On FoxNews.com, a recent article by Ethan Forman, talking about multiple students who are suffering from having unexplained hiccups at Massachusetts high school. These hiccups began between November and December of 2012, when two to
three parents contacted Mirandi, the health director for Davens, office about their children.
An investigation is underway at Essex Agricultural and Technical High
School in Danvers, Mass., where more than a dozen students have been
experiencing bizarre hiccups, the Salem News reported. The Massachusetts
Department of Health is working with local health officials in order to
better help the community. “The school is willing to do whatever the town and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health want to do,” said Essex Aggie Superintendent-Director Roger Bourgeois. Bourgeois goes on to say "The health and well-being of our kids is our number one priority."
Peter Mirandi, the health director for Danvers, said, "no
physicians have officially diagnosed or confirmed any of the students’
cases." This means that health officials cannot determine what the cause
of these hiccups are from yet. Mirandi also says, “I have no confirmed
cases of something; we don’t know if it’s a
contagious disease or an environmentally induced disorder. It’s not
responsible for me to say anything further on it."
The situation is similar to a synopsis
that occurred at Le Roy High School
in upstate New York, where 12 girls suffered from hiccups comparable to
Tourette syndrome. An investigation into the incident did not reveal
any environmental causes for the ‘outbreak,’ leading one doctor to be
inclined to think the girls may be suffering from mass hysteria brought
on by
stress. I've heard about the girl from Florida who had had the hiccups for thirtyeight days straight. Having the hiccups for so long just seems so weird to me.
Personally, if I were to have the hiccups and then caused others to get them I would think I was some sort of magical person. It makes no sense when hiccups become like some sort of "virus".
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
CC1: Innocent Child
In a recent article "Texas woman guilty in stepsons dehydration death" by FoxNews, a mother would deny her son water as part of his punishment. The Dallas Texas woman was convicted on Friday for restricting her ten year old stepson water during record high temperatures.
Tina Alberson, who is accused of causing serious bodily injury to a child, said "I obviously did this. I didn't mean to do this." Alberson had told the police that her son did have access to water, but she didn't know if he drank them or not because she wasn't there to supervise, she was in her chair. Alberson had also said she saw no signs of of her son being in medical distress. The boy's twelve year old fraternal twin brother testified that Jonathan had asked for water multiple times and even pretended to use the bathroom just so he could sneak drinks from the faucet before his mother had told him to get out.
Prosecutors say that Jonathan James died of severe dehydration. An autopsy of the boy determined that there was no sign of urine in his bladder at the time of his death. Prosecutors say he was forced to stand in a "time out" inside a kitchen of 104 degree heat and was not provided food or water for days.
The boys biological father, Michael James, is also charged in his death. Michael testified that his wife told him on the night of Jonathans death, that his eyes had rolled into the back of his head and he needed to call 911. James is handicapped and legally blind and had told the jury that he had no idea that his son was getting abused.
The boys biological mother, Krista Bishop, tearfully testified about how emergency room doctors tried for two hours to try and save him, but in the end they had to let him go. Tina Alberson is guilty with second degree felony injury to a child and she faces up to life in prison because of a previous felony conviction. I really just can not begin to understand how a parent can not care for their own children. Limiting a child's water intake on hot summer days as part of a punishment is just insane. Water's a neccesity.
I am not a parent myself, but I hope when you become a parent you'll not treat your kids the way Tina Alberson has treated her ten year old son Jonathan. This boy had his whole life ahead and he could have grown up to be an amazing person.
Tina Alberson, who is accused of causing serious bodily injury to a child, said "I obviously did this. I didn't mean to do this." Alberson had told the police that her son did have access to water, but she didn't know if he drank them or not because she wasn't there to supervise, she was in her chair. Alberson had also said she saw no signs of of her son being in medical distress. The boy's twelve year old fraternal twin brother testified that Jonathan had asked for water multiple times and even pretended to use the bathroom just so he could sneak drinks from the faucet before his mother had told him to get out.
Prosecutors say that Jonathan James died of severe dehydration. An autopsy of the boy determined that there was no sign of urine in his bladder at the time of his death. Prosecutors say he was forced to stand in a "time out" inside a kitchen of 104 degree heat and was not provided food or water for days.
The boys biological father, Michael James, is also charged in his death. Michael testified that his wife told him on the night of Jonathans death, that his eyes had rolled into the back of his head and he needed to call 911. James is handicapped and legally blind and had told the jury that he had no idea that his son was getting abused.
The boys biological mother, Krista Bishop, tearfully testified about how emergency room doctors tried for two hours to try and save him, but in the end they had to let him go. Tina Alberson is guilty with second degree felony injury to a child and she faces up to life in prison because of a previous felony conviction. I really just can not begin to understand how a parent can not care for their own children. Limiting a child's water intake on hot summer days as part of a punishment is just insane. Water's a neccesity.
I am not a parent myself, but I hope when you become a parent you'll not treat your kids the way Tina Alberson has treated her ten year old son Jonathan. This boy had his whole life ahead and he could have grown up to be an amazing person.
Friday, January 4, 2013
Current Connection 5
On Foxnews.com, there is an article called Navy releases warning video on bath salts featuring demons. The authors purpose of writing this, is to show what happens when you take harmful subjects into your body.
The U.S. Navy has released a video warning people of the dangers and the health risks of bath salts and other drugs. First, what is a bath salt? A bath salt is a crystalline substance that is dissolved in bathwater to soften or perfume the water. In this video, a service member has taken the drug and documents his strange behavior.
The man, is seen snorting the bath salts and then vomiting as he is on his way to meet up with his girlfriend at the bowling alley. While he is under the influence, he sees his girlfriend turn into a demon and he becomes paranoid and hits her. When he runs back to his dorm, his roomate also becomes demonic. The service member is at the hospital, where doctors are trying to revive him.
Lt. George Loeffler, Navy Medicine psychiatry resident, says: "I would say not just as a naval officer, but as your doctor, bath salts will not only jack up your family and your career, it will jack up your mind and body too." Loeffler also states, "I've seen people turn to bath salts because of stresses in their life, but I've also seen bath salts magnify these problems." This campaigns goal is to lower the number of active duty service members who use these designer drugs.
Using bath salts and other sorts of drugs, is not the way to have fun or try to help with stress issues in your life. These drugs actually build up more stress for the person taking them and for their families. If you want to watch the video, here is the link.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/04/navy-releases-warning-video-on-bath-salts-featuring-demons-1684277408/#?test=latestnews
The U.S. Navy has released a video warning people of the dangers and the health risks of bath salts and other drugs. First, what is a bath salt? A bath salt is a crystalline substance that is dissolved in bathwater to soften or perfume the water. In this video, a service member has taken the drug and documents his strange behavior.
The man, is seen snorting the bath salts and then vomiting as he is on his way to meet up with his girlfriend at the bowling alley. While he is under the influence, he sees his girlfriend turn into a demon and he becomes paranoid and hits her. When he runs back to his dorm, his roomate also becomes demonic. The service member is at the hospital, where doctors are trying to revive him.
Lt. George Loeffler, Navy Medicine psychiatry resident, says: "I would say not just as a naval officer, but as your doctor, bath salts will not only jack up your family and your career, it will jack up your mind and body too." Loeffler also states, "I've seen people turn to bath salts because of stresses in their life, but I've also seen bath salts magnify these problems." This campaigns goal is to lower the number of active duty service members who use these designer drugs.
Using bath salts and other sorts of drugs, is not the way to have fun or try to help with stress issues in your life. These drugs actually build up more stress for the person taking them and for their families. If you want to watch the video, here is the link.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/04/navy-releases-warning-video-on-bath-salts-featuring-demons-1684277408/#?test=latestnews
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