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April 21, 2013
Tributes to Boston at London race
LONDON -- A defiant, festive mood prevailed Sunday as the London Marathon began on a glorious spring day despite concerns raised by the bomb attacks on the Boston Marathon six days ago.
Thousands of runners offered tributes to those killed and injured in Boston. The race began after a moment of silence for the victims in Boston, and many here wore black armbands as a sign of solidarity.
"It means that runners are stronger than bombers," said Valerie Bloomfield, a 40-year-old participant from France.
It is terrible what happened in Boston, but we can't look back, we must look forward. The show must go on.
Marathon organizers plan to donate money to a Boston fund set up to help victims. They said they did not consider canceling the event, which is a highlight of the sporting calendar.
In a smaller event in Germany, some 15,000 runners were participating Sunday in the Hamburg Marathon. They wore armbands with the slogan "Run for Boston" as a mark of respect for the bombing victims.
MORE:
http://espn.go.com/sports/endurance/story/_/id/9195888/london-marathon-heavy-boston-tributes
From: dailymail.co.uk
Thousands of runners offered tributes to those killed and injured in Boston. The race began after a moment of silence for the victims in Boston, and many here wore black armbands as a sign of solidarity.
"It means that runners are stronger than bombers," said Valerie Bloomfield, a 40-year-old participant from France.
It is terrible what happened in Boston, but we can't look back, we must look forward. The show must go on.
Marathon organizers plan to donate money to a Boston fund set up to help victims. They said they did not consider canceling the event, which is a highlight of the sporting calendar.
In a smaller event in Germany, some 15,000 runners were participating Sunday in the Hamburg Marathon. They wore armbands with the slogan "Run for Boston" as a mark of respect for the bombing victims.
MORE:
http://espn.go.com/sports/endurance/story/_/id/9195888/london-marathon-heavy-boston-tributes
From: dailymail.co.uk
April 21, 2013
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This is our Moment! This is our time.
You can never stop us. Ever!
This is our Spirit, we will shine
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Boston Strong. Forever!
It's alright.
April 20, 2013
Area hospitals treated 187 people for injuries related to the blast, including more than a dozen in critical conduction. Because the blast originated from a device placed on the ground, most of the injuries were to the lower body, rather than the head or abdomen. Some of the wounded, like Jeff Bauman, the man carried to safety by Iraq War activist Carlos Arredondo, lost limbs in the explosion; at least 10 people had amputations.
SNIP:
But military doctors soon found that when applied correctly and in the right situation, tourniquets pay enormous dividends—dropping the mortality rate in such instances from 90 percent to 10 percent. Now they're standard procedure among first responders. (The bleeding in Bauman's legs, for instance, was kept in check by a hand-made tourniquet made from a shirt.)
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Likewise, doctors in Iraq soon discovered that the conventional wisdom on how to stop blood loss in a trauma victim was basically backwards. For about half a century, doctors had relied mostly on red blood cells and crystalloid fluids. But when Jenkins was deployed to Oman in 2002, he and his colleagues began using a different formula, in which there was a much higher rate of plasma. "If you gave blood transfusions the old way, the mortality rate approached 70 percent," he said. "But if you did it in that 1 to 1 approach, the mortality approached 20 percent." Their policies were soon adopted by trauma centers back in the States.
"It wasn't really until the armed services started doing that as a concerted effort in the Middle East that we realized how much the early use of blood...changes things in a number of ways," Hauser says.
On a more logistical level, as the New York Times reported on Tuesday, hospitals in Boston adopted a basic tactic from Iraq to eliminate any unnecessary confusion as to which patients needed which kind of care. As the Times explained, surgeons "used felt markers to write patients' vital signs and injuries on their chests—safely away from the leg wounds—so that if a patient’s chart was misplaced during a transfer to surgery or intensive care, for example, there would be no question about what was found in the emergency room." But the largest benefit of the war experience may have been training.
Read all of it here:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/how-war-terror-helped-boston-keep-its-death-toll-down
It's not a war that we asked for, nor one that we condoned. It was an ignorant and wasteful war. Our soldiers were maimed or died. Men, women and children of Iraq and Afghanistan suffered the same fate.
I weep for all of them.
Out of the depth of despair that the wars have cost us, so many lives to change forever, one light appeared from all the carnage. A way to heal. Without that knowledge more lives would have been lost.
We need to educate ourselves. We need to move forward.
Peace
one factor that helped them save lives
How Bombs in Iraq Saved Lives in Boston
10 years of IEDs and shrapnel wounds taught surgeons critical lessons about trauma—and tourniquets.
Area hospitals treated 187 people for injuries related to the blast, including more than a dozen in critical conduction. Because the blast originated from a device placed on the ground, most of the injuries were to the lower body, rather than the head or abdomen. Some of the wounded, like Jeff Bauman, the man carried to safety by Iraq War activist Carlos Arredondo, lost limbs in the explosion; at least 10 people had amputations.
SNIP:
But military doctors soon found that when applied correctly and in the right situation, tourniquets pay enormous dividends—dropping the mortality rate in such instances from 90 percent to 10 percent. Now they're standard procedure among first responders. (The bleeding in Bauman's legs, for instance, was kept in check by a hand-made tourniquet made from a shirt.)
SNIP:
Likewise, doctors in Iraq soon discovered that the conventional wisdom on how to stop blood loss in a trauma victim was basically backwards. For about half a century, doctors had relied mostly on red blood cells and crystalloid fluids. But when Jenkins was deployed to Oman in 2002, he and his colleagues began using a different formula, in which there was a much higher rate of plasma. "If you gave blood transfusions the old way, the mortality rate approached 70 percent," he said. "But if you did it in that 1 to 1 approach, the mortality approached 20 percent." Their policies were soon adopted by trauma centers back in the States.
"It wasn't really until the armed services started doing that as a concerted effort in the Middle East that we realized how much the early use of blood...changes things in a number of ways," Hauser says.
On a more logistical level, as the New York Times reported on Tuesday, hospitals in Boston adopted a basic tactic from Iraq to eliminate any unnecessary confusion as to which patients needed which kind of care. As the Times explained, surgeons "used felt markers to write patients' vital signs and injuries on their chests—safely away from the leg wounds—so that if a patient’s chart was misplaced during a transfer to surgery or intensive care, for example, there would be no question about what was found in the emergency room." But the largest benefit of the war experience may have been training.
Read all of it here:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/how-war-terror-helped-boston-keep-its-death-toll-down
It's not a war that we asked for, nor one that we condoned. It was an ignorant and wasteful war. Our soldiers were maimed or died. Men, women and children of Iraq and Afghanistan suffered the same fate.
I weep for all of them.
Out of the depth of despair that the wars have cost us, so many lives to change forever, one light appeared from all the carnage. A way to heal. Without that knowledge more lives would have been lost.
We need to educate ourselves. We need to move forward.
Peace
April 19, 2013
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In Memory
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April 18, 2013
Boston, Ma.
Memorial Service
http://web.stagram.com/p/436922098846784650_1269598
You Will Run Again
Boston, Ma.
Memorial Service
http://web.stagram.com/p/436922098846784650_1269598
April 18, 2013
http://www.allhawaiinews.com/2013/04/aloha-boston-hawaii-occupy-movements.html
ALOHA Boston!
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A Hilo group's message of support to a city reeling from the bombings Monday at the Boston Marathon is getting national attention, with photos on Daily Cos, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and Disney's Babble.
Occupy Hilo, a group on Hawaii's Big Island, had originally planned to light up the island April 15 with "Tax Evaders" messages. But the group quickly regrouped on news of the Boston bombings.
SNIP:
" Once the tragedy in Boston began to unfold, we immediately realized we needed to change our message to one of positivity and solidarity. Occupy Hilo Light Brigade took out this message to show our aloha for all the people affected by the tragedy at the Boston Marathon."
Occupy Hilo, a group on Hawaii's Big Island, had originally planned to light up the island April 15 with "Tax Evaders" messages. But the group quickly regrouped on news of the Boston bombings.
SNIP:
" Once the tragedy in Boston began to unfold, we immediately realized we needed to change our message to one of positivity and solidarity. Occupy Hilo Light Brigade took out this message to show our aloha for all the people affected by the tragedy at the Boston Marathon."
http://www.allhawaiinews.com/2013/04/aloha-boston-hawaii-occupy-movements.html
April 18, 2013
See Who's up For Election 2014
Great chart at the link:
There are 53 Democratic, 45 Republican and 2 Independent senators. 33 are up for election this year as members of the class 2 Senators, and two are up for special elections (one each from classes 1 and 3). Among the senators up for election in 2014, there are 21 Democrats and 14 Republicans.
There may be some changes if senators die or resign. If senators in other classes die or resign between 2012 and 2014, there may be additional special elections. The dates between which the death or resignation of a senator would lead a special election during this time period vary from state to state.
Scroll: To Race Summary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2014
April 18, 2013
… with the Newtown families before the Rose Garden statement (Photo: Pete Souza)
So that’s how they act in the face of all the tragedies and in front of the families affected. Yes, I am angry, but anger and sadness do not move things forward. Here’s what I think I’ll do:
Step 1: Identify all Senators who voted NO (Harry Reid exempted because of his special role)
Step 2: Determine which Senators will be up for re-election in 2014
Step 3: Research all possible candidates for those seats
Step 4: Choose alternatives for each one – Democrat and Republican alike –
Step 5: Start active campaigning for the replacement candidates and keep at it until Election Day 2014.
I’m done reasoning with these cowards.
The agony in their faces, it's heartbreaking!
MORE:
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/04/18/this-effort-is-not-over/
Shameful
… with the Newtown families before the Rose Garden statement (Photo: Pete Souza)
So that’s how they act in the face of all the tragedies and in front of the families affected. Yes, I am angry, but anger and sadness do not move things forward. Here’s what I think I’ll do:
Step 1: Identify all Senators who voted NO (Harry Reid exempted because of his special role)
Step 2: Determine which Senators will be up for re-election in 2014
Step 3: Research all possible candidates for those seats
Step 4: Choose alternatives for each one – Democrat and Republican alike –
Step 5: Start active campaigning for the replacement candidates and keep at it until Election Day 2014.
I’m done reasoning with these cowards.
The agony in their faces, it's heartbreaking!
MORE:
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/04/18/this-effort-is-not-over/
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