TU Tuesday - Local

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/5-hurt-driver-arrested-in-Schenectady-crash-3585965.php

In my article I read about a severe accident that happened in Schenectady  that occurred last Friday. The driver was a woman by the name of Aisha Pounds and was pulled over just around 4 in the morning. Police stated "officers returned to their cruiser to check Pounds' motor vehicle information, she sped south on Hulett toward the Mont Pleasant neighborhood, police said. They added that she had lied to them about her identity because of an outstanding petit larceny warrant from Guilderland". Aisha pursued to speed off away from cops she had crashed right into a big telephone pole seriously injuring the passengers that were in the car with her. One victim and Aisha herself were taken to Albany Medical Center to get treated for their injuries."Three other passengers were taken to Ellis Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, a city police spokesman said. The sixth person in the car was not hurt." I think it's absolutely terrible that she put all the people in great danger including her self just because she decided to lie to the police. Aisha should be greatly punished for her actions and I wouldn't blame the people in the car to press charges on her. The final statement from police is "Pounds was charged with five counts of second-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree criminal impersonation, third-degree unlawful fleeing a police officer, reckless driving and multiple traffic violations. She was to be arraigned in the hospital.". I'm really glad that she is getting charged with everything that she got, she deserves to go to jail for her poor decisions and I hope that every one that got hurt is going to turn out okay.

22. Why is our military so important?

In each and every country I believe it is very important to have a strong prepared military to protect and serve your country. Without our military I feel there would be a lot more conflict and our country would feel less safe to live in our country. Our military provides security for land and even water parts of our country to protect us as citizens. You have to have a lot of bravery and courage to join the military because it is not an easy job what so ever. I believe you have to give up a lot to be in the military even giving up spending time with your family.
Without the special training they use to protect us i feel like we would of lost a lot more battles our country wouldn't be who we are today. I am really thankful for having such a well prepped army and always ready to be armed for our country and people in our country should really respect them for everything they do for our country on a regular basis. The military gives us the real protection each and every country should feel they have.

Conversation Starters.

Ice Breakers

Where did you grow up? I grew up in Clifton park New York, I have moved from there to Colonie then to here in Guilderland

Do you have any pets? Yes I do, I have two dogs who are extremely annoying and obnoxious and I would much rather just settle with having a fish because they don't shed or make a bunch of noise.

Do you have any siblings? I have 1 real brother and his name is Tony, he is 27. Both my parents re married and I now have a step brother Steven who is 23, and a half sister Layla who is 8.

Do you know what your your name means? My name means "Heroine of God" or "Woman of God". It's really weird I never knew that about my name before.

What type of phone do you have? I have this Pan tech slide up phone which I absolutely despise. I want an Iphone so badly but of course AT&T has wicked long contracts.

What did you do this past weekend? This weekend I hung out with my friends on Friday and went to the Armory in Albany. On Saturday I went to my boyfriend's cousins baby shower and had a fire at my house. And finally on Sunday I jumped into my pool for the first time this year and it was the most frigid ice water I have ever experienced in my whole life and I will wait until the middle of June to ever jump in again.

What are your plans for this weekend? For this weekend I want to once again hang out with my friends again and I usually so that Friday and Saturday. Me and Mom will probably do some summer shopping because I am in desperate need of summer clothes and new sandles for the season.

What do you like to do in your spare time? In my spare time I really like spending time with my boyfriend Ricky. He's my best friend so I absolutely love every minute I get to see him because we get along so well.

What is the first thing you do when you wake up? Everyday when I wake up the first thing I most likely do is check my phone too see if I missed any messages when I was sleeping then I go on my laptop to wake up, very strange I know.

What is the last thing you do before you go to sleep? I talk on the phone with Ricky until I finally pass out then call it a night.

What is your middle name? Rose

What was the last thing you purchased? A

What is your favorite holiday? My birthday all the way. I love how the whole day is doing what you want and having all your friends over to get together. I always go out to dinner with everyone including my family on my birthday which I always love doing.

What is your favorite day of the week? Saturday! All the way because I know I get to sleep in and enjoy the rest and get a full nice charge so I am ready for the day to do whatever I do that day. The best part is knowing I am not in school makes it ten times better.

If you could meet anyone in history, who would it be? If I could meet anyone in history I would want to meet Rosa Parks because she made such an impact on the justice of different races and made the lead to having freedom for them.

What do you like to do to relax? I adore taking naps right after school, but when it's a really nice warm breezy day out I love taking a nice nap on my hammock its so relaxing.

Are you a saver or a spender? Definitely a saver, Whenever I get money I always try my best to put it away and save it for the longest time possible so if anything ever came up I would have some money and I can go and spend it on stuff that are actually reasonable and something I need.

Do you play any instruments? Oh no, I used to in middle school for the first year and dropped it right after because I hated missing class to go to those annoying lessons and I would always miss them and my teacher would freak out about not being responsible.

34. Should the alcoholic drinking age be increased or decreased

I believe that the drinking age should be decrease, now I'm not saying because I regularly practice drinking as my thing but I'm saying I think at the age of 18 it would be an appropriate drinking age for America.

• 18 would be an appropriate drinking age because 18 years old because at 18 many young adults are at the age of going off to collage to become adults. For some part you're on your own and you that's when you start making you're own decisions on what you want to do. You should have the mind set of knowing what it does to you and your body and the affects that it will cause.
• At 18 you can already buy cigarettes, weapons, go to war and buy other items that you don't need to be over the age of 21 over. So why not be able to buy alcohol at the age of 18? You should know all the facts of alcohol and what it does to your body as it can harm you. Cigarettes can harm your body just as much and people put the own risk to them selves.
• When you're 18 you want to be able to do the things you want to do and you get urges to rebel against parents and or cops. Many teens who are under ages drive home drunk because they are afraid to call their parents admitting that they are drunk to get a ride home and this may lead into a serious accident or getting pulled over and getting a DWI. So with lowering the age will increase peoples safety on the roads while driving home
• Lowering the drinking age would increase the restaurant and bar and grill economy because many people under the age of 21 want to enjoy the activity of drinking and should be able to get served at the age of 18. I say if the person gets hurt and or pulled over for drinking they should pay their own consequences by paying a fine or face legal consequences
• Also, many other surrounding countries have a drinking age under 21

TU Tuesday - Commencement Speech.

http://www.humanity.org/voices/commencements/bill-gates-harvard-university-speech-2007
http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/all/article/282394/Inequality/

Life expectations and taking opportunities as an optimistic chance to change your life is the main route Steve Jobs was speaking about in his commencement speech. According to Steve Jobs he implies a very strong message “I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world’s deepest inequities, on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but their humanity.” Through out his whole speech he goes on with such powerful wisdom and thought that bring you to a peace of mind agreeing for me personally. I really like in the beginning how he addresses his own flaws not just jumping into how he is making a huge success out of his life. "I guess that makes me valedictorian of my own special class; I did the best of everyone who failed.". I liked how he brought up not only the graduates there but how he admitted that he knew nothing about the terrible impact of others in the outside world, starving children and other serious topics many Americans are uneducated about.


Steve Jobs brought up the fact we could make our work forces help and work for the unfortunate people by making more room and jobs for them too work actually. Which to me is a brilliant yet so simple idea that would put a lot of our even Americans out of debt. He said also "If we can find approaches that meet the needs of the poor in ways that generate profits for business and votes for politicians, we will have found a sustainable way to reduce inequity in the world." The key word I got out of this passage was "Inequality". Many citizens here feel there isn't a complete balance with society and feel they have no other choice in life but poverty. But, just like him he believes the common person thinks They say: “Inequity has been with us since the beginning, and will be with us till the end-because people just don’t care.” which is on my part true. I disagree with him as well and many people in our society have as much care and generosity to share among our people. As Steve said "We need to find our solution".


People in our today's world feel everything has to be perfect. Their looks, body, their grades and salary. Simplistically saying "Perfection is merely your everyday goals, the little things that make you smile and make you who you have come to be. Reaching perfection means reaching a feeling of happiness from doing what you love to do and also feeling absolutely wonderful from doing it. Perfection is the key to your comfort zone, never follow what others feel or think is the best" I absolutely agree with the author of this passage because it's true if people don't reach their key goal they feel they haven't met perfection. Which brings me to take your time with what you do, don't worry about anothers opinion and reach your goal. "Although another’s words may become of motivation to you, molding your life to fir another’s lifestyle will not guarantee you perfection or success. The only thing it is certain of doing is making you regret your choices in the future."

Tried and True.

Man, Well rough year first of all who ever is going through this patch of time. Well lets first off say this, breaking up is not a simple or easy thing to go through as my personal opinion yet I feel at least you will go through one tough heart tearing one in your life time. Well, according to facebook which for me is perfectly inaccurate but, here it shows the limits are really pushed with spring break and 2 weeks before Christmas. So, here's my personal advice to you. For not even every holiday but for every day circumstances watch out for your loved ones feelings toward you! You should feel you can openly talk to one another with out automatically thinking "we have to break up now". I guess if your attractive boy/girlfriend is a crazy one and is going on a all out bananza on spring break and you question your trust for them it's called sitting down and speaking to them not just throwing in the towel! I could understand why some people would break up on this event particularly but, to keep the peace and to keep the relationship on track tell your loved one how you feel if you feel its slipping away. I now know some things happen for a reason but you have to let things fall in place. From my point of view you should never break up with someone on a near or upcoming important holiday it absolutely crushed the other partner and they will be mentally broken! If you are going to break up with them please do it on a weekday so they can cope with their friends on the weekend or have a heart and try to at least fix the issue and not do it on a holiday where they are perfectly miserable. That's my relationship advice!

(University of Pennsylvania)

You've just written a 300-page autobiography. Send us page 217. (University of Pennsylvania)

 "I pull into North bridge drive on a hot summer afternoon with my elementary school friend Rachel. My mom said I will really like him and how happy he makes her. I analyze the small white house with the black shutters and the little steps it has in the front as we pull up. Out waits a little white fluffy dog barking at our feet waiting for us to come inside. I see my moms new boyfriend now husband Les appear at the door. He definitely wasn't as I pictured him to look like? He was more of a heavier set man and very tall but had the sweetest voice to him that made him seem so inviting. He brought us back into the backyard where I saw his giant pool with a slide that we couldn't wait to go on. Next to it was this giant bubbling hot tub steaming out the sides. We had so much fun that day from the splashing in the pool to the camp fire at the night time. From that point on I always loved going over Les's house and enjoyed seeing my mom finally so happy with someone. It wasn't long before we made the big move from Colonie to here at Guilderland when I was in 7th grade. I was actually really happy I got a new chance to make new friends and be in the same school as my best friend Lexy. Every summer now I absolutely love sitting out by the pool and in the winter going in the hot tub. Most of all I love seeing how happy my mom finally is with someone she found. "

The Rich and Famous.

My favorite actor has to be Ryan Reynolds. Ryan started to become famous in the Nickelodeon Television network  series "Fifteen" in 1990. He played in other small films over the years between 1990-1998. He then landed his first big movie "Two guys one girl and a pizza shop" in 1998. My favorite movie Ryan stared in has to be "The Proposal". I think he is a attractive and funny actor. A lot of the movies he stars in he plays a role in a comedy love movie.



http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005351/bio

My favorite actress is Rachel McAdam's. Rachel started acting at the early age of just 13. She took a hit role in the movie many High school students know as "Mean Girls". She played the popular girl Regina. My favorite movie that she plays is a tie between "The Notebook" and "The Vow". I think she is such an amazing actress and takes her job very well and is liked by many people. Rachel always plays such attention grabbing roles and always says meaningful things in parts that she plays.



http://www.myrachelmcadams.com/info/biography.html

My favorite singer by far is Brad Paisley. I absolutely love country music and he sings is to perfection. He made his fist public start at the age of 10 at a local church. From then on he started writing his own music and began performing them. He's had various number one hit songs such as "Old Alabama"; "I'm gonna miss her"; "I'd wish you'd stay" and many more. My favorite song by him is "Love her like she's leaving" and "A letter to me". He writes a lot of love songs that really touch you when you hear them. I think he is a well rounded guy that has a true heart for his music and puts his soul into it when hes writing it.

http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/paisley_brad/bio.jhtml

98 Just When I Think I Am Done

Honestly I think the title in this explains so much about High school life it's not even funny. I find myself thinking this to myself almost daily. It comes down to it so much and it's really not the best feeling ever. I'll be thinking I'm writing this fantastic paper I wipe the sweat off my brow crack my cramping hands and I look down at the rubric and it will chime in "Oh hey guys make sure you you are adding this! "Or make sure to turn over this sheet when you're done!". Non-nonchalantly I'll just want to throw a brick at my computer screen because it means I have to erase about half my work and start from a deathly cold beginning which will end up taking me until my bed time which always isn't the best mixture waking up at 5:30 in the morning. I always think I'm just about done when look and realize I've done the wrong page number summary for Biology which I must say are really long... or do the wrong set of math problems. It drives me absolutely nuts, Yes I know it's partially my fault for not fully being aware of these simple errors but I always seem to run into this non stopping problem which will seem to be the death of me! 

TU Tuesday - Classified

Febe is a 2 1/2 year old female German Shepherd for sale. She is full grown and is small; about 49 lbs, and is 20" at withers. Black and tan. Febe is AKC registered.  See website for photo. www.vorteilkennel.com Febe is smaller than the german shepherd breed standard for females. She is a delight to train, and has an engaging personality. She is housebroken and obedience trained. She gets along with other dogs, but not with cats. She is shy and takes time to warm up to strangers. She should go to an owner who will do some type of training with her (Schutzhund, agility, tracking...) Febe is a working dog with lots of energy.

http://timesunion.kaango.com/ad-german-shepherd-for-sale/20523589

They say a dog is a mans best friend but in this case its shared with the love of a man and a woman. Carrie and I were in the honeymoon stage of our two month marriage just moving into a cute creamy green 2 bedroom house on Park Ave. in the town of East Nassau. Growing up Carrie and I both grew up with animals and absolutely adored them, and now we thought we wanted one of our own. A little step forward into developing our family down the road.

Our little Honda accord stretched into the beaten up driveway of a woman by the name of Sally Reel who posted an ad for German Shepard dogs on her 13 acre farm house. Carrie and I fell in love with the "Black and Tan" fur ball in the picture that came with the story behind her. As we arrive in the house the feeling of pure joy fills my heart as I see all the dogs running ramped through her yard. We see Sally whistle the dogs in as she sees us jump out of the car and head over to her front wrap around porch.

Looking at all the dogs one is particular caught our eye specifically. Sally mentioned to us " She is housebroken and obedience trained. She gets along with other dogs, but not with cats. She is shy and takes time to warm up to strangers. She should go to an owner who will do some type of training with her". Taking the mental note of the description we just absorbed we made a mental check list of all the things that came with her and she seemed like a perfect fit into our little world. Carrie and I sat down with Sally and went over all her needs and care taking that came with the girl and we agree with a smile that were taking her home that day.

We pile her into the car with her tongue hanging out in the August evening breeze. I remember it being such a beautiful night to have for us and all the memories that came with that single car ride. I turn to station 103.5 as their playing a commercial for a new episode of the new hit show "Friends" it tells all about how Febe and Rachel and Ross get in a dispute and it clicked. Febe! It fit perfectly with her outgoing little personality she had with her.

Till this day me and Carrie take Febe on those long car rides down on the back roads with our sin roof open and let her stick her furry little head out the top with her tongue hanging in the wind. It cracks us up to see how much shse grew into our lives and how perfectly she fits right into our lives. I'll never forget that warm August evening along with the happiness that perfect pup brought us.