Children’s Author Maurice Sendak Passes
Maurice Sendak, who wrote Where the Wild Things Are, died at the age of 83 after suffering a stroke.
6 Year old save Classmate With Heimlich Maneuver
A 6-year-old elementary school student in California rescued her classmate, who was choking on a piece of apple, by using the Heimlech maneuver which she said she learned from watching TV. Caroline Wenzel Elementary School students Elspeth Mar and her friend Aniyah Rigmaiden were having lunch in the cafeteria when Mar and another student, Anthony Roy Jr., noticed that Rigmaiden was choking on a piece of apple. Principle Judy Montgomery said the two didn’t inform teachers of the incident until they had finished their lunch. The principle said, “It was so matter-of-fact. She got up, got the apple out of the little girl’s throat and then just sat back down. That is how it should be. But I was blown away at how a first-grader could handle something like that so seamlessly. Usually I would expect them to yell, ‘Hey, help! Someone’s choking.” The school declared Mar and Roy Jr. “Heroes of the Day” and honored them at a school ceremony. Elspeth said she learned the rescue method from watching the Disney Channel’s A.N.T. Farm. (UPI)
Massachusetts Banning School Bake Sales
Massachusetts is instituting a ban on bake sales in public schools as of August 1st, with health officials say is part of the battle against crisis-level obesity in kids, according to the Boston Herald. Department of Public Health and Education medical director Lauren Smith said, “We’re not trying to get into anyone’s lunch box. We know that schools need those clubs and resources. We want them to be sure and have them, but to do them a different way.” Smith told The Boston Channel that they want to create an environment in schools where kids have an opportunity to make choices among healthy options, saying, “We’re at a place in Massachusetts where one-third of our kids in schools are either overweight or obese.” But many parents and local lawmakers are upset about the bake sale ban, concerned about raising money for extracurricular activities. Brian Giovanoni, who’s on the Middleboro school board, told the Herald, “My concern is we’re regulating what people can eat, and I have a problem with that. I respect the state for what they’re trying to do, but I think they’ve gone off the deep end. I don’t want someone telling me how to do my job as a parent.”
There’s No Crying In Baseball…. Or at Work
The Wall Street Journal acknowledged that there’s a stigma attached to crying at work that compels many executives to just bottle up their feelings. According to the paper, “the unhealthful result of what experts call emotional suppression has been shown in studies to cloud thinking, promote job unhappiness and negatively impact work performance.” A management professor subsequently advised, “Don’t vent at work. Excuse yourself if necessary and go home. Lean on your personal network, a therapist or even a career coach who can offer some objective advice. You can also try writing about the incident from the point of view of your antagonist. Stopping to reflect will allow you to cool down, deconstruct the problem and find ways to move forward by understanding why your antagonist acted the way he or she did.” (WSJ)
We’re All Tired… So Tired That We’d Give Up Sex For Sleep
Sixty-one percent of U.S. adults — and 79 percent of women — would rather get a good night’s sleep than have sex. A survey by the Better Sleep Council found that nearly half of Americans fall asleep somewhere other than their bed at least once a week, and about 11 percent fall asleep somewhere other than their bed every day — some in dangerous places. “We were stunned by some of the survey responses,” Karin Mahoney, director of communications for the Better Sleep Council, said in a statement. “One man fell asleep on a rooftop. Another man fell asleep while interviewing a job candidate. There was a teacher who fell asleep at the podium in front of her class. Clearly, people are sleeping just about everywhere except where they should be — in their own beds.” However, 77 percent of people surveyed said they’d give up something to get a better night’s sleep. Thirty-one percent said they would give up watching TV, 23 percent would give up time spent on computers and social media, while16 percent would give up either exercise or going to church. (UPI)
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