Jennifer Korn works to attract Hispanics to the Republican party. She said the party has watched Florida change.
It has been growing for years,” Korn said of the Puerto Rican vote. In 2016, the winner in Florida will need those votes, she said.
Korn said her party is opening offices in Hispanic neighborhoods. It is visiting homes to spread its message. It does not want to give up the opportunity to Democrats.
I see the vote as up for grabs,” she said.
News for You, August 12, 2015
Doctors Warn About Danger of Squatting in Skinny Jeans
If you wear skinny jeans, don’t squat – at least not for too long.
In Australia, a 35-year-old woman was hospitalized for four days. Her legs swelled. Her muscles and nerves were hurt. How did that happen? She squatted, or bent her body so she was sitting on her heels. She did that for several hours while wearing tight-fitting jeans.
Doctor Thomas Kimber works at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia.
We were surprised that this patient had such severe damage to her nerves and muscles,” Kimber said.
Kimber and other doctors wrote about the case in a medical journal.
The woman had spent most of a day helping a friend move. She was wearing tight jeans. She squatted for a long time as she emptied cupboards.
Afterward, her feet felt numb. As she walked home, she tripped and fell. She was stuck outside for several hours, unable to get up.
Kimber said he had not known that tight jeans could cause such a problem. He said squatting squeezed the nerves in the woman’s lower leg. This reduced the blood supply to her muscles. The skinny jeans made the problem worse.
The woman’s jeans had to be cut off at the hospital. After four days of treatment, she still had some weakness in her legs. But she walked out of the hospital. Later, she got better.
Kimber said he doesn’t know whether she still wears tight jeans. But he warned her about the danger of squatting in them.
I think it’s the non-stretchy nature of jeans that might be the problem,” he said. Tight pants with more stretch would be less dangerous. They wouldn’t squeeze the nerves and muscles.
Kimber doesn’t wear skinny jeans himself. But that isn’t because of the medical risks.
I’m too old to get away with them,” he said.
News for You, August 12, 2015
Hot Summer Trend: Coloring Books for Grown-Ups
It turns out coloring books aren’t just for children. Grown-ups like to color, too.
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This summer saw the rise of a hot new trens: adult coloring books. The books topped best-seller lists. Stores couldn’t order them fast enough.
People started joining coloring clubs and entering contests. They put photos of their colored-in pictures on social media. Dover Publications even had a National Coloring Book Day on August 2.
Why the craze for coloring books?
5. Adults are learning that coloring can help ease stress. Some coloring books are even marketed that way. One best-seller is titled “Adult Coloring Book: Stress Relieving Patterns.”
Dover has sold more than 3 million adult coloring books. Quarto Publishing plans to have 1.3 million in print this year. A coloring book by top artist Johanna Basford has remained a top seller on Amazon for two years.
A check of Amazon’s best-seller list in mid-July showed that adult coloring books held eight of the top 20 spots.
8. “We cannot print them fast enough,” Amy Yodanis said. She works for Quarto. “We are getting orders of 60,000 at one time from some of our biggest retailers.”
Parade magazine ran a cover story on the trend this summer.
10. “People are stressed and anxious all the time,” Jeannine Dillon said. She also works for Quarto. “Coloring is a way to calm down and unwind at the end of the day.”
Coloring can even help adults through hard times.
Jason Keyser, 42, is a stay-at-home dad. He lives in California. After a friend died, Keyser started to feel anxious and depressed. He went to a program for help. That’s when he started coloring. That was about a year ago.
I’ve been doing it ever since,” Keyser said.
Recently, he placed third in a coloring contest. He won for a picture he colored from Dover’s “Asian Tatoo Designs book.
15. “It’s really relaxing,” he said. “It takes your mind away from stressful things in life.”
News for You, August 19, 2015
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