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<news:title>He takes playboating seriously</news:title>
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<image:caption>&lt;b&gt;Scelba navigating falls. But, he said, “you don’t need rapids to go out and have fun.”&lt;/b&gt;</image:caption>
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<image:caption>&lt;b&gt;Scelba sets a Guinness World Record for longest bow stall in January at the Boys &amp;amp; Girls Club of Passaic.&lt;/b&gt;</image:caption>
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<image:caption>&lt;b&gt;Scelba practicing his bow stall “in the wild.”&lt;/b&gt;</image:caption>
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<news:title>250th ‘eh’</news:title>
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<news:title>Water Expert Andy Ball: Can the softener cause pressure loss, if so what do I look for, and what do I need to fix it?</news:title>
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