On this day, 22 July 1946, actor and activist Danny Glover was born. The son of two postal workers, Glover took part in the longest student strike in US history in 1968. He worked in the Black Panthers free breakfast for children programme and helped them organise their newspaper. He later lived in a commune for a year, fought against the Vietnam war and more recently has supported migrant workers and the occupy movement.
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2 Nurses In Tennessee Preach ‘Diabetes Reversal’
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Chains, saws and old logging equipment litter the back field of Wendy Norris’ family farm, near the county seat of Altamont, Tenn. Norris used to be part of the local timber industry, and the rusted tools are relics from a time when health woes didn’t hold her back from felling hardwoods.
“I was nine months pregnant,” Norris says. “Me and my husband stayed about 10 or 15 miles in the middle of nowhere, in a tent, for a long time.”
Those outdoor adventures are just a memory now. A few years ago, as Norris turned 40, her feet started going numb. She first assumed it was from standing all day at her job at a nursing home.
“But it wasn’t,” she recalls now. “It was that neuropathy, where my [blood] sugar was high and I didn’t know it.” Norris had developed Type 2 diabetes.
Grundy County, Tenn., has a long list of public health challenges, and Type 2 diabetes tops the list. The county is stunningly scenic; it also has one of the lowest life expectancy rates in the region.
Norris was relatively active. She also enjoyed sodas, sweets and frozen dinners. Meanwhile, diabetes runs in her family. So, when her diabetes diagnosis came down, her doctor prescribed insulin shots and told her to watch what she ate.
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Dark Horse Books will celebrate the 75th anniversary of influential comic book publisher EC Comics with Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics. The curated collection will be released on December 17.
It features material from the classic EC publications Tales from the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, Weird Fantasy, Weird Science, Weird Science-Fantasy, Crime SuspenStories, Shock SuspenStories, Frontline Combat, Impact, and Two-Fisted Tales.
Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, Johnny Craig, Jack Davis, and Wally Wood are among the influential creators whose archival work is highlighted in the 528-page book.
Choke Gasp! is available for pre-order in hardcover ($49.99) and e-book ($19.99) via Amazon.
Up now on my eBay! Rare 1970′s anime production cel from Toei animation! This cel is from either Starzinger or Captain Future, it has been hard to identify! Also up for grabs: my superheroine comic collection (70’s-80’s stuff), random Radio Comix books and various indie comics! My house is super small, and I am still selling off thirty years’ worth of collectibles to raise money for ongoing back taxes & various upcoming large expenses, so every little bit helps. Thanks for looking & sharing!
