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While investigators struggle to piece together what happened when model and fashion editor Lauren Scruggs was severely injured after accidentally walking into the propeller of a small plane, one focus will be the pilot of the aircraft, who has been identified as a friend of her and her family.
Kurt Richmond of Frisco, Texas, was the pilot who flew Scruggs above Dallas to view Christmas lights on Saturday night prior to the accident. Although Richmond has not answered repeated requests for an interview, ABC News has learned that the Scruggs family does not blame Richmond for the accident that severed Lauren's hand and sliced the left side of her face and shoulder. At this point it is still unclear whether she will lose her left eye.
Lauren's parents Cheryl and Jeff Scruggs said that they believe the 23-year-old walked back toward Richmond's plane at the private airport north of Dallas to say a final thank you, perhaps as he was preparing to take off again.
While investigators look into the events leading up to the tragic accident, many are speculating as to why the propeller was left running in the first place. ABC News Aviation Consultant John Nance says that most of the time pilots would never let a passenger in or out with the engine and the propeller running.
The pilot of a bird like an Aviat Husky is going to in almost all cases shut the engine down completely and have the propeller stop, which happens almost immediately as soon as you shut it down," Nance said. "Because we know the danger of having a human being anywhere close to a twirling prop."
Nance agrees that she may not have known that she was in the vicinity of the spinning propeller when she was struck, adding that the engine on a small airplane makes far more noise than the propeller does, and she would need to be acutely aware of the physiology of the airplane to be able to detect it.
"It is highly probable that Lauren was coming back and the pilot did not know that she was in the vicinity … it would be one of your worst nightmares to see somebody looming up out of the darkness towards a propeller that's running," Nance said.
Lauren underwent several surgeries over the weekend and is now in stable condition at Dallas' Parkland Hospital. The extent of her brain injury is still not known, family spokesperson Janee Harrell told ABCNews.com.
She is once again communicating -- when asked her name she said 'Lauren' and when she saw her parents she said "I love you."
"We're just praying that, her left eye will regain its sight. It's just going to be a long journey, a long recovery," Jeff Scruggs told ABC News.
Lauren, who started a fashion website called Lolo and also worked in the wardrobe department of the TV show "Gossip Girl," was not drinking at the time of the accident, according to her parents.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/lauren-scruggs-tragedy-run-planes-propeller/story?id=15102080#.TuFmm3oqPRRWhile investigators struggle to piece together what happened when model and fashion... more
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The work of M.C. Escher needs no introduction. We have all learned to appreciate the impossibilities that this master of illusion's artwork presents to the layman's eye. Nevertheless, it may come as a surprise for some, but many of the so-called 'impossible' drawings of M. C. Escher can be realized as actual physical objects. These objects will resemble the Escher's drawing, of the same name, from a certain viewing direction. This work below presents some of these three-dimensional models that were designed and built using geometric modeling and computer graphics tools.. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/your-details/43023-mc-escher-for-realThe work of M.C. Escher needs no introduction. We have all learned to appreciate the... more
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Please take a minute to read my interview with Carmen Moore. She's made a huge impact on Scifi with roles in The Martian Child, Lost in Space, Flash Gordon, Andromeda, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, Wolf Lake, and the new Blood and Chrome pilot. She just got a Leo for Best Female Lead in a Dramatic series for her role as Leona Stoney on Blackstone and is perhaps the most high profile First Nations actress in CanadaPlease take a minute to read my interview with Carmen Moore. She's made a huge... more
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DJ Mona-Lisa recently launched Cyberspace FM; sexy video featuring DJ Mona-Lisa: http://youtu.be/bpBB9soyZfkDJ Mona-Lisa recently launched Cyberspace FM; sexy video featuring DJ Mona-Lisa:... more
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From the creator & producers of Ms. Exoti Lady World Pageant 2011, Open Casting Call for “Mr. & Ms. Perfect Creatures” was extended and announced on Monday, July 18, 2011 by Exotifit International by Maria Amor in partnership with Jammin Productions. Anyone interested to be part of this beauty pageant competition should contact Maria Amor at 818-983-3602 or email: maria@exotifit.com to set a private casting appointment.
Continue reading on Examiner.com Open Casting Call for “Mr. & Ms. Perfect Creatures” Extended - Los Angeles events | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/events-in-los-angeles/open-casting-call-for-mr-ms-perfect-creatures-extended#ixzz1SV9icuBWFrom the creator & producers of Ms. Exoti Lady World Pageant 2011, Open Casting... more
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Is it her photos,videos, authentic voice or her zest for helping children worldwide? DJ Mona-Lisa rates music of all genres and portrays music in her own styles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bQRwaL0juEIs it her photos,videos, authentic voice or her zest for helping children worldwide?... more
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A candid behind-the-scenes look at a photo session with award-winning glamour photographer scottchurch and model Trinity Chevalier.A candid behind-the-scenes look at a photo session with award-winning glamour... more
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Anna Kournikova, the famous magazine cover model and occasional tennis star is going to join The Biggest Loser replacing Jillian Michaels.Anna Kournikova, the famous magazine cover model and occasional tennis star is going... more
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By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger
Vermont is poised to abolish most forms of private health insurance, Lauren Else reports for In These Times. The state’s newly inaugurated Democratic governor, Peter Shumlin, unveiled his health insurance plan in early February. If the state legislature passes the bill, Vermont will become the first state to ban most forms of private health insurance.
The bill is getting support from some unlikely quarters:
On February 24, the Republican Mayor Christopher Louras, of Rutland, urged the state to adopt the single-payer legislation, noting that more than a third of the city’s $7 million annual payroll is consumed by healthcare costs. “The only way to fix the problem is to blow it up and start over,” Louras said.
A very bad doctor
In the Texas Observer, Saul Elbein tells the bizarre story of small-town huckster Dr. Rolando Arafiles and the nurses who exposed him as a quack and paid with their jobs.
Arafiles came to work at Winkler County Memorial Hospital in 2008. Nurses Anne Mitchell and Vickilyn Galle noticed that patients were walking out of his office with mysterious liquids. Arafiles was selling untested dietary supplements.
Sometimes, he even took patients off their real medicine and directed them to buy his cure-alls, which he sold online, and promoted in seminars at the local Pizza Hut. He prescribed powerful thyroid-stimulating drugs to patients with normal thyroid levels, a potentially lethal practice. He was also performing “unconventional” surgeries, even though he wasn’t a surgeon.
The hospital ignored the nurses’ complaints, so they reported Arafiles to the Texas Medical Board. After the board informed Arafiles that he was under investigation, Arafiles got his golf buddy, the local sheriff, to issue a warrant to search the nurses’ computers. The hospital fired the nurses. The local prosecutor indicted them for “misuse of official information” but these charges fizzled out. In 2010, the two women were awarded $750,000 in compensation from the county, but they still haven’t found new nursing jobs.
What are they doing out there?
Lon Newman is the executive director of Family Planning Health Services, a Wisconsin health clinic that offers birth control and other reproductive health care, but doesn’t provide abortions, or even abortion referrals. Anti-choice protesters picket the clinic anyway, Newman reports at RH Reality Check. They carry signs with misleading slogans like “The Pill Kills” and “Stop Chemical Abortion.”
Newman wonders why, given all the pressing problems in Wisconsin, the nation, and the world, some people make it a priority to hang out at Family Planning Health Services and badmouth birth control:
There are so many struggles for freedom, social justice, and disaster relief right now, that I do not think it is justifiable to be blocking access to health care for our uninsured neighbors who want to delay childbearing so they can finish school or take a new job or even wait to have children until they can afford them.
South Dakota institutes 72-hour abortion waiting period
The governor of South Dakota signed legislation this week that will force women seeking abortions in the state to observe a 72-hour waiting period. As Scott Lemieux argues in TAPPED, mandatory waiting period legislation is based on inherently sexist assumptions. By instituting a waiting period, the state is institutionalizing the stereotype that women seeking abortions are acting irrationally and must be coerced into waiting.
Body positive
Body hatred hasn’t been this popular since the days of the hair shirt. Hundreds of millions of women, and no shortage of men, spend billions of hours and billions of dollars despising their bodies. A new movement is afoot to find the political in this very personal issue, Sarah Seltzer reports in AlterNet. This year, the Women’s Therapy Center Institute will hold a series of summits in New York, London, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, and Melbourne. In keeping with the theme of “Loved Bodies, Big Ideas” participants are discussing a range of ideas for helping to improve body image, including a so-called “reality stamp,” a seal of approval that would indicate that a photograph hasn’t been digitally altered beyond the bounds of reason. Come to think of it, a “reality stamp” could be useful for all kinds of politics.
This post features links to the best independent, progressive reporting about health care by members of The Media Consortium. It is free to reprint. Visit the Pulse for a complete list of articles on health care reform, or follow us on Twitter. And for the best progressive reporting on critical economy, environment, health care and immigration issues, check out The Audit, The Mulch, and The Diaspora. This is a project of The Media Consortium, a network of leading independent media outlets.By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger
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Breaking News Updates Today Go On a Free Bergdorf Goodman Shopping Spree, If You Win this Sweepstakes. Nothing seems to faze her. Ms. Charlotte Dellal, the soul behind the soles of Ms. Charlotte Dellal Olympia, is in the middle of Fashion Week and her second pregnancy.Breaking News Updates Today Go On a Free Bergdorf Goodman Shopping Spree, If You Win... more
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Latest News Updates Former Top Model Ms. Nik Pace has responded to NFL star Braylon Edwards' accusations of gold digging.TEN Thirsk & Sowerby Harriers runners were among the finishers in the Brass Monkey Half Marathon in York.Latest News Updates Former Top Model Ms. Nik Pace has responded to NFL star Braylon... more
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Bravo's 'Top Chef' star Padma Lakshmi is embroiled in a custody battle with venture capitalist Adam Dell to keep her toddler daughter, Krishna.Bravo's 'Top Chef' star Padma Lakshmi is embroiled in a custody battle... more
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I would like to describe the process of photo shoots that are done for either a magazine or advertising and what happens in the process. In most cases the steps are similar for all productions whether it is me or any other photographer.I would like to describe the process of photo shoots that are done for either a... more
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Latest News Updates Today Izabela Lukomska-Pyzalska, a former Playboy model, has taken over Warta Poznan, a polish soccer club. Warta Poznan, a struggling first division soccer club in Poland, received what they hope to be the solution to their problems on the pitch: former Playboy model Izabela Lukomska-Pyzalska.Latest News Updates Today Izabela Lukomska-Pyzalska, a former Playboy model, has taken... more
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Written on January 19, 2011 at 10:32 am by Benjamin Kanarek
Katie Fogarty and Benjamin Kanarek also Published in Harper’s BAZAAR China February 2011 Issue
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“Tales of the Unexpected” with Model Katie Fogarty for Harper’s BAZAAR China, February 2011 IssueWritten on January 19, 2011 at 10:32 am by Benjamin Kanarek
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