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Jesse's Mother-In-Law
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Linda wants to be sure her daughter's Fiance is good enough for her daughter, but instead learns that her daughter isn't good enough for him, at least in bed.
Jesse's Mother-In-Law
Copyright, 2012, Patricia Steel (email@example.com)
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The sexual tension was electrifying between Jesse and his Mother-in-law from the moment they met, soon after he got engaged. Linda was not a woman you would call "beautiful" by any means, but she had features that were extremely attractive. She had very large breasts, for example, natural blonde hair, and a mouth that suggested oral sex. When she hugged him, at their first meeting, she held on to him a little too long. Held him to her bosom a little too tightly. Hugged him with her other hand just a little too low.
Surely, he was mistaken. Firstly, why would his fiance's mother want to make advances towards him? Secondly, why him? He wasn't anything special, really.
As time wore on, however, he learned from Jenna, his fiance, that her mother loved long haired guys. Well, that might be part of it. Jesse had copper-red hair down to his ass, gathered in a pony-tail most days. For formal occasions, he had Jenna braid it for him. Either way, his hair was his best feature. He felt like Sampson. Powerless without his hair, perhaps.
Jenna thought he was sexy enough. He had broad shoulders, narrow hips, and nicely defined pecs. He didn't work out, or anything, but he did "work" — real work, which kept him fit enough. But he was as freckled as a frog, he thought.
The next time he was with Jenna's mother, was at a family Bar-B-Que, at her mother, Linda's house… It was a hot day, and Jesse was shirtless most of the day. Linda could barely keep her hands off of him every time she walked past him, and she made every possible excuse to do precisely that. Although Jenna may not have been aware of the signs, he certainly was. He was getting hard just thinking of the possibilities.
Jenna had 2 kids from previous relationships, and they were getting tired and miserable. She (Jenna) said she'd take them home, and Jesse could come home in his own truck a little later, when everybody else had gone home, and help Linda put everything away. Jesse smiled and said that would be fine. He kissed Jenna and the kids goodnight. Linda was right there at the car, waving goodnight to everyone, as Jenna backed out of the driveway… Luckily for Jenna, she couldn't see Linda's hand on Jesse's ass already.
She led him straight past the other family members who were variously gathering their own things, making preparations to depart, telling them, I'll be right back, you wait for me before I leave, I just need Jesse's help with something in the cellar.
And, once in the cellar, she barred the door, and set him up upon the dryer, and immediately started fumbling with his belt buckle. Getting it open, she undid his jeans, and pulled them off, letting them dangle around his ankles. Jesse had come commando to the Picnic, as was his custom at his age of 23. He liked to show off what he had to its best advantage. What he had wasn't anything to be embarrassed about either.. A respectable 7" with the girth of about a hotdog in a bun. Nice, thought Linda. Just the right size for going down on.
Linda laid a couple of towels on the basement floor for her knees, and knelt right down, coming face to face with Jesse's "addition to the family" "Oh, I just have to see what my Jenna is getting for her troubles, Jesse. I hope you understand." Jesse just nodded his head, unsure of where all of this was going, still.
In one smooth motion, Linda took Jesse's cock into her mouth, and into her throat, all the way. It was no problem for her whatsoever. She was a natural at this. Pulling him back out, she went to work on the sensitive area right behind the head on the underside. Jesse was soon groaning in pleasure, and leaning back on his arms, thrusting his hips into Linda's mouth. "Oh we like that do we??" Again and again she took him into her throat, using the very back of her tongue to work that sensitive spot. Jesse threw his head back in pleasure, and made more noises. Finally, the noises he was making, his breathing, and the force of his thrusts told her that he was cumming. She put his head onto her tongue, and bobbed her head in short, quick thrusts, and he blew his spunk into her mouth, which she swallowed, without losing so much as a drop. She swallowed a few times, took a sip of beer, and then gave him a serious, deep, tonsil-rattling kiss — the kind he previously only got from Jenna — [Like Mother Like Daughter, I guess] — he thought to himself.
"Let's get rid of these guests, then we can play a little more. I still wanna see what else my Jenna is getting." Jesse pulled up his pants, having a tough time finding where to put his cock, with it being so sensitive, and wearing no underwear, but he figured it out.
Leaving the basement together, Jesse followed Linda back out onto the patio, helping people carry their belongings back to their vehicles, while Linda said her "goodnights" to everyone. Another half hour, and they were all alone.
"Oh, Jesse, we can let the rest of this mess for the morning. Tomorrow's Sunday. I can get it then. Let the neighbours talk."
"Are you sure? It wouldn't take long?"
"Oh, I have something else in mind for our time." Once again, she led him by the hand. This time, through the house, and up the stairs, to her bedroom. She closed the door behind him, and took the shirt right off of him. "I like that look a lot better, Jesse." Then she reached behind his head, and removed the ponytail holder, letting his copper locks flow free.
At that, she just stood back, as his tresses fell over each shoulder, down to his navel. "Oh my Fucking God, Jesse. You are one gorgeous bit of manchild. mmm mmm mmm…" She advanced again, ran her fingers through his hair, and then opened his pants once again.
"Get out of those Timmies and jeans, Jesse, and get on that bed."
While he was doing that. She removed her peasant-style top, her boots, jeans, bra and panties, and sat on the bed next to him. He tentatively raised a hand to touch her large breasts. "Go ahead. That's what they're there for!" and she guided his hand right to the largish nipples. She then straddled him, easily — her hips were wide-set.. his so slender — only a 28" waist and she put his other hand on her other breast. He toyed with them as he never played with any other breasts — truthfully, he'd never had the opportunity to play with any so large, before.
He could feel himself hardening against her crotch, which straddled him, but she was in no hurry. She leaned forward to put those mammoth mammaries into his face, and he sucked-on, like a baby, which felt soooo goood to her, and she groaned in pleasure… Finally, his erection had grown that it was beginning to invade her even in this position.
"ooo, somebody wants to play, too" she said, and she just eased herself backwards, and all of that 7 inches slipped inside her without the slightest difficulty. She just sat there for a little while, feeling him inside her, with him wanting to move inside her just a little, just to feel a little something. Instead, she leaned forward, and gave him some more of those kisses… Oh God, what a strange sensation… he felt "wanted, hunted, and taken" from those kisses, and I guess that was the true state of things, but if he was 'taken', he wished she'd fuck him already. It was almost as if she'd read his mind, because just then, Linda pinned Jesse's wrists to the bed, over his head, and began, ever so slowly, to ride up and down upon him.
"Ooohhhhhaaaaaa" he moaned.
"Do you like that?" She asked — He just nodded his head.. She stopped moving.
"I asked you if you liked that…" He nodded his head again. "That's not an answer, Jesse."
Jesse summoned up every bit of brain power he had, and replied, "yes, I do like that very much, but I don't seem to have the power of speech when I'm feeling — you know — good."
"Aww.. poor Jesse. So we need to make you feel bad, if we want to talk to you during sex?"
"umm. I guess so."
"Oh well.. If you fuck good enough, conversation is not really that important. Do You?"
"Do you Fuck Good Enough??"
"Uh..I don't know…
"I'm supposed to let you just marry my daughter and you don't know if you fuck good enough? Oh THIS will never do.."
Linda got off of Jesse, went into a dresser drawer, and produced a large clock-like thing. "This, My Copper-Top Lover, is a forward counting timer. Like a large stopwatch. You have 45 minutes to make me cum. Rules are, your cock has to be inside me at all times. Otherwise, you can do whatever you like, unless I tell you "no"… OK??"
"Uh…OK… And if I Fail?"
"Then, you either break up with Jenna, or, you keep practicing with me until you succeed. After all, you haven't set a date yet, have you?"
"Uh, no, we haven't."
"Well then.. If you suck, we have time for "remedial fuck school"…"
"Uh… OK… let's see how I do.."
Linda lay down on her featherbed-topped comfy bed, propped herself up on some pillows, and said, "ready when you are, chief."
"But I'm not even hard now.
"Well, I won't start the timer until you get into bed with me, so get strokin'"
Jesse had never felt so humiliated in his life, but the humiliation kinda made him feel excited… He was OK being Linda's "fuck toy" for awhile, although he had no idea how to integrate those feelings into his feelings for Jenna. Was Linda really serious about needing to be "up to standard" before marrying Jenna? Ugh — he sure hoped not, because he doubted he could ever make a woman cum just from his cock. Although he'd really like to learn how.
Jesse jacked himself like crazy, seeing Linda on the bed, those big breasts looking so inviting — the blonde hairs at her vagina looking welcoming… knowing how heavenly she felt inside already, he knew he'd never last 45 minutes, but he thought it might be fun trying. OK, he was hard enough to try… He crawled into bed, and the timer started…
He kissed that mouth, that was so adept at sucking cock… why couldn't they just practice more cock-sucking? He loved that part of it.. He sucked those nipples… nipples that had breast-fed the woman he was going to marry — that was hott in a strange, kinky kinda way… yeah, that made him harder and harder… and then, finally, he sank his cock home in that ridiculously wet and soft vagina.
Oh dear god… he wasn't going to last 5 minutes, let alone 45. He wasn't going to last 3 minutes if he moved much. aww.. fuck… he knew this would happen. He reached one hand up above Linda's head, for balance, and the other one, well, the other one went on "clitoris duty" — doing anything at all it could to have her make any kind of sound of pleasure whatsoever… rubbing over it lightly… pushing on it, and moving it… pushing hard and rubbing hard. like the sensitive spot on the underside of a guy's cock… yeah, that seemed to help a lot, truly…. could he take a fuck stroke now?? please?? dear god in heaven, just one?? He did, and he came instantly inside her. FUCK!! SHIT!! NOOO! OK… she didn't say he couldn't cum. did she? No, not really. He could, then, in theory, keep on doing what he was doing, as long as his cock was still inside.
He figured he may as well stroke now. It's not like he'd cum. So, he began light, easy pumping. His cock was sensitive, and didn't really appreciate it, but still, he figured Linda would. Still, he kept working with his free hand, on her clitoris.
After a little while, she seemed to be getting more and more excited, and he hoped that an orgasm was starting for her.. he looked at the timer…. 25 minutes… OK.. maybe, just maybe, she might be ready…. as far as he was concerned, he was actually beginning to get hard once again. Slowly, even though he was still pumping through all of this, he was getting hard. Maybe that would help her, too.
He started fucking her hard in earnest, just keeping his thumb on her clitoris, and rubbing it hard and fast. Yes, she was cumming. Finally!! Although, when he started cumming again, she stopped him, by planting her long finger-nails between his ass-cheeks, and digging in…. "Ahhhhhh!" he screamed, and stopped his pumping, which was fine, because his screaming sent her over the edge, and she drew him to her, by putting her arms around his slender waist….. oh yes, she wanted him, but she wanted him hard.
Linda wiggled out from underneath him, went to her nightstand drawer, and produced a tube of KY jelly, which she tossed at him. At this, she got on all fours, and turned her head to whisper "Saddle up, Cowboy"….
Oh God, was she really inviting him into her plump, but muscular ass? He guessed so, by the KY Jelly. He'd tried this with other women, but mostly it ended badly. So he'd never had a successful anal-sex experience with a woman before. He really wanted this. He squirted a hefty amount of lube into her waiting ass, and began by inserting 2 fingers into her, and moving them in and out a little bit. At this, she moaned, and thrust herself back upon his fingers, time and again.. Oh, god.. he got harder and harder at this. Then he inserter 3, then 4 fingers — she expanded easily for this… he worked these in and out of her, and she began to moan… "ooooaohhh.." Her own hand found its way to her clitoris, and she was working on that herself… great… [one less thing] he thought…
Finally, he lubed his "hot dog in the bun" and slowly inserted it inside her… she clamped down in resistance (intentionally, perhaps), so that he had to use a great deal of force to get himself inside, and she screamed a little as he finally reached the end of his travel. To him, it felt heavenly.. not soft and warm and wet, like vagina, but hard, and muscular, and tight — altogether different. Jesse had even tried to "top" with boys, but it never worked out right, either.. just bad memories that always kept it from happening, but this time, to his amazement, he was having anal sex, properly, and it was going just great.
Linda turned her head around again, and whispered, "Fuck me, Fuck me hard, Tiger, if you can…" Inside his head, the word "Tiger" stuck… he felt rather like a Tiger… Big Cats, like Lions and Tigers fuck the females in their "groups" up to 50 times per day, because the females are poly-fecund — meaning they can carry cubs from more than one father — this extreme amount of mating ensures that all of the cubs will be theirs, and not those of some other male.. Yeah, he was the Male Tiger for this group of females… both mother and daughter… and when they wanted to, he'd fuck them as much as he could.
He fucked her ass, and he fucked her hard. Once in a while, she'd let out a little scream, as he bottomed out in her ass, time and again. Having cum just a little while ago, though, he lasted a good while. When he finally did cum, the timer was way over the 1:45 mark. He collapsed on top of Linda, forcing her flat onto the bed. She reached her hand back, and pulled some of his copper-red hair down over her face. She did love his hair. He lay there, by the timer, half an hour.. all the while his cock still inside her ass, getting slowly smaller.
Linda was a nurse, and knew some of the specifics of basic hygienics of sex. Finally she said to him. "You'd better go and take a piss, to clean out your insides, and wash the outside of that sweetmeat, honey. — You don't want an infection, baby. Then you'd better get home to Jenna; she'll be wondering where you got to.
Jesse cleaned up, came back to the bedroom to give Linda a goodbye kiss, like any dutiful son-in-law would, then left the house. As Linda heard his truck start in the driveway, she thought, "Wow, Jenna picked a winner this time."
All the while, until the wedding, Linda would call Jesse for "help" with various household problems, like clogged drains, getting things down off the attic, putting things down in the basement, etc… each task was "duly rewarded" at least by a blowjob, if not a fuck, or an anal fuck.
Finally the wedding day was upon them. The wedding was to be held in Linda's back yard. A tent was erected, and all was in preparation. Jenna's friends were helping her get ready in Linda's bedroom. Jesse, however, was to get dressed in the tiny back bedroom of the townhouse. Linda said she'd go help him, and try to keep him calm.
When she got there, he was just sitting on the bed, in his bikini briefs, as if he had the rug pulled out from under him, psychologically.
"What's the matter, Tiger??"
"Huh?" He looked up at her. "I don't know… Do I really want to do this? 25, and a built-in family already. Jenna's a great girl and all, but she treats me more like one of the kids, than her husband already. How is it going to be once we're married? When do I get to feel like a man? The only time I do, is when I come here, and you, pardon my frankness, suck my cock. THEN, I feel like a man."
"If we stopped our cock-sucking sessions, do you think you could still be a good husband and father?" Linda asked solemnly, realizing there was something more going on here than cold feet.
"I don't think I could even be a man without those, Linda, to be honest. All I'll ever be is a ball and chain around Jenna's ankle, and a babysitter. I don't think I could even make love to her without our little "injections" of manhood."
Linda locked the door of the bedroom behind her, and sat next to him on the bed. She put her arm around him, and held him, with his head upon her ample bosom. Jesse began to cry a little. "Hussshh, my little Tiger… Momma's gonna make it all alright. Any time you need to feel more like a man, you bring that pretty cock of yours to me, and you shove it in any hole you want. I'll be your sex slave.. Your lady Tiger… Your cum dumpster — Whatever it takes to make you feel like a man. You're a beautiful man, Jesse. I was worried about you being good enough for Jenna, but I see I should have worried about Jenna being good enough for you. You go be Jenna's husband, and father to those babies, but you be my man, my tiger, my lover."
Jesse sniffled a little. Linda got him a tissue from the nightstand. He blew his nose, and smiled a little. Yes, he figured this could work. Suddenly, an amusing thought entered his mind… "Does this make me a "motherfucker?" and he laughed.
Linda threw a pillow onto the floor, and drew Jesse to the edge of the bed, pulling down his bikini briefs. She pushed him backwards onto the bed, so he could relax totally, and took him into her mouth, ever so slowly, concentrating her tongue on the sensitive spot on the underside, behind the head. Jessie groaned in pleasure. She worked and worked on this spot, exerting as much pressure as possible, and holding onto his shaft with her hand, bobbing in and out, as fast as she could, exerting some suction on the "out" stroke, and extra tongue action on the "in" stroke. Jesse was close to cumming in no time. He knew by now that there was no need to pull away, or warn her in any way. She knew when he was cumming, and she always swallowed his cum. She said he tasted like "more". He always smiled at that, and felt like a god for a few minutes afterward.
In a few minutes, he shot a big load, and she swallowed every little bit.
Luckily, Linda wasn't the sort to wear makeup, so there were no lipstick stains to wash off.
Linda helped him dress, then, after pulling up his bikini briefs.
It was a "smart-casual" affair, which meant "nice jeans, sport jacket, and a tie."
Jenna was knocking on the door, telling Jesse that the JP was there. Asking why the door was locked. He said he was dressing, and had been in his underwear, but it was ok now, and her mom was in there with him.
She thought nothing of it, but said "Mom, get him outside in five minutes, ok??
Linda answered, "Sure thing, baby!"
Linda braided part of his hair — the tops, into a beautiful renaissance-style braid, with the back hanging straight down to his ass, and together, they walked downstairs and out to the JP.
The wedding went off without a hitch, and "A good time was had by all."
The honeymoon was just to be a week at the Jersey Shore. Linda was keeping one of the kids, and Jesse's family the other. Linda could tell, though, that the idea of a whole week with just Jenna was beginning to make Jesse very tense. As the reception wore down, Jesse said to Jenna, "Hey, hon, I'm going to go and get a shower, and get changed, I'm all sweaty from this suit jacket. You stay out here with the guests until I'm done, then you can go in and changed or whatever you want to do."
Linda followed him in, telling Jenna "I'll get you guys extra towels, and get him some clips for his hair — so he doesn't get that all wet."
They met in the back bedroom. Jesse was already naked, with a towel wrapped around him. Linda hopped up on the bed, and lifted her skirt, to show Jesse that she had nothing on underneath…. "plow it right in, Tiger, I've been wet all day being close to you, and not being able to touch you. Don't worry about me… this is all about you, Baby.. You cum as soon or as late as you want — You're in charge… you're the man…. I'm just a fuck-post, do you understand?? YOUR fuck-post — your fucking fuck-slave… There's nothing I won't do for your pleasure.. do you understand??"
Jesse nodded, and slipped the elastic waist of her empire-waist style dress up over her tits… Bringing her to the edge of the bed, and putting her legs up over his strong biceps, his hands on her breasts, rubbing her nipples between his fingers, he did indeed plow right into her hard and fast.
There was no timer, as in the first of their encounters, thankfully. He lasted no more than 10 minutes, and fired a massive load out of his cannon. He leaned forward, his head upon her breasts; she let him rest for a minute or two, before slapping him on the ass, saying "OK, tiger, you'd better hit that shower, or Jenna will come looking for you. I'm gonna leave your load inside me. I want to feel it dripping down my legs for the rest of the evening, until this party's over, and then when you're gone, I'm going to masturbate all week long, thinking of you, my man, my tiger, my lover."
Linda clipped up his hair, and Jesse showered, changing into a more comfortable T-shirt, jeans, and Nikes. [God he was a gorgeous man.] Linda thought to herself.
The reception ended, and, with one more blowjob, while Jenna was in the shower, Jesse seemed to have his shit together for the honeymoon. While his cock-head was down inside Linda's throat, he asked her if she couldn't come to the shore somehow, while they were there. Linda pulled off of him, and looked up across his beautiful abs and chest, and said, "If you need me."
"I do."
As Jenna and Jesse were getting ready to leave, Linda said to Jenna that she thought that she and the little boy G—— might go to the shore also, although not to the same city, but rather Ocean City, a more "family" oriented place. Jenna thought that would be nice. In Jesse's overnight bag, Linda placed her cell-phone. She would get another. She only had it for work, anyway. She had it on silent. She'd call him, and leave a voice-mail with the details and new phone number.
She'd be at his call, wherever, whenever, for as long as he wanted her.
The fuck-slave of a red-haired Adonis. She wouldn't let herself fall in love with her daughter's husband, no. She would, however, help him with his manhood issues. Her daughter, because of her strong personality, and her need to be in control of everything, all of the time, had emasculated this gorgeous creature. This was unpardonable. Her own mission, then, was to "re-masculate" him. With her, he was a "real man."
Even on their honeymoon, she'd be 45 minutes away. Ready to suck or fuck her copper-top lover, whenever he needed his manhood reinforced. Whenever he needed to feel sexually dominant, the way a real man would, or should, at least at times.
Yes, this she could and would do, and, was it a bad thing if she enjoyed herself in the process?
Only you, gentle reader, can decide that.
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2012-10-18 14:50:35
Thanks for your kind comments. Your suggestions are duly noted. This story is based in reality, so I kinda had to go with that, but we can always leave reality in the dust, can't we?? LOL Jesse would enjoy that, probably.
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2012-10-18 00:56:34
Not too bad. A little more detail in fucking Linda the mother would be better. In future episodes get both motner and daughter pregnant. Have mother and daughter find out about their common interest and live together in harmony.
2012-10-17 21:48:00
contact me djb8247, and I'll see if I can't put you in contact with Jesse, and perhaps you can find out. He's a sweet guy... maybe a little submissive. I've more stories from him to write as well
2012-10-17 15:04:26
sounds more like a sub queen than a straight guy
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Wine: 14 Hands Hot to Trot Red Blend
Grapes: Syrah, merlot, petit verdot and mourvedre
Region: Columbia Valley, Wash.
Vintage: 2011
Price: $7.99
Availability: Costco and other stores
In the glass: Hot to Trot Red Blend is a deep blackish color with a densely opaque core going out into a rich-looking purple-red rim definition with high viscosity.
On the nose: There is excellent black and red berry fruit at first, then crushed brambleberry, loganberry juice, lots of cassis and raspberry jam, with just a hint of underlying mineral character. There is a discernable trace of oak in the wine, bringing a hint of exotic vanilla to it, but also making it appear very clean and fresh and not overwrought.
On the palate: It is a lovely rounded blast of berry fruit with dominance by raspberries, black currants and boysenberries. The solid structure in the wine through the midpalate goes into a soft, lush fruity finish with lots of berries, then fruit-driven minerals with hints of mint and herbs. The finish is wonderfully supple, with no obtrusive tannins and nice lingering blackberry and licorice finale. It is a good effort in winemaking in a highly attractive package.
Odds and ends: These are the first few days of the Year of the Horse in the Chinese calendar and to celebrate, I found the perfect wine. This 14 Hands red blend was normally available only for restaurants in select markets, but as the company saw the wine's popularity soar and discerning wine lovers kept requesting it in their local wine shops, it decided to roll out this aptly named "Hot to Trot" blend. The 14 hands refer to the height of the wild horses that used to roam the area where this wine comes from.
The wine is made in a fairly traditional way, receiving special attention, as if it were a much more expensive wine, including cold soaking to extract fruit flavors, daily pump-overs for color and flavor extraction, and aging in both French and American oak barrels. The result is astonishing for the money — a big, full-bodied and rich wine that deserves a nice filet grilled medium-rare and accompanied by roasted potatoes. It will drink well now through 2018 and can be enjoyed straight from the bottle with no need to decant.
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Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) is temporarily closing the floating portion of the Eastbank Esplanade due to extremely high Willamette River water levels.
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Commissioners Amanda Fritz (Development Services, Parks & Recreation) and Steve Novick (Transportation) announce a new timeline for the preservation of the historic Rayworth House.
The City offers special thanks to neighborhood advocates Roy and Kim Fox, who committed to saving the home, located on Albina St., and have made a significant financial and emotional investment in preserving the historic structure. Further, the City offers special thanks to developer Andre Koshuba who has graciously granted several needed extensions to avoid demolishing the house. Commissioners Fritz and Novick are also appreciative of the advocacy of Boise Neighborhood Association.
Complications arose yesterday (Thursday, September 5) when City staff learned that the height of the home during its cross-town move was actually three and a half feet taller than previously indicated in the permitting process. This information, coming less than 72 hours before the home was to be moved, raised significant concerns over vital infrastructure issues such as traffic impacts, utility/electric and communication line impacts, and on impacts to both private and City-owned trees.
This change necessitates a new route for a potential move and new permits. Property developer Andre Koshuba has agreed to a one-week delay of demolition to allow for additional route planning.
Fritz, Novick and City staff will continue to work with all parties to find a new or modified route that minimizes impacts on traffic, gives advance notification of impacted neighbors, and includes a thorough assessment of utility/electric and communication line issues and the structural and safety-related impacts to both privately- and City-owned trees.
"Everyone wants to make this move happen, in a manner that protects neighbors and the house," says City Commissioner Amanda Fritz. "I very much appreciate the efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Fox, of Mr. Koshuba, of Pat Brady of Emmert International, and everyone involved."
Commissioner Novick praised the work of staff from the several bureaus to work together to try to find a way to relocate the house while protecting infrastructure the community depends on every day.
"The Transportation Bureau has to protect the trees, power lines and traffic signals that are in the public right-of-way," Novick said. "I'm glad we may be able to find a way to preserve this house, which reflects the character and charm of Portland. But all parties need to continue to work together to protect the utilities and other infrastructure that are essential to our quality of life."
The home is believed to have been built in 1890 by Edwin Rayworth. It went into foreclosure in 2010. Koshuba, the developer, then bought it and plans to replace it with a pair of homes on the Rayworth property's existing site.


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Guptill needs some time in the middle so he can sort his game out and play some long innings. Leave him be for a while in domestix imo.
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Guptill needs some time in the middle so he can sort his game out and play some long innings. Leave him be for a while in domestix imo.
Yes, but if he does get picked in the test squad, he might make an impact in the 2 FC games in the lead up (especially if BMac and Taylor stay in India until the last possible moment).
Longshot I know, and not necessarilly that I agree with it 100%, but it's just a theory.
Pretty much the team from Eden Park is the one that deserves to start that first test.
Unless he makes a double hundred in the tour game against a decent bowling line up I wouldn't consider him at all. Even then I don't think he'd get in for the England series. Someone would need to fail.
Brownlie is a better batsman that Guptill anyway imo.
Hopefully our magnificent fast bowlers (just doing a WW there) can find swing with the Duke balls.
Any idea what the big difference is between these and the Kookaburra's? Heard something about the lacquer on the Duke's that take about 10 overs to come off AND THEN they swing?
Maybe Wagner will open the bowling?
Boult and Southee swung the Duke earlier than the 10th in the West Indies. That's also where Doull reported Wagner was earning the ire of his fellow seamers for taking chunks out of the shiny side.
England performance squad for the summer.
1. Alastair Cook (Essex) Test and One-Day Captain
2. Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire) T20 Captain
3. James Anderson (Lancashire)
4. Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire)
5. Ian Bell (Warwickshire)
6. Ravi Bopara (Essex)
7. Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire)
8. Danny Briggs (Hampshire)
9. Jos Buttler (Somerset)
10. Nick Compton (Somerset)
11. Jade Dernbach (Surrey)
12. Steven Finn (Middlesex)
13. Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire)
14. James Harris (Middlesex)
15. Craig Kieswetter (Somerset)
16. Michael Lumb (Nottinghamshire)
17. Stuart Meaker (Surrey)
18. Eoin Morgan (Middlesex)
19. Graham Onions (Durham)
20. Monty Panesar (Sussex)
21. Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire)
22. Kevin Pietersen (Surrey)
23. Matt Prior (Sussex)
24. Joe Root (Yorkshire)
25. Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire)
26. James Tredwell (Kent)
27. Chris Tremlett (Surrey)
28. Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire)
29. Chris Woakes (Warwickshire)
30. Luke Wright (Sussex)
No great surprises. Bopara getting in is disappointing. I was hoping we wouldn't see him for a bit. Kieswetter I guess is the other who presumably won't be involved in any squads. Everybody else you can see being in one squad or another.
Taylor, and IMHO Hildreth the unluckiest there. I mean Lumb in just because he may play some t20, bleh.
So Bopara > Taylor, still. Wonder what JWAT has done?
Taylor comment: don't let me be lonely tonight.
Generally when one side who usually takes part in a 5 Test series becomes semi-minnow, they get the amount of Tests in the series reduced, like the Frank Worrell. Imagine the Ashes will be a 3 Test series after Australia get whitewashed, leaving more time for serious opposition like New Zealand and a resurgent West Indies.
Valid point tbf, NZ's batting is probably better than Aus' batting at this stage.


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1A State Qualifiers From WACO District/Regional
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Many of the area 1A schools were in Wayland, for their district/regional meet. Area first place finishers and automatic qualifiers:
First Place Finishers
100 Meter Dash – Madelyn Flemr Lone Tree
4×1 – Lone Tree: Rachel Davison, Angela Wehmeyer, Madelyn Flemr, Dakota Lamonica
4×2 – Highland: Heather Cole, Cheyenne Flory, Allison Sojak, Kayla Schneider
4×4 – Highland: Allison Sojak, Cheyenne Flory, Jordan Rath, Kayla Schneider
800 Sprint Medley – Highland: Heather Coe, Cheyenne Flory, Kayla Schneider, Allison Sojak
First Place Finishers
110 Hurdles – Wes Atkinson Winfield-Mount Union
400 Hurdles – Wes Atkinson
4×8 – WACO: Tyler Ayers, Christian Roth, Colin Poe, Klinton Garrett
Long Jump – Wes Atkinson Winfield-Mount Union
Shuttle Hurdle – Winfield-Mount Union: Wes Atkinson, Andrew Liles, Grant Edwards, Trent Haines
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Six incredibly rare whiskies (one bottle produced of each) for WhiskyFest San Francisco
September 19th, 2009Six different whiskymakers from six different distilleries have agreed to make a unique bottle of whisky (bottle #1 of 1) just for WhiskyFest San Francisco, which takes place on October 16th. Attendees will be able to taste a 1/2 ounce pour for a requested $20 donation to charity (Meals on Wheels).
Here are the six whiskies, along with a description of each, as provided by the whiskymaker.
Isle of Jura– Willie Tait: "I put a hogs head of Jura down on the 23rd Nov 1989, on my daughter's 13th birthday. This was my legacy for my children, as they have already taken all my money."
Bruichladdich– Jim McEwan: "The title of my whisky will be "Working on a Dream" it will be a vatting of 46 years of Bruichladdich as that is the time I have been in the business. A single malt made by humble men on the west coast of Islay whereby you can feel and taste their personality, honesty and passion in every sip you take."
The Dalmore– Richard Paterson: As Neil Armstrong stepped onto the lunar surface for the very first time at 02.56 GMT on 21st July 1969, the new spirit of Dalmore down on Earth on this very same day was being transported onto the circular surface of American White Oak to begin its epic journey too.
The Balvenie– David Stewart: David now has an intimate knowledge of where his personal favorites are within the Balvenie warehouses, many of which he has been carefully nurturing for several years. David's unique bottling will be a single cask sampling drawn directly from one of this highly personal selections.
Glenfiddich– Brian Kinsman: Cask samples are retained long after the cask has long been bottled and savored. They form a historical archive of Glenfiddich's greatest and best. Brian will be selecting from these precious remnants to craft a unique and unrepeatable one-bottle "vatting" of Glenfiddich.
Buffalo Trace- Our charity Buffalo Trace bottle contains the very first sample ever drawn from our "Millennium Barrel." This barrel was filled on December 31, 1999, that's why we call it our "Millennium Barrel." It was the very last barrel that we filled on the last day of the last century.
This is about as rare as whisky gets. And you can be sure they are going to taste great. Come to WhiskyFest San Francisco, try one of these rare treats, and help support a good cause.
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[…] For example, this year I created and donated a rare and commemorative 1969 Dalmore "Moon"…Willie Tait from Jura has also been very generous with the Jura whiskies. […]


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Posted on 11/11/2008 5:08:14 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Six miles from Urfa, an ancient city in southeastern Turkey, Klaus Schmidt has made one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of our time: massive carved stones about 11,000 years old, crafted and arranged by prehistoric people who had not yet developed metal tools or even pottery. The megaliths predate Stonehenge by some 6,000 years. The place is called Gobekli Tepe, and Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working here more than a decade, is convinced it's the site of the world's oldest temple.
(Excerpt) Read more at smithsonianmag.com ...
Saw this at the Health Center today as I was waiting for my Doctor's Appointment.
Great photos in the Magazine....
You're right, impressive indeed.
Not seeing the map on the website that is in the magazine article....location is above the Syrian border and a bit west of the Syrian / Iraqi / Turkey border point.
This can't be real, afterall the world is only 6,000 years old.
Urfa is historically presumed to be the home of Abraham of Genesis fame.
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The oldest we've found, but if they were building something this elaborate 11,000 years ago, there have to have been simpler sites even earlier, even if they have not survived. (I'm thinking of the "monolith to El" in Michner's The Source.)
I think that is Ur (in present-day Iraq), not Urfa (in Turkey).
Egad man! You should fined for posting that!
What did you do....you destroyed the sanctity of this thread...../s
Enoch was a grandson of Adam, his son built the first city and named it after his father. There was a temple there. Is it because they have not found it, only stories of it and this is the oldest they "found".
Need to dig a little deeper.
I have my reasons. :')
I don't get the Helen Thomas pic. Guess I'm too slow for that rapier wit. I was kidding about the age of the Earth. It's probably more like 7000 years. Sorry.
A sincere thanks for your post!
Says the buzzards come there to eat the bodies of the dead. Oh, yeah, it says "Keep your sandals on and watch out for the scorpions".
No doubt they spoke an agglutinative language with its origins in SE India and Sundaland.
Something about bears and big tigers too.
Few folks lived near this place, but no doubt they came well-armed in force to leave their dead.
Great ,...thanks for adding the photos.
Open wideDentists may have drilled teeth to remove decay more than 8000 years ago in prehistoric Pakistan, according to an international team of researchers. Tiny holes drilled in teeth found at Mehrgarh, in Baluchistan, provide some of the earliest evidence of dentistry. Archaeological study of the site suggests that the people who lived there 8000 to 9000 years ago had a sophisticated civilisation. They cultivated crops, kept livestock and created elaborate jewellery from shells, amethyst and turquoise... [L]ast year, Andrea Cucina of the University of Missouri-Columbia was cleaning teeth from the jaw of one man from Mehrgarh when he noticed a perfect, tiny hole on the biting surface of a molar... Under the microscope, they could see concentric grooves left by what was probably a drill with a tiny stone bit... There is no doubt that the people of Mehrgarh had the skill and tools for such delicate work. The holes were exactly the same diameter as those found in beads.\
by Philip Cohen
19:00 11 April 01
Chronological context
All statements about the site must be considered preliminary, as only about 1.5% of the site's total area have been excavated as yet; floor levels have only been reached in the second complex (complex B), which also contained a terrazzo-like floor.
Excavations so far have revealed very little evidence for residential use. Through the radiocarbon method, the end of stratum III could be determined at circa 9,000 BC (see above); its beginnings are estimated to 11,000 BC or earlier. Stratum II dates to about 8,000 BC.
Thus, the complexes originated before the so-called Neolithic Revolution, the beginning of agriculture and animal husbandry, which is assumed to begin after 9,000 BC. But the construction of the Göbekli Tepe complex implies organisation of a degree of complexity not hitherto associated with pre-Neolithic societies. The archaeologists estimate that up to 500 persons were required to extract the 10-20 ton pillars (in fact, some weigh up to 50 tons) from local quarries and move them 100 to 500m to the site. [3] For sustenance, wild cereals may have been used more intensely than so far; perhaps they were even deliberately cultivated. Residential buildings have not been discovered as yet, but there are some "special buildings" which may have served for ritual gatherings.
Around the beginning of the 8th millennium BC, "Navel Mountain" lost its importance. The advent of agriculture and animal husbandry brought new circumstances to human life in the area. But the complex was not gradually abandoned and simply forgotten, to be obliterated by the forces of nature over time. Instead, it was deliberately covered with 300 to 500 cubic metres of soil. Why this happened is unknown, but it preserved the monuments for posterity.
At present, the complex raises more questions to archaeology and prehistory than it answers. For example, we cannot tell why more and more walls were gradually added to the interiors while the sanctuary was in use.
Wonder how they did root canals?
"The people of Catal Huyuk buried their dead below the platforms of their houses and shrines only after the flesh had been removed, probably for the sake of hygiene. The primary process of excarnation may have taken place in light structures, built of reeds and matting as depicted on the wall of a shrine, or by means of vultures." (p 86)This devouring by vultures was already an old tradition when it was adopted by some of the Zoroastrians, forebears of the Zoroastrians now living in India who are having their vulture crisis.
Catal Huyuk had a thriving economy, apparently based on their monopoly over the obsidian trade from Lake Van into western Anatolia and points west. They made beads and other pieces of craft, using various materials including local greenstone. They mined ochre and used it and other local resources to make paints. They used fossil shells, lignite, copper and iron ores, native copper (that's copper with few impurities that doesn't need to be processed from ore), cinnabar, and galena. They imported "fine tabular flint" as well as obsidian for pressure flaked manufacturing. They made obsidian mirrors. The made textiles, apparently out of wool, as attested by their imitation of the weaving patters found in wood and clay vessels right down to the oldest levels. They imported sea shells "especially dentalia". They bred stock. They hunted wild cattle, Red Deer, wild ass, board, and leopards. They don't seem to have eaten fish (not unlike the Neandertal) but bird bones and eggshells are foun. They grew emmer, einkorn, and "bread" wheat, naked barley, pea, vetch, bitter vetch, and obtained vegetable oil from crucifers, almonds, acorns, and pistachios. Hackberry seeds found in abundance suggest wine production, and "beer can be assumed." (p 84)They ate well, in fact, very well, with a varied diet. This seems surprising until one realizes that humans are ridiculously omniverous mainly due to the climate found in most of the world and the fruiting habits of every edible plant on Earth. There are parts of the rain forests which are like a grocery store basically all year round, but those areas never known frost. Khirokitia in Cyprus was an early Neolithic, Aceramic settlement characterized by domed houses, corridors, workshops, all linked by a main street.
Jericho has a "Proto-Neolithic", Early Natufian level radiocarbon dated to 9551 BC. Agriculture was practiced there. As of 1963 (heh) the evidence was conclusive but indirect, taking the form of sickles and sickle blades, "querns", mortars, pounders, and pestles. Although these Natufians grew crops they also relied on hunting and fishing for a great portion of their diet. (p 23)Note that this site is closer to Tell Hamoukar and antedates it by over 3000 years. Granted it was a far smaller settlement compared to the final greatest extent of the latter, Jericho has been in nearly continuous occupation during the entire interval of over 11000 years.
Hacilar is a site related to Catal Huyuk and about 200 miles west of it. Its seven levels of occupation began circa 7040 BC. They domesticated dogs, ate sheep or goat (may have been domesticated, or pre-domesticated herds in pens), cattle and deer, 2 rowed hulled barley, wild einkorn, and lentils. (p 80) Hacilar II burned circa 5250 BC. Newcomers arrived, remodelled, built the Hacilar I a-b fortress. The fortress was destroyed by fired and the site deserted circa 5000 BC, or about 500 years after the abandonment of Catal Huyuk (west mound, a short-lived successor site across the river from the older, main site). (p 112)These burnings are attributable to conflicts and raids. While Catal Huyuk had some fires, these have not been attributed to warfare. There's a peculiar lack of signs of war at Catal Huyuk, although daggers, spear- and arrowheads were made there. Since Mellaart wrote this book the terminal fire at Catal Huyuk has been interpreted as a destruction by invaders. The destruction of Hacilar took place twice, and Ryan and Pitman see both the fortifications and the fires as consequences of the Black Sea flood.
The Halaf culture existed from the late sixth to early fifth millennium BC. They built tholos which were domed chambers entered from a long outer room and entrance not unlike the Aceramic structures on Cyprus and the mainland, and for that matter the passage graves found in the British Isle and elsewhere in Western Europe. The Halaf were farmers, growing emmer wheat and hulled 2 row barley, flax for linseed oil and possibly linen cloth, and eventually 6 row barley. The 'Ubaid culture is thought to have had a population explosion due to their use of irrigation. As they moved north up the Tigris and Euphrates they overwhelmed and absorbed the Halaf. (p 119-126)The Halaf use of 6 row barley suggests the use of irrigation, and since Mellaart wrote this evidence of irrigation has been found dated to 14,000 BP (12,000 BC), so this 'Ubaid population explosion is unlikely to have been the first. Settegast notes the combination of the round Halaf structures in the 'Ubaid layers which are mostly characterized by square structures. This shows that the two cultures coexisted, although the 'Ubaid was dominant. Eventually the Halaf disappeared. Of course, some appear to have moved to Cyprus. : )
Earliest Civilizations of the Near East by James Mellaart"In this book we see the first beginnings of agriculture from somewhere around 9000 BC, continuing in cultures in which at first pottery, long thought to be the main criterion of a 'neolithic' culture, was not in fact made, and then before many centuries have elapsed, the first use of metals -- copper or lead or gold, cold-worked from the native metal from the sixth millennium BC. The old technological-evolutionary stages of Mesolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic and so on are rapidly losing their crisp outlines, but only because we are now able to perceive something which, because it is more muddled and imprecise, is more human." -- Stuart Piggott, general editor's preface.1965, LOC 65-19415 - a volume of the Library of Early Civilizations
No,Abraham's Ur is down toward Basra in Iraq. Urfa is a relatively recent name for Edessa.
Some 8000 year old human cremation urns were just dug up in Istanbul, but I haven't posted that one yet. Here's this though:
Excavations put Izmir at 8,500 years old
Turkish Daily News | Friday, October 31, 2008 | unattributed
Posted on 11/03/2008 6:43:13 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Some sources attriute it to the Greeks of the 5th century BC.
Obviously they were wrong.
maybe these were tomb stones and the pictures are an early language showing the names of the burried heroes./American Indians had animal names. Why couldn't one of these guys be called "Spider Vulture"?
But what is new, and what makes this season's dig at Gobekli so climactic, is the quality of the latest finds - plus that mind-blowing thesis which links them to the Garden of Eden.
The thesis is this. Historians have long wondered if the Eden story is a folk memory, an allegory of the move from hunter-gathering to farming. Seen in this way, the Eden story describes how we moved from a life of relative leisure - literally picking fruit from the trees - to a harsher existence of ploughing and reaping.
And where did this change take place? Biologists now think the move to agriculture began in Kurdish Turkey. Einkorn wheat, a forerunner of the world's cereal species, has been genetically linked to here. Similarly, it now seems that wild pigs were first domesticated in Cayonu, just 60 miles from Gobekli.
This region also has Biblical connections, tying it closer to the Eden narrative. Muslims believe that Sanliurfa, a nearby city, is the Old Testament city of Ur. Harran, a town down the road, is mentioned in Genesis twice.
Even the topography of Gobekli Tepe is 'correct'. The Bible describes rivers descending from Paradise. Gobekli Tepe sits in the 'fertile crescent' between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. The Bible also mentions mountains surrounding Eden. From the brow of Gobekli's hills you can see the Taurus range.
But how does this intoxicating
notion link to the architecture of Gobekli, and those astonishing finds?
About 6200-6500 years ago there existed a civilization located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers near the Persian Gulf. The area was known as Mesopotamia and the city was called Ur. Because of the geographic location the city had fertile soil and was the perfect place to irrigate the land and raise productive crops, as well as domesticate sheep, goats and other animals.
Ur is known in the Bible as Ur of the Chaldees. This biblical name, Ur of the Chaldees, refers to the Chaldeans, who settled the area about 900 B.C. It is known as the ancient city of the Sumerian civilization and the home of Abraham, father of the Hebrews. Its ruins are between the modern city of Baghdad, Iraq, and the head of the Persian Gulf. The site is now known as Tall al Muqayyar, Iraq. The site of ancient Ur is located 140 miles south of Babylon. It was the capital of a small wealthy empire during the third millennium B.C. Most of the great ziggurat of Ur is still standing.
Archaeologists were spurred by biblical accounts to excavate mounds in what is now Iraq. There they uncovered the ancient civilizations of Assyria, Babylonia, Sumeria, and Ur. These excavations, along with others, confirmed and expanded on the historical accounts offered in the Bible.
See the update above.
Knocked out the tooth, dug out the offending tissue, and jammed it back in. ;')
Sahara's abrupt desertificationGerman scientists, employing a new climate system model, have concluded that this desertification was initiated by subtle changes in the Earth's orbit and strongly amplified by resulting atmospheric and vegetation feedbacks in the subtropics. The timing of this transition was, they report, mainly governed by a global interplay among atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and vegetation... the model led to the conclusion that the desertification of North Africa began abruptly 5,440 years ago (+/- 30 years). Before that time, the Sahara was covered by annual grasses and low shrubs, as evidenced by fossilized pollen.
by Harvey Leifert
7 Jul 99
See #34.
The Mormon texts helped create that view, and of course maintain it. I think more sources beleive Urfa to be Abrahams home.
Turns out there's a Gobleki Tepe folder inside the Anatolia folder, which is inside the History and Prehistory folder... anyway, here's a bunch of links I'd accumulated during one of the earlier posting flurries about this site. There's also a bunch of graphics in there, but I'm too lazy to do anything about it.
The bear/fox/cat carving is at the top and that could be part of a standard nomenclature ~ you have a carving with an animal of a given size. You look out over the top to the horizon. If an animal of that kind is there YOU LEAVE because it's getting dangerously close.
I suspect ground penetrating radar is going to reveal many more Ice Age, and immediate post Ice Age temples and burial structures just like these all over the place.
Wheat Domestication
The Origins of Wheat
Wheat is important to me.
By K. Kris Hirst, About.com
There are many kinds of wheat in the world today. The two most common are common wheat, Triticum aestivum, also known as bread wheat and accounting for some 95% of all the consumed wheat in the world today; and durum wheat T. turgidum ssp. durum, which is that used in pasta and semolina products.
This article on the domestication of wheat is a part of the About.com Guide to Plant Domestications, and part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Any mistakes are the responsibility of Kris Hirst.
Urfa is an A.D. Name for Edessa. It isn't Abraham's Ur. Urfa was Edessa at the times of the Apostles and even later. It became Urfa under Islamic rule.
I sure feel like reporting you to abuse for that.
Where Was Abraham's Ur?
Alan R. Millard
Where Is Abraham's Ur?
by Cyrus H. Gordon
The notice in the December 1976 BAR ("The Promise of Ebla," BAR 02:04) that a new Ebla tablet refers to "Ur in Haran,"a reopens the discussion of where Ur of the Chaldees, Abraham's birthplace, was located. While we would welcome the full publication of the Ebla tablet, the Biblical evidence is by itself conclusive in placing Ur of the Chaldees in the Urfa-Haran region of south central Turkey, near the Syrian border, rather than in southern Mesopotamia where it is located on so many "Biblical" maps.
Genesis 11:31 relates that "Terah took Abram ... and they went out ... from Ur of the Chaldees to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there." Then Terah died (Genesis 11:32) and Abram went on to Canaan (Genesis 12:15). This means that Haran was en route from Ur of the Chaldees to Canaan. By no stretch of the imagination would anyone go from Sumerian Ur (in southern Mesopotamia) to Canaan via Haran. A glance at the map shows that Haran is much too far out of the way.
We ought to be careful since territories then didn't have political boundaries. Noah knows.
Very cool stuff. Thanks.
The fun starts when goofy theories (like those arising from Stonehenge) emerge. :')
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LONDON (AP) British police have charged a 16-year-old boy with murdering a retiree who was attacked by rioters in London last week, as the government said officers would get better training and stronger powers to deal with a new and unpredictable era of street disturbances.
The boy, who can't be named because of his age, is accused of killing 68-year-old Richard Bowes, who was found lying in a street during riots in Ealing, west London, on Aug. 8. He died of head injuries three days later.
The boy's mother has been charged with obstructing the police investigation.
PHOTOS: Rioting and looting in London
The suspect was due to appear in a London youth court Tuesday.
Five people died during violence that ravaged English cities last week, including three men hit by a car in Birmingham, central England, as they protected local shops from looters. Two men and a teenage boy have been charged with murdering Haroon Jahan, 20, and brothers Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31.
Several suspects have been questioned about the death of a man who was shot in the head during rioting in south London.
Across the country, some 3,000 people have been arrested and about 1,400 of those charged with riot-related offenses.
Courts opened around-the-clock for several days to deal with the flood of suspects.
Rioting began in London Aug. 6 and spread to several other English cities. Police were criticized for responding too slowly, particularly in London, but eventually deployed huge numbers of officers at riot zones to quell the mayhem.
Police said they would keep up an expanded presence on the streets of London over the coming days, although the force didn't give a detailed breakdown. Scotland Yard said many of the additional officers would be assigned to hunt those involved in the riots.
Home Secretary Theresa May said Britain had entered a "faster moving and more unpredictable" era of public order policing, and promised forces would get new instructions about training riot officers and responding to trouble.
"We will make sure police have the powers they need," she said — including wider powers to impose curfews.
The government has already floated a raft of new powers, including allowing police to order thugs to remove masks or hoods, evicting troublemakers from subsidized housing and temporarily disabling cell phone instant messaging services.
Prime Minister David Cameron has said he will consult former Los Angeles, New York and Boston Police Chief William Bratton on gang-fighting techniques.
Many senior police officers feel stung by the decision to look to the U.S., and by government criticism of their handling of the riots, and oppose plans to slash police budgets as part of sweeping austerity measures.
May acknowledged the government would cut funding to the police by 20% over four years, but said that pay freezes and eliminating red tape meant the real-terms reduction would be much lower.
And she said there would be no effect on front-line officers.
"What matters is not the total number of officers employed but the total number of officers deployed," May said.
On Monday, Cameron pledged to deliver a slew of new policies aimed at reversing the "slow-motion moral collapse" which he blamed for fostering the disorder.
Cameron insisted that racial tensions, poverty and the government's austerity measures — much of which have yet to bite — were not the primary causes of the riots across London and other major cities.
Instead, Cameron pointed to gang-related crime, and a widespread failure from Britain's leaders to address deep rooted social issues, including the country's generous welfare system.
Cameron pledged to end a culture of timidity in discussing family breakdown or poor parenting, or in criticizing those who fail to set a good example to their children or community.
"We have been too unwilling for too long to talk about what is right and what is wrong," Cameron said. "We have too often avoided saying what needs to be said, about everything from marriage to welfare to common courtesy."
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said Tuesday that the government would set up an independent panel — though not a full public inquiry — to hear from victims and investigate the causes of the riots.
Clegg said it would be "a grass roots process where people in the communities affected and the victims who have been so damaged and hurt can give their views about what needs to happen to ensure it doesn't happen again."
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Winners in Midlands police commissioners poll are named
The first ever police and crime commissioners at Midlands forces have been announced, as an inquiry was launched into low voter turnout.
Labour's Bob Jones was elected into the £100,000-a-year job in the West Midlands, with Tory Matthew Ellis being elected in Staffordshire.
Meanwhile, in the West Mercia police force area, independent candidate Bill Longmore landed the role.
But in what is being labelled as the worst election turnout ever, it has emerged that many polling stations went unused during Thursday's vote.
A portable office in Baggeridge Country Park was set up for 269 people in the Gospel End ward of South Staffordshire to vote, but just 24 people used it. It cost around £1,500 to set up.
One polling station on Weston Road, Stafford, had just six voters out of an electorate of 600.
In the West Midlands, 12.31 per cent of people voted, in Staffordshire 11.97 per cent and West Mercia 14.5 per cent.
Voting watchdog the Electoral Commission has launched a "thorough review" into what went wrong.
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- Staffordshire police commissioner pledges to make county officers more visible
- West Mercia police poll success for former superintendent
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I was told in polling station on Thursday at about 2pm that I was the 45th voter who had come into the station – pathetic !!!
The low turn-out shows me that they have no mandate to be in the job, yet the PM says they do. What a fiasco and debacle and democracy is the loser !
If the electorate wish to have a say in what happens to their country then they must vote accordingly. The idea of compulsory voting appears to be a very good idea in every election political or otherwise. Perhaps some form of financial penalty should be enforced to ensure voters do get off their backsides.
Money should have been spent on a proper poll voting explanation
Now money will be wasted on a "thorough review" (you could see this one coming)!
peter potts
ppl not voteing tells you that we dont need police comissioners with a £100.000 pound a year wage when we are haveing cuts in the police force money would be better spent in the police putting police back on the streets were they should be forceing ppl to vote will force ppl to vote for any idiot
faiz Bannourah
Bob Jones got my vote, I voted at 8pm after work,the girls who manned the polling station looked bored, with such turn out I am glad for the West Midlands to have an experienced man in charge of the police.
Good luck Bob.
John Thompson
100 million the cost of this election should have been spent on the schools it closed for the election fiasco
Maybe if people knew who was doing what then they would have voted !
I had never even heard of anyone standing for commissioner the most I saw was a polling card pushed hrough my door , but why should we vote for something that we have no idea on ?
It is not as if we had any follow up from the candidates .
I went to vote around 16:10hrs and was told that I was the 11th person, but the two Council staff got paid and fed so it's a good thing I suppose.
English Exile
41 police commissioners appointed at £100,000 each per year.
For a country in deep recession they sure know how to waste money.
How did we ever manage without them??
I cant see the point in these jobs we take officers off streets and put a select few on a 100.000 pound a year jobs to be desk jokeys plus all perks that go with it as for earlier comment people will vote when they see a good reason not for a select few to get cushy jobs then we waste more money on enquiry to why we didnt vote its laughable
Ditto peter potts and bert, I for one didnt have a booklet come thru the door explaining what we were voting for or who so didnt bother. When the voting was so low it should have been scrapped. In a union vote for industrial action you have to have 75% of the majority to take action otherwise it breaks down so why not this ? simple because the government wanted it, hence soeone in a cushy job onn 100 grand a year for four years !!


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Lord Tensai's music hits and we see his logo on the Titantron. An Asian man comes out dressed in all black ninja wear. Tensai comes out in a red robe and a black covering on his face. Alex Riley is in the ring.
Lord Tensai vs. Alex Riley
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We get more stills from WrestleMania.
They show the video from the "empty arena promo" from Cena. Cole says Cena will call out The Rock tonight.
WWE Championship: CM Punk vs. Mark Henry
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Punk leaps off the top but is again caught by Henry, this time with a boot to the gut. The crowd chants for Daniel Bryan. Punk mounts a comeback with chops and kicks. He finally knocks Henry down with a roundhouse to the head. Punk goes to the top and hits an elbow drop. Punk sells the pain and doesn't cover Henry who gets up before Punk. Punk hits two high knees to Henry's chin in the corner then tries a bulldog but Henry lifts him and dumps him out of the ring.
Punk gets counted out but is still champ.
Winner by count out: Mark Henry
Henry is mad that he didn't win the title and hits the WSS to Punk on the outside.
Laurinaitis comes out with Otunga and says Punk is going to defend his title often.
Jericho comes through the crowd. He wants to celebrate last night's match with Punk with a drink. Punk is laid out and Jericho pours whiskey on his face. This wakes up Punk who starts coughing. Jericho slips and falls on the liquor. Jericho grabs another bottle and continues to berate Punk and his family. Jericho smashes a full bottle of whiskey on Punk's head and it shatters. Jericho stands over Punk and slowly walks away up the ramp.
The trainers check on Punk.
They show stills of the Sheamus and Daniel Bryan "match" from last night.
Justin Roberts introduces Sheamus. This crowd is hot for Bryan; Sheamus gets about half 'boos.' He is immediately interrupted by Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo's introduction. The crowd starts chanting "Si!" (funny) then "Daniel Bryan!"


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May, who was the Phillies' second-ranked prospect, now becomes the Twins' fifth-ranked farmhand, two slots behind Meyer. So make no mistake: Despite the experience of Worley -- he was 18-13 with a 3.50 ERA in 53 career games before undergoing minor elbow surgery in September -- May is the centerpiece of this deal.
As Philadelphia's fourth-round draftee in 2008, May has developed steadily, spending time at each Minor League level, all the way up to Double-A Reading. The 23-year-old right-hander fashioned a 4.87 ERA and a 151-to-87 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 149 2/3 innings -- numbers that quantify his worst season as a pro. His low-to-mid-90 mph fastball, combined with a good curveball and improving changeup, lead scouts to believe he's still on his way up.
"Was an honor to be a part of Phillies org for the past 5 years," May (@Trevmay54) Tweeted after news of the deal spread. "I am truly grateful up for everything they have done for me."
May is likely to begin next spring at Triple-A Rochester in the International League and is therefore a full step ahead of Meyer. But both power-armed right-handers could be together in Minnesota as early as the latter half of 2014. Worley, meanwhile, gives the Twins an immediate quality starter, so long as he can stay healthy.
Revere is a younger, less offensive-minded version Span. The 5-foot-9, 170-pounder is an excellent defender and base-stealer, though 131 of his 150 hits in 2012 were singles. He also wouldn't be a free agent until 2018 at the earliest, which explains why Philadelphia had to dig into its pitching depth.
"We were dealing from what we considered a position of strength," Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. told MLB.com. "We've added some talent as far as starting pitching is concerned toward the top with Ethan Martin, Jonathan Pettibone, Adam Morgan and some others. We felt comfortable moving them. The price of doing business right now to acquire players and free agents ... we just felt getting a controllable player with quite a bit of upside, we felt like he was a good fit for us."
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1. Trimming your hair regularly will make it grow faster and thicker.
How I wish this was true! Unfortunately regular trims are just a great way of keeping your hair healthy. It won't turn you into Rapunzel! Hair grows about half an inch every month, whether you cut it or not. Hair will grow faster in the summer but this has nothing to do with trims. With age, the speed of hair growth will slow down. That's a fact.
2. Plucking out gray hair will cause two or three to sprout in its place.
Because gray hairs seem to multiply quickly this myth developed. Plucking white hairs is a bad habit because it can damage the roots causing infections but it won't produce more gray hairs because it won't change the number of hair follicles.
3. Rinsing your hair with cold water will make it shinier.
Hairstylists love this advice but they forget that hair contains no living cells so it doesn't react to cold or hot water, says chemist Mort Westman. Probably this will just wake you up. In order to make your hair shinier you should use good quality conditioners and serums and avoid hot tools and straightening treatments.
4. Dying your hair will cause major damage.
Almost every woman makes use of hair coloring today. It has become an inevitable fashion.
Products today are better than the products people used in the past for dying hair. They are specially designed not to weaken the hair root and some even leave it more manageable and healthy looking than before. However, you should stay away from cheap products containing Ammonia, p-Phenylenediamine, Hydrogen Peroxide, Monoethanolamine, Coal tar, Formaldehyde, Eugenol, Mercury or lead and other harmful preservatives.
5. You can repair split ends with conditioners and serums.
The only way of repairing split ends is by trimming. Once they are split there's nothing a good product can do (it doesn't matter how expensive it is). Some products can seal the ends together for a short period of time and make the hair look better but they can't repair them permanently.
6. Salon Products Are Identical To Drugstore Products
Even though salon products and drugstore products might have the same ingredients, the amounts of those ingredients per bottle are making the difference. That's what you are paying for when buying professional products. If you tend to read the bottles, like I do, you should know that the ingredients are listed from highest quantity to lowest quantity. Salon conditioners, contain more moisturizers and proteins, while the drugstore products only have small amounts of these ingredients and they are claiming to be conditioners.
7. All hair grows at the same rate
This is not true. Hair grows at different rates on every part of your scalp, this is why that perfect symmetry of a fresh haircut never lasts for too long. Trim your hair regularly if you want it to look consistent.
8. Brushing your hair is good for it.
A lot of brushing can damage the hair cuticle and lead to split ends and hair breakage. If you have long hair using a comb is better than a brush. Don't bother to brush 100 strokes a day but just enough to keep it from tangling. Use a brush with natural bristles and coated tips. Uncoated tips may breaks hairs or damage your scalp.
9. Hair will never change its texture.
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10. Men prefer women with longer hair.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, beset by accusations of corruption and bribery, announced Wednesday that he will resign after an internal Kadima Party election to choose a new leader on Sept. 17.
Due to the fragmented character of Israeli's parliament, the winner of this new election will not immediately be appointed prime minister, however, and a new coalition government will have to be formed.
Olmert's decision not to run in the upcoming leadership election and then to step down throws Israeli politics into fresh turmoil and may cast into limbo peace talks that he launched with the Palestinians and Syria.
"I have decided I won't run in the Kadima movement primaries, nor do I intend to intervene in the elections," Olmert said in a surprise announcement from his official residence in Jerusalem.
"When a new (Kadima party) chairman is chosen, I will resign as prime minister to permit them to put together a new government swiftly and effectively," Olmert added.
Olmert is being investigated for allegedly taking bribes from an American businessman and allegedly double-dipping for travel expenses when he was trade minister and mayor of Jerusalem.