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Cheerleader Saves Choking Toddler During Homecoming Parade
Florida Man Arrested After Beating Trans Woman Then Dragging Her Behind His Van
A High School cheerleader in Rockwall, TX is being called a hero after her quick actions saved a little boy’s life last week.
Senior Tyra Winters told local news that she was sit- ting on a float waving at the crowd during the Rockwall High School’s homecoming parade when she heard a woman call for help.
That’s when Winters no- ticed a toddler in his mother’s arms. He was chok- ing on a piece of candy.
“He was turning purple, so I immediately jumped off the float, I ran down to the kiddo, and I was like, ‘I got him’ and I grabbed him from the mom. I grabbed him and tilted him and I gave a good three back thrusts and he ended up spitting up,” Win- ters told CBS 11.
On Tuesday, she was re- united with the mother and little boy for the first time since the incident.
Nicole Hornback recalls the moment she realized that her 2-year-old, Clarke was in distress.
“I was sitting right next to him. I just happened to look over. There was no noise, no coughing, no breathing.” She said she tried to give him the Heimlich maneuver, but had never really learned how.
Luckily Winters saw what was happening and rushed over to help. Win- ters says she did “back thrusts” on the boy and mo- ments later, Clarke was breathing again.
“She saved my baby,” said Hornback. “I commend her for being a teenager and being trained.”
The Longest-Living People In The World Have These 9 Things In Common
TYRA WINTERS
A Florida man was arrested on Sunday for assaulting a trans- gender woman and dragging her behind his van.
Eric Shaun Bridges, 34, was charged with attempted murder and is being held on a $500K bail, according to NBC News.
The unidentified woman was found lying in the middle of a Jacksonville, Florida, street on Friday evening. The victim “ap- peared to have been beaten se- verely, as well as dragged behind a vehicle by the lower extremi- ties.”
The woman was trans- ported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The Florida Times-Union re- ports there is video footage of the incident, but the Jack-
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sonville Police Department re- fuses to release it.
"The video was so graphic we
can't release it. It's horrendous," said Assistant Police Chief Brien Kee.
Investigators determined Bridges stole the van. He has been arrested for grand theft multiple times.
The victim was initially identified as a gay man, but res- idents of the neighborhood where the attack occurred con- firmed she was trans.
Jacksonville's transgender community lives in fear due to a string of murders in 2018. Four of the 22 transgender people killed in 2018 died in the North Florida city. Last week, 21-year- old Sean Bernard Phoenix was arrested for the February 2018 shooting death of Celine Walker. The pair were roman- tically involved.
In the U. S., the average life expectancy is 78 years. But there are a few places in the world— specifically Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; and Icaria, Greece—where living to be over 100 isn’t un- common at all.
National Geographic jour- nalist Dan Buettner spent years studying each culture, pinpointing the exact reasons why they thrived before pub- lishing his findings in the best selling book, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest. Buettner found that despite the geographical differences, people living in the Blue Zones all had nine key lifestyle habits in common, which he named the “Power 9.”
1. Move naturally
Buettner found that in all the Blue Zones communities, move- ment was a regular part of daily life for the residents. The Longevity Plan author John Day, MD saw this first-hand as well when he spent a year living in remote China.
2. Have a larger purpose
Having a clear sense of why you wake up in the morning is con- nected to living a long, healthy life. “Purpose is related to hap- piness, and happiness is associ-
ated with better health than sad- ness or indifference,” Dr. Honaker says.
Dr. Day adds that the con- nection between the mind, health, and a sense of purpose is powerful. “Whether your goal is to beat cardiovascular disease or cancer, or even to live a long and healthy life, study after study has found an association of purpose in life with all kinds of better health outcomes—an effect that stands regardless of age, sex, education or race,” he says.”
3. Manage your stress
PSA: Chronic stress is terri- ble for your health, which is why stress management is one of the pillars for living a long, healthy life. “We all have stress. The key is how you perceive your stress,” Dr. Day says. “If you view stress as something that is mak- ing you stronger or refining you then it can be a good thing. If you view stress as something de- structive then it probably is.”
4. Eat until you are 80 percent full
Here in the States, generous, oversized portions of food are valued greatly. But in Blue Zones, Buettner found that peo- ple stopped eating when they were mostly full, not when they finished everything on their
plate or were too stuffed to eat another bite. He also observed that the biggest meal of the day occurred in late afternoon or early evening, not right close to bedtime. Scientific research has shown that eating late at night is linked to unhealthy weight gain, which isn’t exactly great for lifespan.
5. Stick to a plant-for- ward diet
6. Moderate alcohol con-
sumption
Across Blue Zones, Buet-
tner observed that alcohol was consumed, but moderately, at one to two glasses a day, with friends or food. This makes sense, as light to moderate drinking (particularly of wine) has been associated with a longer lifespan.
7. Find your community
A sense of family and com- munity is important in all Blue Zones communities, which Dr. Honaker says has been di- rectly linked to health. “Many studies have shown lower rates of hypertension, obesity, dia- betes, and possibly even cancer for people with lots of friends and loving relationships in their lives,” he says.
8. Stay close with family
9. Maintain a fulfilling social life
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