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Jilly_in_VA's JournalMy husband made an interesting observation last night
He'd gone out to the workshop after dark and returned with the comment that he thought that Vicky, the long-haired tabby, functions as something of a seeing-eye cat for Winnie, the one-eyed tortie. He said that Vicky will walk a bit and wait for Winnie to catch up to her, then the two walk shoulder to shoulder for awhile before Vicky walks a few steps ahead and then stops to wait for Winnie again. This does not happen during daylight or twilight hours when they are quite independent of each other. It's possible that Winnie does not see well in the dark. Mostly they are like sisters who squabble a lot.
An Uvalde Mom Reports That Her Grieving Fourth Grader Nearly Suffered Cardiac Arrest
A fourth grader who survived the Uvalde school shooting in Texas has been hospitalized after she nearly went into cardiac arrest after her best friend’s memorial late last month, according to her mother, Jessica Treviño.
Illiana Treviño, 11, had gone to the memorial to leave a teddy bear and flowers for her friend Amerie Jo Garza, one of 19 children killed by the shooter at Robb Elementary on May 24. Before her death, Amerie, 10, had protected Illiana from bullies at school.
During the memorial, Illiana told her mother she wasn’t feeling well. Her heart rate began to spike and they went to a hospital, where, Treviño reported, doctors said Illiana been on the cusp of a heart attack. She remained hospitalized as of Thursday, according to People. “Her Heart can’t take the stress and trauma of the past week,” Illiana’s father wrote on a GoFundMe page raising money for the family’s expenses. “We are barely seeing the ripples side effects of what this tragic incident has brought to our community.” Treviño told People that her daughter had been otherwise healthy before the incident.
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Illiana is no longer in the ICU and was transferred to a hospital in San Antonio. Doctors told her mother she is showing signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. “Her body was basically reacting to the shock,” Treviño told People, adding that her daughter is now terrified at the prospect of returning to class without her best friend. “Amerie made her feel safe and made her feel okay to go to school.”
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/06/an-uvalde-mom-reports-that-her-grieving-fourth-grader-nearly-suffered-cardiac-arrest/
Idaho Sheriff Releases Names And Addresses Of Patriot Front Members
An Idaho sheriff has released the names and addresses of 31 purported members of a right-wing group that has been accused of planning a riot at a Pride event.
At a press conference on Saturday, Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White said that the 31 men came from at least 11 states. He named Washington, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Illinois, Wyoming, Virginia and Arkansas.
Videos of the Saturday arrests suggest men in masks were traveling in a rented truck to the LGBTQ+ event.
On Sunday, Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris released a list of names and addresses of the men who were charged.
https://crooksandliars.com/2022/06/idaho-sheriff-releases-names-and-addresses
Be sure to look at the mugshots of these yo-yos at the bottom of the article. Also, I hope the bond cited is incorrect, yikes!
Many baby formula plants weren't inspected because of COVID
U.S. regulators have historically inspected baby formula plants at least once a year, but they did not inspect any of the three biggest manufacturers in 2020, according to federal records reviewed by The Associated Press.
When they finally did get inside an Abbott Nutrition formula plant in Michigan after a two-year gap, they found standing water and lax sanitation procedures. But inspectors offered only voluntary suggestions for fixing the problems, and issued no formal warning.
Inspectors would return five months later after four infants who consumed powdered formula from the plant suffered bacterial infections. They found bacterial contamination inside the factory, leading to a four-month shutdown and turning a festering supply shortage into a full-blown crisis that sent parents scrambling to find formula and forced the U.S. to airlift products from overseas.
The gap in baby formula plant inspections, brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, is getting new scrutiny from Congress and government watchdogs investigating the series of missteps that led to the crisis. A recent bill would require the Food and Drug Administration to inspect infant formula facilities every six months. And the government’s inspector general for health has launched an inquiry into the FDA’s handling of Abbott’s facility, the largest in the U.S.
Abbott resumed production at the plant early this month under a legally binding agreement with the FDA, but the shutdown and nationwide shortage exposed how concentrated the industry has become in the U.S., with a handful of companies accounting for roughly 90% of the market.
https://www.wate.com/news/national-world/many-baby-formula-plants-werent-inspected-because-of-covid/
If people were working in those plants, inspectors could damn well have inspected. Excuses, excuses!
Tennessee made homeless camps a felony. Colorado is trying something else.
Many state governments are experimenting with legislative approaches to address homeless populations, particularly in their largest urban areas, that spiked during the pandemic.
Tennessee and Colorado offer competing — and divergent — solutions.
The main metropolitan areas in both states — Nashville and Denver — have, in recent years, like most other major cities, seen dramatic rises in housing costs and a dearth of affordable alternatives that have pushed out low-income people. Denver, for example, trailed only New York and Los Angeles in its number of people experiencing sheltered homelessness, according to the latest federal data. The livelihood of many who had already been living on the edge was irreversibly scrambled by the onset of the pandemic in 2020, and the recent surge in inflation has only compounded their ability to keep up with the cost of basic goods.
As a result, an increasing number of people and families have taken to the streets, triggering a range of responses.
In Tennessee, a law enacted by the Republican Legislature that goes into effect July 1 makes it a felony for homeless people to camp in parks and on other public property — a measure advocates say is “unprecedented.” In Colorado, meanwhile, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis recently signed into law two bills creating campuses where people can get help in their transition out of homelessness by supplying housing, mental health services and job training.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/tennessee-made-homeless-camps-felony-colorado-trying-something-else-rcna32516
Fish leather is here, it's sustainable - and it's made from invasive species to boot
Aarav Chavda has been diving off the coast of Florida for years. Each time he became increasingly depressed by the ever-growing void, as colourful species of fish and coral reefs continued to disappear.
A significant reason for that disappearance is the lionfish, an invasive species that has boomed in Atlantic waters from Florida to the Caribbean in recent decades, and in numerous other places from Brazil and Mexico to the Mediterranean.
Lionfish have no natural predators outside their native range – in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and the Red Sea – and are all-consuming, devouring an estimated 79% of young marine life within five weeks of entering a coral reef system. “You can see the impacts on the reefs when you dive now – it’s less vibrant, it’s less cacophonous,” Chavda said.
“We know there are solutions for some of the problems – such as coral-friendly sunscreens to help protect the reefs – but nobody’s been able to do anything about the lionfish.”
So Chavda and a team of ecologically aware fellow scuba enthusiasts decided to act by establishing Inversa, which turns lionfish into a new product: fish leather. On Wednesday, World Oceans Day, the team was recognised as one of nine finalists in the Global Ocean Resilience Innovation Challenge (Oric).
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/12/fish-leather-lionfish-sustainable-invasive-species
Hall of Famer Ed Reed blasts Jack Del Rio punishment, urges Commanders players to take stand
Pro Football Hall of Fame safety and University of Miami staffer Ed Reed sounded off on the punishment handed down to Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio over recent comments he made that referred to the Jan. 6 insurrection attempt as a "dust-up" and urged players on Washington to take a stand.
Reed posted his message Saturday from his verified Twitter account, saying he felt the $100,000 fine that Commanders coach Ron Rivera imposed Friday on Del Rio was insufficient.
"Today, I'm sick and tired!" Reed posted in the message. "A dust up! 100,000 is not enough, money ain’t nothing to a person who is recycled through coaching. Its always one, first it was (University of Alabama coach Nick) Saban now it's Jack to just remind US what it is! Man if u coached by him put your pants on! It's simple right and wrong. Wrong."
Del Rio faced harsh criticism Wednesday after he was asked at a news conference about a tweet he posted to his account on Monday, that compared the Jan. 6 Capitol attack to protests linked to the killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020.
"I'm being respectful," Del Rio said during the news conference. "I just asked a simple question. Let's get right down to it: What did I ask? A simple question. Why are we not looking into (the protests), if we're going to talk about (the Capitol attack). Why are we not looking into those things?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/commanders/2022/06/12/ed-reed-blasts-jack-del-rio-punishment-commanders-take-stand/7602373001/
Texas school police chief says he didn't think he was in charge during shooting
The Texas school police chief criticized for his actions during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in US history said in his first extensive comments that he did not consider himself the person in charge as the massacre unfolded and assumed someone else was.
Pete Arredondo, the police chief of the Uvalde school district, also told the Texas Tribune in an interview published on Thursday that he intentionally left behind both his police and campus radios before entering Robb elementary school.
An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two teachers behind a locked classroom door that the chief said was reinforced with a steel jamb and could not be kicked in.
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Meanwhile, poor radio communications is among the concerns raised about how police handled the 24 May shooting and why they didn’t confront the gunman for more than an hour, even as anguished parents outside the school urged officers to go in.
Separately, the New York Times reported on Thursday that documents show police waited for protective equipment as they delayed entering the campus, even as they became aware that some victims needed medical treatment.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/10/texas-school-shooting-police-chief-pete-arredondo
This guy sounds like he doesn't have his brain in gear and working.
Veterans create bulletproof bookcases for schools
As mass shootings continue to plague American life, whether it be inside schools or workplace, military veteran Jake Ahle said he isn’t waiting around for the next mass causality.
He and Pete Facchini, both New Jersey natives, have created a line of bulletproof bookcases that can serve as a last line of defense when a mass shooter enters the premises.
“The bookcase itself weighs 480 pounds, the exoskeleton is made of steel and it’s lined with Kevlar,” Ahle told Nexstar’s WPIX. “Hidden underneath the bottom of the steel skirt are four wheels and those wheels make it a very mobile.”
If an active shooter enters the school, the bookcase can be wheeled in front of any classroom entrances. Once the bookcaseis secured and locked in place, which takes a matter of seconds, the would-be shooter would not have any access inside the room, and would only be met with a mounted mirror on the back of them.
https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/military-veterans-make-bulletproof-bookcases-to-protect-students-from-school-shootings/
WHY SHOULD THIS EVEN BE NECESSARY????
2 preschool teachers charged with child cruelty captured on livestream, police say
Two preschool teachers in Georgia were arrested this week for alleged child cruelty that was captured on a classroom livestream, police said.
Zeina Alostwani, 40, and Soriana Briceno, former teachers at the Parker-Chase Preschool in Roswell, were arrested and charged Monday with first-degree child cruelty, according to statement from Roswell police.
The alleged physical contact between the teachers and students, ages 2 and 3, occurred on Thursday and was seen by a parent monitoring the livestream, police said.
“That parent reported logging onto the camera system and seeing concerning physical contact between Alostwani and Briceno against several children in the classroom,” police said.
The video, which is slightly more than one-minute long, was provided to NBC News on Wednesday by police.
It shows several children sitting around a circular rug. The footage appears to capture one teacher step on a child’s hand for several seconds and then knee a second child in the back.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-preschool-teachers-charged-child-cruelty-captured-livestream-police-rcna32582
Good thing it wasn't my 4 year old granddaughter.....
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