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|gender = M
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'''"Little" Jacob Hughes''' is a
'''"Little" Jacob Hughes''' is a -year old Jamaican arms and drug dealer who lives in [[Schottler]], [[Broker]]. He is a good friend to the Bellic cousins, the main characters of the game. Jacob is second-in-command to [[Real Badman]], and is part of the [[Jamaican Posse|Hillside Posse]]. He operates from his home, and out of a [[pool]] hall called the [[Homebrew Cafe]].
Jacob plays an important role in the game, and many missions Niko has to do are almost impossible without his assistance. He also becomes a friend and, if the relationship level is high enough, sells weapons to Niko at a convenience and discount.
Jacob plays an important role in the game, and many missions Niko has to do are almost impossible without his assistance. He also becomes a friend and, if the relationship level is high enough, sells weapons to Niko at a convenience and discount.
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'''Place of Birth''':
'''Place of Birth''':
Revision as of 19:11, 24 May 2010
|Jacob Hughes
|[[Appearance::Grand Theft Auto IV]]
|Full Name
|Jacob Hughes
|Little Jacob, Mr. Jacob, Small Jacob
|Date of Birth
|[[Error: Invalid time.|1982 (Age 26)]]
|Place of Birth
|Age Now
|1006, Dillon ST Broker
|Unnamed Girlfriend
|Main Affiliations
Hillside Posse
Roman Bellic
Niko Bellic
Elizabeta Torres
Kenny Petrovic
Real Badman
U.L. Paper
Carl Bradshaw
Red and Black Virgo
Jamaican Huntley Sport (before giving it to Niko Bellic)
Beater Emperor
Beater Vigero
Arm's & Drug's Trade
Homebrew Cafe
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{{infobox character
|name = Jacob Hughes
|image = LittleJacob-GTAIV.jpg
|games = [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]
|aka = Little Jacob, Mr. Jacob, Small Jacob
|gender = M
|dob = 1982 (Age 26)
|pob = Jamaica
|home = 1006, Dillon ST [[Broker]]
|nationality = Jamaican
|family = Unnamed Girlfriend
|affiliations = [[Hillside Posse]]
"Little" Jacob Hughes is a 26-year old Jamaican arms and drug dealer who lives in Schottler, Broker. He is a good friend to the Bellic cousins, the main characters of the game. Jacob is second-in-command to Real Badman, and is part of the Hillside Posse. He operates from his home, and out of a pool hall called the Homebrew Cafe.
Jacob plays an important role in the game, and many missions Niko has to do are almost impossible without his assistance. He also becomes a friend and, if the relationship level is high enough, sells weapons to Niko at a convenience and discount.
Little Jacob meets Niko Bellic through Roman, whom he apparently befriended after being a regular fare for Roman's taxi company. Jacob and Niko work together temporarily for Real Badman, delivering drugs and eliminating rival dealers. Little Jacob eventually becomes close friends with Niko and aids him in many situations -- along with selling him discounted firearms, he warns Niko of a suspected ambush by Dimitri Rascalov, going with him as backup. Little Jacob is also associates with Elizabeta Torres, who he says is way too dangerous (even in Badman's opinion). On Elizabeta's last drug transaction, they get in an extremely heated argument. Jacob joins Niko to oversee a cocaine deal for her, and they are eventually caught by Michelle.
Little Jacob later aids Niko during the murder of a supposed Russian terrorist, manning the rockets during a helicopter chase. The bond between Jacob and the Bellics is so tight that both Little Jacob and Real Badman attend Roman Bellic's wedding; following an attack on the wedding, Little Jacob aids Niko in hunting down and murdering Jimmy Pegorino or Dimitri Rascalov (depending on how the story has unfolded) as revenge. It could be said that Jacob is Niko's truest friend in Liberty City, as he unconditionally and unhesitatingly came to Niko's aid both in this situation, and the earlier ambush by Dimitri.
Little Jacob reveals considerably less about his personal life than other friendship characters. Instead, he and Niko often insightfully discuss philosophy and concerns for other people they know. According to Badman during his random encounter, Jacob has a girlfriend that he loves very much and often treats to gifts (which Jacob mentions once himself). Jacob and Badman once had a third friend nicknamed Grandad who could keep Badman calm, but he has since then moved to Jamaica. One of Jacob's best traits is loyalty, as he always stands by Niko and goes out of his way to help him.
Jacob is a typical Rastafarian who speaks in Iyaric (terms like "I and I"), discusses Jah, Rasta and Zionist ideals with Niko, and finds most non-Ital food and weed distasteful (ironically, his first appearance in the game is a brief cutscene outside a Burger Shot and he also likes the food in Cluckin Bell). His accent is difficult to understand, but much easier in comparison to Badman's near-impenetrable Jamaican patois, so Jacob often acts as translator. He loves reggae music, particularly the stations Tuff Gong Radio (an all-Bob Marley station) and Massive B Soundsystem 96.9. He mentions being a huge fan of reggae artist Sonny Bradshaw, calling him his "uncle" spiritually. Niko agrees that "he plays good music" but sadly he is not featured on the game's soundtrack. Jacob and Niko also both like Bobby Konders. Jacob constantly smokes marijuana (even during the helicopter chase), seeing it as "enlightenment", although other times he says he is trying to quit. He often speaks of his concern for Badman smoking too much marijuana and becoming highly paranoid (an effect that Jacob does not experience). Jacob confesses that he thinks Badman could try to kill him out of paranoia.
Special ability
When the player unlocks Little Jacob's special ability as a friend, Niko can call him and purchase several weapons at a discounted price from his car in a secluded location. The best times to call for activities are between 1pm - 4am. Jacob owns a red Virgo, and inside its trunk contains the weapons for the player to purchase. He doesn't sell Rocket Launchers, Baseball Bats, or Desert Eagles, and only sells the Combat Sniper Rifle, not the conventional model.
Mission appearances
- Jamaican Heat
- Concrete Jungle (Boss)
- Shadow (Boss)
- Russian Revolution
- The Snow Storm
- Paper Trail
- ...I'll Take Her (Voice only)
- Mr. and Mrs. Bellic (Deal & Revenge)
- Out of Commission or A Revenger's Tragedy (Boss)
LCPD Database record
Surname: Hughes
First Name: "Little" Jacob
Age: 26
Place of Birth: Jamaica
Affiliations: Linked to West Indian criminal gangs in East Liberty City.
Criminal Record:
- 2001 - Armed Robbery
- 2002 - Burglary: Illegal Entry with Criminal Intent
- 2006 - Possession Controlled Substance: Marijuana
- AKA Little Jacob
- Jamaican criminal based in East Liberty City
- Believed to be part of a Marijuana and Cocaine distribution network run by Teafore Maxwell-Davies, street name - Real Badman.
- Suspect in several armed robberies and hijackings.
- His full name is not revealed at any point in the storyline; it can only be found in the police database.
- In the Mafiya Work multiplayer mode of GTA IV, Konstantin Petrovic calls him 'Small Jacob' instead of 'Little Jacob'.
- When you are in a car with him and break the window you can see smoke coming out.
External link
gta4onlineguide.com - contains details on how to raise Little Jacob's like percentage


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|2012-05-16, 04:04
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|2012-05-16, 17:58
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Before they have Lucy doing any team ups with Jellal I would want her to learn some more Celestial caster magic right now she is a one trick pony when it comes to spells and doesn't have enough juice to do the move twice.
I'm glad they didn't have Lucy take Yukino it would have been very out of character for her to take them from someone who was a loving owner.
|2012-05-19, 02:31
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I read it on another forum, but what if Lucy does die in this arc? She might come back, maybe if her spirits revive her or something. Or she might go away for a little bit. It'd add some drama.
And just a random thought, but i find it cool that despite that Lucy isn't as popular as other main characters like Natsu, Gray, and Erza, and Laxus and Gajeel in some polls and discussions, threads on her are always frequent and lengthy at the forums i visit. I guess everyone has a lot to say about her lol
|2012-05-19, 03:37
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Lucy's not as popular because she never really seems to show up in a fight. She's obviously powerful, and in fact, more powerful now then ever. Yet, her abilities are often downplayed greatly. Because of this, she appears weak. Fans often focus more on strong people then weak, and thus her popularity suffers for a perceived weakness
|2012-05-19, 04:16
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The thing is, Lucy, according to TVtropes, always gets Overshadowed
It states these things:
She also defeated Byro on her own, before Natsu burned him.
Basically, Lucy has been able to take down quite a few enemies. It's just, like said, her abilities are downplayed a bit. I guess if they weren't she'd seem too powerful. Her fights aren't nearly as flashy as others, and she doesn't display nearly as much raw power (since her powers relies in her summoning), so i think that's also a reason people think she's a bad fighter.
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|2012-05-24, 21:33
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I wrote this on tumblr, but i figured i could post it here too. Mostly cuz i was bored, but i like how it came out.
Why I think Lucy is the protagonist of Fairy Tail
Now this isn't a huge thing about which character is more of a "main" than others or which is more important, but more just to show that Lucy is a protagonist. I hear from quite a few people who believe she isn't that important of a character, or that the story would go on fine without her.
But Fairy Tail can't go on without her, because it is Lucy's story.
Fairy Tail is Lucy's telling of her journey in the guild, with Natsu as the focus. The whole series didn't begin until Lucy came into the picture, with the story commencing at her joining of Fairy Tail. The way I see it, Natsu is the Hero of the story while Lucy is the Protagonist and Narrator.
Natsu is the Hero of the story. He is the guy who is a good friend to his guildies, the guy who battles the "big boss" at the end of an arc, and he has the personality fitting of the Hero. The Hero, however, isn't always the one the story follows.
Lucy could be considered as the Supporting Protagonist
The story is told from her perspective, and it's a writing technique that is pretty uncommon, but I praise Mashima for doing so. Definitely makes things interesting. It's not often you'll find a shounen series with a female protagonist.
As said before, Fairy Tail follows the story of Lucy, her adventures in the guild, and her life. Including the current manga and anime arc, we have around 3-4 arcs centered around just Lucy. The stories of others are important to her, as they are a part of her life, which is why we see their stories so much. Fairy Tail as we see it is Lucy's telling of those stories.
Again, this isn't to compare anything. Both Natsu and Lucy are vital to the story. This is just to show people that Lucy is important to the whole thing. That seems obvious to me, but I've encountered many who still see her as an important side character only.
Without Lucy, there would be no Fairy Tail.
*It should be noted that Fairy Tail refers to the series, while Fairy Tail (without the italics) refers to the guild.
|2012-05-25, 00:52
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1. I doubt Naked Mummy was a super strong guild, but she was able to take all the ones there out by herself easily. She was up against lots of them
What you said about Vidalus is true, but she was also fighting Juvia at the time as well. She used her smarts more than her power in this, but she was powerful enough to do a Unison Raid.
duke Everlue Natsu didn't really help her. He defeated Virgo. Lucy used her whip and Cancer to defeat him.
Tho with all that said, i do think Byro is the best example overall. Sherry is a decent one too.
I also agree with you on the second part. Lucy is't powerful like Erza, Natsu, or Gray, or even Gajeel, Mira, Juvia, and others. How she wins fights is using the powers she has and using her brain and tenacity.
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Erza used it in her fight against midnight, and i think Gray used his smarts in a couple fights as well. The dragon in the Daphne arc is an example i think, and Natsu used his head with his fight with Sugarboys in the other episode. I hope we get more of them. Not asking for some huge puzzle like Phi brain, but a little variety keeps things interesting, rather than just power clashes.
|2012-06-03, 16:07
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I do wish her boobs were smaller though.
|2012-07-13, 15:03
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hey did anyone notice, it's not like Lucy's sex appeal never works, it actually does work since the starting episodes but the thing is it works on Taurus, and well Taurus being the pervert
well Lucy's sex appeal does work ,may be sometimes just not the way it should, but it worked quite properly when Gemini had transformed into Lucy
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When it's warm and the sun is out, everyone wants to enjoy the wonderful weather. But increased foot traffic along with folks keeping their windows down could mean trouble.
"Well what you have is this sitting in the parking lot with windows down."
Detective Randy O'Hanlon with the Ardmore Police Department showed us what he finds every days during the summer months. Cars with their windows more than just cracked. Tempting anyone passing by, to take what they see.
"In years past, it typically shows about a 10% increase during this time of month."
"I cant image anyone wanting to leave their windows down in a parking lot like this, your inviting someone to come and take something from your car."
Most of us are guilty of trying to keep our cars cool when we run errands, but were all human and from time to time we forget what we're leaving behind
"It's hot! People leave their windows down and forget leave purse or valuables out where someone walking by for an opportunity crime."
Authorities say keeping windows up is one thing, but leaving things out in clear view for snoopers to see is another.
"I had a buddy here like two weeks ago that had a bunch of stuff stolen from him. All because he left his windows down? Not his windows he just left everything wide open where people could get to it."
In the end, it comes down to common sense. Something police officers believe will keep your goodies from winding up in someone else's hands...
O'Hanlon says, "Make sure you got windows up and doors locked. That is the best way to keep people from taking stuff from you. You may try to slide it underneath seat or something, but its best to take it with you if its not there they cant steal it."
Even leaving your items out in the open may cost your more than what Is stolen. Police say thieves end up costing the owner more in damages than in property loss.


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Craft distilling is still fairly new to South Carolina, but the state's long agricultural history may be critical to the budding sector's success.
Borrowing a tactic from West coast spirit producers, the first distillery to open in downtown Charleston is planning to distinguish its liquors with Southern-grown herbs, corn, sugar cane and sorghum.
"We live in a really vibrant agricultural community," said Ann Marshall of High Wire Distilling Co., which will open Sept. 12 in a former painting contractor's warehouse at 652 King St., alongside Butcher & Bee. "There are a lot of things we can do."
Among the first things they are doing is a rhum agricole, made with cane grown by a family friend who raises row crops near Cameron. They're also developing a sorghum whiskey, inspired partly by Mike Lata's signature sticky sorghum cake and conversations with John T. Edge, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance. Both spirits are set for release in the fall.
With microdistilling booming across the country — the American Distilling Institute puts the industry's annual growth rate at 30 percent — it has become increasingly important for spirit makers to "come up with a story," said Scott Newitt, president of Wadmalaw Island's Firefly Distillery, the 9-year-old granddaddy of the state's craft-distilling scene.
Since 2007-08, when Firefly successfully lobbied for a reduction of the distillery licensing fee, previously a prohibitive $50,000 a year to $2,500, and the legalization of on-site tastings and sales, half a dozen distilleries have announced plans to open in South Carolina.
Locally, High Wire soon will be joined by Charleston Distilling Co. and Striped Pig Distillery.
"When we got the law changed, it was the end of the world with the recession," Newitt said. "I think it's starting to flourish now. But these craft distillers are going to have to come up with a story, like we did: We're using all-American stuff and keeping it all Southern with sweet tea. Places struggle if they don't have a story."
Bill Owens, president of the American Distilling Institute, said fears that craft spirits won't sell unless they're scented with flowers that don't grow beyond the county line are probably exaggerated. Because the entry cost for distilling is so extraordinarily high, most distilling operations are too well-financed to fail, he said.
Over the past decade, Owens has seen hundreds of craft distilleries open. He's seen only three of them go under.
"You come to my conference, you don't see a bunch of kids with tattoos," Owens said. "These are serious business people."
Marshall and her husband, Scott Blackwell, certainly fit that profile. The couple previously owned Immaculate Baking Co., which Blackwell, a Culinary Institute of America-trained baker, enjoyed until he started spending more time in boardrooms than test kitchens. They sold the operation to General Mills last year.
"The beauty of spirits is the margins are a lot better than cookies," Blackwell said. "A case of cookies costs $18. A case of spirits costs $200. The effort that goes into one unit gets you a lot further dollar-wise."
At High Wire, Blackwell again will have an opportunity to indulge his baker's instincts, tinkering with infusions and experimenting with various grains — within the boundaries of federal law, which has plenty to say on the subject of liquor.
"It's not very chef-like to run it by people when you want to do something," Blackwell said, but the law leaves some room for fooling with mash bills and barrels. Former Maker's Mark master distiller Dave Pickerell, who consulted on the project, gave Blackwell his blessing to do so after spending a week fielding Blackwell's highly technical questions about ingredients and wood.
"We're going to stub our toe occasionally," Blackwell conceded. "Something may taste foul, and we may think it tastes foul. But I think it's cool for Charleston to watch us experiment."
Owens said the tourism potential of craft distilleries is enormous. "You have a good gift shop with candles, T-shirts and jellies, you can do $3,000 a weekend," he said. According to Owens, the draw of distilleries, as compared with wineries and breweries, is an easy-to-explain production process and impressive piece of equipment.
The centerpiece of High Wire's 6,000-square-foot facility, which already has been booked for Mississippi chef John Currence's November book party and the Southern Foodways Alliance's Charleston Wine + Food Festival dinner, is a 530-gallon, hand-built copper column still from Germany. So far, the still has pumped out rum and vodka.
High Wire's vodka is a tad corn syrupy, but its unaged rum has an appealing cinnamon toast quality. After spending three months in bourbon barrels, the rum picks up rye notes and a vanilla finish, giving the spirit a corned-beef-sandwich-and-cream-soda cast.
The vodka and silver rum will be the first bottles sold, with gin joining the line-up in October.
The gin and future whiskeys will be marketed under different names, but Marshall said the spirits' South Carolina roots will be apparent to drinkers who spy them at bars across the country. "It's going to be a good ambassador for Charleston," Marshall promised.
Although Owens said it's still too early to accurately quantify how much distilleries contribute to their local economies, Newitt pointed out that South Carolina collects $13.50 in tax revenue for every case of Firefly vodka sold. And while craft distilleries aren't major job creators, High Wire plans to hire a few people to staff its operation, which will offer tours three days a week.
"They're employing people," Owens said. "If you do a distillery and dare put an ad in the paper saying you're looking for an employee, you'd have to turn down 200 people who just want to sweep the floor."
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Sometimes all it takes to end a barren spell is a little bit of luck, but it's more rewarding when it's a bit of skill that unlocks the door.
Slovenian top flight side Aluminij were without a win for six months before beating Olimpija 2-0 this week – a victory aided in part by a stunning 35-yard free-kick right into the top corner.
Captain and left-back Denis Topolovec fired home the effort after a Roberto Carlos style run-up.
Judging by the amount of empty seats, it seems the Aluminij fans gave up on their side some time ago - which is a shame because this free-kick was almost worth the six-month wait.
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Ask an Atheist
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Ask an Atheist is a live call-in TV show based in Seattle, Washington. It airs on Sundays from 3:00pm - 4:00pm PST. Topics covered include "atheism, skeptical inquiry, and issues of separation of church and state." Inspired by the Atheist Experience, the program was created by Mike Gillis, Casey Doran, Sam Mulvey and Jeremy Whitman.
The program debuted on SCAN Community Media public access in Seattle on June 6, 2010. Hosts have included Mike Gillis, Paul Case, Sam Mulvey, Casey Doran, Jerry Schiffelbein and Libbie Mistretta.
External link
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Honorable Mention: Boxing-Sergey Kovalev vs. Cedric Agnew (Saturday 10pm from Atlantic City live on HBO); MLS: Chicago Fire @ DC United (Saturday 4pm from RFK Stadium live on NBC Sports Network); Auto Racing: NASCAR STP 500 (Sunday 1pm from Martinsville, VA live on FOX); Golf: PGA Tour Texas Open (Thursday & Friday 3pm live on Golf Channel Saturday & Sunday 1pm live on Golf Channel 3pm live on NBC), LPGA Tour Kia Classic (Thursday & Friday 6:30pm Saturday & Sunday 7pm from Carlsbad, CA live on Golf Channel)
10. Damon Wayans (Friday & Saturday Magooby's Joke House); Baltimore Greek Week (Tuesday-Sunday Greektown); Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus (Wednesday-Sunday Baltimore Arena); "The Wolf of Wall Street" and "Delivery Man" out on Blu-Ray/DVD (Tuesday); "Bad Words", "Noah" and "Sabotage" out in theaters (Friday)
I assume Damon Wayans will call me while he's in town. After all, I am close personal friends with the family.
Also…language terribly NSFW (unless you work somewhere selling penny stocks), but this is by far and away the Magnum Opus of Wolf of Wall Street…
9. Mobb Deep (Sunday 8pm Baltimore Soundstage); Los Lonely Boys (Saturday 8pm Sunday 7:30pm Rams Head on Stage); The Ataris (Friday 8pm Fillmore Silver Spring); Grouplove/MS MR/Smallpools (Sunday & Monday 7pm 9:30 Club); The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band (Thursday 7:30pm The Hamilton); Pentatonix (Saturday 8pm D.A.R. Constitution Hall); Experience Hendrix feat. Buddy Guy/Jonny Lang/Kenny Wayne Shepherd/Bootsy Collins (Sunday 7pm Lincoln Theatre); Johnny Cash "Out Among The Stars" available in stores/on iTunes (Tuesday)
I'm going to start a MS MR cover band called MR MS. I'm clever.
Smallpools is the band that did the best song in 2013 no one gave enough credit to.
I am a supporter of the Rev.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Jimi Hendrix. Spoiler alert: it doesn't suck.
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First, talk with your health care provider to make sure the cause of your leakage cannot be treated.
If you have urine leakage, you can buy many types of urinary incontinence products. These products help keep your skin dry and prevent skin rashes and sores.
Ask your provider which product might be best for you. It depends on how much leakage you have and when it happens. You might also be concerned about cost, odor control, comfort, and how easy the product is to use.
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Press Release: City of Tallahassee
Looking for a lucky charm this St. Patrick's Day? The Tallahassee-Leon Community Animal Service Center (ASC) is hosting a St. Pitty's Day celebration by waiving adoption fees on all pit bulls and pit bull mixes this Sunday, March, 17, from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
"Pit bulls are often misrepresented as being an aggressive breed, when in fact the vast majority are social with people and other pets," said ASC Director Erika Leckington. "Pit bulls are extremely loyal, affectionate and intelligent. They are easy to house train and respond very well to obedience training. They have an incredible smile and several are awaiting a life-saving opportunity just to show you how thankful they are!"
There are 30 of these playful pups at ASC awaiting the chance to prove their luck, loyalty and love to a deserving family. There will be no need to say "Kiss Me I'm Irish!" with this affectionate breed, they'll be delighted to shower you with kisses any day of the year.
Each dog is tested for heartworm, vaccinated, dewormed, microchipped and most are already spayed or neutered. Those animals not yet altered require a $50 deposit which is refundable with proof of surgery. Each dog comes with a collar and ID tag so remember to bring a leash if you are looking to take one home!
The Animal Service Center, located adjacent to Tom Brown Park at 1125 Easterwood Drive, is operated and maintained by the City's Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Affairs Department. More information is available by calling the Center at 891-2950.
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Skip to comments.New Trier Hall of Fame, Rumsfeld In, Emanuel Out
Posted on 12/02/2010 8:59:46 AM PST by PBRCat
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, actor Rainn Wilson and ex-Playboy executive Christie Hefner are among the entering class in New Trier Township High School's alumni Hall of Honor awards.
Among those not making the cut were actress Ann-Margaret and Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel.
The honorees were said to embody the Winnetka school's mission "to commit minds to inquiry, hearts to compassion and lives to the service of humanity."
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagobreakingnews.com ...
Maybe if he had stuck with his ballet lessons and stayed out of politics, he would have been more politely received.
My Alma Mater. Great school, not so great kids of the well-to-do.
How could they not let Ann-Margaret in???
I guess John Stossel didn't make it.
They picked Rainn Wilson but not Ann-Margret?
Charlton Heston went there, right?
Yes, and Ann Margeret too. We do have some great Alums. :)
As a lifelong Chicagoan, how did Rahm manage to attend New Trier High School, it is not part of the CPS is it? It seems to quite distant from Chicago's Albany Park.
"How could they not let Ann-Margaret in???"
And they chose Christie Hefner instead?
There were a number of kids I knew from my time there whose parents specifically moved into the area so the kids could attend there. At that time the school was divided in into two parts, East and West. I think he was at New Trier West.
Probably because she unselfishly gave of her time, beauty and talent to entertain the troops in Vietnam. It doesn't fit the lakefront liberal profile.
"Yes, and Ann Margeret too. We do have some great Alums."
I remember way back in my days at NTHS in 50's watching an 8mm film of Shakespere's "Julius Caesar" made by Heston while he was a student there, using the columns at old Soldier Field for the set. Another grad was Roy Fitzgerald, who later changed his name to Rock Hudson. One time in junior English class, one of the girls came in late and blurted out "Rock Hudson just drove up outside in a Cadillac convertible!!" Every girl in the class jumped up and ran outside to see him.
Don't think Rummy does, either.....
Great story!
Emanuel grew up in the suburb of Wilmette, on Ramona Road, a VERY wealthy area. He probably had no connection to Chicago other than the household help lived there.
Ann Margaret was a beloved lady to the 25th Inf.Div. Grunts. I think she must have arrived with Bob Hope prior to Chistmas '67... that was the year Raquel came to dance with wild abandon in her short, short knit mini-skirt. I've still got the 8x10 glossy to prove it.
None of us will ever forget that day. God Bless them all, and the USO, for caring enough to show up.
Possibly just snobs rather than dummies. When Ann Margret Olsen (as she was then known) attended New Trier, the fact that she lived with her mom in the back of a funeral home tainted her with a "wrong side of the tracks" reputation. By the time I met her at Northwestern University, no one cared where she came from; her talent was too blindingly obvious. She was also one of the sweetest and most gracious of the many beautiful young women on campus.
Incidentally, one of her sorority sisters later married Rich (later "Dick" for PC reasons) Gephardt.
I agree with Mr. K, Ann-Margaret being excluded is unbelieveable.
He had a condo in Highland park. Of course, he had it on long-term lease to a friend, but he didn't tell them about that.
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Some weeks I know exactly what I want to write about and other weeks I seem to struggle.
Some weeks I know exactly what I want to write about and other weeks I seem to struggle. There is so much going on in the world that sometimes I just want to move to some isolated island and chill out. Come to think about it, that's not too bad an idea except for that pesky little detail about affording it. Oh, well, minor details.
This week I've thought about a lot of things and I just can't stop thinking about the huge divide that we have in this country right now and what that means as we move forward as a nation. It seems like the extremes on both sides of the political spectrum have taken over the political discussions and everyone else is left out.
On the Republican side, there are groups that maintain the position that if you don't follow every single plank in the party platform then you are a RINO (Republican In Name Only). And on the Democratic side you have groups that quite frankly will not be happy until we become a socialist country with total control by the federal government.
The problem is that those in the middle don't care enough to tell the fringes that enough is enough. There is no reason that we shouldn't have a functional federal government (versus the dysfunctional one that we have right now) except for the fact that most people (both elected and non-elected) favor politics over policy.
Obviously I have strong conservative personal beliefs that I stand up for and am not afraid to share.
Conversely, I have made friends in Jefferson City with people who are on the opposite side of the political spectrum. And, while I respect their beliefs I won't say that from time to time we didn't clash and that sometimes there just wasn't room for compromise. In those cases, the majority wins and, as the president said, elections do have consequences.
But, where we have lost our way as a country is that everything is now a black and white issue and you either win or you lose – there doesn't seem to be any other options. People don't seem to realize that the world is full of a lot of gray. And, there seems to be very little regard for that little thing we call the Constitution. Don't like a law then just use a regulation to get to the same result. Don't agree with a judge – just ignore what they say and dare someone to do something about it.
So when did compromise become a dirty word and civility get replaced with hostility? I guess it was when people quit caring and became more concerned with what was in it for them versus what was in it for us. Somewhere along the line it became easier to just let the government do everything for us and that way we didn't have to expend as much effort. And, of course there is that little thing called leadership (or lack thereof).
I was conducting a training session earlier this week for a company and asked the question of the group "what is a supervisor?" One of the responses was that they were a leader. To which I asked what does that mean? Leadership is different than supervising and is different than managing or administrating.
Good leaders put public policy ahead of politics. They make decisions that will move the country forward regardless of their own career or legacy. Leaders care more about others than they do about themselves. Leaders take the blame – they don't share the blame. A lot of people claim to be leaders but great leaders are recognized by others and not by themselves. Great leaders cut through the political discourse and lead everyone – not just some of the people.
In the movie "Cool Hand Luke" the warden said to Paul Newman "what we've got here is failure to communicate." I will take a little poetic license and change that to "what we've got here is failure to lead." And that comment is pointed at anyone who claims to be a leader and isn't (regardless of party affiliation). If the shoe fits wear it.
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Submission + - NASA wants new space net to sustain big data dumps; moon and Mars trips (networkworld.com)
coondoggie writes: "What kind of network can support future commercial and government space trips around Earth and support bigger distances to the moon and Mars? NASA is in the process of exploring exactly what technology will be needed beyond 2022 in particular to support future space communication and navigation. The agency recently issued a Request for Information (RFI) to begin planning for such a new architecture."


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Stockton, CA
Wendy Buscaglia
Wendy Buscaglia, 51, passed away peacefully at home on June 29, 2013. She was the beloved
daughter of
Edward Jesus and the late
Penny Jesus. Wendy is survived by her
loving husband
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Christopher; her three children, Breanne, Anthony and Gina; her brother, Nick Jesus and her sister, Cindy West. A lifelong resident of Stockton, Wendy attended St. Mary's High School, pursued her passion to become a hairstylist, and went on to manage her own hair salon, Shear Madness. Above all, Wendy was a devoted wife and mother and a steadfast friend. Ever cheerful, kind, and optimistic, she touched the hearts of everyone who knew her. She will be deeply missed by her family and friends.
A celebration of Wendy's life will be held on Monday, July 15, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Michael's Church, 5882 N. Ashley Lane, Stockton, CA. Memorial contributions in her memory may be made to St. Joseph's Medical Center Foundation, 1800 N. California St., Stockton, CA 95204.


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To the Editor:
Once again, McHenry County College's administration has been enticed into a taxpayer-subsidized enterprise that diverts scarce education dollars from training students for jobs.
Before is was a stadium. Now it's a health club.
Once again, taxpayers are paying $55,000 plus to Power Wellness, which manages health clubs, to show a club funded by nonreferendum debt is "feasible."
In a guest column in the Northwest Herald, MCC's president claimed a "partnership" would allow MCC to expand educational space "without going to the taxpayers."
Really? Power Wellness and Meritage Healthcare Strategies did a market analysis purporting student tuition surcharges/credit hour and health club fees would cover repaying the $44 million borrowed to build a new facility.
Too bad we can't see the study. Especially since Meritage's study for Moraine Valley Community College predicted a "flat market demand" for clubs during the next five years.
Students should not have to pay a tuition surcharge to build a health club. Probably one they can't afford to use, as at Wash-tenaw Community College where Power Wellness has priced students out of their fitness center.
Taxpayers should not have to subsidize a club competing with the private sector.
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The Gators were supposed to romp all over Kentucky on Saturday in The Swamp. While the final score and statistics somewhat hint at a blowout win, the 12-7 halftime score left Gator fans feeling a little queasy. There was a lot that went right on Saturday night and definitely some issues that need to be solved. Here are my thoughts on just what went right and wrong.
What Went Right
The Gators could have done what they wanted to on offense since the Wildcats were almost totally vanilla on defense. With a constant seven men in the box on normal down and distance situations, Florida took advantage of the running game. If you take away Leak's sacks, the Gators ran 35 times for 259 yards or 7.4 yards per carry. The holes were there early and often and Meyer talked about the reason for such great success against Kentucky.
"They sat in a seven man front," Meyer said. "When you see a defense playing with two safeties it means they are giving up the run to defend the pass. I thought we blocked it well and I thought DeShawn had a good game."
DeShawn Wynn finished with his second 104 yard game in a row on Saturday and it was the first time in his career he has had back to back 100 yard games.
The running game gets a new dimension when freshman quarterback Tim Tebow gets in the game. The dynamic play caller averaged 12.2 yards per carry and gained 73 yards on 6 carries in the game. Tebow had two highlight runs in the third quarter before being pulled because he was gassed.
Besides Tebow being a terrific runner and a quarterback who ran for 1,000 yards a year in his high school career, the fact is general math tells us that a running quarterback makes for a better running play. In a general running play in any offense the quarterback is not accounted for. The quarterback hands the ball off and becomes a non-factor. When Tebow fakes the handoff and then keeps the ball, there are two things happening: One, just like in play action, the defense originally flows to the running back, and two the running back acts as an extra blocker or a decoy from the fake. So, the seven men in the box now have one more blocker to contend with and have to respect the running back that burned them for 7.4 yards a carry all night.
This isn't to take anything away from Tebow, who turned in another great performance. It just shows why the coaching staff is probably eager to install the whole package with someone that can do all the things they would like to do with this offense. Meyer praised Tebow Saturday night.
"I felt a lot like those 93,000 people, he kind of fires me up," Meyer said of Tebow's play Saturday night. "We just wish we had seven quarterbacks and hope he doesn't get hit too often. He is an extremely smart guy. Tim is a spark plug. He and Chris (Leak) are great compliments."
Getting the ball to Dallas Baker has been a smart thing for Chris Leak this season who came into the Kentucky game leading the country in passing efficiency. Baker has been a big part of Leak's success and on Saturday night showed some new resiliency after contact in maybe his best yards after catch game of his career. Baker finished with seven catches for 148 yards and I would bet that more than half of the yards came after contact from a defender.
The Gator Nation finally got to see what pressure looks like from a ferocious front seven, when a quarterback sits in the pocket waiting to throw down field. For the first three and half games the opposing quarterbacks have been throwing quick pass after quick pass and not allowing the defensive rush to be a factor. Tennessee took a few chances and the pressure resulted in three sacks. On Saturday, Kentucky got behind and needed to throw down field. The defensive front showed up without heralded defensive tackle Marcus Thomas and made life miserable for the Kentucky quarterback in the second half.
"I saw great pressure from the defensive ends coming off the edge in the second half and that quarterback not having a chance," Meyer said. "A lot of that came from a four man rush and if we are able to do that with a four man rush, we can do a lot of things."
What Went Wrong
It is hard to get on to Chris Leak when the guy is the leading passer in college football. He then goes out and completes 15 of 26 passed for 267 yards and interception and two touchdowns. But, I am not sure Leak had that real sense of urgency at the start of the Kentucky game. Lackadaisical throws during the night rendered an interception and almost decapitation of Andre Caldwell. My biggest concern with Leak on the night is pocket awareness.
I am not talking about finding his receivers; Leak is doing that with ease these days. I am talking about staying in the pocket. Too many times the play called was a five wide receiver set and five man protection. More often than not a beautiful pocket was there and Leak stepped outside the confines of the pocket where looping linemen had no one blocking them. If Leak steps into the pocket, he has all night to throw.
Turnovers were costly. Leak's interception in the end zone certainly almost looked careless. Although Kentucky used so many different zones on the night he certainly got confused. However, had he just lofted the ball a little higher or even better just zipped it in there, it is a touchdown. Both running backs will be doing extra cardio this week for their fumbles. They were careless and that just hasn't happened under Meyer.
The Kentucky offense completed more 10 plus yard catches than I can remember against the Gators with the underneath routes. Most of their yardage was due to sloppy tackling and that could be linked back to Tuesday. The Gators had to practice in a gym on Tuesday instead of their normal hard hitting because lightning caused them to practice inside. That was something Meyer thought made a difference on Saturday.
"I thought we played very hard but not very smart," Meyer said. "I don't think we had a great week of practice. On Tuesday we shuffled around a little bit and were on a gymnasium floor and I let them go. We can't let them do that. You start feeling good about yourself because we go on the road and beat Tennessee. If we don't practice very well on Tuesday, that is on me."
Meyer explained away issues with the place kicking game after the game. Kentucky was illegally hitting the long snapper and allowing them a great jump in the middle of the kick protection. Whatever happened, the kicking game has needed work from the first game.
What's Up Next?
The Gators' revenge game against Alabama looms in The Swamp next week and they've probably circled this particular game on their calendar after last season's embarrassing 31-3 loss. Bama will be limping into Gainesville after an overtime loss to Arkansas on Saturday but they will be bringing a much better defense than Kentucky. Still, it should be a much less stalwart offense than Kentucky brought to Gainesville as Bama's offense has not been that great and very one dimensional this season. If the offense gets rid of the turnovers and finishes drives next week, the final score could be more lopsided than the Kentucky game.


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A major complaint about Google's Chrome web browser has been that so far, it is still not available on anything other than Windows. Google promised to deliver Chrome to Mac OS X and Linux as well, but as it turns out, this is a little harder than they anticipated, Ben Goodger, Google's Chrome interface lead, has explained in an email. It has also been revealed what toolkit the Linux version of Chrome will use: Gtk+.
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Linux is a whole world of hurt on that front
Not exactly. Distributing commercial/precompiled applications is a pretty awful experience on Linux.
But if Google include the GTK interface in Chromium, then they will not have to even lift a finger to get it distributed to all the major distributions. There are many people out there seriously interested in getting Chrome[ium] to work on linux, and there will be no shortage of people willing to create and deliver packages once it has been released


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Even if you're discussing the cotton market, it's impossible to ignore the 900-pound gorilla — the corn market.
"There's record demand for corn now, and everyone wants to talk about ethanol," says Robert Goodman, Auburn University Extension economist. "The corn market is the 900-pound gorilla in crop markets."
But the real driving force behind the current surge in corn prices is exports rather than ethanol, says Goodman. "Farm exports are up $8.3 billion over last year, which is a significant amount of money, and corn exports alone are up by $2.1 billion to nearly $9 billion. There's a real strong export demand for corn, and basically, we're out of corn," he said, speaking at the recent East-Central Alabama Cotton Meeting held in Shorter.
Turning to cotton, Goodman says the United States harvested only 12.8 million acres in 2006, with a large amount of abandoned acreage.
"This past fall, we were expecting a very poor cotton harvest, and we expected cotton prices to increase," he says. "We expected cotton prices to be well into the 60s by this time, but they're not there, and there are several reasons for this."
The No. 1 reason, says Goodman, is that the U.S. crop turned out much better than most people expected. "Even the crop here in Alabama turned out better than we had imagined. Who would have thought in July of last year that Alabama cotton producers would average more than one bale per acre? My estimate was leaning towards the low side of 400 pounds per acre. Conditions looked awful here and in Georgia," he says.
But the crop, he adds, made a turnaround, with more cotton being produced in the United States and in the world than had been forecast.
"U.S. mill use and exports are expected to be down. U.S. mill use has been on the slide now for five or six years. The U.S. spinning industry is gone — we are now in the world market. There are a few guys who are still spinning cotton, but we have to sell our cotton overseas. Whenever there's a big foreign crop, they're competing head-to-head with us. That cotton already is over there, so they'll use it first," says Goodman.
Exports have been slow, he says, at increased prices. "They know the government is going to store our cotton for free. It'll be here when they need it. We have become the residual supplier — the other cotton must be used first. And we don't have the big advantage in quality that we once did. We're the residual supplier, so we have to worry about this world surplus of cotton," he says.
Another reason for the current low prices is the loss of Step 2, says Goodman. "Our cotton is now three or four cents from where it was. It doesn't sound like a lot, but at the margin, a few cents is a big difference in how much cotton we're able to move," says the economist.
All of the U.S. Western states saw a decline in cotton acreage this past year while the Southeast states saw an increase, he says. "It's getting more difficult to grow cotton in the dry desert Southwest, and Texas had a big weather event this past year. But maybe we're starting to see a real comparative advantage in cotton production in the Southeast, and maybe Alabama no longer will be a marginal cotton producer. Perhaps we're getting to the point to where we can produce cotton cheaper than anywhere else," says Goodman.
U.S. cotton yields were at about 820 pounds per acre this past year, while Alabama growers produced just over one bale per acre, he says.
"We still have a ways to go in Alabama, but you have to consider that we don't have that much irrigated cotton. And a lot of that more than 800 pound per acre from this past year was from irrigated ground. So we don't have as much ground to make up as we think."
The only statistic that illustrates that 2006 wasn't a very good year for cotton production is the large amount of abandoned acres, says Goodman. "Where it was bad, it was very, very bad, and it shows in the acres that were abandoned this past year," he says.
Traditionally, cotton prices have not had an impact on U.S. planted acreage, he says, but that could change this year. "We may see a change this year if the price of corn drives down planted acres of cotton."
In August of 2006, USDA was estimating a cotton crop of just over 20 million bales, he says. By February of this year, that estimate had risen to 22 million bales, representing a 2 million bale increase during the fall of 2006. This has been a drag on the market, notes Goodman.
There has been some strength in new crop cotton prices, said Goodman in February. "The 50-cent level appears to be the base level. December 2007 cotton has been below 60 cents since early fall, but it's kind of coming back. Still, these prices are not good news for guys looking to grow cotton this year. I think this upward trend will continue, and old and new crop will continue to show strength as long as the corn bubble doesn't burst, and as long as we plant that big corn crop."
The market knows that something is different about this year, he says. "The market knows something is going on. It knows that farmers are talking about putting this big corn crop into the ground and that we could see a tremendous crop in U.S. planted cotton acres. Moreover, Chinese farmers and Brazilian farmers also are looking at $4 corn. I'm hopeful, from the standpoint of the cotton market, that we'll see a tremendous increase in world grain acreage, as farmers throughout the world try to take advantage of this price bubble in the corn market."
It's still not a certainty, however, that cotton prices will increase further, says Goodman. "Many farmers have the following scenario:
"I am not going to plant corn. I'll let everyone else plant it, but I'm going to stick with cotton. If that happens in the United States and in the world, cotton prices will not improve because we already have a tremendous amount of cotton stocks.
"But if the corn goes in the ground, and if we have good planting weather in the United States and overseas, we will see some improvement in cotton prices as world stocks decline. U.S. stocks are very high, but world stocks aren't excessively high."


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The reaction of the legacy users is not a result of anything particular in the program itself, but the confusion caused by having combined multiple databases with contradictory information. The legacy users find that merely combining or separating records does not solve many of the data problems. Those problems most disturbing to legacy users include relatives entered with the wrong gender, non-relatives included in families, having a person shown as their own father or mother or grandfather or grandmother, and no easy or convenient way of making corrections.
There is also a significant number of users of the program who are so unsophisticated about the program and computers in general, that they do not even grasp what they are looking at on the screen and assume they need to add in all their information from scratch.
I am concerned that the negative reaction of legacy users will discourage new users of the program. I am also concerned that much of the work done by my relatives in sorting out the information over the past two years will be lost when the Utah folks get into the program and starting making their own changes before they understand what is going on.
Of course, a lot of this discussion is meaningless to those outside the Church or who do not have access to the program. But it is my experience that many people who do not presently have access to the program have been given access by those already registered. Since New FamilySearch will ultimately become one of the most complete genealogical databases in the world, it should be of interest even to those will not have access to the information until sometime in the future.
There are many online services, including Ancestry.com, that attempt to provide a service for the sharing of family trees. But none of them attempt to combine multiple family trees into one reference database. As far as I know, every other online program allows each user or collaborative users to upload their family history files, but except for New FamilySearch, there is no effort to combine all the files into one huge database. Ancestry.com's Family Tree program comes close to combining information from multiple trees but New FamilySearch does not maintain separate family trees at all. All of the information entered goes into the one huge database.
I agree, in part, with the Ancestry Insider's recent post about the possible directions New FamilySearch could take. The first suggestion for the ideal family tree system was the ability to easily correct information. Because of the restriction in New FamilySearch concerning ownership of the information, there is no easy way to correct any information you have not personally contributed. Although I must state that the FamilySearch support staff are remarkably responsive in making corrections when asked. But making a simple correction is neither easy and in some cases not even possible. I find a great deal of dissatisfaction from people who cannot correct obvious, to them, errors.
One of the original goals of New FamilySearch was to attempt to limit the duplication of LDS Temple ordinances. Although I have heard reports that the number of duplicate ordinances has been decreased, my personal experience is just the opposite. I believe that many people are using the system to duplicate many, many, many more ordinances. In a recent meeting where a large group of people were shown an introduction to New FamilySearch, the entire group was told that when they went onto the program all they had to do was click on the green arrows and take the names to the Temple. In many cases where New FamilySearch shows a green arrow for an existing name, there are uncombined individuals who show that the ordinance work has been done. I see stacks of cards from Family Ordinance Requests that are nothing but duplicates. We speculate about how long it will take to mine out all of the duplicates already in the system and what efforts are going to be made to limit the additional duplicates created by users adding in their own information rather than checking to see if the information is already in the system.
The long introduction process has given us an opportunity to work through many issues with the use of the program and the data. The programmers have been very responsive in overcoming many of the early problems with the program, but have not been so successful in overcoming the problems with the data. As noted by the Ancestry Insider, the system needs to move towards the following goals:
- sources are used as evidence,
- they can see who changed the data and why they changed it,
- they are able to contact those making changes,
- they can optionally be notified when changes occur,
- they can hook reliable and verified sources to their data, and
- sources are protected and can be modified only by the contributor.


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Jergens Natural Glow Foaming Daily Moisturizer REVIEW
It comes in two shades: Light to Medium and Medium to Tan skin tones. I bought the Medium to Tan because that's all that was available at my Kroger (this stuff has been HARD TO FIND since it's so new). Anyway, I've used it twice so far and it's very much un-like any other self tanning product I've ever tried (and trust me, I've tried them all).
First of all, there is no typical self tanner smell. I actually thought it had no strong smell whatsoever (Jergens is known for it's obnoxiously scented self tanning products). It's the lightest, cleanest smell. However, when you smooth it onto your skin, the scent actually disappears which is cool. First, you shake it up really well and dispense a small amount into your palm. It's best to start out with less than you think you need because since it's a foam, it expands in your hands. It's very similar in texture to that of a thick hair mousse. It really absorbs quickly into the skin and leaves no stickiness, which is what makes it unique. However, I feel that as a "daily moisturizer", it's a little light. My skin feels soft after applying it, but I still feel like I need something more moisturizing. Since it does sink into the skin so quickly though, you can definitely apply a light moisturizer to areas that still feel dry.
About the results, I've noticed absolutely no streaks whatsoever. However, I'm used to using self tanning products and am careful about applying it. I've used it twice and can already see a difference. Not a HUGE difference or anything, but very subtle and natural. I feel like if I used it everyday, it could get to be a bit much, so I might switch to the Light to Medium formula. Or, keep the Medium to Tan formula and just use it every few days.
Also, the can is a bit small. I feel like if I truly used this product everyday, it would be gone in no time. For $8.99, I feel like the can should be a little larger. But that's really my only complaint!
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thanks for your comments about this product. i've been wanting to try it but didnt know if it would have an awful smell.ReplyDelete
thanks again!
I think I'll go get some of this. I don't use any tanning products because of "I'm orange!" stories. xD But this.. I might just have to try!ReplyDelete
Hi Tiffany, I have been using this product for about two weeks now in the Light/Medium shade. I have found the application and color results to be very good. However, I agree with you that is not a good daily moisturizer. In fact, this product has severly dried out my already dry skin. I had to stop using it as frequently and I also had to switch to a richer moisturizer to combat the new dryness. It's a shame because I do find the application easy and the color results very natural. I would recomment this product to someone with very oily skin, but I myself am now on the search for a new tanner that is better for someone with dry skin.ReplyDelete
Is this just for the face or for all over the body use?ReplyDelete
I've been using this in the fair/medium shade for a few days and it is hands down THE best self-tanning product I've ever used. It gives you fast results that are natural looking and has no smell until about 12 hrs after application and even then its super super faint. thanks for reviewing this product! i never would have picked it up otherwise, the foam made me skeptical. but now i think this will be the only self-tanning product i'll use from now on. plus the jergens natural glow healthy complexion daily facial moisturizer. its the 1st facial self-tanner that has worked well AND gives me SPF AND doesn't irritate my sensitive skin. goodbye versa spa! jergens is saving me so much money now haha :) thanks again for your review!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 3, 2009 at 3:00 PM
i think it might be making my skin blochy?ReplyDelete
Well I used this product and noticed a change after one day, I was slightly more tanned, but it was a weird light orangy tan, and then I used it another day and was practicly a carrot, especially in fluerescent lighting, (oops spelled that wrong) And I got made fum of at dance, worst of all the tan looked like it was sitting on my skin, like a had painted myself with 80's foundation, luckily it came off, I dont recomend this product if you are really fair!ReplyDelete
How long do you have to wait before you put your clothes on with this stuff so that it doesn't stain them? Maybe Tiffany you could do a tutorial on how you apply your sunless tanner? That would be great! :) :)ReplyDelete
Are you unable to cope with the wrinkles in your face? If your facial deformity is making you unattractive in front of your hubby and he is drifting away from you, then it is time for you to find out an appropriate solution. A host of skincare treatments are available to erase the wrinkles from your face completely but if you opt for the Revitol cream, the look of your face would be entirely changed and the lines on your face would be a matter of a bygone era. Revitol cream is a product of the Revitol company and all Revitol natural skincare products are available for you at www.herbsncures.com/.ReplyDelete
I was skeptical yet excited to try this product. I'm as fair as they come and I thought I would notice a subtle change. Well, my face seems a little darker as well as parts of my arms. My legs are BLOTCHY and uneven.I'm 50/50 on this product the color on my chest area and arms is rather nice, but my legs and arms are partly blotchy. I wish I knew what I did wrong during the application.......I exfoliated, so that's not the problem maybe it's my technique...Sucks!! Oh well, maybe I'll resort to a tanning bed....I know I don't want to do that, but, I would really LOVE an even TAN for once.ReplyDelete
This is so helpful! thanks!ReplyDelete


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Thursday, December 08, 2005
Truly Tasteless Buckeye Site of the Day
So, in an effort to bring you "The Very Best of the Worst Buckeye Sites on the Web," this post is the first in an occasional "series" listing some of those truly tasteless sites.
Today's listing comes to us from Yahoo Groups and is simply and eloquently entitled (surprise, surprise) "FuckMichigan". First off, the proprietor of this site must be given props because, as you can imagine based on how popular this salutation is in Columbus, he was the first to get in there and claim this coveted name. Well done, sir.
Even more impressive, in his introduction to his "club," there are only a handful of spelling errors so we're obviously dealing with a grad student.
But what I love most of all are the ads at the bottom of the page where a company advertises "related" items on the site based on key words used on the page. They change each time you view the site (so yours might be different) but do you really think the corporate brass at Target know they're advertising their "OSU Throws and Pillows" on the "FuckMichigan" site? I'm going to go out on a limb and guess no. And best of all: next time I clicked on the site there was an ad for - believe it or not - Michigan State! Classic.
If you've found a totally tasteless Buckeye site, please email us.
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- DanDierdorf said...
Yet, I want OSU to beat ND. I wish that game could end in a 3 - 3 tie.
- December 08, 2005 8:17 AM
I got an ad for a book talking frankly about Michigan State. Funniest part I saw was the MState men got a C+ rating. Ugly farmers I guess.
- December 08, 2005 11:02 AM
As interesting as those sites are, I recommend that you not highlight them. Why bring attention to a websites that are so incredibly stupid? Since it's the holidays and bowl season when Buckeyes and Wolverines actually root for each other for the most part, why don't you highlight good websites, like Bucknuts, the O-Zone and others? Yes, the O-Zone has its share of cronies, but there are really some insightful folk over there.
- December 08, 2005 9:12 PM
Now remember this joke's all in good taste. tOSU had a bad season about 5 years ago, so what goes around, comes around:
Since UM had such a mediocre season with game-ending touchdown drives given up to teams like Minnesota, Wisconsin, and tOSU, they have officially announced that the Wolverines are moving to the Philippines. The University of Michigan has officially announced its new name: The Manila Folders.
Yea, yea. It's about a 1 on a scale of 10, but it's better comedy than that F Michigan site. If you're going to have fun with another team, at least do it with class.
- December 08, 2005 11:41 PM
- Yost said...
DBuck, I wish I could disagree w/ you about our team's tendency to fold like a cheap tent in the 4th quarter this year but, alas, I can't.
Thanks for you comments, DBuck. Always welcome those from the "dark side" over here (if you can put up w/ our obviously very biased content).
- December 09, 2005 1:48 AM