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In other chainsaw-related news... Arizona man suspected of killing roommate pawns chainsaw covered in human flesh

Estate sale This 7,000-square-foot mansion has hit the auction block for $250K This Cincinnati spread has intricate woodwork and tons of interior space — but was left in an abandoned state and hit the auction block for a shocking minimum.

Chris Evans named People magazine’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’

Beverly Leslie Jordan will be on the new season of CELEBRITY IOU, which has a strong line-up of celebs this time: In addition to airing on HGTV, each episode will be available to stream on discovery+ and HGTV GO on Mondays beginning November 14. You'll see these celebs in the new season: Drew Barrymore, an Emmy Award nominated and Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award winning actress, producer, talk show host, author and entrepreneur. Cindy Crawford, a Supermodel, author, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Terry Crews, a Daytime Emmy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and NAACP Image Award nominated actor, producer, author and professional athlete. Cheryl Hines, an Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominated actress, producer and director. Kate Hudson, a Golden Globe Award winner, Academy Award nominated actress, producer, entrepreneur and bestselling author. Leslie Jordan, an Emmy Award winning actor, The New York Times best-selling author and recording artist. Idina Menzel, a Tony Award winning performer, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and author. Wilmer Valderrama, an award-winning actor, producer, entrepreneur and activist.

In addition to airing on HGTV, each episode will be available to stream on discovery+ and HGTV GO on Mondays beginning November 14. You'll see these celebs in the new season: Drew Barrymore, an Emmy Award nominated and Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award winning actress, producer, talk show host, author and entrepreneur. Cindy Crawford, a Supermodel, author, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Terry Crews, a Daytime Emmy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and NAACP Image Award nominated actor, producer, author and professional athlete. Cheryl Hines, an Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominated actress, producer and director. Kate Hudson, a Golden Globe Award winner, Academy Award nominated actress, producer, entrepreneur and bestselling author. Leslie Jordan, an Emmy Award winning actor, The New York Times best-selling author and recording artist. Idina Menzel, a Tony Award winning performer, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and author. Wilmer Valderrama, an award-winning actor, producer, entrepreneur and activist.

Highly processed foods are linked to early death, a new study finds A growing body of evidence suggests that consuming too much highly processed food — items like hot dogs, chips, soda and ice cream — can have consequences beyond obesity and high cholesterol. A study published Monday in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine estimated that in 2019, the deaths of around 57,000 Brazilian people between the ages of 30 and 69 were attributable to the consumption of ultra-processed food. That amounts to more than 10% of annual premature deaths in Brazil among that age group. https://www.aol.com/news/highly-processed-foods-linked-early-050100263.html

Very cool story: https://nypost.com/2022/11/04/giant-sustainable-rainforest-fish-now-fashion-in-america/ Sometimes you start something and have no idea where it will lead. So it was with Eduardo Filgueiras, a struggling guitarist whose family worked in an unusual business in Rio de Janeiro: They farmed toads. Filgueiras figured out a way to take the small toad skins and fuse them together, creating something large enough to sell. Meanwhile, miles away in the Amazon, a fisherman and a scientist were coming up with an innovation that would help save a key, giant fish that thrives in freshwater lakes alongside Amazon River tributaries. The ingenuity of these three men is why you can now find a beautiful and unusual sustainable fish leather in upscale New York bags, Texas cowboy boots and in a striking image from Rihanna’s Vogue pregnancy photo shoot, where a red, fish-scaled jacket hangs open above her belly. Sales provide a livable income to hundreds of Amazon families who also keep the forest standing and healthy while it protects their livelihood. Indigenous communities working together with non-Indigenous riverine settlers manage the pirarucu Managing a giant The leather is a byproduct of pirarucu meat, a staple food in the Amazon that is gaining new markets in Brazil’s largest cities. Indigenous communities working together with non-Indigenous riverine settlers manage the pirarucu in preserved areas of the Amazon. Most of it is exported, and the U.S. is the primary market. Pirarucu can grow to 3 meters (nearly 10 feet) in length. Overfishing endangered them. But things began to change when a settler fisherman, Jorge de Souza Carvalho, known as Tapioca, and academic researcher Leandro Castello teamed up in the Mamiraua region and came up with a creative way to count the fish in lakes, the giant fish’s favorite habitat. They took advantage of something special about this species: It surfaces to breathe at least every 20 minutes. A trained eye can count how many flash their red tails in a given area, arriving at a pretty precise estimate. The government recognizes this counting method and authorizes managed fishing. By law, only 30% of the pirarucu in a particular area may be fished the following year. The result is a population in recovery in these areas, allowing for larger catches. In the riverine communities, people eat the fish, skin and all. But in the big slaughterhouses, where the bulk of the pirarucu catch is processed, the skin was being discarded. Then tannery Nova Kaeru showed up on the scene. Shoestring beginnings Thousands of miles away from the Amazon, down a hilly dirt road on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Nova Kaeru will process about 50,000 skins from legally-caught giant pirarucu or arapaima fish this year. This middle-size company had an unlikely start. In 1997, Filgueiras, the guitarist, got involved in his family toad business, where the amphibians were raised for meat. He was struck by the beauty of their skin, but it was all being thrown out. He decided to try to use it, took a leather working course, and started experimenting. “I had no financial resources. I bought a used concrete mixer and covered it with fiberglass, adapted a washing machine and started to develop the frog leather,” Filgueiras told The Associated Press in his office. He managed to transform the skin into leather, but there was a problem: It was too small. No prospective customer wanted it. Filgueiras tried to stitch it together, but the result was too ugly. So he invented a way to weld several pieces together. His creation started to gain attention at international fairs. A few years later, with a partner, he founded Nova Kaeru tannery, specializing in exotic leather, expanding to salmon and ostrich with techniques that don’t produce toxic waste. Then one day a businessman knocked on the door with a stack of pirarucu skins and asked him to take a look. The clay white Playa Shoulder Bag is made out of pirarucu leather. Experimenting with the new skins, Filgueiras found he was able to fix the many holes in the pirarucu leather using the same technique he had created for the toad leather. The first results impressed him. But in the meantime, the businessman died in an aircraft accident. With no previous experience in the Amazon — so different from its home base in Rio — the company nevertheless decided to procure pirarucu skin on its own in the vast region. They got in touch with the people managing the fishery in Amazonas state. That network has now grown to 280 riverine and Indigenous communities, most of them in protected rainforest areas, employing some 4,000 fisher people, according to Coletivo do Pirarucu, an umbrella organization. Nova Kaeru tannery bought the skins — the first buyer the communities had — and today their most important one. “The commercialization of the skin has been fundamental for the riverine communities,” Adevaldo Dias, a riverine leader from the Medio Jurua region, told the AP in a phone interview. “It helps make the whole business viable.” The luxury brand Piper & Skye has used pirarucu leather for shoulder bags, waist packs and purses that can fetch up to $850. The Association of Rural Producers of Carauari, from the Medio Jurua, sells each skin for $37, an important sum in a country where the minimum wage is around $237 per month. The money helps pay the fisherfolk, who receive $1.60 per kilo (2.2 pounds). Dias says the ideal price should be $1.9 per kilo of fish to cover all costs related to managing the fishing. They expect to earn that in the near future by exporting pirarucu meat. From Medio Jurua and other regions, the pirarucu leather must travel several thousand miles by boat to Belem, where it is loaded onto trucks for another long journey to Nova Kaeru headquarters, a multiday trip. From there, it goes by plane to foreign buyers. The pirarucu leather first made inroads in Texas, where it is used in cowboy boots. But the fashion industry is increasingly taking notice. In New York City, the luxury brand Piper & Skye has used pirarucu leather for shoulder bags, waist packs and purses that can fetch up to $850. “As far as the pirarucu being a food source and feeding local communities and putting food on the table for the folks in the areas where it’s fished and beyond, it is not just a durable and beautiful material. It does promote circularity of the species in utilizing a material that would otherwise go to waste,” Joanna MacDonald, brand founder and creative director, told the AP in a video call. It's a good thing that this is happening, but if I had $850 to waste, I think I'd find better uses for it.

Running fowl Tyson Foods CFO arrested for entering stranger's house

Rhetorical question, right?

A naughty Dachshund was caught using an American bulldog as a canine ladder to jump over a kitchen gate. The one-year-old pup, Darcie, was caught on camera using her brother, Benson — an American Pocket Bulldog — as a step stool to get over the doggy gate put up in the kitchen by their owner. After continuously coming home and seeing Darcie in the window, Mary Warwick of Burbidge, Leicestershire, England, said she decided to put up a camera to see how the sausage dog was escaping from her kitchen confinement. “We were coming home, and she [would be sitting] in the windowsill,” she said. “Or I’d open the front door, and she’d come running out, and I was wondering how and why.” But after installing a camera, Warwick was not expecting to see what she did. In the video, Darcie can be seen jumping on Benson’s back before putting her paws on the top of the gate — and pulling herself to freedom. “She’s always been an absolute monkey since I’ve had her, and it’s only [this dog] that escapes,” said the pets’ owner. Warwick said Benson could easily snatch up Darcie, but he has the softest, sweetest personality — she called him a gentle giant. The two bystanders in the clip are Warwick’s seven-year-old brown Dachshund Mollie and four-year-old speckled Dachshund Vegas. However, Warwick said Darcie is her one dog that will always find a way to make a mess — calling her mischievous. “Darcie’s the one that if there’s a toilet roll available, she’ll go and thread it,” she said. “You can’t leave washing in the kitchen, as she’ll pull all the clothes down,” said Warwick. https://nypost.com/2022/11/04/freedom-adorable-dachshund-uses-bulldog-as-step-stool-to-make-her-escape/

samhexum Posted April 17, 2018 Are there any Boston-area posters here? Do you like my AnchorHoney Ben? I had a crush on him when he was the early morning anchor on Fox5-NYC. He's cute, has a great voice, & an even better personality. The morning news has never been the same since he left for Beantown. I always wondered how he'd get along there, since he always blasted Tom Brady & The Patriots as cheaters when he was in NY.

I was in lust with him when he co-anchored GOOD DAY WAKE UP in NYC before he left for a better time slot in Boston and more time to be with his wife and kid. Seeing him at 4:30 AM was a nice way to start the day.

DEAR ABBY: My dear friend “Rose’s” husband died five years ago, and since then she has struggled with grief and loneliness. She immersed herself in her church, friends and family. We usually talked three to five times per week and we traveled together. Rose decided to explore online dating. She met a man and her entire life changed. She has become totally involved, dependent, isolated and controlled. He wants nothing to do with any of her family, friends or church family. Rose has ceased all communication with others. In two months’ time she bought a life insurance policy, moved in with him and sold her house. No one knows her address or contact information. She has deleted her friends from Facebook and has ceased all communication with her family. If asked, I believe she would say she’s happy. Meanwhile, we are left saddened, shocked and angry. Must we simply accept her lifestyle choice and move on? — BAFFLED IN IOWA DEAR BAFFLED: Your friend appears to have become involved with a man who is more than a little controlling. That she would buy a life insurance policy, sell her house (!) and move in with him within the space of two months is, frankly, shocking. That said, however, Rose is an adult and has the right to make her own decisions, although it would have been immeasurably better had she run this scenario by an attorney or other trusted adviser before jumping in to the extent she has. If it’s any comfort to you, although you no longer have her contact information, I am sure she knows how to reach you and her family if she feels the need. START A PODCAST ABOUT THE SITUATION. DEAR ABBY: I’ve been divorced for 18 years. My sister is also divorced. Recently, she has been going out with my ex. He picks her up at our parents’ house, where she has been living. When I’m there, I have to see this. My parents don’t say anything to her about it, and I don’t know why. When I was married to him, they always told me they disliked him. So now that their other daughter associates with him, they are keeping silent? This bothers me so much I no longer speak to her. I feel she has backstabbed me and cares only about herself. How do I make it through this? It haunts me. I need your opinion. Can you help? — HURTING IN NEW JERSEY DEAR HURTING: It has been nearly two decades since you and your ex-husband parted ways. Surely your family has been aware of the reasons for it. That your sister exercises such poor judgment that she would become involved with him is sad. While I understand why you are less than thrilled by this, rest assured your sister will learn her lesson sooner or later. A way to get through this would be to spend less time at your parents’ house and schedule an appointment with a psychotherapist to help you deal with your pain. SO GET THE FUCK OVER IT.

Cristian Javier, Houston's #4 starter, started 2 combined no-hitters this year.

* Flip or Flop: The Final Flip, a one-hour special reuniting stars Christina Hall and Tarek El Moussa for one last project, will premiere Thursday, Dec. 1 at 8/7c on HGTV, Hall announced on Instagram.

* Flip or Flop: The Final Flip, a one-hour special reuniting stars Christina Hall and Tarek El Moussa for one last project, will premiere Thursday, Dec. 1 at 8/7c on HGTV, Hall announced on Instagram.

Let's talk turkey This supermarket chain is matching 2019 Thanksgiving prices Discount supermarket chain Aldi announced that it’s discounting Thanksgiving staples so that they will match 2019 prices. WAY COOL!

There are no American-born Black players this year. https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/first-world-series-in-decades-without-black-american-players/509-adf754f3-b922-4a39-a429-ea7cc9f45d4a

Was out running errands today and called the Walgreens I use from up the road and asked if I could come in in about ten minutes for a flu shot & covid booster. No problemo!

and contradictions, too, I'd bet.

The Brooklyn Nets are hiring Udoka (with Boston's blessing) to be the new coach of their dysfunctional squad, which includes anti-semite Kyrie Irving, probably the most disruptive player in the league.

https://www.adam4adam.com/profile/view/Alejandrobwl https://www.adam4adam.com/profile/view/Visttingcocvk click on his 'story' by his pic OPINIONS? I don't know if he travels, but when I win Powerball I may have to find out.

Maybe it has a bit of a curve, but I certainly wouldn't call it a hook.

For a recession and future-proofed career, consider the funeral trade When Diana Smillie, 34, became an aesthetician in 2007, she heard a colleague discussing another type of clientele: the deceased. “It sounded so interesting, so I always kept it in the back of my mind,” said the New Rochelle, NY, resident. She later discovered that licensing was required. So, in 2010, Smillie pursued an associate degree at the American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service in Times Square. She did a required residency and passed a national board exam as well as state licensing for New York — and hasn’t looked back since. Smillie was hired at Sisto & Paino funeral home in New Rochelle, where she met her husband, a funeral director. As spouses and co-workers, they find that having a supportive partner who understands the role is helpful. I wonder who'll play them in the heartwarming Hallmark Channel movie. “You have to work holidays,” said Smillie. “People die 24/7.” Smillie, who is now a funeral manager, has a diverse job with responsibilities ranging from collecting the deceased and meeting with families to embalming, restorative work, makeup and hairdressing on the deceased. She also sets up the chapel, drives the hearse and coordinates with cemeteries and places of service. makes for an interesting resume For Smillie, the role is rewarding. “It was a calling — I can’t imagine doing anything else. I enjoy making the person look good for their family and know how important that is for them to have one last moment where they can see their loved one looking peaceful.” Every day is different. “You can have a few days where you’re doing nothing. Then, all of the sudden, six people will die within two hours, and it’s insanity,” she explained. Flexibility and responsiveness are key, along with a strong disposition — funeral workers are hands-on with dead bodies and must be prepared for tragic situations. However, the field is recession-proof and offers job security and expansion. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook, the industry’s projected growth is faster than average, with an annual median salary of $74,000 for funeral home managers. Requirements encompass specialized education (typically earning an associate degree in funeral or mortuary sciences from an accredited institution), completing a residency and passing the national exam and state licensing — followed by continuing education credits to maintain licensing. Most graduates take the national board exam — it’s recognized by all states, but isn’t mandatory in every one. Robert C. Smith III is the executive director of the American Board of Funeral Service Education, the national academic accreditation agency for college and university programs in funeral service and mortuary science education, based out of Woodbury Heights, NJ. He said accredited schools must cover the appropriate curriculum including “embalming, funeral directing, funeral service law, ethics and some sociology, psychology and counseling.” Jeffrey Dahmer's dream job “When we hear from students, one of the first things we say is, ‘Have you talked to funeral directors? Have you really done your homework to find out what kind of tasks you’ll be expected to perform, or is it a perception that you have, that this is what you want to do?’” said Smith, who saw an uptick in 2021 enrollment. I wonder if that's due more to the 2021 economy, or people becoming increasingly aware of death & dying during covid. “We emphasize you have to get that understanding. It’s not an occupation or profession that’s for everybody. [It requires] people that have the right skill set, the right mindset, the ability to deal with people in an effective manner, to be compassionate, to be empathetic — that’s absolutely crucial.” Education and licensing are ultimately critical to advancing, but so are flexing empathy chops and maintaining your own wellness. It’s critical to preserve mental health both on and off the clock while keeping professionalism intact at work. Licensed clinical psychologist Yesel Yoon, Ph.D., who has a private practice on the Upper West Side, recommends funeral workers use rituals — such as taking a walk — to mark the end of each workday, so you don’t bring grief home with you, and to maintain professionalism with empathy without becoming mentally drained. “These rituals provide that sense of closure as well as affording us just a little extra bit of time between your work hours and the time you can pivot to your home life,” Yoon said. “Make sure you are not isolated and are finding supportive people who can normalize and support the work you do.” William Villanova, 52, has been president of the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel since 2018. Founded in 1898, the NYC funerary institution is headquartered in a 17,000-square-foot space on the Upper East Side. According to him, funeral directors need to be willing to help, often providing a shoulder to cry on. “They understand exactly what they need to provide the family, but they don’t become a mourner,” he said. “Sometimes you think about it afterward, and you do get a little choked up. There are times when there are services for untimely deaths and you cannot help but feel that. Or maybe you go home at night, and you look at your family and say, ‘I’m so blessed.’” Villanova came into the industry more than 30 years ago through a connection with his godfather, who owned two funeral homes. Working part-time after school, weekends and other days off, he started cutting the lawns, trimming hedges and parking cars. Similar to Smillie, he pursued his mortuary science degree at McAllister and worked his way up in the industry. Ultimately, Villanova believes that prioritizing the families using your services is the key to succeeding in this high-touch role. “This is a profession that is very unique,” he said. “On our crest, the Latin underneath says ne obliviscaris — never forget. That’s the dialogue with new employees. Never forget this is our sacred obligation. This family coming through the door today has never experienced this before. We have the ability to make a difference in this family’s life today. We are devoted to the sacred obligation with dignity, honor and respect.” My apartment building has a wall like this in our lobby. https://nypost.com/2022/10/30/for-a-recession-proofed-career-consider-the-funeral-trade/