. There is no change in the distance from the basket for the shooter.
The change was recommended by the federation's basketball rules committee after it was tested last season by the Georgia High School Association.
"According to data from the experiment, the number of fouls during free-throw rebounding action was reduced," NFHS assistant director Mary Struckhoff said. "At the same time, defensive rebounding percentages fell within an acceptable range. This data was the most compelling the committee had seen to date."
Another proposal to use instant replay to review certain situations in state tournaments was defeated. Struckhoff said the issue arose after three states had last-second shots in championship games, including Ohio.
Ohio's Division I girls title game ended in controversy when Kathryn Reynolds hit a layup at the buzzer to give Cincinnati Mount Notre Dame a 69-67 win over Lakota West. Replays showed the ball was still in her hand when the light on the backboard illuminated, coinciding with the buzzer.
"The committee discussed the issue extensively, but there was very little support for implementing video review," Struckhoff said. "Some felt the use of video to review officials' decisions is against the philosophy of high school sports. Others said that video review doesn't always provide a conclusive decision, and the equipment would not be consistently available in facilities throughout the country," she said.
The federation also approved a proposal to assess a technical foul to the head coach, rather than the player, if the player's uniform does not comply with NFHS design specifications. It also clarified an existing rule on headbands and added black and beige to the list of approved colors.

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Forget the DVDs. To pull, go to Tesco
There is an advantage to being a single dad with a six-month driving ban who spends most of his free time trudging home from Tesco with bags of Coco Pops and Cheese Strings (and you should see what I buy the kids). No, honestly, there is. It's not a huge advantage, granted, and I'd probably struggle to get a bank loan to brand it and market it, but it does represent an upside to all that schlepping and straining: you sometimes get to strike up conversations with new people on your gruelling journey home, some of them girls.
I used the wildly exaggerating plural there when really I meant to say "girl". Still, it's true. Last weekend I met a girl on the way home from my local supermarket and she ended up coming back to my house. During the day. Done up like a particularly unkempt tramp — me, not her, although she was hardly dressed in designer couture, as you'll soon find out. Apart from the death of Michael Jackson and the birth of my ex-wife's son, it was without doubt the most momentous event of the month, if not year. I should probably get out more.
Impressive stuff, though, I'm sure you'll agree. Do you remember that brief fad for supermarket parties for swinging singles, where you'd turn up after-hours at your local Asda or Sainsbury's in the vain hope of finding true love in the stationery aisle or maybe just a quick frolic by the cold meats? Well, I don't need any of that because I get approached by random strangers even as I slog home, shopping in hands, perspiring like a Jew in ancient times.
What made this event even more incredible was that it was an unprompted, impromptu approach, and this after months of me poring over DVDs of Ways To Meet Women. Forget all that. You just need to stand there schvitzing on Chalk Hill in Bushey and complete strangers will virtually knock each other unconscious in the stampede to make your acquaintance.
Mind you, it wasn't all good. Give or take the final consonant, "stranger" is about right when it comes to describing the lady in question, who crossed the road ostensibly to ask me directions to some dim and distant hamlet north of Watford. That set alarm bells ringing immediately: it was a boiling hot June afternoon and she wanted to trek from Oxhey Village to Abbots Langley, which for those of you unfamiliar with the area would take about, ooh, a week. By rail. On foot? Considerably longer.
Even odder was that she was dressed from head to toe in a billowy black top with matching black balloon trousers, which is fine if you're MC Hammer or an old Spanish widow in mourning but not if you're intending to hike across the fields and dales of South Herts. Weirdest of all was that, when I complimented her on said outfit, my tongue not a million miles from my cheek, she explained that they were her pyjamas. I made a mental note to alert the authorities.
But not yet, because before I knew it, she had invited herself back to my house for tea. Now, I don't make a habit of this, and any young, impressionable readers out there would be advised not to try this at home, but she was after all attractive, clearly not of pensionable age (unlike most of the women I've been sent on blind dates with recently by my sadistic friends) and attractive in a mad-woman-wearing-pyjamas-on-a-blisteringly-sunny-day kind of way.
Plus, in a final twist of fate, it turned out that she was not just Portuguese but also half-Jewish (her mother's side, the right side), which meant that a) I could practise my Spanish with her because, let's face it, one southern Mediterranean language is much like another; and b) she couldn't really be a psycho, because she was almost family, in the sense that we're all descendents of Abraham and Sarah (even if she's never met my aunty Hetty).
Anyway, to cut a neo-biblical epic short, I made tea, we chatted in my kitchen for several hours, she turned out not to be a crazed Portuguese version of Kathy Bates in Misery but a nice, interesting girl, albeit one with a penchant for night-wear in the daytime, and I've made plans to see her again. Guess what? We're having a pyjama party. Outside Tesco in Bushey. And you're all invited.
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Syracuse faced its first nationally ranked opponent of the season on Sunday in a 17-16 overtime win over No. 10/11 Albany, one that provided the Orange its first true test of the year.
Thanks to Henry Schoonmaker's bounce shot in overtime, Syracuse emerged with a win. Thanks to the competitive contest, we learned a lot about the Orange.
Here are five major takeaways from Syracuse's second win of the season.
Staats will be a star : Eventually, at least. Syracuse's offense might be too diverse to provide a true Player of the Year contender, but Staats has shown star quality in his first two games. In the opener against Siena he displayed a willingness to go to goal despite being somewhat inefficient with his chances. Against Albany, with the Great Danes focused on Kevin Rice and Dylan Donahue, Staats cleaned up any issues. He scored five goals and assisted on two more, including the game-winner, elevating his performance on the Orange's biggest stage so far."Playing box, he's one of the top players on the team," Albany's Miles Thompson said. "My and Lyle were saying that he wasn't out out there on man-up. Why isn't he out there on man-up? He should be out there. Toward the end of the game he was out there on man-up."
Syracuse's offense puts opponents in a pick-your-poison situation and, well, either way you're drinking poison.
No worries, Daddio : All right, that's not quite true. But the Orange should be feeling better about what looked to be the team's biggest weakness. Syracuse faceoff specialist Chris Daddio still hasn't had a chance to hold his own against the country's best this season, but it's clear that faceoffs won't be a regular issue. Daddio won 24 of 36 draws against three inexperienced faceoff specialists from Albany, upping his season percentage to 64.2 percent. That would have ranked him fourth in the country last season.
Goalies should continue to rotate : Syracuse head coach John Desko didn't state his intentions moving forward, but it's unlikely he has any choice but to keep playing starter Dom Lamolinara in the first half and reserve Bobby Wardwell in the second. Wardwell made seven saves in the fourth quarter and a key one in the final minute to get the Orange into overtime.
"It's really just what we've been seeing in practice and what we've tried in scrimmage," Desko said. "Bob's been playing really well and Dom's been playing well. They're both playing well, they support one another. Albany is slick inside. Some of the shots Dom took, some of the shots Bobby took, were right on the doorstep."
Wardwell's stats have been better than Lamolinara's through each of the first two games. He's saved 59.1 percent of shots against Lamolinara's 51.9, and is allowing 9.96 goals per game against Lamolinara's 13.
It's too early for lacrosse : Albany's Scott Marr didn't try to use the Great Danes' lack of practice time as an excuse, but the fact that he was mostly smiles after an overtime loss said plenty. Albany hadn't practiced since Tuesday because of the weather, and even that workout was held in 12-degree weather. Snow had sentenced his team to a track workout, a bowling outing and an indoor practice in the days leading to the Syracuse game.
"We should not be playing lacrosse on Feb. 16," Marr said. "We should be playing in March. We should get away from Memorial Day weekend and push it back into June so our games are played in warmer weather. Our last practice was Tuesday. Wednesday we went indoors, Thursday we ran on the track and Friday we went bowling. Miles had six strikes in the first six frames. He has unbelievable spin on his ball."
Syracuse head coach John Desko hasn't been as vocal about the problem but he has referenced the Orange's inability to hold practices on a full field while basketball is being played in the Carrier Dome. Memorial Day is a nice showcase for the sport, but Marr made the case after the game that starting the regular-season so early in order to play the national title game on the holiday was hurting the sport.
Wild season ahead : Syracuse went 7-3 in games decided by a goal last season, a remarkable stretch of close games and dramatic endings. The Orange is on that path again. Albany is a nationally ranked team with a dominant attack but has questions at defense and at the faceoff position. With what could be the country's toughest schedule this season, Syracuse's season should include plenty of theatrics.
"It's almost a way of life," Desko "If you're watching the basketball team, we're not trying to mimic them, it just turned out that way."


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Business: The Big Chip In
Martine Jager from Westpac talks about 'The Big Chip In' on July 15th. A chance for New Zealanders to 'share the love' with the people of Christchurch. It's not about raising money - more about 'giving them a hug' and perhaps buying something from a Canterbury business.


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Despite missing four regular starters, Penn State's No. 1 wrestling team was able to stop Lehigh 22-12 on Sunday in Bethlehem.
Bonus points again played a factor as Lehigh won three of the first five bouts – all by a single point – but Penn State's upperweight standouts buoyed enough of a Nittany Lion scoring surge to clinch their second victory of the season – and of the weekend.
Lehigh fell to 1-2 as Penn State improved its overall edge in the series to 65-34-3.
Penn State wrestled without Andrew and Dylan Alton (149 and 157), Ed Ruth (184) and Jimmy Lawson (heavyweight). Jimmy Gulibon (133) and Zach Beitz (149) wrestled their first varsity matches.
"We knew this was going to be a tough match up and down the lineup,'' associate head coach Cody Sanderson said on the Penn State Radio Network after the match. "Our guys responded well and we're generally pleased with the results.''
Lehigh led 9-8 at the halfway point thanks to a 4-3 victory by Lehigh's Joey Napoli over James Vollrath at 157 pounds. The former Cumberland Valley ace rode Vollrath the entire third period to secure a riding time point.
The lead was short-lived as PSU's David Taylor won his 100th career match by bonus points – let that sink in…by bonus points – with a 20-7 thrashing of Brian Brill. Taylor's eight takedowns were part of a 30-7 edge in two-pointers the Lions enjoyed on the afternoon.
"It's amazing the number of points he puts on the board match after match after match,'' Sanderson said about Taylor. "He makes it look easy, working new stuff, working new technique, always trying to get better.''
Matt Brown at 174 increased State's lead to 15-9 with a harder-than-expected 8-5 nod over Elliott Riddick. Two takedowns and riding time stoked Brown's offense.
Lehigh pulled to within 15-12 after 184 when Zach Diekel trimmed James Frascella 9-6. Frascella is in the lineup for Ed Ruth, suspended by coach Cael Sanderson for breaking team rules.
But sophomore Morgan McIntosh, back after a redshirt season, iced the match for the Lions with a 10-2 major decision over John Bolich. "I would have liked to have scored more points than I did but it was a lot of fun,'' McIntosh said about clinching the team's victory.
Heavyweight Jon Gingrich got a call Saturday night telling him to drive to Bethlehem because Lawson, the regular starter, was diagnosed with a skin infection.
Gingrich not only drove to Lehigh, he drove through Mountain Hawk heavyweight Doug Vollaro on a first-period double-leg tackle takedown that looked just like the one two-time NCAA champ Quentin Wright used to employ. Gingrich and Wright both are from Bald Eagle Area High School.
"I loved every minute of that match,'' Sanderson said.
Nico Megaludis got State off to a great start at 125 with a technical fall over Lehigh freshman Darian Cruz. Megaludis got to Cruz seven times for takedowns for a 20-4 advantage.
Lehigh's Mason Beckman still has Gulibon's number, although Gulibon's late third-period charge fell just short in a 7-6 win for Beckman.
Joining the Penn State wrestlers in the fun-to-watch department is Zain Retherford, the Benton High grad with a non-stop motor. Retherford, a two-time PIAA champ, cruised to a 10-4 victory – his seventh of the season -- over Laike Gardner, the former Biglerville High wrestler and PIAA placewinner.
"He knows when to cut, he knows when to go for bonus points, he wrestles like a veteran out there,'' Sanderson said about Retherford.
Juniata High grad Beitz got his chance at 149 for Penn State but fell 4-3 to Easton High grad Mitch Minotti. Beitz picked up a late stalling point but couldn't convert on takedown shots at the edge.
"We got a lot of information out of the last nine days,'' Sanderson said. "There are a lot of great things we can continue to improve on.''
Penn State will have its Rec Hall home opener at 2 p.m. next Sunday against Lock Haven.
125: Nico Megaludis, PS tf Darian Cruz 20-4 (6:48).
133: Mason Beckman, L d Jimmy Gulibon 7-6.
141: Zain Retherford, PS d Laike Gardner 10-4.
149: Mitch Minotti, L d Zach Beitz 4-3.
157: Joey Napoli, L d James Vollrath 4-3.
165: David Taylor, PS md Brian Brill 20-7.
174: Matt Brown, PS d Elliott Riddick 8-5/
184: Zack Diekel, L d James Frascella 9-6.
197: Morgan McIntosh,PS md John Bolich 10-2.
285: Jon Gingrich, PS d Doug Vollaro 5-2.


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Single Sign-On allows you to integrate Jive authentication with an external identity provider.
You can use Jive's local database storage to authenticate users out of the box. However, you may find it useful to integrate your external identity provider with Jive so you can centralize identity management and provide your users with a consistent login experience. Many Jive communities implement SSO as part of a larger profile synchronization effort that includes LDAP and/or SAML. Your SSO setup will require help from Jive Professional Services. Please contact them for assistance with your implementation.
If you already have a Jive community with more than a few users set up, you need to plan a migration strategy before you implement SSO, particularly if you will use SAML or Kerberos. If you implement SSO without migrating users first, you will orphan your existing users--information they contributed to the community will still exist, but they will be unable to log in under the credentials that created that content. If you need help migrating your user data to another authentication scheme before you enable SSO, you should contact Jive Professional Services.


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5/21/2016 Ryan Hender
Salt Lake City, Utah
Robert Hender has devoted his life to serving in many capacities, including right here on this very website www.morningliberty.com. 5 of his 11 kids still live at home with him and depend on him financially. They suffered extreme financial hardship as his body deteriorated during the last few years of his life. Suffering from a genetic liver disease, knowing there was no cure, he pushed forward often without his own feelings considered. The selfless work that he did for over 10 years was his way of serving his country, he believed that with all of his soul even until his dying breath. There was never really any money in it, in fact, most months the family went without basic necessities. The family had Sub For Santa Christmases for the last 18 years, but dad hid it really well.
About 2 years ago he started having weekly surgeries to relieve the pressure off of his liver. He was on the liver transplant list at the University of Utah, and was waiting for a donor. We were told that most people die on the transplant list, but we had hope. As he worsened, he lost his voice almost completely, and was unable to continue being a radio talk show host, which he loved so much. He then dedicated his time to continuing his work on his website, which he was still hard at work maintaining until just days before "the worst week of my life".
On May 14th I got word f rom my younger sisters that my dad was exhibiting symptoms of a stroke. He was taken to a Hospital in Provo Utah where it was determined that his ammonia levels were dangerously high. His liver function was diminishing. He stabilized after a brief stay at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center and was released to go home. Less than 24 hours later, his wife found him unresponsive in his favorite chair.
He was taken by helicopter back to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center where at first things looked optimistic, but then things took a turn for the worst. Having been on life support since 9am, his body was giving out. Around 9pm we were told that he only had hours to live. His kidneys had stopped functioning, and his seizures were getting closer together, and worsening. 12:00am May 20, 2016 he was taken off life support and left to his own devices. With his family by his side, he went peacefully back to his Father in Heaven at 12:15am May 20, 2016.
He leaves behind his wife Virginia, and 11 kids, 5 of which were financially dependent on him. Without his miniscule disability check coming in, the family is now displaced from their home of 8 years, and forced to start life over again without the one person that held them all together. His wife, who had recently started working part time at Walmart, still not even able to cover basic necessities is now left with no option but to uproot her family and start life over 2 hours away from the place they called home for so many years because where they once lived, there is not sufficient work to support a family.
Robert did not have life insurance, nor was he able to prepare in any way for what might happen to his kids if he were to leave them this early. We are scrambling to figure out how we can pay for a burial at all, let alone how the little ones (youngest being 10) will be able to get back to life as normal.
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MONROE TWP. — Four people were injured, two seriously, in a three-vehicle crash here Monday.
The crash involved a 1995 BMW 318, A 2001 Honda Accord and a 2007 Toyota Highlander at the intersection of New Brooklyn Road/County Route 536 at Jones Road.
According to police, the eastbound BMW, driven by a 17-year-old Williamstown male, tried to make a left turn onto Jones Road and encroached on the travel lane and right of way of the westbound Honda, knocking the Honda into the Toyota Highlander, which was stopped at a stop sign on Jones Road.
Police said there was no evidence of braking or of any evasive maneuvering by either vehicle before impact.
The driver of the Honda, a 35-year-old Williamstown man, was trapped in his car and, once freed by emergency personnel, was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital for treatment of multiple serious injuries.
A 45-year-old woman passenger in the Honda was taken to Kennedy University Hospital in Washington Township with neck and leg injuries.
A 16-year-old girl in the BMW was airlifted to Cooper with serious lower body injuries, police said. The driver was taken to Kennedy with minor injuries.
Police are withholding names until all family members have been notified.
Also at the scene were the Monroe Township EMS, Williamstown Fire Department and Rescue, Underwood-Memorial Hospital Mobile Intensive Care Unit paramedics, and the South Star and Medevac 5 helicopters.
Charges are pending completion of an investigation by Ptl. Mark Burton of the Monroe Township Police Department Traffic Safety Bureau. Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to call 856-728-9800, ext. 546 or email email@example.com.


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Small intestinal involvement revealing sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is an immune-mediated condition affecting multiple organs, especially the lungs, lymph nodes, skin and eyes.1,2 Gastrointestinal involvement is considered to be a rare complication of sarcoidosis, occurring in <10% of the patients during the course of the disease.3,4 We recently observed the interesting case of a patient who developed duodenal involvement as the first manifestation of sarcoidosis.
A 36-year-old woman, with unremarkable previous medical history, presented with a 4-month history of asthenia and a 10-kg weight loss; she also complained of abdominal pain, diarrhea and arthralgia. At admission, physical examination demonstrated abdominal pain to palpation, involving the epigastric area; general physical examination was otherwise normal. Laboratory findings disclosed the following: erythrocyte sedimentation rate 66 mm/h; C-reactive protein 25 mg/l; hemoglobin 12 g/dl; white blood cell count 9.1 × 109/l; and platelet count 450 × 109/l. Other routine biochemical tests, including renal and liver tests, vitamin B12 and folic acid blood levels, as well as blood and urinary protein immunoelectrophoresis, were normal. Stool cultures (Yersinia, Salmonella, Camplylobacter and Shigella) yielded negative results. Because of abdominal clinical manifestations, gastroscopy was performed, which showed granulomatous duodenal involvement (Figure 1). Histological examination of duodenal lesion specimens showed numerous non-caseating epithelioid granulomas; there was no evidence of Helicobacter pylori. Special stains and cultures of the duodenum biopsy specimens were negative for Mycobacterium species and fungi; polymerase chain reaction amplification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA further proved negative. Tuberculin skin test was negative; further microbiological studies (Ziehl–Neelsen stain and cultures) in sputum and urine products were also negative for acid-fast bacilli. Thoracic and abdominal computed tomography-scan showed bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy. Pulmonary function tests revealed a mild decrease of diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (68%) without restrictive pattern. Bronchoscopy was systematically performed; histological examination also showed numerous non-caseating epithelioid granulomas. Bacterial (Treponema pallidum) and viral (cytomegalovirus, Epstein–Barr virus, Herpes simplex virus, hepatitis B and C, human immunodeficiency virus) were negative. Autoantibody screening also yielded negative results for rheumatoid factors, anti-nuclear and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, anti-Saccharomyces cerevisae antibodies, anti-endomysium and anti-transglutaminase antibodies; serum angiotensin-converting enzyme level was elevated: 97 IU/l (n < 68). Other investigations, including accessory salivary gland histological examination, colonoscopy and small bowel barium meal were normal. A definite diagnosis of small intestinal involvement related to sarcoidosis was made. Because of the systemic manifestations related to sarcoidosis, steroid therapy, at an initial dose of 30 mg daily was initiated. The patient's condition improved rapidly with regression of clinical symptoms and weight gain.
Gastrointestinal involvement is rare in sarcoidosis. Previous autopsy series have, in fact, found no gastrointestinal impairment in patients with sarcoidosis,5 while other authors have observed subclinical gastrointestinal sarcoidosis in 5–10% of the patients.2,3 The stomach, particularly the antrum, is the most frequent extra-hepatic organ to be involved; on the other hand, the small intestine is the least common.2,3 Intestinal involvement usually occurs in patients with chronic multisystem sarcoidosis, although it may be the first manifestation of the disease;2,3 in our patient, small bowel impairment revealed sarcoidosis. Clinical manifestations of sarcoidosis-related intestinal impairment are non-specific, including epigastric and peri-umbilical pain, diarrhea, weight loss, malabsorption, protein-losing enteropathy or duodenal obstruction.2,3,6,7 Nevertheless, the definite diagnosis of sarcoidosis-related small intestinal impairment can only be established after exclusion of other conditions.8 In our patient, a diagnosis of sarcoidosis-related small intestinal involvement could be made as: (i) the extensive search for other conditions was unsuccessful, including infections (tuberculosis, Whipple's disease and syphilis), Crohn's disease, celiac disease, foreign body reaction, autoimmune diseases, as well as drug-related lesions and malignancy (lymphoma, carcinoma); (ii) there was a combination of the histological granulomatous duodenal involvement and the pulmonary lesions; and (iii) the resolution of clinical manifestations took place after initiation of steroid therapy. Our findings underline that when unexplained intestinal manifestations are noted, careful clinical examination should systematically be performed in order to detect underlying sarcoidosis. Moreover, our data also indicate that patients with sarcoidosis who exhibit persistent diarrhea and abdominal pain should be investigated for intestinal sarcoidosis. Therapy of sarcoidosis-related small intestinal involvement remains controversial. Previous authors have suggested that steroids should be considered in the group of the patients who exhibit: (i) symptomatic intestinal lesions and (ii) intestinal involvement associated with multivisceral and severe sarcoidosis. The recommended starting dose of steroid therapy is 20–40 mg daily, with gradual dose decrease subsequently.9,10 Steroid therapy has been reported to improve intestinal gastrointestinal symptoms in 66% of the patients. 9,10
Finally, our case report reinforces the possibility of an unusual presentation of sarcoidosis. Indeed, physicians should be aware that small bowel involvement may be related to sarcoidosis, resulting in earlier diagnosis and management. In such patients exhibiting unusual intestinal manifestations, diagnosis of sarcoidosis relies on compatible clinical signs, evidence of non-caseating granulomas and exclusion of underlying conditions, especially infections and other granulomatous diseases. Moreover, because small intestinal involvement may precede other signs of sarcoidosis, our findings indicate that when unexplained intestinal involvement is noted, an evaluation for sarcoidosis should be made.
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St.ŌĆłJohnŌĆÖs blank Providence Bruins 6-0 to close out homestand
St. JohnŌĆÖs IceCaps captain Jason Jaffray (centre) and Maxime Macenauer (26) try to get a stick on a bouncing puck in front of Providence Bruins goaltender Niklas Svedberg as Bruins defencemen Ryan Button (left) closes in on the play. The IceCaps won 6-0. ŌĆö Photo by Gary Hebbard/The Telegram
You canŌĆÖt actually point to ŌĆ£the schneid.ŌĆØ
It is not a solid entity, but a state of being, and the use of the word as part of the sports vernacular seems to have come as the result of a convoluted path. It may now refer to an extended slump or misfortune, but gin rummy and cuts of cloth seem somehow involved in its origins.
But whatever the schneid is, a bunch of St. JohnŌĆÖs IceCaps ŌĆö and actually the team as a whole ŌĆö got off it Sunday at Mile One Centre.
Think of players clad in blue, silver and white jumping off an uncomfortable couch en masse, and you get the picture.
The IceCaps (9-9-1) blanked the Providence Bruins 6-0 in their most dominating home performance of the 2012-13 American Hockey League season, maybe of their brief American Hockey League existence. And while St. JohnŌĆÖs coach Keith McCambridge delivered the always-wise ŌĆ£itŌĆÖs just one gameŌĆØ advisory, even he had to admit it was one very good game for his side.
ŌĆ£There were a lot of positives to that game,ŌĆØ said McCambridge, ŌĆ£Obviously, the score... but we did a lot of good things, playing solid in our own zone, playing physical and blocking shots, going to hard areas in front of the net.
ŌĆ£There were some real top-end things that took place.ŌĆØ
Here are some of those things, as expressed statistically, some with comment:
ŌĆ░ The victory, coupled with a 3-2 shootout loss to the Bruins on Saturday, gives St. JohnŌĆÖs three points from the back-to-back games against Providence (7-8-1), the most theyŌĆÖve taken from any such two-game home series this season. ItŌĆÖs also the first time the IceCaps have won the second game of a two-game set in 2012-13. In the previous five instances, they won the opener, only to lose the rematch.
ŌĆ£If you look at it, we got the second-best (outcome for St. JohnŌĆÖs in the series), with three points out of a (possible) four,ŌĆØ said IceCapsŌĆÖ goalie Eddie Pasquale, who was SundayŌĆÖs first star with a 40-save shutout performance.
ŌĆ░ Spencer Machacek, the IceCapsŌĆÖ leading scorer last season, picked up three assists, ending a 13-game pointless streak. WhatŌĆÖs more, Machacek ŌĆö who entered the game with a minus-12 rating ŌĆö was on the ice for all six of the St. JohnŌĆÖs goals, finishing with a plus-three rating.
ŌĆ£This is the longest in my career ... drought, slump type of thing, whatever you call it,ŌĆØ said Machacek, whose attempt to change his fortunes even involved cutting what had become a rather lengthy mane of hair.
ŌĆ£I got really frustrated and it got to the point where the frustration started even to affect how hard I worked .. .. you start doing the wrong things because youŌĆÖre frustrated. But this week, I was telling myself, ŌĆśkeep working hard and it will come,ŌĆÖ and it kind of did tonight.
ŌĆ£It was a big breakout game for everyone and hopefully it gets the ball rolling.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ░ MachacekŌĆÖs initial helper Sunday came on a second-period goal by Derek Whitmore, the latterŌĆÖs first as an IceCap and one which came after Whitmore sat out four games as a healthy scratch, in part to satisfy the AHLŌĆÖs veteran quota. SundayŌĆÖs game was only the seventh for Whitmore this season.
ŌĆ£It was great in a couple of ways,ŌĆØ said Whitmore of his goal. ŌĆ£Obviously, to get the first one, but I donŌĆÖt know. I donŌĆÖt know who I was happier for, myself or for Mach.That guyŌĆÖs been battling so hard.
ŌĆ£I think both of us looked at each other in the (post-goal celebration) pile and it was like ŌĆśWe can play this game.ŌĆÖŌĆØ
ŌĆ░ Defenceman Paul Postma, last yearŌĆÖs team MVP, scored his first goal in more than three weeks and only his second of the season.
ŌĆ░ PostmaŌĆÖs tally was one of three power-play goals for St. JohnŌĆÖs, marking the first time this season the IceCaps have had that many man-advantage markers in a game. In fact, they had only four power-play goals in total in their previous 11 contests (and 62 chances).
ŌĆ░ The St. JohnŌĆÖs penalty kill was a perfect six-for-six ... and included two knockdowns of lengthy Providence five-on-three opportunities. On both those occasions, IceCapsŌĆÖ leading scorer Alex Burmistrov, in particular, put on a show, proving his abilities in the keep-away game. SundayŌĆÖs result puts the IcCapsŌĆÖ success rate on the PK at over 80 per cent, a place where they havenŌĆÖt been except for one three-game stretch earlier this month.
ŌĆ░ And while it could not really be suggested he was on the schneid, Pasquale did undergo somewhat of a redemption Sunday, matching his jersey number with 40 saves for his first shutout of the season.
Pasquale had also gotten the start on Saturday, when he also faced 40 shots in what was a solid showing, but he admittedly was chastising himself for allowing the first goal of that contest ŌĆö one which came with five seconds left in the middle period on a weak, harmless-looking shot by the BruinsŌĆÖ Alden Hirschfeld, one which somehow snuck through the netminderŌĆÖs pads.
ŌĆ£I didnŌĆÖt like that goal. I didnŌĆÖt like it at all,ŌĆØ said Pasquale, ŌĆ£but you have to battle through it.ŌĆØ
Derek Meech scored and added two assists to join Machacek as IceCaps with three points on Sunday. John Albert, on a lovely individual effort; Max Macenauer, as part of his plus-three game, and Carl Klingberg also scored for St. JohnŌĆÖs, which was ending a six-game home stand.
Providence goalie Niklas Svedberg faced 37 shots from an IceCaps team which has taken some time in solving the rookie from Sweden. Including the BruinsŌĆÖ 3-0 win over St. JohnŌĆÖs Nov. 3 in Providence and the first two periods of SaturdayŌĆÖs contest, Svedberg hadnŌĆÖt allowed an IceCaps goal in 150 minutes of play. That steak ended early in SaturdayŌĆÖs third period when Zach Redmond scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season for the home side.
Macenauer joined Redmond at that five-goal level Sunday. His was part of a performance that earned the IceCaps a day off today, even as the team prepares or a three-game road trip that begins Wednesday in Glens Falls, N.Y., against the Adirondack Phantoms.
ŌĆ£When we went in for battles, we went there with authority. When we went to the front of the net, we went with purpose,ŌĆØ said McCambridge. ŌĆ£Everything that you harp on from the start of the season.
ŌĆ£YouŌĆÖve seen it sporadically in games, but not consistent in 60 minutes, in three periods ... but I thought you saw that tonight.
ŌĆ£And you saw it from top to bottom. All of forwards, all of our defencemen and our goalie were on the top of their game tonightŌĆØ
Notes: McCambridge only had one lineup decision Sunday as Whitmore filled a veteran slot while Aaron Gagnon sat out. Gagnon was the only healthy scratch as forward Hunter Tremblay and defenceman Travis Ramsey were both injured Saturday, meaning they joined Jason King, Patrice Cormier, Ray Sawada and Eric OŌĆÖDell in the St. JohnŌĆÖs infirmary. Ramsey, who has a broken hand and is out for a month, or Tremblay, again troubled by consussion-like symptoms, will travel this week. Neither will King, who has been out nearly three weeks, or Cormier, who has been limited to three games because of a knee injury. OŌĆÖDell and Sawada are lsited as day-to-day and will make the trip ... Providence rookie and co-leading scorer Ryan Spooner had a goal Saturday and was the only one of nine shootout participants who was successful ... The Mary Browns hardest working IceCaps in the weekend series: Alex Burmistov (Saturday) and Spencer Machacek (Sunday). The Coors Light three stars Saturday: 1. Redmond 2. Spooner 3. Svedberg, Pro; on Sunday, it was an IceCaps sweep, with Pasquale, second-star Meech and third-star Whitmore taking post-game twirls and bows ...


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It was NCAA Tournament media day March 15, 1996 at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs, Conn., and the University of Massachusetts women's basketball team had made the dance for the first time with an at-large bid earned from a 20-win season.
That day, players from UMass and its first-round opponent, Michigan State, were made available for interviews on the court. As the time limit for those interviews was about to expire, players from the University of Connecticut and Howard University – the second game of the regional – walked onto the court for their required turn with the press.
UConn senior point guard Jennifer Rizzotti was among the players awaiting the onslaught of Connecticut beat reporters. As the UConn dynasty grew so did the horde of reporters covering the team and the demands on the players. Rizzotti handled it all with ease.
After the 1994-95 season, Rizzotti landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated as UConn went 35-0 and won the national championship. In 1995-96, she captured the Honda-Broderick Cup as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year, and was named The Associated Press Player of the Year after compiling 212 assists and 112 steals.
Sixteen years have gone by, and for those who have lost track, Rizzotti is in her 14th season as head coach at the University of Hartford.
Basketball is only part of her life now, albeit a big part. She is 38, the wife of Hartford assistant coach Bill Sullivan, and the mother of two boys – Holden 7, and Conor 4.
"The kids are playing soccer, not ready yet for basketball," Rizzotti said Wednesday night after Hartford outlasted UMass 71-65 at the Mullins Center.
On this night before Thanksgiving, there would be no media blitz, just two reporters. But that didn't matter to Rizzotti. During her post-game talk she raved about freshman redshirt center Katie Roth (17 points), and how she was a basketball junkie, and if tomorrow wasn't Thanksgiving, she'd be out thee practicing on the court. The coach's enthusiasm matched Roth's play.
And with the Hawks already 5-0, Rizzotti boasts a career coaching record of 260 wins and 150 losses since taking over in 1999-2000. She has had only one losing season (7-21, her fourth year). Her teams have made some type of post-conference playoffs (NCAA tournament, WNIT) for eight straight seasons.
With the commitments of family life, does the former New England Blizzard and WNBA star still enjoy the coaching as much as when she began?
"I enjoy it more," she said. "Early, it was a little harder. It took about five years for me to get the culture I wanted, and to have my own players. You can have someone else's player, and that player can even be good, but it's not the same, they're still not yours."
Rizzotti said she has "better patience" as a coach, able to put everything in perspective with the wisdom of becoming a wife and a mom..
"I've gotten better at developing players," she said, especially proud that all but one player in her 14 years was able to get game-time action.
Rizzotti said her teams cannot be compared to each other, they all have their own personality.
"Every team is unique," she said. "And every team has found a way to win."
And Rizzotti has had helped former Hawks become coaches, such as standout guard Jackie Smith of Holyoke, who is now in her second season as an assistant at Stonehill College.


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Shelina Permalloo has been named the winner of BBC1's MasterChef - the first female winner since Wahaca's Thomasina Miers took the title in 2005.
Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace described the former charity executive's food as some of the best they had ever tasted, in the final that aired last night.
Permalloo's cooking was heavily influenced by her Mauritian heritage and she said she entered the competition to showcase the cuisine in the UK.
Since winning the TV competition, she has revealed that her ultimate aim is to open her own restaurant.
Commenting on her win, Wallace said: "If ever there was a restaurant that had to happen it is Shelina's because her food is incredible. You can't find it in very many places; you can't really find it outside of Mauritius. She really does put sunshine on a plate."
He said that with investment, "her food will sell".
Torode added: "She is a star. She is a very special cook with an exceptional talent who always wears a smile and cooks with care."
Research analyst Andrew Kojima and plasterer Tom Rennolds lost out in the final.
Shelina Permalloo's winning menu:
Octopus served on marinated fennel with pickled ginger, sliced baby beetroot carrots and concasse tomatoes served with brown shrimp jelly, mango and apple vinegar and tobiko
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Mutton curry served with a mustard seed and turmeric marinated bone marrow, Biryani Rice and a Chili Pumpkin Quenelle Swiss Chard Roulade stuffed with Green Banana Pickle.
Mango cannelloni filled with lime curd, coconut and rum blancmange samosas filled with white chocolate, crème fraîche, and mango jelly squares.
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American Ballet Theatre
What: "The Sleeping Beauty"
Where: Metropolitan Opera House, 63rd Street and Columbus Avenue
When: 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday, with matinees at 2 p.m., Wednesday and Saturday, tonight through July 7
How much: Tickets are $27-$168. Call (212) 362-6000 or visit www.abt.org.
NEW YORK -- Don't let that innocent, fairy-tale look fool you. The new "Sleeping Beauty" that American Ballet Theatre unveiled Friday at the Metropolitan Opera House amounts to a radical revision and a shocking $2-million blunder.
The 1890 "Sleeping Beauty" is not merely a ballet classic. Its plot offers a metaphor for classicism, which searches for perfection in the past, and its history has been a series of rediscoveries. Despite choreographic alterations, Diaghilev's 1921 staging and its old, Royal Ballet offspring were recollections of lost paradise vouchsafed to a fallen world.
Ballet being what it is, however, "The Sleeping Beauty's" impermanence allowed faulty memories and ambitious ballet masters to add and subtract. Then, something like a miracle occurred, in 1999, when the Kirov Ballet employed surviving notations to reproduce the original "Sleeping Beauty," true and complete. That production was the ultimate re-awakening, establishing a lofty standard. It clarified what ABT has now, once more, confused.
Perhaps it was the inapproachability of this summit that led artistic director Kevin McKenzie and collaborators Gelsey Kirkland and Michael Chernov to take ABT in another direction, larding hallowed choreography by Marius Petipa with novelties and substituting story-book intimacy for grandeur. Tony Walton and Willa Kim's playful designs border on tacky, but are less dire than those the late Maria Bjornson concocted for the Royal.
ABT's new "Beauty" reflects the Kirov revival in some ways. It incorporates the wonderful pantomime in which King Florestan condemns and then forgives retainers who have discovered a spindle. And it includes Tchaikovsky's lyrical violin meditation, here supporting a fantasy in which fairy knights carry Prince Desire swooping past Aurora as she slumbers in an eagle-prowed boat.
Can anyone forget how the Kirov's guest conductor, Gianandrea Noseda, turned to kiss the violin soloist after every performance of the meditation? ABT's production is not exactly a Tchaikovsky love-fest, since great hunks of dance music have been slashed from Act III, while preserving a lengthy entr'acte so Carabosse and her entourage of faceless beetles can ensnare and torture the Prince. Skewing the musical plan, in Act III the Lilac Fairy returns to dance the "Gold" variation.
Attempts to make the ballet more theatrical include fairy flights achieved with lifts or wires. In the Prologue, fairies seem to alight on a tower balcony from the air, a concept undercut later, when peasant lasses arrive for the Garland Waltz in lifts. The Garland Waltz itself is an attractive, but small-scale effort featuring two youngsters.
Carabosse appears after a glowing petard falls from the sky and explodes with hisses of escaping gas. Pulling an arrow from a stag and additionally drinking magic waters, the Prince cannot help but see a vision of Aurora's castle revealed like a watermark in the backdrop. That's all good fun, but beside the point.
More significantly, despite inconsistencies in the women's ports de bras, the company dances well. Veronika Part is probably miscast as Aurora. Giselle would be her apotheosis. Yet "The Sleeping Beauty" is full of plum roles, and has drawn magnificent work from all the principals, a variety of soloists and plucky corps members.
ABT's dancers need "The Sleeping Beauty" to complete themselves as artists -- it's that important. For their sake, even a flawed "Beauty" is better than none.
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`Cats looking for repeat performance
Mount Si wrestling coach Bruce Caldwell knows his team is in the
hot seat to repeat last year's performance. And, as in the past two years, he
has the talent to do just that, take another KingCo and Sea-King Championship.
Caldwell, now in his thirteenth year, along with assistant
Mike Johnston, are banking on their experience to dominate the league
once again. Last season, Mount Si won the KingCo tournament and the
Sea-King tournament on their way to state. 18 wrestlers went to the Sea-King
tournament with one, Blake Moore taking first. At Sea-King they beat
league rivals, Liberty, with 193 1/2 team points to the Patriots, 176. The
rivalry between the two schools will be tested in the teams first regular season meet.
"We go back and forth. They beat us and got the dual meet
championship the last two years, but we came back and took the tournament
championship the last couple of years," said Caldwell. "We have to be ready
for them this year, we are both in contention for dual meet and
tournament championships this year," he added.
The Wildcats will bank on a team full of returning wrestlers to beat
Liberty and the rest of KingCo this year.
Leading the effort at the lightest of weights will be newcomer
Jason Rothgeb, a freshman. Rothgeb wrestled for Snoqualmie
Middle School last year with some great successes. In the 112 pound class,
veteran Jordan Prior will take to the mat. Prior took second in the 103 pound class
at the KingCo tournament last year. Kyle Cunningham will likely be in the
119-pound class varsity spot for the `Cats. Cunningham took sixth at
Sea-King last year and fourth in the KingCo tournament. The 125-pound class
will have Nick Martindale likely at varsity if he can get down to weight but
several newcomers could be challenging including freshman Aaron
Barquist. The 130-pound class could have several veterans vying for the varsity
spot including Eddie Roberts and Jon Emerson. Roberts took fifth in
the 135-pound class last year in the KingCo tournament. The
135-pound class will have Tyler Austin, Jeff Stone or Chris Ippolito challenging for
the varsity position.
The middleweight classes will again have the most depth this
year and in any given week, there could be a different person wrestling
varsity based on that week's challenge matches.
The 145-pound class will see two veterans working for a spot.
Chad Mills, who took second in the KingCo tournament last year in the
130-pound class, as well as second in the Sea-King tournament, will be the top
prospect. Kyle Jacobsen, who took seventh in the KingCo tournament in the
140-pound class, could also be tough for Mills to get by. Hiram Tame and
Craig Fanger will be challenging each other for the starting spot at 152
pounds. Tame took seventh in the Sea-King tournament last year in the
140-pound class and second at the KingCo tournament. Leading the way in the
160-pound class will be David Crotts who took sixth in the KingCo
tournament after bowing out to injury. Along with Crotts will be senior Bobby
Taylor, who has always been tough and took sixth at 140-pounds last year in
the KingCo tournament.
171-pounds will see Jed McDaniels leading the
pack. McDaniels took fourth in the KingCo tournament last year. Nick
Ippolito and Daniel Corlett will also be challenging McDaniels for the varsity
Brad "Grumpy" Davis will lead the helm in the 189-pound class
with challenger, Nick Ippolito and Tim Renfro nipping at his heels.
Another pair of wrestlers that might be nipping at his heels are younger brothers
Curt and Kyle, both freshman this year. Three brothers on the team at the
same time has not happened in quite a few years. It is also likely that the
Davis household has a large living room where unscheduled practices can
occur. The elder Davis took fourth in the SeaKing tournament last year
and third in the KingCo tournament.
Rounding out the last two spots are veterans Dylan Seubert at 215
pounds, and Brad Connor at the unlimited spot. Seubert took fifth in the 215
pound class last year at Sea-King and Connor took third in the unlimited class at
Sea-King. Both will be formidable at their respective weight classes with the
only concern being the lack of heavier wrestlers to back them up.
Tyler Burnard, a junior, is likely the only other wrestler able to move into
these weight classes.
Leadership has always been important to the Wildcat wrestling
team and this year three of the wrestlers have stepped forward, Mills, Tame
and Davis.
"They put in their time, they have been here for four years, and are
successful for four years," said coach Caldwell. They are focused,
they know what we need to do and they are hard workers. They are intense for
the sport of wrestling and I think they are in the right place," he added.
The Wildcats will host the David Szczepanik takedown
tournament Dec. 2 to start the season, then will have an exhibition match on Dec.
5. Their first meet is at Liberty on Dec. 7, with the first home meet being
with Mercer Island on Dec. 11.
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By Jim Hilgen 7:40am, September 1, 2013 - Updated 8:06am, September 1, 2013Delaware motorists are getting pinched when fueling up this Labor Day weekend.
The price of crude is up over concerns about tensions in the Middle East.
As a result the cost a gallon of unleaded regular rose 3 cents to $3.54 a gallon at week's end according to Triple A Mid Atlantic.
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The students of A. Harry Moore School in Jersey City lit up the night at the Casino in the Park last night as they celebrated their 2013 prom.
Black and pink were the colors for the event at the banquet hall located in scenic Lincoln Park in Jersey City.
The prom season is well under way in Hudson County.
Over the last two weeks, Jersey Journal photographers have snapped away at several dances. They'll be out in force tonight and tomorrow documenting the excitement at several local proms.
So far, Journal photographers have captured the glitz and glamor at a number of proms as Hudson teens and their dates step out in style.
* Memorial High School, West New York; Gallery 1 and Gallery 2.
* Dickinson High School, Jersey City; Gallery 1 and Gallery 2.
* North Bergen High School; Gallery 1 and Gallery 2.
* Liberty High School, Jersey City.
* Hudson Catholic Regional High School, Jersey City.
We'd like to see your shots, too.
Send us your photos and we'll showcase them in a photo gallery on NJ.com. A selection of the best shots will be printed in The Jersey Journal.
The season continues throughout May with the last dance for the Class of 2013 taking place next month.
To submit your photos, email them to email@example.com. Be sure to include the names, ages and schools of everyone in the photos and say whose prom it was, what day it was and where it was held. Videos are welcome, too.
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Each week, NJ.com brings you a compilation of football recruiting news from the teams throughout the Big Ten conference. This week marks the second and final week of the current dead period – meaning coaches are not allowed to call or have in-person contact with recruits – leading to an overall decrease in recruiting activity. However, coaches are still allowed to contact prospects through social media and field prospect phone calls. So, let's find out what the teams in one of the most competitive conferences in the country have been up to.
Since the last update, the Scarlet Knights have landed commitments from defensive ends Willington Previlon and Jon Bateky, wide receivers Rashad Blunt and Dontae Owens and linebacker Deonte Roberts, bringing them to 16 total commitments within their recruiting class of 2015. See breakdown via chart below
Ohio State is on a mission to overtake Penn State for the top spot in 247Sports.com's list of Big Ten recruiting classes (2015) after earning four commitments over the past couple weeks, none bigger than linebacker Justin Hilliard and defensive end Jashon Cornell. Hilliard, a 6-2, 230-pounder, is a four-star prospect from St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio). Cornell, a 6-4, 260-pounder, is a four-star recruit from Cretin Derham Hall (Saint Paul, Minn.). ESPN and 247Sports.com have both players rated five-star recruits.
Denzel Ward, a 5-11, 170-pound three-star cornerback from Nordonia (Macedonia, Ohio), also gave the school his pledge while the staff was able to flip 6-9, 305-pound three-star Don Bosco (Ramsey, N.J.) offensive tackle Kevin Feder from Miami (Fla.).
Maryland has added seven commitments from 5-10, 180-pound Robinson (Tampa, Fla.) three-star wide receiver Jahrvis Davenport, 6-5, 290-pound Middletown (Md.) three-star offensive tackle Will McClain, 6-0, 180-pound three-star Ridge Point (Missouri City, Texas) safety Jameel Cook, 6-foot, 215-pound Franklin Regional (Murrysville, Pa.) three-star linebacker Brett Zanotto, 5-10, 175-pound Caravel Academy (Bear, Del.) three-star cornerback Darnell Savage, 6-3, 230-pound Massaponax (Fredericksburg, Va.) three-star linebacker Gus Little and 6-foot, 180-pound Imhotep Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) three-star wide receiver D.J. Moore.
Purdue also experienced strong recruiting success over the past few weeks, scoring pledges from 6-foot, 190-pound three-star Lanier (Buford, Ga.) running back Tario Fuller, 6-1, 200-pound Plant City (Fla.) three-star linebacker Sawyer Dawson, 6-3, 225-pound McDonough School (Owings Mills, Md.) three-star linebacker Wyatt Cook, 5-11, 205-pound Columbus (Ind.) East three-star running back Markell Jones and 6-1, 235-pound Valley Forge (Cleveland, Ohio) three-star fullback Richard Worship III, bringing them to 10 commitments.
Illinois added 6-4, 180-pound The Kinkaid School (Houston, Texas) three-star wide receiver Sam Mays, 5-11, 195-pound Hales Franciscan (Chicago, Ill.) three-star safety Patrick Nelson and 6-4, 175-pound Bishop Dunne Catholic (Dallas, Texas) three-star wide receiver A.D. Miller. And they went the junior college route to secure 6-foot, 220-pound Sacramento (Ca.) City College three-star running back Henry Enyenihi and 6-4, 285-pound American River Community College (Sacramento, Ca.) two-star center Zach Heath.
The strong hauls continue as Northwestern added four commitments since the last update, including 6-4, 265-pound Cathedral (Indianapolis, Ind.) three-star offensive guard Jared Thomas, 6-2, 195-pound Adlai Stevenson (Lincolnshire, Ill.) three-star wide receiver Cameron Green, 6-4, 195-pound Cathedral Prep (Erie, Pa.) three-star wide receiver Charlie Fessler and 5-8, 155-pound Gilman (Baltimore, Md.) three-star wide receiver Jelani Roberts.
Indiana picked up commitments from 6-5, 270-pound three-star Noblesville (Ind.) offensive tackle Brandon Knight, 5-11, 175-pound Grayslake (Ill.) Comm. North three-star running back Titus Booker, 6-5, 220-pound Shadyside (Ohio) three-star tight end Austin Dorris and 6-4, 208-pound Crete-Monee (Crete, Ill.) three-star safety Omari Stringer.
Michigan added three commitments, none more heralded than four-star Avon (Conn.) Old Farms tight end Chris Clark, a 6-6, 247-pounder. Jon Runyan Jr., a 6-4, 275-pound three-star offensive tackle from St. Joseph's (Philadelphia, Pa.), also committed, as did 5-9, 170-pound Washington (Massillon, Ohio) two-star kicker Andrew David.
Michigan State acquired two three-star prospects in 6-2, 195-pound Scott County (Georgetown, Ky.) linebacker Grayson Miller and 6-6, 236-pound Nordonia (Macedonia, Ohio) defensive end Justice Alexander.
Pledges from Demry Croft, a 6-5, 175-pound dual-threat three-star quarterback from Boylan Central Catholic (Rockford, Ill.), and Nick Connelly, a 6-7, 245-pound three-star defensive end from Red Wing Senior (Red Wing, Minn.), bring the Minnesota Golden Gophers to six commitments.
Iowa picked up commitments from two three-star recruits in 6-1, 190-pound Leesburg (Fla.) wide receiver Adrian Falconer and 6-3, 200-pound The Colony (Texas) linebacker Justin Jinning.
Penn State reeled in their fifth player from the Garden State in Manny Bowen, a 6-2, 205-pound linebacker from Barnegat (N.J.). Bowen is the No. 6 recruit in the NJ.com Top 50.
Note: The chart is based off the 247Sports.com composite, a proprietary algorithm that compiles prospect "rankings" and "ratings" listed in the public domain by the major media recruiting services.
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BALTIMORE -- A Folsom couple has a business reason to be rooting for Musket Man in the Preakness on Saturday.
Michele Rodriguez and her husband, Lee Thomas, own Elite Thoroughbred Training Center in Folsom, where Yonaguska, the sire of Musket Man, is based.
Early this year, Elite purchased half interest in Yonaguska from The Vinery, a Kentucky breeding farm. Musket Man won the Tampa Bay Derby and Illinois Derby before finishing third in the Kentucky Derby, a nose behind runner-up Pioneerof the Nile.
"We were thrilled to death, " Rodriguez said. "In fact, I bet on him. One more hop, and he would have beat Pioneerof the Nile."
The Vinery bred Friesan Fire, the Louisiana Derby winner. Friesan Fire races for Vinery Stables and Rick Porter.
"The Vinery can't lose, " Rodriguez said. "If Musket Man does well, they win. If Friesan Fire does well, they really win."
Yonaguska, who won $536,355 on the track, sired 159 winners, including seven stakes winners, from his first four crops. He has been well received in his first year in Louisiana, Rodriguez said. "I'm hoping we cover at least 130 (mares), " she said.
Yonaguska's stud fee is $4,000.
"He came down in February, " Rodriguez said. "That was special him being so well received, with him coming in so late. He's really a solid horse."
ARRIVING SATURDAY: Musket Man, who is based at Monmouth Park in New Jersey under trainer Derek Ryan, will arrive at Pimlico by van early Saturday morning.
"First one to the derby; last one to the Preakness, " Ryan said. "I'll be following the van in my car."
EASY DAY FOR RACHEL: The filly Rachel Alexandra, the Preakness morning-line favorite, walked in the barn Thursday morning and was scheduled to school in the paddock between races in the afternoon.
"We just keep her fresh and happy, " said Scott Blasi, assistant to trainer Steve Asmussen. The filly arrived at Pimlico on Wednesday afternoon after being flown from Louisville, Ky., to Baltimore with Pioneerof the Nile and Terrain.
NO HARD FEELINGS: Chip Woolley, trainer of Mine That Bird, said he's happy to have Mike Smith on the gelding for the Preakness. Smith is replacing Calvin Borel, who will be riding Rachel Alexandra.
"I can't imagine anybody wouldn't be happy to have Mike Smith ride the horse, " Woolley said. "Calvin gave us plenty of time (to find a replacement). . . . Their professionalism should be commended."
BLOWOUT PLANNED: Trainer Gary Stute said he plans on giving Papa Clem a short workout, called a blowout, today. Papa Clem blew out three furlongs two days before the Derby, and he'll blow out a furlong today.
"We'll probably blow him out an eighth of a mile, let him gallop to the eighth pole and then let him roll, " Stute said. "The other day (when Papa Clem worked five furlongs in 1:05), he was a little lackadaisical down the lane. I want him to know when he hits that eighth pole, it means business."
ODDS AND ENDS: Winning Colors was the last filly favored in the Preakness. The only filly to win the Preakness as the favorite was Whimsical in 1906. . . . In 134 Preakness races (the Preakness was run in two divisions in 1918), 69 favorites have won. . . . Big Drama won the Delta Jackpot in December at Delta Downs.
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EUGENE -- Grant's Piper Donaghu kicked around Tess Michaelson of Lincoln on the Bowerman Curve and surged to victory in the 800 meters at the OSAA girls 6A Championships at Hayward Field.
Donaghu finished in 2:12.20, and gave Grant a big, 10-boost in the team standings. The Generals now have the lead in the 6A standings with 42 points, one more than second-place Barlow. They are going to be tough to catch.
Michaelson was second in 2:13.25.
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CHICAGO (October 12, 2011) – Alumni, faculty and friends of the North Park University School of Adult Learning (SAL) will gather during Homecoming Oct. 15 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the school's founding.
Founded in 1991 as the Gains of Adult Learning (GOAL) program, the University's School of the Adult Learning exists to help adults finish bachelor's degrees they may have started several years before. Through its 20-year history, some 850 students have earned degrees through the school, with another 270 in the school's academic programs now.
In remarks for the school's celebration, Dr. Bryan J. Watkins, SAL dean and associate professor, said "a wonderful legacy" has emerged through the school's 20-year history. "The School of Adult Learning has produced many a graduate over the years, all well positioned to create opportunities to apply their skills and gifts toward the betterment of our community and our society as a whole," he said. "We recognize that through faith, knowledge and experiences, these graduates have been provided the necessary skills to continue to lead lives of significance and service. I can honestly say that the work that has taken place over the past 20 years has truly touched lives and shaped an institution forever."
SAL students work toward Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of General Studies degrees in eight major fields. Classes are available at the University's Chicago campus, at its satellite campus at the University Center of Lake County, Grayslake, or online. Courses take seven weeks to complete, said Jud Curry, SAL associate director. A typical class size is about 8 to 20 students, with classes offered weekday evenings, Saturday mornings and online, he said. "Students will be in class with other students who share the same sense of purpose they do in completing degrees," Curry said.
SAL alumni say in their experience, the convenience and flexibility of the North Park University SAL program, as well as the care and concern of the staff and faculty, were keys to their success.
Travis Perry completed his bachelor's degree in leadership and organizational management in 2009, after a 16-year break from school. Earning the degree made a big difference for him and for his career. Today, Perry is a ComEd manager-Southern Region Meter Reading, a role in which he oversees nine offices consisting of six supervisors, 13 clerks and about 170 union employees.
Perry was nervous about returning to school, but noticed that faculty members were well aware of the work-life balances of their students. "With the professors, I could tell by their demeanor they were really concerned about (my) personal and educational development," he said.
What Perry learned through the School of Adult Learning helped him improve his skills in interacting with people, he said. "In this particular position, I have to listen to what my employees are saying, and think about what they're saying. I have to analyze an entire situation, and look at the big picture before offering suggestions," he said.
Perry recommends the North Park University School of Adult Learning to colleagues and friends, saying the program will get them engaged in learning, especially with the small classes. "I feel totally blessed and grateful to North Park University," he added.
Myrna Nodal attended North Park's program from 2005 to 2008 and earned a bachelor's degree in human development. Nodal attended an undergraduate nursing program beginning in 1994, but left school to start a family. Today she is worship pastor at the Urban Vineyard Church, Chicago, where she also directs an after-school and summer program through the Chicago Public Schools Office of Faith-Based Initiatives. She also teaches fitness classes.
Nodal is the mother of five children. For her, the flexibility of the SAL's evening classes was the biggest attraction. "I didn't want returning to school to affect my children," she said. "Having longer classes over fewer days really helped."
Having classes with other people in similar life-work-school situations was also a plus for Nodal. "It was refreshing and encouraging to hear my peers had busy lives and were also making sacrifices, but still able to come back to school and make a go of it. That inspired me. We supported each other," Nodal said. The North Park University SAL classes were diverse and welcoming, another quality that Nodal appreciated.
Nodal also wanted set a good example for her children by completing her degree. "When people ask about my return to school, I tell them it's never too late for anyone," she said. "North Park was part of a major turning point in my life. Returning to school at North Park helped me remember who I was, and that I had a lot to offer. It reignited a desire for learning and growth that is never-ending."
Nick Horvath is a senior I-series programmer/analyst for Hub Group, Inc., Downer's Grove. He graduated in a little more than two years, earning a bachelor's degree in computer information systems in 2009. He had been away from college since 1999, when he nearly completed an accounting degree. After he got married and he and his wife had a child, Horvath went back to a different school for college-level courses in 2002, but wasn't able to complete the academic requirements for a degree. After doing some research, he found the SAL program at North Park University.
"I was probably a little more determined and confident than most other people," Horvath said."I made up my mind that I was going to finish my degree no matter what." Horvath said the professors were helpful and knowledgeable, and willing to accommodate students' schedules.
Horvath got his current job because he was nearly finished with his bachelor's degree, which is a job requirement.
"This (SAL) program is a great opportunity for people like me who always wanted to finish but haven't done it. I would totally recommend North Park's program because I had great success with it. I had a great experience and wouldn't trade it for anything. They really make you feel like family, and I liked that," Horvath said.
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This stock is dirt cheap and could double or triple fast.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
why such the heavy beat down here and the dim out look going forward?
You kind of have to know who the sellers were to answer that.
But in general there was unfavorable legislation on the price they receive on electricity. Also you have Brazilian currency risk (which I see as a favorable thing only based on purchasing power parity).
The special thing about EBR is that it's majority owned by the Brazilian Govt and could be (would be) nationalized under certain extreme consequences such as a revolution or war, or even if the government just decided to do it.
That's the risk I see, but this company isn't going anywhere it's the biggest utility in SA and is trading at a quarter book value. In general I think a lot of people tend to overestimate foreign risk and I like Brazil, but it is almost ominous that EBR could be trading this low. I'm long and hoping for a return to real value.
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State health officials said a man in his 60s from Talladega County, a woman in her 50s from Madison County and a female in her 70s from Jackson County all tested positive for 2009 H1N1 influenza. Previous deaths of those with H1N1 influenza have occurred this year in Bullock, Dale, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Macon, Montgomery and Russell counties.
The continued widespread incidence of 2009 H1N1 influenza in Alabama and the 11 known deaths in the state serve as reminder, state officials said, of the need for everyone to take steps to prevent transmission of disease.
State health officials are urging the public to get immunized for both seasonal and H1N1 influenza when vaccine becomes available.


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By Brian T. McMahon
NYS Economic Development Council
The Post-Standard's Feb. 4 editorial, "Wanted: Better IDAs," was based on information provided to the newspaper by an organization comprised of labor unions and environmental groups called Jobs with Justice.
Last May, Jobs with Justice issued a report critical of Industrial Development Agencies. Their report claimed that projects financed by IDAs estimated they would create 217,000 jobs in 2005, but only created 79,000.
If this were true, it would be reason for concern. That is why the New York State Economic Development Council engaged the Center for Governmental Research, to gather accurate and comprehensive data from the New York State Office of the State Comptroller and from IDAs themselves; analyze the data, as well as the JWJ study; and report their findings.
CGR is a highly respected non-profit organization headquartered in Rochester that does research in areas related to government management, economic analysis, government finance, health and human resources and workforce development. The Center for Governmental Research report tells a very different story.
ÖIn 2005, the number of jobs created from IDA-assisted projects was 309,504 (124 percent higher than projected), not 79,334, as reported by Jobs with Justice.
ÖIDAs exceeded their job creation goals by almost 60,000 jobs, about one quarter more than was estimated to be created. Jobs with Justice reported that only 37 percent of the aggregate target was created.
ÖThe Center for Governmental Research's analysis of the record found only a single IDA reported overall job loss in 2005, not 13 as reported by Jobs with Justice.
ÖThe Center for Governmental Research found that 16 percent of projects posted job losses, not 25 percent as reported by Jobs with Justice. One-third of these involved fewer than 10 jobs.
The report also found that about half of the projects that fell short of job projections still created 60,000 jobs in their communities. Had the projects not occurred, the jobs would not have been created.
The Center for Governmental Research report also found that "(T)he summary of the record published by JWJ is demonstrably biased and incomplete."
When the facts are actually assembled and intelligently evaluated, the value of IDAs can be reasonably measured. The record, while not perfect, is positive, and given the economic environment in which IDAs operate, especially Upstate, it is clear that IDAs make a significant contribution to local economic development efforts.
Some in Albany want to saddle IDA project owners with burdensome union wage requirements. This is the real agenda of the unions, not reforms-related transparency and accountability.
But, according to another Center for Governmental Research report, such a requirement would increase labor costs by 38 percent and overall projects costs by nearly 20 percent in the Syracuse area. These increased costs would be added to projects that want to invest in our communities. If enacted, many would choose to invest in other states.
In 2007, Upstate private sector employment increased by 0.3 percent, or one-third the national average. From 2000-2006, Upstate lost 1.5 percent of its private sector workforce, while the rest of the nation grew by 2.9 percent. Clearly, Upstate has a competitive problem. It is difficult to understand how imposing a 20 percent tax on businesses that want to invest in our communities would help.
The New York State Economic Development Council is hopeful that Albany leaders will work together, make positive improvements to help economic development, and not impose yet another self-inflicted wound on the Upstate economy.
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To the Editor:
There have been a lot of letters recently both for and against President Barack Obama's health care reform initiative.
While I admit that I, like many others, really don't have a clue
exactly what the president is proposing, I can't help but wonder if
just providing health care for everyone isn't a very bad idea.
There is always going to be a segment of our society that is not able to afford health care — the indigent, the handicapped, the unemployed, single parents and their children — and there are numerous programs in place to provide help for them.
But it seems to me that instead of another government handout that taxpayers will have to pay for, wouldn't it make more sense to offer New Jersey companies, both large and small, some kind of tax credit if they offer affordable health care to their employees? This would have a more positive effect than a handout in that it would give the companies an incentive to not only offer health care but also to stay in New Jersey, providing more jobs for New Jersey residents. It would also give those on the unemployment lines some hope of attaining gainful employment that includes health care for their families.
I've seen interviews on TV of people who work at Wawas, Wal-Marts, etc., complaining that they don't get or cannot afford health care for themselves and their families, but historically, these jobs weren't meant to be filled by the breadwinners in the family. It's a shame that with the economy the way it is, these are the only jobs to be found.
If New Jersey is going to have any hope of keeping its residents in the state, especially retired people, then the politicians from both parties are going to have to stop the election-year handouts and bickering ,and work together to come up with real and sustainable ideas that tackle the bigger issues, such as school funding and unemployment. They should stop focusing on how bad they can make "the other guys" look.
I realize that tax credits can't buy as many votes as "rebates" and "stimulus checks," but another government-run program with all its inherent bureaucracy just sounds insane to me.
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Razeenah Kimball did not learn her 17-year-old grandson Kittim Sherrod had tattoed her name on his arm until the day he died.
The Edison High School football star collapsed during track practice Thursday afternoon. Inside the emergency room later, his grandmother lingered after other family members drifted off in sorrow and staff began cutting the clothing off her first grandchild.
Cursive writing on his left bicep spelled out the names of his great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother: "Three Strong. Juanita. Razeenah. Shemiah." His right bicep read, "There is no success without determination."
"I couldn't believe it," she said, wiping away tears.
Today, friends, family, students and adults who knew Kittim mourned the death of the popular football team captain, a quiet gentleman who always put others first. A gifted athlete, his determination to be the best may have contributed to recent health problems, family members said.
Since November, Kittim suffered from insomnia, often sleeping just three hours a night, said his sister, NyAsia, 15, a sophomore. Over the past few weeks he had lost his appetite, said Kimball, his grandmother.
On Tuesday his mother took him to a doctor, who diagnosed a possible sinus infection and suggested he might have to have his adenoids removed, Kimball said.
At 3:58 p.m. Thursday, Kittim fell to the ground while running with fellow members of the track team near the school.
An off-duty Edison fireman, Brian Vicidomini, was the first to perform CPR on the teen, said Jerry Barca, municipal spokesman. The fireman had been driving past the intersection of Mercury and Vineyard Roads when he saw Kittim on the ground.
Family members said he died on the way to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital -- "ascended to Heaven" is the way they put it.
"We feel that when he collapsed, the Most High took him. He just lay there. He didn't struggle," said Kimball. Zeridah Yehudah, 54, Kittim's great aunt, said the family is Jewish, members of a Hebrew tribe that migrated to Africa in ancient times.
Autopsy results have not been released, Barca said. A viewing will be held 3-7 p.m. Sunday at Middlesex County College in the Physical Education Center, Barca said. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Edison High School heaved with sorrow today. Girls wailed in the hallways. Tissue boxes were stacked in the central office. Students gathered in the library to speak with grief counselors, clergy members, and each other. After-school activities and weekend events were canceled.
Kittim's football teammates wore their red jerseys and watched reruns of games they had played together. Three former football captains pledged a memorial at the football stadium.
Kittim's football coach, Matt Fulham, who knew the 6-foot-1-inch, 170-pound athlete since freshman year, recalled how Kittim used to bike to early-morning football practice in the rain. Most boys didn't come to practice if they couldn't get a ride, he said.
Kittim played wide receiver, defensive back and punt/kick returner, the coach said.
"If you got on him because he made mistakes, he just got back in the huddle and worked harder," said Fulham, 39. "I loved him like he was my son."
But Kittim's determination was so intense it sometimes worried family members, his sister said. This week NyAsia and their grandmother both advised Kittim to skip practice and rest.
"He always pushes himself to the limit, like this time," his sister said.
Dressed in Kattim's clothing, she, her sister and NyAsia and two cousins helped out by doing his laundry for the last time.
As they worked, NyAsia wore her brother's varsity jacket. Yaakovyah Yehudah, 17, wore his socks and one of two large, diamond-like studs he wore in each ear.
Kittim, pronounced kah-teem, was born and raised in Edison. He would have turned 18 on May 8. Kittim had applied to three Pennsylvania colleges --Albright College, Wilkes University and Delaware Valley College -- where he hoped to play football, Fulham said.
NyAsia said she and her 9-year-old brother Ezra will miss their larger-than-life brother. He was caring, she said, often giving her and her mother money from a paycheck he earned at a local Outback Steakhouse.
"He's just like Superman to me," said NyAsia, who plans to get a tattoo that matches her brother's quote about determination. "Nothing's going to be the same."
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