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summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Haven't we had this before ? It wouldn't surprise me though if there's another one.North Carolina town petrified over solar panels accused of being ‘the dumbest in US’
A North Carolina town has been pasted online for expressing fears about solar panels.
RESIDENTS of a small American town have been absolutely skewered online and found themselves the target of global ridicule after expressing their fears about solar panels.
The good folk of Woodland, North Carolina, have rejected a proposal for a new solar farm amid concerns it would “suck up all the energy from the sun.”
The motion to build the solar farm near a power plant was rejected during a recent council meeting due to a bizarre array of fears and distrust expressed by locals, reports the Roanoke-Chowan News Herald.
Even Jane Mann, identified as the town’s retired science teacher, was worried the solar panels were effectively stealing sun from plants.
She said she had observed areas near solar panels in the town where plants were brown and was concerned that photosynthesis would not happen in areas with solar panels nearby.
She also raised the high number of cancer deaths in the town and said no one could tell her solar panels weren’t to blame.
“People come with hidden agendas,” she said. “Until we can find if anything is going to damage this community, we shouldn’t sign any paper.”
According to reports from the council meeting, Ms Mann’s husband Bobby shared her concerns and was worried solar farms would “suck up all the energy from the sun” and businesses would not come to the town.
Other residents fretted about the aesthetics of the town and the impact another solar farm would have on property prices.
One resident, Jean Barnes, presented council members with a petition signed by residents who opposed the establishment of any more solar farms.
Despite the efforts of company representatives from the solar industry to allay fears, the result of the council meeting was a complete moratorium on solar farms in the area.
SpurtingLesbian
Ken Dodd Nagasaki
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Said the actress to the bishop. *Logs off.ah.. possibly.
I post in quite a few places.
Donald Twain
Vide cor meum
Eh?
SpurtingLesbian
Ken Dodd Nagasaki
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...nto-uk-due-to-national-shortage-a6927561.html
Emergency biscuits flown into UK due to national shortage
Two cargo planes full of biscuits fly into South Yorkshire in response to shortage caused by flooding
Chocolate digestives are among the biscuits that are in short supply. as well as Jacob's crackers and ginger nuts
Two cargo planes full of biscuits were flown into South Yorkshire in the past two weeks in response to a biscuit shortage in the UK.
The shortage was caused by flooding in Cumbria forcing United Biscuits – who manufacture products under McVitie’s, Jacob’s and Crawford’s – to close its Carlisle factory.
The factory closed on 5 December due to damage to electrical equipment and ovens.
Doncaster Sheffield Airport, also known as Robin Hood airport, welcomed two Boeing 777 aircrafts filled with biscuits, which should help to satisfy Britain’s biscuit cravings until the United Biscuits factory is fully up and running again.
Dayle Hauxwell, cargo manager for the airport toldDoncaster Free Press: “There has been a lot of press coverage about Britain’s biscuit shortage following the floods in December and we are pleased to hear that the factories hope to be up and running again this month.
"In the mean time we’ve been delighted to welcome two flights from Emirates full of the nation’s favourite biscuits.”
A statement from United Biscuits on 5 March said that the factory is now “well on its way to the full resumption of baking”.
Mike Heaney, Factory General Manager at United Biscuits said: “Encouragement from our loyal biscuit fans has kept our teams going and we thank everyone for their support. We also appreciate the collaboration from our retail and trade customers.
“It’s been awful not to be baking biscuits, so we thank everyone that has helped us along the way to get production back up and running”.
A previous statement said that during the factory closure many United Biscuits employees had been using their free time to support the community in Carlisle which was adversely affected by the floods – including “local door to door biscuit drops”
Emergency biscuits flown into UK due to national shortage
Two cargo planes full of biscuits fly into South Yorkshire in response to shortage caused by flooding
Chocolate digestives are among the biscuits that are in short supply. as well as Jacob's crackers and ginger nuts
Two cargo planes full of biscuits were flown into South Yorkshire in the past two weeks in response to a biscuit shortage in the UK.
The shortage was caused by flooding in Cumbria forcing United Biscuits – who manufacture products under McVitie’s, Jacob’s and Crawford’s – to close its Carlisle factory.
The factory closed on 5 December due to damage to electrical equipment and ovens.
Doncaster Sheffield Airport, also known as Robin Hood airport, welcomed two Boeing 777 aircrafts filled with biscuits, which should help to satisfy Britain’s biscuit cravings until the United Biscuits factory is fully up and running again.
Dayle Hauxwell, cargo manager for the airport toldDoncaster Free Press: “There has been a lot of press coverage about Britain’s biscuit shortage following the floods in December and we are pleased to hear that the factories hope to be up and running again this month.
"In the mean time we’ve been delighted to welcome two flights from Emirates full of the nation’s favourite biscuits.”
A statement from United Biscuits on 5 March said that the factory is now “well on its way to the full resumption of baking”.
Mike Heaney, Factory General Manager at United Biscuits said: “Encouragement from our loyal biscuit fans has kept our teams going and we thank everyone for their support. We also appreciate the collaboration from our retail and trade customers.
“It’s been awful not to be baking biscuits, so we thank everyone that has helped us along the way to get production back up and running”.
A previous statement said that during the factory closure many United Biscuits employees had been using their free time to support the community in Carlisle which was adversely affected by the floods – including “local door to door biscuit drops”
silent bob
What a guy.
I remember as a kid the Huntley and Palmer factory on Wilson Road Huyton.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...nto-uk-due-to-national-shortage-a6927561.html
Emergency biscuits flown into UK due to national shortage
Two cargo planes full of biscuits fly into South Yorkshire in response to shortage caused by flooding
Chocolate digestives are among the biscuits that are in short supply. as well as Jacob's crackers and ginger nuts
Two cargo planes full of biscuits were flown into South Yorkshire in the past two weeks in response to a biscuit shortage in the UK.
The shortage was caused by flooding in Cumbria forcing United Biscuits – who manufacture products under McVitie’s, Jacob’s and Crawford’s – to close its Carlisle factory.
The factory closed on 5 December due to damage to electrical equipment and ovens.
Doncaster Sheffield Airport, also known as Robin Hood airport, welcomed two Boeing 777 aircrafts filled with biscuits, which should help to satisfy Britain’s biscuit cravings until the United Biscuits factory is fully up and running again.
Dayle Hauxwell, cargo manager for the airport toldDoncaster Free Press: “There has been a lot of press coverage about Britain’s biscuit shortage following the floods in December and we are pleased to hear that the factories hope to be up and running again this month.
"In the mean time we’ve been delighted to welcome two flights from Emirates full of the nation’s favourite biscuits.”
A statement from United Biscuits on 5 March said that the factory is now “well on its way to the full resumption of baking”.
Mike Heaney, Factory General Manager at United Biscuits said: “Encouragement from our loyal biscuit fans has kept our teams going and we thank everyone for their support. We also appreciate the collaboration from our retail and trade customers.
“It’s been awful not to be baking biscuits, so we thank everyone that has helped us along the way to get production back up and running”.
A previous statement said that during the factory closure many United Biscuits employees had been using their free time to support the community in Carlisle which was adversely affected by the floods – including “local door to door biscuit drops”
The smell from there when they were making the custard creams was epic.
Donald Twain
Vide cor meum
My old fella worked there and I was forced to eat Oatmeal blocks from the age of 1 !
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Am I in a time warp ? We've had this before. Don't say you're running out of material.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...nto-uk-due-to-national-shortage-a6927561.html
Emergency biscuits flown into UK due to national shortage
Two cargo planes full of biscuits fly into South Yorkshire in response to shortage caused by flooding
Chocolate digestives are among the biscuits that are in short supply. as well as Jacob's crackers and ginger nuts
Two cargo planes full of biscuits were flown into South Yorkshire in the past two weeks in response to a biscuit shortage in the UK.
The shortage was caused by flooding in Cumbria forcing United Biscuits – who manufacture products under McVitie’s, Jacob’s and Crawford’s – to close its Carlisle factory.
The factory closed on 5 December due to damage to electrical equipment and ovens.
Doncaster Sheffield Airport, also known as Robin Hood airport, welcomed two Boeing 777 aircrafts filled with biscuits, which should help to satisfy Britain’s biscuit cravings until the United Biscuits factory is fully up and running again.
Dayle Hauxwell, cargo manager for the airport toldDoncaster Free Press: “There has been a lot of press coverage about Britain’s biscuit shortage following the floods in December and we are pleased to hear that the factories hope to be up and running again this month.
"In the mean time we’ve been delighted to welcome two flights from Emirates full of the nation’s favourite biscuits.”
A statement from United Biscuits on 5 March said that the factory is now “well on its way to the full resumption of baking”.
Mike Heaney, Factory General Manager at United Biscuits said: “Encouragement from our loyal biscuit fans has kept our teams going and we thank everyone for their support. We also appreciate the collaboration from our retail and trade customers.
“It’s been awful not to be baking biscuits, so we thank everyone that has helped us along the way to get production back up and running”.
A previous statement said that during the factory closure many United Biscuits employees had been using their free time to support the community in Carlisle which was adversely affected by the floods – including “local door to door biscuit drops”
silent bob
What a guy.
I bet you were the most "regular" child in Huyton.
SpurtingLesbian
Ken Dodd Nagasaki
no, that was an article about there perhaps going to be a shortage, this is an update about emergency airdrops of biscuits...Am I in a time warp ? We've had this before. Don't say you're running out of material.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Takes note, should actually read article.
Donald Twain
Vide cor meum
If I even see one now I sheet my pants
SpurtingLesbian
Ken Dodd Nagasaki
Pendleton home invader takes a naked leap
Hermiston man arrested after taking off his clothes, entering a home, fleeing police and getting caught in a tree.
East Oregonian
Last changed on March 8, 2016 3:14PM
Steven S. Burton hangs from a tree above the Umatilla River in Pendleton on Saturday morning as Pendleton firefighter Jeremy Keene and Umatilla County Sheriff’s Deputy Dwight Johnson work to help him down.
Fire and Rescue took this photograph of a naked Steven Burton, hanging from a tree above the Umatilla River.
Gail Wilson’s surreal Saturday started when a naked man stepped through her front door and said, “Hi, honey.”
Wilson, who has muscular dystrophy, had been sitting in a stuffed lift chair drinking soup when the man appeared at the doorway of her Southeast Pendleton residence. She set her soup aside.
“He had a big grin on his face,” she said. “He came walking toward me with his arms open wide. I kept saying ‘Get away from me. Get out of my house.’”
She was home alone. Her husband Roger, her son and her daughter were away. When the man leaned over to give Wilson a hug, she pushed him off. Wilson, a former correctional officer at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution said her training kicked in. She didn’t look him in the eye and remained calm and firm. She thought about her pistol in her bedroom nightstand.
Wilson would have to push Steven S. Burton, 30, away several times. He dragged the Wilson’s affectionate black lab, Hunter, down the hall and shut him in a back room.
“I thought, ‘This is it, I’m going to be raped or murdered,” Wilson recalled. “I’d more or less accepted my fate. Today was my day. But I wasn’t going to let him take me gently.”
She managed to dial 9-1-1, and soon police drove up the Wilson’s long driveway. Burton, who had wandered outside to inspect the Wilson’s shed, took off running. Pendleton Police Chief Stuart Roberts said Burton dashed north, scaled a cyclone fence and dove off the side of a 40- or 50-foot bluff that borders the Umatilla River near the Riverside Bridge. When officers heard no splash or other indication the man had hit bottom, they ran to get a better view.
“When they got there, they looked down,” Roberts said. “He was hanging upside-down in a tree.”
Roberts said the apparently drug-intoxicated Hermiston man was combative. Burton hung, his left ankle wedged in the crotch of a tree and his head about five or six feet from the bank.
Officers called for assistance from Emergency Medical Services and Umatilla County Search & Rescue. Pendleton firefighter/paramedic Jeremy Keene, who made his way down a steep game trail, was the first to reach the injured man.
“He was hollering for help,” Keene said. “He was struggling to get free.”
Keene had been warned by law enforcement that the man was combative. He pulled back until Dwight Johnson, a Umatilla County Sheriff’s Deputy and sergeant with Search & Rescue, joined him. They pondered how to dislodge the contentious fugitive.
“He flailed at us a bit,” Johnson said. “We worked to keep him calm.”
Johnson recognized that Burton seem to be in “excited delirium,” a state sometimes triggered by drugs. Drugs might also have earlier driven Burton to remove his wet clothes on the riverbank below the Wilson home.
“With drugs such as PCP and acid, the physiology changes,” Roberts said. “People sometimes get hot and start disrobing.”
Johnson said the rescuers had three priorities: “get this guy out of the tree, keep him from escaping and keep ourselves from getting injured.”
Eventually, Burton allowed Johnson to wrap a rope around his chest and another around his ankle. From above, others manipulated the lines, bringing him horizontal and then lowering him to the ground. The group of rescuers and law enforcement had grown to about 20, according to Keene. At one point, the agitated Burton lunged toward the weapon of Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office Deputy John Reitz. Soon, they talked the man into getting into a suspended stretcher, handcuffed and sedated him and had rescuers at the top of the bluff lift him to safety. Firefighter/paramedic Jared Uselman, on his first official call as a Pendleton firefighter/paramedic, clipped in to the stretcher with a carabiner and accompanied Burton as he used another rope to climb.
Burton was taken to St. Anthony Hospital for an examination before heading to jail. He faces charges of burglary, harassment, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Wilson said she feels grateful to police, firefighters and SAR personnel who responded. She won’t forget the kindness of Sgt. Charles Byrum who stepped inside the house numerous times during the three-hour rescue operation to check on her.
Wilson remains feisty about the experience and said she moved her pistol to the front room.
“I’m not afraid to use it,” she said.
Hermiston man arrested after taking off his clothes, entering a home, fleeing police and getting caught in a tree.
East Oregonian
Last changed on March 8, 2016 3:14PM
Steven S. Burton hangs from a tree above the Umatilla River in Pendleton on Saturday morning as Pendleton firefighter Jeremy Keene and Umatilla County Sheriff’s Deputy Dwight Johnson work to help him down.
Fire and Rescue took this photograph of a naked Steven Burton, hanging from a tree above the Umatilla River.
Gail Wilson’s surreal Saturday started when a naked man stepped through her front door and said, “Hi, honey.”
Wilson, who has muscular dystrophy, had been sitting in a stuffed lift chair drinking soup when the man appeared at the doorway of her Southeast Pendleton residence. She set her soup aside.
“He had a big grin on his face,” she said. “He came walking toward me with his arms open wide. I kept saying ‘Get away from me. Get out of my house.’”
She was home alone. Her husband Roger, her son and her daughter were away. When the man leaned over to give Wilson a hug, she pushed him off. Wilson, a former correctional officer at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution said her training kicked in. She didn’t look him in the eye and remained calm and firm. She thought about her pistol in her bedroom nightstand.
Wilson would have to push Steven S. Burton, 30, away several times. He dragged the Wilson’s affectionate black lab, Hunter, down the hall and shut him in a back room.
“I thought, ‘This is it, I’m going to be raped or murdered,” Wilson recalled. “I’d more or less accepted my fate. Today was my day. But I wasn’t going to let him take me gently.”
She managed to dial 9-1-1, and soon police drove up the Wilson’s long driveway. Burton, who had wandered outside to inspect the Wilson’s shed, took off running. Pendleton Police Chief Stuart Roberts said Burton dashed north, scaled a cyclone fence and dove off the side of a 40- or 50-foot bluff that borders the Umatilla River near the Riverside Bridge. When officers heard no splash or other indication the man had hit bottom, they ran to get a better view.
“When they got there, they looked down,” Roberts said. “He was hanging upside-down in a tree.”
Roberts said the apparently drug-intoxicated Hermiston man was combative. Burton hung, his left ankle wedged in the crotch of a tree and his head about five or six feet from the bank.
Officers called for assistance from Emergency Medical Services and Umatilla County Search & Rescue. Pendleton firefighter/paramedic Jeremy Keene, who made his way down a steep game trail, was the first to reach the injured man.
“He was hollering for help,” Keene said. “He was struggling to get free.”
Keene had been warned by law enforcement that the man was combative. He pulled back until Dwight Johnson, a Umatilla County Sheriff’s Deputy and sergeant with Search & Rescue, joined him. They pondered how to dislodge the contentious fugitive.
“He flailed at us a bit,” Johnson said. “We worked to keep him calm.”
Johnson recognized that Burton seem to be in “excited delirium,” a state sometimes triggered by drugs. Drugs might also have earlier driven Burton to remove his wet clothes on the riverbank below the Wilson home.
“With drugs such as PCP and acid, the physiology changes,” Roberts said. “People sometimes get hot and start disrobing.”
Johnson said the rescuers had three priorities: “get this guy out of the tree, keep him from escaping and keep ourselves from getting injured.”
Eventually, Burton allowed Johnson to wrap a rope around his chest and another around his ankle. From above, others manipulated the lines, bringing him horizontal and then lowering him to the ground. The group of rescuers and law enforcement had grown to about 20, according to Keene. At one point, the agitated Burton lunged toward the weapon of Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office Deputy John Reitz. Soon, they talked the man into getting into a suspended stretcher, handcuffed and sedated him and had rescuers at the top of the bluff lift him to safety. Firefighter/paramedic Jared Uselman, on his first official call as a Pendleton firefighter/paramedic, clipped in to the stretcher with a carabiner and accompanied Burton as he used another rope to climb.
Burton was taken to St. Anthony Hospital for an examination before heading to jail. He faces charges of burglary, harassment, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Wilson said she feels grateful to police, firefighters and SAR personnel who responded. She won’t forget the kindness of Sgt. Charles Byrum who stepped inside the house numerous times during the three-hour rescue operation to check on her.
Wilson remains feisty about the experience and said she moved her pistol to the front room.
“I’m not afraid to use it,” she said.
carlos21
KING OF REP
Just watching the football mateexcellent
Thought you looked to be in a good mood. Up to much today?
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