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Polls are open, and Somerset County voters are making their decisions in races for municipal governing bodies, school boards, Congress, the county freeholder board, the county clerk's office — and, of course, the presidency.
Bookmark this post: We'll be following along all day with updates from the polls, and watching closely as New Jersey residents make sense of their voting process in the wake of a storm that's wreaked havoc with power, caused polling places to move and even prompted the state to take the unprecedented action of allowing votes by mail and fax.
SEE ALSO: Somerset County Elections Results.
• Looks like Bound Brook Dems will take open council seats.
• 10:20 p.m.: Watchung results are in; Board of Education candidate may have won by two votes.
• 10:10 p.m.: Results are in for Somerville, Warren and Raritan.
• 9:46 p.m.: "It's very early," said Somerset County Democrats' Exec. Dir. Steve Lenox. "But things are indicating that the Democrats have made an impact on Somerset County."
• 9:44 p.m.: Results are in for Hillsborough.
• 8:55 p.m.: Results are in for Manville, Millstone and Peapack/Gladstone
• 8:45 p.m.: Results are in for Rocky Hill and Far Hills.
• 8:34 p.m.: Asm. Upendra Chivukula, party members and supporters gathered at Somerset Democrat HQ in Somerville watching election results on TV, waiting for local results.
• 6:20 p.m.: Somerset elections admin: Walk-in ballots 'beyond anything we could have imagined'
• 5:10 p.m.: Despite most polling sites being moved, Bernardsville polling running smoothly
• 5 p.m.: Somerset County Clerk: Don't be misled by email, fax voting extension
• 2:27 p.m.: @habbit_cabboge tells us via Twitter that they never received a sample ballot in Franklin Township, either. That's something we heard this morning from some residents having trouble voting in North Plainfield at West End School.
• 1:59 p.m.: @MauroJJ tells us via Twitter that the district map in North Plainfield was easy to read and that poll workers told voters where to go. But @MauraJJ also says "Sample Ballots were never received for most/all of North Plainfield. That is true."
• 1:30 p.m.: NJ.com reader cynthiamv tells us Bernardsville residents without power did not receive automated phone call from borough telling them where to go to vote.
• 11 a.m.: Voters at West End School in North Plainfield say they need someone to direct them to the correct line at poll.
• 10:30 a.m.: Police removed road blocks by West End School in North Plainfield to allow voters through.
• 10:20 a.m.: Residents at the West End School are saying they're confused by a district map, aren't sure which line to get in at the polls, and aren't getting any direction.
• 10:15 a.m.: Some North Plainfield residents are ignoring roads blocks to get thru to vote.
• 10:10 a.m.: Voters having trouble getting through to the West End School in North Plainfield should take Stirling Road to Somerset Street to Route 22; Hillcrest Road is closed and causing a detour. From route 22, voters should take the Rock Avenue exit as West End Ave is blocked off
• 10 a.m.: We're getting reports of blocked roads in North Plainfield making it hard for people to get to the
• 9:51 a.m.: @obsidianbbw, however tells @NJcomSomerset on Twitter " I just voted in north plainfield and no issues"
• 8:10 a.m.: MTW6 tells
@njdotcom on Twitter: "Chaos in North Plainfield. Volunteers seemed overwhelmed and people had no idea where to go, what to do."
• 8 a.m.: Voters turn out early in Warren Township
• 8 a.m.: @RAnderson888 tells @NJcomSomerset on Twitter "Finished voting at relocated polling site in Franklin Twsp. Cramped, but it's working. Took 20 min. #Vote"
• 7:50 a.m: @cromiller tells @NJcomSomerset on Twitter: Voting in Hillsborough NJ seems normal. Decent amount of people this early, but lines were moving quickly."
• 7:45 a.m.: @Bernie0109 tells @NJcomSomerset on Twitter about Bernardsville: "Many people sitting in somerset county shelter at 25 olcott, same place where entire town is voting!"
Some key resources:
• Somerset County elections: Where to vote on Tuesday
• Somerset County: Here's how to vote by e-mail or fax
• Somerset County: 'Mechanisms in place' to maintain election's integrity
• Somerset County residents opt for early voting, new polling sites designated
• Mosque, traffic take center stage as Bernards candidates square off
• Author Jon Meacham on divisive politics: After election, we can heal
Related coverage:
• More Somerset County news: NJ.com/somerset | Twitter | Facebook


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Laura Caulfield, PhD
- Professor
Departmental Affiliations
International Health
- Division: Human Nutrition
Center & Institute Affiliations
Contact Information
615 North Wolfe St., W2041
Baltimore, Maryland 21205
PhD, Cornell University, 1989
My research interests are in the area of maternal and infant nutrition and health.
Specific interests include:
1. epidemiology of poor pregnancy outcomes (e.g., miscarriage, low birth weight, preterm delivery, complications of labor and delivery), especially the role of maternal and fetal nutritional status in influencing parturition; 2. identification and evaluation of indicators of high-risk mothers and newborns; 3. short- and long-term consequences of poor prenatal and postnatal growth and development; breastfeeding and complementary feeding; 4. evaluation of nutrition interventions; 5. nutrition and health surveillance/information systems.
Honors and Awards
2000 The Avanelle Kirksey Lectureship, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. 1993 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 1987 Doctoral Traineeship, Cornell University - NIH Maternal and Child Nutrition Training Grant, Ithaca, NY. 1986 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. 1985 Cornell University Latin American Studies Summer Fellowship Program for Pre-Doctoral Research at Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales, Rosario, Argentina. 1984 Cornell University Center for International Studies Travel Grant. Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences Small Grant (2 awards). 1983 Grace Steininger Fellowship, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 1982 General Mills Fellowship, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
- International Health Pregnancy perinatal and neonatal disorders nutritional epidemiology
Caulfield LE, de Onis M, Blössner M, and Black RE. Undernutrition as an underlying cause of child deaths associated with diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria and measles, Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Jul;80(1):193-8.

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UPDATE: Washington man charged in Tuesday's fatal stabbing, court papers say
The Warren County Prosecutor's Office and the Washington Township, Warren County, Police Department have called a news conference for 2 this afternoon to discuss Tuesday evening's killing in Washington.
A man was stabbed to death just after 6 o'clock in the 200 block of East Washington Street, police said. The man was targeted and the public is not at risk, authorities said. He was found outside 276 E. Washington St.
Police were looking for a black pickup truck and a black BMW, but didn't say why.
Police did not return a phone call this morning seeking more information and the prosecutor was not available, his office said.
Police made two arrests either late Tuesday night or early this morning in the borough, but court papers say they involve charges related to violating a restraining order and spitting at a police officer. Court papers do not tie either arrest to the homicide.
A neighbor said this morning he was playing Yahtzee on Tuesday evening in his dining room when his grandson came into the house and said there were police and an ambulance outside.
The man went outside and saw the commotion. He said investigators remained until 2 this morning.
The neighbor, who did not want to be identified because of the nature of the crime, said he has suspected there was suspicious activity taking place.
"There's always people coming and going from there," he said.
Township police have been to the house on more than one occasion, he said. That, along with the events of Tuesday evening, are concerning, he said.
"It bothers us," he said. "We would like to move."
According to him, a man named Dave Dunlop is the home's owner. County records identify Dunlop as the owner. A woman and her three children live there as well, the neighbor said.
The neighbor said he doesn't know the woman well.
"We try to be nice but we try to keep our distance," he said.
Two people this morning cleaned the front steps and the sidewalk. Blood stains were on the door frame and sidewalk.
The people said they didn't want to talk, other than to say they got a call to clean up before the mother and kids came home. Police apparently didn't allow the woman and children to stay in the home Tuesday night.


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ATHENS, Alabama - A five-hour standoff between police and a burglary suspect who had previously boasted officers "won't take me alive" ended without shots fired and with no injuries at about 2:30 p.m. today.
Benjamin "Ted" Moore, 35, surrendered at 1304 S. Houston St., a home where he had been staying, said Athens Police Chief Floyd Johnson. He was charged with third-degree burglary. Additional charges may be filed later, Johnson said.
Moore's girlfriend, whose name was not released because she was not charged with a crime, was inside the home during the standoff. She also exited the home unharmed, Johnson said.
Some residents near the home were evacuated and police established a perimeter of about two blocks in either direction.
Officers acted with extreme caution because Moore had recently told a family member "he would not be taken alive," the chief said.
"He said if he didn't end his own life, he'd have police officers do it for him," Johnson said.
The standoff began at about 9:30 a.m. when officers arrived at the Houston Street home looking for Moore, who was a suspect in the Tuesday night burglary of tools from a building on Stewart Drive.
"When they arrived at the residence, no one would come to the door but the officers felt like he was in there," Johnson said.
The home's owner, who was allowing Moore to stay at the house, told officers there were guns in the home.
Officers called for backup and attempted to communicate with Moore but he refused to speak with officers, Johnson said.
Moore surrendered a few minutes before the arrival of the Limestone County SWAT team, which Johnson had just called for backup.
"I'm extremely proud of my staff," Johnson said in a press conference following the incident. "My officers did an excellent job."
Police received permission from the homeowner to search the house and officers are on the scene this afternoon.
Updated at 3:45 p.m. to show that Chief Johnson corrected the location of the burglary.
Updated at 6:30 p.m. to correct suspect's age per Chief Johnson.
Call al.com reporter Kelly Kazek at 256-701-0576 or find her on Facebook.


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HOLTON TOWNSHIP — A political newcomer is taking on two incumbents for a spot on the Holton Township Board of Trustees.
Seeking two open seats on the board are Bob Shirk, 61, of 6147 Brunswick, and incumbents Anita Kittel, 54, of 9652 Holton Duck Lake and Alan Wilson, 45, of 9260 Holton Duck Lake.
Shirk, who has not previously served in public office, is a retired maintenance pipefitter with Mahle Engine Component Co. He said he's throwing his hat in the ring because he wants to make the township board "less intrusive." Shirk is running as a member of the U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan.
"I don't like it that five people discuss something amongst themselves, then vote it into an ordinance that the whole township has to abide by," he wrote in a Chronicle survey.
If elected, he said he would seek to restore property rights and lower taxes by spending less and paying off debt.
Kittel, a Democrat, just completed her first half-term as a trustee. In August 2006, she was appointed to fill the remainder of a four-year term previously held by Ruth Monette, who resigned from the board.
Kittel has lived in Holton 22 years and is an occupational therapy assistant. She is a member of the Holton Athletic Boosters club and Holton Township Parks Commission. She's a volunteer liaison for Community Child Watch with the school district and is also a member of the finance committee at St. Michael's Church.
If elected, she said her priorities include maintaining roads and culverts, developing Holton Township Park and helping meet the needs of the fire department.
Wilson, who has no political party affiliation, is running "to exercise my civic duty and pursue positive change in my community," he said in a Chronicle survey.
Wilson, who works in accounting for Health Hutt, is completing his first term on the board.
If re-elected, Wilson said he would push for continued development of the township's Web site at www.holtontownship.com. He said he also plans to, along with other township board members, help promote an environment of trust and accessibility, and "strive to ensure fiscal responsibility and fairness, as this is our tradition."
The positions of supervisor, clerk and treasurer are all uncontested. Running for those seats are incumbents Mickey Noble, supervisor; Melanie Johnson, clerk; and William Halbower, treasurer.


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Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, was a sad day. Not because my car was hit by another car (at the intersection of Stavanger Drive and the Dominion entrance).
Not because that same person has subsequently told the police the opposite of what they said at the scene (unfortunate, but not on my conscience). Nor is it sad, as a result, that I'm now involved in a he said-she said battle between insurance companies (that's frustrating, but expected).
I'm slightly disturbed, but not saddened, that the police would only come to the scene when I called 911 if I had been injured, or would only investigate the incident subsequently if I had died. Thankfully I was able to stop before anyone was hurt (and there was a young infant involved).
Of the more than 10 cars that were waiting at that light with me, on my side and directly across — individuals who presumably witnessed some part of that accident, saw the colour of the lights — not one car stopped to ask if we needed help. Not one slowed down long enough to offer a cell phone number.
Not one rolled down a window in passing to see if anyone needed medical assistance. As soon as we cleared our vehicles from the intersection, those cars were gone.
That is sad.
Initially I thought I would write a letter to the editor in which I bandied about those big words like duty, accountability, honour (apparently the "u" doesn't matter), responsibility, and integrity (whatever that means). Sarcastically, I was going to thank all those drivers for not bothering to stop.
But the truth is I get it. People are busy, and it is a thankless inconvenience to get involved. Hell, I was on my way to get my son from school (after picking up groceries).
Instead, however, I want to thank those anonymous individuals out there who do regularly stop. Trust me I'd love to be bitter and swear to anyone who would listen that I'll never stop to help at an accident again — but I know better. There really is no choice when it comes to doing the right thing, is there? Thanks again stoppers.
Dr. B.D. Clissold
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Honors Core Curriculum for Fall 2016
Here's an overview of the Honors Core Courses offered in Fall 2016. You will find more information, including ART 2.0 and syllabi, in the LSA Course Guide. Note: FYWR denotes that the course satisfies the First Year Writing Requirement.
GTBOOKS 191 – Honors Humanities (HU + FYWR)
Section 001 Great Books
Instructor: Ruth Scodel
We will read texts from the ancient Near East and Greece that ask how mortals should live in the face of death, how we should balance our personal desires with the demands of the community, and the nature of justice. Readings (all in English translation) will include Gilgamesh, Homer, Genesis and Exodus (Hebrew Bible), Greek tragedy, and Plato. Students will be encouraged to consider for themselves what makes a book great and to think about what we can learn (if anything) by studying ancient texts.
HONORS 230 – Honors Core in Social Science (SS)
Section 001 Living with Animals
Instructor: Robin M Queen
Much human social life involves interactions with non-human animals or interactions with other humans about animals. This course creates a space to explore those interactions. In it, we think about broad questions connected to the fundamental distinctions many humans draw between themselves and other animals and about the nature of our relationships with those other animals. These questions range from humans' early history with other species; how we decide which animals are friends, which are pests, and which are food; in what sense we can own animals; how we understand (or don't) animals' lives and experiences; how we domesticate some species and not others; how we communicate with other animals; whether other species inherently have rights; how humans come to work in partnership with other species; and how human emotional lives are affected by our relationships with animals. We'll read about and investigate these questions together, drawing on a range of disciplines such as anthropology, philosophy, linguistics, sociology, economics, anthrozooology, and psychology. READ MORE AT LINK.
HONORS 231 - Honors Core in the Humanities (HU)
Section 001 Reasoning and Reasoning
Instructor: Sarah Buss
Everyone agrees that human beings have an amazing power to reason. This power enables us to challenge our own desires, goals, and habits of mind. It enables us to explain why things happen and to predict what will happen next. In this course, we will explore the relation between reason and faith, reason and morality, reason and science, reason and action, and more. Without the capacity to reason, it would never occur to us to reflect on ourselves, and so it would never occur to us to change how we think and live. In exploring the power and limits of reason, we will be engaging in this very process of self-reflection. Most of our guides will be philosophers. But we will also seek insight from other fields, as well as from short works of fiction and perhaps even a film or two.
HONORS 232 – Honors Core in Natural Science (NS)
Section 001 Biology and Society
Instructor: Trisha Wittkopp | homepage
Are GMOs dangerous? Do vaccines cause autism? Should we be worried about antibiotic resistance? Biological research and the way it is communicated to the public by media outlets impacts our everyday lives in many ways. In this course, we will discuss the nature and process of science, how scientific results make their way from laboratory benches to media headlines, and examine a series of biological "hot topics" currently in the news. Students will learn enough about each area of biology discussed to understand relevant research papers, will be able to evaluate the experimental design and conclusions drawn in these studies, and will critically examine the presentation of biological findings to the general public.
HONORS 240 – Honors Core in Social Science (SS + FYWR)
Section 001 The Games We Play
Instructor: Mika LaVaque-Manty | homepage
Games — real and metaphorical, formal and informal — are everywhere where humans are: Games are a metaphor for politics, romance, and much in between. There are children's games, war games, and the Olympic Games. In the world of fiction, there are games of thrones and hunger games. People watch and play football; others play it on their XBox and Playstation consoles. Some games seem to have a gender, while some gamers want to exclude one gender from their world. Language is a game. There's the game of life, and college is an important part of it. READ MORE AT LINK
HONORS 241 – Honors Core Writing in Humanities (HU + FYWR)
Section 001 Great Performances at Michigan
Instructor: Yopie Prins
This course is an introduction to performance in music, theater, dance and related arts. In a combination of lecture and discussion sections, the course will focus on specific works to be performed on campus, while also exploring the relation between tradition and innovation in performing "great" works, and asking what makes a "great" performance. Students registered for the course attend a series of events presented by performing arts organizations in the university community, including the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (AASO), the University Musical Society (UMS), and the U-M School of Music, Theater, and Dance (SMTD). READ MORE AT LINK. COURSE FEE: $50 ADDED TO UM FEES COVERS ALL PERFORMANCE TICKETS.
Director's Cut for Fall 2016
Here's a look at some noteworthy courses for Fall 2016 scheduling. We call them the "Director's Cut." If you have specific questions about how these courses will work with your particular degree requirements, please email your advisor.
STATS 280 | Honors Intro to Stats
Course Guide. STATS 280 will provide in-depth discussion of models and methods that are appropriate to spectific situations, criteria for selecting among them, their strengths and weaknesses and their conceptual footing. Interactive learning will be emphasized in lectures and the laboratory module.
HIST 197.006 | Vienna, Budapest, Prague 1900: Central European Identities and Cultures
This course will explore the relationships among national and other identities, modern arts, architecture, and literatures, and socio-political contexts in the three metropolises of central Europe before and after the collapse of that empire. [Watch Course Guide for complete course description.]
HONORS 250 | Evolution of Cognition & Social Science Ways of Knowing
Course Guide. There is now overwhelming evidence for the evolution of all known life. This course will focus on the evolution of human cognition and its implications for what we know and believe about cognition today, particularly social science knowledge.
HONORS 309 | Imagination
Course Guide. This course hypothesizes that imagination can be a rigorous and objective faculty. What is its relationship to rationality? To insight and innovation? Does some form of imagination have a place in science and ethics? In business? The key faculty of metaphorical thinking will be considered in some depth, as will the function of imagination in scientific discovery, the psychology of perception, politics, and visual art.
PHIL 296 | Honors Introduction to Logic
Course Guide. This course is a fast-paced introduction for formal logic. It focusses on model-building, where we show that some claims can be true together by building a model where they are all true, and on proofs, where we show that some claims guarantee that another claim is true by deriving the latter claim from the others.
PSYCH 114 | Honors Introduction to Psychology
Course Guide. This course is designed to introduce Honors students to contemporary psychology. At the end of this class, the student should realize that psychological research addresses a wide range of issues, and that the methods used to study these issues are equally numerous.
Honors 135 Mini-Courses for Fall 2016
These quick videos highlight the Honors 135 1-credit mini-courses found in the LSA Course Guide.
Honors Core Curriculum for Winter 2017
HONORS 230 – Honors Core in Social Science (SS)
Instructor: Jim Adams
What exactly is capitalism? Does it express itself similarly in all countries? In all time periods?
This course will explore the many varieties of capitalism, including: merchant capitalism, religious capitalism, industrial capitalism, financial capitalism, imperial capitalism, state capitalism, welfare capitalism, crony capitalism, and global capitalism.
Readings are drawn from such classics as Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. They are drawn also from the scholarly and popular works of contemporary economists, historians, and political scientists.
HONORS 230 - Honors Core in Social Science (NEW) (SS)
History of Human Experimentation
Instructor: Joel Howell
HONORS 231 – Honors Humanities Seminar (HU)
The West After 1492
Instructor: Susan Scott Parrish
This course will offer you an interdisciplinary introduction to the history, and especially the cultures, of Europe and North America after Columbus' accidental arrival in the western hemisphere in 1492. After Columbus' landfall, the "old worlds" — as people knew them around the Atlantic Ocean — gradually died, and a challenging, disruptive "modern" world slowly came into being. Inaugurated was a vast movement of peoples, diseases, ideas, and biology across the Atlantic. Out of these movements came: European empires in the Americas; displacements and realignments of indigenous, African and European people; chattel slavery, the "triangular trade" and the invention of "race"; dramatic environmental changes; empirical science; capitalism, and the list goes on!
I want to explore with you the art and ideas which flowed from, represented and produced these changes. Given that we will look at 500+ years of history, our selections will be idiosyncratic, based in part on their ability to allow us to delve into many issues at once. Special emphasis will be placed on literature (written in or translated into English), visual art, performance and film.
HONORS 231 - Honors Core in Humanities (HU)
Reasoning About Reasoning
Instructor: Sarah Buss
Everyone agrees that human beings have an amazing power to reason. This power enables us to challenge our own desires, goals, and habits of mind. It enables us to explain why things happen and to predict what will happen next. In this course, we will explore the relation between reason and faith, reason and morality, reason and science, reason and action, and more. Without the capacity to reason, it would never occur to us to reflect on ourselves, and so it would never occur to us to change how we think and live. In exploring the power and limits of reason, we will be engaging in this very process of self-reflection. Most of our guides will be philosophers. But we will also seek insight from other fields, as well as from short works of fiction and perhaps even a film or two.


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My, how City Hall's opinion of the Zoobombers has flipped since 2003, when Portland police targeted the costume-wearing speed demons on bicycles as a possible terrorist cell.
In May, the city unveiled a $10,000 public sculpture celebrating the Zoobombers as a cultural treasure. The structure is also a glorified bike rack, giving riders a place to stack their trademark mini-bikes between Sunday night runs through the West Hills.
But Jay Rossiter still finds the group off-putting, even a bit obnoxious.
A motorhead with a anti-bike chip on his front bumper, right? Wrong. Rossiter is a regular grease marks-on-the-shin bike commuter.
Five things to know about your commute
Interstate 405 northbound, Marquam Bridge to Fremont Bridge
This northbound stretch of 405 - that's right, the whole thing -- will be closed for the weekend (10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday) to allow crews to repave the freeway. Expect three more weekend closures for the $11.6 million project in August. And be prepared for more weekend traffic on Interstate 5.
Cornelius-Schefflin Road at Council Creek, Washington County
A county officials said the new bridge over Council Creek is "a good thing!" But first, there's a bad thing: Cornelius-Schefflin Road must be closed for six months. Signs and a detour routes are posted.
"Rules of the Road" bike rights and responsibilities class
Thursday at 6 p.m., University of Oregon Law professor Caroline Forell will talk about the current legal rights and responsibilities of Oregon cyclists at this free event at Portland's White Stag Block Buildings next to the Burnside Bridge. Bike ride to follow, of course.
Southwest Jefferson and Columbia streets, Portland
What's the deal with all the jack-hammering, lane closures and alternate bus stops along these busy downtown thoroughfares? Stimulus money, daddy-o! TriMet is using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding to install concrete bus pads that will allow smoother stops and goes at 10 bus stops. All the work should be completed by Friday.
Scattered Zoobomb parking, Portland
A $10,000 regional arts grant funded a very cool Zoobomb sculpture at Southwest 13th Avenue and Burnside. It's supposed to give the world-famous daredevil riders a styling place to pile up their "people's bike library" out of the public right of way. So why are they still locking their mini bikes to staple racks along Burnside when there's plenty of room on the sculpture? Messy.
The 31-year-old software engineer said he gets annoyed that Zoobombers, naked anti-car protestors and other "extreme bike groups" attract so much attention. "People tend to see them as representing me and other cyclists in Portland," he said. "Most of us are just regular commuters who've never been on a Zoobomb ride."
Like any fast-growing community, Portland's cyclists are experiencing an identity crisis.
In the online trailer for the Portland bike-culture documentary film "Veer," a woman wearing pink costume glasses and pig tails proclaims: "You can't have a revolution if you don't involve a lot of people."
Yet in a city where an estimated 6 percent of the city's commuters go by bike daily, most cyclists aren't consciously being revolutionaries. More likely, they're trying to stay in shape, save gas and squeeze some simple joy out of the rat race.
Still, when the average Little League mom or Oregon lawmaker hears "bike community," they tend to think of the flamboyant, daredevilish and often-anarchistic fringes. Indeed, it's widely believed that good bike bills died last spring because many legislators hold an unflattering view of bike riders.
During a recent online discussion about "Veer" on the Bike Portland blog, several cyclists commented that it's getting old.
"I think a strong focus on this stuff, at the expense of people just riding around or getting to work without getting run over," wrote one, "kind of paints 'bike culture' in a goofy way that won't be taken as seriously as it should."
Certainly, the Community Cycling Center, a Northeast Portland nonprofit that promotes biking, wants to shift the focus.
Last week, the group launched the "I Ride" poster campaign, aimed at turning bike community's alternative image on its head to reveal what it really is: Very mainstream.
Twelve posters feature smiling cyclists of different generations and classes finishing the sentence "I ride ____."
A middle-aged woman named Karen, for example, stands with her bike in a city park. The poster reads: "I ride with my family because my daughter loves it so much."
Another features a young couple, James and Raihana. He rides "everywhere." She rides "because it makes me feel free and happy."
Often, people walking into the Community Cycling Center's classes and retail shop don't want to be tied to the bike culture.
"They'll say, 'I just ride my bike,'" said executive director Susan Remmers. "The bottom line is bicyclists are everyone. They choose to move through their community on bikes for various reasons."
Rossiter's poster would read, "I ride to help the environment and so my wife can have the family car during the day."
My Poster: "I ride to fight the midlife bulge and to save about $300 a month in downtown parking."
And let's be honest: I also ride to keep my inner Peter Pan breathing. So, sometimes, I Zoobomb.
-- Joseph Rose; firstname.lastname@example.com, Twitter; pdxcommute


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On Wednesday, the most decorated volleyball player in Our Redeemer's Christian School history also became the first to sign with an NCAA Division II school.
All-state outside hitter Ashley Koppinger, the 2012 Minot Daily News all-area player of the year, inked a letter of intent to continue her career at the University of Mary in Bismarck.
"It was the last school I toured ... and when I stepped on the campus I just felt like I needed to go there," said Koppinger, who led the Knights to a fifth-place finish at the 2012 Class B state tournament. "It felt welcoming and it's not far from home but it's far enough."
Koppinger also considered Jamestown College, the University of North Dakota and Minot State University.
"She's been heavily recruited from different areas and just to see her go at this level is great," said Sherry Carlson, who started the ORCS volleyball program in 1996 and resigned from the head coaching position this spring. "We've probably had 11 girls play college ball, but none at this level so this is exciting for us."
Koppinger - a 5-foot-7 bundle of quick-twitch muscles - can spring quickly off the floor for powerful spikes, but is also short and quick enough to be a dominant back row defender. She expects to play rotations in both rows at Mary.
"Everybody sees the vertical (leap)," Carlson said. "That is a really great asset, but I think her quickness is everything. She's quick in the back row, she's quick in her approach and I think (Mary) will be able to use that."
After being a five-year starter at ORCS, Koppinger will confront a significant jump in competition level. Mary is part of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, arguably the top Division II volleyball conference in the country. Three NSIC programs were ranked in the top six in last season's final American Volleyball Coaches Association national poll.
Koppinger said she doesn't expect to start immediately but hopes to earn regular playing time by the end of her freshman season.
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Turtle Mountain forward Whitney Wallette signed with the MSU women's basketball team Wednesday, bringing the Beavers' 2013 recruiting class to two players. Montana guard Diondra Denton joined MSU during the early signing period.
Wallette, a Class A second-team all-state selection, averaged 18.5 points and 10.2 rebounds during her senior season.
"I feel good to know that I'm committed there now," Wallette said. "I just feel that I made the right choice."
MSU coach Sheila Green Gerding said the 6-foot Wallette, primarily a post player in high school, has the versatility and shooting ability to play the wing for the Beavers.
"She's got some work to do going from high school to college and learning how to play that level and that intensity and that speed," Green Gerding said. "We have hopes of playing Whitney as a '3' rather than a true post player. I think she has that ability."
Green Gerding said she hopes to sign at least two, and possibly three, junior college players for next season.
"We need another pure shooter - someone that can just flat-out stroke it from deep - and then a playmaker," she said. "Whether it's a point guard or an off-guard, somebody that can create for others and herself."
Wallette, a member of the Turtle Mountain National Honor Society, plans to study sports medicine at MSU.


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In addition to the 6-player double round-robin invitational SPICE Cup featured in an earlier report, there is also an Open competition taking place from 16-20 October at the SPICE Cup Chess Festival in St.Louis.
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I assume very few people in the world make a living playing a game or sport including the few hundred GM's in the world. I will spend thousands of dollars on my kids sporting activities during their childhood. I even travel to out of town marathons that I have no chance of winning. I do this for fun and personal fulfillment, not because for some plastic trophy. I assume it is the same for those in this chess tournament.
@ tombaralo - I certainly wasn't 'mocking' chessplayers. I appreciate that a $10,000 prize fund isn't much when compared to other sports, but it seems a decent sum for a relatively small 9-round Swiss Open chess tournament played over only 5 days.
I think most of the players in the SPICE Cup are there to enjoy the event, improve their play (and hopefully gain title norms in some cases), rather than winning money.
The relatively poor financial rewards for most chess pros is a wider issue, and IMO is ultimately FIDE's fault.
I'm sorry, but I don't understand (I'm new to chess) if the author of this article is mocking chessplayers with this phrase: "With a guaranteed $10,000 prize fund there is plenty to play for!"
The prizes from the site are: Prizes: $10,000 guaranteed ($4,000 – $2,000 – $1,500 – $1,000 – $500 – $250; Under 2400 FIDE $500 – $250)
Those who are not GM needs to pay 100$ EF, which will be refunded at the end of the tournament.
The rates for the rooms are 89$ a night. The tournament is 4 days, which means someone would pay 376$ just for the hotel, I don't know how much they spend for food and transportation. But to me it seems that if one is not within the first 4 places, he/she will have to take out money from their pockets. I remember the job I was doing, while I was in college, and I was paid about 11$ hour, which would mean that if I went to work for 4 days, I would make the same amount of money the 5th would make, without having to invest a lot of money.
It seems to me that if these chess players would just play poker, or play another sport, they would surely make much more money. But let's also accept for a moment that the first 6 players are happy with the money they receive (after all maybe some 2600 rated players can be happy with 500 bucks), what about the other 37 players who didn't make 1$?
If that phrase was not for mocking, I wouldn't advertise the state of extreme indigence in which chess players live, because that would do a disservice to the game.
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"It's going to look like old Tuscan villas, all that color, the Tuscany colors. We'll have arches in front, all travertine flooring with tuscany tile, that's the look we're going for," said Ernesto.
As of last week, all that remained to be done was to paint the walls and finish the floors.
"We want to make sure we open the right way, that everybody is pleased, that everybody who comes in is impressed with the restaurant," Ernesto said.
Ernesto's parents, Giovanni and Michelina, come from Caserta, a small town 20 miles from the city of Naples. Caserta, he said, enjoys a fine reputation for its excellent cheeses.
Ernesto said he got his first restaurant experience working alongside his cousins at his uncle's place in New York City.
"My father in childhood worked in hotels in the kitchen. Mostly what I did was sell wine. But I have a little bit of experience from working a bit at my uncles," Ernesto said.
Ernesto explained why his family chose to open its second restaurant, in Auburn.
"Auburn was our choice because, number one, we have friend of ours named Al Rossi here, a good family friend of ours, and he told us, 'Hey, you guys, you wannna open up another one?' Cause we already have a restaurant in Issaquah called Moltacino, which my brother runs. Al suggested we open a restaurant here because people weren't too happy with Auguri's, and Auguri gave us an option to buy, and we bought it from him," Ernesto said.
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Even though you're sure you've had enough of News Corp's phone-hacking scandal, and most likely think that it has absolutely nothing to do with running your company, you're wrong. There is quite a bit to learn from Rupert Murdoch's scandal about executive responsibility and corporate culture.
CEO Rupert Murdoch has refused to step down from his position as CEO of the worldwide media giant. And with such a large stake in the company, no one can make him. Murdoch maintains the position that he did not know about the phone-hacking and therefore should be absolved of all guilt.
An article from Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and the Steven Roth Professor of Management, Sydney Finkelstein, outlines why Murdoch is guilty despite the lack of knowledge that his company was routinely practicing an illegal strategy.
Finkelstein blames Murdoch's reputation for being overly aggressive. Finkelstein says, "Even if Murdoch didn't sanction this behavior, as the senior executive of the company, he's responsible for the culture of the organization." Murdoch had a reputation for "hard-nosed deal making…with a newsgathering spirit that critics contend places sensationalism ahead of truth and accuracy… Being aggressive, sensationalist, and going after your enemies is really what it's all about, and not necessarily journalistic integrity."
If the CEO of the company prizes these ruthless traits, his employees are going to strive to act the same; they know that in their corporate culture the end will always justify the means.
Finkelstein likens News Corp to BP's company-wide lack of focus on safety before the oil spill disaster.
It's important for CEOs not to underestimate the value of a healthy corporate and also to understand that their behavior will have a direct influence on the actions of their employees. If your behavior sanctions unlawful or unethical behavior, you too are complicit in the actions of your employees.
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For the past few years, I've noticed that 93.5 (WTPA) has always played a song called "Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie at noon on Thanksgiving Day. If you've never heard it, it is an amusing little song. Wait... correction: it is an amusing long song. It clocks in at over 18 minutes in length so it doesn't get played much. In fact, the only time I have ever heard this song is on Thanksgiving day.
I thought this might just be a local tradition, so I was a bit surprised the other day when I received an e-mail message from Sirius Satellite Radio (I am a subscriber) that highlighted the events coming up on Thanksgiving Day. In addition to carrying the NFL games and "Martha Stewart's last-minute tips to make sure you have a delicious, stress-free holiday", they also listed the "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" all day long on the Classic Rock channel called The Vault. All day long???! But that's not it. Also listed for Radio Margaritaville was "Thanksgiving with Jimmy Buffet at Alice's Restaurant" from 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
So somewhere, sometime... someone decided this song was going to be a Thanksgiving Day tradition. I'm just wondering who decided this and why?
It seems to be an unusual Thanksgiving tradition if you ask me. While the song references Thanksgiving, it is not exactly a "Thanksgiving song" in the way that say "Winter Wonderland" is a Christmas song... if that makes sense.
In the song, Arlo tells a story of how when he was 18 years old, he and a friend decided to take a load of trash to the dump for Alice on Thanksgiving day. When they arrive at the dump, however, they discover it's closed for the holiday. The two then try to find some other place to dispose of the trash and they see another pile of trash at the bottom of a small cliff, so they decide to throw their trash over the cliff as well. They then proceed to go back to Alice's (her home, not her restaurant) and have a nice Thanksgiving dinner and then go home and go to bed. That's all that takes place on Thanksgiving. The rest of the story, which involves Arlo and his friend being arrested and much, much more takes place after Thanksgiving.
I don't believe that it's a Thanksgiving song just because some event took place on Thanksgiving. If anything, the song is a protest against the Vietnam War draft. Also, I'm not saying this is a bad song or anything. I usually listen to it when it is on. In fact, today on Sirius, I listed to it for awhile on The Vault. Not only did they play the original version from 1967, they played the 30th anniversary edition which Arlo recorded in 1997 and the 40th anniversary edition. Wait. It's not 2007 yet, so how can this be the 40th anniversary???! Anyhow, I listened to most of all three versions this afternoon as I drove to pick up my daughter, so don't think I'm putting the song down. I just am wondering how this became a tradition.
Speaking of traditions, my family has a tradition on Thanksgiving Day. We watch "Christmas Vacation". The movie is great for some laughs and it kind of kicks off the Christmas season for us. You may feel that's a strange tradition and that's fine. We started this tradition a few years ago and we will probably continue for at least a few more years - until we get sick of the movie!
As for "Alice's Restaurant", I looked it up on Wikipedia but that doesn't say anything about how this tradition began. I did see that the song also spawned a 1969 movie, though.
If radio stations play "Alice's Restaurant" simply because it references Thanksgiving, I would like to suggest that they play another, more appropriate song on Thanksgiving - "The Thanksgiving Song" by Adam Sandler. Well, saying it's "more appropriate" may be stretching things a bit. At least it's about Thanksgiving, though. (With a lot of random comments thrown in.)
If anyone knows anything about how the "Alice's Restaurant" tradition got started, I'd love to hear about it. I'm just extremely curious about this.


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Members of two Saginaw County-based Delphi Corp. unions voted for a tentative contract agreement that preserves some jobs but includes plant closings that will cost the jobs of others.
Workers at Delphi Steering, based in Buena Vista Township, approved the deal with 83.5 percent in favor, while Delphi Engineering & Chassis Saginaw Operations in Saginaw approved it with 79 percent, officials said.
Mike Hanley, president of United Auto Workers Local 699, said he was "cautiously optimistic" the United Auto Workers members at 17 Delphi Corp. facilities across the U.S. also would approve the deal.
The local represents Steering workers. Hanley said 80 percent of Local 699's 1,800-person workforce showed up for the Thursday vote.
Jim Hurren, president of Chassis' Local 467, said an overall vote in favor would "take a lot of stress off people."
"Now we can move on and get on with our lives," Hurren said.
Chassis employs about 3,300 hourly workers, although Hurren couldn't say what the voter turnout was.
Nationwide, about 17,000 UAW members were eligible to vote on the pact, reached last week after more than two years of contentious negotiations among the union, Delphi and its former parent, General Motors Corp. Results are anticipated later today.


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Bossier City — Carroll's Ladarrius Gibson wasn't happy at the start of the third overtime Saturday.
He watched Bossier's Rashard Owens turn his errant inbounds pass into a two-handed dunk.
He didn't leave the court unhappy.
The senior 6-foot-4 forward made two baskets, including a tip-in, in the third overtime to preserve a 53-51 win over top-seeded Bossier. The No. 4 Bulldogs celebrated the wild win with their loud fans.
"I had to (redeem myself)," said Gibson, who added 10 points. "I just had to."
The two-plus-hour-game will be remembered more for what teams didn't do instead of the other way around.
Carroll made 11-of-26 free throws, and, somehow, Bossier was worse. The Bearkats were 7-of-27.
"Free-throw shooting as been our Achilles' heel," said dejected Bossier Coach Jeremiah Williams. "It's one thing as a coach you don't understand.
If you're sitting in the stands, you're saying 'Why don't you work on free throws?'
We spend an extended about of time shooting free throws. We work on them every day. It's another thing to stand up there and be the man and take the pressure of the situation. It wasn't our year."
Carroll advances to its second state championship game in three years. This time Carroll sees district rival Farmerville on the other end of the matchup.
As the game went on, it was clear the team to erase the most previous mistakes was going to be on the winning end.
Junior guard James Donahue got Carroll back in the game in the fourth quarter. He drained two of his team's three 3-pointers with 4:24 left in regulation. The low-scoring affair was tied at 39 at the end of regulation.
"My coach always tells me 'If you don't like it, keep going at it. You're going to get it,'" Donahue said.
Josh Johnson finished with a game-high 17 points while Donahue added 15.
"We didn't do a good job locating (Donahue)," Williams said. "He made some shots. We still did what we needed to do to win the ballgame as far as running plays. We just didn't execute and we didn't rebound the ball well."
Bossier was forced to play the overtimes without a pivotal piece. Devonte Hall, a junior guard, fouled out of the game with 11.9 seconds left in regulation.
"He can score the basketball and he can make good decisions," Williams said. "Not having him in those overtimes really hurt us a whole bunch."
Bossier missed two free throws and a putback attempt before Gibson's second basket in overtime.
Carroll Coach Jesse Burnette said his team's previous close games was an advantage Saturday. Carroll's six losses have been by a combined 11 points.
"It all comes back around," Burnette said. "Tonight, all those other losses we were sick about like with Richwood evens out tonight."
"We're happy to be back in the finals. We had some key people foul out and had to push people in some spots. They came through."
Senior forward Tevin Robertson led Bossier with 16 points. Owens (11 points) was the only other Bearkat in double digits.


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Union Catholic shooting guard Damon Lynnis averaging a shade under 30 points per game and recently went over 1,000 career points.
Jerrel Pruit of Newark Arts is leading Essex County in scoring at 21.6 ppg. and has three triple-doubles.
Spotswood junior guard Jake Dadika is averaging 25.6 points per game, leading his team to a 5-1 record.
Rashaan Spencer, a junior guard, is averaging 18.8 points per game with 11 3-pointers for Mount Olive (4-1).
Gill St. Bernard's is still waiting for its full roster to be available, but freshman Tyus Battle has impressed in the interim. On a team currently centered around the 3-pointer, Battle (13.3 ppg.) has shown the ability to get to the rim and score.
Dayton is off to a 5-0 start with four players averaging in double figures: Isaiah Rogers (11.4), Elijah Brown (11.2), Jared Clayton (10.6) and Jonathan Medina (10.0).
Snyder of Jersey City is 6-0 and winning by an average of 29 points. James Richardson, a 5-9 senior, is averaging 25 points and six assists per game and backcourt mate William Conyers is averaging 19 points per game.
Piscataway Tech is a surprising 5-1 with victories over Passaic and Paterson Kennedy in the Jingle Bells Tournament. Senior guard Turell McClendon is leading the way, averaging 14 points and seven rebounds per game.
Bound Brook is off to a 5-0 start and is outscoring the opposition by 31.8 points per game. The Crusaders have five players averaging in double figures including J.D. Rodriguez at 19.4 and Jack Welti at 15.8.
The New Jersey return of former St. Patrick (now Patrick School) coach Kevin Boyle will take place Wednesday and Thursday at the Hoops for Troops Classic at Roselle Catholic. Boyle is coaching Montverde of Florida, which is 13-0 and ranked No. 2 in the USA Today Super 25. Montverde will play St. Peter's Prep of Jersey City on Wednesday in the third and final game at 8 p.m. Rumson will take on Plainfield at 5, followed by Patrick School vs. Newark East Side at 6:30. The Patrick School is ranked No. 6 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, East Side No. 11. Thursday, Roselle Catholic, No. 2 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, will play Monteverde at 8 p.m. Gov. Livingston will play Westfield at 5, followed by the Roselle Catholic girls vs. St. Rose at 6:30.
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the SFIC Festival, featuring five Top 20 teams as well as national prep power St. Benedict's, will take place at Kean University in Union. The Friday feature will be St. Benedict's vs. Life Center at 7 p.m. Two games will take place Saturday: No. 2 Roselle Catholic vs. No. 10 Seton Hall Prep at 7, followed by No. 1 St. Anthony vs. Curtis of Staten Island. Three games will take place Sunday, including No. 8 St. Joseph (Metuchen) vs. St. Peter's Prep at 3:30.
--John Haley, Jason Bernstein, Chris Ryan and Jeremy Schneider


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Whether as a Hawaiian staple, a folk fixture or a hipster accessory, chances are you've come into contact with the ukulele recently.
The ukulele Renaissance comes to the Garden State this weekend with the festival Uke New Jersey, which includes workshops, jams an open mic and concerts.
"The idea is to introduce the ukulele community and folk community to each other," says Scooter Ferguson, chair of special concerts for The Folk Project, the Morristown-based collective presenting the event.
Tonight's headliners are James Hill and cellist Anne Davison. Hill, says Ferguson, is a classically trained virtuoso considered to be one of the best uke players in the world.
The concert opens with Jim and Liz Beloff, who play traditional Hawaiian music as well as showtunes, standards, and classic pop and rock. They will be joined by Celtic Spirit, a band that specializes in Irish pub tunes.
"Jim discovered a ukulele at a flea market in the early 90s and fell in love with it," Ferguson says. "It has two less strings [than the guitar] but still has all the capabilities in terms of chords and melodies."
Beloff went on to create the company Flea Market Music that offers instruments, instruction manuals and sheet music. Businesses like his -- along with a video of Jake Shimabukuru playing The Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" that went viral -- have contributed to ukulele popularity, Ferguson says.
"People started really taking a look at the ukulele again," he says. "You cannot pick up a ukulele and strum it without a smile on your face. It's the easiest to play but you can spend a lifetime mastering it."
Workshops, jams and an open mic will be held today from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at Morristown Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 21 Normandy Heights Rd., Morristown. Tickets for the full day of events are $65, $25 for the concert only. For more information, call (908) 229-1214 or visit folkproject.org.
— Ronni Reich
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