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Skip to comments.Gun accidentally fires, kills 19-year-old woman (Louisiana)
Posted on 10/21/2005 5:42:52 AM PDT by Ellesu
Three roommates were comparing their handguns in the drive-through of a fast-food restaurant Tuesday when one of the pistols accidentally discharged, killing a woman in the front seat. Police identified the victim as Teaira Richard, 19, 10769 Alco St., Apt. 3.
Nicole Latrise Daniels, 20, who listed the same address as Richard, was booked into Parish Prison on one count of negligent homicide. Bond was set at $40,000.
The incident happened about 3:30 p.m. at the Popeyes at 10706 Florida St.
Daniels was in the back seat looking at a pistol one of the other two roommates had just bought, police spokesman Cpl. L'Jean McKneely said. Another girl handed Daniels a second gun, and as she was looking at both of them, one accidentally discharged.
Richard, who sat in the front passenger seat, was struck in the upper back, McKneely said.
The third roommate, whom McKneely refused to identify, drove Richard to Earl K. Long Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
stuck on stupid ping
It fired because it was caused to fire.
Unless it was a cheap POS that malfunctioned. But I have to believe that the idiot wondered just how hard she could pull the trigger before it went off.
....nuff said
The dead roommate drove? Got to love the quality of the writing.
She wanted to see if it would work even if she held it backwards.
End of story.
there is no accident on the part of the gun
It's a good thing I keep my guns locked in a steel safe. They're always accidentally firing on their own. Last night they went through seven boxes of ammunition. It sounded like a war zone in my closet. I just hope they don't figure out how to go fully automatic.
Doesn't matter if it was a cheap POS or not. The thing was kept LOADED!
Incorrect! You pathetic, hopolophobic headline writer...the gun didn't accidentally fire.Nicole Latrise Daniels negligently discharged a gun, killing the friend in the front seat.
Stupidity knows no bounds, apparently.
An unloaded gun ain't worth $#!t. Might as well throw rocks.
How does a gun "accidentally discharge"?
Kind of like a car "accidentally starting."
I love the way the gun is the "bad guy" in this story, not the mental midgets who were playing "gangsta rap queens" in a Popeye's drive-thru with loaded guns.
Definitely some Darwin Award nominees here.
hmm... three roomates all armed, with weapons at the ready in a drive-thru line?
bet they had something else in mind other than "comparing guns". one might say that they just migh have thwarted their own crime?
Let's fix that: When she pulled the trigger, the gun discharged.
Much better.
Of course, these people were idiots and not handling firearms in any kind of remotely sensible manner. That being said, it is my view that there is nothing more useless (or dangerous) than an UNLOADED gun.
I always get a kick out of the old Superman tv shows when the bad guy empties his pistol into Superman and then, when that fails, throws it at him. My guns stay loaded, but I keep them out of reach of children and stupid people. And I never put my finger on the trigger unless I intend to fire.
Daniels needed one firearm lesson: This here lever looking thing is called a trigger. You put your finger on it when, and only when, you want to destroy something.
What better way to pass time in the drive-through than to break out the blasters and test the trigger pull.
So...file a suit against the gun maker. That's who is really at fault, right ?
I never heard of an armed robbery occurring at the drive in window.
At most, "someone accidentally discharged the gun." Why are guns treated as though they had minds of their own?
Idiots with guns.
oh really? I have.
Accident? How about cold blooded murder with a lame chaser story of an accidental discharge.
If everyone did that, you wouldn't see stories about things like this.
All guns should be considered to be loaded at all times.
Yeah, hurry before Bush signs this
Once upon a time there was grammar check and spell check.....what a sloppily written story.....
I hate it when those homocidal firearms decide to go on a rampage.
"I always get a kick out of the old Superman tv shows when the bad guy empties his pistol into Superman and then, when that fails, throws it at him."
Talk about stupid people.....you would think the criminal element in Metropolis would have learned that bullets bounce off Superman; yet every week, another group of mental midgets tried shooting him.....funny stuff.....
"Negligent discharge"
Ah youth. I can remember so many afternoon drives when we cruised around together and compared our guns...
What did seem strange about Superman was that he would stand there and let the shooter empty the rounds in the gun without flinching but ducked when the gun was thrown at him.
What did seem strange about Superman was that he would stand there and let the shooter empty the rounds in the gun without flinching but ducked when the gun was thrown at him.
And none of 'em thought to clear their 'effin' weapons before handin' 'em around?
Just think of it as evolution in action.
Weapons in the concealed carry mode are ALWAYS loaded.
Stupid or untrained people will have a round in the chamber, safety off, and then handle them so that they point at someone.
Paging Dr. Kamau Kambon....Paging Dr. Kamau Kambon....
I'm guessing they weren't driving an evil SUV....
I have yet to see an "automobile accidentally cross the center line" because of a drunk driver. Well, this is just as stupid. I feel bad for these kids. I am sure their intent was not malicious, just mischevious. Horrible lesson to learn.
I wander of their fathers ever sat them down and taught them about gun safety and responsibility. I wander if their fathers ever took them to a range and demonstrated a level of trust to their young boys.
"An unloaded gun ain't worth $#!t. Might as well throw rocks."
You can throw an unlaoded gun at perp to defend self.
I wonder if their fathers were ever around at all.
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More:Background Briefing on North Atlantic Council (NAC) Discussions on Libya
President Barack Obama convened his national security team today at the White House. Following the meeting, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said:
"...I want to give you an update on the international community's efforts to implement UN Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973 and protect the civilians of Libya. Events have moved very quickly, so let's be clear about where we stand and how we got here. When the Libyan people sought to realize their democratic aspirations, they were met by extreme violence from their own government. The Libyan people appealed to the world to help stop the brutal attacks on them, and the world listened. The Arab League called for urgent action.
"In response, the UN Security Council mandated all necessary measures to protect civilians, including a no-fly zone. But the regime's forces continued their assaults, and last weekend they reached Benghazi itself. We faced the prospect of an imminent humanitarian disaster. Hundreds of thousands of civilians were in danger. So an international coalition was compelled to act. French planes were the first to reach the skies over Benghazi. Cruise missiles from the United States and the United Kingdom followed, striking the region -- the regime's air defenses and clearing the way for allied aircraft to implement the no-fly zone.
"Many other nations have now joined this effort. After only five days, we have made significant progress. A massacre in Benghazi was prevented, Qadhafi's air force and air defenses have been rendered largely ineffective, and the coalition is in control of the skies above Libya. Humanitarian relief is beginning to reach the people who need it. For example, just today, we learned that at least 18 doctors and nurses from an organization funded by the United States Agency for International Development had arrived in Benghazi and were beginning to provide support to the city's main hospital.
"Qadhafi's troops have been pushed back, but they remain a serious threat to the safety of the people. From the start, President Obama has stressed that the role of the U.S. military would be limited in time and scope. Our mission has been to use America's unique capabilities to create the conditions for the no-fly zone and to assist in meeting urgent humanitarian needs. And as expected, we're already seeing a significant reduction in the number of U.S. planes involved in operations as the number of planes from other countries increase in numbers.
"Today we are taking the next step. We have agreed, along with our NATO allies, to transition command and control for the no-fly zone over Libya to NATO. All 28 allies have also now authorized military authorities to develop an operations plan for NATO to take on the broader civilian protection mission under Resolution 1973.
"NATO is well-suited to coordinating this international effort and ensuring that all participating nations are working effectively together toward our shared goals. This coalition includes countries beyond NATO, including Arab partners, and we expect all of them to be providing important political guidance going forward.
"We have always said that Arab leadership and participation is crucial. The Arab League showed that leadership with its pivotal statement on Libya. They joined the discussions in Paris last weekend on implementation, and we are deeply appreciative of their continuing contributions, including aircrafts and pilots from Qatar.
"This evening, the United Arab Emirates announced they are joining the coalition and sending planes to help protect Libyan civilians and enforce the no-fly zone. We welcome this important step. It underscores both the breadth of this international coalition and the depth of concern in the region for the plight of the Libyan people.
"In the days ahead, as NATO assumes command and control responsibilities, the welfare of those civilians will be of paramount concern. This operation has already saved many lives, but the danger is far from over. As long as the Qadhafi regime threatens its people and defies the United Nations, we must remain vigilant and focused.
"To continue coordinating with our partners and charting the way forward, I will travel to London to attend an international conference on Tuesday, convened by the United Kingdom. Our military will continue to provide support to our efforts to make sure that Security Council Resolutions 1970 and 1973 will be enforced.
"This is an important effort that has garnered the support and the active participation of nations who recognize the significance of coming together in the international community, through the United Nations, to set forth a clear statement of action to be taken in order to protect innocent civilians from their own government. It is an effort that we believe is very important, and we'll look forward to coordinating closely with all those nations that are participating. Thank you very much."
You can also read the Secretary's remarks here.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Citizen of Italy to Libya to support the European and American allies ... That's a lot of support If we win, thanks also to the Italian prime minister is thought to convey the greetings.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
to help, citizen of Libya , support the European and American allies ... That's a lot of support If we win, thanks also to the Italian prime minister is thought to convey the greetings.For his political and personal life, I do not know, but for democracy in Libya to help the militia, in cooperation with the United States and Europe for assistance, and must always think in my mind think. At first, when both were hesitant to face, one person, others weighed in first psychological victory for the crowd to participate, but also seemed like genuine collaborators think. I do not know about politics and international relations, help, help I think. Italy's domestic politics, the choice of the people think. Everything on the same basis, to measure, is sometimes considered a risk. Sometimes ...
Floating the idea that while the game has gone up ... France too politically risky, but the Libyan democratic process to help him become a possibility to eliminate the difficult, but the Italians personal desires regarding the problem, but unconditionally bad, talking, getting rid of, rather than the Italian public opinion once again Provides an opportunity to ask you, was thinking about you. Here's the story of Italian politics that reason, I do not know.
just, so......................................
Ashim C. in India writes:
US need to categorically say that US is not eyeing for Libyan oil reserves in the curreent UN sponsored resolution against Gaddafi.
In many countries with substantial muslim population oil card is readily used to define the rationale behind US foreign affairs goal. This happened in Kuwait and later in Iraq. US must explain how oil industry in these and other countries have remained independendent and declare in advance that US does not and cannot take over oil business and in fact facing competition from other emerging economies like China India etc.
In the same breath it must also say many countries in UNSC compromised on principles of UN by abstaining from voting on UNSC resoultion on Libya knowing fully well that abstention from voting in UNSC does not amount to negetion or opposition of UNSC rtesolution. US must call upon all UNSC members to contribute their bit in implementing UN resolution.US led action in Libya is not unilaterally American in aas much as as it is supported by an UNSC resolution.
W.W. writes:
This is an invitation to say to your self :''NO PAIN'' let's go let's move run forrest run and go ahead moving toward the future.
No pain No pain No pain...never never never give up
W.W. writes:
Executive Order:
Any attempt to reach or leave clandestinely North African coast toward Europe will be repressed with force.
E.G. in New York writes:
Give 'em Hell, Hill!
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Libyan support for - that military action, rather than conditions such as Afghanistan, the conditions for success, but too many? Past experience, reluctant to believe that military action is. My opinion, also to learn from the past, but now the past and the direction of thought and action, citizens of the country and the country, moving into a completely different direction, I think. Internet and Internet-connected personal mobile electronic products free of the influence is suspect.
Libya now Is the A-10 is anything you need. Internet and ...... Libya's civil war ends as soon as I'm gonna sleep in peace to sleep ....
PS: South Korea still divided into three years'm Under Surveillance. RSF - Reporters Without Borders from
"http://en.rsf.org/surveillance-south-korea, 39757.html"
slowing down the Internet, doing what, who?, I wonder.
And, in Pohang, please drop me Do not you want to nuke?
Brazil - Argentina?
Low-priced products - now classic concept kkajiwaneun anyone else can purchase products on the market, the small income, but they had the money and free items available for purchase, access will be needed.
Aisha in Nepal writes:
I feel that the EU should finish making the Military of the European Union an entity that is similar to NATO. This will allow them to potentially to use their own resoureces since it seems the Europeans do not like coordinating operations with NATO.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
If you think the 2012 elections, a challenge all day, even if risky, experience of forgetting the past, that we must try, dare to speak. If you think the economy alone, the Libyan war keojiman monetary loss, but not as much as the Cuban missile wigittae, conjured up some lost pride of Americans, you might be interested in a role that you think should be taken. I'm Korean, but the economic crisis, many people lose confidence and motivation to strive to overcome this difficult situation, which does not help a bit in terms of mental not you think? In the war against, but if it helps, for all days, of course, On a very high likelihood of success, I think we should actively approach. Everybody, that the economy, put some though, but my thought is a little cry. When people vote in the other areas I think are showing interest.
I just thought, then, dare to speak.
MRE, extra, there?
Aleksandr in the Ukraine writes:
From the Ukrainian nurse who works in Libya: Today was a phone call from Misurata, rebels force our people to go out to become a shield for their protection from troops of Gaddafi. Everyone who is able - it is necessary to help our people, write anywhere, and share links with all. We must knock at all doors tring every possible means - in all media - our own and abroad.


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Terrific Tuesday Tip…Spanish Moss
April 2, 2013 by Ellen
Filed under Core Blog, Tim Holtz, Tim Holtz & Ranger Adirondack Collection, Tim Holtz & Ranger Collection, Tim Holtz & Ranger Distress collection
First up…we want to THANK YOU THANK YOU for all of the amazing Design Team applications. WOWOWOWOWOW is all we can say. This is not going to be easy. If you were here the other week you saw that our David Tutera Celebrate Cardmaking system debuted some EXCLUSIVE kits on HSN so make sure you get yours HERE!
We are working on the Design Team applications and should have an answer for you SOOOOOOOOOOOON! I just got back from a Holiday long-weekend so once we get caught up we will let you know.
Today we have some more Spring inspiration for you!
Here is a little bit about this project from Andrea and how she used some Spanish Moss on her project. It looks so GREAT with the earth tones from the Tim Holtz Kraft-Core collections.
I cut elements from a sheet of the Spring Seasonal Impressions cardstock and then I sanded them and applied Paper Glaze medium to each piece before mounting them over the exact same areas of the teal Spring Seasonal Core Impressions page. I used the light colored Kraft Shattered cardstock for my backround and covered the surface with Tim Holtz Distress Stain in Wild Honey to bring out the crackling. My nest and egg were die cut using the Picturesque Cricut cartridge. I used more Shattered Kraft in brown and teal blue and distressed the edges of the nest a bit with a tool before tucking in some Spanish Moss for realistic texture.
And a close up of that fabulous detail:
Love the look of the Spanish moss with the Tim Holtz Kraft Core Shattered!
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LAS VEGAS — A woman was taken into federal custody yesterday after throwing a shoe at Hillary Clinton as the former secretary of state began a Las Vegas convention keynote speech.
The incident happened moments after Clinton took the stage at a meeting of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries at the Mandalay Bay resort.
Clinton ducked and did not appear to be hit by the object. She then joked about it.
"Is that somebody throwing something at me? Is that part of Cirque de Soleil?" Clinton quipped.
Many in the audience of more than 1,000 people in a large ballroom laughed and applauded as Clinton resumed her speech.
"My goodness, I didn't know that solid-waste management was so controversial," Clinton said. " Thank goodness she didn't play softball like I did."
Brian Spellacy, U.S. Secret Service supervisory special agent in Las Vegas, said the woman was being questioned and would face unspecified criminal charges. He declined to identify her.
The incident reminded some of former President George W. Bush dodging two shoes thrown by an Iraqi journalist during a news conference in Baghdad in December 2008. Shoe-throwing is considered an insult in Arab cultures.
Clinton, the former first lady and Democratic senator from New York, has been traveling the country giving paid speeches to industry organizations and appearing before key Democratic Party constituents.


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Common Core Is Not A Great Idea
To The Readers' Forum:
For the past three years my daughter and I have been researching the drastic changes of New York State education. We are disappointed in the lack of information coming from our elected officials in this area.
Our state has signed on to a program that is ambiguous at best and will burden taxpayers beyond reason. It is not designed to raise the levels of our students but rather to trap them into a single line of thought excluding critical thinking and individually. Indiana's Gov. Mike Pence has just signed a bill suspending the implementation of the Common Core Standards.
Lured into signing on by promises of big money over 40 states hurriedly adopted Race To The Top The program that Common Core and Response to Intervention is a part of before it was even written! Recently JPS announced that although the questions for the CCSS arrived they did not receive the books and materials needed to fit the set of questions. Jesse Joy told the teachers to improvise! The roll out of this plan is about as incompetent as it comes.
At a glance Common Core Standards and Response to Intervention may seem to be a great idea however if you dig deeper you will find it is not. Personal information will be put into data systems that have the potential to spin out of control and remove privacy from children and families. Some information may be detrimental to a child's future. "Practitioners" will be in charge of Response to Intervention a program of Classical Conditioning to change behavior or elicit the, "correct or wanted response", (not defined); the child will be subjected to an experimental program without protection from parents or guardians!
Republicans have resolved to reject the collection of data on children; Sen. Grossly just started a bid to eliminate federal funding for the effort, the RNC recognizes it as an overreaching of the federal government to standardize and control the education of our children. The Republican Party rejects this CCSS plan, which creates and fits the country with a nation wide straightjacket of academic freedom and achievement.
We urge parents and the public to become active in the elimination of the program. We would request that you pay a great deal of attention to the Response to Intervention and phrases such as "higher levels of intensity, practitioner, evidence based, and internationally benchmarked" to name a few.
Audrey Shelgren
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One of the greatest benefits of living in the United States is our access to plentiful, affordable domestic energy. These benefits extend to the nation's poor who enjoy an unprecedented wealth of heat in the winter and air conditioning in the summer, plentiful light in the evening hours and electronic devices that power up at the press of a button.
Driving up costs for energy forces a concomitant rise in costs to consumers in every strata of society. Such has been the case of renewable mandates enacted throughout the country. One of the reasons behind such cost increases is that current renewable technologies such as solar and wind simply can't provide enough energy to satisfy rising demand.
But for Rev. William Somplatsky-Jarman, a Presbyterian minister affiliated with the Interfaith Council of Corporate Responsibility, the increasingly dubious threat of catastrophic climate change trumps cheap energy for our nation's poor. Somplastky-Jarman, you see, is one of those religious leaders who submits proxy shareholder resolutions to reduce greenhouse emissions.
In the Reverend's case, his resolution was aimed at Dominion Resources Inc., "Virginia's largest emitter of greenhouse gases," according to Bloomberg Business Week. Somplastky-Jarman was joined by 20 likeminded activists who proposed at last month's shareholder meeting that Dominion issue a report on anticipated financial fallout from climate change. The resolution failed, but not before 25 percent of shareholders voted for it. (more…)


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In addition to my post in late November about the textbook bubble (spurred by this post from AEI's Mark Perry), the Atlantic's Jordan Weissmann joins the discussion, asking, "Why Are College Textbooks So Absurdly Expensive?" (also the title of his article). It is a good question, and one that highlights the danger of disconnecting the determination of prices from the subjective valuing of consumer demand. There is no competition, no free market, where students are required to buy only certain books for their classes at artificially inflated prices. Weissmann provides a helpful summary of Kevin Carey's related Slate article as follows:
Academic Publishers will tell you that creating modern textbooks is an expensive, labor-intensive process that demands charging high prices. But as Kevin Carey noted in a recent Slate piece, the industry also shares some of the dysfunctions that help drive up the cost of healthcare spending. Just as doctors prescribe prescription drugs they'll never have to pay for, college professors often assign titles with little consideration of cost. Students, like patients worried about their health, don't have much choice to pay up, lest they risk their grades. Meanwhile, Carey illustrates how publishers have done just about everything within their power to prop up their profits, from bundling textbooks with software that forces students to buy new editions instead of cheaper used copies, to suing a low-cost textbook start-ups [sic] over flimsy copyright claims. (more…)


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It's starting!!
It's starting!!
Go, Canadian boys, go! Show the world you rock!
I liked Andrew Lum's program, choreographed by David Wilson. He looked too anxious and rushed to his jumps.
Here's another Lum, so I better differenct them. There.
This Lum can jump! The Ronald.
Well done. Something for the home crowd to cheer about. First.
Dave F from Quebec can't jump but he tried Patrick Chan's footwork.. Who's his choreographer?
Last edited by Violet Bliss; 01-22-2011 at 08:58 PM.
Ronald Lum was good.
tHere is a link for CBC but they are showing hockey:sheesh:
they will show men five hours later or something
so bummed I have to work right now.
It works in Europe as well, thank you very much!
it works in Mexico!!! I'm so excited. Oh, I can't believe I didn't try CBC earlier. I figured it wouldn't work. I missed the ladies.:sheesh:
You can go back and watch the live streams after they've already happened. They usually work.
Yes, the livestreams are archived for two years, I think.
I really like Baldé's flamenco SP!
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The crowd was clapping before the end of Balde's performance to the point where I thought he finished late because they drowned out the music a little bit.
(excuse to go buy new computer speakers, heh heh heh)
Baldé is in first place with 66.07.
I think I really like Pascuale Camerlengo as a choreographer. Didn't he work with Alissa this year?
66. well deserved that was fun


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More blazes in San Luis Valley
Three fires are burning to the north of area
SAGUACHE — A trio of fires continued to burn in the north end of the San Luis Valley Saturday, although none threatened any structures.
The Ox-Cart Fire, burning six miles southeast of Poncha Pass, grew to 56 acres Saturday.
But that growth went up toward timberline and away from private property on the valley floor below.
The fire, which remains a ground fire, is being allowed to burn for ecological benefit.
The Trickle Mountain Fire 14 miles northwest of Saguache reached 277 acres.
An engine and 28 firefighters were fighting the fire, although officials did not offer a containment estimate.
The 15-acre Sheep Creek fire was burning 20 miles northwest of Saguache.
Fire crews had stopped its spread, although a 3-acre spot fire was also burning nearby.
Both the Trickle Mountain and Sheep Creek fires were visible from Colorado 119.


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- 7 cups water
- 1 cup long-grain white rice
- 1 (4-inch) cinnamon stick
- 1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk
- 1 (14-ounce) can condensed milk
- 1 cup whole milk
- 3/4 cup golden raisins
- Ground cinnamon, for dusting
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
Put the water, rice, and cinnamon stick in a medium-size heavy saucepan set over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, uncovered, and cook until the rice is tender, about 18 minutes. Strain out the liquid, discard the cinnamon and reserve the rice. Return the rice to the saucepan. Stir in the evaporated milk, condensed milk, and whole milk. Continue cooking over medium-high heat until the mixture comes to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and cook, uncovered, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thick, about 20 minutes. Add the raisins, and stir well. Transfer the pudding to a serving bowl. Dust the top of the pudding with ground cinnamon and serve.
From Food Network Kitchen: This recipe has been revised or differs from what was originally published or broadcasted.
Recipe courtesy of Marcela Valladolid
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Hi Bellas!
Here is part 2 to Alex's Sugarsweet Makeover. I completed her eyes, did the cheeks and lips. It seems like everyone is really enjoying this video...since they can see me do makeup on someone else...especially someone else of another skin tone. I'm going to try getting more of my friends in on this...for the bigger collections at least.
Make sure to watch the middle of the video when Alex and I talk about our Prom experience at MAC!
Check out the video!
Here's the final look!
Here's What I Used:
-silicone primer
-MUFE orange corrector
-cinema secret foundation as concealer and eyebrow highlight
-Temptu S/B airbrush foundation in #8 and #9 (I love how her skin looks with this foundation...so luminous!)
-intenso mineralized blush duo
-definitive sculpting powder
-soft focus shaping powder
-spike eyebrow pencil
-Urban Decay Primer Potion
-butternutty shadestick
-red velvet shadestick
-club e/s
-aquavert e/s
-blue flame e/s (deep truth is a dupe)
-vanilla e/s
-smolder eye kohl
-Ardell Wispies lashes
-L'Oreal Telescopic mascara
-mahogany lip pencil
-lollipop loving l/s
-money honey dazzleglass
-lip erase in dim
Till next time, Ciao Bellas!
Atlanta Makeup Artist
Thursday, April 2, 2009
MAC Sugarsweet Tutorial on Women of Color Part 2
Posted by MakeupByRenRen at 9:40 AM
11 comments:
- KiLLaCaM said...
so purty! her skin is glowing!
- April 2, 2009 at 10:15 AM
- Askmewhats said...
she looks HOT!!!!
- April 2, 2009 at 10:20 AM
- iamgrape1119 said...
WOAH! I LOVE her glow!! You did a wonderful job! I want you to do my makeup!
- April 2, 2009 at 10:20 AM
- audgepodge said...
I love this look that you did on your bestie - she looks gorgeous!
- April 2, 2009 at 10:44 AM
- chau said...
aww pretty!
- April 2, 2009 at 12:31 PM
- izumi said...
wowww she looks gorgeous :) i love how glowy she is! and her smile is so cutee.
- April 2, 2009 at 2:44 PM
- Seymone said...
I love it, Ren. You made Lollipop Lovin so WOC friendly. Way to go girl
- April 2, 2009 at 4:07 PM
- Amina said...
I loove the look Ren!!!
She's just glowing :)
- April 2, 2009 at 10:07 PM
- Riza said...
I'm really feeling the eye makeup. I love how she did the "signature RenRen" A-Town down pose! :]
- April 2, 2009 at 11:24 PM
- Erin said...
She looks beautiful. You made this collection so wearable on us WOC.
Great job as usual!
- April 3, 2009 at 3:15 PM
- JENSMAKEUPBAG said...
she looks beautiful! i love that foundation on her. it does make her skin glow.
- April 3, 2009 at 3:37 PM
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The power company said in a filing yesterday with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio that it expects rates to drop by as much as 9 percent over the three-year period beginning June 1, 2015. That would work out to be about $8 a month for a typical residential household that pays $112 a month for using 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity.
For those who buy power from a competitor, AEP expects them to pay about the same for power over the three years as they are paying now.
The rates reflect the falling price of electricity in wholesale markets because of plentiful supplies and stagnant demand as the state transitions to a competitive market.
"We hope that continues," AEP Ohio spokeswoman Terri Flora said. "We don't know."
So far, about 30 percent of AEP Ohio customers have switched to other suppliers and the number is growing. AEP says those customers already may be benefiting from lower rates, and that is why they may not get a lower rate under AEP's plan.
The changes that AEP wants to make are subject to PUCO approval.
"Filing our plan early allows AEP Ohio to share auction information with (competitive) providers and other interested parties so that consumer-benefiting programs and offers can be created," said Pablo Vegas, AEP Ohio president and chief operating officer, in a statement. "This filing also fulfills the Commission's objective for a full transition to market and continues AEP Ohio's efforts to improve reliability, while lowering overall electricity costs."
Even with the anticipated lower rates, they still will be too high, said Marty Berkowitz, a spokesman for the Ohio Consumers' Counsel.
"There are 33 states that have residential electricity prices that are, on average, lower than electricity prices for consumers in Ohio," he said. "Of the four major Ohio electric utilities, AEP is one of the two utilities charging the highest rates to customers."
He said the office will review AEP's proposal to determine if it is enough of a decrease.
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Believe it or not, fun-loving, typically shirtless Matthew McConaughey delivers an Oscar-caliber performance in Dallas Buyers Club, the based-on-a-true-story version of events set in the early days of AIDS. Playing an unlikely advocate for the HIV-positive community, McConaughey starts off as a homophobic Texan who runs a black market medicine business that sells drugs to AIDS patients.
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Sometimes it's better not to let the facts get in the way of a good story, and critic Frank Gabrenya hopes viewers keep this in mind when watching Dallas Buyers Club.
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The 30-year-old former Aston Villa and West Ham player has made seven appearances for the Merseyside outfit so far and, asked about Hitzlsperger's future, Moyes said: "We have decided to keep him on. Thomas is going to stay until the end of the season.
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It was announced earlier today that 19-year-old Everton midfielder Ross Barkley has joined Leeds for an initial one-month loan.
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Skip to comments.Old and Worn Out? Why Not Suicide?
Posted on 01/02/2013 9:13:46 AM PST by Kaslin
This week, blogger Wesley J. Smith directed his readers' attention to an article on Salon.com written by Lillian B. Rubin. Eighty-eight years old and in failing health, Rubin speculates about our society's fear of death, the taboo surrounding elder suicide, and her own struggles with "ambivalence" about taking her own life. She challenges the notion that suicide is the coward's way out, insisting that on the contrary to accept the fact of one's "diminishing existence" and to take decisive action to end one's suffering is an act of immense courage.
It would be disingenuous to accuse Rubin of discussing this issue cavalierly. She recognizes the complexity of the issue, and acknowledges the difference between merely contemplating suicide and actually mustering the nerve to do it. Nonetheless, it is clear that her position derives from a worldview in which human life has no inherent value. It is quality that counts. Since this life is all we have, our mental, physical, and emotional capacity for enjoying existence is paramount. When the humiliating descent into senility and incontinence begins, life is no longer worth living.
Rubin's arguments may appear reasonable, and they certainly appeal to the American tradition of self-determination, but the embrace of such logic represents a grave danger to society nonetheless.
The Declaration of Independence is the document that establishes the principles of equality that inform American government and guide our culture. In it is the implicit recognition that human beings are special because we are created in God's image. This concept of the imago dei is what gives rise to the notion of human exceptionalism, and is what inspired America's founders to accord special protections and freedoms to individuals. We are not viewed as mere machines which can be discarded when our useful life is over. That was the attitude of Old World kings and aristocrats who thought nothing of the lives of those on the lower rungs of the socioeconomic ladder. The rather recent political concept of equal protection under the law is premised on the idea that we are creatures made in God's image and of infinite worth, value and dignity. Accordingly, suicide has traditionally been discouraged in public policy because it is a form of self murder. It defaces the divine image within each of us and degrades our species. It is an affront to humanity and an affront to God himself.
Embracing suicide for the elderly would represent a radical departure from our founding values and a tragic step backward in the political progress for which so many have sacrificed their lives. A cultural shift from a "sanctity of life" to a "quality of life" ethic would not only impact the elderly, it would establish a sliding scale of human worth and dignity that would impact the feeble, the handicapped, and anyone else whose "quality of life" is deemed sub-par and their societal utility compromised. Furthermore, it is inevitable that the embrace of self-directed suicide would naturally flow to an embrace of assisted suicide, and from there, murder under the guise of "palliative care." This is already happening in places like the United Kingdom, where the elderly as well as newborn babies deemed unworthy of hospital resources are being sentenced to death by dehydration.
To be sure, Ms. Rubin believes that she is advancing an argument for human dignity with her push for a cultural embrace of suicide. But the frustration and suffering that often comes at the end of life must be weighed against the implications of undercutting the principle of mankind's exceptional value in the eyes of God. For once we have shifted from a sanctity of life ethic to a utilitarian view, there's little to keep society from embracing the notion that the elderly and unwanted have a duty to die and get out of the way and pursuing public policies that will hasten their demise.
"This is already happening in places like the United Kingdom, where the elderly as well as newborn babies deemed unworthy of hospital resources are being sentenced to death by dehydration."
The younger Bushes' "greatest" legacy in America.
Why is this Mr. Bush's fault?
If suicide of the infirm were a stand-alone question, without connection to issues such as the availability of medical care or involuntary "suicide" under pressure from medical personnel or family, it could be discussed simply as a liberty question. However, we know from the experience of other countries that the option of suicide quickly because the duty to die and the opportunity to kill.
This issue is similar to homosexual "marriage," in that our discussion of both often proceeds in a philosophical vacuum, as if there is no real-world data about the practical outcomes. In both situations, there is a lot of data available, and very little of it supports the contention that suicide or homosexual "marriage" will add to the liberty and prosperity of the society.
That is a better question.
The Progressives want the "Right to Die" to become the "Duty to Die"
Taking care of Elderly and Newborns is expensive, gotta pay for those Freebies some how.
We are murdering our next generation. Our nation will be a trash pile, but as long as the Liberals are in charge of it they are OKAY.
"Why is this Mr. Bushs fault?"
It is the fault of TWO Mr. Bushes in 2005, one president and one governor, whose cowardice in failing to make a stand for Terri Schiavo presaged the way for "benevolent" euthanasia in America.
Despair is a great sin. Despair and suicide in effect are saying - there are human problems or concerns which are greater than God, and that are beyond his plans for us. How can that not be evil?
The UK's "Death Pathway" that you refer to will eventually be put into place here in order to save money on undesirable babies and elderly people. We have a culture of instant gratification that sees abortion as a convenience. How hard will it be to convince the parasite class that starving the helpless is in the best interest of America?
...and take a politician with you...
my my my.....
Logan's Run
to accept the fact of one's "diminishing existence" and to take decisive action to end one's suffering is an act of immense courage
HUM. Okay. If we accept "diminishing existence" as a legit idea then what about the following.
All inmates in prison that are serving "life" sentences with no chance of parole should be executed. Surely their life is a diminished existence.. What about the handi-capped? The autistic? A slipper slope this would seem to be..............
"How hard will it be to convince the parasite class that starving the helpless is in the best interest of America?"
Thanks to the Great Clinton's Telecommunications Act of 1996 and Big Media's 2005 Terri Schiavo campaign, enough of us are already sold.
Most of my "liberal" friends see no problem with offing a Republican or two in the alleged interests of our country.
It is as if every single plot of every single dystopian novel liberals have ever read, serve as a wonderful menu of opportunities to them.
The biggest problem I've encountered is that patients (young and old) are being counseled to sign "living wills" that they absolutely do not understand. If you read and understand all the ramifications of most documents of this ilk, you are paving the way for your euthanasia. Her doctor encouraged my mother to sign, and she paid for that mistake with her life. I stood and watched her die—legally helpless.
Reminds me of "Soylent Green" also.
I am so sorry, July4.
Not just "some" but A LOT.
Almost half of dying patients placed on the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway are never told that life-saving treatment has been withdrawn, a national audit has found. The study suggests that in total, around 57,000 patients a year are dying in NHS hospitals without being told that efforts to keep them alive have been stopped.
It also reveals that thousands of dying patients have been left to suffer in pain, with no attempt to keep them comfortable while drugs were administered.
Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, last night described the disclosures from records held by 178 NHS hospitals as "totally unacceptable".
He said the failure to consult patients would now be examined by an independent inquiry, which will also look at payments made to hospitals for meeting targets to place people on the pathway.
Each year around 130,000 patients are placed on the pathway. The national audit by the Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool and the Royal College of Physicians examined a representative sample of 7,058 deaths which occurred between April and June last year, at 178 NHS hospitals.
The good news is that some doctors are prescribing water to prevent forced dehydration of patients.
And not juts the elderly...pre-mature babies....youngsters involved in car accidents etc.....The Liverpool Pathway is no Yellow Brick Road....but a gateway to the morgue.
But somehow, I've yet to meet a Libtard who will discuss the societal costs of giving endless free stuff to illegal aliens, endless treatment to recidivist druggies and endless incarceration or mental health services or counseling to career criminals.
Cost is not a factor here. That's the truly scary thing about libtards. They want absolute power over deciding who lives and who dies. And often for no more superficial reasons than skin color, gender, sexual proclivities and/or their own value judgments.
Like ObamaCare Death Panels...
I watched many conservatives argue FOR the Bushes' cowardly inaction because they believed everything Big Media told them, regarding her husband and PVS, on which they suddenly became as expert as the previous evening news had made them.
Horrible stuff out there, and more than half of American voters gave the Fraud a blank check (ours) to do anything he wants — as long as it's to make the "rich" PAY their "fair" share.
1- Your body is a Temple of the Holy Spirit.
2- The only unforgivable sins are those against the Holy Spirit.
3- I'd rather do all of my suffering on this side of the veil.
4- If you think you have no price to pay, you need further Wisdom.
Are you saying that those who feel despair are evil?
Ringa-Ding-Ding! We have a winner!
That is the Ultimate Goal of all their plans isn't it?
They have wanted that since the very beginning.
In fact, they cheered it on, Look up the Origin of the Phrase "Can't Break an Omelet without breaking some eggs"
>The Progressives want the "Right to Die" to become the "Duty to Die"<
The "Duty to Die" only for the non-progressives.
"...where the elderly as well as newborn babies deemed unworthy of hospital resources are being sentenced to death by dehydration.
Hitler and his henchmen used to call this "Life unworthy of life". Nice to know the libtards are showing their true colors—and apparently that's the black, white and red of the NAZI philosophy.
Better be prepared to defend yourself from the tyrannical tsunami.
It was said the family wished the death to be at a certain time, so that the morning papers would have the news. It was put out that the king's last words were "How stands the Empire now?". Another unofficial account claimed "the the old sailor, opened his eyes and said Damn you!" This as they were injecting him and his last words.
I remember talk even as far back as the 1940's about patients being elderly and with Parkinson's disease, being deprived of fluids. Common knowledge, but little if any proof.
I emigrated to Canada from England over fifty years ago and I am not sorry.
when life has no valuethen anything goes, welcome to humans becoming animals
In a sane world, the doctors and nurses responsible would be going to the gallows, or at least to jail.
Too bad the world is no longer sane.
Eugenics is all the rage. "Who wants to go first? No takers? Ok, we'll select by committee". - signed, B. H. Obama
"Why Not Suicide?"
Because it's a sin? Wait, do we still use that word?
Her reasoning is "sound" only if you accept her presupposition that her life is of little to no value.
Take away that presupposition and she makes no sense.
The fact is, we are of value, to God of course, and also to many others. Some, we don't even know how important we are to them.
What is better for a 50 year old man? To see his mother kill herself, or to see her loved and cared for and respected and enjoyed until the true end of her days?
Our deaths affect so many people. Her reasoning assumes the opposite.
Nevermind the practical results; gay marriage isn't an issue of liberty at all. No one's stopping them from having sex, cohabitating, vowing to spend their lives together, raising children, etc. What they're asking for is the state to intervene and grant them special status. Which has nothing to do with liberty.
Isn't everything President Bush's fault? /saercasm>
You're off on two counts. Firstly, the Schiavo case was not about whether ir not she was going to die, but who had the right to make decisions for her. You can't say it's the parents just because you want her to live. Either they were next of kin or not, and they were not. Secondly, it was none of Bush the Younger's business, certainly. Since when do presidents stick their noses in state family law? It wasn't really any if Jeb's business either, but the business of the courts.
"Despair is a great sin"
I wouldn't say that, as it's not really a choice. Your actions leave you more or less likely to possess it, and once you have it the only way out, really, is deliberative. Coincidentally I am reading Kierkegaard's "The Sickness Unto Death," which is about despair and describes it as a sickness of the soul.
Suicide is wrong because life is sacred.
To underscore that ultimate value, we go to extraordinary lengths to prevent life from being cheapened. When life is cheapened, everyone's life is in jeopardy.
The less the powers that be infringe upon us and into our business the better off we are, imo. Others may differ as is their right.
You can consider the feeling of despair a type of temptation
"Youre forgetting one Bush: Jeb. Jeb Bush tried to save Terri Schaivo."
Not at all, in my book.
He could have taken protective custody.
I disagree with everything you've posted.
Jebbie talked big about wanting to save her, but FEARED Big Media's backlash, which Big Media knew, because they kept threatening him and the public with all that would happen if he even TRIED to take custody.
And his big brother could have saved her, too.
copingstrategiescd.com is why not!....
When you face certain questions, you need a solid foundation in ethics that doesn't change with the times (we used to call those morals) and you need a strong education that allows you to argue properly from that foundation.
If you don't have those, you don't know how to argue against killing Terry Schiavo or sending Elian Gonzales back to his father. You're left with platitudes (fathers are good for children, if you can't talk you might as well be dead) because you can't form arguments.
That's why public education is designed to make people compliant, not to make them smart. Smart would be the opposite of compliant.
"Since when do presidents stick their noses in state family law? It wasnt really any if Jebs business either, but the business of the courts."
LOL — remember what the Great Clinton taught us in 2000 about sticking a president's, ahem, nose, in family affairs... re Elian Gonzalez.
Jeb was willing to make statements about what he thought about the case, but was unwilling and AFRAID to back them up.
Big Media posted articles in 2005 talking about what the armed guards would do if anyone tried to re-insert the feeding tube or try to take custody of her. They wanted Bush to try.
If the Bushes had been about letting her die, Big Media would have been on her side. All because the Bushes call themselves Republicans.
It was Lord Dawson, not Lord Moyne who was the King George V physician. Injections of morphine and cocaine were given. January 1936 was the date. Last words of the old King were and certainly not given out to the public.
"God Damn You"
Daddy's holding a loaded gun to Junior's head and his hand is on the trigger. He tells you he needs to kill Junior before Junior turns into a flesh-eating zombie.
But you can't intervene because he's next of kin?????
Nicely stated.
If I find out I have Alzheimer's...I'm checking out. I don't even have health insurance. I'll end up in some state run hell hole in a diaper not even knowing who I am.
Gonzales was a matter of immigration law, too, which is within federal purview. Not that it had to involve the president himself, nor Janet Reno. I still don't see why they didn't handle it however they routinely handle such matters, which certainly isn't to send stormtroopers into closets.
Anyway, two wrongs don't make a right.
I often have thoughts like that also but please don't. Most of my problems in life are due to imagining bad things that never happened.
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Setting it up
The plotter is an HP DesignJet 300. It is connected to the network using an HP JetDirect EX interface. The printserver's IP address is 10.13.0.50. Please don't change the printserver's IP address or configuration, it is not at fault.
With a Mac Not sure about Macs. Based upon what's in the Use the Printer HOWTO, this seems pretty straightforward. Just know that "port 9100" is the protocol to use, and if it gives you a choice between PS and HPGL, use HPGL.
With Windows On a Windows box, you need to ignore the temptation to click "add a network printer", and instead, "add a local printer", then "create a new port", then port type "standard tcp/ip port", then enter 10.13.0.50, and everything else should be sensible.
Since this is an older plotter, HP is no longer writing the drivers for Vista and later versions of Windows. However, there is a set of drivers available for Vista and Windows 7 here: http://www.mediafire.com/?njmtmnizmjm Use them at your own risk!
How Much Does it Cost? The cheapest HP plotter paper is about $0.15 a foot. Throw some money in one of the jars when you're done. :)
Loading Roll Paper First, do you need to? If the plotter is off, and it looks like the paper is loaded, turn it on. After a few minutes of self-testing and moving the paper around, if the lights settle on Plain, Normal, Ready, and Roll you're good. If not:
When the Load Paper light is on solid, insert the end of the paper until you feel a stop and the plotter starts to pull it in. When it stops, the Load Paper light will flash. Open the cover and you'll see it lift the guide bar. Flip the green handle on the right down to release the rollers. Align the edges of the paper so it feeds straight in. Slide the paper so that the right edge is over the punched slots on the metal edge where the paper feeds in. Flip the green lever back up to lock the paper in place. Close the lid. The plotter will pull the paper back in but the edge will still be exposed. Wait for the Ready light to stop blinking. You're done!
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Before you walk away, make sure that the printhead is "parked" on the left side. If an error occurs during plotting, it will sometimes stay out over the paper. Leaving it this way will allow the printhead to dry out and clog. To check, just lift the hood from the center and see if the printhead is over in the well on the left side. If not, power-cycle the plotter and it will both clear the error and park the printhead.
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Taxable value decline slows
ALPENA -The Alpena County Board of Commissioners received some good news during its meeting on Tuesday from Equalization Director John Hippensteel.
According to Hippensteel the county's over equalized value on property fell on 2.05 percent, which would be the smallest drop since 2009. The taxable value in the county dropped only 0.11 percent, and according to Hippensteel these small decreases may point to positive numbers next year, which would be good news for home and business owners and the county.
The total equalized value of property, homes and businesses in the county in 2013 is a little over $1 billion, which equates to a taxable value of $895,308,610. In 2012 the county lost more than 2 percent on its tax role, less than 1 percent drop in taxable value means the county will only lose $4,771 in 2013. Hippensteel said the small drop this year could be a sign of positive gains next year.
"In 2010 we dropped more than 5 percent for the last three years and to have a 2.5 percent drop makes me think we are rounding off and we have reached the bottom," Hippensteel said. "My prediction is, and right now it is just sort of a wild guess, is we'll be about zero in equalized value and have a slight increase in taxable value next year. It would be nice to see it go up and not see the county lose money for a year and people will have liquidity in their homes."
Real estate professionals think once the market has reached its bottom there could be a dramatic bounce where values soar. Hippensteel said there is a chance that could happen in Alpena County, especially if the development at the airport takes shape.
"There very well could be a bounce. If you look back to the year 2000 and for years after that we had increases of 7, 14, 8 percent. We were having some very large jumps, but then the economy bottomed out and it fell," Hippensteel said. "Now we do have a lot of good things going on in Alpena that may help. One of those things could be the drone project and if that happens it will bring in companies, employment, the amount of people coming in wanting to buy houses. I think we will see a lot of house sales and the values come back up a lot faster if that happens."
Wellington Township has the highest residential value, including vacant land, at $90,022 per parcel. There are 366 parcels in the township. Alpena Township was second highest with $87,669 for its 6,290 parcels and the City of Alpena was lowest with 2,294 parcels valued on average $60,085.
Hippensteel said the value of property in the city is misleading because of two factors. One is the amount of poverty exemption in the city. There are people who if they meet certain criteria, can have their tax bill lowered or wiped clean. He said there are 104 poverty exemptions in 2013. He said there also are Matthew Gast exemptions that allow people to make repairs or maintenance on their homes and it will not be reflected on the equalized or taxable values.
"If you were to replace your furnace, put on a roof or change the siding, you could apply for a Matthew Gast and you wouldn't be affected," Hippensteel said. "If you were to change siding from wood to vinyl then it would change, because that would be considered an improvement. If it wasn't for these things the city's values would be significant higher."
Steve Schulwitz can be reached via email at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 358-5689. Follow Steve on Twitter ss_alpenanews. Read his blog, Upon Further Review … at www.thealpenanews.com


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Posted July 6, 2012 by Diana Mendoza
OK, so as much as I loved my pooches and as patient as they were when I tried to hug them every 5 minutes when I was growing up, they just weren't good snugglers. I can't imagine why they weren't down with my trying to use them as pillows (um … maybe because they're not?), but the 5-year-old me had to quickly get a new best buddy: my teddy bear!
While it may be frowned upon for anyone older than 10 to curl up with a stuffed animal, I still hold a special place in my heart for my teddy. Lucky for me, Anicase makes awesome iPhone covers that are cute enough to hug but way more functional:
Anicase not only makes adorable cases (frogs and pandas and owls, oh my!) but also donates 10 percent of its net profits to support endangered species. Plus, every case comes with a fact about the animal. For instance, the super-cute "I'm a Bear" cases that we're giving away for Free Stuff Friday are based on the Southeast Asian sun bear, also known as the "honey bear." Pretty cool, huh?
While I might not get to snuggle with my iPhone 4, every time I whip out my phone, I'll be reminded of my fave polyester friend, and when people ask me about my rad case, I'll tell them about the endangered sun bear (and peta2, of course!).
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1642 days ago
when i was younger i loved peacocks and i still do i think the colors on them are beutiful
1643 days ago
My favourite animal was a giraffe… Because growing up I was always the tallest person in my class. I really started to identify with the Giraffe, and animal I guess made me realize how beautiful uniqueness truly is. 🙂 Such a graceful giant! 🙂 …Aww!
1645 days ago
Favourite animal must be my dog Poppy, she's so adorable. and i love her so much, i can tell her anything, she just sits there, she will come snuggle in with me whenever i want, she's obedient and everything she does it perfect. I could never ask to grow up with a better dog, she's wonderful. 🙂 <3
1648 days ago
1648 days ago
My Favorite animal was the panda, it is a beautiful and cute adorable Fluffy creature. It was always my favorite to draw or Google on images. (:
1650 days ago
My favourite animals growing up (and now) were elephants and unicorns.
Elephants are so strong and I loved their ears! And c'mon. Unicorns.
If Narwhals exist, so can unicorns.
1651 days ago
My favorite animal was always otters. Not the crazy little otters that spent a lot of time on land, but the really big adorable sea otters <3 I remember reading in a book in 4th grade that they would open shells by banging them on their tummies. I even did a report on them in 7th grade.
1651 days ago
My favorite animal growing up and (now) is the polar bear! It always has been and always will! It's important to pay very close attention to the polar bear conservation because they are endangered and as of right now, the climate isn't agreeing with the habitat of the polar bears (the arctic).
1651 days ago
Oh, this is a hard one. I try to love all animals equally, but when I was younger, I had an obsession with cats.
1652 days ago
For those of you who don't know what that is it is a type of dog! My best friend is a 5 year-old rat terrier named Sasha. I simply cannot ask for a better breed of dog. She loves anybody she lays eyes on and is the best type of family dog; she is good with small children, protects us from rats(don't worry she just chases them to the forest), and loves me! I will never stop loving the rat terrier!
1652 days ago
My favourite animal when I was growing up was my dog, his name was Bernie, although he was actually my brothers companion I always felt a deep connection with him from the day that we got him to the day that he died. Never once did he try to bite me, which must have been an amazing feat for him considering I was such an annoying child, he was an affectionate and special companion who is constantly thought of although we have 2 puppies now and he died over 2 years ago.
1652 days ago
My favorite animal growing up was always any type of primate. I have to say, this is mostly because of the old movie 'Might Joe Young'. To this day, I still cry at the part where Joe's mom is shot by poachers, and when he is trapped inside of that sanctuary. The woman in that movie really helped Joe, and loved him. I always hoped to be a woman like her, and have a primate friend of my own.
1652 days ago
M favorite animal growing up was an elephant. They were my favorite because they were so big and I always thought it was so cute how when they would travel with their young they would hold onto each other's tails. And i thought it was always cute how the babies were so small yet so big! I always loved how smart elephants are! And don't forget how they never forget anything! That's always a plus! I always wanted to be just like them!
1652 days ago
My favourite animal was a giraffe
1652 days ago
My favorite animal when I was growing up was my dog Prancer. My parents rescued him from the local humane society when I was four and he was my Christmas present that year (hence the name Prancer). He was very special to me and just like Diana, I tried to force him to snuggle with me until I fell asleep. He eventually would let me hold on to him until I was asleep then he would hop down and go sleep with my mom, as she told me. I have always been attached to dogs and he was a very special boy and a wonderful companion. Greatly missed!
1653 days ago
my favorite animal was, and still is a chinchilla. my neighbor had one and when i pet her fur i fell in love. I have one at the moment named butters, and i can proudly say that i dont own him, he owns me! even in my school i raised awareness about how bad the fur industry is so i can save the chinchillas and other species. my favorite animal will always and forever be chinchillas.
1653 days ago
My favorite animal growing up, was a cow. It really sucked that I couldn't have one of my own to take care of but that didn't stop me from obsessing over it lol. Everything in my room was covered with cows…I really don't know why. I just loved them. Anyway, my love for cows still exists and because of that love, I probably wouldn't have considered being a vegan/vegetarian. Seriously..I stopped eating anything that came from a cow because I loved them so much. It was the foundation of my recent lifestlye. Of course I am vegan now, because I realized, I don't just love cows. I just love animals.
1653 days ago
I loved Skunks and Koalas… still do 🙂
1653 days ago
my favorite animal growing up was cheetahs 😀 i loved cats, and they were the best cat in my mind.. They are super fast 😀 lol I guess that's why I liked them, 'cause I'm super sloow!!
1653 days ago
My favorite animal was my pet dog, Charlie, a cocker spaniel. Things were rough growing up and I always had him to hug and he needed me too! I miss him to this day 🙂
1654 days ago
my favorite animal growing up was our families cat Fluffy. We got him when i was in 1st gradeish but we had to give him away when i was in 7th grade-ish because we were moving to another state, but we gave him to a family friend & he was very happy with them. He was the best, white & gray color. Green eyes. We got him when he was just a kitten, my parents found him wondering around our yard. We would even fight over who got to hold him & get mad when he picked to lay on the other person! Miss him
1654 days ago
My fav animals growing up are still my fav animals are cats and unicorns because cats r do nice and cuddly and unicorns are full of rainbows and magic 🙂
1654 days ago
growing up, i obsessed over peacocks, they inspired me by there bright colors and stand-out swagger! to this day i still love them they taught me to be myself and always show my true colors, and i love being a peacock in a flock of pigeons
1654 days ago
I loved sea turtles. That was my favorite part whenever I watched Finding Nemo. I even had a few stuffed animal ones. They're just so cute! 🙂
1655 days ago
My favorite animal as a kid, and still are, are pigs . On my birthday or as gifts . Friends/Family would always get me something with pigs or piglets or a stuffed pig animal . I still have a few of them today . (:
1655 days ago
I believe growing up my favorite animal has always been my dog baby she is a toy poddle and she has been with me since I was 8 years old I'm Turing 22 on July 16 but she has never left my side I remember if I was sick or upset or even crying over whatever reason it was she would just lay her head on my lap and howl as well I was a really sick kid growing up and had to go to vally children's a lot and when I was home she would just stay by my side and wouldn't leave me alone during that time in my life, I love my dog she truly has shown man's best friend. Not only that but she is like a human to me shows emotions just as we do and she has been even though she only listens and can't speak but I feel that she truly understands me.
1655 days ago
My favourite animal growing up was a horse! I actually thought I could turn into one when I was little. I still love horses now & believe they are my spirit animal. I don't have a favourite animal anymore but horses will always have a special place in my heart:)
1656 days ago
Growing up, my favorite animal was constantly changing. I've always loved cats, but dolphins and manatees have always had a special place in my heart. <3
1656 days ago
1656 days ago
Penguins! I had a penguin phase that lasted for years…I'm still a sucker for those guys!
1656 days ago
My cat Capucine. My family adopted her from the Spca when she was 9 months old. I was 5. She was such a nice and amazing cat! 3 1/2 years ago we adopted 2 more kittens (one for me and one for my sister), thinking that since they were kittens they would get along very well… But they didn't. When the kittens got older they started fighting. And by then me and my sister had bonded so well with our cats so there was no way we would give them away. We had to keep the cats separated all the time but after years of that it became too hard and Capucine was constantly scared of being attacked. So last year we did what was best for Capucine and found her a new, loving home. She is now 10. It's so sad to think of her. I haven't seen her since she left.
1656 days ago
My favorite animal growing up were Lamas. I lived in peru up until i was 7 so i would see them everyday. At the zoo, in parks , etc:)
1656 days ago
My favorite animal was a polar bear growing up <3 so cute!
1656 days ago
Mine was, and still is a whale shark! C:
1656 days ago
My favorite animal when I was little was always the dolphin. I don't know why I liked them so much, maybe its because they're super intelligent and I could relate to that. :3
1656 days ago
My favorite animal as a child was a white fluffy puppy dog!
1656 days ago
When I was growing up my favorite animal was dogs. We used to have a sheltie
Her name was lassie! She was the sweetest dog, at 16 we found her having a seizure
It was so hard to see her so sick. She was always a sweet dog and the whole family loved her!:)
1656 days ago
My favorite animal growing up would have to be the beautiful Tiger. I love tigers they are so furious and majestic at the same time. I love them still 🙂
1656 days ago
PANDA!!!!! well I'm still growing up so … Pandas tigers polar bears cows ect 😀
1656 days ago
I think my favorite animal was a dinosaur….because I had watched Jurrasic Park when I was way little and as much as they freaked me out I always loved dinosaurs!! I also really liked elephants. I don't really know why, but I thought they were really cool! haha well I'm hoping for an iPhone case!! (; thanks!
1656 days ago
Well i had a lot of favorite animals, i loved them all so much i couldnt pick just one! I remember i used to have an arry of stuffed animals everything from teddy bears to snakes an i used to play zoo keeper and get out all of them and make little cages for them and care for them and feed them!
1656 days ago
Definately Minnie Mouse(:
1656 days ago
My favorite animal was a Capuchin Monkey.
1656 days ago
My favorite animal growing up was always monkeys! I thought it was amazing how smart they were and how close to humans they were. When I found out what animal testing is really like in 6th grade, I was shocked! That's when my animal rights journey first began 🙂
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When we left off in Part 1, I was enjoying the view from South Cove and trying to find a measure of peace before setting off on the 28.5-mile adventure-slash-race. I always try to make room for a few moments of solitude in my pre-race routine – a parcel of grass, an empty park bench – to rid myself of tension and to reflect on how fortunate I am to be there.
This turned out to be especially important on the morning of MIMS, because it was a scene. Reporters, cameramen, families, friends, random onlookers – not to mention the field itself, full of well-known marathon swimmers from around the world. MIMS 2011 was particularly circus-like due to the Global Open Water Swimming Conference taking place in NYC the same weekend. Shelley Taylor-Smith, Penny Lee Dean, Anne Cleveland, Sid Cassidy, and Steven Munatones were among the open-water celebrities milling about South Cove that morning.
Here's a video of Shelley interviewing race favorites (and eventual top 2 finishers) Erica Rose and John Van Wisse, as well as Van Wisse's kayaker Richard Clifford:
The start of Wave 3 (the top 10 seeded swimmers) can be seen at 11:27. I'm the third swimmer from the right at the start – you can see me most clearly at the right edge of the screen at 11:30-31 when the camera zooms in. A few seconds later, you can see Erica already taking off into a lead she would never relinquish.
Also of interest is this video of Shelley and Penny Dean (perhaps the two best marathon swimmers of their generation – of either gender) catching up on old times before the race start.
And now, presenting the solo swimmers in the 2011 Manhattan Island Marathon Swim:
At 9:30am, the first wave (Morty christened them the "sightseers" – ha, ha) went on their way. 10 minutes later, the second wave (the "semi-sightseers") was off. A few minutes before 9:50, the ten "speed demons" lined up on the dock in reverse order of seed. A reporter from the NY Daily News asked me a few questions, jotting down my laconic responses on her notepad.
"Do you think you have a chance to win today?"
"Well, anything can happen out there."
Not sure what ever happened with that interview (ha).
Here's me avoiding eye contact; the two Miguels getting their game faces on; and Ollie Wilkinson standing up on the bench:
A few moments later:
Once everyone was lined up in order, we jumped. I positioned myself to the right of Ollie and John (not my brightest move, as I'm mostly a right-breather). Ollie asked me when I was doing my big Great Lakes swim. After a brief countdown, we were off.
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Outstanding Citizen of the Year
ALPENA – Each year during the Alpena Area Chamber of Commerce annual dinner a special someone is presented the title Alpena's Outstanding Citizen of the Year. That person is an example of what all people who live in a community should be, a person who thinks about others above themselves and strives to make the place in which they live the best it can be.
This year's winner Dave Zeller not only meets those criteria, but exceeds them.
Zeller has been on the board of more than a dozen local and state organizations and has served as president at some point half of them. The amount of time devoted to making the organizations as successful as they are shows his unrelenting will to succeed, but also to motivate others to share his path.
An emotional Zeller said the importance of hard work and giving back to the community was a lesson he had learned at a young age and has always strived to follow in the footsteps of his parents, who also were volunteers.
"This is a very prestigious award in the city because it represents those people who give back to the community," Zeller said. "My mom and my dad have given back before me and my grandfather before them and it is just kind of inbred in me that giving back to your community is what it is all about."
Zeller said there are many others who are deserving of the award and the community as a whole is filled with people who volunteer and work hard to make Alpena the best it can be.
"This community is marvelous. Everybody that serves is very dedicated," Zeller said. "When clubs go out to do their fundraisers the people of Alpena re just so generous in what they give and there is so much to offer here when it comes to that type of thing."
There were other awards presented as the night went on. The Business of the Year was presented to the Alpena-Alcona Area Credit Union, the Outstanding Customer Service Award went to the staff at Bolenz Jewelry, and the Up and Coming Award was given to Adventureland Sports LLC. The Courtyard Restaurant was the winner of the Culture Change Agent Award and the Alpena Regional Medical Center's annual Health Leadership Award was won by First Federal of Northern Michigan. The Alpena Community College Annual Northeast Michigan Workforce Development Award was presented to the Alpena Biorefinery. Michelle McEwen won the Junior Achievement of Northeast Michigan: Outstanding Supporter of Junior Achievement.
The master of ceremony for the event was Lesslee Dort, director of the Alpena Downtown Development Authority. The dinner theme was "Building a Better Community One Business at a Time."
Steve Schulwitz can be reached via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone at 358-5689.