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August 21, 2015
Kaley Szarmack said she was in waist deep water about 3:30 Wednesday afternoon near 25th Avenue South when a shark tore into her leg.
Rescuers rushed her to Wolfson Children's Hospital, where she underwent surgery and received 90 stitches to close the wound.
I spoke with Kaley in her hospital room Friday morning. She's a tough kid and has a good sense of humor. She had some pretty deep cuts in her leg, but firefighters were able to stop the bleeding at the beach.
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Kaley said she's feeling better every day.
She said after the shark bit her, she ran to shore but then noticed her 6-year-old friend was still in the water, so she got back out there and pulled the girl in. Kaley said she just did what she had to do.
“I thought it was like a crab or something holding onto me, and then I turned around and you could see the back of it thrashing,” Kaley said. “I was like, 'Oh my gosh, that's a shark!' So we all ran in and that little 6-year-old, she wasn't fast enough. She is very skinny, too -- shouldn't have a lot of meat or anything on her. So I was like, 'Oh gosh.' So it kind of freaked me out.
“I wasn't really paying attention to my leg then, so I ran out. She wasn't too far out, but it was close enough to where I probably could have gotten her, so I went and grabbed her, and I ran her up to the beach.”
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I asked her if she's planning on going back in the ocean after she's better and out of the hospital.
“I am sure of it,” Kaley said. “It's just my favorite thing to do.”
Dr. George Burgess, one of the world's top shark experts, said, looking at Kaley's wound, it appears the shark that bit her was probably no more than 4 feet long. He's not sure of the species, because the shark didn't leave any teeth behind. Burgess said he plans to follow up with Kaley to learn more about what happened.
I can not imagine this.
10 year old girl gets bitten by shark, pulls 6 year old friend to safety.
http://www.news4jax.com/news/girl-bitten-by-shark-pulls-friend-to-safety/34843102Kaley Szarmack said she was in waist deep water about 3:30 Wednesday afternoon near 25th Avenue South when a shark tore into her leg.
Rescuers rushed her to Wolfson Children's Hospital, where she underwent surgery and received 90 stitches to close the wound.
I spoke with Kaley in her hospital room Friday morning. She's a tough kid and has a good sense of humor. She had some pretty deep cuts in her leg, but firefighters were able to stop the bleeding at the beach.
snip
Kaley said she's feeling better every day.
She said after the shark bit her, she ran to shore but then noticed her 6-year-old friend was still in the water, so she got back out there and pulled the girl in. Kaley said she just did what she had to do.
“I thought it was like a crab or something holding onto me, and then I turned around and you could see the back of it thrashing,” Kaley said. “I was like, 'Oh my gosh, that's a shark!' So we all ran in and that little 6-year-old, she wasn't fast enough. She is very skinny, too -- shouldn't have a lot of meat or anything on her. So I was like, 'Oh gosh.' So it kind of freaked me out.
“I wasn't really paying attention to my leg then, so I ran out. She wasn't too far out, but it was close enough to where I probably could have gotten her, so I went and grabbed her, and I ran her up to the beach.”
snip
I asked her if she's planning on going back in the ocean after she's better and out of the hospital.
“I am sure of it,” Kaley said. “It's just my favorite thing to do.”
Dr. George Burgess, one of the world's top shark experts, said, looking at Kaley's wound, it appears the shark that bit her was probably no more than 4 feet long. He's not sure of the species, because the shark didn't leave any teeth behind. Burgess said he plans to follow up with Kaley to learn more about what happened.
I can not imagine this.
August 21, 2015
gee I wonder what was in those buildings?
Thousands of dead fish have washed up on the shores of the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, eight days after a series of deadly explosions at a warehouse killed at least 114 people, injured hundreds more, and left 69 people, mainly firefighters, still missing.
Photos shared on social media have racked up thousands of views since Thursday and show large numbers of dead fish gathered on the banks of the Haihe River, about four miles from the blast site, reports the state-run newspaper China Daily.
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The huge die-off of fish has led residents to worry that toxic chemicals from the blast could have contaminated the waters around the city—the world's tenth largest port.
Chinese authorities have confirmed that the warehouse at the center of the blast stored about 40 different hazardous chemicals—among them were 700 tons of highly-toxic sodium cyanide, the New York Times reports.
But local environmental officials said they found no toxic levels of cyanide in the water where the dead fish appeared, although they were still investigating the precise cause of the mass deaths.
Den Xiaowen, director of the Tianjin Environmental Monitoring Center, said it was not unusual to see large quantities of dead fish in summer.
"When the temperature rises, oxygen will evaporate and fish may die of hypoxia," he said at a press conference Thursday.
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Authorities announced Thursday that eight out of 42 water-quality monitoring sites set up around the blast zone detected excessive levels of cyanide, with one site exceeding 356 times the normal level. Clean-up teams have set up quarantined zones to block the cyanide-tainted water and were still working to decontaminate the area, reports the state-linked Global Times.
thousands of fish die off after hugh blast in China.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/thousands-of-dead-fish-wash-up-on-tianjin’s-shores-a-week-after-the-blasts/ar-BBlXmXA?ocid=ansmsnnews11gee I wonder what was in those buildings?
Thousands of dead fish have washed up on the shores of the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, eight days after a series of deadly explosions at a warehouse killed at least 114 people, injured hundreds more, and left 69 people, mainly firefighters, still missing.
Photos shared on social media have racked up thousands of views since Thursday and show large numbers of dead fish gathered on the banks of the Haihe River, about four miles from the blast site, reports the state-run newspaper China Daily.
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The huge die-off of fish has led residents to worry that toxic chemicals from the blast could have contaminated the waters around the city—the world's tenth largest port.
Chinese authorities have confirmed that the warehouse at the center of the blast stored about 40 different hazardous chemicals—among them were 700 tons of highly-toxic sodium cyanide, the New York Times reports.
But local environmental officials said they found no toxic levels of cyanide in the water where the dead fish appeared, although they were still investigating the precise cause of the mass deaths.
Den Xiaowen, director of the Tianjin Environmental Monitoring Center, said it was not unusual to see large quantities of dead fish in summer.
"When the temperature rises, oxygen will evaporate and fish may die of hypoxia," he said at a press conference Thursday.
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Authorities announced Thursday that eight out of 42 water-quality monitoring sites set up around the blast zone detected excessive levels of cyanide, with one site exceeding 356 times the normal level. Clean-up teams have set up quarantined zones to block the cyanide-tainted water and were still working to decontaminate the area, reports the state-linked Global Times.
August 19, 2015
Roy and his wife are uber geeks. and die hard trekies ( and star wars, dr who etc)
but Bernie is winning over the geeks as well …..
saw this and thought it was neat.
http://www.gocomics.com/working-dazeRoy and his wife are uber geeks. and die hard trekies ( and star wars, dr who etc)
but Bernie is winning over the geeks as well …..
August 19, 2015
DALLAS – James Hutcheson has many questions about why his brother died in a deadly scuffle in the Dallas County jail lobby.
His latest question: Why did the sheriff's department wait so long to put six staff members involved in the incident on restricted duty?
"You would think that would have happened on day one," he said. "I don't understand. It's like the whole thing it's been nothing but a cover up."
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James Hutcheson, his mother, and his brother's wife spoke out during an emotional press conference Friday, demanding the release of video surveillance footage from the fatal confrontation on August 1.
Dallas County Sheriff's Office officials have yet to respond to a request to explain why there was lag time in putting those involved in the confrontation with Joseph Hutcheson on restricted duty, but clearly pressure is beginning to build on Sheriff Lupe Valdez.
News 8 has learned that several members of the LBGT community have reached out to one of the civil right activists involved in the protests and ask that he back off of criticizing the sheriff. Valdez is the first openly-gay elected sheriff in the state.
Hutcheson's brother, Joseph, ran into the jail lobby on Aug. 1, screaming for help. Sheriff's officials say his behavior was erratic and strange, so they restrained and handcuffed the unarmed man.
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But witnesses interviewed by News 8 that day say the deputies stepped over the line.
"They had him on the ground trying to get him handcuffed," said April Berryhill, a witness. "They got him handcuffed, and one of the jailers had his knee blocking [Joseph Hutcheson's] airway. In between the breaths, the man is going, 'I can't breathe. I'm sorry. Please don't kill me.' Then you didn't hear anything from him anymore."
Berryhill says Joseph Hutcheson turned blue and urinated on himself. At one point, she approached an officer, telling him that it didn't look like Joseph Hutcheson was breathing.
"He said, 'Oh, he's faking it,'" Berryhill said, adding that it took about 20 minutes before medical assistance was provided.
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Joseph Hutcheson's brother says that knowing that he died on a jail lobby floor just breaks his heart. The family believes that Joseph was having a medical emergency. They say the night before he had gone to Parkland Hospital because he was having chest pains. It is not clear if he was seen by medical staff.
The sheriff's department has refused to release footage of the incident, saying it would taint witnesses who they have yet to interview.
James Hutcheson questions why they would still need to be interviewing people. He questions why they would not have gathered witnesses up that day and interviewed them immediately.
more at the link ….
sounds like the cover up in in full mode to protect
the guilty.
also WTF does the sheriff's sexual orientation have to do with anything?
because the sheriff is gay , they get a pass?
I can't breath - please don't kill me - Dallas PD kills a man seeking help.
http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/dallas-county/2015/08/17/questions-mount--family--man-who-died--dallas-co-jail/31884433/DALLAS – James Hutcheson has many questions about why his brother died in a deadly scuffle in the Dallas County jail lobby.
His latest question: Why did the sheriff's department wait so long to put six staff members involved in the incident on restricted duty?
"You would think that would have happened on day one," he said. "I don't understand. It's like the whole thing it's been nothing but a cover up."
snip
James Hutcheson, his mother, and his brother's wife spoke out during an emotional press conference Friday, demanding the release of video surveillance footage from the fatal confrontation on August 1.
Dallas County Sheriff's Office officials have yet to respond to a request to explain why there was lag time in putting those involved in the confrontation with Joseph Hutcheson on restricted duty, but clearly pressure is beginning to build on Sheriff Lupe Valdez.
News 8 has learned that several members of the LBGT community have reached out to one of the civil right activists involved in the protests and ask that he back off of criticizing the sheriff. Valdez is the first openly-gay elected sheriff in the state.
Hutcheson's brother, Joseph, ran into the jail lobby on Aug. 1, screaming for help. Sheriff's officials say his behavior was erratic and strange, so they restrained and handcuffed the unarmed man.
snip
But witnesses interviewed by News 8 that day say the deputies stepped over the line.
"They had him on the ground trying to get him handcuffed," said April Berryhill, a witness. "They got him handcuffed, and one of the jailers had his knee blocking [Joseph Hutcheson's] airway. In between the breaths, the man is going, 'I can't breathe. I'm sorry. Please don't kill me.' Then you didn't hear anything from him anymore."
Berryhill says Joseph Hutcheson turned blue and urinated on himself. At one point, she approached an officer, telling him that it didn't look like Joseph Hutcheson was breathing.
"He said, 'Oh, he's faking it,'" Berryhill said, adding that it took about 20 minutes before medical assistance was provided.
snip
Joseph Hutcheson's brother says that knowing that he died on a jail lobby floor just breaks his heart. The family believes that Joseph was having a medical emergency. They say the night before he had gone to Parkland Hospital because he was having chest pains. It is not clear if he was seen by medical staff.
The sheriff's department has refused to release footage of the incident, saying it would taint witnesses who they have yet to interview.
James Hutcheson questions why they would still need to be interviewing people. He questions why they would not have gathered witnesses up that day and interviewed them immediately.
more at the link ….
sounds like the cover up in in full mode to protect
the guilty.
also WTF does the sheriff's sexual orientation have to do with anything?
because the sheriff is gay , they get a pass?
August 18, 2015
Lovely Zimmerman in the news again.
I am not sure this is going to end well ….
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/george-zimmerman-teams-up-with-florida-‘anti-muslim-zone’-gun-shop-owner/ar-BBlQODA?ocid=ansmsnnews11
seems he is teaming up the anti muslim zone gun shop owner.
August 7, 2015
my prediction based upon what I saw last night
Trump / Cruz
I might be wrong … I have been wrong before.
but I think it could go that way.
August 4, 2015
whats for Dinner Tuesday Aug 3
Ok I will start … mostly cuz my wife turned out such a wonderful meal.
had spaghetti squash with meat sauce using sweet Italian sausage
sans casing.
with a slice of garlic bread. OMG it was sooo good .
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