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MAYVILLE - At one point in time, 1955 to be specific, the shoreline behind the Chautauqua Marina stretched 30 feet out.
Now, it's hugging near the marina due to the continued erosion caused by the lake's waves. As a result, an initiative to protect the lake is well underway with the completion of several projects, including the shoreline in Mayville.
One such project recently completed is the shoreline management and stabilization near the marina, located on West Lake Road in Mayville. Over the past week, the county Soil and Water District hosted a field day to show elected officials completed projects and those that are still in the works. One of the sites they toured was behind the marina to get a glimpse of the newly implemented shoreline stabilization project.
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The shoreline pictured behind the Chautauqua Marina has undergone stabilization to keep the water from eroding the shore.
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According to Lou Clementi of the Chautauqua Marina, the lake flooded several years ago amid a major storm. The waves crashed onto the shore, and all the employees could do was watch. As waves continued to hit, the shoreline began to erode-causing a major problem not only for the shore but the lake. The water, he mentioned, was as high as the dock.
"We lost 4 to 6 feet of our shoreline," Clementi said. 'We knew that the Soil and Water Conservation District were doing projects around the lake to shore things up. We looked at alternatives on what we could put here to stop erosion."
At the time, the marina applied for funding from the county Soil and Water Conservation. They looked at it and thought it was possible a grant could be compiled. The marina put a grant together one year, but the money was already earmarked, according to Clementi. They applied again for the project and funds were made available. Grants received came from the bed tax fund.
The project began during the summer of last year and ended a month ago, according to Ken Shearer, owner of the Chautauqua Marina. The new shoreline expands 700 feet across the marina and is comprised of flat rock. On each side of the natural rock shoreline is a concrete breakwall.
"What happened was the waves would go up the wall, collect dirt and throw it back into the lake," Shearer said. "The natural rock that was placed will protect against erosion that has occurred in the past."
Clementi noted that every time water would crash against the shore, 4 to 6 feet would be eroded away and transported into the lake. With the current shoreline stabilization system nothing has eroded so far, according to Clementi.
"It's now a solid shoreline," Clementi said. "The county legislators were very pleased to see where the money was spent and how it's making a positive effect."
Now, the marina is putting in native plants that can work as barrier with the flat rock. When water comes in, the plants will stop it from going into the lake and dissipate it. The project, as a result, has brought a lot of positive feedback among boaters using the marina.
"They tell us how nice the job was done, how great it looks and how effective it's going to be in stopping erosion," Clementi said.


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Does the company get its half a million bucks back if he goes jihad?
Considering how I get insulted every day by freedom-haters, Jew-haters, women-haters, America-haters, I figure I am owed about a trillion bucks, give or take.
$465,000 Reward for Being a Whiny Muslim Who Quit Moonbattery (hat tip Jack)
It's not a joke; it's from San Francisco:
A jury awarded $465,000 to a Muslim security guard who says his co-workers and supervisors called him a terrorist and an al-Qaida member.
Jurors added $400,000 in punitive damages Monday to their earlier award of $65,000 to Abas Idris for lost wages and emotional distress…
This despite his former employer Andrews International having promoted Idris to a supervisory position. No matter how you pander to the special people, it will never be enough.
The lost wages were a result of Idris having quit because the company was unable to take his "harassment" complaints seriously. Now they will be punished.
The case allowed him to show that Islam is a religion of peace, he said.
There's no mention of whether he was wearing a shirt like this to work.
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CENTREVILLE -- Hildie is a 2-year-old spayed female bulldog mix. She is very stocky and needs better nutrition and exercise. Her nails are too long and need to be trimmed, so she is a little fussy about having her sore feet handled. Otherwise, she is a happy-go-lucky dog who loves to go for walks and play in the yard. She is in pen 2, docket No. 9894, at St. Joseph County Animal Control, 652 E. Main St., Centreville.
St. Joseph County Animal Control is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
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Author and playwright Tennessee Williams sits at his desk with cigarette in hand and typewriter in front of him. 1956.
Artist Georgia O'Keeffe sits at her home near Santa Fe, New Mexico. 1967.
Portrait of former U. S. President, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Circa 1940.
Winston Churchill is seated and smoking a cigar at his Chartwell estate in England. 1951.
Chinese communist leader, Mao Tse Tung poses at the peace talks held in Chungking, China. 1950.
Cuban leader Fidel Castro appears at the United Nations. 1960.
Author Ernest Hemingway poses for a portrait. 1952.
Singer Ella Fitzgerald performs at the Democratic rally held for John F. Kennedy in honor of his birthday. 1962.
Eccentric millionaire Howard Hughes sits at the controls of his 200 ton flying boat named the "Spruce Goose". 1947.
Bare-chested artist Pablo Picasso smoking a cigarette in Vallauris, France. 1949.
Singer Elvis Presley returns home to the United States in a snow storm after Army service in Germany. 1960.
Photographer Ansel Adams sits down inside the Metropolitan Museum, New York City. 1974.
Jacqueline Kennedy opens her mail while at home in Washington, D.C. 1960.
Chess champion Bobby Fischer is deep in thought during a match. 1962.
Boxer Rocky Marciano punches while training at Grossinger's, Liberty, New York. 1952.
Willie Mays poses in his New York Giants uniform at Wrigley Field, Chicago. 1954.
Golfer Bobby Jones, Jr. talks with his son, Bobby Jones, III. 1941.
Close-up of jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong massaging his lips with balm to keep them strong.1965.
Dancer / actress Lucille Ball goes through one of her routines for the movie "The Big Street". 1942.
Actress Judy Garland poses behind a wooden fence. 1944.
Salvadore Dali and his wife attending a New Year's Eve party at Gilbert Miller's residence. 1954.
Actor Clark Gable poses at his home. 1946.
Marlon Brando kneels before Kim Hunter in a touching scene from the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire". 1947.
Blind musician Ray Charles using a special board to play chess. 1966.
Portrait of playwright Arthur Miller seated in his study. Circa 1980.
Author Ayn Rand chats with admirers at the National Book Awards ceremony. Circa 1958.
Portrait of boxer Muhammad Ali taken while training for his fight against Joe Frazier. 1971.
Joe DiMaggio throwing. 1939.
Chubby Checker performs his hit song "The Twist" while dancing with a woman from the audience at the Crescendo nightclub in LosAngeles, California. 1961.
Close-up portrait of Marilyn Monroe giving a very big smile. 1953.
Packer's head coach, Vince Lombardi sits behind his desk in his office. 1969.
Dr. King stands behind a podium on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. Photos can be viewed online at www.Lelands.com until the auction closing date of July 9. Which one is your favorite? If you like what you see here, check out theMET's sister site, My Modern Mix!


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Everyone has a junk drawer in their house, right? Well, since I share my house with 3 other roommates, my personal junk drawer is the top left drawer of my dresser. Sundays are my day to just hang around the house do some serious cooking and housekeeping (cleaning may seem like a waste of a weekend day to many of you, but I love cleaning my house on Sundays…I mean, really love it. It's the best kind of instant gratification). Last Sunday I had the hankering to clean out my junk drawer because it was getting out of hand and I knew there were things in there that I could toss out no problem.
An empty bottle of nail polish remover, a small cardboard gift box, a broken-beyond-repair necklace, old ponytail holders, old paycheck stubs, all of it went in the garbage can. I was starting to see the bottom of the drawer. What a great feeling! I came across an old check with a receipt stapled to it and wondered why I would keep an old check. I looked at who it was made out to, Cornell Urgent Care, and figured out why I kept the check until now: that's the clinic where I was diagnosed with diabetes! I quickly checked the date on the check, remembering that it was nearly two years ago that I wrote the check. Sure enough, the date on the check was the exact same date of the current day: February 28th. It was precisely two years ago that my life changed in a drastic way.
I was pretty excited to discover that it was my 2 year diabetes anniversary. I texted my mom and dad, who have been my major supports through the whole process, and said, "I was diagnosed with diabetes exactly two years ago today. Weird, huh? I've come a long way." My mom said it seemed like a lifetime ago, which I couldn't agree with more. I remember coming home from the hospital, saying goodbye to my mom and bawling on the curb outside of my house in fear that I would screw it up and be totally lost. And lying in bed at night feeling alone and betrayed by my body was not an uncommon occurrence. But I haven't screwed it all up and I certainly am not lost…anymore. I would say that I've done a pretty outstanding job having type 1 diabetes.
So what can I say for myself two years later? Here are some of my diabetes related accomplishments:
- Raised over $2000.00 for diabetes.
- Gone on an insulin pump and encouraged 2 other friends to do the same.
- Kept up my exercise regime and ran my first race (came in 3rd place in my age group too!).
- Volunteered and eventually got a full time job with the American Diabetes Association.
- Built great friendships with some great people with diabetes, or in the diabetes field.
- Educated countless people about the disease.
- Learned how to ask for and receive emotional and physical support from those close to me.
- Kept my A1C under 7%.
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Elaine Gil, proprietor of Bubbles, said canned tuna, canned fruits, packages of dry beans, shelf-stable milk, spaghetti sauce, hot and cold cereals, peanut butter, canned vegetables and canned beans are some of the items that will be collected.
She said she will work with businesses, Scout troops, supermarkets, colleges, schools and sports teams who wish to volunteer.
"Let's see how much food we can collect when we work together," she said. "The more volunteers we have, the bigger impact we can make together."
Donations can be dropped off at Bubbles Playhouse, 2102 Clove Rd., near the Grasmere station of the Staten Island Railway, on Fridays and Saturdays from 10 to 11 a.m., and Mondays and Tuesdays from 8 to 9 p.m. Pickups can be arranged for substantial amounts.
For information on how to volunteer, call Ms. Gil at 718-447-7779.
In honor of Veterans Day AARP is offering a free "Driver Safety" classroom course to veterans and their dependents next month.
The free classes are geared to drivers age 50 and older who are veterans or active service personnel who serve or have served in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, National Guard Reserves or Coast Guard and their dependents, including spouses, domestic partners, widows and widowers and children. People over 50 who successfully complete the course may be eligible to receive an auto insurance discount.
To register, or to locate the nearest classroom course site, call 866-238-0294, or visit www.aarp.org/veterans. To sign up for the course online, visit www.aarpdriversafety.org and enter the code VETERANS.
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After Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy raised the "grittiness" bar for superhero films and attempted a sort of realism previously alien to the comic book movie genre, any subsequent superhero film must at least dabble in darker moral questions or visceral street-level action. The Winter Soldier dabbles in both, though in rather uninspiring ways. The film explores questions of encroached-upon liberty under the guise of "freedom" with a veiled critique of Patriot Act-era America, as does The Dark Knight. And also like Nolan's film, Soldier tries to amp up the non-CGI action quotient with high-octane street chases and hand-to-hand combat shot with schizophrenic, blunt-force camerawork. Most of this is supremely entertaining, but little of it packs a visceral punch. And that's a shame.
At its best, cinema engages us not only cerebrally but also physically, making us think but also sweat, squirm, and squeal. This is because cinema has the power to confront us with our own embodiment, leading us to identify and vicariously experience the pains, pangs, emotions and longings of our fellow man. In this way it can help us develop empathy, self-awareness, appreciation for both the beauty and fragility of the body, among other good things.
But when a film makes its human characters super-human or even pseudo-human (what sort of being is the bionic "Winter Soldier" anyway?), much of this potential is squandered. The relatable becomes abstract and our understanding of embodiment is further confused. For Christians who believe the true God became flesh and dwelt among us, and that he breathed and broke as we do, such diminishments and distortions of embodiment should raise flags.
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a violent film from start to finish, packed with all manner of gun-fighting, fist-fighting, car-fighting, and most other kinds of fighting. That said, none of it is particularly bloody or graphic. This might be even more disturbing, however. As mentioned in the above review, the film's violence is ubiquitous but seemingly has no devastating effects on any one. The cumulative effect is disturbing and desensitizing, less graphic but more ho-hum about violence than your average horror film.
Brett McCracken is a Los Angeles-based writer and journalist, and author of the books Hipster Christianity: When Church and Cool Collide (Baker, 2010) and Gray Matters: Navigating the Space Between Legalism and Liberty(Baker, 2013). You can follow him @brettmccracken.


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The latest 'Best Places to Work' list is out, and Wegmans has made the list at #12.
The Rochester, New York-based grocer is one of only 13 companies that have been on the top 100 list since it began in 1998, making it to the Best Companies All Stars list.
Otheres on that list include Whole Foods (44), Cisco (55) and Marriott (57).
"Our employees make Wegmans a place where customers feel happy and cared about, and my job is to make sure our employees feel that way, too," said CEO Danny Wegman. "What's most important to us is that our employees feel that Wegmans is a great place to work."
What does Fortune say about Wegman's?
"College students, take note: Almost half of employees are 25 or younger at this family-owned grocery retailer on the East Coast. Flexible scheduling, an employee scholarship program, and stretch assignments help young employees grow within the company, and 66% of jobs are filled through internal promotions."
Fortune magazine's 2014 list of top 100 Best Places to Work list is compiled by surveying thousands of employees from hundreds of businesses.
Any company that is at least five years old and has more than 1,000 U.S. employees is eligible.
Google tops the list this year, followed by SAS, The Boston Consulting Group, Edward Jones and Quicken Loans rounding out the top 5.
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Free backstage careers fair offers workshops, networking hubs and an 'Ask the experts' zone, on 17 October.
New apprenticeships offered at ROH
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Opportunities across production departments from Armoury to Events.
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DOTHAN, Alabama -- One person is dead and a child was moderately injured after a car and firetruck collided in Dothan, a spokesperson for the police department said today.
According to police, the crash occurred on the corner of Columbia and Sixth streets. Initial investigations concluded that the driver of the car failed to yield right of way was T-boned by the fire department brush truck. The driver, unidentified by police, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A firefighter received moderate injuries and was taken for treatment. The child also was taken for treatment for what police are now calling moderate injuries. (Corrected by Dothan Police Department at 2:28 p.m.)
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HATTIESBURG -- Southern Miss baseball player Travis Creel lost his childhood home in 2005's Hurricane Katrina, but even that didn't prepare him for what he experienced on Sunday afternoon.
Creel was at the apartment he shares with teammates on the north side of the Southern Miss campus when a tornado tore through the southern edge, tearing apart several university buildings on its path of destruction through Mississippi's Pine Belt region. The Ocean Springs native said he couldn't resist the urge to go outside and try to catch of glimpse of the funnel cloud -- classified as an F4 storm -- that packed winds up to 145 mph.
"It was scary as hell," said Creel, a senior infielder for the Golden Eagles. "We were all outside trying to see if we could see it when it was supposed to be a mile or two away. The wind was blowing real hard one way, then all of a sudden it was blowing 30 miles an hour the other way. That's when we knew it was bad.
"I lost my house in Katrina, but we had time to leave, so we weren't in town. This was a totally different experience. It was definitely scary."
Creel's teammate, sophomoreoutfielder/pitcher Mason Robbins, was closer to the tornado's path. He and teammates Nick Johnson and Andrew Furr were in the Corner Market grocery store just south of campus picking up supplies for an afternoon cookout as the storm approached.
The tornado tore along Hardy Street, which forms the southern border of the USM campus. Less than a mile away, Robbins and his friends and fellow store customers might have been sitting ducks if not for the quick-thinking of one of the Corner Market employees.
"We were in the check-out line and the power cut out on us," said Robbins, a former star at George County High School. "We went outside and looked and there was tin flying in the air everywhere. So we went to the back (of the store) and one of the guys that worked there in the meat section brought us all to the back into the freezer until it was over.
"It was about 10 minutes of staying in there until it passed.We went outside and looked at all the stuff that had happened ... huge trees knocked over ... two houses that had been totally knocked down."
Junior pitcher Daniel Wineski, like Creel an Ocean Springs native, was well out of the storm's path. In fact, he didn't even find out about it until he noticed an unusual amount of activity on his Twitter account.
"I was in my apartment when it happened and didn't think much of it," Wineski said. "I saw people tweeting about it and I saw pictures on Twitter. It was pretty crazy."
Though no deaths were reported due to the storm, a number of Southern Miss buildings, including the Olgetree Alumni House and the Jazz Building, received major roof and structural damage. Several dormitories and academic buildings were moderately damaged, and the portion of Hardy Street that runs past campus remained closed as of Wednesday afternoon.
The Southern Miss athletic facilities -- including Pete Taylor Park and the rest of the baseball complex -- sustained no damage, however. With the Golden Eagles set to open the season Friday at home against Missouri, coach Scott Berry said his team's preparation hasn't been disrupted.
"It hasn't affected us and what we're trying to do, although the rain has put us behind a little bit," Berry said. "But certainly our thoughts and prayers go out to those whose lives have been devastated or altered because of the tornado. It's an unfortunate, tough thing, but it's unbelievable that no lives were lost."


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POS Debit Transactions: Good for CUs and Members
While nearly all credit union members appreciate the convenience of ATM use and the ever-expanding networks of surcharge-free ATMs, it's becoming clear that the real future of debit card usage lies in point-of-sale transactions. So how do credit unions take advantage of the income generating potential of POS transactions? How do they encourage their members to increase POS use?
POS transactions and the interchange income they provide for credit unions form the growing, dominant transaction set for today's credit unions, the one responsible for an expanding portion of a credit union's non-interest income.
More and more consumers are using their debit cards in more and more POS transactions each year. With all the issues out there, this shouldn't be construed to be the final battlefield for credit unions in terms of the primary transaction set upon which credit unions can rely for their future. However, POS is as important as any service today and should be given significant attention along with other key services.
By aligning themselves with a network that offers both ATM and POS services, credit unions will be in a position to take full advantage of the growing potential of POS interchange income. In fact, credit unions that do not participate in a solid POS network are missing out not only on growing interchange income but also on the chance to return that income to their members in the form of dividends or enhanced services.
So, sure, POS transactions are good for credit unions-but what about the members of those credit unions? Facts are emerging that indicate using debit cards for POS transactions has many consumer benefits as well.
A recent survey conducted by Visa Inc. uncovered some of those benefits. According to the survey, consumers cannot account for an average of $21 in spending each week. This "mystery spending" added up to more than $1,000 each year that consumers cannot account for. Younger adults ranging from 18 to 24 years of age lose track of even more spending money: $2,500 each year.
Visa found that this untracked money is spent in a variety of ways, including groceries, shopping for nonessentials, entertainment and dining out. However, no matter how consumers spend this money, paying cash makes it difficult, if not impossible, to track-which can wreak havoc on an individual's or a family's budget.
If consumers were to use debit cards-rather than cash-at the point of sale, they would find an easy way to track their spending. It is tabulated clearly for them each month in their checking account statement.
According to the Visa survey, two-thirds of U.S. debit-card users say that tracking their debit card spending helps them manage their budgets. That can be an enormous benefit for credit union members, especially in today's challenging economy.
This is one of the key messages that credit unions need to convey to their members: tracking their spending can help them better manage their money. Yet what are the other member benefits and how else do credit unions communicate those additional benefits to increase member usage of POS? One obvious method is educating members about POS signature debit, even though that along with ATMs is reaching an apex of usage and is actively discouraged by retailers due to additional costs. POS signature debit, however, benefits the credit union by generating increased interchange income (and therefore indirectly benefits the member as well).
Another approach, one that is gaining acceptance with credit union members and has general retailer support, is POS PIN debit, including the cash-back option.
The benefit of POS PIN debit and obtaining small cash-back amounts means members don't need to carry as much cash if they use their debit cards, making for fewer opportunities to lose track of cash. Also, using the cash-back feature makes for fewer trips to ATMs to withdraw funds, saving time, automobile mileage and potential surcharge fees (depending on the availability of surcharge-free ATMs).
In addition, members need to know that the interchange income generated by debit card POS transactions can be returned to them in the form of dividends or enhanced services. After all, they are the ones who own the credit union.
It's clear that POS debit-card transactions present a win-win situation for credit unions and their members. Furthermore, credit unions can continue to serve their members-just as they always have-by educating them about the advantages of using debit cards for purchases and getting cash back surcharge free.
Jim Gowan is executive vice president and chief operations officer for Credit Union 24. He can be reached at 877-570-2824 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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Jason Quick has a great blog post about Steve Blake in the Behind the Blazers Beat blog. Sounds like Stevie is interested in hearing from the Blazers regarding coming back to Portland.
I know you can't read too much into it considering that he's spending his off-season in the Metro-area anyway, but buying a new, bigger house in West Linn would seem to be a good indication that he's interested in spending more time here.


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Regain and keep what we had
What we had: One of the highest standards of living in the world. We still have freedom and property rights that are the envy of the world.
How did we get it: After WWII the USA had free enterprise, an intact infrastructure, educated work force, pent up demand and accumulated private savings. The manufacturing edge extended to 1965-1980 depending on the industry. The new growing tech and pharmaceutical industries replaced some of the manufacturing jobs in the textile and low level assembly operations (creative destruction).
What went wrong: The Korean Peace Action (part of the hot cold war) started the drain of resources. The Vietnam War was a huge drain of blood and money, and the dissension generated in our society has never healed. We as a government embraced the caring and fairness doctrine of equal outcomes (redistribution for 40 to 50 percent of the population). We increased the consumer spending on borrowed money during the 2000s by the private sector (homes and cars) and the federal government on entitlement programs. The living on borrowed money by the private sector ended when the housing market collapsed and the economy went sour.
Future liberal path: Continue the government spending (Keynesian economics).The current rate is $1.2 trillion above revenue to prop up the economy. Keynesian economics didnt work during the Great Depression; the unemployment rate was still around 18 to 20 percent in 1938 to 1940. WWII ended the Great Depression. It has not worked 2009-2012 either. The unemployment, under-employment and stopped-looking rate is 14 to 16 percent.
Future conservative path: Rewrite the tax code to broaden the tax base with reduced marginal rates to encourage free enterprise, adjust the entitlement promises (increased personal incentives and responsibly), along with reduced regulations. The resulting growth in GDP will reduce the deficient.
Gil Mullins


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Five months after a tornado decimated parts of Brimfield, Monson, Springfield, Wilbraham and West Springfield, the communities were hit again two weeks ago on Saturday - this time by a crippling pre-Halloween nor'easter that downed trees and wires throughout the region and left residents in the dark for days.
The scene was eerily similar to the tornado's destruction, as trees and wires littered streets, rendering them impassable. But this time, everything was covered in snow.
"Here we go again," Wilbraham selectmen chairman Patrick J. Brady said about the Oct. 29. snowstorm.
Most of the communities opened emergency shelters, to give weather-weary residents places to seek refuge.
In Brimfield, the First Congregational Church was renewed as the hub of recovery efforts once its power was restored. Volunteers made food for residents without electricity and offered a place where they could bide their time as they waited - and waited - for the power to turn back on.
It took more than a week for some communities to get power back completely.
"I think what's important for people to understand is that Brimfield was hit by two tornadoes (and) Hurricane Irene," Mary Roy, assistant director of disaster relief at the church, said on Nov. 3. "But, this is an absolutely debilitating disaster where the whole town has been affected. The amount of work the volunteers have done here is heroic."
Gina Lynch, the director of the church's disaster relief center, said the volunteers had been talking about how things were finally slowing down after the tornado when the snow stormed through.
"We're a really strong town," Lynch said. "The people are just pulling together."
Volunteers brought food to the emergency shelter at Brimfield Elementary School, while others toured tornado-damaged properties to check them for additional damage after the snow. Volunteers also made lunches for the utility crews working to restore power, she said.
Christine and Jerry A. Chaiffre had been staying at the shelter with their sons, Arthur, 10; Hunter, 9; and Ryan, 7, because it was too cold at their Warren Road home with no power. They were going to the church in the daytime, where Jerry was doing crossword puzzles and the boys gathered snow for the volunteer effort and for a snowball fight.
Christine Chaiffre said they wanted to go home, and were tired of staying at the shelter on cots.
Lynch and her family lost electricity at their home and slept at the shelter, which closed Nov. 5. Staying there gave her a better understanding of "what the tornado people are going through," she said.
Brett F. Minney, who was inside his mobile home on Hollow Road when the tornado spun it in the air before it crashed to the ground, praised the people at the church for continuously helping the Brimfield residents.
Minney called the latest weather setback "horrible."
"I've been living this for five months. Not much has changed," Minney said.
Over the line in Monson, people were bustling in and out of the emergency shelter at Quarry Hill Community School on Nov. 3. Some, like Judie Newberry, stopped in to take a hot shower.
Newberry, a member of the "street angels" tornado volunteer team, rattled off the list of epic weather that the region has experienced - from the tornado that tore a 39-mile path from Westfield to Charlton to a mid-summer microburst and tropical storm.
"I'm waiting for the locusts," Newberry said.
Faith Esposito was staying at the Quarry Hill shelter with her family. Their Washington Street home was leveled by the tornado, and they now rent a home on Stafford Road, which lost power during the storm.
"We're pretty familiar with this place," Esposito said about the shelter. "We're just going with the flow these days."
The Monson shelter ceased operations on Nov. 6.
Monson was already coping with a $6 million tornado bill when the October snowstorm struck, creating another $1 million in expenses.
While the town expects to receive 75 percent reimbursement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for tornado costs, the remaining 25 percent is still a concern.
"It really is a long-term process. What can you do? Everyone is tired and we're going to run out of money," Monson town administrator Gretchen E. Neggers said.
In the days after the snowstorm, Neggers said, "I'm fairly tired of historic weather events."
Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno said the tornado was "a devastating swath that affected one-third of the city," but the snow storm compromised the majority of the city. The storm was a massive disruption to residents and businesses, said Sarno, adding he will meet with FEMA representatives to discuss it.
"We might be knocked down a little bit, but we will continue to get back on our feet," Sarno said.
In Wilbraham, which was not only hit hard by the tornado, but experienced more damage from the microburst, Brady said, "People are cleaning up. You begin with picking up the first branch, that's all you can do."
"The Wilbraham residents show a great deal of character, in my opinion. They are very resilient," Brady said.
Families were helping each other out during this latest weather event, he said. Those with generators were hosting two to three families in their homes, and making dinners for others, he said. Brady said some people just finished cleaning up from the tornado, then the nor'easter struck.
"We haven't even thought about how to pay for this," Brady said.
In West Springfield, residents of the Merrick section, where two people were killed during the tornado, coped with the blizzard.
Mohammed Najeeb, long-term recovery coordinator for natural disasters at Lutheran Social Services of New England on Main Street, said his clients are having trouble emotionally coping with a blizzard on top of the tornado.
"It is getting them more frustrated. They are worried about winter coming because they think it is going to be like this all winter long," Najeeb said of the refugees his agency has settled in the area.
Ned Hubbard, who owns West Side Sign at 442 Main St., said he's ready to move to Florida. "I'm so sick of the weather. I'm 62 years old and I've never seen a snowstorm do this much damage."
"This is worse than the tornado," Hubbard added.
"We're still trying to catch up from the tornado," Erik N. Hudson, of 580 Main St., said of the seven nights his family spent in a motel after the June 1 disaster. "That was $200 a day."
Hudson, 37, did not lose power because of the blizzard, but his family played Good Samaritan this time around, hosting four adult friends and their three children overnight because they did not have any heat in their Springfield homes.
As for the double whammy of a tornado then a blizzard, Hudson said, "We're used to it I guess. You don't have much of a choice. You gotta do what you gotta do."
Staff reporter Sandra Constantine contributed to this report


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In severe weather, a smartphone can be a lifeline to vital information about approaching storms and often the only way to communicate with loved ones or emergency services.
It's a good idea to take some battery-saving precautions in case you're stuck without power.
- Close apps you're not using, particularly the ones that uses the phone's location-based GPS system (unless they're monitoring the severe weather).
- Go into your phone's settings and reduce the brightness of the screen.
- Turn off the vibration function on your phone, which uses more energy than a ringtone.
- If you don't have to be connected to the internet for a time, switch the phone to "airplane mode" so it doesn't waste battery life searching for wi-fi, 3G, Bluetooth, etc. Just be sure to switch it back if you need to check alerts or call someone.
- Disable "notifications" on all but the most necessary apps.
- Keep your phone charging as long as possible, and then be sure you know where your additional chargers are located, such as a car charger or solar/battery-powered charger.
To stay weather-aware via your smartphone, it's a good idea to follow local media on Facebook and Twitter (AL.com is on Twitter as @aldotcom, @ALcomHuntsville, @ALcomBirmingham, @ALcomMobile, @ALcomTuscaloosa, @ALcomMontgomery), as well as organizations like the National Weather Service (@NWS, @NWSHuntsville, @NWSBirmingham).
There are many weather-related apps out there that can provide vital information during severe weather situations. We've rounded up a few of our favorites. Share yours in the comments.
1. SAF-T-Net
This weather app was created by Baron Services in Huntsville, Ala. It will give you the current weather, the weather forecast, and a radar picture.
One of the best features is the ability to set up customizable alerts for a variety of severe weather situations, including tornado warnings, severe thunderstorm warnings, flash flood warnings and more. You can set up the alerts for four locations: home, work, school, and your current location (as determined via the GPS your phone).
Free. Available for iPhone and Android.
Another one from Huntsville-based Baron Services, this app is a daily weather app providing forecasts and current conditions, including radar, satellite imagery, temperature and surface winds.
It also provides built-in weather alerts for multiple types of severe weather (including National Weather Service storm-based warnings) and can be programmed with up to four locations to be monitored for severe weather, such as home, work and school.
Free. Available for iPhone and Android.
3. Tornado App by the American Red Cross
The official Tornado app from the American Red Cross provides weather alerts and a weather radar map, as well as interactive quizzes and step-by-step advice for a variety of emergency situations. The app lets you add locations to monitor, and choose which types of alerts you want to receive.
The app also has the option of alerting friends and family you're safe with a customizable "I'm Safe" notification that can be shared through text, email and via social media.
The app's Toolkit offers a strobe light, flashlight and audible alert functions.
Free. Available for iPhone and Android.
4. MyRadar
This app offers a variety of detailed weather radar maps that are zoomable, as well as severe weather warnings and alerts.
Free. Available for iPhone and Android.
5. MyWarn
The app uses location-based service on your phone to notify you of any severe weather alerts in your area. It also offers streaming of television coverage and radar from TV partners.
$9.99. Available for iPhone and Android.
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Concerned about how much money the Cedarbrook nursing home is costing Lehigh County, county commissioners plan to begin the new year by authorizing an independent evaluation of the operation's future.
At their Jan. 8 meeting, the commissioners are expected to consider approving an $18,000 study of future financial options for Cedarbrook.
It will be done by Complete HealthCare Resources-Eastern, Inc, which is based on Dresher, Montgomery County.
The company, known as CHR, will identify options and make recommendations. Selling the county-owned Cedarbrook will be one of the long-term options assessed; continuing the current operation will be another.
CHR intends to make preliminary recommendations to the county within six to eight weeks of being hired.
On Wednesday night, County Executive Matthew Croslis and County Executive-elect Thomas Muller literally stood together to tell commissioners they want CHR to do the study.
Some commissioners were ready to hire CHR Wednesday night, but a written resolution is needed and a contract must be drawn up.
Croslis told commissioners that on Thursday CHR will provide the county with a list of information it needs to do the evaluation. He also said CHR wants to know what commissioners hope to see addressed in that study.
CHR representatives at the commissioners meeting said their 24-year-old company manages about 18 nursing homes – they called them communities – including three county-owned facilities. It also does consulting, including numerous operational assessments similar to what Lehigh County officials want done at Cedarbrook.
"We would look at all aspects of the operation," said Todd Wagner, vice president of financial management at CHR.
Cedarbrook has a total of 670 beds at two locations: Fountain Hill and South Whitehall Township. It is run for the county by Harrisburg-based LW Consulting. Dougherty said at one time it was run by CHR.
Thomas Creighton, who chairs the commissioners' Cedarbrook committee, succinctly summarized the problem with the nursing home: "The issue is that they're losing money."
In October, the county had to transfer $3.6 million to Cedarbrook to keep it open through the end of this year.
The county will be contributing much more to Cedarbrook in 2014:
nearly $6.5 million.
Commissioner Percy Dougherty wants the financial "hemorrhaging" to stop. He questioned whether it will just continue year after year if nothing changes.
"Why is it happening?" asked Dougherty.
Commissioners tried to get that question answered by LW Consulting representatives Wednesday night. Some commissioners made it clear they were not satisfied with the answers they were getting.
Dougherty said Cedarbrook should be run like a self-sufficient business, able to operate in the black without annual multi-million-dollar county subsidies.
"Theoretically, all of the Medicaid, Medicare, private pay and everything else should take care of that facility," said Dougherty.
He said neighboring Monroe County doesn't have to "put a single penny"
into its nursing home.
Commissioners want Cedarbrook to at least break even each year or, better yet, make a profit. In past years, the nursing home did make money, said Creighton.
"I suspect there will always be a cost," predicted Muller, the county exec-elect. "We're not going to get it back to where we were putting in only $1 million. You have to balance that off against what you want to do for the community, as well as what would be there if the home weren't there."
But Muller also told commissioners: "We're going to have to look to change this business model a little bit.'' He said it can't remain exactly like it is because, with the current "case mix," Cedarbrook is not in great financial shape even when 98 percent of its beds are full.
Commissioner David Jones said the nine commissioners have spent a great deal of time asking many questions of the people who run Cedarbrook. He said commissioners have not been happy with some of the answers they have received.
And Jones told L.W. Consulting: "Some of your answer we don't trust."
Dougherty also told Cedarbrook's operators he was not satisfied with the answers he was getting at the meeting.
Confirmed Muller: "There's clearly a lack of trust to some degree in what you're hearing."
Cedarbrook operates with nearly 95 percent of its beds occupied. But with nursing homes, high occupancy does not necessarily mean financial success. Officials indicated the problem is that most of Cedarbrook's patients have low incomes, so the nursing home gets only Medicaid reimbursements for them. Cedarbrook can get larger government reimbursements for Medicare patients.
Commissioner Vic Mazziotti said many people assume folks reside in nursing homes for a long time, usually until they die. He asked what percent of Cedarbrook's beds are occupied by people who are there for a long time.
Commissioners were told 90-95 percent of Cedarbrook's patients fit that category.
But Cedarbrook is working to also market itself as a short-term rehabilitation facility, not just a long-term care nursing home.
Gary Heinrich of LW Consulting told commissioners one way Cedarbrook plans to increase its revenue is by having Medicare patients stay an average of two more days – 34 days rather than 32 --and giving those patients more therapy, because more therapists are joining the staff.
But commissioners were assured LW will do that "only if the care warrants the services – we will never do anything that will compromise our integrity. We have done a very good job of caring for patients."
Said Commissioner Scott Ott: "We didn't ask you to come before us because we're concerned about the quality of care."
Heinrich said therapy at Cedarbrook sometimes has ended sooner than it should because staffing levels were not where they need to be.
Ott questioned whether that meant people were hustled out the door before they needed to leave, "without delivering the optimal care."
Dougherty also expressed concern that patients will be getting unnecessary therapy "to drag up the bills and get the reimbursement."
"Either somebody is not being served now or we're going to have too much therapy," said Dougherty.


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I have been a member for quite some time but apologise for only now introducing myself. I sailed for a few trips on B.P's British Guardsman as a dhu in 1966 and was away at sea during the seamans strike. Found it impossible to get back to sea following leave and never did manage to get back again.I currently work as a fork truck driver with Heinz in norfolk.


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Preseason camps are winding down all over the country, which means news is abundant. LSU is prepping for its second scrimmage on Saturday, with several positions still up for grabs.
Here's a roundup of what's going on around the LSU beat and the country:
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Join our LSU chat at noon right here.
Jim Kleinpeter provides the latest in our position stories about how the veteran wide receivers are trying to stave off the challenge of a talented freshman class.
The tight end spot is full of talent and that crew could be more impactful this season.
Recruiting guru Jimmy Smith writes that high-profile DB Roney Elam is set to choose between LSU and Texas A&M.
Around the LSU beat
Robert Stewart from Tiger Rag writes that freshman safety Jamal Adams could turn heads.
Gannett Louisiana beat man Glenn Guilbeau has a story on Avery Peterson waiting out a year at prep school and an ankle injury to finally get a chance to shine.
ESPN.com's David Ching writes that La'el Collins is back better than ever.
SEC news
My man Parrish Alford offers up a piece on how Ole Miss tackle Laremy Tunstil is ready for the challenge of being one of the SEC's top blockers.
Chip Towers from AJC.com describes how a Georgia DB talked his way onto the field.
Robbie Andreu from the Gainesville Sun reports that Dante Fowler is limited at Florida practice


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Celebration Distillation announces its Old New Orleans Rum brands have won several medals at the 3rd Annual Polished Palate International Rum Festival. The Tasting Competition, which took place in Ybor City (Tampa), Florida on March 27 and 28, is the first and only such recognized competition for sugar cane-based spirits in the United States. A panel of spirits industry executives judged nearly 150 rums from internationally recognized brands including Mount Gay, Captain Morgan, Montecristo, Ron Barcelo and Tortuga, and proclaimed all flavors of Old New Orleans Rum as winners.
Judged on aroma, appearance, taste, mouthfeel and finish Old New Orleans Crystal Rum took a gold medal in the white rum category. Old New Orleans Amber Rum won a silver in the category of rums aged up to 8 years, Old New Orleans Cajun Spice Rum also achieved a silver medal in the spiced rum category, while the newest addition to the Celebration Distillation brand, Old New Orleans 10-Year Old Rum, won a bronze in the rum aged 9 to 15 years category.
"We are extremely proud that all four of our rums were honored at this year's competition," states James Michalopoulos, founder of Celebration Distillation. "It is a testament that perseverance and the search for excellence reap the best rewards, in this case international recognition for our craft."
Old New Orleans Rum not only impresses the experts in the spirits industry, but it has also made an impact on its home town community. Dozens of restaurants offer Old New Orleans Rum behind the bar, as well as rum inspired dishes on the menu. When locals need a taste of "the spirit of New Orleans" they can visit one of over a hundred local restaurants and bars, from Cochon to Mandina's to Etoile in Covington, from Famous Door to DBA to the Column's Hotel, or stop by just about any grocery store in the city.
Celebration Distillation, the oldest premium rum distillery in the United States, was born in the back streets of New Orleans' 9th ward, and sustained itself through hundreds of trial and errors, false starts and even Katrina to emerge as one of the world's best rum makers. Old New Orleans Rum, built on a reputation for quality, uses the finest ingredients, a unique distillation process and special filtration techniques in small handcrafted batches to create one of the most distinctive rums in the world.
Old New Orleans Crystal Rum -- A light bodied white rum featuring the balanced flavors of Louisiana sugar cane molasses, vanilla and caramel.
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Jim Davidson: I once had sex with a ladyboy — so I'm not homophobic
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Jim Davidson needs a bodyguard? Now that's news.
The bodyguard was probably hired by 1 of his 5 ex-wives to prevent him beating her.
Jim Davidson has a history of beating his wives.
Then again if he's a christian then that it biblically sanctioned
I hope the BB produces will bring in the ladyboy into the BB house so they can get reunited.
He needs to feck off and die, he wasn't funny in the 90's, he's even less funny now.
The 90's??? He was on telly in the early 70's and I recall my Dad saying he was a poor club-comedian who shouldn't be on the box!
I wasn't alive in the 70s, I only remember him from tv shows in the 90s, my parents thought he was very funny.
He may not be homophobic, but he is completely oblivious to trans* issues.
"I say the odd thing that seems to upset people without me realising it."
Isn't that the definition of racism and homophobia?
It is WHEN you realise that it is offensive that you get to say "I am not homophobic"
Even if it was true, he then goes on to say it only happened by accident. Would he have gone ahead with it if he had known?
No, just because a person of a minority group chooses to take offence at something you say, it doesn't mean that the person hates the minority group or that the feeling of offence is legitimate or justified.
As it is me that is offended, who do you suggest decides that for me? You?
Whether you care if I am offended or not is another matter. I don't care if you care or not.
Jim Davidson oozes class like a suppurating anal boil.
Mistakenly having oral sex with someone who is transgender is not a golden ticket to not being homophobic! What a ridiculous sad old man clawing at the remnants of his celebrity. I guarantee hell be a knob head on BB
Getting a trans woman to give you a blow job doesn't make you "not homophobic" Davidson. Calling her "a ladyboy" does however confirm that you're a frigging transphobe!
The Question is did he enjoy being blown off by the lady boy after he knew it was a man and would he let another guy blow him off?
The better question is why on Earth would any self respecting person of whatever sexual or gender orientation status, ever want to demean themselves to the extent of even offering a blow job to this slimy slug of an individual. He is not worthy to bear the title of "man"!
poor lady boy
She was shocked to realise it was Jim Davidson. He was disguised as a normal human being at the time.
I was thinking the same….I'd have needed a years supply of mouthwash to get over that encounter! Though being a gay woman, he'd not got within 50 feet of me!!!
Hmmm, now let me reflect. 5 wives, 5 marriages, probably meaning serial adultery.. Would Archbigot Nichols, Bishops Davies of Shrewsbury and Longley of Birmingham and those Tory backbenchers like to comment as to how and who brought that about and it's impact on children while we don't even have equal marriage yet? Explanation please. How about a public condemnation from all of them?
I think the BBC should invite them all to be interviewed to explain the correlation between legalising equal marriage and Davidson's anti-marital behaviour. I can just imagine the excuses and I can also imagine how uncomfortable they would be to explain themselves out of it.
Davidson looks like a fading old tart to me.
Jim Davidson is an unimaginably repellent specimen. I wonder if it isn't better to ignore his ignorant babblings altogether.
Filthy little man.
He offends most people in life . He most likely offends himself when he look in the mirror in the morning.
Unwitingly having sex with a ladyboy? Would he if he had the brains to know who he was having sex with? We will never know but as it was unknown to him he cannot use that as an excuse for saying he is not homophobic .
The blokes an idiot.
Can't he just get cancer and drop dead?
this is a very wrong thing to say
I know, but people like him just make me feel so angry.
mmmmmm – poor lady boy giving oral sex to that most unattractive bigot.
Don't be so hard on him I'd love to fuck him………..actually I'm kidding. It would be a nightmare especially if he wasn't gagged to stop him talking!
Not noticing that the person who's just given you a blow job was a man until AFTER the act doesn't mean you're not a homophobe! Prick!
Please Bryan be respectful to the trans woman, she is not a man, she is a woman
Thai people have a much more fluid concept of gender than we do and particularly in the performance industry their ladyboys are equally likely to identify as either male or female when they're off-stage. In fact even after transitioning it is common to prefer being known as a ladyboy rather than as a woman as there is a level of prestige with the title.
How old is that pic of him?
He'll be spewing out more accusations if you're not careful.
I'm willing to stake my life that the ladybody was hugely well hung compared to Davidson.
Well, you my friend, really are a role model to society. Married five times, wife beater, television career virtually failed… my my my. And we're now going onto Big Brother to further push your face and demeanour into people's lives? Really. How much lower can you go?
As for your little event in Thailand… even if this did happen, you don't need to call people 'a ladyboy'.
As for not being a homophobe… Please do tell me why you've suddenly classed yourself as such, despite the most recent and previous rants and comments you made.
the daily effing star??????
The man is a moron
He's just a sad, washed-up non-celebrity trying desperately to cling on to the wreckage of what was once a very successful career.
Davidson suffers unashamedly from foot-in-mouth syndrome, so common in post-70s has-been comedians. The fact that he is so eager to condemn Saville as a pervert and lump a number of allegedly gay colleagues in the same boat while casually boasting of salacious sex acts with a "lady boy" just show how little respect or self-esteem this man has, let alone expects.
No, you're not homophobic, Jim. You're homophobic AND transphobic.
Tragic man. I feel sorry for him
This doesn't prove anything of the sort. At best he has no proof, just his bodyguard's say so. Not to mention his use of a term like "ladyboy", which is a new one to me.
Jim Davidson is an absolute tool but so too is Brian Dowling, the object of his criticism during the filming of Hell's Kitchen. The fact that C5 have decided to throw that other nonentity Rylan in to the Big Brother house suggests they expect nothing less than a repeat performance of when Jade Goody went ape over Shilpa Shetty. Why do people tune in to this cr@pola?
Just because you had 'mistaken' oral sex with a transexual doesn't make you a non-homophobic prick! Just makes you a prick! So I would suggest you crawl back under that homophobic rock you crawled out from and leave us in peace!!
Disgusting individual; sexist, misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic, abusive piece of scum.
Yet another reason NOT to watch shows like Big Brother.
jim davidson was seen in romsey,hants,buying a daily mail-one of the least gay friendly papers it has to be said!
So he's had sex with a "girl" he met in a bar….presumably while he was married! Did he go off, once primed, and get fucked by his "bodyguard"? A bodyguard who seems to be familiar with trans Thai boys! The plot thickens!
I once shook hands with the Queen – that doesn't make me Royalty!!!! Vile Assh*le!!!!
Waste of space!
But you're still a Queen though ;-)
There is actually a clip of Jim Davidson on Youtube in which he sings a song about his transgendered girlfriend. Go look it up if you don't believe me – it's been there for some years now. At first I thought he was making fun of us and I was angry and when other people suggested that there may be some truth to it I just couldn't believe him.
Seems I was wrong again. But I'm not surprised that she's no longer with him as she would have surely dumped him pretty quickly if his chat up lines were as atrociously insulting as the sentiments expressed in his youtube song!
Actually, I think he's transphobic, not to mention misogynistic too. Maybe this is sour grapes because his Thai girlfriend dumped him – like all the other women he's been with?
Absolute scumb bag.
It's called shock humour and it is very popular in the U.K. France, the U.S. and Japan, China and the Philippines. Jim Davidson, is a multimillionaire not a as been comedian. The BBC is not what you would call fashionable Dads Army and Steptoe and son are from years long gone along with the Morecambe and Wisenonsense. You people really do need to join the world go out more make friends see what life is and not that boring existence you would like it to be. The fascist lost the war the homo youth are no more.
Even so
happy New Year
The man is a twat. Always has been, always will be. And now he's going on Nonentity Bigtwat. Hopefully, no-one will see or hear of him ever again…
I never watch Celebrity Big Brother (very much 10th rate z-listers from what I gather), so will neatly avoid having to view him. He really is not worth talking about.
A silly comment from a very silly person. Celebrity Big Brother is for 10th-rater z-listers from what I gather and I never watch it. He really is not worth talking about
I love Jim. He is so cute!!!
Anything can be eroticised, but it is a reflection of you, not the object of your attraction. After you read the new headlines, he might not look so pretty to ya. Bet ya wish you did not say that now.
Jim Davidson has been arrested by police investigating allegations of sexual abuse:
Proof eloquent that a lack of functioning
brain cells is no bar to celebrity.
I see.
He paid for someone with tits and a cock and knew not the nature / personality of the PERSON he chose to have sex with.
Not even interested in knowing the poor bugger he shagged.
Not a nice decent man in my eyes.
And he had the Gaul to call Gay people perverts and to compare that with the love we share for our partners.
Hey Jim.
Ask Chalky if he still thinks white skin is better. you bigot.
He clearly doesn't think before he opens that idiotic mouth of his!
The fact that you paid someone to suck you off makes you incredibly sad (in my eyes)
Bet he screamed like a girl when he found out!
He is the type of weirdo you expect to be arrested as part if the Savile investion. Oh! He just has. Big Brothers little brother next then Jim?
Forgive me but…
It was only a matter of time, wasn't it?
Big Bro has cancelled his contract. Brian Dowling will not be shedding tears this time!
"Ladyboy" is a derogatory term. It's incredibly frustrating that people use it. It is a porn-term. Calling a trans woman a ladyboy is effectively denying her her identity as a woman and therefore transphobic. Transphobia, especially towards trans women, significantly overlaps with homophobia.
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╠ [0] [Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:09:52 +0000] Titolo: Important: systemd replaces OpenRC as our main init system
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I was a hold-out for openrc too. I just made the switch a few months ago (at the point where things quit working with openrc). I've used openrc for years and it's easy for me because I'm so familiar with it. But I've got to admit, systemd isn't all that hard to learn and use.
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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who last year negotiated money-saving changes to the city's contracts with three trash-collection companies, this week concluded a cost-saving revision to the contract with the landfill where the trash is dumped.
Owners of the River Birch Landfill, where the city dumps its refuse under a 20-year agreement signed in 2000 by then-Mayor Marc Morial, agreed to a 15-percent reduction in the rate the city has been paying, bringing the cost down from $34.25 per ton to $29.11 per ton, starting July 1.
The company also agreed to return to the city control of the Florida Avenue Transfer Station, where private haulers can dump construction or commercial waste.
"With this new 15-percent reduction on our disposal contract, Mayor Landrieu has now successfully renegotiated the city's four major sanitation contracts in just over one year in addition to adding weekly curbside recycling for most New Orleans neighborhoods," mayoral spokesman Ryan Berni said.
The three companies that pick up the trash at most homes and businesses -- Metro Disposal, Richard's Disposal and SDT Waste & Debris Services -- agreed last year to reduce their bills to the city by between 12 percent and 25 percent per household after Landrieu threatened to cancel the contracts and seek new bids.
Metro and Richard's also agreed to add weekly curbside pickup of recyclable materials. Curbside recycling, suspended throughout the city after Hurricane Katrina, has not resumed in the Central Business District and French Quarter, where SDT has the contract to pick up trash.
The city's 2011 budget includes $5.5 million for the River Birch contract.Berni said the city will spend less than that this year but did not give a figure.
River Birch and the adjacent Highway 90 Landfill in Waggaman are owned by Fred Heebe and his stepfather, Jim Ward.
Henry Mouton, a former state Wildlife and Fisheries commissioner, admitted June 1 in federal court that he took $463,970 from the owner of a landfill company and, in turn, used his official position after Katrina to lobby against operations at two other dumps. Prosecutors have not identified the landfill owner who paid off Mouton, and court records mention only "co-conspirator A." But other public documents suggest it is either Heebe or Ward. Neither has been charged with a crime.
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Former Alabama safety Rashad Johnson experienced a setback in practice last week when he returned to the field just days after losing a part of his left middle finger.
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An infection could cause Johnson to lose more of his middle finger, Cardinals coach Bruce Arians told SiriusXM NFL Radio on Tuesday.
"There's no telling what germs you're trapping in there when you ball it up and put the cast on," Arians said. "The stitches are still there. He could evidently lose more of the digit if he bangs it too much, and with any infection they could have to take more off. We're going to be careful with it."
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Does it surprise anyone who follows Major League Soccer that the Dynamo and the Galaxy have reached yet another MLS Cup final?
It shouldn't. Well, except the Red Bulls, who continue to believe their way of building a franchise is the right way.
The Dynamo and the Galaxy, who also met in last year's final, have 12 MLS Cup appearances between them, if you count the original San Jose Earthquakes' history before they moved to Houston and became the Dynamo in 2006.
The two teams have won seven of the past 11 championships and also had three losing appearances in the final on three other occasions in that time frame.
Credit that to consistency — on and off the field.
Except for the normal year-to-year changes, the same core of players have been there to build around each season. And that gives their fan bases a secure and familiar feeling as the years roll by.
There never seems to be a panic, even when seasons start off poorly.
After playing since 2006 in Robertson Stadium on the campus of the University of Houston, the Dynamo moved into BBVA Compass Stadium this season. They had to play the first seven games on the road until the facility was ready, and they went 2-3-2.
Panic? Never.
The Dynamo made their new facility the ultimate home advantage. Despite playing to a 3-9-5 road record, Houston was 11-0-6 at home, and including playoffs, the Dynamo have yet to lose in their new building, going 13-0-6.
They made the playoffs as a wild card, finishing 14-9-11, one point ahead of the Columbus Crew. Again, no problem, and here they are once more in the final.
A lot of the credit goes to coach Dominic Kinnear, who was an assistant when the Earthquakes won championships in 2001 and 2003, then became head coach when the franchise moved to Houston.
Meanwhile, the Galaxy has been the most consistent team in MLS since the league's inception in 1996. While D.C. United dominated early, the Galaxy, which reached the inaugural final, has played in seven finals, winning three, and will look to even their championship record when they host the MLS Cup on Dec. 1.
This was also a team that had its ups and downs this season, but with a core of veteran players, along with designated players that showed up in big games, here they are in the final once again.
The season wasn't kind. The Galaxy also made the playoffs via the wild-card route, but for a team that sets its sights on a championship each year, its 16-12-6 regular-season record meant little.
Last year the Galaxy went unbeaten at home and won the MLS Cup with a 1-0 victory over the Dynamo at the Home Depot Center. This year they were just 10-6-1 at home, but will be the favorite in two weeks.
And like the Dynamo, much of the credit goes to Galaxy coach Bruce Arena, who won the league's first two titles as D.C. United coach and now has a chance to bookend that with two more after winning the title a year ago.
The Red Bulls? They hired Arena midway through the 2006 season but gave him less than two years to build a team, then fired him following the 2007 season.
And there, in one sentence, is the difference between the two most successful MLS teams of the decade and the Red Bulls. The Dynamo and Galaxy went with American coaches who knew the league, were patient and reaped the rewards while the Red Bulls dumped the most accomplished coach in U.S. history and continue to go the foreign route every couple of years when management gets impatient.
And that's just not the route to win a championship in this country.
Surprise FDU advances
Two road games, two wins, and suddenly Fairleigh Dickinson has become the darling of the NCAA Tournament.
FDU (11-5-6) has advanced to the third round and will take on North Carolina (15-3-3) Sunday at 5 p.m. in Chapel Hill, N.C. FDU is the lone New Jersey team to reach the Round of 16. The other half of the bracket pits Notre Dame vs. Indiana.
The game will be a rematch of the Elite Eight game in 2001, which North Carolina won, 3-2, in triple overtime on its way to winning the NCAA championship.
FDU has won two roads games to get to this point, 1-0 over St. John's and 2-1 in double overtime against St. Louis. FDU, coached by Seth Roland, earned the NCAA berth by winning its seventh Northeast Conference Tournament, 6-5 in seven rounds of penalty kicks following a 1-1 tie against St. Francis of Pa.
Cosmos hire familiar face
A very familiar face has turned up with a very familiar team.
Former MetroStars forward Giovanni Savarese has been hired as coach of the Cosmos, who start play next year in the second division of the North American Soccer League.
Savarese, one of the most popular players in MetroStars history, played for the team from 1996-98 and scored 41 goals. The 42-year-old Savarese also served as the head of youth development for the MetroStars from 2005-07.
United States forward Terrence Boyd scored Rapid Vienna's final goal Saturday in a 3-0 victory over Mattersburg in the Austrian league. Boyd has 10 goals this season, including seven in the league. ... The U.S. national team finished 9-2-3 this year, and its .750 winning percentage tied for the top winning percentage in the modern era with the 2005 team, which finished 13-3-4. ... U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra earned his 110th cap in last week's 2-2 tie against Russia, moving him into a tie for sixth place with former defender Paul Caligiuri. ... Germany will play the United States in a friendly May 29 at a venue to be determined. Germany will play a second friendly in America on June 2 against an opponent to be named later. ... U.S. women's goalkeeper Hope Solo reportedly married former Seattle Seahawks tight end Jerramy Stevens last week, hours after Stevens was released from custody following a domestic violence arrest. The argument was reportedly over where they would live — Washington or Florida — after the wedding. ... The Colorado Rapids released all-time leading scorer Conor Casey, who scored 50 goals in 121 career games. Casey, 31, was the MVP in Colorado's 2-1 win over FC Dallas in the 2010 MLS Cup. ... The Dynamo's 3-1 victory over D.C. United in the first leg of the Eastern Conference semifinals extended their home unbeaten streak to 30 games in all competitions, dating to June 18, 2011. Houston is four shy of matching Real Salt Lake's league-record 34-game home unbeaten streak. ... Chicago Fire defender Austin Berry has been voted MLS Rookie of the Year. D.C. United midfielder Nick DeLeon was second and Vancouver forward Darren Mattocks third. The New England Revolution won the team Fair Play Award and Fire midfielder Logan Pause won the individual Fair Play Award, beating out Red Bulls defender Heath Pearce. ... Andriy Shevchenko, who retired after the European Championships following a brilliant career, declined an offer to coach Ukraine's national team. ... Palmeiras, which has won a record eight Brazilian national championships, has been relegated for the second time in 10 years. ...
Fluminense won its second Brazilian title in three years. The club also won in 2010, 1984 and 1970. ... Vasco da Gama, says former coach Ricardo Gomes, will take over as the team's technical director, 15 months after having a stroke on the sidelines of a Brazilian league match. He is not yet fit to return to his coaching duties. ... Millonarios of Colombia will play Tigre of Argentina and Universidad Catolica of Chile and Sao Paulo of Brazil will play Thursday in the first leg of the semifinals of the Copa Sudamericana. ... Match Day 5 of the European Champions League will be played today and tomorrow, while Match Day 5 of the Europa League is set for Thursday. ... The second "Superclassic of the Americas," the two-game friendly series between Brazil and Argentina that was postponed from Oct. 3, will be played tomorrow in Buenos Aires. The first leg of the Mexican league semifinals will be played tomorrow (America vs. Toluca) and Thursday (Tijuana vs. Leon). ... 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Panathinaikos fired coach Jesualdo Ferreira and replaced him with former player and coach Juan Ramon Rocha. ... Italy seems to win only when it counts. Last week's 2-1 loss to France was Italy's sixth consecutive friendly defeat following losses to Poland, Uruguay, the United States, Russia and England. However, in official matches, Italy reached the final of the European Championship in the summer and has won three and tied once in its opening four World Cup qualifiers. ... Swansea won at Newcastle for the first time since 1980. ... Manchester United's debt dropped by 18 percent, from $639 million to $570 million in the three months ending Sept. 30, because the team floated on the New York Stock Exchange and sponsorship revenue rose, according to the club's latest financial results. With the proceeds of its flotation, United paid off $100 million of high-interest bonds. ... Chelsea captain John Terry could return in two weeks after the club announced his knee injury wasn't as bad as originally feared. ... Enoch Barwuah, younger brother of Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli, signed with Salford City, a non-league club in the England's eighth tier. ... The pressure is mounting for Mark Hughes, coach of winless Queens Park Rangers. The club, which is in last place in the EPL, could be leaning toward bringing in Harry Redknapp. ... Former Manchester United winger Kenny Morgans, who survived the Munich air disaster in 1958, died at the age of 73. No cause of death was given. ... Scottish club Hearts, struggling with financial issues, rejected a takeover bid from former Livingston owner Angelo Massone, saying the bid "undervalued the club." ... Klaus Allofs, a former Werder Bremen player who has been with the club in a management position for the past 13 years, is leaving for a similar position with Wolfsburg. ... 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Chicken Liver Dumpling Soup I (Leberklosse)
Total Time
Prep 30 mins
Cook 10 mins
Wonderful South German/Austrian soup; Also called "Leberklosse"
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 lb chicken liver, parboiled for 5 minutes
- 2 slices white bread, torn into crumbs
- 2 eggs, separated
- 1⁄4 cup soft butter
- 2 teaspoons chopped onions
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 4 cups beef stock
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- Chop parboiled chicken livers very fine.
- Combine with bread, egg yolks, butter, parsley, salt, pepper, and flour.
- Beat egg whites until stiff; fold into meat mixture.
- Shape into 1 1/2 inch meatballs.
- Drop them into gently boiling stock.
- Simmer 6-8 minutes.
- Add additional parsley to stock for garnish.
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This receipe is exactly the same as my mother used to make. I have made it and it is the only way I could get kids to eat liver. (don't tell them it is liver and they will love the soup)
This is a little-known traditional German dish that is a mouth-watering winter soup. I add a few more spices (dried basil, oregano, etc.) but that's not necessary.


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