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"To become greener in my life, especially with practicing the three Rs: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle!!!"

Las Vegas, NV, USA
female, age 52
divorced
Speaks: Mostly English, Minor in Spanish, Latin in High School
Joined Sep 17, 2011
What I Want to Do: Is Become More EcoFriendly to the Planet
Causes: Build the Border Fence, Las Vegas Rescue Mission, Three Square Food Bank, National Parks Conservation Association, Earthjustice, The Nature Conservancy, Natural Resources Defense Council, National Wildlife Federation, World Wildlife Fund, Arbor Day Foundation
Activities: Listening to Music, Watching Old Movies, Reading, Amateur Stargazing, Loving the Outdoors


 
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Our Desert Storm soldiers will be coming home soon, and some have done two or more tours overseas for this war. I did not support this war. But, after several thousands upon thousands have sacrificed their time, their family relationships, their well-being and their lives for our nation’s safety, I support the troops! After all, they are only doing what is requested of them. We also have an enormous number who have returned permanently maimed, and we need to be considerate to all of them as well.
 http://youtu.be/ervaMPt4Ha0
A Soldier’s Christmas Poem
 http://youtu.be/sUGOjNsE4aY


                                                 




                                      
       

                                                          

                 



          

For Stargazers & Time Lapse Freaks:

Earth Time Lapsed – In HD First time During Night
 http://youtu.be/0BEDHqtb0aw

EARTH – One Video You Need To See
 http://youtu.be/thuViaxRd_w

(HD) Hubble Space Telescope Images 2010 The Stars Like Dust
 http://youtu.be/-61z3ZlFnpQ

Milky Way – Journey Through Our Galaxy
 http://youtu.be/fK_kKo0tPu0

Most Amazing Time Lapse Video Ever Made
 http://youtu.be/evmu4cmjxJY

The Milky Way – Viewed From Death Valley
 http://youtu.be/Zg_iO34_65k

The Ultimate Spy Plane
 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/The-Object-at-Hand-Stealth-Machine.html

Satellite Images Of The New Seven Wonders
 http://www.satimagingcorp.com/gallery-seven-wonders.html

The Southwest Region:



Bees Pollinating Cactus Flower
 http://youtu.be/mHMwpsu1sJs

Time Lapsed – Cereus Cactus Bloom Opening
 http://youtu.be/4kPxKYVwG-g

Desert Plants That Attract Hummingbirds
 http://youtu.be/3Vtq210Q0C0

Desert Hummingbird
 http://youtu.be/9EpD7lxJ6p8

Baby Hummingbirds At The Desert Museum
 http://youtu.be/FnScum_EdVM

Hummingbirds – Unbelievable
 http://youtu.be/lOXuGfIow2Q

Grand Canyon – Time Lapse Photography
 http://youtu.be/pFoiD5iMA9A

Southwestern Paradise
 http://youtu.be/j4S5xbrQReA

Beautiful Natural Wonders:



A Murmuration of Starlings
 http://youtu.be/iRNqhi2ka9k

Polar Bear Cub in the Wild                                           
(Recently, I have been researching two projects I oppose. With the Shell Arctic drilling project starting next year and the Keystone XL Pipeline project temporarily delayed, I have been concerned with the well-being of many Arctic species in the very near future.)
 http://youtu.be/zGFlzNs25x0

Silly & Humorous Stuff:



Buster Keaton & Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle – (1918) The Bellboy
 http://youtu.be/b-A4SGDU6cE

Buster Keaton & Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle – (1918) The Cook: Spaghetti
 http://youtu.be/O7c_3LgJaUU

Buster Keaton – (1923) Fishing
 http://youtu.be/0isS2uz3YBc

Buster Keaton – (1924) Sherlock Jr.: Motorcycle Scene
 http://youtu.be/Cp5fTvEWdh4

Buster Keaton - Wanted - Colored Waiter
 http://youtu.be/gXC2gFD6hO4

Buster Keaton – (1928) Steamboat Bill Jr.
 http://youtu.be/R7Pqqe2CpsQ

Buster Keaton – (1928) Steamboat Bill Jr.: Winds of Change
 http://youtu.be/yjV9tobFjLQ

Dennis The Menace – The Christmas Horse
 http://youtu.be/5iosZHiN4yY
 
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Joined Sep 17, 2011 Activist Aspirations Casual 
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Hometown Moss Beach, CA 
Homepage  
Birthday Jan 03, 1961  
Languages Mostly English, Minor in Spanish, Latin in High School  
About Me I am honest with good character. I am dependable, reliable, and punctual, as well as very self-respecting and hardworking. I practice common decency and respect with others. Despite being friendly, I do not trust people until I observe and evaluate them for a time. I am a good listener, and I am usually weighing people’s words as they are speaking. I am independent and can entertain myself because of being an only child until I was 12 ½ years old.
In my lifetime, I stood under a SR-71 plane, have been to a World Series Game and a Mint 400 (two-day) Race. I have ridden on the backs of motorcycles. I have seen the American and Canadian sides of Niagara Falls, picnicked in areas of Pike’s Peak, camped in National Parks, and enjoyed the beaches in California, Mississippi, Florida, and New Jersey. I graduated with “Highest Honors” with one degree despite being scared to go to college in the first place. I worked close to ten years at Tyson Foods, Inc. before pursuing my Bachelor’s degree.
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Pets Occasional Unwanted Coyotes, Wild Birds, Displaced Desert Chipmunks, Displaced Desert Foxes, Feral Cats Outside  
Activist Aspirations Casual
Political Leaning
Religions Church of Christ  
Eating Habits Trying to cut calories due to my age  
Wild Fact About Me I served in the United States Air Force as a pneudraulics specialist and worked on F-4D and F-4E aircraft models. I married a fellow pneudraulic specialist. We spent a year in South Korea under martial law due to a coup de taut involving the assassinations of President Park Chung-hee and some government officials. Within 48 hours, approximately eight people were murdered. Now, for a 17-year-period, President Park was a democratic-dictator, in the sense that, he never robbed or oppressed his people. He only killed and/or imprisoned his enemies and all opposition to his dream for his country. He was the only president after the Korean War who pulled his people out of the clay and the dung and restored their dignity by creating and establishing many industries for rebuilding their war-ravaged county. Even today, he is still revered by the people of South Korea.
We were also working the flight line on Osan AFB when President Chun Doo-hwan—who claimed he would only be president for a year until the democratic elections took place, but he actually took the power of the presidency—and a Republic of Korea General, Roh Tae-woo, massacred 165 university students—and possibly abducted an additional 65 students who are still missing and presumed dead—in Gwangju for demonstrating for democracy.
A few weeks before completing our 11-month-and-22-day-tour, my husband and I were talking about the government. We both thought the people of South Korea would never see democracy, but we were wrong! President Chun Doo-Hwan was president for a little more than eight years, and, then, General Roh Tae-woo was president for five years. President Roh’s successor, Kim Young-sam, led an anti-corruption campaign that charged, arrested, tried, and sentenced Chun, Roh, and others for corruption, mutiny, and treason. In 1996, Chun was sentenced to death and Roh was sentenced to 22 years in prison for the 1979 coup de taut and for the Gwangju massacre on March 18, 1980.
My point to this summary is that everyone’s military service is important whether he or she is in a war or not. America’s military presence often evokes the desire for other counties to pursue and achieve democratic governments and societies for themselves. I separated with an E-4 Honorable Discharge and later divorced.
My Philosophy My family and ancestry were Catholics, but my father never arranged for or allowed me to be baptized. When I was in my twenties, I decided on the Church of Christ faith as my religion. The Church of Christ faith puts a great emphasis on Bible study, because the Holy Bible is its only foundation. It does not have any church doctrine whatsoever. As a matter of fact, one of my ministers was one of my Bible study teachers. He was a firm believer that Christians could not really develop a basic foundation of the Word of God without reading the entire Bible at least three times. Needless to say, this same minister also felt we should read the entire Bible at least forty times during our lifetimes. Well, I have read the Bible from cover to cover three times. Some sections I have read hundreds of times, for example, Psalms, but I failed the minister by not reading the Bible from cover to cover every year. Looking back, I am very grateful for the two to three years I spent studying under this man in Bible study. By the way, we are the faith that sings acapella in most of its churches.
What Gives Me Hope Seeing justice played out properly
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by
What/who changed my life and why Some extremely violent relationships awakened me to needing a baptism, desiring a relationship with God, and appreciating the angel that God had assigned over me.
What Bugs Me Child Victims, Manipulators, Abusive People, Disrespectful People, Inconsiderate Drivers, Thieves, Liars  
Passions Overcoming Adversity, Stargazing, Observing and Enjoying Nature in Motion, Enjoying Sunrises and Sunsets, Being a Good Friend, Being a Good Listener, Paying My Bills on Time, Learning and Experiencing New Things, Reading Books and Magazines  
Inspirations  
What Scares Me  
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Role Models People in emotional pain with, great losses who take care, of other people before themselves, People with handicaps who function, as if they were whole, People married 25 or more years, to the same spouse  
Quotation
Interests Mostly Remaining Employed, Stargazing, Walking, Reading, Keeping in Touch with Old Friends, Writing and Sending Letters to Friends  
Books Bible (KJV), National Parks, Smithsonian, National Geographic, AARP Magazine  
Music Occasionally #1 Hits, Mostly Classical and Jazz  
Movies Old Movie Classics, Crime Dramas, Mysteries, Adventures  
TV Shows The Closer, Rizzoli and Isles, The Killing, NCIS and all CIS Programs, Law and Order, The Sci Fi Channel, History Channel  
Favorite Foods Big on Fruits and Vegetables, A Variety of Nuts, Manicotti, Lasagna, Chili, Beef Stew, Beef Stroganoff, Marinated Meats  
Favorite Places Any Place with Rain and Snow!, A Long Since Gone House with, A Five-Acre Flower Garden, National Parks in California, National Parks in Florida, The Beaches of California, The Beaches of Florida, The Mountains of Arkansas, The Hills of Missouri  
Can't Live Without The Lord Jesus Christ and The Holy Ghost, Prayer and Fasting to Abba Father, The Holy Bible (KJV), The Beauty of the Planet, Moments of Relaxation, Classical Music  
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    Thanks for the green star Portland! It's very much appreciated! Hope your day is going great!!..Love Ya! Carol

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