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  1. Two roommates face rape charges for allegedly grooming a prisoner to be their “sex puppy,” according to reports. Jacob Lester, 26, and Benjamin Mooney, 31, are accused of inviting a person over Thursday for “pup play training” then keeping the person captive at their home in Fayetteville, Arkansas, news station KSFM reported. Police said the unnamed individual went willingly to the residence but was drugged, raped and beaten. Investigators said the “pup play training” was aimed at making the victim more submissive. Mooney reportedly handled the lessons but the group had threesomes in between. The incidents left the person with bruises and whip marks all over the back and buttocks, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. Police said the victim was able to escape Saturday morning from the home, and showed up naked at a Goshen residence, pleading for help. Authorities tracked down the two men who allegedly admitted in an interview to the bizarre sex acts. When police read Mooney his rights, he said that if he understood he would respond with a “woof.” He reportedly explained that “woofs” meant that his “puppy personality” comprehended, according to the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Mooney told police that his personalities are split between a sex puppy, a sex slave and a person. He also said he couldn’t recall whether he struck the victim because he “blacks out while he is in sex slave persona,” according to the police report. Both men were arrested Saturday on charges of rape and false imprisonment. They are being held on bail at the Washington County Detention Center.
  2. A woman has accused Jamie Foxx of slapping her in the face with his penis, an allegation the actor-musician is calling an “absurd” lie. The alleged incident took place in 2002, but the woman making the claim only went to Las Vegas police last week, according to TMZ. The woman claims she and a friend were partying at the Oscar winner’s pad when he allegedly asked her for oral sex. She claims that when she refused, Foxx slapped her face with his penis. The woman claims she went to the hospital in Los Angeles the next day to seek treatment for a severe panic attack. The case is open, but the statute of limitations expired after three years. Foxx plans to fire back legally at his accuser. “Jamie emphatically denies that this incident ever occurred, and he will be filing a report with the Las Vegas Police Department against the woman for filing a false police report against him,” Jamie’s attorney, Allison Hart of Lavely & Singer, told TMZ. “The first time [Jamie] became aware of this woman’s absurd claims about an incident that supposedly occurred 16 years ago was when TMZ contacted his representatives [Tuesday] about this story.” Hart added, “The alleged incident was not reported to law enforcement in 2002, or at any other time in the last 16 years until last Friday because the incident never happened.”
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  4. Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I have been dating for a year and a half. We are planning on moving to California together in a few months. I flew to Monterey to job hunt, and he is supposed to be flying in soon. However, last night I found out he and his buddy went to a strip club. My boyfriend knows I’m uncomfortable with him going to strip clubs, and he assured me that they would not be going when we spoke on the phone earlier in the evening. He says I’m controlling and childish for being angry at him. I told him it’s either me or the strip clubs — mostly just to see how he would react. His response was that freedom of choice is very important to him. I even went as far as to say if he feels the need to go to strip clubs, then I would start stripping on the side to spite him. I’m tempted to cancel his ticket to California. I don’t want him flying here if we are just going to fight. Is this situation worth the cost of a relationship? How do I deal with someone so stubborn to the point he can’t see when he’s in the wrong? Abby, he is in the wrong, isn’t he? — Choice Is Clear Dear Choice: A wise woman chooses her battles carefully. If your boyfriend spent more than an occasional evening hanging out in strip clubs, I can see why it would be a deal breaker. But unless you left something important out of your letter — like the fact that he did more than look — it doesn’t appear that he does. You escalated the situation and you shouldn’t have. However, if you feel so strongly about strip clubs, perhaps you should consider finding another man to spend your life with because it really isn’t possible to control the actions of another adult.
  5. A man was left with a circle-shaped wound on the roof of his mouth after performing too much oral sex, dentists said. The 47-year-old paid a visit to his dentist after noticing a filling in his tooth was cracked. While dentists were examining his mouth they noticed a “circular-shaped lesion” on his soft palate — the roof of his mouth. The man, from Mexico, was unaware of the lesion and said it had not caused him pain. Confused as to what it might be, dentists took a full history of the patient. He told dentists he had a history of marijuana and cocaine use and was sexually active with men. The last time he had performed oral sex on someone was three days before his appointment, according to the BMJ case report. Dentists concluded the lesion, known as an erythema, was caused by him giving oral sex. “The contact of the palate with the penile glands may cause a hematoma due to blunt trauma and dilatation of the blood vessels because of the negative pressure created while sucking,” Dr. Luis Alberto Mendez, who treated the patient, wrote in the report. “With this information, we concluded that the erythema on the soft palate was associated with the practice of oral sex.” The lesions went away on their own, although he was advised that oral sex was off the cards for a few days. After 15 days the lesions had completely gone and the man was able to resume his sex life. It’s not the first time this type of injury has been recorded, although it is rare. A study of 132 sex workers in Peru noted that 17 of the participants suffered lesions in the mouth due to oral sex, the report notes. “It is pertinent to consider this practice [oral sex] as a potential cause of oral lesions, particularly on the palate,” Mendez added. “It is important to obtain a comprehensive history and a detailed oral examination. “In high-risk patients, we should consider the possibility of sexually transmitted disease. “As health care professionals, it is our responsibility to provide counseling and reassurance to all patients presenting with these lesions, particularly those undertaking high-risk sexual behavior.”
  6. A man was left with a circle-shaped wound on the roof of his mouth after performing too much oral sex, dentists said. The 47-year-old paid a visit to his dentist after noticing a filling in his tooth was cracked. While dentists were examining his mouth they noticed a “circular-shaped lesion” on his soft palate — the roof of his mouth. The man, from Mexico, was unaware of the lesion and said it had not caused him pain. Confused as to what it might be, dentists took a full history of the patient. He told dentists he had a history of marijuana and cocaine use and was sexually active with men. The last time he had performed oral sex on someone was three days before his appointment, according to the BMJ case report. Dentists concluded the lesion, known as an erythema, was caused by him giving oral sex. “The contact of the palate with the penile glands may cause a hematoma due to blunt trauma and dilatation of the blood vessels because of the negative pressure created while sucking,” Dr. Luis Alberto Mendez, who treated the patient, wrote in the report. “With this information, we concluded that the erythema on the soft palate was associated with the practice of oral sex.” The lesions went away on their own, although he was advised that oral sex was off the cards for a few days. After 15 days the lesions had completely gone and the man was able to resume his sex life. It’s not the first time this type of injury has been recorded, although it is rare. A study of 132 sex workers in Peru noted that 17 of the participants suffered lesions in the mouth due to oral sex, the report notes. “It is pertinent to consider this practice [oral sex] as a potential cause of oral lesions, particularly on the palate,” Mendez added. “It is important to obtain a comprehensive history and a detailed oral examination. “In high-risk patients, we should consider the possibility of sexually transmitted disease. “As health care professionals, it is our responsibility to provide counseling and reassurance to all patients presenting with these lesions, particularly those undertaking high-risk sexual behavior.”
  7. A man was left with a circle-shaped wound on the roof of his mouth after performing too much oral sex, dentists said. The 47-year-old paid a visit to his dentist after noticing a filling in his tooth was cracked. While dentists were examining his mouth they noticed a “circular-shaped lesion” on his soft palate — the roof of his mouth. The man, from Mexico, was unaware of the lesion and said it had not caused him pain. Confused as to what it might be, dentists took a full history of the patient. He told dentists he had a history of marijuana and cocaine use and was sexually active with men. The last time he had performed oral sex on someone was three days before his appointment, according to the BMJ case report. Dentists concluded the lesion, known as an erythema, was caused by him giving oral sex. “The contact of the palate with the penile glands may cause a hematoma due to blunt trauma and dilatation of the blood vessels because of the negative pressure created while sucking,” Dr. Luis Alberto Mendez, who treated the patient, wrote in the report. “With this information, we concluded that the erythema on the soft palate was associated with the practice of oral sex.” The lesions went away on their own, although he was advised that oral sex was off the cards for a few days. After 15 days the lesions had completely gone and the man was able to resume his sex life. It’s not the first time this type of injury has been recorded, although it is rare. A study of 132 sex workers in Peru noted that 17 of the participants suffered lesions in the mouth due to oral sex, the report notes. “It is pertinent to consider this practice [oral sex] as a potential cause of oral lesions, particularly on the palate,” Mendez added. “It is important to obtain a comprehensive history and a detailed oral examination. “In high-risk patients, we should consider the possibility of sexually transmitted disease. “As health care professionals, it is our responsibility to provide counseling and reassurance to all patients presenting with these lesions, particularly those undertaking high-risk sexual behavior.”
  8. A man was left with a circle-shaped wound on the roof of his mouth after performing too much oral sex, dentists said. The 47-year-old paid a visit to his dentist after noticing a filling in his tooth was cracked. While dentists were examining his mouth they noticed a “circular-shaped lesion” on his soft palate — the roof of his mouth. The man, from Mexico, was unaware of the lesion and said it had not caused him pain. Confused as to what it might be, dentists took a full history of the patient. He told dentists he had a history of marijuana and cocaine use and was sexually active with men. The last time he had performed oral sex on someone was three days before his appointment, according to the BMJ case report. Dentists concluded the lesion, known as an erythema, was caused by him giving oral sex. “The contact of the palate with the penile glands may cause a hematoma due to blunt trauma and dilatation of the blood vessels because of the negative pressure created while sucking,” Dr. Luis Alberto Mendez, who treated the patient, wrote in the report. “With this information, we concluded that the erythema on the soft palate was associated with the practice of oral sex.” The lesions went away on their own, although he was advised that oral sex was off the cards for a few days. After 15 days the lesions had completely gone and the man was able to resume his sex life. It’s not the first time this type of injury has been recorded, although it is rare. A study of 132 sex workers in Peru noted that 17 of the participants suffered lesions in the mouth due to oral sex, the report notes. “It is pertinent to consider this practice [oral sex] as a potential cause of oral lesions, particularly on the palate,” Mendez added. “It is important to obtain a comprehensive history and a detailed oral examination. “In high-risk patients, we should consider the possibility of sexually transmitted disease. “As health care professionals, it is our responsibility to provide counseling and reassurance to all patients presenting with these lesions, particularly those undertaking high-risk sexual behavior.”
  9. Several researchers off the coast of Virginia recently got front-row seats to the cannibalistic nature of the great white shark. The Virginian-Pilot reported Monday that Virginia Institute of Marine Science researchers caught a 4-foot black tip shark on Friday during a longline fishing survey. They were about 3 miles off the coast of Sandbridge when a 12-to-13-foot great white showed up and stole the show — and the smaller shark. The crew scrambled to save the other sharks they caught while the great white tore into the black tip. The newspaper reports other great whites have been caught in the area, but the researchers were surprised by this one’s size. The sharks caught by the institute are tagged and released.
  10. Several researchers off the coast of Virginia recently got front-row seats to the cannibalistic nature of the great white shark. The Virginian-Pilot reported Monday that Virginia Institute of Marine Science researchers caught a 4-foot black tip shark on Friday during a longline fishing survey. They were about 3 miles off the coast of Sandbridge when a 12-to-13-foot great white showed up and stole the show — and the smaller shark. The crew scrambled to save the other sharks they caught while the great white tore into the black tip. The newspaper reports other great whites have been caught in the area, but the researchers were surprised by this one’s size. The sharks caught by the institute are tagged and released.
  11. Joy Behar hospitalized after avocado accident On Tuesday’s episode of “The View,” co-host Joy Behar revealed she had to miss work Monday because she’d sliced open her hand cutting an avocado. “Saturday night, on my way to the event at the retreat, I stabbed myself in the hand with a knife,” she explained. “I was trying to desperately eat something, so I was trying to open an avocado. So I stuck the knife into the pit to get it out … and I stabbed myself!” At the hospital, where the 75-year-old stayed overnight and was administered an antibacterial drip to ward off infection, Behar was told that this sort of accident happens all the time. “Apparently there is a syndrome called avocado hand,” she said. “It’s real! The doctor said, ‘We get this all the time.’ And bagels also. Any time you’re holding the item, and you cut it, you can get this.” Despite the pain she was in, Behar still had a sense of humor about the ordeal, even after her fellow panelists gave her a safety glove and an avocado slicer. “I’ll leave the dicing to Rachael Ray and only buy ready-made guacamole. That’s it!” she joked. Sounds like a solid plan.
  12. Joy Behar hospitalized after avocado accident On Tuesday’s episode of “The View,” co-host Joy Behar revealed she had to miss work Monday because she’d sliced open her hand cutting an avocado. “Saturday night, on my way to the event at the retreat, I stabbed myself in the hand with a knife,” she explained. “I was trying to desperately eat something, so I was trying to open an avocado. So I stuck the knife into the pit to get it out … and I stabbed myself!” At the hospital, where the 75-year-old stayed overnight and was administered an antibacterial drip to ward off infection, Behar was told that this sort of accident happens all the time. “Apparently there is a syndrome called avocado hand,” she said. “It’s real! The doctor said, ‘We get this all the time.’ And bagels also. Any time you’re holding the item, and you cut it, you can get this.” Despite the pain she was in, Behar still had a sense of humor about the ordeal, even after her fellow panelists gave her a safety glove and an avocado slicer. “I’ll leave the dicing to Rachael Ray and only buy ready-made guacamole. That’s it!” she joked. Sounds like a solid plan.
  13. Joy Behar hospitalized after avocado accident On Tuesday’s episode of “The View,” co-host Joy Behar revealed she had to miss work Monday because she’d sliced open her hand cutting an avocado. “Saturday night, on my way to the event at the retreat, I stabbed myself in the hand with a knife,” she explained. “I was trying to desperately eat something, so I was trying to open an avocado. So I stuck the knife into the pit to get it out … and I stabbed myself!” At the hospital, where the 75-year-old stayed overnight and was administered an antibacterial drip to ward off infection, Behar was told that this sort of accident happens all the time. “Apparently there is a syndrome called avocado hand,” she said. “It’s real! The doctor said, ‘We get this all the time.’ And bagels also. Any time you’re holding the item, and you cut it, you can get this.” Despite the pain she was in, Behar still had a sense of humor about the ordeal, even after her fellow panelists gave her a safety glove and an avocado slicer. “I’ll leave the dicing to Rachael Ray and only buy ready-made guacamole. That’s it!” she joked. Sounds like a solid plan.
  14. Joy Behar hospitalized after avocado accident On Tuesday’s episode of “The View,” co-host Joy Behar revealed she had to miss work Monday because she’d sliced open her hand cutting an avocado. “Saturday night, on my way to the event at the retreat, I stabbed myself in the hand with a knife,” she explained. “I was trying to desperately eat something, so I was trying to open an avocado. So I stuck the knife into the pit to get it out … and I stabbed myself!” At the hospital, where the 75-year-old stayed overnight and was administered an antibacterial drip to ward off infection, Behar was told that this sort of accident happens all the time. “Apparently there is a syndrome called avocado hand,” she said. “It’s real! The doctor said, ‘We get this all the time.’ And bagels also. Any time you’re holding the item, and you cut it, you can get this.” Despite the pain she was in, Behar still had a sense of humor about the ordeal, even after her fellow panelists gave her a safety glove and an avocado slicer. “I’ll leave the dicing to Rachael Ray and only buy ready-made guacamole. That’s it!” she joked. Sounds like a solid plan.
  15. Mexican drug lord known as 'La Barbie' sentenced to 49 years in prison An American-born man who rose through the ranks of a notorious Mexican drug cartel was sentenced Monday to nearly 50 years in prison on charges of cocaine trafficking and money laundering. Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known as “La Barbie,” was sentenced in Atlanta to 49 years and one month in federal prison and was slapped with a $192 million fine, according to the Justice Department. In January 2016, Villarreal was convicted of conspiracy to import cocaine, distributing cocaine and money laundering after pleading guilty. Villarreal, 44, got the nickname “La Barbie” because of his light complexion and eyes. not to mention his impossibly small waist and oversized bosom He will spend the rest of his life in prison, and will serve 10 years of probation if he’s still alive when his term ends, prosecutors said. “Valdez-Villarreal imported tons of cocaine into the U.S. while ruthlessly working his way up the ranks of one of Mexico’s most powerful cartels, leaving in his wake countless lives destroyed by drugs and violence,” U.S. Attorney Byung Pak said in a statement. “The highest levels of Mexican drug cartel should know that, like La Barbie, they will be held accountable for their crimes.” Villarreal was born in Laredo, Texas where he began his drug trafficking career in early 2000 by distributing marijuana. After distributing cocaine in cities like Memphis and New Orleans, he entered the Beltran-Leyva drug cartel, which was associated with Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzman’s Sinaloa Cartel, prosecutors said. He helped coordinate drug shipments from Colombia to Mexico and earned a spot as the cartel’s top enforcer while arranging wars between its rivals, according to prosecutors. In 2010, Mexican federal authorities arrested Villarreal at his vacation home outside Mexico City. Five years later, he was extradited to the U.S. to face charges.
  16. Times Square mural draws outrage over black man in a trash can http://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/jP6eeNQwE8KyhC7EN3qQhr3mwuE=/47x178:915x829/1400x0/www.trbimg.com/img-5b1ff48e/turbine/ny-1528820874-4feznnf1jl-snap-image A detail from "Loosey Deucey" by painter Arnie Charnick has drawn complaints from staff at Hotel Edison. One artist’s trash is another man’s displeasure. Outrage over the image of a black man dumped in the garbage in a new mural recalling 1970s-era Times Square has led to an acrylic cover-up. In a picture posted Monday of the painting at the Hotel Edison on W. 47th St., the words PLACE LITTER HERE are seen on the trash can holding the African-American man. The words are now gone. “I took the sign out,” artist Arnie Charnick, 71, told the Daily News Tuesday morning, whether that appeases the staff remains to be seen. “I could have made it a white guy,” he said, adding that a photograph of the city 40 years ago inspired the detail in the lower left corner in a wall-sized painting. “It’s a suffering soul,” he said. “That’s what it’s meant to show.” http://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/nBXl5Yej_nr7DLmRbfiOVrf4QlY=/1400x0/www.trbimg.com/img-5b1ff075/turbine/ny-1528819825-r8oa2xdtmq-snap-image "Troupe du Jour" shows Al Jolson in blackface. But some hotel staff saw racial insensitivity in the mural, Charnick acknowledged. “I welcome remarks from people,” he said. “I don’t like it when they get lawyers.” The News reached out for a comment on complaints from the Hotel Edison, which hired Charnick to do a mural in the lobby in 1991. Charnick is now putting finishing touches on the art installation that began in January. He expects to complete the job by Sunday. The three-part mural depicts Times Square in various eras using a mix of actual people, fictional characters, headlines and signs. The panel “Loosey Deucey” spans 1965-90. It is crowded with hookers, porn houses and X-rated titles. It is seen through the viewpoint of Travis Bickle, the title character of “Taxi Driver.” “I prefer Times Squares funky to Disney,” said Charnick. “Post-War Whoopee” covers 1935-65. It is anchored by an image of the iconic V-J Day kiss. “Troupe du Jour” spans 1904-35 and the world of entertainment at the time. It includes images of Houdini in chains, Buster Keaton as Hamlet and, in yet another provocative artistic choice, Al Jolson in black face and genuflecting, in “The Jazz Singer.” Charnick, who has been painting since he was a 10-year-old kid in the Bronx, defended his decision to include the image of Jolson. “‘The Jazz Singer’ was the first talkie,” he said. “And while it wasn’t in my consciousness, a white actor in blackface taking a knee relates to black athletes taking a knee in protest today.” “I support these athletes,” he added, “100%.” http://www.nydailynews.com/resizer/z30Rzd9T0wP6S_UH5r-pxRouVkg=/1400x0/www.trbimg.com/img-5b1ff0c0/turbine/ny-1528819896-c9iulhtwne-snap-image "Loosey Deucey" is seen through the view of "Taxi Driver" vigilante Travis Bickle and shows NYC in all of its 1970's gritty and seedy glory.
  17. I'm not so sure about that. I think maybe some people start to age backwards. After all, I've heard many a tale of a person in their 80s or 90s winding up back in diapers, often toothless and unable to chew solid foods, sometimes even babbling incoherently. Obviously, they are distant relatives of Ponce De Leon, whose family has passed on the secret location of the fountain of youth all these years. (I think Dorian Gray stumbled upon said location at some point).
  18. 2018-03-03: A cheep slut has come between a hawk and her hubby. For the last five years, two red-tailed hawks named Christo and Dora have ruled the roost at Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan, mating and raising 10 chicks together. But three months ago, Dora had to leave and go to rehab for an injured wing. And while hawks usually mate for life, an opportunistic bachelorette named Nora soon arrived and began flapping her feathers at Christo. “She swooped in the second Dora left,” said Laura Goggin, 36, who’s been documenting the tryst on her blog. To some bird watchers, Nora is nothing more than a rust-colored nest-wrecker. “It put a bad taste in our mouths to see him with a mistress,” said local Helen Stratford, 60, who has watched the avian affair unfold with a heavy heart. While Dora recovered from a bone infection in her left wing, Christo even invited Nora to spend time in his and Dora’s nest, Goggin said. “He kept trying to get Nora interested in the nest and calling out to her, but she preferred to mate away from Dora’s territory,” said Goggin. On Monday, the soaring soap opera reached its crescendo — Dora returned. The three lovers met beak-to-beak in the center of the park, where the plumage hit the fan. “The three of them flew around each other screaming,” said Goggin. “It was chaos.” Moments later, Christo and Nora dashed off together. “My heart sank knowing Dora saw Christo taking up with another female,” said Goggin. It turns out Christo might be doing double time as a Don Juan. Every morning since Tuesday, bird watchers have spotted the golden-headed hawk bringing Dora sticks to help weave into her tree nest near East 8th Street and Avenue B. He also leaves her dead rats to feast on. Then, in the afternoon, Christo flies back to Nora — who prefers to nest around the Jacob Riis Houses on Avenue D between East 10th and East 13th Streets — to mate. “He went from monogamist to polygamist!” Stratford said. Though red-tailed hawks normally stick together forever, it’s normal for New York City hawks to find a new mate within 24 hours if one of them dies, said Bobby Horvath, a wildlife rehabilitator who nursed Dora back to health. He said threesomes are rare but possible. “There have been prior documented cases where it has worked out,” said Horvath. “As long as the females are kept apart.” Locals are confident Christo is up to the task. “He’s a really stand-up hawk and father,” said Stratford. “If anyone can make it happen, it’s him.” 2018-04-14: Tompkins Square Park’s claw-sanova is now servicing not two, but three chicks at the same time. The red-tailed stud named Christo made the front page of The Post in March for dipping his, um, beak in the nests of two different female hawks. His supposed mate-for-life Dora had gone to an animal hospital for an injured wing and returned a few months later to find her paramour had taken up with a flewzy named Nora. But over the last month, the pair seemed to be patching things up, even though Christo would still make the occasional booty call at Nora’s nest. Then two weeks ago Dora re-injured her wing, believe it or not, fighting off an unknown female hawk. And it was off to rehab again. That’s when Christo’s wandering eye reappeared — along with yet another side chick. The new nest-wrecker is named Amelia. “She was there within ten minutes,” said Laura Goggin, 36, who’s been documenting the ménage à quad on her blog. “I think she had been keeping an eye on the situation since she saw Dora was in a weakened state and took her opportunity.” The cheep slut even made herself at home in Dora’s nest near East 8th Street and Avenue B. “Amelia started bringing twigs to it and spending time in it right away,” said Goggin. “And Christo completely accepted her and brought her a rat, which is a nice gift.” Meanwhile, bird watchers say Christo still has the energy to visit his original feathered mistress Nora at her nest around the Jacob Riis Houses on Avenue D between East 10th and East 13th Streets. “She never liked to be in Dora’s nest,” said Goggin. Bird lovers — who have watched Christo and Dora rear 10 chicks and rule the roost at Tompkins for the last five years — are broken up by Christo’s fowl lust. “We are all shocked and stunned that this is happening again,” said Goggin. “It’s been an emotional roller coaster.” Taking up with three lady hawks is also “extremely rare,” said Bobby Horvath, a wildlife rehabilitator who’s nursing Dora back to health. “Two happens, but I’ve never heard of three.” Christo (right) with his new lover SLUT Amelia 2018-06-09: Tompkins Square Park’s biggest tail chaser has gone from sugar daddy to baby daddy. The red-tailed Romeo named Christo — who was servicing three lady hawks at once — is now the proud father of at least two hatchlings with his second and most recent SLUT, Amelia. The babies are Christo’s first with a new lover since raising 10 over four years with his first and erstwhile mate-for-life Dora — who was shipped off to rehab after re-injuring her wing in April. Birders first caught a glimpse of the baby birds poking their heads out of their nest — originally built by Dora — near East 8th Street and Avenue B on May 25. “We saw them take food up to the nest and tear little pieces off and drop them down into the babies’ mouths,” said Laura Goggin, 36, who’s been documenting Christo’s exploits on her blog. “It was a very happy event.” Christo is no deadbeat dad. “He takes his role as a hunter for his new family very seriously,” said Goggin. “He’s only taking up small mice now because he knows what food is appropriate for the babies.” The claw-sanova also spends his days fending off the park’s blue jays. “Other birds don’t like raptors, so the blue jays have all teamed up to go after the hawks,” said Goggin. Amelia sits on a branch as Christo approaches her. Christo seems to be slowing down his extracurriculars, no longer visiting his first mistress, Nora. “Christo always stays close to the nest now,” said Goggin. When Dora was first whisked away for a hurt wing in December, a lonely Christo took up with Nora and continued to visit her nest even when Dora returned in March. But right when he seemed to be patching things up with up with Dora, she was shipped off to rehab again after defending her mate against an unknown female hawk. And she likely won’t be coming back to Tompkins. “If [Amelia] stays there, she can’t go back because there would be a battle,” said Bobby Horvath, the wildlife rehabilitator who’s nursing Dora back to health. “It’s too much of a risk. It would be [Amelia and Nora] against one.” Loyal birders are crying fowl over Christo and his parade of flewzys. “We’re still sad,” said Goggin. “We miss Dora and Christo together. They were such a great pair and it’s just a very different relationship with Amelia.” The chicks will likely stick around at Tompkins until September or so, Goggin said. Amelia (left) and Christo, in Tompkins Square Park
  19. ROSE NYLUND: "You know I'm tired of you knocking Minnesota! We might not be as 'sophisticated' as Miami, with French boutiques, valet parking, and facelifts for Christmas vacation, but we have family and community! And so what if we have farms? If we didn't have farms you couldn't eat, if you couldn't eat you couldn't go on a diet, and if you couldn't go on a diet what would you do for the rest of your life?!"
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