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Portland, Maine, Vacation Information
Article and photo by Eric H.
(PORTLAND, ME, NEW ENGLAND USA) -- Many years ago while traveling Portland, Maine, a friend commented, "This is a nice city, but they have a long way to go, a real long way to go."
Having made tremendous headway towards revitalization in the 1980s and 1990s, Portland, for a few blocks, looked like a world-class city -- what people considered a small San Francisco.
Situated on a peninsula jutting out into beautiful Casco Bay, Portland sits between rugged coastline to the east,north and south and scenic countryside and vacation-friendly Sebago Lake to the west.
With hills leading to the harbor and Casco Bay, fine old homes, tree-lined brownstone streets, 19th century red brick buildings, parks and a growing arts, entertainment, lodging and dining scene, Portland seemed, at times, like a premier urban New England travel destination. The trouble was, however, that the overall area was wildly inconsistent where it was not unusual to find a charming area juxtaposed with abandoned factory buildings and street people sitting on the sidewalks with their heads hung low. Additionally, run down parts of Congress St -- a main drag in town -- served as kind of a reality check that Portland was not all that the growing number of picture-perfect-postcard travel promotionals suggested.
With a continued push towards making the new Portland a more complete and consistent city, politicians, residents and big business types have made Portland so special that it's no longer necessary to say this city has a "long way to go." Portland's time as a New England city worth visiting has arrived. In fact, Portland can now be considered one of New England's best urban vacation destinations, along with Boston, Mass., Providence, Ri, and Burlington, VT.
The new Portland minimizes the "shady" areas, allowing Maine's largest city to express its true personality -- from the old to the new, now almost everywhere you look there's something pleasing to the eye. Old Port Exchange, a revitalized section of Portland by the bay, is one of Portland's most beloved travel attractions, that spans several blocks of incredibly attractive and colorful locally-owned stores, restaurants, brick sidewalks and overall community pride. Shopping dreams do indeed come true at Old Port Exchange given its one-of-a-kind merchandise and personality, but if that isn't enough Freeport, Maine, home of L.L. Bean and other outlets stores, will satisfy the biggest "shopaholic."
The waterfront no longer has myriad abandoned buildings, and instead, strikes an eerie resemblance to Boston Harbor -- a good thing since that is a world-class tourist destination. New specialty stores and restaurants mix with the old, like Demillo's Floating Restaurant, a local seafood landmark elegantly housed in a huge ship on the water.
The arts and entertainment scene has literally exploded with virtually hundreds of cultural and recreational opportunities and well-known travel attractions, including the Portland Museum of Art, the Arts District with many art galleries, Portland Ballet, a wonderful Children's Museum,the Portland Symphony Orchestra and minor league baseball and hockey teams for the sports enthusiast.
Although Portland may look like a city, the feel is more like a big small town where traffic isn't quite as horrific as larger cities, people all seem to know each other and large expanses of land haven't given way to the obnoxious development that many of us have experienced in our own urban and suburban backyards. In fact, the end of the waterfront brings you to a peaceful two-mile oasis called the Eastern Promenade that leads to Easter End Beach and incredible views, including the White Mountains of New Hampshire. What's more, it is a city ideal for the outdoor travel enthusiasts, in close proximity to boating, kayaking, skiing, golfing, mountain climbing, biking and more. Casco Bay, with its many islands, seems like a particularly good spot to sail. Fort William Park, 10 minutes from downtown Portland in Cape Elizabeth, is the site of Portland Head Light, one of the most photographed lighthouses in the country. Fort William Park offers stunning views of the rugged Maine coast and its expansive grounds are ideal for walking, kite flying or just having a picnic.
Portland is pleasantly walkable, memorable and distinct, not your typical cookie cutter city, by any means. It is a city is big enough to act like a complete metropolis but laid-back enough to retain its small-town charm, making it an ideal place to start your relationship with the sea in New England. The city may be a long way to go for some, but, thankfully, the city no longer has a long way to go.
Editor's note: Congratulations to Portland, Maine, for being ranked #12 in the world by Frommer's in its list of Top Travel Destinations for 2007 and #6 on Relocate America'a Top 10 Places to Live in 2007.
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I'm dealing with a bit of data overload regarding open source O&D data for the domestic US. I hope this thread will assist the next person learning how to pull O&D data as well.
I want to see the daily average number of passengers traveling directly from origin(a) to all direct destinations by quarter with average fares.
On one end of the spectrum there is a tool on the Airline Empires site called "paxdata" that has a very simple UI and maps the data for you, but customized queries do not seem to be functioning and It appears that you can't look at data over time. Also did not see documentation on how timely the data is.
Transtats is highly sited here. I am attempting to decode the process to get the information I am looking for. I'm sure it looks intuitive to someone already familiar with the too. I'm not sure if I need to build out my own access DB and insert their tables or if there is a way to select a city and timeline and export a spreadsheet with relevant O&D data.
There are others of course. I'm not sure which are applicable to the US market and some seem to deliver different data sets than others.
Thanks for your help!

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Published on July 24, 2013
This ditch made along a driveway at a cabin in Gallants that runs into Harry's River is causing environmental silting concerns for Keith Piercey of the Salmon Preservation Association for the Waters of Newfoundland.
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Published on July 24, 2013
Keith Piercey of the Salmon Preservation Association for the Waters of Newfoundland is concerned that soil pushed out past this retaining wall to the edge of Harry's River could cause silting problems.
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Piercey calls silting potential at cabins in Gallant 'disgraceful'
GALLANTS — Keith Piercey has some strong concerns about potential silting problems on Harry's River in Gallants.
He said several new cabins had ditching or landscaping work done right down to the river's edge at the location.
The member of the Salmon Preservation Association for the Waters of Newfoundland (SPAWN) and chairman of the Salmonid Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Enforcement Committee for 2013, said the silting problem was brought to his attention last week by several people who saw it actually taking place, which he said must have been when soil was pushed to the river.
"It's disgraceful what is going on in Gallants, and I wonder if the cabin owners had a permit to do the work?" he said. "Given a permit would have had specific limitations as to what the cabin owners were allowed to do and the precautions that should have been taken."
Piercey said one of the cabin owners made a good start with a retaining wall that was put in place, but the tractor operator went beyond the location of the retaining wall and pushed soil to the river edge, resulting in potential for more silting.
He said the fact habitat positions at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) were axed from regional offices isn't helping matters. He said people now have to rely on officials on the Avalon Peninsula, and said response time is pitiful and will likely continue to be that way.
Piercey said if there is a heavy rain, then it's likely that more silting will occur at this location.
"This is an environmental problem about to get worse, and correcting it will be expensive," he said.
Piercey said it's too bad people don't think before they act and he's surprised people are allowed to build so close to a river.
He sent pictures of the ditching that has been carried out to DFO's Fishery Protection Program, the environmental scientist with the Department of Environment and Conservation in Corner Brook and to the director of that department.
He also posted the photos on SPAWN's website and said he has been getting lots of reaction to them with people very concerned this is taking place. He said people are clearly not about to put up with this kind of blatant disregard for a sensitive environment.
Piercey said an official with the Fishery Protection Program acknowledged the message he had sent was read, but the director was out of town at the time. He said he didn't hear anything from the scientist.
David Parsons, field supervisor for Fisheries and Oceans Canada, said on Monday that the department did respond to a call on Friday, and an investigation into the matter is ongoing.
Gallants Mayor Jim Collier said his town council also has concerns about the development in the area of those cabins and that, although they are within the town boundaries, they are on Crown land. He said both are built on the right-of-way of the T'Railway and Harry's River itself.
"We complained to government about those cabins being built there and while we wouldn't give permission for them, the owners got permission elsewhere," he said, but added council has no control over what the cabin owners do.
"We (council) tried to get a ban on building there, but it didn't work. To me, if you're not supposed to be on the river doing this stuff, how are they able to do it and get away with it?"


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Gene Smith's Sink
November 11, 2015 | by Sam Stephenson
I was working on a book and an exhibition about W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh photographs in 1998 when I learned about his voluminous, inexplicable, irresistible collection of reel-to-reel tapes. I'd found them in his archive at the Center for Creative Photography (CCP) in Tucson, Arizona. There are 1,740 of them, made roughly between 1957 and 1965 inside the loft building at 821 Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. The simple task of counting and numbering the dusty tapes took me two weeks. It was several years—it would require a great deal of fund-raising to preserve the tapes properly—before I could listen to them.
In 1999, still not having heard the tapes, I wrote an article about Smith's loft work for DoubleTake magazine. The article was based on his photographs and some thirty interviews I'd conducted with jazz musicians I had identified in his photos or from his chicken-scratched tape labels or who I'd learned about via word of mouth. A man named David Logan, then in his eighties, was on his treadmill in Chicago when he saw me talking about the story on CBS Sunday Morning. He impulsively called Vicki Goldberg, the venerable New York Times photography critic, who had no idea who I was. She suggested he call CCP. Read More »
Speaking the Language
August 15, 2012 | by Michael Spies
Occasionally, when my mind is feeling overrun, flickering and buzzing like a dying electric light, I go down to Fat Cat on Christopher Street, in the West Village. Of the standard venues one goes to see jazz in New York City, Fat Cat is not one of them. The club is a huge recreation center, a dark and boozy suburban fantasy basement packed with pool tables, Ping-Pong tables, foosball tables, plush couches, dusty rugs, shuffleboards, chess boards, and booths where skinny NYU students play Backgammon or Scrabble. If the alcohol were removed, it would be a perfect place for a children's birthday party. Above the music swirl youthful, exuberant screams of delight, punctuating either a winning serve or an eight ball sunk in its intended pocket. And off to one side, like an afterthought, is a makeshift bandstand, and at a certain late hour on most evenings there is a jam session in progress. Most of the drinkers busy themselves with games, but a few hang around and listen to a group of nomadic musicians riff on, say, "Polkadots and Moonbeams." Nearby, expectant bass players hug their encased, cumbersome instruments, impatiently tapping their feet, waiting to get in on the action—they've just come from a low-paying gig across town, seeking a real payoff.
It is a high-art frat party, a safe zone where all kinds of New Yorkers can, for a night, indulge in what they may loathe, but perhaps long for: a sense of cultural superiority on the one side, or a bit of dumb Greek fun. No one seems particularly interested in jazz, save for the sidelined musicians, who are restless because they have talent to burn, if only they were given the opportunity. Because I'm myself restless, a writer waiting his turn, I have, more than once, gone to the club alone to stand with them in an improvised support group. Together we watch those musicians onstage take up their instruments. We watch them get acquainted and blunder and stumble into the opening bars of the tune, trading insecure glances, wondering if they'll find the groove. We watch the trumpet player step forward for the first solo, puff out his chest, and raise the bell of his horn. We hear his first notes, typically tentative, as if he's dipping his foot in the melody, just testing it out. And we hear him finally dive in, headlong, committing to the sound.
The Soloist: Jason Moran Live at A Gathering of Tribes
June 8, 2011 | by J. D. Mitchell
"It's actually nice to play on this piano because it's got the funk," said the virtuoso jazz pianist Jason Moran. He was seated at an old Kurtzman upright piano and had just finished playing a lush, hard-swinging solo version of "The Sheik of Araby," a tune he recently learned for his Fats Waller dance party at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse. His comment elicited nervous laughter from the crowd of fans who'd crammed themselves into the main room of a suffocatingly hot Lower East Side apartment late last month—some of us seated on fold-out chairs, others on the floor—to hear him play two unaccompanied sets. Moran, one of the most celebrated young jazz artists of the last ten years, seemed right at home in this intimate, makeshift performance space, aptly named A Gathering of Tribes. Although he has been justly praised for his sometimes cerebral approach to jazz, the no-frills atmosphere of the venue, which attracts players of every school and listeners of every stripe, accentuated the earthier side of his style.
A Gathering of Tribes is the home of author and educator Steve Cannon, a man the writer Paul Beatty, who dropped by for Moran's second set, once referred to as "professor emeritus of the Lower East Side." For the past twenty years Cannon has used his apartment to stage public readings, concerts, and art exhibitions. The venture reflects his devotion to the local community and his desire to preserve its vanishing bohemian character, which he came to know firsthand upon moving there from New Orleans in the 1960s. Cannon has made Tribes a particularly important site for contemporary jazz music. It boasts an impressive roster of past performers, including Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Butch Morris, and Matthew Shipp.


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AUBURN, Alabama -- While many talk about their arms, the answer to Auburn's four-man battle at quarterback might be their feet.
Ball security is important, sure, and coaches and players have praised the contenders' arm strength and long touchdown throws in scrimmages, but their ability to run and react under pressure? That could be the difference.
"They're pretty similar, you know," said running back Tre Mason. "All of the quarterbacks are great on their feet. They have great speed, great vision and all of them have a strong arm, so it's going to be a fun battle to watch."
Newcomers Jeremy Johnson and Nick Marshall, and returning veterans Kiehl Frazier and Jonathan Wallace have all rushed for 700 yards or more in a single season at some point in their playing careers.
Coach Gus Malzahn got a good read on their decision making in a scrimmage Wednesday, when the defense was allowed to tackle the quarterbacks. The battle has been shrouded in secrecy, but Malzahn did briefly mention the importance of the quarterbacks' decisions when the pocket collapsed Wednesday.
Some took off running, and others did not.
"Every quarterback got a chance to run," Malzahn said. "Of course, some of them dropped back to pass, and we got a chance to see how they handled the pocket. Some of them took off running, and some of them reacted differently, so it was good for us to see that."
Malzahn hopes to "narrow things down" this week, but no timetable for naming a starter is set.
The good news for Auburn fans searching for a hard-nosed quarterback is that all four are capable runners. Safety Jermaine Whitehead said some of the Tigers' quarterbacks believe they're "bad" and "think they can run somebody over."
"They took their chances with the ball when they got it," he said after the 107-play scrimmage Wednesday. "They got that yardage. They tried to hit us back, which was good to see from me, that they would deliver a blow."
Finding a dual-threat quarterback is not necessary for the hurry-up, no-huddle offense to work, but it certainly helps.
"That's a positive," offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee said. "Any time you've got a quarterback who can escape, keep a play alive or make something happen when it breaks down, that helps us as we're installing, too -- understand that the style of play that we're going to be playing will be consistent no matter who ends up being the guy."
Whoever lands the starting job, Malzahn will tailor the offense to fit their strengths.
He designed a pass-heavy approach within his hurry-up system at Tulsa, where Paul Smith and David Johnson broke passing records in 2007 and 2008. He leaned on the running game at Arkansas and at Auburn during his previous stints as an offensive coordinator, of course. With the help of Cam Newton's 250-pound frame and bruising running style, the Tigers won a national championship.
Malzahn's last three starting quarterbacks -- at Arkansas State and Auburn -- rushed for 500 yards or more during their senior season of high school. The same goes for the Tigers' current foursome.
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Marshall is the smallest at 6-foot-1, 210 pounds, but is also the fastest in the group. His speed and elusiveness helped him run for 1,095 yards and 10 touchdowns on the ground at Garden City Community College in 2012, but he also fumbled the ball eight times (five turnovers).
"I didn't know really what to expect," Malzahn said of Marshall. "He didn't get to go through spring. All I knew was he was a very good athlete in junior college. ... Like I said before, we ask a lot of them from the sideline to execute the play. I think each day he would tell you he's getting more and more comfortable."
Wallace rushed for 891 yards as a senior at Central High in nearby Phenix. He followed that up with 146 yards on an average of 3.2 yards per carry and also set the freshman record for passing efficiency at Auburn last season.
Johnson rushed for 706 yards and nine touchdowns at Montgomery-Carver in 2012.
"He ran a similar offense in high school as far as communication from the sideline," Malzahn said. "That's half the battle for a new guy that didn't go through spring."
Frazier was criticized for his turnovers and sacks last season, finishing with minus-35 yards, but is capable of turning things around on the ground. He rushed for 327 yards and three touchdowns as Auburn's change-of-pace quarterback in 2011. He was also the nation's third-best dual-threat quarterback in the country in 2010 after rushing for 1,164 yards and 22 touchdowns at Shiloh Christian (Springdale, Ark.) School.
"From Kiehl and Jonathan's standpoint, they changed their bodies," Lashlee said. "When they came back to my meeting on Day 1, I almost didn't recognize them. They looked good. I think Kiehl lost 15-17 pounds. He leaned up. Jonathan looks good. He's gotten a little bigger."
Interestingly, only two of Malzahn's last 10 quarterbacks have rushed for more than 200 yards: Arkansas State's Ryan Aplin in 2012 (438 yards) and Newton in 2010 (1,473 yards).
Running the football on designed run plays and escaping pressure, however, are two different things.
"I think in this day and time – especially in our league – you've got to have quarterbacks that can create plays when things break down, because with the pass rushers that we have in this league, things are going to break down," Malzahn said in June. "So you need to have a guy that can escape and make plays. That doesn't mean straight dropback or dual-threat."
Will one of his quarterbacks put up big numbers on the ground in 2013? It's quite possible with their quick feet.
"I think they're somewhat similar," Malzahn said. "Each one of them has got strengths. They're somewhat similar and I will tell you this: I think they're all four solid quarterbacks. I think that's the positive."


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Yale Student Disses Wansum Tail and Pocahottie in 'Costumes, a Poem'
Yale student Reed Bobroff, Navajo, is a poet and performer who noticed a couple of tasteless Halloween costumes -- you may recall Chief Wansum Tail and Pocahottie -- and decided to speak his mind. In the video below he presents the poem "Costumes," in which he critiques the cheap and inaccurate costumes peddled in stores. His message -- well, one of them, anyway: Do the homework. Native culture is so diverse and rich, it deserves better than to be reduced to polyester fringe and a chicken-feather headdress. "We can't be pushed into a box," he says."Our identities are not barcodes, can't be suffocated and reduced to 'Chief Bigwood' and some idiot wearing a deadraven as a hat."
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BOSTON — Red Sox reliever Joel Hanrahan will be around the team more as he rehabs from a major elbow operation in May, which included Tommy John surgery, the repair of his flexor tendon and the removal of a bone chip.
His rehab has been going well at home in Texas, but he's still six weeks away from throwing a ball a very short distance. He had the surgery about 10 weeks ago, and was in the Red Sox clubhouse at Fenway Park on Tuesday.
"Doing a lot more working-out type stuff," Hanrahan said. "Lightweight. Little bit of range-of-motion stuff. I've got pretty good range right now. Just working on that still and trying to get stronger."
Not being able to throw has been difficult, as has been being away from the team.
"Some of my rehab stuff is kind of holding my arm in a throwing motion," Hanrahan said, "and every once in a while I'll just pick up a ball and get that feel for it and mess with my (physical) therapist and act like I'm going to throw a ball. She freaks out, but I'll carry a ball around my house sometimes. My wife gets mad at me cause she always has one in her car and she blames me for that.
"Now I'm at that point where I can start doing a little bit more," Hanrahan continued. "Just got done talking with John (Farrell), I'm going to try to come around a little bit more. I'll go down to Houston to see the guys in Houston and try to work on something like every two weeks come back. It's been fun to watch these guys. They're doing a heck of a job and a lot of excitement. It's fun to watch and a lot of young guys get opportunities now and it's good to see them enjoying it."
Hanrahan will be a free agent this offseason, but he may well have to wait until he's healthy to sign anywhere.
"That's something that I haven't really talked with my agent about," Hanrahan said. "Is it something that maybe I wait 'til I'm done (rehabbing), a Brian Wilson-type deal, or try to do something like (Ryan) Madson (who signed before he was ready). Haven't really even thought about it. My next thing that I'm thinking about is picking that ball up and throwing five feet."
Hanrahan said he hopes to be able to pitch in spring-training games next year, but does not expect to be ready for opening day.
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MADISON, Alabama - The Madison City Council again tabled a motion to approve the E-911 service agreement with the Madison County Communications District at its meeting Monday night, but did set a date for a public hearing on a request for an ad valorem tax increase by the Madison City Schools.
After a lengthy discussion on the E-911 resolution, which would connect all emergency responders in Madison County on a single digital system, the council unanimously voted to return the resolution with a request for a six-month opt-out clause on a 10-year contract.
District 6 council member Larry Vannoy voiced his concern that the contract did not allow the city to opt out of the contract if it decided it was not a feasible investment for the city.
"I'm very uncomfortable with not having an opt-out contract," said Vannoy. "We need it. We've got to look at the best interest for the City of Madison."
District 3 council member Jerry Jennings was more concerned about how the city would pay for the 300 radios required, plus the service agreement fees.
"I would hate to support it until we know if we can fund it," said Jennings.
Mayor's assistant Taylor Edge has been in talks for several months with officials from the E-911 center, which is sponsoring the countywide system that would include Huntsville, Madison County, HEMSI and the City of Madison as initial partners.
He said whether the city comes on board with the E-911 center, new emergency equipment will be needed within the next four to five years because the current equipment is "obsolete."
Madison Police Chief Larry Muncey understands the council's concerns, but said he "would rather them feel comfortable with it" than take a premature vote. However, he said the system will "become a reality with or without us. I would rather do it now than play catch-up."
Mayor Paul Finley said it's "frustrating" because of the "unknown and how to fund the unknown," but "there is only so much you can plan for. We want to be a good community partner and I'm confident we will eventually get there."
In other action, the council voted to set April 25 as the public hearing date for a proposed 6-mill property tax increase to help pay for the city's new high school. It would replace the half-cent sales tax the council passed more than a year ago.
School Board member Phil Schmidt was pleased with the unanimous vote of the council on the resolution.
"This was a big step, but every step is a big one," said Schmidt. "It's hard to rely on the state to fund (the system) and sales taxes are not a guarantee, but the cost (of educating students) is guaranteed. We are very appreciative of the folks who are backing us."


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#1 New York Times bestselling author (and lifelong non-cook) Tim Ferriss takes you from Manhattan to Okinawa, and from Silicon Valley to Calcutta, unearthing the secrets of the world's fastest learners and greatest chefs. Ferriss uses cooking to explain "meta-learning," a step-by-step process that can be used to master anything, whether searing steak, learning Spanish, or shooting 3-pointers in basketball. That is the real "recipe" of The 4-Hour Chef.
You'll train inside the kitchen for everything outside the kitchen. Featuring tips and tricks from chess prodigies, world-renowned chefs, pro athletes, master sommeliers, super models, and everyone in between, this "cookbook for people who don't buy cookbooks" is a guide to mastering cooking and life.
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Syracuse, NY – The cost of gasoline continued its upward march over the past week, according to two price monitoring services.
The average cost of regular was $3.148 a gallon this morning in the Syracuse metro area, according to the AAA motor club's Fuel Gauge Report. That's four-tenths of a cent higher than Sunday's average and up 5.4 cents from last Monday.
The Syracuse average was the lowest among the eight metropolitan areas watched by AAA in New York. Rochester was next lowest at $3.152 a gallon. The statewide average was $3.213, AAA said.
SyracuseGasPrices.com reported the local average price for regular this morning at $3.141 a gallon. That was the same as Sunday's average but up 3.9 cents from last Monday, the Web-based service said.
Prices ranged widely, from $3.05 a gallon charged at five stations around Syracuse suburbs to $3.33 a gallon at a Mobil station in Liverpool. Syracuse.com has a map showing the stations with the lowest prices.
Gas was as cheap as $2.71 a gallon during the week before Labor Day, according to SyracuseGasPrices.com.


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I decided as soon as my first child was born, we needed life insurance. Both of us have 2 policies each one that we pay on and the other is through our jobs.
I know a lot of my friends who don't find this important, but I did with having children.
Our next step is getting a will in place and to set up our funeral arraignments. I don't want to bother my children with planning my funeral or having them paying for it. I want everything set up so when the time comes it is one less burden they have to deal with.
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I do even though I don't need it. It's just a good investment.
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While I want to think I don't need it, I want it for my children. I don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon. I just want to be prepared. One of my friends mil just passed and had nothing in place. The kids don't even have the funds for a funeral and have been asking everyone they know for donations. I don't want it to be like that for my kids.
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I do even though I don't need it. It's just a good investment.
After we got married we each got a small policy. When we got pregnant with our oldest son we added much larget policies. DH also has a policy through his work but I don't know much about it because they pay for it. As for the will and such we are hoping to do one this spring. We do have a written and signed thing saying where the kids would go if both of us passed away but I would much rather have the whole will and make it all done right.
My husband both have a life insurance policy and our next step as well is setting up our wills! I never want to think about my daughter/husband going without or having more of a burden on them if I were to pass! Good thinking mama!


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The following people were sentenced March 17 or 18, 2014, in circuit court.
14th CIRCUIT COURT
Judge Timothy G. Hicks
Heather Melissa Ames, 36, of Fremont, 52 days Muskegon County Jail (time served) for probation violation on 2012 conviction of second-offense possession of non-narcotic controlled substance, $837.70 fees/costs.
Gus Patrick Boone, 21, of Fruitport Township, two days jail (time served), six months probation for possession of metallic knuckles, $198 fees/costs.
Brenda Sue Cantu, 38, of Muskegon Township, 14 days jail, one year probation, 50 hours community service for false report of a felony, $198 fees/costs.
Brian Edward Davis, 50, of Muskegon Heights, one year jail for probation violation on 2012 conviction of third-offense driving while intoxicated, habitual third, $1,628.60 balance restitution/fees/costs.
Glen Douglas Gray, 25, of Muskegon, 93 days jail for driving while intoxicated, four months jail for fourth-degree fleeing police, one year probation, $498 fines/fees/costs.
Jamie Lee Magnuson, 26, of Whitehall, 158 days jail for probation violation on 2013 conviction of resisting and obstructing police, habitual second, $633 balance fees/costs, probation extended until Sept. 1, 2015.
Richard Allen Minor, 37, of Michigan Department of Corrections, 19 to 37 years MDOC for third-degree criminal sexual conduct, habitual fourth, consecutive to current sentence, $198 fees/costs.
Allison Jo Moskwa, 33, of Twin Lake, one day jail, 18 months probation for embezzlement $1,000-$20,000, habitual second, $10,077 restitution/fees/costs, 90 days tether, 80 hours community service.
Joshua Dale Parker, 25, of Muskegon Township, 10 months jail, two years probation for second-degree home invasion, habitual second, $198 fees/costs.
Jason Lee Plichta, 42, of Muskegon, 10 months jail, five years probation for using a computer to commit a crime and possession of child sexually abusive material, $266 fees/costs.
Raanthony Jamarr Stephenson, 23, of Muskegon, 462 days jail (time served) for two counts resisting and obstructing police, habitual second, $266 fees/costs.
Angela Dawn Ward, 38, of Muskegon Heights, 32 days jail, five years probation, $13,974.40 restitution/fees/costs for failure to pay child support, report to jail April 25.
Jason Allan Wolffis, 36, of Holton, amended judgment of sentence, 30 days jail (time served), $4,520.39 restitution/fees/costs for non-support disorderly person, completion of original plea agreement.


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Rescuers recover lost skier's body on Snoqualmie Pass
Search teams last weekend recovered the body of a woman who died on Snoqualmie Pass's Red Mountain.
An experienced backcountry skier, the woman was reported missing on Wednesday, Feb. 2. King County Sheriff's personnel suspect she was killed when a ledge of snow collapsed beneath her.
"She fell with the snow and was likely buried," Sheriff's Spokesman Sgt. John Urquhart told the Record by e-mail.
Rescue and mountaineering groups searched Wednesday afternoon until dark, and part of Thursday morning, but the search was called off by 11 a.m. Thursday because freezing temperatures made search conditions dangerous.
On Wednesday afternoon, searchers in the sheriff's Guardian One helicopter saw ski gear and what appeared to be fresh snow slide activity off the back side of Red Mountain, near Alpental.
The search area was concentrated around Red Mountain. Also on Wednesday afternoon, another skier found the missing woman's backpack and a glove, and notified the sheriff's office.
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While actions often speak for themselves, Jefferson Parish President John Young took time this week just to make sure.
His public information office released a long status list of what he considers the top accomplishments of his first 100 days in office. It's a typical move for many nascent administrations, he said.
"We made an effort to not put anything in here we didn't initiate," Young said Friday.
Young's self-set litmus tests spoke directly to his litany of campaign promises to inject greater accountability and transparency into the normal operations of parish government. In that pledge, which he rode into office Oct. 13, Young was addressing the distrust that had grown out of a scandal in former Parish President Aaron Broussard's administration. Broussard and his top aide, Tim Whitmer, resigned a year ago amid a federal investigation into Whitmer's insurance agency. Whitmer and his wife, Dawn, were doing private business with public agencies and at least half a dozen Jefferson Parish contractors while Whitmer was the administration's No. 2 executive.
At the center of Young's talking points was that office-entering pledge. To that end, he's made his staff sign sworn affidavits that they have no jobs outside their parish duties. They must adhere to outlined "core values" that act as on-the-job behavioral guidelines. And they have to take a constitutional oath of office that they'll obey the law.
Additionally, Parish Attorney Deborah Foshee is now the parish liaison to the state Ethics Administration, and all parish workers must undergo annual ethics training.
Young also put the kibosh on out-of-state travel by employees.
He touted slashes to salaries within his administration, showing sharp cuts from pay during Broussard's final years in office. He calculated that by accepting the resignations of some appointed officials and replacing them with lesser paid staff members, Young saved more than $154,000 from payroll.
Young also took credit for streamlining the government. He fired all part-time parish attorneys and paralegals, and he eliminated the job of director of Parc des Familles, rolling its management into the Recreation Department.
He did preserve benefit payments and cost-of-living increases for retirees hired prior to 1986. Those benefits were eliminated for newer employees because they were so expensive to maintain.
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Young also canceled parish credit cards once carried by all chief administrative assistants. Now, only Chief Operating Officer Chris Cox and Finance Director Gwen Bolotte have cards, Young said.
"I don't even have one, and I don't want one," he said.
Young's list of victories weren't well received by all parish officials. Councilman Chris Roberts acknowledged a lot of good had been achieved since October, but he added that he hoped the work of the council and its staff would likewise be lauded.
"This is a parish where the parish president can't do much without the approval of the council, and I would hope the president in the future would be more of a team player," he said.
Young, for his part, said he had a good working relationship with his former council colleagues.
"Certainly, it's a team effort," he said. "But there's been a new administration, and it's typical for a new administration to address what it's done over the first 100 days."
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BLACK GOD by BEN SPIVEY
Black God by Ben Spivey is out from Blue Square Press. It's a beast, a fantastic beast of regret and the ocean and houses and a wife whose life is failing and confusion and voyeurism and/or surveillance and displacement.
"Ben Spivey's Black God is a surreal dreamscape of a book. To borrow from the book itself, "There's something black in that place like it was untouched by God himself… Or herself." At its claustrophobic core, this book is a love story about time and memory, fear and death. At its dreamlike fringes, it is a book that might have been written by the son of Kafka and Braque. Like our best books, it is a love story in love with its own death." – Peter Markus
"In Black God there is a dream architecture that draws the aging narrator Cooper from his dying wife like a moth to its hard and gateless outer shell. With him we explore the received forms of daily life mingling with fluctuating dreams of the interior of eternity. Here, Spivey accomplishes the rare feat of investing Cooper's efforts with resonance though his motives obscure even to himself and the theater in which he operates is a dreamscape of mechanical islands, a wife retreating into silhouettes, and beaches of washed up clocks: 'I looked up and could see where I fell from—a house hanging in the sky like a new moon—the actual moon cast shadow on the home giving it celestial shape. I could even see the stairs I must have tumbled from hanging there like a limp wrist.' This is a visionary book, a genuine terror and awe." – Joe Hall


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Extra" and "X Factor" host Mario Lopez and wife Courtney Mazza are parents for the second time, he announced on Twitter.
"It's a boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please welcome Dominic Lopez to the world! Couldn't be happier. @CourtneyMLopez & baby are doing just fine," he tweeted.
Mario Lopez, who leaped to fame with his role in the 1990s television series "Saved by the Bell," and Courtney Mazza already had a little girl, Gia Francesca, who turns 3 on Wednesday.
"I am in heaven right now. And in a bar," he said in another tweet about an hour after the birth announcement.
With that note the actor closed a night of tension that began with him racing from the studio where he is currently shooting "The X Factor" to take his wife to hospital.
"Just wrapped @TheXFactorUSA & I'm rushing to the hospital. Baby Lopez #2 is coming tonight! Baby better wait for me," Lopez tweeted earlier Monday night.
While awaiting the happy moment, he took time to lament on Twitter the loss of his favorite NFL team, the San Diego Chargers.
Mario Lopez starred three years ago in a televison reality show on MTV's bilingual Tr3s channel about getting ready to be a dad for the first time. EFE


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Deputies arrested Lambert after a resident called the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office and reported that a man was looking through the window of neighbor's house. The home is in the 26700 of block Bren Court in Belforest, an area east of Daphne.
The Sheriff's Office said Lambert ran from deputies after they saw him looking in a window. Lambert was caught after a short foot pursuit.
A deputy was injured while trying to arrest Lambert, who is a veteran of the Iraq War and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
"The defendant's post traumatic stress disorder has no place being strewn out to the public as entertainment by the press in an attempt to sell what little newspapers still get into circulation," the motion states.
"The most recent article in what's left of a once fine daily Mobile newspaper refers to the defendant's treatment as provided by the United Stated government directly to his combat service to his country. Said claptrap does nothing but dishonor the combat and peacetime service of the defendant."
Lambert also is facing charges related to a Nov. 7 arrest.
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History walked out the door of NBT Bank Stadium with a boxful of memories under its collective arms last week.
Tex Simone, the most significant figure in the history of the Syracuse Chiefs, packed up decades worth of memorabila and trinkets and moved out his large corner office. It's likely the first time since Simone, 86, began his association with the team in 1961 that he hasn't had a ballpark work space with the organization.
Simone retired as executive vice president and chief operating officer of the team in September, a contentious move that ignited an offseason of upheaval and management change for the team.
That turnover included the board of director's removal of John Simone, Tex's son, as general manager and the hiring of new general manager Jason Smorol.
Tex retained the unpaid title of consultant with the team and maintained his office in NBT Bank Stadium. He continued to show up to work every day, even as a new staff bustled around him to begin addressing the myriad problems of the troubled franchise.
Smorol has said Simone was supportive of the new management and was welcome to remain in the office as long as he wanted. Smorol said he hadn't spoken with John Simone but that John's sister, Wendy Shoen, another former employee of the team, has always been nice to him.
Smorol said the decision to move Tex out was made by John and Wendy. They gave him advance notice of the move and Smorol said they told him they want Tex to spend more time in Florida.
"He (Tex) said, 'I'm moving out,''' Smorol recounted on Friday. ""I said,'Why?' Tex, I don't think he wanted to go.
'Tex said (jokingly), 'You're not paying me anymore. I'm leaving.' I said, 'That's a good point.'''
John Simone could not be reached for comment Friday.
Tex Simone began his career working with the grounds crew and advanced within the organization to become trainer and traveling secretary during the same season. In 1967, Simone served as the Chiefs' business manager and public relations director. In 1970, he was named general manager, a position he held until 1997 when he was succeeded by John.
Smorol, who was there during the move, said John and Wendy became emotional while bundling up Tex's belongings. He also described John as "very polite'' and "matter-of-fact.''
"They just put everything in boxes. It took a couple hours,'' Smorol said. "It was sad. There were tears. He (Tex) shook my hand, said thanks, and good luck. He said he'll be back. He'll come to some games.''
Smorol said he'd like to honor Tex with a ceremony at a game next season, but added that the timing of that will be up to John and Wendy.
Smorol has moved into Simone's office, and a week after the move the freshly painted beige walls remained noticeable for their starkness.
"I'm not a big decorator,'' Smorol said. "It's just an office. We have bigger fish to fry. I can't think that far ahead about my walls and decorations. I hope things will evolve organically.
"It's the people you meet. It's the relationships you build. There's a reason stuff goes up on walls.''
How do you honor someone you forced out? #confusing— John Simone (@jsimonechiefs) December 28, 2013
John Simone's tweet above appears to contradict the version he gave about his father's resignation a few days after it happened.


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Man flashes BPA Trail walker | Federal Way Police Blotter
The following is a sample from the Federal Way police public information log:
• At 8:11 a.m. Nov. 2 on the BPA Trail, a victim reported that while walking the trail, a male suspect was seen lurking in the brush. The suspect exposed himself to the walker, then followed the person until another walker came along. Police were unable to locate the man.
• At 12:24 a.m. Nov. 3 in the 2700 block of SW 340th Place, officers responded to a fight between two suspects and one victim. The victim appeared to be beaten, but initially refused to comply with officers. One suspect also refused to comply and advanced on officers in an aggressive manner.
• At 9:32 a.m. Nov. 3 in the 32400 block of 11th Avenue SW, a suspect was booked into the Regional Justice Center on investigation of being a fugitive from justice. The suspect had confirmed warrants from Colorado.
• At 8:24 a.m. Nov. 3 at 30345 9th Avenue South, police were called to assist the fire district. Police determined the contents of a house were consistent with a marijuana grow house. A search warrant was executed.
• At 12:18 p.m. Nov. 3 at 30611 16th Ave. S., graffiti associated with gang activity was found on the walls of a boys bathroom. This was the fifth incident that took place in the past two weeks. It cost $75 to clean.
• At 2:53 p.m. Nov. 3 in the 29400 block of Pacific Highway South, a man contacted police to report a person was yelling at him and his boyfriend for being noisy. He said the person threatened to kill the couple. Police responded and witnessed the man repeatedly threaten to kill others whom he believed hated him for being homosexual.
• At 3:54 p.m. Nov. 3 in the 900 block of SW Campus Drive, police contacted a woman who said she wanted to commit suicide because she was depressed about her financial situation.
• At 3:35 p.m. Nov. 3 at 30611 16th Ave. S., a weapons offense took place.
• At 9:02 p.m. Nov. 3 in the 2600 block of SW 331st Street, a property owner called police to report a trespassing male. The man was incoherent, stumbling and mentioned methamphetamine and alcohol. He did not know where he was at or where he was going to go. The man was involuntarily committed.
• At 12:16 a.m. Nov. 2 in the 30800 block of 11th Avenue SW, police received calls about a large party. Gunshots were reported fired. Police found no casings. Partygoers were uncooperative.
• At 11:23 a.m. Nov. 2 in the 300 block of SW 325th Place, a victim stated his or her father punched the victim in the stomach. The suspect was arrested.
• At 4 p.m. Oct. 26, a woman reported she was raped a week prior by a man she met at the Muckleshoot Casino. She reported the man lived at an unknown Federal Way address.
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Defining Metal Moments Of The Last 20 Years
Danny Carey (Tool)
"Ticks And Leeches" – 2001
Knowing Carey, his pummeling intro to this Tool classic was probably derived using a Cartesian coordinate system. Either way, its tribal tom work and vicious grooving continue to delight and terrify listeners around the world. It's been said that a song's influence on popular music can be judged by how many YouTube uploads exist of teenagers playing it in their bedrooms. If that's the case, this song ranks pretty darn high.


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First, his ice time was significantly reduced. Then he was benched. Now, he has been a healthy scratched. Given recent events surrounding Washington Capitals winger Alexander Semin, it seems probable that the Russian is set to be traded and shipped out of the District any day now.
Inevitably, the online world has been set alight with speculation and predictions about where Semin might end up, and what the Caps might get in return for him. Countless reports have emerged about potential trades as journalists all over the NHL have scrambled for information regarding Capitals General Manager George McPhee's plans.
One thing appears to be certain: The Capitals are actively shopping Semin around the league and are getting plenty of interest.
These are five deals that the Capitals could conceivably make involving the Russian.


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The Allendale Pumpkin Walk will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 25-27, on the grounds of Second Allendale Christian Reformed Church, 6950 Lake Michigan Drove.
There will be hundreds of hand-carved and decorated pumpkins to view. The walk is suitable for all ages. Refreshments will be served. There is no charge, but donations are welcome.


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RMSP 365 Day Project: Day 82
This composited image was created by Melanie Wright.
2 thoughts on "RMSP 365 Day Project: Day 82"
Barry Grivett
I'm missing your 'Raspberry' image already; and, looking forward to making my own version. How cool is that: one of your images replaced by another!
Right away, I was drawn to "Twisted"; even though, the treatment & twigs don't fit together naturally with the bottle–for me. But then, maybe that's another 'twist'.
I love your title.
Do you have your own studio? If not, where/how do you do your set-ups?
For anyone who may be interested, I have & occasionally use (set on a couple stools), a 20″x24″ platform with a 28″ tall backboard made of 1/4′ plywood. Mostly, (despite convention) I use natural morning light from a SE facing window which then bounces off a SW facing white wall. As necessary, I modify that with diffusing material &/or a reflector.
Thanks for sharing.
Melanie Wright
Thanks, Barry! The bottle is an antique apothecary container; I thought the faded aqua color would be a nice complement to the warm tones of the background and aged, reddish-brown of the border.
Thanks for sharing your table-top setup. My "studio" is my dining room that has lovely north-facing window light. I set up a light stand with a boom arm and attach my backgrounds to the arm with large binder clips; the backgrounds drape over the table. I use a large scrim to diffuse or reflect the light. A very simple setup. Some day I'll learn to use studio lights.
By the way, I cropped the fork/raspberry image as you suggested and I like it SO much better. Thanks again for your input!
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An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences
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One of the notable features of the Obama administration's foreign policy has been its disavowal of the locution, if not necessarily the policies, of the "war on terror" declared by George W. Bush in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
America's Religious Battle Against Communism in the Early Cold War
A Spiritual History of America's Cold War
For those of us who spent our grammar school days diving beneath school desks in the civil defense drills of the 1950s, the link between faith and the cold war was pretty obvious.
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YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW I FEEL about the end of Gourmet. But let me be clear: Unlike many mainstream media outlets that covered this story, I don't blame food bloggers. I love food blogs, and what I glean from their shiny digital pages is totally different than what I sought in Gourmet's glossy ones. So with my favorite food mag now history, I find myself seeking comfort from fellow foodies and passionate cooks. If you, too, need some emotional sustenance during these dark days, be sure to check out these sites, which are full of the vibrant joy of cooking well for yourself and others.
Shauna of Gluten Free Girl
One of our early profiles, one of my favorite online foodies, Shauna is a bundle of love and joy and can make you feel instantly better, about everything, at the click of a key. Read this, and see if you don't believe me.
Marilyn of Simmer Till Done
Marilyn was one of my first new digital sisters after the launch of TSP, and I treasure her writing, her recipes, her sense of humor, and our frizzy-haired kinship. She let me write for her once. She even wrote for us once. And she makes scones. I LOVE scones.
Julie of A Mingling of Tastes
Julie's having a special celebration of Gourmet this week, a great addition to her regular line up of simple, accessible recipes like grilled pizza and shepherd's pie. And she's from my hometown, Chicago, which makes her extra special.
Aran of Cannelle et Vanille
Hands-down, one of the most gorgeous food blogs around. Seasonal, special and always inventive, Aran's recipes are unique and beautiful. And she makes marzipan ice cream–what could be better?
Matt of MattBites
One of the SummerFest crew, Matt is funny as can be, loves cocktails as much as carnitas, and is a master when it comes to styling and photographing his culinary triumphs.
Julie of Dinner with Julie
Julie, another thanks-to-TSP digital sister, describes her site as "a sort of reality cookbook" which it is, if your reality includes things like Pumpkin Stout Gingerbread with Cream Cheese Frosting. (Thanks to Julie, that will soon be part of my reality, too.)
Dorie of In the Kitchen and On the Road with Dorie
Yes, Dorie Greenspan. Yes, she writes for that other food magazine, but we won't hold that against her, since she's a goddess of baking, and a wonderful storyteller.
Luisa of The Wednesday Chef
I've never met Luisa, never corresponded with her, make no claim to sisterhood at all–but hers was the first food blog I ever read, and I love her. Read her, and you will, too.
Elana of Elana's Pantry
Another profilee, another home of gluten-free goodness, with a healthy dash of environmental consciousness thrown in for all our good measure. Don't know about you, I can't wait to drown some sorrow in these Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Heidi of 101 Cookbooks
Now that Gourmet's Cookbook Club is kaput, I'll be extra reliant on Heidi's savvy book picks, not to mention her elegant vegetarian recipes. I've been dying to make this Roasted Corn Pudding in Acorn Squash.
Gwen of Pen and Fork
I found Chef Gwen thanks to Twitter, and love her accounts of her dining experiences (don't miss her luscious photographs of the legendary roast chicken at San Francisco's Zuni Café) and her simple, original recipes, often with a southwestern flavor.
and…Renee of thankyougourmet.com
Finally, a special shout-out to the lovely writer Renee Schettler, who was inspired to create a site where we can say "thank you" to Gourmet for all it's given readers over the years. Renee was kind enough to include my remembrances of Gourmet, and I hope you'll visit the site and add yours to the list. (The image above is from her beautifully designed thankyougourmet.com. Be sure to check it out.)


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Charlize Theron Descends from Celestial Realms, Eats "Lunch"
Everyone has to eat. Luckily for us, celebrities often have to eat in front of cameras. We consider it our privilege–nay, our duty–to keep you informed about what the stars of the world put in their mouths.
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It's widely known that Charlize Theron's leg length, hair sheen, and general glowing aura of beauty and talent are derived from a strict diet of faery dust, powdered diamonds, ambrosia, quinoa, and other magical substances. Which means we're impressed–touched, even–to see that she's not above occasionally slumming it and consuming a meal made out of earthly substances like "vegetables" with ineffable grace and good humor. –Rachel Sanders


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Tom Daley & Ben Cohen: "Gay Icons", The Royal Beard Can Get It, Zac Efron's Sex Injury & More!
– Christmas can sashay away unless you received these RuPaul's RuSsian nesting dolls featuring drag superstars Bebe Zahara Benet, Tammie Brown, Nina Flowers and Jujubee. – Though he apparently spent his Christmas away from bf Dustin Lance Black, Tom Daley was still in great, gay spirits.
Wearing my apron with Pride whilst cooking Christmas dinner!!! Merry Christmas ???????????????? @StandUpFdn pic.twitter.com/ZZai5ZjWMz — Ben Cohen (@RugbyBenCohen) December 25, 2013
– Meanwhile, he and fellow sporting lad Ben Cohen can now be twinsies! – After neighbors complained about the pride flag on her home, an Irvine, CA woman decked her halls in boughs of homo. – Oh, heeeeeey Prince Harry's ginger beard. What are you doing for New Year's? – Apparently, guys are pretending to be nerds to gain female attention. Because nothing says "date me, I'm heterosexual" like dressing up like a toddler on steroids with your dude friends.
– Zac Efron's That Awkward Moment co-stars regale us about how awful Zac allegedly is in bed, leading to one unsatisfied lady-love to break his jaw out of frustration. Here I was hoping he just got bad deep-throating lessons from James Franco:
Queerty is getting really jealous these days…..
The picture of the super heroes is not from the guys pretending to be nerds site. In fact, I think the picture that Queerty is using is probably a group of gay porn stars and not the heteros Queerty is trying to convince us they are.
FINALLY a Tom Daley post. About time Queerty!!!
Those super hero nerds look like porn boys to me, esp the middle one.
Fake Nerd Guys is satiritizing the group of morons who go around screaming about "fake nerd girls," by the way.
You'd understand that if you paid attention to girls/the creeper dudes who harbor resentment.
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you need at least 10 years worship from gay community to EARN the status of ICON- words get thrown around too much these days!!
Loved the superheroes. I would love for them to rescue me from a nudist camp!
Please stop calling Ben Cohen a "gay icon", he's a straight crook.
Here are the Ben Cohen Foundation's accounts http://www.fagburn.com/2013/11/ben-cohen-standup-foundation-accounts.html
90% of the money you give goes to Ben.
@fagburn: Thanks for posting that link about Ben Cohen. I had my suspicions about him and his seeminly obsession with gay people. It's apparent that Ben is obsessed with the gay dollar and knows that gay men are easy target for someone hott like him.
But watch gay men make excuses left and right for Ben because he's a hott man and give him a pass…
I'm sure Ben Cohen is not a bad person but isn't he making a bit of an industry off us? It is starting not to feel right to me.
@viveutvivas: You're just a conspiracy theorist


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Senior Meghan Thomas clubbed her first home run of the season for Western Michigan University's softball team and, boy, did the Broncos need it.The Comstock High School product's solo shot in the fourth helped send the Broncos on their way to a 5-4 victory over Akron Saturday. It was WMU's first road win of the season and snapped a five-game skid.
Thomas finished with three RBIs as Western (7-16) improved to 2-5 in Mid-American Conference play.
Gracie Barstad had two hits and a pair of RBIs for the Broncos. Meredith Whitney (4-7) picked up the win for WMU, allowing five hits and three runs (two earned) and striking out seven in six innings.
BASEBALL: WMU was roughed up for the second straight day, falling 15-3 at Ohio. On Friday, the Broncos were walloped, 25-3. Eric Heckaman took the loss for Western (5-23, 1-7 MAC), allowing 10 hits and nine runs in 3 2/3 innings. Patrick Duncan's solo home run provided a highlight for WMU, which has lost eight of its last nine. Jerod Yakubik tripled three times and had five RBIs for Ohio (6-22, 3-5), which scored 10 runs in the fourth.
WOMEN'S TENNIS: WMU won its fourth straight match, downing host Toledo, 5-2, wrapping up a stretch of 12 consecutive road matches dating back to mid-February. The Broncos (12-9, 4-1 MAC) took over second place in the league. Maria Nivia and Jill Pastunink each won singles matches for Western, and they teamed for an 8-4 victory at No. 3 doubles. Toledo falls to 10-5 and 3-2, respectively.
MEN'S TENNIS: The Broncos won the doubles point with a sweep of Ball State, but the visiting Cardinals (14-7, 2-0 MAC) rallied for a 4-3 victory as the teams played through 20 mph winds at Sorensen Courts. WMU's (16-9, 1-2) Casey Cullen teamed with Pablo Olivarez for an 8-5 victory at No. 3 doubles, and Cullen also won at No. 4 singles, 6-2, 6-7 (7-9), 6-3, over Alexandre Brym.
GOLF: Senior Elise Swartout fired a 2-over 74 in the opening round and sits in a tie for 17th place (151) following two rounds of the Indiana Invitational in Bloomington, Ind. WMU totaled 626 as a team and was in 12th place among a field of 16. Host Indiana was in first place with 595.
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Possible tornado in Metairie
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 2:14 PM
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Karen Miranda of the Salvation Army, middle waits for a towing company to take the Salvation Army truck away after it was blown over from possible tornadic activity in Metairie on April 24, 2013. Two of the trucks occupants were taken to a local hospital for minor injuries, but told authorities they suspect the damage was caused by a tornado. The Salvation Army truck was still sitting on its side as of 1:30 p.m. on Transcontinental Drive and Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie. The front windshield had been shattered. High winds twisted the nearby traffic light on the eastbound lanes of Veterans at Transcontinental. The winds carried a portion of that traffic light all the way across the canal and to a service station on the westbound lanes of Veterans. The winds also splintered a nearby tree and ripped away a portion of the Zuppardo's grocery store sign. "All I know is that we got a call and the driver said they truck flipped over sideways because they ran into a tornado," Karen said. Power was down at the intersection, causing traffic delays. Motorists are advised to avoid the area. (Photo by Kathleen Flynn, Nola.com / The Times-Picayune)
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BRECKSVILLE, Ohio -- Today, it's all Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Morning Update:
First, the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad is pleased to announce that it has resumed service along the entire route from Rockside Station in Independence to Akron's Northside Station. Parts of the track were significantly damaged by the May 12 storm and had been closed, but not anymore.
More good news from the park: Remember the bald eagles that nested in the Pinery Narrows area? They successfully raised two eaglets this year and the young ones recently fledged, meaning they developed wing feather and muscles that will allow them to fly. Pinery Narrows is north of the Station Road Bridge Trailhead in Brecksville. All trail restrictions that had been in place because of the eagles have now been lifted.
Finally, the park is offering free "green," or outdoor, exercises. It will happen from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, July 17, July 31 and Aug. 7 in the Octagon Shelter, which is on Truxell-Kendall Park Road, about 1.5 miles west of Akron Cleveland Road in Peninsula.
At the exercise sessions, tai chi instructor Nancy Gardner will demonstrate how tai chi can boost energy, improve balance and reduce and manage stress. And the fact that the exercise is outdoors is supposed to increase fitness levels, decrease stress, clean impurities from the body, improve concentration and raise levels of vitamin D. Just don't let a squirrel run up your pants. See a video of Nancy by clicking here.
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Centenary College recently held a groundbreaking for an athletic turf field that is expected to be completed in January.
A turf field allows for expanded practice time and enhanced safety for the Men's and Women's Soccer and Lacrosse teams, as well as more time for intramural athletic use and increased accessibility for community soccer organizations.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for our students," says Kevin Davies, Head Women's Soccer Coach. "They are looking forward to playing on the new turf field. It is an exciting time for our Lacrosse and Soccer athletes right now."
A turf field allows for the opportunity for more playing time since it lessens the possibility of practices being cancelled and games being postponed due to common weather events that render a grass field unplayable. Additionally, by replacing the current field with synthetic turf, athletes will play in safer conditions and the College will save on maintenance costs over the field's lifetime due to the increased resistance to the breakdown of the turf.
Some noteworthy soccer and lacrosse athletic accomplishments for this past year include the following: Men's Soccer defeated a nationally ranked opponent for the first time in the program's history; Women's Soccer earned a berth in the CSAC Tournament for the seventh straight year in 2012 and had three First Team All-CSAC performers; Men's Lacrosse set a team record with 14 victories and advanced to its first-ever CSAC Tournament championship game; and Women's Lacrosse advanced to the CSAC Tournament quarterfinals.
The Reeves Foundation donated $333,000 over a four year period for this project and the Centenary community raised $667,000.


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I am looking to replace my 2001 155 fomula that I liked for early planning and upwind ability.I know I can't have everything but what would be better for lightwind planning, going up wind to catch a gust and coasting though lulls. I also like some manoeuvrability for jibes and old school planning freestyle. I also like to drag race . I would mostly use 8.5 sail, some 9.5 and 7.0. I am 5-11" and 185lbs. thanks


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Bell Island RCMP have arrested two men in connection with several hit and runs on the island in mid August.
A 42-year-old man has been charged with multiple counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm, failing to remain at the scene of an accident, impaired operation of a motor vehicle and driving without insurance.
A 19-year-old man has been charged with obstructing a police officer and operation of a vehicle without insurance.
Police are not ruling out more charges as their investigation continues.
Both men have had court dates set for Nov. 27, 2012.
The RCMP has stated that it would like to thank the public for its assistance in this investigation.
These charges stem from two incidents on Bell Island on the night of Aug. 19. Three women were injured within minutes of each other.
Around 11:15 p.m., that night, someone reporting a hit and run called the RCMP to 10 Commandments Rd.
While officers were on their way to that incident they got a second call reporting another hit and run a short distance away.
The first incident sent a female victim to the local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The victims of the second accident, two female youths, were transported to hospital with more serious injuries. One was sent to St. John's for further treatment. The results of her injuries have not been reported on since the crash.
A vehicle that was believed to have been used in the collisions was located by a police dog a short time later.
One man was tracked into the woods and arrested. A second man was arrested a short time later. They were both released pending charge.


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inproving thundercats wikia
hello, i dont mean to be criticial but this wikia needs alot of work. i dont know how long its been going, but the main menu, page layouts, templates ect ect need alot of improvement. i do alot of work on the Stargate wikia and run the Juggling wikia. would you like me to help improve the layout and templates? --Stargate TL1 00:34, December 6, 2009 (UTC)
You dont really get on much anymore. Maybe you should thin about relinquishing your ownership of this wiki to someone else. If you have any questions leave me a message on my contact page.
Samus Fan101 21:53, July 15, 2010 (UTC)
Adoption request made for this wiki. Are you still around though?
Devilmanozzy has made a request to adopt this wiki at http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Community_Central:Adoption_requests#ThunderCats_Wiki Thought the current administrator and apparent wiki founder should be told of this. Dream Focus 19:53, March 10, 2011 (UTC)
- I am asking to take over the wiki, and get it regeared to include the new Series. Devilmanozzy (Talk Page) 05:44, March 11, 2011 (UTC)
Like the guy above
I want to be able to help out on this wiki in a similiar capacity to the guy above me. I dont want to have to many rights. And I have prepared a ncie and unique theme i think for the website. ralok 18:20, March 27, 2011 (UTC)
what I am saying Is I dont wwant my position to be permanent, I just want to beh ere temporarily until the new series comes out. I dont want to take over. I am sorry if I gave the wrong impression D: ralok 18:26, March 27, 2011 (UTC)
Main Page Tweaks
I've been informed that ads will be turned on for the main page here in the next couple days, and so I need to get in there are set up a left/right column system for you - otherwise the ad box will overlap content. Nobody likes ads, but it is what it is - that's how Wikia pays for server space. I'll do my best to keep the overall look the same as it is now, the right column will just have a floating characteristic so that the ad will nudge it down rather than displaying on top of it.
Also - would you be terribly opposed to trying out live blog and newsfeeds on the main page? The blog feed would look something like this:
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La société Puma et Arsenal Réunissez Arsenal et également la société Puma unir leurs forces sur le industry.caption de football Êtes-vous en train de regarder le monde Pot? Si vous n'êtes pas vous ar…Read more >
I just heard some very disturbing news. A new version of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Acts) is on the verge of being passed. If it does, all fanart, fanfiction, and fan-made videos could be considered "p…Read more >
The newsfeed would look something like this:
Live Newsfeed
Let me know what you think, I'm sending this to Devilmanozzy as well, since he is the only non-bureaucrat admin listed. Cheers-
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Vans by KENZO – Celestial Prints
The arrival of the fifth and ultimate collaborative collection of Vans by KENZO has just hit the stores and is available at KENZO worldwide and selected retailers such as Opening Ceremony and Colette. The final collaboration has been documented in a series of images shot by photographer Brianna Capozzi and can be viewed exclusively on 'KENZINE'.
For this season there are three important prints in the KENZO Autumn / Winter collection which are also visible on the iconic Vans sneaker silhouettes. Inspired by the celestial, the multicolored flying tigers, lightning bolts and day clouds appear on the traditional Vans Slip-On and Vans Authentic and Vans Chukka. Support your locals and get yours at Baskèts Amsterdam.


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Ashley Cole has announced his retirement from international football, after Roy Hodgson decided to leave the left-back out of his 23-man squad for this summer's World Cup in Brazil.
Regardless of what you think of the merits of both Hodgson's initial decision and Cole's subsequent response, it is hard to argue that Cole was anything other than a fantastic servant to the Three Lions over the course of his 107 caps.
Of course there were many highs and lows during that period; in this slideshow we attempt to round them up.


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Coach: Mandy Hollman
Last Season: 0-22 (0-12)
Last Postseason: Did not qualify.
The Big Picture: After a year of struggles in the Colonial Division, the Polar Bears will hope that the switch adds up to a few wins. Last season's bunch should taste some victories this season.
Top Returnees: Steph Clark (5-10 so, G/F), Sara Yunez (5-10 jr, F)


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Level III sex offender moves to Port Orchard
Charles W. Elliott, a 42-year-old level 3 sex offender, plans to start living in the 800 block of Division Street, in Port Orchard.
Elliot will live near a Jr. High bus stop and a park.
"He has no kids that we're aware of," said Doug Dillard, a detective for the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office. "If he's over by the playground, he's got no reason to be there."
On June 12, 2001, Elliot was convicted of First Degree Child Molestation for assaulting a juvenile female not related to him.
That incident earned him a Level II sex offender score, but because he voluntarily disclosed numerous other victims, an End of Sentence Review Committee raised his status to Level III, the level with the highest potential to re-offend.
They said that this was "due to the extreme number of victims, both familial and non-familial, over an extensive period of time."
Elliot has molested victims in a variety of ages, and both genders.
"This type of person, if they get the opportunity to re-offend, they'll re-offend," without much caring if it's their standard "type" of victim, said Dillard.
Elliott is generally allowed to be in public city parks, although he may be prevented from being at a business or school.
"Any school can trespass him," said Dillard. "Any business can trespass him. The city's not going to trespass him unless he does something wrong."
Elliott is white with red hair and hazel eyes. He's 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 200 pounds.
Photographs are available through the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office encourages anyone who feels uneasy about something he's doing to call Detective Doug Dillard at 360-337-5617, or 911 to report a crime.
If something seems wrong, it probably is, Dillard said.
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The digital night vision attachment Forward DFA75 is designed for fast and easy conversion of a day optical sight into a night riflescope. To install the Forward DFA75 onto the front optical bell of a day telescopic sight, specially designed adapters (bought separately) with various diameters with a set of inserts are used.
The adapter is permanently attached to the optical bell of a telescopic sight. This allows the Forward DFA75 attachment to be quickly installed in front of the lens for nighttime shooting. The device uses a highly sensitive CCD array; the image transmitted to the high resolution display OLED is contrasting, crisp and saturated. Thanks to the OLED display (640x480 pixels) the Forward DFA75 can be used within a wide temperature range from -20 °С to +50 °С.
The digital night vision attachment Forward DFA features various image settings: brightnessand contrast level adjustment (from 0 to 20), sensitivity enhancement. It allows the image to be adjusted for specific application.
The main menu of the Forward DFA includes various functions such as: set-up, check and adjustment of the aiming point, "Horizon" adjustment function. Icons on the data panel show operational status of the device (active functions, low battery indicator).
The Forward DFA75 features a video output to conduct video recording to external devices. The output video signal standard can be changed in the main menu (from PAL to NTSC).
The digital night vision attachment Forward DFA75 operates on four rechargeable batteries but can also be powered with an external power supply. Basic control functions (switching on/off the device and the IR Illuminator, activation of "SumLightTM" (program) can be performed with the help of the included programmable wireless remote control.
When coupled with the Pulsar 10x32 monocular the device can operate as a 10x-power digital night vision device.
The attachment is designed for professional and amateur use: hunting, observation, security, law enforcement.