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What Happened to Lani Garver
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The close-knit residents of Hackett Island have never seen anyone quite like Lani Garver. Everything about this new kid is a mystery: Where does Lani come from? How old is Lani? And most disturbing of all, is Lani a boy or a girl?Popular Claire McKenzie isn't up to tormenting Lani with the rest of the high school elite. Instead, she decides to befriend the intriguing outcast. But within days of Lani's arrival, tragedy strikes, and Claire is left questioning herself, her friendships, and, most interesting of all, the possibility that angels may exist on earth.
Author Biography
CAROL PLUM-UCCI is the author of the acclaimed Body of Christopher Creed, which was named a Michael L. Printz Honor Book and was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award. She lives in southern New Jersey.
How can some people's lives look so good when they're so foul underneath? That's the question I ask when I leaf through this photo album Macy gave me for my sixteenth birthday. I got it at my surprise party in October of sophomore year, three weeks to the day before Lani Garver showed up on Hackett.It's full of pictures of me and Macy and our other friends, and we've got some wild and happy parade of the teeth going on. And it's not like we were faking happiness for pictures. That's what terrifies me most. If anyone had asked, my friends and I would have said in a heartbeat, "We rule the cule," and would have believed ourselves.Macy scrawled titles by each picture in her pretty handwriting that slants backwards. The one most likely to rip our sides was "Uh-Oh, The Umbrella Ride," because of the disgusting story behind it, but like all "true brew stories," you find a place for it in your heart.The summer after freshman year, Macy's big sister, Mary Beth, decided it was time to introduce us to Oleander's whiskey, better known by Hackett's fishermen as Old Sweat Sock. She felt we were getting too cocky about our alcohol imbibement tales. Mary Beth was eighteen but had a fake ID. She bought a good-sized bottle of Old Sweat Sock at the Rod 'N' Reel. The six of us passed this bottle around in her car as she gunned it down Mariner Road to Fisherman's Wharf for some general goofing around.Myra Whitehall, who sat in the passenger seat, announced that she suddenly wasn't feeling so great. Mary Beth didn't want to slow down, because this Jeep full of Hackett's finest studs was bumper smooching her Mustang, and she didn't want them to see hurl flying out of her passenger window. She kept saying, "Deal with it, Myra!"Myra couldn't help rolling down the window, and to our disgust from the backseat, the ocean breeze was blowing in-way hard. Macy rooted through Mary Beth's stuff and came up with an umbrella. She snapped it open and shoved it up in front of the four of us in back. When Myra's stomach said, "No more," we screamed some combo victory chant/barnyard noises, completely protected from impending doom. The Jeep passed us with all-too-embarrassing curses and loud requests for car wash reimbursement. Geneva Graham snapped this picture on the wharf right after we got there.I was smiling so completely. Except for Myra-who had just been ruined socially for at least a week-we all were.Right next to that photo there's "Lesbian Hayride," which happened around Halloween of freshman year. I don't even remember how we lucked out so well, but Macy and I ended up in a hay wagon with about a dozen guys from the fish frat-that's the sons of Hackett's commercial fishermen, who are sometimes lifeguards and usually very hunky. We were trying not to act stupid, but also to act like we could care less about these breathtaking studs. As Mary Beth had lectured us, the only way to catch a guy in the fish frat is to pretend you don't care.Macy and I were standin
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Born in Seattle ... son of Laurie and Jeff Mitsui ... has a younger sister, Takara ... grandfather attended the UW ... majoring in law, societies and justice.
2014: Selected in the 30th round (900th overall) by the Arizona Diamondbacks ... honorable Mention All-Pac-12 ... played in 55 games, all starts (34 DH, 21 first base) ... reached base in 51 of 55 games, including a streak of 22-straight at one point ... led team with18 multi-hit games and tied for the team lead with 9 multi-RBI games ... hit .379 (22-for-58, 27 RBI) with runners in scoring position ... was 5th in Pac-12 action with a .343 average ... .315 (17-for-54) 13 runs, 2 HR 10 RBI in May ... among Pac-12 overall leaders: avg (.328, 10th), on base pct (.412, 10th), HR's (5, T8th), HBP (18, 4th) ... was 4-for-16 at Oxford Regional, including 2-for-5 in second game vs. Ole Miss ... 1-for-10 in UCLA series ... 2-for-8, 2 walks at Oregon State ... 3-for-4, 3 doubles, 2 RBI vs. Seattle U May 13 after 1-for-11 weekend vs. Bethune-Cookman ... was 9-for-13 in Utah series, picking up mult-hits in all 3 games ... was 4-for-6, 6 RBI, homerun, 3 runs in 21-17 win ... hit .315 in April ... 4-for-11 vs. WSU, including 3 hits Friday ... was 6-for-14 at Cal ... drove in game-winning RBI in 8th of 4-3 win vs. Cal (3-for-4, 2 RBI) ... 2-for-4, homerun, 2 RBI on April 14 vs. Northern Colorado ... all three home runs have went the opposite way to right field ... 2-for-9, 2 runs, 2 RBI in Stanford series ... T4th hit-by-pitch (11) in Pac-12 rankings ... hit .356 (16-for-45) in March ... went 5-for-12 (.417), homerun, 6 RBI in USC series ... 2-for-3, 3RBI in 8-2 win over USC and 3-for-7 (homerun, 2 RBI) in 14 inning win over USC ... was 4-for-10 in Arizona series, 3 runs and RBI ... went 3-for-4 with a RBI and run in 5-2 win over Arizona ... T5th in Pac-12 with 7 hit-by-pitch ... 2-for-9 (.222) at Jack Gifford Memorial Tourney ... 2-for-7 in UC Davis series ... went 2-for-2 in win over Michigan St ... hit .412 (7-for-17, HR, 2 doubles, 6 RBI, 2 runs) at Texas State Tourney, including multi-hits in three game ... hit 2-run home run in 9th inning in 6-1 win over Texas State on Feb. 15 ... drove in 3 and was 2-for-3, with a double in tie vs. Michigan.
2013: Played in 52 of the Huskies' 56 games, starting 48 ... 46 starts at first base and two at DH ... 5-for-11 in Davis series, reaching safely in all four games ... 3-for-3 in the fourth game vs. the Aggies ... went 4-for-16 with three RBI in the four-game series at Lamar ... 3-for-5 with three RBI in the Feb. 22 win at Lamar ... 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI in the March 5 win over SeattleU ... 2-for-4 with two RBI in the first game of the LSU series ... 4-for-13 with a double in three games at No. 11 UCLA ... went 6-for-12 with two RBI in USC series ... 3-for-5 with two RBI in the March 24 win over the Trojans ... 3-for-4 March 22 vs. USC ... 1-for-4 with an RBI April 2 at SeattleU ... had a big part in the Huskies' doubleheader sweep of No. 5 Oregon State on April 20 ... 3-for-4 with two runs in the first win and 1-for-4 with three RBI in the second ... 2-for-8 with two RBI in UW sweep of No. 21 Gonzaga April 23-24 ... 4-for-12 in Cal series ... 3-for-5 in the UW's 12-inning win over the Golden Bears on April 26 ... 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI May 7 vs. SeattleU ... 2-for-6 with an RBI in his two starts in the WSU series ... 2-for-4 with a double in May 25 start vs. Arizona State ... was a Cape Cod League All-Star during the summer, earning the start at first base for the Eastern Division after hitting .282 for the Brewster Whitecaps ... hit a home run and was second on the Whitecaps in multiple categories including at bats (131), hits (37), RBI (14) and doubles (7).
2012: Played in 44 games, starting 36, as a true freshman ... 34 starts came at first base and two were as the DH ... in first game, went 1-for-3 with two RBI Feb. 18 at San Diego State ... was 2-for-4 with a home run and three runs batted in Feb. 25 at UC Irvine ... 1-for-3 with two runs and two walks in the win Feb. 27 at Cal State Northridge ... 2-for-5 with a double March 17 vs. Oregon ... 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI March 25 vs. CSU Bakersfield ... hit safely in all three games at California ... 3-for-3 with a double and a walk April 13 vs. the Bears ... 6-for-11 overall at Cal ... had a hit in all three vs. Arizona ... 2-for-4 April 28 at Utah ... multiple hits in all three at USC, going 7-for-13 vs. the Trojans ... 3-for-5 in the opener and then 2-for-4 in the next two ... 3-for-5 with an RBI May 22 at Seattle University ... 3-for-4 with a double in the first of three games vs. Washington State May 25 ... played for the Brewster Whitecaps in the Cape Cod League over the summer, batting .298 with five homers, 11 doubles and 26 RBI.
A four-year letterman under coach Wyatt Tonkin, a former Husky baseball player, at Shorewood ... a three-time first-team all-state selection ... named the Gatorade state player of the year and was a first-team All-America selection by both USA Today and Baseball America ... also earned the Washington State coaches' 3A state player of the year award and was named second-team All-America by the ABCA ... struck out just twice during his senior season, when he batted .712 with 13 home runs ... helped lead Shorewood to the state championship game in 2011 ... drove in 26 runs and walked 42 times as a senior, leading the Thunderbirds to a 24-3 overall record along with the league and district championships ... drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 12th round of the 2011 draft ... named first-team All-WesCo and first-team all-area (Seattle Times) as a sophomore, junior and senior, in additional to making all-state all three years ... hit .507 with 11 home runs and 31 runs batted in ... helped Shorewood to a district title and a fourth-place finish in the state tournament as a junior ... batted .439 with four homers and 37 RBI as a sophomore, leading the team to a league title ... hit .333 as a freshman ... served as team captain as a senior in 2011 ... a three-year member of the National Honor Society ... graduated with a 3.6 grade point average.
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The original "Teen Mom" girls are set to make a comeback to MTV, reportedly under one condition. Amber Portwood, Maci Bookout, and Catelynn Lowell are allegedly on board with the idea of a comeback series, so long as their former co-star, Farrah Abraham, isn't involved!
Initially, an insider told Us Weekly said that the girls didn't want their kids around Farrah Abraham, saying, "They don't want their kids on a show where someone's talking about sex toys."
Since her "Teen Mom" days, Farrah Abraham has tried out some new, questionable ventures. Aside from writing a memoir and trying her hand at music, Farrah has also entered the adult film industry making not only films, but adult toys. She has also appeared on many talk shows defending her choices.
It seems plausible that Maci Bookout, Amber Portwood, and Catelynn Lowell wouldn't want to be on a show that could potential include Farrah talking about these things, but at least one of these girls doesn't mind appearing on a show with Farrah Abraham!
According to a March 20 E! Online report, a source explained, ""People are saying Amber refused to be on the show if Farrah was brought back and that's not true. She contacted Farrah just the other day and sending her love."
After getting out of prison, Amber Portwood revealed that when she and Farrah Abraham originally worked on "Teen Mom" together, they didn't get along at all. However, that appears to be water under the bridge for both girls. Amber is trying to move on with her life and Farrah tends to ignore what is said about her.
Even though Amber Portwood is game to appear with Farrah Abraham again, that doesn't mean that Maci Bookout and Catelynn Lowell are either. On top of that, there isn't even confirmation that MTV wants to bring back the original "Teen Mom" series. As of right now, these are only rumors, but there is some evidence to suggest that the rumors could be true.
The source who spoke out about Amber Portwood also noted that MTV "was impressed" by how well the recent "Teen Mom" specials did. "Being Maci" starring Maci Bookout was the first to air last year and did so well that MTV followed up with "Being" specials for Amber Portwood, Farrah Abraham, and Catelynn Lowell.
It is obvious that fans loved the shows and would love to see the original "Teen Mom" girls back, but should Farrah Abraham be involved?


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Live From Rhapsody of the Seas: We Discover That Alaska Is Not for Wimps
May 24, 2012 | By Erica Silverstein | 4 Comments
4 Responses to "Live From Rhapsody of the Seas: We Discover That Alaska Is Not for Wimps"
May 24th, 2012 @ 4:03 pm
Good for you! Shore excursions in Alaska are a "must do". Anyone who simply walks off the ship and meanders around is missing experiences of a lifetime.
Souvenier shops are a dime a dozneh; you'll remember that floatplane trip for a lifetime
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May 25th, 2012 @ 12:34 am
YES!!! We Discover That Alaska Is Not for Wimps!!!
May 25th, 2012 @ 1:45 pm
We've been to Alaska twice. The first time we didn't do very many \daring\ excursions. But the second time, we had a great time. We did the float plane and the pilot landed on the water and we all got out and stood on the float part of the plane. It was so awesome. Got pics of us standing out there. An awesome excursion. We've been whale watching both times we've been and I got some awesome pictures. I would go back to Alaska in a heartbeat – with or without my husband.
May 27th, 2012 @ 6:18 pm
We were on the Radiance, May 11 departure. I got to 'co-pilot' on a Misty Fjords floatplane trip out of Ketchikan. Halfway through, I noticed that the fuel gauge was solidly on 'E'. I pointed it out to the pilot, he pointed out that I was looking at the gauge for the rear tank. We were using the left and right tanks. So, I learned a little bit about small planes.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month1 comments Posted by rich at 10:07 PM
1 in 3 families are affected by domestic violence. Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behaviors — physical, sexual, psychological, and economic coercion — used by one intimate partner against another (adult or adolescent) to gain, maintain, or regain power and control in the relationship. Batterers use of a range of tactics to frighten, terrorize, manipulate, hurt, humiliate, blame, often injure, and sometimes kill a current or former intimate partner.
If you are a victim of domestic violence, don't be scared. Seek help and be heard. If you know someone who is being abused, lend a helping hand.
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Friday, July 22, 2011
I'm on Google+!10 comments Posted by rich at 7:49 AM
Heyya everyone!
After a thousand years (just exaggerating, lol), I finally joined Google+! So if you're in there too and want to see more of my non-sense rants and rave, please add me in your circle. ;)
Rich Gomez' official Google+ account!
See you there guys! ^^
Labels: daily life, web
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Funny Dog XD2 comments Posted by rich at 1:09 AM
Hi there! Uh-oh, my review for 49 Days or Pure Love isn't done yet (or the truth is I haven't even started writing it). XD Meanwhile, I want to share this hilarious video of a "talking" dog being teased. I almost died laughing after watching this one. XD
See the video below just in case you haven't seen it yet.
Hilarious isn't it? XD
Labels: dogs, funny videos
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Car Maintenance and Repair0 comments Posted by rich at 6:21 AM
Not all drivers know every tiny bit of details about their car... particularly when something goes wrong with it. And sometimes (in some few instances, I'm not saying all the time) mechanics take advantage of us not knowing anything about our car that we end up spending too much than what we should. I would suggest checking out this site and maybe sign up too if you want to so you will know more when it comes to car repair and maintenance.
Upon exploring this site, I realized how much helpful it is. You can find information about your car maintenance, find a repair shop near you as well as a helpful quote or estimate just in case you need something done with your automobile so you'll know how much things costs. It helps when you have an idea about these so your mechanic won't take advantage of you or so you can pinpoint exactly what's wrong and what's needed to be repaired.
This site is just so complete that I also started checking if they have maintenance information of my "dream cars". Apparently, they have car maintenance details for Audi cars. Yay! That means this will really be helful for my "future" R8 or my "future" A6 sedan. Hmm, they don't have info for Lamborghini cars though (for my super dream car Gallardo) but I think soon enough they'll be adding it here to. :)
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Quick Post!6 comments Posted by rich at 12:34 AM
Hi there! I remembered I should post at least twice a week so for this week, this is going to be post number one. This is going to be a quick one cause I'm at work. Heehee! XD
I'm supposed to blog something about the drama I just finished watching weeks ago called 49 Days but it's going to be a longer post so that would wait a while. Anyway, I saw its trailer on ABS-CBN but they apparently changed the title to Pure Love. I guess I should post my review about it before it airs locally. It's a good drama. A must-watch. :)
So there, I'll be back pretty soon with that blog post. I missed lots of people when I became inactive here. You guys know who you are! :) Unfortunately, I can't visit some of your blogs cause either your profiles are set to private or your blog's URL has changed. Please hit me back with your new links! ;)
Gotta go now. See ya around! ;)
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
...after several months3 comments Posted by rich at 12:25 PM
Okay, so how's everyone? XD
I know right, I've been MOA for about five months. Oh well, same old things, I'm busy or I'm just too lazy to update my blog. Gomen blog, gomen. ~_~
So yea, I think I will be back now. :) I promise I'll post updates as often as I could. I think I have too much stories to share now since I've been very quiet for a few months. I wish my readers won't get annoyed though... or do I still have readers? XD
Anyway, I hope my blogger friends are still visiting my blog. XD Expect at least three posts a week starting today. XD
See ya around! ^^
Labels: daily life
Thursday, January 27, 2011
The Starfish Story16 comments Posted by rich at 11:32 AM
I've got this one from a friend and I can't help but repost it here. It's a very touching story with a good moral lesson for each of us...
Adapted from The Star Thrower
by Loren Eiseley
1907 - 1977
Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.
One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would dance to the day, and so, he walked faster to catch up.
As he got closer, he noticed that the figure was that of a young man, and that what he was doing was not dancing at all. The young man was reaching down to the shore, picking up small objects, and throwing them into the ocean.
He came closer still and called out "Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?"
The young man paused, looked up, and replied "Throwing starfish into the ocean."
"I must ask, then, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?" asked the somewhat startled wise man.
To this, the young man replied, "The sun is up and the tide is going out. If I don't throw them in, they'll die."
Upon hearing this, the wise man commented, "But, young man, do you not realize that there are miles and miles of beach and there are starfish all along every mile? You can't possibly make a difference!"
At this, the young man bent down, picked up yet another starfish, and threw it into the ocean. As it met the water, he said, "I made a difference to that one!"
The lesson?
We may not be able to reach out to all those who are in need, but we can always do something in our own little ways to make a difference. ;)
Source: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art8236.asp
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Jan. 21, 2011
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Kirani James set a school record and automatically qualified for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 20.58 in the 200m at the Cherry & Silver Invitational Friday evening in Albuquerque, N.M.
James' time is the fastest in nation this season and set an Albuquerque Convention Center record by 0.16 seconds and bested the previous UA record of 20.71 set by Latonel Williams in 2003. Last season, James had an indoor best of 20.94
Also in action on Friday, Fred Samoei posted the top time in the 600m with a 1:20.12 finish.
In the field events, Tyler Campbell won the high jump by clearing 7-0.25 for the second week in a row while Jonathan Reid was third with a clearance of 6-10.25.
Freshman Kamal Fuller also took top honors in the long jump with of 24-9.0, the 10th best jump in the season. Fuller added nearly two inches to the jump he recorded in the season opener last weekend.
The rest of the Alabama men's track and field team will return to action Saturday morning during the second day of the Cherry & Silver Invitational.
Cherry & Silver InvitationalFriday Alabama Results200 Meters 1. Kirani James, 20.58 600 Meters 2. Fred Samoei, 1:20.12 High Jump 1. Tyler Campbell, 7-0.25 3. Jonathan Reid, 6-10.25 18. Justin Brady, 6-2.25
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WASHINGTON (AP) — After a three-month struggle, Mitt Romney is edging into the mop-up phase of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Romney has been buoyed by Newt Gingrich's decision to scale back his campaign to the vanishing point and Rick Santorum's statement that he would take the No. 2 spot on the party ticket in the fall.
Romney on Wednesday campaigned by phone for support in next week's Wisconsin primary while he shuttled from California to Texas on a fundraising trip.
Romney aides are spreading the word that former President George H.W. Bush will bestow a formal endorsement on Romney on Thursday. They've declined to say whether former President George W. Bush has been asked for a public show of support.


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College Hockey:McGill Tops Merrimack
Penalties Mar Game
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — In an exhibition game at J. Thom Lawler Arena, McGill topped Merrimack 2-1. It was the first time since 1995 the teams faced off against each other. Merrimack, celebrating their 20th year in Hockey East, is looking to build off of last season, having only lost two key producers from the roster. However, the Warriors begin their season without their two year MVP Rob Ricci, who is out with an injury.
The two teams traded a lot of penalties, and two of the game's three goals came on power plays.
Merrimack controlled the play for long stretches early on. Late in the first period however, McGill's Maxime Verreault-Paul managed to beat Warriors' goalie Andrew Braithwaite on the blocker side to give McGill a 1-0 lead.
The second period opened up with another string of penalties, and four minutes in McGill potted a power play goal.
Merrimack Coach Mark Dennehy decided to switch goaltenders at that point, putting in freshman Joe Cannata. At 11:14, only seconds after coming off of the penalty kill and switching onto a power play, the Warriors' Chris Barton broke away from his defender to beat McGill goaltender Hubert Morin.
At the end of the second period there was hooking penalty against McGill that allowed Merrimack to stay on the power play for the beginning of the third period, but the Warriors were unable to capitalize. With one minute left to play, the Warriors pulled Cannata for an extra attacker and managed some good scoring opportunities, but couldn't get the tying goal
Merrimack opens the regular season on October 11th against Robert Morris University.
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A Consumer is a Subject, A Citizen is a Verb
Posted by Chuck Freeman | Filed under Religion & Culture
We found out on the eve of our nations birthday a few weeks back that Thomas Jefferson first referred to our forbearers as "subjects" in an early draft of the Declaration of Independence.
Upon reflection Jefferson made a monumental edit that deeded us with a revolutionary identity. It seems he sought quite methodically to expunge the word, to wipe it out of existence and write over it. Many words were crossed out and replaced in the draft, but only one was obliterated. Over the smudge, Jefferson then wrote the word "citizens."
I am loathe to say it, but we have reverted back to being Subjects.
The American corporate media culture challenges our freedom in a much more sophisticated and seductive fashion. We are saturated with images and rhetoric by which we willingly morph our identity.
Here is a brief history of the evolution and devolution of your public self. First you were a Subject ruled by a King. Then, by virtue of hard earned modern democracy you became a Citizen, one with mutual responsibility. Next, the fossil record indicates you were a Customer, signifying a relationship between a business and a buyer of goods and services.
Somewhere along the way a mutation was engineered. You are now a Consumer. You have deformed into a buying machine. A Consumer is a Subject. In the days of Kings the Subjects had no choice. They were ruled by a superior social order or military force. In our day we actively accept being Subjects.
Even in the darling progressive media outlets you are uniformly labeled a Consumer. In America it is manifestly clear that we have confounded democracy and capitalism. The Catholic monk and hermit Thomas Merton offered this spiritual diagnosis over 40 years ago.
"When we call ourselves the 'free world' we mean first of all the world in which business is free. If you have nothing to buy or sell freedom is, in your case, irrelevant. Profit first, people afterward."
Capitalism can be conducted with a social conscience. The unexamined, unquestioned monoculture of consuming is leading to the collapse of all of our ecosystems.
A Consumer is a Subject, a pawn to be manipulated.
A Citizen is a Verb with dignity and purpose.
The spiritually awakened person and culture will be keen to preserve their fundamental identity.
In his wondrous sermon "Spiritual Freedom" Rev. William Ellery Channing spoke with relevance eternal.
"I call that mind free which is not passively framed by outward circumstance, which is not the creature of accidental impulse, but which bends events to its own improvement, and acts from and inward spring, from immutable principles which it has deliberately espoused."
Seduction surrounds you. Will you be a Consumer or a Citizen?
9 Responses to "A Consumer is a Subject, A Citizen is a Verb"
Carolyn Dower Says:
July 21, 2010 at 8:29 am
I hope there's a way I can share this excellent message on my Facebook page!
Darren Richmond Says:
July 21, 2010 at 9:15 am
Very interesting, Chuck. I choose to be a citizen.
While I agree with much of the spirit of your message, I wouldn't be a good democratic "Citizen" if I didn't express my opinion as to what I perceive as a weakness in your exposition, or at least a contradiction want to clarify. I have two points I would like to make and I'd be interested in hearing your response.
First, at one point you say, "we have reverted back to being Subject." Later, you tell the reader, "You are now a Consumer. You have deformed into a buying machine." But at the end, you conclude by asking, "Will you be a Consumer or a Citizen?" So my question is, do we have a choice or not? Are you trying to say that the American people have become Consumers, not Citizens, due to the effects of advertising and the importance our society places on economic wealth as the sole determination of value or are you merely alleging that it is easy to become a Consumer in that environment and we should resist the temptation?
I don't think you are arguing the former, because if you are asking us to become Citizens, not Consumers, then clearly you believe such a choice is possible. So while it might be easy to slide into complacent consumerism, it's not necessarily inevitable. If this is true, than I think you might overstate your case at the beginning of the composition for the sake of grabbing the audience's attention. It might be more accurate to say, "An increasing number of Americans have become Consumers rather than Citizens" than to assert to the reader that they, individually, have made that transition.
My second point, which is less focused on the manner in which you present your idea and more on the content, is that I disagree on your equating Subject status with Consumer status.
The whole point of being a Subject was that you did not have a choice. You were compelled by the social and political hierarchy into doing something. You were not an actor in society because you lacked the power to change your status. A Citizen, as you say, is an active role.
However, I disagree that recent trends have forced us to become "Subjects" once more. Yes, Americans today are subjected to an increasing amount of advertising, bias in the media, and constant efforts to direct our personal behavior (at least to the extent it effects our voting and buying decisions). Yet by equating Subject and Consumer, you ignore (or at least, downplay) the liberty that we have to make choices that fly in the face of that manipulation. I might see an advertisement on TV, but no one is forcing me to buy a product at the point of a gun. Likewise, I can watch Glenn Beck or Keith Olbermann but my voting behavior may be influenced, not determined, by those pundits. In essence, despite constant efforts to control our behavior, we still have the ability to choose, which is the hallmark of the Citizen status.
It is impossible to sever the link between Citizen and Consumer, because the central characteristic of both is the same: the ability to choose. Merely because other people are trying to direct our behavior does not mean we are Subjects, because we still have the liberty to act according to our preferences.
In fact, if anything, I think we have the opposite problem today. Far from becoming Subjects again, without the ability to choose, we instead have become over-saturated by the abundance of choice. Which cereal should I eat for breakfast? What car should I drive? Where should I live? Who should I vote for? Americans have so many options that we become exhausted by constantly making decisions. With so much choice, the temptation is to become lazy. It is so difficult to remain informed about everything. Much easier to surrender to popular opinion, or advertisements, and just follow the group. This, in my opinion, is the real risk in society today.
The important distinction is not between Citizen and Consumer, but rather through being a passive Citizen-Consumer and an active one.
An active Citizen-Consumer is still under the pressures that are inevitable in a free society, but attempts to find out the truth. A passive Citizen-Consumer responds to that pressure by blindly complying with it. However, equating passive Citizen-Consumers with Subjects ignores the central issue. What is at stake is not the liberty to choose, which distinguishes Citizens from Subjects. What is at stake is our willingness to actively seek the truth in the face of an exhausting amount of personal liberty.
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Oddly, perhaps, there is a third point to make, that while we have many choices, some of them will be acceptable to almost nobody. How many of us Citizens would consider reverting to the Amish lifestyle? Yet this is the only way I could consider realistic to stop using oil. As Ben says, we have the ability to choose which car to drive, but left out of this statement is the possibility of not driving any car.
It's true. As I said, I agreed with the spirit of your message, but I guess my "thinking-like-a-lawyer" training kicked-in.
Actually I was thinking about this more after my initial post, and it occurred to me that the exhaustion from too many choices could apply to religion as well. In our pluralistic society, people are generally free to pick their faith. However, there are so many churches, so many beliefs to choose from that it can be overwhelming! I think one reason people may be turned off from an active spiritual journey, as opposed to a passive acceptance, is that there are so many faiths to choose from that the prospect of actively figuring out "the truth" (or perhaps "their truth") is intimidating. Much easier to just go with the default option, such as the religion you were raised in, or call yourself a "Christian" but not bother going to church at all or carefully thinking about the particulars. I've noticed that many of my peers have never actively questioned their faith or considered why they believe what they do. I'm not sure if you can fairly say that "too many choices" is to blame for that, but it's one possible factor.
If people only had two options, such as Lutheran or Catholic, Hindu or Muslim, Buddhist or Jewish, then everyone could feel comfortable thinking carefully about the choice. (Although I'm sure most people would still follow the family faith.) But when we have so many choices that researching them all becomes virtually impossible, the prospect of giving up on the entire search becomes more attractive.
One nice thing about Live Oak is that the church never abandons that comparative look at faith. Rather than becoming overwhelmed by the diversity of faiths, your church embraces it. And, in my opinion, that's definitely a good thing.
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Why was it leaked? And why wasn't it disclosed earlier? These are complicated questions. Some conspiracy theorists think the White Paper was leaked now to add fuel against CIA Director-nominee John Brennan at his confirmation hearings. This sounds like a plausible rationale although I have no idea if it is true. The more complicated question is why the Office of Legal Counsel never released either the White Paper or the underlying memorandum before. It is not classified, and the document was clearly relevant for several past litigations that were filed against the Administration. Is the document protected by attorney-client privilege? In January, U.S. District Court Judge Colleen McMahon held that the attorney-client and deliberative process privileges protected the document from release. However, that didn't stop McMahan from discussing at great length -- in dicta -- the potential illegalities of the Administration's Targeted Killings program. Indeed, it was a rare instance of a federal judge making broad pronouncements about the law that had no direct bearing on the legal outcome of the case at bar.
As for the substance of the DOJ White Paper, several observations come to mind:
First, the White Paper appears to hedge on whether the Administration can rely on the fact that there is an armed conflict with al-Qaeda -- and that this armed conflict justifies the killing of members of the terrorist network. Simply put, if you accept this rationale, which has been announced before by Harold Koh while he was at the State Department, then much of the analysis in the White Paper appears unnecessary. For example, the paper discusses the duty to capture at great length and concludes that targeted killings against US civilians are only acceptable if capture is not feasible. But as I explain in my forthcoming article "The Duty to Capture," no such requirement exists in the Laws of War. So where is it coming from? Maybe from the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, I suppose, although no court has ever applied Fourth Amendment principles to targeting during an armed conflict. Indeed, the White Paper engages in a Fourth Amendment balancing analysis, citing the famous Mathews v. Eldridge, 424 U.S. 319 (1976), but the Supreme Court has never applied the Mathews balancing test to targeting decisions during armed conflict. The closest analogue is Hamdi, 542 U.S. 507 (2004), but that was a detention case -- not a targeting case.
Second, the White Paper concedes that imminence is required for these strikes to be lawful. There has been much discussion online and in the newspapers about the white paper's interpretation of the imminence requirement, though less attention has been paid to the source of the imminence requirement, which isn't clear. Does it stem from jus ad bellum, i.e. the public international law requirement that self-defense under the U.N. Charter requires the existence of an imminent attack? Perhaps so (and the White Paper does indeed cite Article 51 of the Charter), but during the course of an armed conflict that is itself justified under article 51, does every strike need to be justified by imminence? Arguably not, since during an armed conflict an attacking force may strike an opponent's military force even if that force is not posing an imminent threat. That's the whole point of classifying a situation as an armed conflict. The conflict as a whole must be justified by article 51, but must every sortie flown by an airplane satisfy the imminence requirement? Presumably not.
Perhaps the imminence requirement comes from international human rights law. That's another possibility, although the official US position is that the US is not bound extra-territorially by its international human rights commitments such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In other words, according to official US positions, these treaties only apply to government conduct within the country. So it is unlikely that the U.S. government would argue that imminence is a necessary requirement of human rights law in this context.
Third, the longest section of the White Paper deals with whether the federal statute prohibiting murder incorporates the "public authority justification" -- a legal defense that would transform the killing from an unlawful killing to a lawful one because it was performed pursuant to an action by a government official. Although the White Paper correctly cites the Model Penal Code as including wartime killings within the definition of the public authority defense, I think the Model Penal Code is wrong on this point. So although the White Paper's framing of this point is understandable, I would have framed the issue differently.
The correct solution is to instead recognize that under bedrock principles of the laws of war, which are incorporated into federal common law, killing with the privilege of combatancy is not an unlawful killing at all. This has nothing to do with any "public authority justification." Indeed, no legal defense is required for wartime killings against legitimate targets. Rather, such killings are based on the privilege of combatancy which exists only during times of armed conflict, and the fact that under the laws of war, killing an enemy combatant is not a crime. So again this goes back to whether the Administration really takes seriously that this is indeed an armed conflict with al-Qaeda. If it does, then the international laws of war preempt the domestic criminal laws that define murder. And that fact, and that fact alone, explains why the federal law prohibition against murder does not apply to targeted killings.
Of course, this then requires an exhaustive analysis of whether Aulaqi was a combatant or not. The only way to make this argument is to invoke the contemporary notion of exercising a "continuous combat function" (CCF) in an organized armed group. This notion was first laid out by the International Committee of the Red Cross in its "Interpretive Guidance on the Notion of Direct Participation in Hostilities Under International Humanitarian Law." Strangely, though the White Paper cites this document, it neither mentions nor critically analyzes the CCF standard.


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Health advocates applaud the decision and hope that other drug stores follow CVS' lead. The American Pharmacists Association is particularly pleased with the leadership role CVS has taken and other non- profit groups are hoping that the move becomes a nationwide trend.
"CVS's announcement to stop selling tobacco products fully a month early sends a resounding message to the entire retail industry and to its customers that pharmacies should not be in the business of selling tobacco", said Campaign for Tobacco- Free Kids president Matthew Myers. "This is truly an example of a corporation leading and setting a new standard."
Ending tobacco sales is part of CVS' larger anti- tobacco campaign, which includes a smoking cessation initiative. CVS will sell medication to help smokers quit the habit, educational material to advise on tobacco and its ill effects on health, and coaching for those who need some personal motivation to go tobacco- free.
In addition to the decision to drop tobacco, CVS Caremark is also changing its name. It will now be known as CVS Health, a name consistent with the company image and its dedication to well- being. Individual stores will still be called CVS Pharmacy.
CVS operates approximately 7,700 retail stores and is second only to Walgreens in size. Tobacco sales for the chain totaled about $2 billion last year, so the decision to drop tobacco will definitely affect the company financially. Still, CVS management feels it's the right thing to do and they encourage other retailers to do the same.


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A boy holds on to a man's coat at a makeshift memorial near Sandy Hook Elementary School, scene of last week's mass shooting. Photo: Reuters
Most parents are used to answering unusual questions from their offspring; but how do they explain why a young man walked into a school and killed 28 children and staff?
It was a question parents confronted over the weekend and will continue to wrestle with in coming weeks, according to child psychologists.
Specialists in childhood behaviour say parental responses should vary according to the age and temperament of the child.
A boy holds on to a stuffed toy bear at Sandy Hook Elementary School where President Barack Obama attended an interfaith vigil. Photo: Reuters/Eric Thayer
Davina Sharry, teacher and childhood behavioural specialist, said adults should be honest but not too honest.
"Parents need to explain it in very simple terms but they need to vet what they say," she said.
"I wouldn't even use terms like death, killing, murder and so on. I would say, something went wrong in a school in America and children were hurt. Avoid going into too much detail but be truthful."
Ava Staiti, 7, of New Milford, Connecticut., looks up at her mother while visiting a sidewalk memorial with 26 teddy bears, each representing a victim of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Photo: AP/David Goldman
Child psychologist Michael Carr-Gregg agreed, saying parents should wait for their children to ask questions and keep their answers straightforward.
"You need to keep your explanation developmentally appropriate," he said. "Be brief, be simple and be factual without going into too much detail."
Parents of children not yet in school are best advised to switch off the television, computer and mobile devices.
A mourner places joss sticks at a memorial for victims of the recent mass shooting. Photo: Reuters
"I would be standing guard over the remote control for the three- and four-year-olds – they really don't need to hear about this at that age," she said.
Equally, adult conversations about the shooting can wait until after the children have been tucked up in bed.
"Children tend to take emotional cues from the significant adults in their lives," Mr Carr-Gregg said.
"Obviously, people are just shattered by this but if adults are talking about it they need to keep those conversations out of the earshot of young children."
Australian children also need comfort and reassurance that such tragedies are rare, said Phil Robinson, chair of the Australian Infant, Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Association.
"If children ask questions about it, talk to them, find out what their concerns are and reassure them," he said.
Teachers were also bracing themselves for questions as many children returned for the final week of school.
The president of the NSW Teachers Federation, Maurie Mulheron, said teachers were well trained in helping children to interpret difficult subject matter.
"The worst thing to do would be to deny a conversation with a young person about this," he said.
"But it has to be discussed in context and in a way which reassures the child. Teachers are experienced and well placed to help children understand the way in which we live.
"They can help children understand and interpret issues and events which are shocking and difficult. It's not something they would baulk at."


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Todd, a Single Dad from Massachusetts
Let me tell you my story. I am a single father with a six year old little girl. One day she came home from "day camp" and told me that her head was really itchy. That night I looked through her hair and found little bugs. At the time I did not now what they were so I called my sister to ask her if she knew and she told me that is was probably head lice.
I tried two over the counter lice treatment products more than once. I did this for about a month and the bugs just kept coming back. I was starting to go crazy.
Then I was looking on the web and found "LiceKiller" and it sounded like a good product. My daughter was starting school soon, So I tried the new product, "LiceKiller" and the lice would just die and fall right out of her hair. All the bugs were gone.
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The head lice nightmare we had was terrible. Just when we thought they were gone, they came back. We started off using the chemicals our doctor prescribed and all got sick from chemical exposure. Then I found your product. It worked better then expected and was surprisingly easy to use. I have recommended it to my family and friends. My husband and I have also been using Avirol for several weeks now. It is a great product and we do not go a day without taking it.
Testimonial from Dawnya in Lawrenceville, GA:
I used to be a hairstylist and thought I knew ALL about head lice. I realized that I didn't know much at all until I had to deal with it in my own family. When my youngest daughter first got it, we called our doctor's office and were told to use Nix, which we promptly ran to the drug store to purchase. My husband proceeded to do some research on the internet to see if there was anything else we could do, only to find out that the over the counter products contain poisonous pesticides, which we had already put on our child's head.
We decided to go the distance with the Nix, for the next week, since we'd already used the product and couldn't undo it. We spent one week torturing our daughter (not intentionally) having to comb through snarly hair (you can't use conditioner with Nix), and very meticulously picking out every single nit we could find. It was about a 90 minute routine every single day for a week. We would have bet money that you could not have found more than 1-2 nits by the end of that week, we were that thorough.
Exactly one week after using Nix, when those remaining eggs hatched, she had a head FULL of live lice---we actually found about 40 bugs. UUUGGGHHHHH!!!!!!
We decided to take a chance on your product, and paid to have it shipped overnight to us. It worked exactly like you said. It killed the eggs and the live lice.
Unfortunately, my older daughter AND myself had already gotten it from her, but didn't know it for about 2 months. My husband had thoroughly checked both of us on a regular basis. But we both have incredibly thick hair, and they just were not visible when our hair was dry. (Now we know to check both wet AND dry hair.)
After my oldest daughter had been scratching her scalp raw for over a month, we decided to do the LiceKiller treatment on her as well, only to discover that she also had a head full of live lice.
I proceeded to treat my younger daughter AND myself, and discovered that I had it as well, and my younger daughter had probably just gotten it again because she didn't have many lice.
I felt really stupid for not just treating all of us the first time around. NOW WE KNOW!!!!! I treated all 3 of us a second time, about a week later, just to be sure that they were all gone because my kids were starting school within DAYS after this. We checked all of our heads religiously the first month of school and did not find any more lice, and haven't had it since.
When we first purchased your product, I talked to the owner of a health food store, and felt very confident (AND safe) using your product for multiple treatments.
Did you know that the Nix package says to NOT use Nix as a preventative treatment?
After spending the entire summer battling lice, and doing a million loads of laundry, I would immediately use your product as a preventive treatment the second I suspected that any of us had lice if it should ever happen again. I never dreamed that I would get head lice at 39 years old. How embarrassing is that????
I also ordered a family pack for my cousin, because we had just been to their house when we found out that all of us had head lice. She treated everyone in her family, just to be sure, and never had any sort of lice outbreak. Several years ago, she had been hospitalized for unexplainable seizures. A few days after coming home from the hospital, she saw a clip on CNN saying that lice treatment products used on children were thought to cause seizures. How weird is that?
Her mother thought she had probably used something like Nix or Rid about 8 times before they had finally gotten rid of the lice when she was a kid. It depresses me that we live in a country where our pharmaceutical companies are actually allowed to distribute a product that contains poisonous pesticides and still doesn't completely eliminate head lice.
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Your product was the only thing that worked for us!! After 3 months of trying to get rid of the lice.
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My family has gone thru the torture of the dreaded louse twice! I am a practicing dentist with 3
daughters with hair down to their waists! You can imagine how I felt the first time I was faced with the problem, but I think the second time was worse because I knew what fun times were in store for me and the girls.
It seems we have had an epidemic here in the Greater Cleveland schools and I have approached the principal about having routine checks by a nurse to try to prevent repeat infestations. So far no luck. I come in contact with many mothers from many schools and last year it seemed there were notes sent home every other week, that a new case of lice was recently diagnosed in a lot of kids classes.
I prefer your product over the chemical treatments that are available. I actually have some of your product here on stand by just in case.
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I found the Lice product I bought from you very helpful.
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I do appreciate finding such a wonderful product
for head lice...this is such a horrible experience.
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Testimonial from Gloria in Warminster, PA:
The truth of the matter is that your product is fantastic, it worked in one try. My poor daughter works in an after school program at a local elementary school and she loves working and teaching the kids as they really love her too. Well, they hug her all the time. Therefore, they also shared not only their affection but their lice too. My daughter has extremely, mega thick beautiful spiral curls (natural) all the way down her back. We tried several products, several times. I was so upset that we had to apply toxic chemicals on her head and hair. It was a godsend to have found your natural product on the web. I am one very satisfied customer and certainly understand the horror parents go through for their children and on occasion their adult children.
Testimonial from Jane in Ventura, CA:
The product works and although my youngest had to be treated twice, I'm sure it's because both households were not free of the critters once she was treated the 1st time.
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Your product, by the way, worked like magic. We struggled with my daughter's case for a bit & read stories on the web of people's kids having health problems due to the toxic nature of the products they were using. When we switched to you guys' products, it was a quick finish to the issue.
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Thank you for an exceptional product and your help. I have already, and will continue to recommend you and your website.
Matter of fact, I plan on ordering a *just in case
kit* to keep here at the house. You never know. It's not true that only dirty people get lice. I keep a beautifully cleaned home and it happened to us.
Thank you!
Testimonial from Karen in Fairborn, OH:
We had a very good experience with your product! I can support it wholeheartedly!
I also remember how nice you were to call me, to let me know when it was mailed, when I was so desperate to get it quickly!
Your product was wonderful. It felt so good to know that I wasn't toxifying myself and my family, too.
I had an acquaintance who became chemically sensitive after a lice episode where she had to use the traditional poison on her head twice. She suffered for years with chemical sensitivities after that. So when we got lice, I knew I wanted to look for a nontoxic alternative.
And yours worked better than the poison. Some of my daughter's friends used the standard stuff from the pharmacy, and they kept getting sent home from school, because it had to be used over and over before it worked. But I treated my family, my daughter and her friends, all with the family kit we bought from you. There was plenty of it. And it only took one treatment.
Your comb was infinitely superior also. It didn't hurt our hair, yet took out all the nits much better than any I bought at the pharmacy.
Testimonial from Laura in Yuma, AZ:
My daughter's hair is very long and thick enough for several full heads of hair. She got lice on her senior trip and totally freaked out. I promised her I would not cut her hair and that I had treatments coming in the mail. I was 100% counting on LiceKiller being as effective as it said it was. To our relief it was! We treated once and treated the entire house and we have not had a problem since. My daughter and I both thank you.
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I loved the head lice treatment I received. It worked wonders.
Testimonial from Lisa in Lake Stevens, WA:
I have two daughters (and 3 sons.) My oldest daughter is 12, and she has hair that is 3 times thicker than a normal 12 year old would have. It is long and beautiful, and she has had head lice more than once. It has been a hardship each time, and this last time it was looking like it'd never be gone since she passed it to her younger sister and I had two resistant-to-thorough-combing girls to deal with. I found your website and decided to get the family treatment kit just for those two, since my oldest's hair is the equivalent of three peoples'.
I am grateful for your product in helping to end this on going problem.
Testimonial from Nicole in Mission Viejo, CA:
I wanted to let you know that your product is truly AMAZING. I finally found "lice killer" that really works. As of right know we are lice free!!
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There were 3 of us that had the head lice and your Product worked fabulously!!! I have been on your band wagon to everyone I know! Thanks!
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I have actually helped a few of my friends through this since I went through it with my daughter - what a nightmare - until I got your product! I know it sounds like one of those cheesy infomercials, but it really was a sanity saver!
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Your product is what saved us. We could not find anything else that worked. It was amazing!
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Thanks for having this product and giving those persons who really want to rid themselves of lice the opportunity to do so.
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I used the product for my son who had lice really bad, and it worked great. This is an unbelievable product, way better than the poisonous store bought products we used. I'd recommend it to anyone!
Testimonial from Rober in Redding, CA:
I bought this product from you for my elderly mother who lives in Las Vegas.
She had tried everything including many visits to the doctors. she has spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars before trying your product , that I found for her on the web. when My mother was impacted so much by this infliction, she got lice from the dentist chair, (she believes). she is in poor health and is on oxygen, I truly thought that I was going to have to travel to Las Vegas from Redding, CA where I live to help her. She is not strong and it was very, very hard on her to wash her clothes and bedding EVERY day along with all the steps of over the counter products along with the prescription strength medications that the doctors ordered! She even cut most of her hair off before trying your product. SHE WAS TRULY DESPERATE!! She lives alone and is very clean and non cluttered. This ordeal went on for over 4 months before I found your product on the web! I heard from her several times a day by phone about all her frustration. I only wish that I had found your web page much sooner, however I kept thinking that all the doctors and dermatologist knew what they were talking about. I found that not to be the case! I bought the kit from you and had it rushed mailed to my mom and her whole ordeal was over very, very soon!! it was a true blessing!!To this day my mom considers this nightmare one of the worst things that she has ever had to go through!! Your product put a quick end to this whole nightmare for my mom!!
Testimonial from Shawna in Chicago, IL:
That LiceKiller treatment was awesome and worked immediately, so thank you.
Testimonial from Stacy in Apex, NC:
There was a vicious cycle of repeated infestations being passed to everyone in our family over and over again. I didn't want to use chemicals that can cause LUEKEMIA AND WORSE on my babies. In desperation, I finally went on the web to look for remedies and I stumbled on LiceKiller. I saw a 100% money back gaurentee and thought, well, what do I have to lose? I bought enough for two huge houses. Blocked out an entire weekend on my calendar, did my house and kids on Saturday & Sunday. Then got an overnight babysitter for the next weekend and went at my sister, her kids, her house, and her neighbors house & kids. It has now been 3 months and they have been lice free!!! This is the first time in years that it has not been back within a week! Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!!!!
Testimonial from Stephen in Encino, CA:
You guys really saved us.
The products work as advertised and I will be forever grateful. We followed the directions and managed to clear the house in a few days. We suffered a minor re-infestation that was limited to one child only.
Again, the product worked to completely remove the lice within 24 hours.
Testimonial from Tami in Beaufort, SC:
I love your product, and got many useful tips from your website, and we are still head lice free!
Testimonial from Susie in Cincinnati, OH:
We had the headlice problem for about a month and as soon as I used your product the nightmares stopped. Literally!!!
Testimonial from Terry in Fallbrook, CA:
What a miracle your product is. For 6-8 months, I was fighting head lice on my granddaughter. I did everything to try to get rid of it. I finally threw out all of her clothes, her furniture, even the carpet. I had HAD it. I was desperate, even then she still got lice. I din't know what to do anymore. I was on the internet and found your product. At the time I thought it was a little expensive, for something I thought probably didn't work. Because I had tried everything on the market, and spent 4 times as much as your product, I decided, who cares, I'm gonna buy it anyway and try it. I am 150% glad I did. One treatment, and I have never seen lice on her again. It is definately a MIRACLE.
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Testimonial from Sarah in Lexington, MO:
Let me say, I loved your product. It worked and was worth every penny spent!!!
Testimonial from Lori in Southlake, FL:
I truly believe you're product is wonderful but we also had the luxury of it being the last day of school so I was able to quarantine my daughter from others and really hit it hard. None of my others kids (or my husband and I) ever got it so we feel especially blessed. I have told all my friends that we owe it to you. The day after we treated her I only found two nits (and, believe me, I practically took it strand by strand) and I just literally cut them out of her hair rather than trying to comb them. I also loved the comb that we received...a thousand times better than the ones at the store. I truly believe your product did the job!
Testimonial from Cheryl in Springville, Iowa:
Your product was very helpful to our family!! We had battled this lice problem since about December my daughter is 13 so this was very embarrassing for her, she has very thick, long red hair. We tried Rid, and other brands over and over again with no getting rid of it. Thank goodness no one else in the family got it. Your product was the only thing that worked, and the nit comb worked awesome, the others would always break because of her thick hair.
Testimonial from Catherine in Sparta, NJ:
I loved your product. You have no idea the nightmare (well I guess you do since you hear it all the time) but we tried about $250 USD worth of products before finding you online. I then recommended your products to two other moms both who bought and loved your products.
Testimonial from Tina in Santa Ana, CA:
Your product saved my life. I think I would have gone crazy if I didn't get rid of them on the first go around.
Testimonial from Tony & Connie in Cocoa, FL:
We had a horrible head lice problem. We used every over the counter product known to man with very little luck. Your product was incredible.
We get more testimonials EVERY WEEK. And we don't ask people for them. These are real testimonials that people just felt inspired to send us.


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Happy Easter!
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Ok soo I know I've been a little MIA lately but I am back in full swing now. My boyfriend has been here for a while and weight loss has not been happening but that's ok because I'm back on track now! I've been watching what I eat usually but not as much as I could have. I went back to my college town when my boyfriend got in town for a week and I drank a a good bit of those days! Also we didn't really have any food except easy stuff we could buy from Walmart so we ate out almost every day we were there. I still tried to keep myself in check but it was definitely a struggle. I did buy those salad bowls, Chobani yogurt, nature valley granola bars, healthy choice meals, and chocolate (of course.) College is not an easy place to be healthy especially when everyone wants to hang out with you and go out to eat. My weight fluctuated from 142 to 144.4 depending on how much water I drank, what I ate, and if I went out drinking the night before. Anyhow I don't really regret anything because we have been home now a few days and I am finding it not too bad to get the weight off now. I was 142.6 this morning so I am well on my way down again. I am very happy to know I can do week long vacations and not have any problems with getting back on track and bringing my weight back down again right after! I think in my past I have just let my body build fat up without trying to get rid of it right after.
My first day I was there I went to my sorority meeting to see some friends and people were shocked at how much better I was looking so I was really excited to hear that! Nobody has noticed until then so I was starting to wonder if I even looked better or not lol. I mean I know I see a difference in my clothes but I was wondering if it was actually noticeable to others.
So my clothes update... I bought SIZE 6! Yes I did! I bought a size 6 jeans and size 6 shorts. I was very inspired because my roommate who is like size 1 or 3 gave me a pair of size 4 jeans to wear after I spilled on my jeans. She claimed they were size 5 and fresh from the dryer so I was already skeptical that I could even pull them up let alone button it. But I did! I will tell you that they were tight but I definitely buttoned it! So now my goal size is a size 4. She let me keep the jeans so these are my new goal jeans. Except that I will be getting new jeans when I am that size since they are a bit old looking... I also bought a ton of workout clothes mostly shirts. This is mainly because I have been soaking my cotton shirts to the max and that is no fun to wear around. I figure I deserve it since I've kept up exercise this long. The only thing is my shirts get stinky if I don't wash them soon after wearing! haha...
My goal weight is still 135 and right now I just hope to reach that in 2 months. I want to lose 3 more pounds by the 26th which is when I head to vet school so hopefully I can reach that. I will pretty much do whatever it takes to be there.
My boyfriend and I love P.F. Changs and considered going there but after reading the calories and what I usually eat when I go there, it's about 3,000 calories. Yea I can eat some food lol. So yes even he was like wow and that's saying a lot because he doesn't really watch what he eats very much. What I get when I go there is lettuce wraps, spring roll, shrimp/sweet and sour chicken, and a mini dessert. We get the meal for two so it seems like a lot but we share everything. Still wowzers. I'm definitely not saying I won't ever go there again. But I'm definitely saying that I will choose off the menu differently and it will only be an extremely rare occurrence.
My new latest food thanks to my protein blog post is the Chobani yogurts. Oh my gosh they are so GOOD! I mean I don't think I could go back to "regular" yogurts. I mean just wow delicious and filling. Yep they're a keeper but I don't know that they'll have them where I will be going to vet school but i hope they do.
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Size 4 jeans!
I bought some size 10 (US size 8) skinny jeans this weekend, it was a complete shock, the last pair I bought were a size 16 (and they weren't skinny fit).
Happy Easter! We don't get Chobani in the UK, I always read about it on blogs and I'm so jealous!
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