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...once they are grounded, the plight of the whales quickly becomes desperate. Under their crushing weight--1,800 lbs. for an adult--organs break down and blood circulation slows, impairing cooling and putting the animals in a state of shock. Unless rescuers can push the whales back out to sea almost immediately, the animals are usually doomed by their injuries. Explains Geraci: "They have no other way to survive except to return to the shore, which, at least, keeps them from drowning...
...abused himself with pills and booze for most of his adult life. He nearly died in 1981 from a ruptured stomach. He shot his bass player Butch Owens in the chest - accidentally, it is said; Owens survived. But Lewis's family tree is full of untimely deadwood. His elder brother Elmo was run over by a truck when JLL was three. His eldest son Jerry Lee, Jr., died at 19; car crash. Steve Allen Lewis, his son by Myra, died at 5 in a swimming pool. His fourth wife, Jaren Pate, also died in a swimming pool...
...some point in the near future, Americans are going to have to decide, en masse, whether we want to be treated like adults in our own country. Do we want to file frivolous lawsuits against every company that makes a product we might eventually have a problem with? If that's what everyone wants, that's fine. But here's something to think about: if we're too irresponsible to decide what we put in our bodies day after day, are we really responsible enough to do all the "adult" things we take for granted - like drive...
Crude humor and violence used to earn films R ratings. These days, to get an R, you need to show something really outrageous, like a naked woman. (The system is still Puritanical in matters of sex, adult romance and flesh.) This trend, festering for a few years, looks rampant now. Why would that...
...sure your children know that you will never ask someone to pick them up without telling them first. Kids should also never approach a car and if one approaches them, should run or ride their bike in the opposite direction, go to a safe place and tell a trusted adult right away...