News Story #2

Utah Fire and Rescue Academy students show off for the ladies.

Provo, Uta.- Friday girlfriends and wives of students at the Utah Fire and Rescue Academy (UFRA) were invited to watch as their husbands and boyfriends demonstrated what they've been up to all semester.

Class begins every morning starting at seven o'clock at the academy, however the students are expected to be there at 6:15 am to prep the fire trucks and clean gear. Last Friday was no exception. The day started as normal at the academy, but around lunch the girlfriends and wives enjoyed BBQ while the boys lit a building on fire and demonstrated their knowledge of putting it out.

The program is set up of six groups called "companies" and there are four men in a company. As students of the program they are expected to display leadership qualities, discipline, and strong work ethic.

The students are tested throughout the semester on their physical fitness, comprehensive knowledge and their academic abilities. Which were displayed on Friday as they tore down walls, broke through doors, and exhibited their knowledge of fires behavior towards different elements.

"Discipline is first and foremost at the academy, along with attention to detail. If you score lower then 80% on 3 tests you're kicked out of the academy." said Owen Beaudry a student attending UFRA.

While the students showed off their skills the instructors hung out with the girls and answered questions. Later the girls were taken on a tour where they were shown the props used in the fire demonstration.

"It was fun because the guys were excited and proud to show us how hard they have been working. We were treated like special guests. I never realized how task oriented it is to put out a fire." Said Emily Jensen UVU student and a girlfriend that attended.

After the completion of this fall semester the students of UFRA, who are also all UVU students, will have completed this program and be qualified firefighter/EMTs.

November Dancesport

This was truly a disappointment. I was not dancing at this competition because i've been sick and been busy getting married. It was crazy to watch all the bad dancing. I'm not saying I could have done better (even though I could have) but I was hoping for not so much crap.

I didn't even wait to see who placed where because they all looked the same. I didn't know who would be last. To be fair Giovanna and Paul, were honestly having fun and looking great. And Shannon and Shane were great at being big and boold, they took up space and looked decent doing it.

Other than that I was not impressed. Eugene and Maria came and did a performance and not even they looked very good. Not their best. Everyone was tired and sloppy.... Made me want to get out there though and show em whats up.

There are a few things I want to see in a couple.

1- foremost, good legs and feet, if you can't turn out your feet, can't lift a hip and settle it, and don't know when to straighten or bend. PLEASE, please get off the floor.
2- Don't do cheerleader faces... you know what I mean, Hold your head still please.NO bobbing, and close your mouth
3-any body movement you have going on should only happen because of where your feet are going. Which I understand is alot easier said than done, but if you bend a leg, your butt goes out, simple.. Stop making your body shake unaturally it looks awkward and it makes me feel een more so.

I can't wait to get back in the studio and seriously competing again.

Blackpool 2010 here I come
check out BYU Dancesport

Fort Hood

"The impact of trauma on those who help the traumatized has become a subject of discussion as investigators try to piece together why Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, an Army psychiatrist at Darnall Army Medical Center, allegedly opened fire at a military processing center Thursday at Fort Hood Army Post in Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 30 others." CNN

This guys story is unknown for the most part. We do know he is a 39 year old psychiatrist at the Texas army base Fort Hood. He just went on a "bloody rampage" as CNN puts it, by killing and injuring several people on the base. This article is speculating that perhaps by hearing so many horror stories that aren't his own and having no outlet for them they just built until it led to a horrifying story of his own.

When I heard this story, before I knew his name or saw his picture, I immediately thought TERRORIST. I'm interested to see how this turns out. It appears in this article with all the experts advise and quotes that there might be some serious government PR work going on here. I'm not usually one for paranoia or conspiracy theories but this seems odd to me.

"Though it was previously reported he was dead, officials reported late Thursday he was alive, wounded and in stable condition." This excerpt was from another article linked to the one I read. Doesn't this seem off to anyone?

Marriage

I get married tomorrow at seven o'clock. I'm sitting here going over my vows. And i'm so excited. I'm a little nervous. A titch bit scared.

I'm excited to have Trey forever in my life.
I'm nervous that I might cry too much, or miss a moment I will want to cherish.
And i'm scared that I won't be the best I can be for him...

This man i've found, is the best one anyone could know. He gets it. He sees life through blessed eyes. He is strong both in body and mind. He is the type of man who could walk through flames to get to something he wanted or needed on the other side.

I'm excited to watch him be a dad.
I'm nervous our kids will like him more than me :)
I'm scared that I'll lose it with him sometimes... that i'll yell too much

T doesn't yell, he gets quiet, and he gets sad. This amazing person I've found is going to give me the most amazing life. Want to know why?

He tells me so. And he winks at me...I love it when he winks cuz he's good at it.

I'm excited to hear his laugh until i'm too old to hear anymore.
I'm nervous that might come too young. 60 years seems too short...
I'm scared I might die first, and he'd be alone.

You know, i've been waiting for Trey forever. I always knew I wanted him. I can't believe I found him so soon, and so easy!

I'm excited to be his wife.
I'm nervous to try a new signature. A cursive J seems hard.
I'm scared that since I found him so easy....maybe it was too easy.

I get married tomorrow so when I was getting a pedicure today I was talking to the girl doing my nails. Her husband recently passed away so now she is a widow with a two year old daughter. When I looked in this girls eyes I could see so much pain there. I wondered how she could get into bed, or wake up knowing he wouldn't come home.

I'm excited T will come home...
I'm nervous to try and be cooking now. I never thought of it before.
I'm scared

I'm excited to have sex with him forever
I'm excited to have his babies
I'm excited to boss him around
I'm excited to know his deepest feelings
I'm excited for him to know mine
I'm nervous for the hard times
and I'm scared for the end


T, i love you like no one can. I want to protect you, and hold you on bad days. I want you to hold me and I want to laugh alot. You are my everything.
Married :)

Swine Flu Hype

I got home Sunday evening from my bachelorette party in Vegas where I stayed up really late, had a few drinks, didn't sleep very well. I had just gotten my wisdom teeth out a little over a week before so I already wasn't one hundred percent. I get home, monday i'm exhausted, not sleeping really caught up to me. Tuesday I am up and moving around but i'm feeling pretty sick. That night I had a fever through the roof... and since tuesday I have basically been laying on my couch thinking I was going to die.

To be accurate, thursday I went to the doctor because I had started to violently throw up. I could barely walk and I knew something was seriously wrong. By wednesday I had started to feel this ache in my back which I think started on tuesday but I must not have noticed because it started as a bit of a muscle ache, I thought that that wasn't uncommon since I work out it might have been some stiffness. Well when I went to the doctor I was thinking either swine flu or kidney infection either one sucks because I get married next thursday and I have a lot of stuff to do between now and then.

Turns out it was a kidney infection.

The remarkable thing about this whole story is that mustiple times through my fever haze I can remmebr being so scared that it was swine flu and I might die, that I think it made my symptoms worse. I can remember feeling my heart beat speed up and my face get hotter. Almost like my brain was like, ok we thought it was this one thing but she is saying it's another so... let's freak out!

The swine flu hype makes me sick...literally.
When I went into the clinic where my doctor is they have a sign asking that if you have a fever, cough, runny nose etc.. to where a little mask like the doctors wear. So I did and I just remember thinking....

Now I look like everyone in the pictures. I have swine flu, and I'm going to die... www.cdc.gov/H1N1flu/qa.htm

SWINE FLU SCARE HAS REACHED NEW HIGH

Orem, Ut - Last week a UVU student was asked to not attend class once it was known that she had been exposed to the swine flu and a class member now has symptons.

The professor of the class gave a personal phone call Monday night asking the student to please stay home for the night instead of attending class. A class member is now sick with the swine flu and the prevention of the illness spreading is first and foremost on teachers minds at the university.

"When my son showed symptoms I took him to the doctor to get diagnosed, the doctor said to take him home, they have had so many outbreaks, the clinic didn't even test him."
Said Lisa Packard, the student who received the call. Packard had missed class due to her childs illness but never became sick with the flu herself.

Faculty was sent a mass email at the university asking to relay the message to students. If you are sick, or have come in contact, notify your teacher and please stay home.

"I was kind of freaked out by the outbreak in the valley and I went to get the flu shot but the line was so long I left after an hour" said UVU student Nate Parkins.

The syomptoms for swine flu have been fever, loss of appetite, and stomach cramping.
"The swine flu has evolved so that the flu shot doesn't even treat it now" claims Farrah Dunn, a Professor at UVU. Dunn has had students in her classes miss two weeks at a time with the flu. A few of her students started getting sick before the email to faculty went out.

"It felt weird to be asked to not attend class" said Packard about the phone call from her professor. When she recieved the call Packard explained the situation, she never got sick and her son was technically never diagnosed. Packard claims her Professor was very kind about the situation. The main thing on his mind is prevention of spreading the sickness as midterm exams start in two weeks.

When class resumes Monday the 19th after fall break she is expected back in class as usual.

Strip Tazed...?

I have often thought that I would do certain things to get myself out of a ticket. Stripping for a police officer in front of my children probably wouldn't be one of them. Julia E. Laack, 36, of Sheboygan Wis. was convicted of a felony for battering a peace officer. She stole beef jerky and a lighter from a convenience store and when the cops went to her house to questions her she started yelling at her three children, refused o come to the door, and stripped naked so that when they entered they wouldn't be able to arrest her...
Honestly this story is too good. Please read this article.
I want to know what people in america would do to get out of a ticket, or talk the police (or try to) out of being arrested. We've seen cops, we've seen drunken red necks trying to drive and hookers trying to convince undercover that they arne't doing what they are actually doing. SO... what would a "normal" american do to get out of these circumstances?

I would cry myself out of a ticket, justify speeding on being in labor. If I ever shoplifted, which I wouldn't, but I might say that I did it because I forgot I had it... I might do some crazy things to get out of trouble...
Check out this article and let me know, what would YOU do to get out of trouble?

http://www.theledger.com/article/20091009/APA/910092199