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UPDATE: Shooting at Great Mills High School stopped by prepared response
In the climate of school shootings, this event was all the more terrifying for the students at Great Mills High School in St Mary’s County in Maryland, a rural community about 60 miles from Washington D.C.
Shortly before 7.58am local time, senior Terrence Rhames, aged 18, was standing with friends in the hallway at the school before classes began, and he heard the crack of gunfire, which he recognized immediately. Out of the corner of his eye he saw a young girl fall to the floor.
The scene in the school was immediate fright, as the students fled the school very quickly.
UK’s first vending machine for homeless people launches
Installed in Nottingham in December, it contains water, food, hygiene items and books, and can be accessed by homeless people around the clock via key cards
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Uncle the Podcast #076 Top Gun movie Review with Tom Secker and Pearse Redmond
From Uncle The Podcast:
Tom Secker of Spyculture.com and Pearse Redmond of PorkinsPolicyReview.com join us again for a movie review. The 1986 classic Top Gun is looked over with a fine toothed comb. Be sure to listen to this podcast to learn more about the movie than you ever knew before.
Helpless or hopeful? How the news shapes our self-belief
Our belief about whether our actions can make a difference is influenced by the news media, explains positive psychology researcher Jodie Jackson. Often we’re left overwhelmed, but stories can also be framed to empower us
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‘This Is the #NoDAPL Last Stand’: Tribe to Sue as Actions Planned Nationwide
"This is the #NoDAPL last stand."
US Pork Producers Develop 3-Point Plan to Beat Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic resistance is a real and growing threat, with some scientists warning that if we don’t get a handle on the problem, modern medicine could be thrust back to the Dark Ages.
Old and new powers are working together to create conscious movements for impact
Between the established circles of ‘old power’ and the thriving yet young dynamism of ‘new power’, it may seem society is caught in stalemate in enacting real change. But as Noa Gafni shows, the two are finding new ways of working together