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March 9, 2016

We had the heat on 2 days ago. Now, it's a beautiful 80.4°

Advanced Observations For:

Orville Todd MS
Poughkeepsie, NY
Elevation: 135ft

Data as of: 2:34 PM 3/9/2016
Current Conditions
Temperature: 80.4°F Pressure: 29.99"
Average Wind: 1mph SSW Sunrise: 6:16 AM
Humidity: 28% Sunset: 5:56 PM
Dew Point: 44�°F Moonphase: 0

Heat Index: 79�°F Monthly Rain: 0.14"

So Far Today
High: 80�°F Rain: 0.00" Rain Rate: 0.00"/h
Low: 38�°F Gusts: 12mph SSE






March 5, 2016

Why should I care about Donald Trump's penis ...



Published on Mar 4, 2016

Donald Trump is Boasting about his Manhood in 11th GOP debate,
Donald Trump assured a National television audience on Thursday night that he's not lacking in the manhood department. Marco Rubio has suggested that Trump has 'small hands,' and that it could indicate another body part could be undersized.

Trump immediately brought it up during a Fox News debate at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. 'He hit my hands. Nobody has ever hit my hands. I've never heard of this one. Look at those hands. Are they small hands?'
'And he referred to my hands – if they're small, something else must be small,' Trump said, recalling a Rubio rally this week as he waved his hands to the audience.

'I guarantee you there's no problem. I guarantee.' Trump repeatedly referred to Rubio as 'Little Marco' throughout the night. But he initially retracted another insult he's aimed at the Florida senator. 'He's really not much of a lightweight,' Trump said. During a February 28 rally in Salem, Virginia, Rubio mocked Trump's hands and drew roars from a crowd of more than 1,000.

'He's always calling me 'Little Marco' ... and I'll admit he's taller than me, he's 6’2?, which is why I don't understand why he has hands the size of someone who's 5'2". Have you seen his hands? You know what they say about men with small hands,' Rubio said – adding a pregnant pause. 'You can’t trust them!' he snarked. After the debate, Trump was happy to address the 'hands' issue again.



March 5, 2016

This "No-Gay Thursday" has been going on for 3 years.

Hogan said upperclassmen on the football team had held No-Gay Thursdays for at least the last three years.


Upperclassmen put their genitals on younger students' heads and ground their bodies against their legs. They also forced younger students to strip to their underwear and clean the locker room, which is what happened just before the assault, Hogan said.

They smacked their fellow students on their behinds and backs hard enough to leave marks, he said.

"There's nothing I can say right now," Conestoga football coach John Vogan said Friday, referring all questions to a school district official. The district said in a letter Friday night that he had been suspended.

Football coaches said they were unaware of the hazing, but students participating in other sports knew, Hogan said. "This was the worst-kept secret in the world," he said.



Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160305_DA__3_charged_in_Conestoga_hazing_incident.html#sb5YF4rdqgFDlzAA.99


March 4, 2016

The first video was March 24 last year.




March 25





Published on Mar 20, 2015
It's another snowy morning at the Hanover nest and Mom is keeping the eggs nice and warm. Three squirrels decide to play chase on the branches just out of reach of Mom, silly squirrels don't know just how fast Mom can be.
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March 4, 2016

Warm ocean could mean early boom in 2016 lobster catch

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/warm-ocean-could-mean-early-boom-2016-lobster-catch

By PATRICK WHITTLE | March 4, 2016 | 9:45 AM EST


ROCKPORT, Maine (AP) — Maine's lobster catches will likely peak early this year, which could mean an abundance of cheap lobster for consumers and bad news for the state's signature industry, a group of scientists reported on Thursday.

Maine's busy summer lobster fishing season typically picks up around early July, the same time the state's tourism industry gets in gear. But scientists with the Portland-based Gulf of Maine Research Institute predict this year's lobster season will get rolling two or three weeks early.

The scientists, who unveiled their findings during the Maine Fishermen's Forum in Rockport, pinned the early lobster season on warming ocean temperatures. Along Maine's coast, temperatures are 2 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit higher than normal. That means lobsters are likely to move inshore, shed their shells and become more easily trapped earlier this summer, they said.

An early lobster season can disrupt Maine's valuable lobster supply chain, which is partially dependent on big July and August catches, and make prices plummet. Prices at the dock fell 16 percent in 2012, a year of early catches, and prices to consumers fell, too. The 2014 haul shattered state value records because of a high-volume catch that arrived on schedule.

"If the timing is off by just a few weeks, it can have a major impact throughout the supply chain," said Andrew Pershing, the chief scientific officer with the research institute.
March 4, 2016

An Eagle named Trust ...



A Montgomery County animal services officer rescued an injured bald eagle, which was later named Trust, in the Potomac area.

It started about 8:45 a.m. Thursday when police said they received calls about an injured eagle in the area of River Road and Riverwood Drive.

Officer Jennifer Gill went to the area and was told by a resident that the eagle was spotted walking into nearby woods. She found the eagle in the woods. The bird had “an injury that prevented it from flying.”

Gill wrapped the eagle in towels, and Danny Thomas, an officer with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, helped her put the eagle in a carrier. The eagle was taken to the Owl Moon Raptor Center in Boyds, Md.

Animal Services Division Officer Jennifer Gill of Montgomery County holds an injured bald eagle she helped rescue from the woods in Potomac. (Courtesy of Montgomery County Police)
An examination at the raptor center found the eagle had suffered a “soft tissue injury.” Authorities said the injury appeared to be relatively recent because the eagle was otherwise at a healthy weight.

Gill named the eagle Trust.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/injured-bald-eagle-rescued-in-montgomery-county-officer-names-it-trust/2016/03/04/8a9651d8-e1fa-11e5-846c-10191d1fc4ec_story.html


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Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieve it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. ~~~~~~~~~ For, it ends in the blink of an eye. Carpe Diem (Seize the day)!
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