Category: News

CONTINUE 01/15/10
Thank you all who have read my post and have tried to contribute to one of the areas below. I have more information if you need it and if you can please pass it around:

all fire stations will be collecting these 5 items

Canned Meat
Canned Fish
Canned Milk (Evaporated)
Canned Milk (Condensed)
Bottled Water

Do not forget that they also need baby supplies, they need clothes and toothbrushes, toothpaste, anything that also has to do with hygiene. Anything can help.

Haiti has suffered tremendously in this earthquake and we are asking that everyone get together and help. You don’t need money to help, you can help donate clothes, canned foods whatever might be helpful.

I have come across a few places here in Miami that are asking for your help:

3555 NW 7th Street, MIAMI FL 33125 – At Life Skills Center from 7AM TO 4PM. 1st Charter leaves Friday. Looking for Food, Clothes, Water, Necessities. Accepting Donations at the school. – PLEASE HELP HAITI!

Haiti Relief——->Large truck that will be on the corner of 1st & Alton Rd. South Beach, FL 33139 –beginning at 6:00 pm today (01/13/10) and will be there 24/7 until it is filled. Items most needed: blankets, tents, batteries, candles, clothing, medicine and canned food.

Publix is collecting donations for Haiti. They have teamed up with American Red Cross to help. Also, Power 96 will be at Calder Race Course from 6-6 tomorrow collecting food, water, etc. PLEASE HELP these people. Every little bit matters. Spread the word.

AMERICAN AIRLINES is taking doctors and nurses to Haiti for free. Please call 212-697-9767. Spread the word. Thank you.

If anyone knows of any other donation locations that I can post, PLEASE let me know.

For Donations (Please help Haiti) Click on one of the links below:

AmericanRedCross.com

Americares.org

More Places to Donate here

Wyclef Jean Haiti

This didn’t only happen to people in Haiti, it’s happening to us. We have people that live among us that have family there, and I send my prayers out to those families. In the Miami Herald this morning I read that two journalist from UF were there working on a documentary there names Jon Bougher and Roman Safiullin, we are still waiting to hear from them. No one has heard from them since this devastating disaster. Safiullin last posted a note on his Facebook page on Jan. 9, saying he was in Port-au-Prince. This means it was most likely that they were still there when the earthquake hit. I hope they are okay, and I hope their families hear back from them soon. UPDATE: I heard in the news last night that they were able to find out that Jon & Roman are in fact okay. I’m sure their parents are now relieved and can breath.

I heard on the radio that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt gave 1 million to help in the relief. I want to say thank you and I hope there are others who have the money like they do to help in this way, in any way.

Please help however you can.

xo,
kristin nicole

The sad devastation:

A 7.0 Earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday killing so far thousands and possibly even more. Tearing down thousands of structures, including schools, the National Palace and U.N peacekeeping headquarters.

The United States and other Nations are building force teams to go aid in the help of this horrific disaster. It was said to be clear that thousands have lost their homes. “The quake struck at 4:53 p.m., centered 10 miles (15 kilometers) west of Port-au-Prince at a depth of only 5 miles (8 kilometers), the U.S. Geological Survey said. USGS geophysicist Kristin Marano called it the strongest earthquake since 1770 in what is now Haiti”. To read more on this story go to news.yahoo.com

My thoughts

Haiti already suffers so much and now for something like this to happen is just devastating. The US and many others like Venezuela and Italy are sending people to help. It’s sad that something so horrible has to happen for other countries to work together. With everything going on it’s a blessing that so many people are willing to help. My prayers go out to the families that are there, the families that have been lost, the families that are here and can’t do anything to help. Yesterday, Today and the days to come are going to be hard, but our country will work together with others to try and help Haiti and the families that have been lost in this sad day. Many will be remembered, this event will always be remembered.

For Donations (Please help Haiti) Click on one of the links below:

AmericanRedCross.com

Americares.org

More Places to Donate here

If you know any other websites we can help donate to please let me know, so that I can post them. Thank you.

xo,
kristin nicole

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I wrote about this just the other day. Woman found in burning North Miami trash bin is identified. I was shocked to hear such a story, well last night I was saddened even more after watching the news and watching her mother cry for her daughter who was only 26 years old. Paula Sladewski once modeled for Playboy was identified on Wednesday (Jan 10, 2010).

Who are they looking for?

The person in question right now is her boyfriend. They went out to Club Space and people said they got into an argument and he left her there. The news stated that The boyfriend, whom police did not identify, reported Paula missing to police and also tried to find her by calling hospitals and jails, interviewing people and hiring a private investigator, his attorney says he was with police for 12 hours talking with them and that he is very devastated and traumatized. He also told the news he had nothing to do with Paula’s murder. Examiners state that she was strangled before she was burned. Her mother was crying saying how sad to know her daughter died looking into the eyes of the person who killed her. Her burns were so bad that she was unrecognizable and they can only send half her body back home. For more on this story you can go to cnn.com

My thoughts:

This is such a sad story and I feel for her family and friends. The only thing that concerns me is that even though they had an argument and the boyfriend got kicked out of club space and Paula decided to stay why he didn’t report her missing until Monday. I can understand that sometimes there are rules about being missing more then 24 hours or something like that, but he left the club Sunday morning at 7am. When she didn’t show up by that afternoon, wouldn’t you wonder and go looking for her, try calling her cell phone? Did this happen often that he didn’t think anything about it? He did however call police first thing Monday and states to look for her in hospitals and even hire a private investigator. I hope that he didn’t do this, but the thought of what happened to poor Paula is devastating and now her family grieves for her. They can’t even have an open casket to try and have closer because her burns were so bad. I just hope they find who did this and fast, because if it wasn’t her boyfriend there is another person out there in Miami who strangled and burned a victim, this can happen to someone else if they aren’t careful. My prayers go out to Paula’s family. May Paula rest in peace and may they catch whoever did this to her.

If you know anything click on my post above for more information as who to call.

xo,
kristin nicole

The story:

A body of a woman was found burned in a trash bin in North Miami Sunday night. She was found in a flaming receptacle when Fire Rescue was called to extinguish the fire. She was identified through her dental records as Paula Johnson, 26 years old.

They are saying Police have not named a suspect or a motive. Investigators asked anyone with information to call Detective Michael Gaudio at 305-891-8111 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

For more information you can also visit miamiherald.com

My thoughts:

Stories like this astonish me every time. How can someone put another human being on fire, leave them there to die in pain. How did Paula get into a situation like this? Was this a family member, a boyfriend, a friend, or was it some random act of “wrong place at the wrong time”?

Every day there are stories, every day people die, every day people grieve for the ones who have passed and every day is another case to be solved. I hope that anyone with information goes to the police. Let Paula’s family get justice for what this person has done to her.

There is a time and place for death, being burned alive, isn’t one of them!

xo,
kristin nicole

This story is no joke…

Did you hear about this? Florida Keys Cops left a ransom note for Forty-eight-year-old Steven Alan Locasio, stating they wanted money for his plants. He called the number and told them he would give them $200.00.

Where did they meet?

Police met Locasio at the corner of Coco Plum Drive and Avenue H in Marathon and Locasio gave detectives the cash while Locasio ended up in handcuffs. His wife Christine Locasio, was also charged with ultivation of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and sale of marijuana.

My thoughts:

Really, these people actually thought that someone would leave a ransom note for some weed plants? And they actually thought the people who took them would take only $200 from them. They really deserve to get caught. It’s incredible what people will do to make a living, and I find it even more incredible that the cops actually were able to pull this off. GOOD FOR YOU COPERS!

xo,
kristin nicole

If you want to read the full story go to cbs4.com

Congrats are in order

Carrie Underwood is engaged to Ottawa Senators hockey player Mike Fisher, her publicist said Monday. There is no wedding date in the works as of yet. Carrie Underwood has been dating Mike Fisher for about a year. They said last Christmas they asked her what she was doing, but she wasn’t sure, saying they were taking it one day at a time. She did thank him in her latest album referring to him has Number 12, stating “Thank you (No.) 12 (referring to his jersey number.) You are the most amazing addition to my life! You are such a wonderful person and have had such an amazing hand in the building of this album and in the growth of me as a person. I love you so much! You make my life better in every way!”

My thoughts:

I didn’t even know Carrie Underwood was dating someone, she sure did keep that on the hush hush. Good for her though, and CONGRATS! I truly hope that this is one of those rare marriages in Hollywood that end up working. I think they should be engaged for at least a year. I know they have been dating for about a year but I’m sure they haven’t spent all that time together like us normal folks. She was doing her stuff, he was out to away games, I think this calls for a little more time before we get married kind of love. That’s just my opinion though. I couldn’t even find a picture of them together, I did find one but then when you clicked on it, it went to another picture, the one you see above. Oh well, hopefully now, we’ll start seeing more pictures of them together. At least one 😉

Congrats Carrie and Mike, I hope your lives are blessed and filled with lots and lots of happiness and love.

xo,
kristin nicole

If you want the entire story go to news.yahoo.com

RIP Brittany

It’s a sad day when you hear about anyone dieing, even if you didn’t know that person on a personal level. Brittany Murphy died of cardiac arrest yesterday morning. She was only 32 years old. Investigations are still under way but the doctors say it looks like natural causes. She leaves a husband, and family and friends behind.

If you want to read the full story go to yahoo.com

My thoughts:

My prayers go out to Brittany’s family and friends who lost a wonderful person in their lives. It’s sad that she passed away at such a young age, and to have cardiac arrest at such a young age is not heard of often, but can happen. Stories like these are the ones that make you sit back and really think to yourself, have I told everyone I care about that I love them today, have I done the things I want to do before I die? Tomorrow is never promised, we live each day as it comes, thinking that it’s a duty to live your life, when in fact its a privilege to have this life.

Today I want to thank everyone who has touched my life in a positive way, and for those who touched my life in a negative way, I also want to thank you, because with out those obstacles in life, I wouldn’t be me! So thank you for showing me how I can be a better person. Thank you to my family and my friends who I can always count on. Thank you to my boyfriend for just being my best friend, the person I can come home to and talk to, the person who just loves me for me. Today I am grateful for life and you should be too.

RIP Brittany Murphy….

xo,
kristin nicole

4 students were removed from Pioneer Middle School after overdosing on over the counter medication. Two eight graders and one seventh grader were sent to the hospital and the other 7th grader was sent home. Two of the students might have stolen the over the counter medicine from a drug store (this is still under investigation) they may be charged for this. One of the other students is said to get the medicine from his home. They take these drugs to get a high.

BSO isn’t telling us what drug they actually took. “The side effects they have to worry about are the cardiac side effect, they can go into cardiac arrest,” Dr. Peter Antevy of Memorial Regional Hospital told CBS 4’s Carey Codd. “They can have a seizure. It slows down their breathing. All things that might land them in a hospital and could kill them.”

My thoughts:

First off, I never thought of ever taking a cold medicine to get high, this is ridiculous, kids are just trying anything now a days. Second I never really new the effects a cold medicine can actually have on a person.

I think BSO should release the name of the cold medicine, I think other parents have the right to know what medicine it is exactly that can cause this to their children. Apparently this drug is also called Triple C, a drug most teens try taking to get high.

Triple C is a drug slang term which refers to cough medicine, derived from Coricidin Cough and Cold – a common over-the-counter antihistamine medication. This medication, like other cough syrup products, can be abused like an illicit drug by taking extremely large doses to get high. The “high” is caused by intake of a large amount of dextromethorphan (DXM), a common active ingredient found in many cough medications. This sort of abuse of “Triple C” can be dangerous. (You can find this information and more at dxmstories.com

Parents need to talk to their children more and explain that even an over the counter medicine can be deadly.

xo,
kristin nicole

If you want to read the full story go to cbs4.com

The story:

A man accused last month was arrested by Broward Sheriff’s Office Wednesday. He was accused of sexually assaulting a 91 year old woman. The man in question… Chad Weiner, 38. He entered the woman’s apartment on November 19th, the woman was heading to the bathroom when he attacked her, tied her up and sexually assaulted her. (BSO said).

The woman told detectives that she had lost her wallet a few weeks before the attack, and had her spare key to her house inside her wallet. The night of the attack she received a strange phone call to her home. Only later detectives found it was Weiner who called her home.

Later DNA evidence and Fingerprints linked Mr. Weiner to the crime. Weiner is being held at the Broward County Main jail and is facing charges of burglary with battery, sexual battery and kidnapping.

My thoughts:

One… GROSS! Dude she’s 91 years old, what were you thinking? I take that back, he obviously wasn’t thinking!!! First thing the women should have done after loosing her wallet was change her locks. I understand though she’s 91 and perhaps didn’t think anything of it. Unfortunately this shows that if you ever lose your key, it’s best to change the locks. This man not only thought about this for weeks he went into action and was grateful enough to leave evidence behind for detectives to find. So thank you for that Mr. Weiner.

I’m glad they caught this guy, what he did was the unthinkable. To be that age, and have to go through such a thing, I couldn’t ever imagine.

xo,
kristin nicole

If you want to read more on this story go to miamiherald.com