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You didn't have to be a soldier to fight for the Allies during World War II. William Lentz had yet to reach his fifth birthday when he proudly relinquished his rubber piggy bank to one of the endless scrap drives that kept raw materials churning for the military.
"It was cool, because it was part of the effort," says Lentz, who lived in Cleveland's Lake View Terrace public housing complex as a child.
The American home front is part of the story told in "The War," the seven-part PBS documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, which begins Sunday, Sept. 23. The series and an accompanying book present the American perspective on World War II through interviews with men and women about every kind of war experience.
The series provides one more lens through which to study "the good war" while those who lived it are still around. It's also a reminder that in Northeast Ohio, as throughout the nation, the lives of every man, woman and child were altered in ways small and large.
War changed everyday life
Heading into the 1940s, Cleveland was a blue-collar town of ethnic-immigrant neighborhoods where the man won the bread and headed the household. The woman managed home and hearth, and the kids were kids.
The war changed the experience of home and family for many.
Once the U.S. entered the war, Dad almost certainly became part of the military machinery. If he was a young man, perhaps still in his 20s, he might well have felt an immediate obligation to leave his wife behind and join the Army.
James Banks, director of the Crile Archives of military history at Cuyahoga Community College's Western Campus, says a sense of duty to country pervaded the nation. The Selective Service Act had gone into effect in 1940, but after Pearl Harbor, Banks says, "you didn't need a draft. You just had that instantaneous unity of purpose."
In more mature families, Dad might be inclined to stay at his job in a steel or manufacturing plant. Cleveland industry boomed, making vehicles, munitions, ships and planes for "the effort." A shortage of manpower and factories' ramped-up production schedules meant overtime was abundant. Dad was possibly bringing home more money than he'd ever seen.
The Thompson Aircraft plant in Euclid employed 21,000 by the end of the war, according to the "Encyclopedia of Cleveland History." The Cleveland Bomber Plant (now the I-X Center) was built in 1942 and employed some 15,000 workers who made B-29 bombers.
Mom's life was a different story -- and perhaps more like Dad's than it had ever been. As Banks notes, the doors of the workplace that had been so firmly closed to women flew open to fill the void left by men fighting in the Pacific and European theaters of war.
Joanne LePontois Miller was a Rocky River teenager during the war years and remembers working one summer packing machine-gun clips in a warehouse on West Sixth street. "We made 75 cents an hour, and wore the Rosie the Riveter outfit," she says. "We even had our hair up in a bandanna, just like the pictures."
Miller's mother took a job teaching math at Fairview High School.
"The math teachers [tended to be] men, and they were either called to the war or took better jobs at the factories," Miller says.
But even if Mom didn't take to the workplace, she likely worked hard for the war, volunteering with service organizations, knitting socks and caps for the troops, participating in the drives to collect rubber, tin and other scrap and selling war bonds. Crile General Hospital, a temporary military hospital that opened in 1944, tended thousands of the war wounded with plenty of volunteer help from local women.
It also was likely to be Mom's job to manage a household through shortages of goods. She scanned the women's pages of the newspaper for "victory" recipes that worked around shortages of sugar and butter. At the meat market, she might have dared to buy "ration-free" of horsemeat. She might have planted a victory garden, or organized a shared neighborhood garden.
There were all kinds of shortages and rationing. Gasoline was rationed to suppress the demand for rubber tires. The U.S. government even limited the purchase of shoes. Miller's mother took her on a bus to buy extra shoes in Windsor, Ontario, "because we could only have two pairs of shoes a year, and that was killing for high school girls." In the absence of silk stockings, Miller used dark lotion to paint her bare legs and put a "seam" up the back.
Living with rations and ultimate sacrifice
With adults so preoccupied with the war and its effects, kids had no choice but to join the effort in their own way.
Ed Pershey, vice president for museums and historic properties at the Western Reserve Historical Society, has interviewed dozens of people in Northeast Ohio for a November exhibit on World War II. It is common, he says, to hear stories of young children who suddenly had to adjust to the presence of a stranger in their home -- their father, who might have left for his tour of duty even before they were born.
Older children found that the war came to school. Teachers pushed the patriotism button with war-oriented geometry lessons. There were school-sponsored paper drives, parades and sales of war-bond stamps.
The war crept into play as well. Little girls dressed like Army WACs or the Navy WAVES. Little boys wielded toy weapons.
Marilyn Clasen Jantz, who spent the war years as a child in Lyndhurst, remembers how she and her older brother teamed up with two other children to present plays for the neighborhood. The kids wore little uniforms and accepted donations for Crile Hospital, she said.
"Our theme was service," she said.
And of course, it was anything but play for the oldest boys in the family, who were likely to enlist or be drafted. Joanne Miller was with a classmate at the Beachcliffe Theater in Rocky River just after Pearl Harbor was bombed. "Oh, good," the boy said. "Now my parents will have to let me join the service."
"He was one of them who died," Miller says.
Beyond their individual roles, whole families together experienced scheduled air-raid blackouts (the Cleveland Press documented one with a light-punctuated "before" and almost pure black "after" picture in 1942). Certain men in each neighborhood served as air raid wardens, wearing helmets and carrying flashlights to enforce the blackouts.
It was a time when the Coast Guard worked at full tilt to keep the bustling Great Lakes shipping routes safe, children scanned the skies for newly minted bombers, and fashion writers announced the return of the shawl in response to home-energy conservation measures.
Three Cleveland newspapers regularly published invitations to civilians to come to Terminal Tower and see off draftees and the newly enlisted as they left for training camps.
Lentz remembers how he and his father would ride a streetcar to a Telenews theater around East Third and Euclid Avenue and settle in for an hour or two of newsreel reports from abroad.
All of these activities tended to be done with as much cheer and V-for-victory vigor a family could muster while they watched the stars appear in neighbors' windows: the blue that indicated the family had a son in the service and the gold the signaled that a son had made the ultimate sacrifice.
On the outside, the families on the home front contributed with patriotic gusto. But though they weren't discussed much, reminders of the cost of the war were always nearby. The Gold Star Mothers would line up for Memorial Day tributes. Word would spread of grim telegrams that had arrived at the homes of neighbors or relatives. Formerly able-bodied men returned to American soil with injuries.
Lentz spent many weekend and summer days with his grandparents, who lived on Miles Road near Calvary Cemetery.
"I remember being there, and every day you heard gunfire and salutes for burying soldiers," Lentz said. "Every day."
An Evening with Veterans, Friends and Family
What: The Crile Archives honors Amer ican veterans with an address by U.S. Army battalion commander Lt. Col. Bryan Blue and a screening of the doc umentary "Barbed Wire Brotherhood."
When: 7 p.m. Friday.
Where: Cuyahoga Community Col lege's Western Campus, 11000 Pleas ant Valley Road, Parma.
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First there were "Phineas & Ferb" character meet and greets at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Then Agent P's World Showcase Adventure opened at Epcot. Now, the brothers will invade another area of Walt Disney World Resort: Beginning September 1, guests of all ages can participate in a complimentary augmented reality offering at Downtown Disney called "Phineas and Ferb & YOU: A Brand New Reality." Read more about "Phineas and Ferb & YOU: A Brand New Reality" in this post.
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Earlier this week, police searched the Mariners Harbor area and kept tabs on a man who sources say is connected to Patrick Alford's mom, Jennifer Rodriguez. Judge Terrence McElrath insists she is hiding the child from cops and sent her to Rikers Island, the Daily News reportedPatrick was last seen about 9 p.m. last Friday, leaving the lobby of the Spring Creek development at 130 Vandalia Ave. in East New York. He had been placed with a foster mother in the apartment complex just three weeks prior. Ms. Rodriguez, 23, a former West Brighton resident, now lives in New Brighton.
She is being kept at Rikers on contempt charges until the boy turns up.
Blanca Toledo, 51, the woman's aunt, told the paper that she doesn't have the boy and has told that to police on several occasions.
The family is upset with her because she told the Administration for Children's Services about attempts Ms. Rodriguez allegedly made to "kidnap" the boy, the News reported. The boy stayed with Ms. Toledo before being place in foster care.
A tip that he might be with a relative in Baltimore also came up empty.
Patrick is described as 4 feet, 8 inches tall, 65 pounds, with a small scar over his left eyebrow. He was last seen wearing a red T-shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers.
Police are asking anyone with information on Patrick's whereabouts to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477). Tipsters can also visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or send information via text message, by texting 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577. All calls will be kept confidential, according to police officials.


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Mobile's Bobby Wyatt continued his success in the U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills Country Club outside Denver, Colo., in Wednesday's first round of match play competition. Wyatt, the No. 1 seed who tied a U.S. Amateur record with a two-day total of 132 in the stroke-play qualifying event, defeated No. 64 seed Taylor Hancock of Clearwater, Fla., 4&2.
The University of Alabama standout advances to today's play with the field now at 32 players. He is joined there by Alabama teammate Justin Thomas, the No. 3 seed, who defeated Barry Dyche of Charlotte, N.C., 3&1 in Wednesday's first round of match play.
If Wyatt and Thomas win their morning matches, the two Alabama players will face each other in the afternoon match scheduled to start at 2:15 p.m. Thursday.
Wyatt was never really threatened Wednesday. He went 1 up at the second hole, fell back to all square at No. 3, then went 1 up at No. 6, 2 up at No. 7 and 3 up at No. 9. After making the turn he moved to 4 up at No. 11, fell back to 3 up at No. 12 only to get back to 4 up at No. 13. Hancock got the match back to 3 up at No. 15, but Wyatt won the 16th hole to win the match at 4&2.
"I played well today,'' Wyatt said in a telephone interview with the Press-Register. "I'm pleased with the way my game is. I played pretty steady and had a lot of pars. Unfortunately I gave away a couple of holes on the back (nine), but I played pretty well, probably a couple of strokes under par, so I was happy with that. Now I'm looking forward to (Thursday). I'm playing against a good player from Australia so it will be a good match, I'm sure.''
Thomas got off to a quick start against Dyche, taking a 1 up lead at No. 2 and extending it to 2 up at No. 3. He grabbed a 3 up lead after five holes. His lead dropped back to 2 up twice the rest of the way, but he won the 17th hole for the 3&1 victory.
Thursday, Wyatt has the first match of the day at 8:30 a.m. CDT against Matthew Steiger of Australia. Thomas, who is from Goshen, Ky., will face Max Homa of Valencia, Calif., in the day's second match at 8:40 a.m. CDT, the two Alabama players with back-to-back tee times.
"I like that,'' Wyatt said. "I'm not opposed to that at all.''
Wyatt said his concentration is solely on the match with Steiger heading into today's play. "I feel great,'' he said. "Matt's a good player. He's had a really good year; he won the Australian Amateur, so it's going to be a tough match but I'm looking forward to the match for sure.''
Two hours of live coverage of the afternoon matches - two rounds will be played Thursday - will be broadcast by The Golf Channel beginning at 5:30 p.m. CDT. The semifinal (Saturday) and championship (Sunday) rounds of the tournament will be broadcast live this weekend by NBC from 3-5 p.m. CDT.(ep)


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The state Appellate Division has upheld municipal convictions against animal-rights activists who interfered with hunters during New Jersey's 2005 bear hunt.
In a decision released today, the Appellate Division affirmed prior rulings in Vernon Municipal Court and Superior Court in Newton that the activists, Angela Metler, Albert Kazemian and Janet Piszar, had harassed hunters, one of whom was an undercover police officer, by encircling them and hooting and hollering to keep bears away.
The appeal argued their conduct did not constitute physical interference with hunting and was free speech; that a defense of entrapment was improperly barred in municipal court; and that the officer and hunters should not have been viewed by the court as credible witnesses due to their pro-hunting views. A three-judge appellate panel affirmed the convictions.
The incident occurred in Wawayanda State Park in Vernon on Dec. 7, 2005, when an undercover state park police officer was in the woods with two hunters. There, they encountered five activists; Metler, Kazemian, Piszar and Theresa Fritzges, and another unidentified woman who got away.
The activists were found guilty in Vernon Municipal Court in 2006 of disorderly-persons offenses.
They appealed to Superior Court, where in March 2007 a judge upheld the convictions but merged various violations and cut fines and penalties in half: to $1,360 each for Metler and Kazemian, and to $455 each for Piszar and Fritzges. Metler, who had prior similar offenses, also was sentenced in Vernon court to 40 days in jail, but that was reduced in Superior Court to two days in jail and eight days in the Sheriff's Labor Assistance Program.
Metler, Kazemian and Piszar then appealed to the appellate division, while Fritzges did not. The appellate ruling upholds the Superior Court sentences. The defendants or their attorney could not be reached for comment.


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Milwaukee County has embarked on an exciting initiative to implement the Maryland Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) county-wide. The LAP is an emerging best practice to teach police officers the indicators of potentially lethal domestic violence and victim risk assessment techniques, and implement a follow up protocol that connects high lethality risk victims with an advocate while officers are still on the scene.
Dr. Jackie Campbell conducted an extensive study which revealed that only 4% of women victims of DV homicide or attempted homicide had ever sought shelter at a domestic violence program, despite the fact that such services are a protective factor against DV homicide. The LAP, developed by the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence, works to close that gap and connect high-risk victims to life-saving advocacy services from the moment they reach out to police. The protocol can also be adapted for use by other first responders, such as emergency room doctors.
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For this webinar, Olga Trujillo combines her lived experience of violence with the science of trauma and violence on the brain to help participants explore how they may enhance their trauma-informed responses. This session examines the struggles criminal justice professionals face in handling domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse cases and explores efforts that can be undertaken to improve their ability to investigate these cases and assess credibility.
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TRENTON — An Assembly panel released a bill that would allow state prosecutors to bring charges against people who sneak through airport security, calling for tougher penalties than what a Rutgers doctoral student received after he disrupted global travel by bidding his girlfriend a surreptitious last goodbye.
The bill, A606, was inspired by a January 2010 incident at Newark Liberty International Airport involving 28-year-old Haisong Jiang, who was fined $658 and ordered to do 100 hours of community service after pleading guilty to a disorderly persons offense. By sneaking under a security ribbon at a vacated post, Jiang prompted a six-hour shutdown of Newark Liberty that had a ripple effect around the world.
"The commotion that he created required more than 100 hours of community service," said Assemblywoman L. Grace Spencer (D-Essex), one of the bill's sponsors.
The bill, which was released by the Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee, would create the crime of entering into a secure airport area, a fourth degree offense that would carry a fine of $10,000, and up to 18 months in jail.
Spencer said the legislation would act as a backup for state prosecutors in the event an individual is not charged under existing federal laws, including a measure sponsored by U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) providing for a $10,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison for a deliberate security breach. Lautenberg inserted the penalties into a 2011 homeland security funding bill, also as a result of the Jiang affair.
Spencer said she was confident the measure would be approved by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Chris Christie, after she and cosponsors addressed a concern expressed by Christie, a former federal prosecutor, that the state law might tread on federal jurisdiction. Christie's office did not respond to a request for comment.
Lautenberg's law also requires signs at each entry point warning of the penalties for breaches, and requires TSA to improve security at exit lanes.
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• More than 100 flights canceled at Newark airport after security breach
• Newark airport mishap strands Jersey City Junior RBI team in Minneapolis
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Editor's note: These are excerpts from past editions of the Press-Register. They were compiled by Cammie East Cowan.
MAYORS COURT Before His Honor R.H. Slough. ...
C. Corona, Vincent Comader and Thos. Underwich, the master and crew of the sloop Julia were brought before the Mayor for examination. They have made several runs past the blockading squadron in the sound, with oranges, having heretofore obtained passes from Gens Lovell and Withers, as they say, though it is reported that the last time they left here was without a pass. The master is a Sicilian, calls himself a citizen, and has voted in New Orleans; has papers at home which he got from a countryman of his, but never appeared in any court, or to any oath of allegiance to the United States or the Confederate States. Comader also a Sicilian, says he is not a citizen and has never voted. Underwich, a German, calls himself a citizen. His parents are in the old country; he came here when about 14 years old, has voted, but never took any oath of allegiance, and has no papers; always understood that nothing of the kind was necessary for those who came to the country under 18 years of age. The examination only served to illustrate the beauties of the naturalization system as it has been monopolized, but elicited no facts tending to prove intercourse with the enemy. The sloop is said to be worth little or nothing. The Mayor required them to give bond in $100 each that they would not take the Julia or any other vessel away from Mobile, and referred their case, for further consideration, to the military authorities.
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His Imperial Majesty Felix III, crowned her Imperial Majesty, the Queen of the Carnival, last night, at Temperance Hall, and received homage from every [k]night and lady of his court. His majesty was the first to enter, clad in the robes of his imperial office. Her majesty entered last, in robes of state. The Emperor, Mr. Rollin Broughton. The Empress, Miss Lucy Leatherbury.
The annual pageant of the Infant Mystics ... held the boards as the chief attraction of last night. ... [On the title float] The cat of Bubastes frisked around on the homely bale of cotton, and the knight and the elephant kept him from loafing. ...
The crowds which packed the sidewalks at every available space along the line of march must have contained upward of fifty thousand people.
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Plans for remodeling and enlarging two adjoining buildings, on Joachim Street, now in use as a part of the educational equipment of the church, were announced Friday night by Dr. G. Stanley Frazer, pastor of the St. Francis Street Methodist Church.
Among features in the remodeled buildings will be reading, writing and lounging rooms open to the public throughout the week.
A party of 120 from Meridian will come to Mobile today to see the citys Azalea Trail and to visit Bellingrath Gardens. The group will include Girl Scouts, their mothers, leaders and council members, and members of the Lauderdale County 4-H Girl Clubs, their mothers and leaders.
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Construction drawings for a new 453-unit low rent housing project to be located in the Happy Hill area west of Telegraph Road and south of the Mobile-Prichard boundary were approved by the Mobile Housing Board Monday afternoon.


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New York goes dark in teaser for Guillermo Del Toro's FX series 'The Strain'
Guillermo Del Toro's "The Strain" is here. Well, at least a teaser for it is.
Co-created by "Pacific Rim" director Del Toro and author Chuck Hogan, "The Strain" is a supernatural drama in which CDC Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll) and his team investigate a mysterious viral outbreak in New York City. And it looks like Vampirism.
The show's first teaser doesn't feature much in the way of plot, but offers a glimpse of the show's ominous tone.
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So... who is "He?" (If you've read the book, please try to keep the comments spoiler-free!)
"The Strain" also stars Kevin Durand, Mía Maestro, Jonathan Hyde, David Bradley, Richard Sammel, Javier Botet and Sean Astin. "Lost" vet Carlton Cuse is acting as showrunner.
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With the deadline to tender contracts to players eligible for salary approaching quickly approaching, the Astros on Wednesday outrighted left-handers Tim Byrdak and Gustavo Chacin, removing them from the 40-man roster.
The Astros also outrighted right-handed Minor League pitcher Matt Nevarez, who will be placed on the roster at Triple-A Oklahoma City, and signed catcher Carlos Corporan to a Minor League deal with an invitation to Spring Training. Byrdak and Chacin can elect to become free agents. The moves leaves the Astros' 40-man roster at 37.
"Basically, these moves were economically driven," Astros general manager Ed Wade said. "We're trying to get our payroll numbers where they need to be, and with 10 arbitration-eligible players we had to pick and choose amongst those guys.
"In the case of Byrdak and Chacin, they weren't easy decisions to make, but we felt with the arbitration status that it was a direction we had to go in. I spoke to Tim [on Wednesday] and indicated to him that he should go ahead and see what might be available, but we can continue to have dialogue."
Byrdak made $1.6 million last season and would have seen his salary rise to around $2 million in arbitration, which is a hefty price for a left-handed specialist. Byrdak, 37, went 2-2 with a 3.49 ERA in 64 games for the Astros last season, holding lefties to a .213 batting average.
Left-hander Fernando Abad, who had a 2.84 ERA in 22 appearances in his rookie season in 2010, is in the mix to assume the role of lefty specialist, though there are some in the organization that envision him as a possible starter. Wade will continue to explore other options via free agency or trade as well.
"Fernando's role and where he ends up will be determined when we go to Spring Training," Wade said. "We have a lot of time between now and then to try to figure out what we want to do from the left side. We still have Wesley Wright, and we've expressed interest in other left-handers that might be out there and fit what we're trying to do."
Chacin, 30, went 2-2 with a 4.70 ERA in 44 appearances with the Astros last season after signing as a Minor League free agent. Nevarez, 23, spent last season at Double-A Corpus Christ, where he was 2-1 with one save and a 3.76 ERA in 36 games. He's now eligible to be taken in next month's Rule 5 Draft.
The moves leave the Astros with eight remaining arbitration-eligible players ahead of the Dec. 2 deadline to tender contracts to those players: pitchers Wandy Rodriguez, Nelson Figueroa and Matt Lindstrom, infielders Clint Barmes and Jeff Keppinger, catcher Humberto Quintero and outfielders Michael Bourn and Hunter Pence.
"The time and circumstances made sense for us to go ahead and create roster space prior to the tender deadline," Wade said.
Corporan, 26, played for Triple-A Reno in the Arizona organization last season and hit .290 with 12 home runs and 50 RBIs. The switch-hitting catcher hit .342 against lefties, while appearing in 87 games in 2010, including 78 behind the plate.
A native of Puerto Rico, Corporan is currently playing for Ponce in the Puerto Rican Winter League, where he is hitting .279 with 10 RBIs in 17 games. Corporan becomes the club's ninth non-roster invitee.
"Our scouts had good reports on him," Wade said. "He has pretty good numbers, and he gives us that protection at Triple-A if something were to occur at the big-league level."
Astros GM Ed Wade explains roster moves
The Astros made a pair of roster moves following Monday's loss to the Diamondbacks, placing left-hander Tim Byrdak on the 15-day disabled list with a right hamstring strain and optioning right-hander Sammy Gervacio to Triple-A Round Rock.
The club recalled right-hander Wilton Lopez from Round Rock and purchased the contract of left-hander Gustavo Chacin, putting the 40-man roster at its limit. Chacin will pitch as the lefty out of the pen in place of Byrdak.
Astros general manager Ed Wade said Byrdak's hamstring had been bothering for several weeks.
"[Head athletic trainer] Nate Lucero called me after he came out of the game tonight and said Tim said he had trouble finishing his pitches, and Nate went back and looked at video of last year compared to this year and it was apparent to him he was really having trouble coming down on his landing leg," Wade said. "It seemed apparent he was trying to compensate for the hamstring."
Wade talked to Byrdak (1-0, 5.23 ERA in 13 games) after the game and he confirmed that was the case.
"Before the hamstring blows or he hurts his arm, we put him on the DL and hopefully it resolves itself in 15 days," Wade said.
Chacin was 1-1 with a 3.65 ERA in five starts for the Express. He's allowed 24 hits, six walks and struck out 14 batters in 24 2/3 innings. He was a non-roster invitee to Spring Training.
Wade said left-hander Wesley Wright was also given consideration for being called up, but he threw six innings Monday.
"I talked to [Round Rock manager] Marc Bombard and he said he Chacin could handle the role in the bullpen and [pitching coach Brad Arnsberg] is familiar with him from Spring Training and their days together in Toronto," Wade said.
Gervacio, who threw one-third of an inning Monday and gave up a two-run single, is 0-1 with a 12.27 ERA in 3 2/3 innings in six appearances. Lopez was 2-1 with a 5.40 ERA in three relief appearances at Round Rock and was 1-0 with a 4.50 ERA and five strikeouts in four relief appearances for the Astros earlier this year.


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WESTAMPTON — A 38-year-old Westampton woman allegedly stabbed a man in the arm during a fight inside a hotel room Friday night, according to a report on PhillyBurbs.com.
Zandra L. Grant was arrested after being found drunk and in possession of a knife that matched a description of the weapon used in the attack at the Budget Inn on Western Drive, the report said.
Another man in that room was also arrested and charged with acting belligerently and disorderly toward officers and other motel guests. After being taken into custody, Wesley Bethany Jr., 41, of Westampton allegedly urinated on the rear seat of a patrol car.
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DETROIT -- Who will be the next manager of the Detroit Tigers? The first step in the process might be to figure out who won't be.
Several names have popped up since it was first learned this morning that Jim Leyland would retire as manager after eight years at the helm. Kirk Gibson, Brad Ausmus and Torey Lovullo are three former Tigers players whose names popped up immediately as potential candidates in speculation among media.
Leyland likely hopes that current Tigers coaches Lloyd McClendon and Gene Lamont would be considered for the job. Dusty Baker is a high-profile name and a longtime manager who is currently out of a job.
Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski would not go into specifics or touch upon specific names Monday. But he did give some clues to what he wants and who he will avoid.
It won't be Tony La Russa, who has a high-profile job with Major League Baseball after retiring as the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals following the 2011 season.
"Tony does not have the desire to manage anymore," Dombrowski said.
Dombrowski refused to indicate whether McClendon or Lamont, who are under contract through the end of this month, are candidates for the job.
"I wouldn't get into any specific names at this point," he said.
Gibson is currently the manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, which would indicate that he is not a likely candidate.
"I really can't speak to anybody with another organization, because that's tampering, under baseball rules," Dombrowski said "It's a situation where, if you know that anybody's with another organization that's managing, they're not under consideration because that's where they are."
Leyland, who will remain with the Tigers in some capacity, said he would not stick his nose in Dombrowski's business when it comes to picking a new manager. But Dombrowski is clearly going to seek Leyland's counsel.
"I'll pick Jim's mind for sure," Dombrowski said. "I've already started to do that."
Leyland said the only people he told after deciding on Sept. 7 -- in addition to his wife, Katie -- were Lamont and La Russa, longtime and close friends of his. Dombrowski has picked La Russa's brain about the opening.
"The only person I've talked to a little bit and a little bit about it is Tony La Russa," Dombrowski said, "because I knew Tony knew and Tony was here at various times during the postseason. We want get started as quickly as possible, but I think more important than being done quickly is to be done with the best person."
Dombrowski indicated, without being asked, that there would have been a frontrunner for the job had Leyland stepped away following the 2012 season.
"Last year, I thought there was an obvious name out there that was a real blue-chip candidate to manage a good club, and that was Terry Francona," Dombrowski said. "I don't have a name like that out there this year, so it's going to take a lot of thorough research and hopefully we'll make the right decision."
Another, Ron Gardenhire, is off the market after recently agreeing to a two-year contract extension to remain on as manager of the Minnesota Twins.
The Tigers have been won the division title and have been to the American League Championship Series in each of the past three seasons and in four of Leyland's eight seasons. They played in the World Series two times, in 2006 and 2012, under Leyland, who had 700 victories in eight seasons with the Tigers.
"We'll find somebody that's good," Dombrowski said. "But they've got some tough shoes to fill."
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Larceny, Weatherstone Drive: A woman reported Dec. 5 at
12:45 p.m. that her lawyer had not given her money owed to her from a
settlement. The woman said Progressive Insurance informed her that a $13,000
settlement check addressed to her and her lawyer had been cashed Dec. 17, 2012.
The settlement was related to a January 2012 motor vehicle accident. The woman
said her lawyer had not informed her of the settlement, and she filed a
complaint with the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, which is
investigating the matter. The lawyer said in a letter the woman provided to police that he had not given her the money yet because he was still working to reduce her medical bills.
Open container in a motor vehicle, Meadow Circle: An officer stopped a vehicle Dec. 5 around 10 p.m. after receiving a report that the driver had been driving erratically. The driver passed field sobriety tests but the officer found an open bottle of vodka and four pills in her glove box. The woman stated she had a prescription for the pills, but the officer confiscated them and said she could retrieve them at the police station if she brought her prescription.
Marijuana possession, Baker Street: An officer stopped a vehicle Dec. 9 at 12:51 a.m. after discovering the vehicle's license plates were expired. The officer smelled marijuana and searched the vehicle; he found marijuana, a digital scale, sandwich bags and marijuana residue inside a backpack. A passenger was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, possession of marijuana paraphernalia, possession of criminal tools and a seat belt violation. The driver was cited for not having a license and a seat belt violation.
Criminal damaging, Nancy Drive: The driver of a Saturn Ion reported Dec. 10 at 10:34 p.m. that the driver of a Kia Soul had punched out his passenger side window following a road rage incident. Police located both vehicles; the Kia's driver admitted to causing the damage but stated a passenger in the Saturn threw something at his vehicle. While police did observe orange residue on the Kia's windshield, both occupants of the Saturn denied throwing anything. The Kia's driver was issued a misdemeanor summons for criminal damaging.
Theft, Wyleswood Drive: A man reported Dec. 10 at 11:45 a.m. that a $5,670 gold necklace had been taken from his home. The man said the necklace went missing after a cleaning company cleaned his home Nov. 14. The man contacted the cleaning company, but employees denied taking the necklace.
Theft, East Bridge Street: A man reported Dec. 5 at 5:34 p.m. that someone took two small concrete lions from his front porch. The lions are painted gold and weigh about 60 pounds each.
Warrant arrest, North Rocky River Drive: An officer stopped a vehicle Dec. 9 at 9:39 a.m. and discovered the driver had an active warrant out of Westlake. He was arrested and turned over to Westlake police.
Burglary, Pearl Street: A man reported Dec. 5 at 5:29 p.m. that his home had been burglarized. A Toshiba laptop and Canon camera were taken sometime between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. that day. A ground-floor window had been broken.
Open container in a motor vehicle, West Bagley Road: An anonymous caller reported Dec. 7 at 11:37 a.m. that they observed a woman drinking liquor in a Volkswagen Passat. Police located the woman, who admitted to having a bottle of whiskey mixed with cola.
Drug paraphernalia possession, West Bagley Road: A motorist was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia during a routine traffic stop Dec. 8 at 1:05 p.m.
Trespassing, Karl Street: A man was cited for trespassing behind ASAP towing Dec. 7 at 2:23 p.m. Nothing was taken from the area, and nothing appeared to be disturbed. Police found a ratchet underneath a pickup truck, and the man admitted it was his ratchet.
OVI, North Rocky River Drive: A man was arrested for OVI, falsification, resisting arrest and various traffic violations during a traffic stop that occurred Dec. 5 at 1:11 a.m.
Fake ID, Beech Street: Baldwin Wallace University campus police reported Dec. 9 at 11:35 p.m. that a student was found to have a fake ID. Police confiscated the license, and the student was not cited.
Unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, Jacqueline Drive: A woman reported Dec. 9 at 4:44 p.m. that her daughter hadn't returned her car, which she borrowed Nov. 4. The daughter also had a warrant out of Strongsville for using her mother's debit card without permission.
Burglary, Mall Street: A woman reported Dec. 8 at 9:31 p.m. that a television had been taken from her residence. The television was recovered outside the residence. The woman's son said he heard someone inside the house and he heard the person jump out the window to flee; however, he didn't see the burglar.
Theft, East Bagley Road: Two Berea-Midpark High School students reported Dec. 6 around noon that someone took money from their wallets. The students believed the money had been taken from their lockers during gym class.
Drug paraphernalia possession, North Rocky River Drive: A man driving a Cadillac was cited for marijuana paraphernalia possession during a routine traffic stop Dec. 11 at 12:36 p.m.


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Making a film about iconic Mexican comedian and actor Cantinflas is "a very great responsibility," director Sebastian del Amo says.
Mario Moreno (1911-1993), a.k.a. Cantinflas, has been described as Mexico's Charlie Chaplin.
"It's a great commitment to be at the level not only of the persona, but of the project itself, it's a great sense of responsibility. I believe we're going to make a fitting tribute to Mario Moreno and to Cantinflas," Del Amo told Efe in a telephone interview.
Shooting for the first feature film about Cantinflas is set to begin in two weeks.
"Cantinflas is not a figure who is immensely popular at the moment, but because of his impact on past generations, certainly it will be interesting to the young people," the filmmaker said.
Del Amo, whose "El fantastico mundo de Juan Orol" won three prizes at the 2013 Ariel awards, Mexico's equivalent to the Oscars, chose Spanish actor Oscar Jaenada to portray Cantinflas.
Not only does he bear a "notable" resemblance to Moreno, the Spaniard fought hard for the role, the director said.
The screenplay begins with Cantinflas' work alongside David Niven in the 1956 film "Around the World in 80 Days," and then recounts Moreno's origins in show business. EFE


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Eight kilometres northwest of Nosara, Ostional and its chocolate-coloured-sand beach make up the REFUGIO NACIONAL DE VIDA SILVESTRE OSTIONAL, one of the most important nesting grounds in the country for olive ridley turtles who come ashore to lay their eggs en masse. If you're in town during the first few days of the arribadas, you'll see local villagers with horses, carefully stuffing their big, thick bags full of eggs and slinging them over their shoulders. This is quite legal: villagers of Ostional and Nosara are allowed to harvest eggs, for sale or consumption, during the first three days of the season only. Don't be surprised to see them barefoot, rocking back and forth on their heels as if they were crushing grapes in a winery; this is the surest way to pick up the telltale signs of eggs beneath the sand. You can't swim comfortably at Ostional though, since the water's very rough and is plagued by sharks, for whom turtle nesting points are like all-you-can-eat buffets.
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One of only two species of marine turtles who nest in mass numbers (Kemp's ridleys being the other), olive ridley turtles emerge from the sea in their tens of thousands onto the beaches of Ostional to lay their eggs, mainly in the rainy season from August to December. These arribadas (the Spanish word for arrivals) can last over twelve hours, with a steady stream of females crawling slowly out of the water to a free patch of sand beyond the high tide line where they will begin to lay their eggs.
Each individual will lay around one hundred eggs over the course of a few days; collectively several million eggs may be deposited on the shores of Ostional during a single arribada. It is the sheer number of eggs that is the evolutionary reason behind the unusual behaviour of the olive ridleys: the more eggs there are, the better chance the offspring have of survival. With so many eggs and hatchlings for predators to prey on, the likelihood of a hatchling making it out to sea increases dramatically. Despite the mass layings, however, the odds are still stacked overwhelmingly against the young turtles – only one out of three hundred hatchlings from the protected beaches of Ostional will reach adulthood.


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The result is Notre Dame, the new No. 1, is in the driver's seat for a national title game appearance and Alabama is back in the picture at No. 2 in the BCS. Behind the Irish and Crimson Tide are a pair of SEC teams, No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Florida, followed by the Ducks at No. 5.
With a few weeks left in the regular season, there's still plenty of time for even more shakeup at the top before the final BCS rankings are set. The big games this week include the Civil War (Oregon at Oregon State), Florida at Florida State, Stanford at UCLA, and Notre Dame at USC (sans Matt Barkley).
Here are the updated bowl projections from the national pundits:
BCS rankings
2. Alabama (10-1)
3. Georgia (10-1)
4. Florida (10-1)
5. Oregon (10-1)
6. Kansas State (10-1)
8. Stanford (9-2)
15. Oregon State (8-2)
Complete standings
• Stewart Mandel of SI.com: Title game: Notre Dame vs. Alabama; Rose Bowl: Nebraska vs. Oregon; Fiesta Bowl: Kansas State vs. Stanford.
• Kevin Gemmell of ESPN.com's Pac-12 blog slots Stanford in the Rose, Oregon in the Fiesta and Oregon State in the Holiday Bowl.
• Mark Schlabach and Brad Edwards of ESPN.com differ on which SEC team will face Notre Dame in the title game. Schlabach has Georgia-ND, while Edwards goes with Alabama-ND. Both put Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl; Edwards has Oregon vs. Kansas State and Schlabach picks Oklahoma vs. Oregon. Stanford-Nebraska is the consensus pick for the Rose Bowl between the two, and both have Oregon State in the Holiday Bowl; Schlabach has Texas Tech vs. Oregon State and Edwards has Baylor vs. Oregon State.
• CBSSports.com prognosticator Jerry Palm likes Alabama-Notre Dame in the title game; Oregon-Nebraska in the Rose Bowl; Stanford-Kansas State in the Fiesta; and Oregon State-Texas Tech in the Holiday Bowl.
• SportingNews.com's Bill Bender also has Alabama vs. Notre Dame in the title game, while putting UCLA in the Rose Bowl against Nebraska and Oregon vs. Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl. Bender puts Oregon State in the Sun Bowl against North Carolina State.


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In the early 1980's, Mom decided to get into the fitness craze.
She started aerobics and jazzercise while I was at college. I
came to visit her one summer - my junior year. I had just turned
21, and I'm ashamed to admit that my formerly flat belly was
slowly becoming a fledgling beer-belly. But, as Mom always said
- All men are pregnant with an elephant, but only the trunk
When I last saw Mom, she was getting a little dumpy, her body was
starting to sag, and her butt was migrating south. I didn't feel
too bad about my lack of shape, since I figured she'd be about
the same. Boy, was I wrong.
I knocked on the door, and a slim woman I hardly recognized
rushed into my arms and gave me a great hug. "Welcome home, Son.
Recognize your old Ma?"
It took a moment. Her breasts had lost their sag, and a little
of their size, and were now firmly jutting out from her chest.
Her blouse was unbuttoned enough to show some flesh, and although
her breasts didn't look like two watermelons on a downhill race,
they were still enough to hold my gaze.
Mom's belly had flattened - she still had a little bulge, but who
at 41 doesn't? Mom did a quick turn, and I would have sworn she
had a butt-tuck. Her stretch pants clung to a perfect ass. Just
ripe for squeezing. I grabbed Mom and pulled her in for a
closer, tighter hug....actually just trying to feel her breasts
against my chest.
Mom held the hug a moment, then stepped back. She patted my
belly. "Looks like someone here could use a little more
exercise...you're looking more run down than your old Mom."
"Nah, you're not that old," I complimented.
Mom kissed me on the cheek. "You always did have a silver
tongue, but I think we need to get you into shape."
"Later," I said, carrying my bags to my old room. I picked up
the phone to call some old friends, but they were all out of town
for the summer. It was going to be a dull one, I knew that for
sure. I lay back on the bed and rested from the 20 hour drive
from college to Mom's. I was nearly asleep when Mom tapped on
the door.
"Yeah," I mumbled.
"Time to work out...put your shorts on," Mom called.
"I don't know....I'm pretty tired," I replied, hoping she'd leave
me alone.
"C'mon, it will help you sleep tonight," Mom said, entering the
If anything was going to wake me, it was the sight of her
standing there. Mom was wearing a one-piece leotard, all slick
and shiny. I molded to her curves. Her nipples made small
circlets at the center of where her breasts bulged. Her legs
were in tights, also smooth and slick. The top was a light pink,
and the legs yellow. My eyes were drawn to her crotch, were I
could almost swear I could see her mound pressing against the
I tried to sound disinterested. "OK, if you insist." My mouth
wanted to form the word <B>incest</B>, instead of insist, as all the
fantasies of my teenage years re-surfaced. Fortunately, Mom left
before she could notice the quick-rising bulge in my jeans.
I closed the door, stripped, and dug out my shorts. I tried to
find the tightest pair of underwear, so that my cock wouldn't
slip out accidently. I covered these with the baggiest trunks I
could find. Mom would flip if she knew her own son got a raging
hard-on for her.
I went out into the living room, and Mom was putting a tape in
the VCR. Our TV was fairly small, and in those days, VCR's
weren't nearly as nice as they are now. I stood behind Mom,
mesmerized by her ass as she bent over, fidgeting with the VCR.
I had to clasp my hands to keep from reaching forward and
kneading her soft globes. Now I knew why I was always turned on
by older women.
Mom stepped back and made room beside her for me. "I think I'd
better stand behind, Mom. That way I can watch how you do the
workouts...and clumsy me won't be bumping into you."
Mom agreed and started the tape. I was in heaven. Watching Mom
bend over, squeeze her butt, jiggle her breasts. My favorite was
when she did a partial splits, leaned forward with her hands on
the floor, and did a sort-of combination pushup and hip thrust.
She would lower her chest to the floor, then arch her hips back.
It looked painful, but the view was intense.
It was quite difficult to maximize viewing and still trying to
work out. I did get a full workout, eyes and body, and by the
end, I could barely find the energy to flop on the couch. Lazlo,
though, was still pretty stiff.
Mom looked down at me and grinned. "Looks like sonny-boy is more
out-of shape than his old Ma."
I wanted to offer to give her a different work out, but I was too
exhausted to do anything. Besides, I had to plan.
I was going to be staying with Mom for 3 months, so I figured a
month to seduce her, then two direct months of pleasure, and
years more, too.
For the next two weeks, I worked out with Mom, and while she was
at work. I was still young enough to get into better shape
fairly quickly. I always stood behind her, and loved the view.
Mom had a variety of outfits she wore. She had many leotards and
tights, and she wore different combinations of each. She
sometimes would wear tight cotton shorts and a tube-top. The
first time she wore it, I could see the sweat stains gather at
her crotch. I had to leave the exercising and jack-off in the
bathroom that time. Mom was worried, but I just claimed stomach
cramps. She even wore a bikini once or twice.
After three weeks, I figured out that the white leotard was her
favorite, and by checking the hamper and smelling her wonderful
scent, I knew she didn't wear panties while exercising.
After laundry on a Saturday, Mom went to visit Grandma, leaving
the house to me. I went into her room, skipped all her lingerie
drawers (I knew the inventory by heart from my younger days of
wrapping my cock in her soft lingerie and cumming into tissues),
I had already checked out her new stuff from the past 3 years,
and wrapped them all around my cock while she was at work. I
went to her work-out drawer and pulled out her white tights. I
took them to the sewing room and gently used her seam-ripper to
weaken the crotch. I left enough stitches to hold while she put
them on, but I was preparing myself for a great view.
That evening, Mom didn't wear the white, she wore shorts and a
half-shirt. In a way, it was to my advantage. Mom stretched a
muscle in her lower back halfway through the workout. She
collapsed on the floor onto her stomach, moaning. I got some
baby-oil from the bathroom and started to rub her exposed back.
Even though I was trying to lessen her pain, I was getting really
hard from the contact.
My oily hands glided over her bare midriff, feeling the soft,
smoothness of her skin. Her pain was mostly at the waistband of
the shorts, so I focused there, sliding my fingers a little lower
now and then. As Mom began to relax, I spread my massage out. I
moved up her back and under the back of her shirt. Mom's back
was slick with oil, and my hands grasped her skin. In my mind, I
was begging for her to turn over, but she never did. I managed
to get my finger along the top of her crack, beneath her shorts,
but that was as far as I dared. I think Mom had an idea of how
much I was enjoying rubbing her - I was being as sensual as I
could, but she never made any mention. Not even of the huge
bulge in my pants that her elbow brushed against as she stood.
Mom thanked me for the rub, then went to take some aspirin and
soak in the tub. My mind's eye saw her peel the half shirt off,
her bra-less breasts swaying free, her sliding the shorts over
her hips, her ass sticking out as she bent over to free her feet
from them. While Mom was in the bath, I stole into her room, lay
on her bed and just rubbed myself on her sheets until I came. I
just managed to grab some tissue to shoot on.
Mom didn't exercise the next day, but she did watch me. I have
no idea what she was thinking, but with her eyes glued to me, I
made sure to give her the best show I could. I squeezed my butt
at her, flexed my arms when I could, and generally tried to give
her as much a show as she unknowingly gave me every day. I think
something happened, because she was flushed pretty red by the
end, and she excused herself to her room quickly afterwards.
The next day, Mom wore the white leotard. She didn't have any
tights on - by now the July temperature was into the 90's. We
started working out, my eyes were glued to Mom's crotch.
The seam was slowly splitting throughout the exercises. I could
glimpse some brown hairs peeking out during some of the
stretches, but not much else. Then we got to the event I was
waiting for.
Mom slid her legs apart into the splits. She bent slowly
forward, her palms flat on the floor. As she spread her legs
further, I saw the seam unravel fully, and a huge hole appeared
right at her pussy. I could see that her hair was trimmed close,
and her outer lips were full and hanging down a little. Mom
thrust her hips up and back, and her lips opened just slightly.
The inner pink gave me more of a hardon than I'd ever had.
I started to lean forward, drawn to her. My had moved slowly to
my crotch, preparing to free myself and take this opportunity to
slide into Mom. At that moment, Mom must have felt that her
pussy was exposed, because she reached down to check. When her
hand brushed her pussy, my cock jumped. Mom quickly closed her
legs, and turned very red. She didn't face me, but I could see
her neck and shoulders flush. Mom didn't say anything, but
rushed into her room.
I rushed to the bathroom, freed my cock and started jerking into
the toilet. I was breathing hard, ready to cum, when I heard a=7F
sound from Mom's room. She was panting and sounding just like I
did when I was masturbating. The bathroom had two doors, one
from the hall, and one from Mom's room. Her door wasn't
completely closed, so I peeked in. Mom still had her leotard on
and was fingering herself through the open hole. She was
pinching a nipple through the material. My hand started moving
faster and faster while my eyes were glued to Mom. Her finger
was disappearing into her. She wiggled it around then brought it
out and up to her lips. She slowly started sucking it. It was
the most erotic sight I had ever seen. My 41 year old Mom
sucking he own juice of her finger. I felt my cock tense and the
cum start to flow up and out. I squeezed hard, delaying for a
few seconds to see what she would do next. She took the finger
out of her mouth, brought it back to her pussy and started to
finger herself quickly. Mom's hips were thrusting into her hand
and her other hand was tugging on her nipple. I squeezed harder=7F
and was just about to shoot when I saw her beautiful lips mouth
my name! My cum splattered on the door. I must have shot 5 or 6
times, leaving huge white trails on the door.
When I was done shooting, I realized that if Mom opened the door,
she'd see me. I closed the door in quietly wiped my cum from it.
I went to my room and tried to figure out how to let her know I
knew she wanted me, and that I wanted her, and how to make it all
The next afternoon, we prepared to work out, again. Mom was
wearing slick, spandex shorts. I'd never seen them before, so I
knew that the were new. She also had on a spandex top. There
must have been a sale on this new material, since she must have
bought both items today. As we started working out, I noticed
that there was something strange about her crotch, but I couldn't
figure out what.
I knew that I had to make my move soon. Time was getting short,
and if I wanted to maximize our love-making time, I'd have to get
to her soon. I decided that today would be the day.
I stood back and watched Mom. I pictured her in her room,
masturbating while thinking of me and got hard. I started
stroking myself watching her, getting harder and harder. By the
time of my favorite exercise, I was rock stiff.
I lowered my shorts and pulled out my cock. Mom was bent over,
hips up, chest on the floor. I stepped forward, and leaned my
hips into Mom's behind. I press down a little and she was soon
lying flat on the floor. She seemed a little surprised, but
didn't say anything as I thrust my cock between her cheeks,
loving the feel of her smooth fabric. I grabbed her cheeks and
thrust harder.
"Oh yes, son," Mom groaned, "I've been waiting for this."
"Oh God, Mom, I've wanted you for years."
"Then take me now," Mom said, reaching back. She tugged at the
crotch of her shorts and the material split open.
Mom roughly grabbed my cock and forced it into her pussy. She
arched up, doggy style. I was amazed at her boldness. She must
have been planning something for today, also.
Mom's pussy was better than any I'd ever had. I thrust into her
warm wetness, the force shaking and quivering her ass. I felt my
cum rise, and pulled out. I pressed Mom flat again and rubbed
between her cheeks. My cum shot out and made a white line across
her back. I kept thrusting and shooting, squeezing her ass
tightly. When I was done, I grabbed Mom's hips and rolled her
I buried my face into her pussy, sucking her juices. Soon, my
face was coated with her nectar, my tongue thrust deeply into
I pulled back and rolled onto my back. "Ride my face, Mom,
please...I need you on top."
Mom hooked her thighs around my face and sat on my mouth. I
grabbed her hips and pulled her tight. I couldn't breath. Her
fleshy thighs and moist pussy filled my moth and nose. I liked
and sucked. My chin was thrust deeply between her lips as my
mouth pulled on her clit. Mom started shaking and quivering, but
I needed air.
I pushed her back a little and gulped fresh air. I shoved three
fingers into her pussy, while I was catching my breath. "Oh son,
finger me....finger-fuck your Mamma!"
Mom was getting closer and closer to climax. I slid my head down
a little, and lowered her back onto my face. My tongue flicked
over the skin between her pussy and asshole, then shoved into her
ass. Mom started bouncing, and her hand replaced mine in her
pussy. I felt her climax, and her cum dribbled down onto my
nose. I withdrew my tongue from her ass and pulled her pussy to
my mouth. I kept sucking her cum until she stopped shaking.
I pushed Mom gently off me and onto her back. My cock was raging
again - nothing like sucking your Mom's pussy to do that. I
looked down on Mom, and my focus was drawn to her spandex top.
I dived onto her nipple. My mouth sucking though the fabric. I
kneaded her soft globes, one hand sneaking below the material for
her flesh. I pulled my lips from her nipple and slid the
material up. I pulled Mom's breasts together, rubbing one nipple
against the other. Mom loved this, as she started arching her
hips up and biting her lip. I lowered my mouth and started
sucking both nipples together. I pulled them into my mouth,
rubbing my tongue between and around them. I gently closed my
teeth on them as Mom had another climax. I reached back and felt
her pussy all wet and dripping.
I released Mom's nipples and pulled the top back over her
breasts. I straddled Mom's chest and slid my cock between her
tits. The spandex pulled her breasts together, and my cock was
in heaven between the,. It was a little dry, so I slid back,
thrust into Mom's pussy a few times - to her loud groans. Mom
grabbed my ass to keep me in, but I pulled out and moved back up
her chest.
This time my cock slid between her breasts much easier. I
started tweaking her nipples as I tit-fucked Mom. At the deepest
part of each thrust, I felt the tip of my cock hit Mom's chin.
Soon this was replaced with a moist feeling as Mom opened her
mouth and was greedily trying to suck her own Son's cock.
At the height of one thrust, Mom grabbed my cock and pulled it to
her mouth. Her lips slid over the tip and shaft, her tongue
dancing on the bottom. She pulled me out of her mouth and rubbed
her lips and tongue all over the underside of my shaft, sucking
her juice from me.
Mom started shaking again, "Fuck me son, cum in Mommy.....please"
I moved back down and thrust into Mom. I entered slowly, feeling
her hot, wet pussy envelop my cock. Soon we were hip to hip, and
I began to work in and out. I tried to start slowly, but Mom
wouldn't let me. She thrust herd and fast, setting her own
Mom's head was back and her eyes were closed, her lips forming my
name over and over. I pushed her top off and started grabbing
her breasts. I was squeezing hard. Mom's head came forward, and
she guided one of her nipples into her mouth. I moved my tongue
to join hers, and we were both sucking her same nipple, our
tongues wrestling together around it.
I was getting closer and closer to cumming in Mom, when her other
hand started to rub my own nipple. It felt so good, I just about
shot, when Mom pulled me down, pressed her nipple to mine and
started sucking them together.
"Oh, Mom...I'm cumming....I'm gonna cum"
Mom's pussy tightened around my cock as I shot into her. She
came also, our bodies rocking and heaving together. Moms hands
grabbed my ass, and her nails dug into my flesh. I shot again
and pressed harder. My mouth found a nipple, and I started
chewing on it.
Mom let out a scream and started convulsing. I was afraid for a
moment, until I felt a flood of her hot, pussy cum drench my
thigh. Mom came so hard she pushed me out. I rolled over next
to her and cradled her into my arms. I held her spoon style as
she went rom convulsions, to leg twitching, to sleeping.
I help Mom while she slept, gently caressing her. She awoke
about 10 minutes later. We made a pact never to tell, but to
continue no matter what. Through marriages, dating, whatever, we
decided we waited too long to let it ever end now.
As for our workouts - Mom doesn't have any workout clothes
without a hole in the crotch. We've made our own routines,
mostly a lot of teasing, the fast and hard sex. Although we also
love to linger in bed together and make love all morning long on
the weekends.
I almost regret going back to school, but we've found a similar
collge close by that will accept my transfer, so I'll only be
missing Mom for 3 months, not 9. Of course, our phone bill will
be huge. We've already been practicing phone sex.


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Caledonia's Nick LoMonaco hit a 3-point shot with eight seconds remaining. LoMonaco had 23 points and six 3-pointers and teammate Karkokh Piromari had 18 points and eight rebounds.
Grand Rapids South Christian's Jason Miller had 12 points and teammate Seth VanEngen had 10 points.
South Christian (2-2) tied the game at 50-50 with 30 seconds remaining. South Christian had the lead for most of the first half including a 30-27 lead at halftime.
"Every time we'd get the lead up to about five or six points, it seemed like they'd hit a 3-pointer,"South Christian coach Ken Hiskes said. "They just hung around."
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Around 1 in 5 Americans, or 48 million people, has hearing loss in at least one ear. Among the hearing impaired include several celebrities and historical figures. Some of the people named on the following list may surprise you. Learn more here.
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It's been a crazy busy week here between traveling, weather, Christmas shopping, wrapping, Nutcracker viewing and party-going. This weekend I managed to also get in some cooking and baking, and if you are looking for a last minute recipe for a cookie or snack to bring to a party, you've come to the right place.
The cookies you see above are a new one I tried this year and it is all thanks to my good buddy JBo who sent me this link. It's from NPR and in addition to the recipe, there is a delightful audio interview with one of my food heroes, Shirley Corriher. You really must listen!! In addition to great scientific cookie advice, Shirley's enthusiasm is absolutely contagious. After I listened, I *had* to make these cookies.
I also made these thumbprint trios which you may remember from last year. They are so pretty and fun to make! And I realized when I went to make these that I was low on butter, so I tried them this time with my old standby, butter flavor Crisco. They are just as good!
This year, I also made up for a past failure! I made JBo's torrone recipe and didn't screw it up. I wasn't just more patient though. I had an assist. I inherited a few nice pots and pans from my mother-in-law, and this heavier pan made a huge difference in how long it took this heavy, syrupy mix to boil.
And since I was in a candy groove, I decided to try my hand at toffee. My mother always used to make it around the holidays, and I saw this recipe on Epicurious and decided to give it a try. It was really pretty easy, and it comes out tasting like something very fancy and fussy. I substituted walnuts for peanuts.
And, if you have had enough sweets, try this. It is David Lebovitz's Best Holiday Snack Ever. It's nuts and pretzels with a sweet and spicy glaze. It only uses a little cayenne pepper but it sure packs a punch. Or maybe I am a wimp.
So, there you have it - 5 pre-tested lovely holiday snacks! If I don't have time to blog again this week, or if you don't have time to stop by, Merry Christmas everybody!!


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Tim Pernetti is out as athletics director at Rutgers University, but opinions on social media are split on his dismissal.
ESPN aired video earlier this week of men's basketball coach Mike Rice verbally and physically abusing players during a practice. Rice was fired, though he had been suspended and fined last fall for the incident. Speculation had mounted since that Pernetti also would lose his job, which sparked the #KeepPernetti hashtag on Twitter.
When news broke that Pernetti was out, members of the Rutgers community -- including student athletes -- posted their support for him and disapproval. But there also was plenty of support for the decision.
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Regardless of month, rumors permeate throughout the NFL like wildfire, and the first week of free agency never ceases to turn water coolers into fuel pumps.
To no surprise, the Kansas City Chiefs never find themselves exempt from the annual gossip game.
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We've got some new additions to the festival this year. We're bringing you some really cool things to do! Yes, we'll still have great beer and music. But we're bringing in some fun activities like a Cornhole Tournament, Giant Jinga, Yard Scrabble, Beer Pong and more. Soon we'll give you information on how to join the Cornhole Tournament. It's free to enter and it will sell out so keep checking back. We will have "free play" boards for those of you that want to just chuck some bags with friends.
We will once again offer a "wine festival" ticket. Minett Hall will once again host the Rochester "Wine About Winter" Festival. Tickets to that event are just $25. It features wine sampling, food sampling, music and a "Paint Party." Tickets are just $25 and RocCity Brewfest ticketholders are welcome to enter the event and look around. You and your guests are welcome to walk back and forth between events.
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A portion of the event proceeds goes to the Rochester area JDRF. You'll have the opportunity to join the giving at the Coat Check and at the activity areas. Let's wipe out juvenile diabetes!
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Has the global economic crisis got you feeling more blue than green? If so, you're not alone.
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Hatha Yoga Room
AMHERST ŌĆō His wake-up call came at a staff planning event. A facilitator asked everyone to perform a few stretches during a break. Frank Allen, then in his 50s, found his shoulder wouldnŌĆÖt allow him to extend his arm straight overhead.
It scared him.
Times have changed. Now 64, the retiree has been doing yoga for four years at Hatha Yoga Room in Amherst.
ŌĆ£(IŌĆÖd) highly recommend it,ŌĆØ said Allen.
He expressed surprise at the level of flexibility heŌĆÖs been able to achieve ŌĆō flexibility he hopes will allow him to tie his own shoes well into his 80s.
ŌĆ£You come for your own reason,ŌĆØ said owner Sherry Smith.
Smith has been doing yoga ŌĆ£off and onŌĆØ for 15 years.
ŌĆ£I had no idea what it was about,ŌĆØ she said, when she went to her first class. It was offered by a Moncton instructor who traveled to Amherst to teach in the gymnasium of the old R.B. Dickey elementary school.
She said she loved it, finding it challenging but relaxing. Fast forward to the new millennium and, after three years working on a yoga certification, Smith opened HathaYogaRoom in 2004 in a 600 square foot space. The studio has moved upstairs in the intervening years and instructors have come onboard, offering a range of classes. Her passion for yoga sounds undimmed.
ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs not a hobby,ŌĆØ she said, but later acknowledged she canŌĆÖt make a living from the studio, either.
Not a hobby, not a large income. Something else.
Smith talked about the community of yoga practitioners, about sharing knowledge, and about healing.
She said hatha yoga is a gentle form of yogic practice and the beginning of yoga. Some of the poses weŌĆÖve all absorbed from pop culture ŌĆō downward dog, warrior pose ŌĆō are among those performed. The instructor called yoga a meditation in movement, with the aim of calming the mind.
For Smith and Allen, thereŌĆÖs a spiritual element to the practice, but neither proselytized a belief system.
The owner said the studio has 50 or more clients.
ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖve got lots of things going on,ŌĆØ she said.
The studio on Victoria Street will be hosting a June 21 summer solstice celebration, featuring art and yoga and, she hopes, live music.
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Tidmarsh, West Berkshire calendar of events
September 2016
Legoland Windsor Resort
2nd September 2016 - 2nd September 2017 | Windsor
Legoland Windsor Resort is a theme park based on Lego, the popular childrens' toy. The park contains attractions and rides for children from 3 to 12.More information...
November 2016
Hennessy Gold Cup 2016
November 24th - 26th 2016 | Newbury Racecourse, Berkshire
The Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury is one of the highlights of the jump season and considered a trial race for the Cheltenham Gold Cup.More information...
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Royal Ascot
June 20th - 24th 2017 | Ascot Racecourse, Berkshire
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Henley Royal Regatta
28th June - 2nd July 2017 | Henley on Thames
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Henley Festival
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For years, the Central Dauphin School District has relied on growth of businesses and homes in its seven municipalities to help keep its budget in line.
But with its income falling and expenses rising, the district is facing an $8.1 million shortfall that its business manager says makes some program cuts and tax increases likely for the next few years.
Wythe Keever, Pennsylvania State Education Association spokesman, said it's a sign of the times.
"School districts are trying to do the best they can with limited resources," he said. "Many are seeing declines in property tax revenue as less homes are sold and in occupational taxes as more people are out of work. At the same time, costs are rising for utilities, food service, transportation, building maintenance and more."
Fortunately, Keever said, Pennsylvania still strongly supports education. He noted that for this fiscal year, the General Assembly approved and Gov. Rendell signed into law a state budget which included a $300 million increase in kindergarten through 12th grade basic education subsidies.
For 2010-11, the governor proposed and the state House on Tuesday passed a budget bill containing a $354 million or 6.4 percent increase in kindergarten through 12th grade basic education subsidies.


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Federal protection of salmon takes effect
by Bronwyn Wilson
Senior Staff Reporter
A new federal regulation, which went into effect Jan. 8, adds further protection to Puget Sound chinook salmon, one of seven stocks of salmon threatened with extinction in the Northwest under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Known as the 4 (d) rule, a reference to a provision of ESA, the rule tells jurisdictions what they can or can't do and is enforced by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).Regulations were already in place requiring projects with a federal connection to get approval before taking action that could harm threatened fish. However, the 4 (d) rule expands protection.
NMFS announced the new federal rule last June prohibiting the "take" (or harm) of threatened salmon and steelhead. It is now illegal for businesses or private property owners to kill or harm salmon or to destroy salmon habitat.
"Enforcement of this rule is just the middle step of the process intended to protect chinook under ESA," said Deborah Knight, Woodinville's Assistant to the City Manager and the City's representative of the watershed forum working to develop the salmon recovery plan.
The five steps, designed by NMFS, are guidelines for everyone in the region. The first step listed the species for federal protection. The second identified critical habitat. The third is the middle step that Knight referred to. This step establishes the rule that makes it a federal crime to harm or kill threatened salmon, including Puget Sound chinook ‹ under certain circumstances. The fourth step is a plan for salmon recovery and the fifth is the final step toward the goal of removing Puget Sound chinook from the ESA list.
The City offers opportunities for citizens wanting to join in the effort toward the final step. There are community volunteer activities and events that assist in habitat restoration, such as plant squads who maintain the trees that shade the river and keep the water cool for salmon to thrive.
Knight has at-home suggestions to protect chinook salmon. People, she said, can help by washing their car on their lawn instead of on the driveway. The soapy run-off is diverted from rushing into the storm drain system and eventually into the creeks. She also encourages citizens not to use pesticides on their lawns as the chemicals will filter into the streams.
According to Knight, the local creeks support other fish besides the threatened chinook. There are sockeye, coho and steelhead trout. In addition, the wildlife around the creek contributes to the salmon habitat.
Beavers, for example, cut down the trees that add large woody debris in the creeks. The woody debris offers secluded areas of deep cool water for fish to rest and is necessary for the weary salmon.
To protect salmon habitat, the 4 (d) rule was adopted. Even so, there will undoubtedly be violators who will disrupt the environment where salmon live. And though the 4 (d) rule allows third parties to sue violators as well as liable government agencies, the most effective solution remains the cooperation of citizens in a joint salmon recovery effort.
For further information, visit www.salmoninfo.org.To get involved, call the City's Volunteer Coordinator, John Markuson at (425) 489-2700. To join a plant squad, call Laura Baerwolf at (425) 806-9171.


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The event will be held at the Stratton Resort Base Lodge. Admission is $100 per person; or $125 at the door. A cocktail hour sponsored by TPW Management and Homestead Landscaping, featuring Scott Moore on guitar, along with dancing to DJ Joe Bell.
A sample of the menu includes: Assorted raw, cooked, and vegetable sushi bar Assorted Soup Shooters such as - butternut squash bisque with maple fritter bite Assorted Crostinis such as - sliced seared duck breast with brie black currant jam Full mashed potato martini bar with assorted toppings Salmon, Roast Fennel, Grilled Vegetables, and Roast Pork Wellingtons. A $100 donation to the Foundation between now and December 14 will qualify to enter. The grand prize is one secretly wrapped package at the Gala, with a $5,200 value, will contain the earrings, from Von Bargen's Jewelry of Stratton. Guests present at the Gala will have first choice to select their package.
For more information, call the Stratton Foundation at 802-297-2096.