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International Business Times
2 days ago
- Health
- International Business Times
Tempe Teen Dies While Attempting 'Dusting' Social Media Challenge
A Tempe teenager died this week after participating in a social media challenge known as "dusting." Renna O'Rourke, 19, went into cardiac arrest after attempting the challenge. The O'Rourke family is now sharing their daughter's story to spread awareness. What is the 'Dusting' Challenge? "Dusting" is a viral trend in which social media users record themselves inhaling keyboard cleaning spray to get higher views on their profiles and videos. The challenge is also known as "chroming" or "huffing." As reported by AZ Family, O'Rourke was immediately rushed to the hospital and remained unconscious for nearly a week. Earlier this week, she was declared brain dead. Her parents, Dana and Aaron, are now sharing their daughter's story to spread awareness and save others from losing their kids to the potential killers in their cabinets. "There's no ID required. It's odorless. It's everything kids look for. They can afford it, they can get it, and it doesn't show in mom and dad's drug test," said Dana. "Don't take your kids word for it. Dig deep. Search their rooms. Don't trust and that sounds horrible, but it could save their life," she added. Experts: When Teens Inhale the Chemicals, it Replaces the Oxygen Within Their Body "This is extremely concerning," said Dr. Randy Weisman. He leads the Intensive Care Unit at HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center. "When they inhale these chemicals in the gas it will actually replace the oxygen within their lungs and within the rest of their body." He said dusting makes the user feel drunk and euphoric for a couple of minutes, and in that short amount of time, the damage done after just one huff can be irreversible and even deadly. "Failure of the liver, heart failure, disease of the lungs," said Dr. Weisman. "She's not the only one that this has happened to. Several other teenagers have succumb to this same disorder," said Dr. Weisman. "She spent the next seven days in the ICU. She never regained consciousness," said Dana. "We don't have children to bury them." Dusting is different than another popular and easily accessible drug you might have heard of called whippets. It's not the same kind of chemicals in the gas. Dr. Weisman said both are equally unsafe and encourages parents to have conversations with their kids about the dangers of abusing common household products. A GoFundMe has been set up for Renna to help cover her medical bills and funeral costs.
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
NFL draft suits give prospects another way to cash in on their fame, flash their style on red carpet
DETROIT (AP) — Drake Maye planned to wear a custom suit for the NFL draft. Hugo Boss gave the former North Carolina quarterback an offer he couldn't refuse. The clothing company, based in Germany and famed for its stylish fashion, paid Maye last year to make a late switch and wear one of its gray suits. Maye accepted the inducement, walking the red carpet in Detroit in a simple Hugo Boss jacket and trousers. He saved his fancy threads for the next day. When Maye walked off a private plane and was whisked away for his introductory news conference as the New England Patriots' No. 3 pick overall, he was sporting the light khaki suit with Carolina blue embellishments that was designed and crafted for him to show off the previous night. Pantheon Limited founder Ethan Weisman and Baynes + Baker co-founder Ravi Punn teamed up to put Maye in the suit he ended up wearing in Foxborough, Massachusetts, the day after the draft. 'Sometime players get six figures to wear a suit because the NFL draft is like the Oscars of sports,' Punn said in an interview with The Associated Press. 'The suits are seen for a few hours before the draft, during the draft, the next day when outfits are getting graded — and forever online with social media.' A year later, Weisman simply shrugged his shoulders over Maye's audible in the Motor City. 'There were no hard feelings because agents are simply doing their job when they're trying to work deals for their clients," Weisman told the AP. 'And, there were a lot of pictures of him in our suit.' Weisman expects some first-round picks to wear his suits Thursday night in Green Bay, several more while they watch the draft from home and even a few broadcasters, including ESPN's Mike Greenberg. He has learned, however, not to celebrate too early. 'Green Bay is a pain to get to and I would love to not go there, but you have to build the relationship and make sure no one else is going to steal them,' Weisman said in a telephone interview earlier this week. "In the back of my mind I know anything can happen, so I won't know for sure what they're wearing until they are on the red carpet. 'I'm also going to bring extra suits just in case I run into a player and show him something that he thinks looks cooler than his own suit.' Punn said Hugo Boss is 'at the top of food chain,' in the competition among clothiers to entice first-round prospects to wear their suits. 'They pay a lot for that and small shops can't and I don't blame the players or the agents for taking advantage of that," said Punn, who has made suits for NFL draft prospects since 2018. 'If someone is paying you and your job is to help your client make money, you do that deal.' Punn, who had some promising leads with prospects that didn't pan out this year, expects Texas A&M edge rusher Shemar Stewart to wear one of his suits that includes a jacket with photos he provided on the lining. Weisman has not paid NFL draft prospects to wear his suits over the last decade, but does give them one for free to wear on their big night to help build his brand and to potentially cultivate a long-term relationship with clients who may want to buy more for up to $5,000 each. Country music star Jelly Roll recently rocked one of Weisman's custom-made suits at the 'Saturday Night Live' 50th anniversary celebration with nearly 15 million viewers. Ezekiel Elliott took one of Weisman's ideas and ran with it, unforgettably appearing in a crop top that exposed his stomach on the red carpet in 2016 before Dallas drafted the former Ohio State running back. State and Liberty, a clothing company created for customers with an athletic build, got into the pay-to-play game at the NFL draft for the first time this year to help seal the deal with Penn State tight end Tyler Warren. 'We had a lot of agents reach out to us with really big offers and we passed on a lot of them,' State and Liberty co-founder Lee Moffie told the AP. 'We made the decision that it's not worth paying six figures — or even $50,000 — just to get a couple pictures of a guy in a suit. 'It's definitely a quick money grab for them. It didn't used to be like this, but I think NIL has made a big impact because they're all trying to monetize wherever and however they can as fast as they can.' ___ Follow Larry Lage at ___ AP NFL: Larry Lage, The Associated Press
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Book Review: 'Hope Dies Last' visits visionaries fighting global warming
Alan Weisman has found an all-world cast of scientists, engineers and environmentalists who have dreamed big and worked passionately to repair some of the world's wrecked ecosystems and also to develop processes that, for example, use far less energy than we get from oil Take Azzam Alwash, for example. An engineer, he lamented destruction of thousands of square miles of marshes in Iraq that date to Biblical times and were his birthplace. Birds, fish and other animals flourished in the wetlands until Saddam Hussein drained them to flush out enemies to his regime. The wetlands in the world's hottest region were thought beyond resurrection. Weisman writes that to Alwash, however, 'impossible often masks a lack of imagination.' He marshaled the resources to restore much of the wetlands and a miracle followed: wildlife returned.. Some of Weisman's chapters will make readers wish they had paid more attention in high school science and chemistry classes. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have made astonishing progress in developing commercial-scale fusion energy that could produce great quantities of clean energy. Such breakthroughs are critical on a planet now dependent on fossil fuels, which produce carbon dioxide that traps heat in the atmosphere. To those who scoff at mentions of human-caused environmental catastrophe as a hoax or fake news, consider this: Weisman's bibliography runs 74 pages. And the type is small. He spent several years researching and reporting on this book and visited a dozen countries. 'As long as we let them keep on, there is hope,' writes Weisman, referring to the people he writes about in this book. News also has overtaken the publication of this book. President Trump's threats to withhold money from Harvard and other universities would have a drastic effect because so many of the world's brightest students come to study at American research universities, contributing to the steady stream of American scientific breakthroughs. Weisman set out to find inspirational people doing extraordinary work to save the planet. He found them and their work can save us from writing a catastrophic next chapter for our earth. Global warming skeptics often assert that some of the people Weisman calls visionaries are misguided nature enthusiasts, but what could we lose in making the planet cleaner and greener? Nothing, and our children and grandchildren will be grateful. ___ AP book reviews:
San Francisco Chronicle
21-04-2025
- Science
- San Francisco Chronicle
Book Review: 'Hope Dies Last' visits visionaries fighting global warming
Alan Weisman has found an all-world cast of scientists, engineers and environmentalists who have dreamed big and worked passionately to repair some of the world's wrecked ecosystems and also to develop processes that, for example, use far less energy than we get from oil Take Azzam Alwash, for example. An engineer, he lamented destruction of thousands of square miles of marshes in Iraq that date to Biblical times and were his birthplace. Birds, fish and other animals flourished in the wetlands until Saddam Hussein drained them to flush out enemies to his regime. The wetlands in the world's hottest region were thought beyond resurrection. Weisman writes that to Alwash, however, 'impossible often masks a lack of imagination.' He marshaled the resources to restore much of the wetlands and a miracle followed: wildlife returned.. Some of Weisman's chapters will make readers wish they had paid more attention in high school science and chemistry classes. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have made astonishing progress in developing commercial-scale fusion energy that could produce great quantities of clean energy. Such breakthroughs are critical on a planet now dependent on fossil fuels, which produce carbon dioxide that traps heat in the atmosphere. To those who scoff at mentions of human-caused environmental catastrophe as a hoax or fake news, consider this: Weisman's bibliography runs 74 pages. And the type is small. He spent several years researching and reporting on this book and visited a dozen countries. 'As long as we let them keep on, there is hope,' writes Weisman, referring to the people he writes about in this book. News also has overtaken the publication of this book. President Trump's threats to withhold money from Harvard and other universities would have a drastic effect because so many of the world's brightest students come to study at American research universities, contributing to the steady stream of American scientific breakthroughs. Weisman set out to find inspirational people doing extraordinary work to save the planet. ___
Associated Press
21-04-2025
- Science
- Associated Press
Book Review: 'Hope Dies Last' visits visionaries fighting global warming
Alan Weisman has found an all-world cast of scientists, engineers and environmentalists who have dreamed big and worked passionately to repair some of the world's wrecked ecosystems and also to develop processes that, for example, use far less energy than we get from oil Take Azzam Alwash, for example. An engineer, he lamented destruction of thousands of square miles of marshes in Iraq that date to Biblical times and were his birthplace. Birds, fish and other animals flourished in the wetlands until Saddam Hussein drained them to flush out enemies to his regime. The wetlands in the world's hottest region were thought beyond resurrection. Weisman writes that to Alwash, however, 'impossible often masks a lack of imagination.' He marshaled the resources to restore much of the wetlands and a miracle followed: wildlife returned.. Some of Weisman's chapters will make readers wish they had paid more attention in high school science and chemistry classes. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have made astonishing progress in developing commercial-scale fusion energy that could produce great quantities of clean energy. Such breakthroughs are critical on a planet now dependent on fossil fuels, which produce carbon dioxide that traps heat in the atmosphere. To those who scoff at mentions of human-caused environmental catastrophe as a hoax or fake news, consider this: Weisman's bibliography runs 74 pages. And the type is small. He spent several years researching and reporting on this book and visited a dozen countries. 'As long as we let them keep on, there is hope,' writes Weisman, referring to the people he writes about in this book. News also has overtaken the publication of this book. President Trump's threats to withhold money from Harvard and other universities would have a drastic effect because so many of the world's brightest students come to study at American research universities, contributing to the steady stream of American scientific breakthroughs. Weisman set out to find inspirational people doing extraordinary work to save the planet. He found them and their work can save us from writing a catastrophic next chapter for our earth. Global warming skeptics often assert that some of the people Weisman calls visionaries are misguided nature enthusiasts, but what could we lose in making the planet cleaner and greener? Nothing, and our children and grandchildren will be grateful. ___ AP book reviews:
