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Why did the Democratic South become Republican?
Why did the Democratic South become Republican? Posted By Sparta Live | May 30, 2020 10:12 am Language of Liberty – By Dr. Carol Swan BOnce upon a time, every student of history – and that meant pretty much everyone with a high school education – knew this: The Democratic Party was the party of slavery and Jim Crow, and the Republican Party was the party of emancipation and racial integration. Democrats were the Confederacy and Republicans were the Union.
Trauma-Informed Practice improves care and promotes safety at Forensic Psychiatric Hospital - Hospital News
More than three quarters of Canadians report they’ve experienced some potentially traumatic event in their lifetimes. At the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam, BC, researchers found that ALL of the hospital’s patients had experienced some form of trauma and many reported multiple childhood adversities and victimization or violence across their lifetimes. “Trauma” is defined by the BC Ministry of Health as “an experience that overwhelms an individual’s capacity to cope”.
Japanese fishermen capture 100 bottlenose dolphins in five days
On Friday January 20, 2017, a group of fishermen participating in the annual dolphin drive left The Cove in #Taiji, Japan. What they found was an amazing super-pod of 300 Bottlenose dolphins. During the five days that followed, the fishermen selected 100 of the youngest and prettiest dolphins from the super-pod so that they could sell them to marine parks and aquariums worldwide. Every year between September and March, fishermen from Taiji participate in what is called a dolphin drive.
Baby shark that bit Florida swimmer was provoked
On May 16, 2016, news broke about a 23 year old woman from Boca Raton Florida being bit by a baby nurse shark Sunday. However, it now appears that the shark attack was provoked as several news agencies such as The Dodo reported witness accounts of the shark being harassed, including being held by its tail. Unfortunately, the young shark would not let go of its grasp upon the Florida woman’s arm and it eventually died.
Rare and newly discovered butterfly named after famed Sir David Attenborough
On December 1, 2015, a team of international scientists announced the discovery of a rare butterfly that was unanimously named after famed broadcaster and naturalist, Sir David Attenborough. The black-eyed satyr (Euptychia attenboroughi) is the latest find in its genius, Euptychia, and was originally thought to be a completely new type of butterfly. Its range is limited to a 300 mile area of tropical forest located in the Amazon Basin located in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.
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