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A woman was rescued by local officials in a complex mission after falling hundreds of feet on Oregon s Mount Hood.The woman, identified by CBS affiliate KOIN as Leah Brown, was climbing the mountain around 11: stanley cup 30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25 when she slipped and fell, suffering injuries. She was climbing the mountain s South Side, a glacier climb that is popular but dangerous and responsible for several deaths on the mountain, according to The Mountain Project, which collates information on hiking routes. According to the Clackamas County Sheriff s Office, which participated in Brown s rescue, Brown was descending the mountain near the summit when she fell.Members of Portland Mountain Rescue witnessed Brown s fall, according to the Clackamas stanley cup County Sheriff s Office. They were able to reach Brown, stabilize her and provide initial medical care for her injuries, the sheriff s office said. Rescuers with Leah Brown. Portland Mountain Rescue stanley cup Five public agencies and another volunteer group were also involved in the rescue mdash; it took seven hours to gather the resources necessary to get Brown off the mountain, the sheriff s office said, and the Portland Mountain Rescue team kept her warm during that period. Brown told KION that she doesn t remember much of that period. My sense of time for that chunkhellip;it s really not there, she Vpbm Carr Fire scorches Northern California, kills 3 family members trapped inside home
A North Carolina charter school promoting traditional values engaged in unconstitutional sex discrimination by requiring girls to wear skirts, a federal judge has ruled.U.S. District Judge Malcolm Howard ruled that Charter Day School can t enforce the skirts-only rule as part of its dress code that punishes violations with suspensions and even expulsion.No child has been expelled for violating the dress code since the school opened in 2000, Howard said in a decision filed on Thursday.But girls are clearly treated differently than boys at the kindergarten through 8th grade school in Leland, about 10 miles west of Wilmington, Howard ruled. That s a violation of the U.S. Constitution s equal protection requirements. The guardians of three girls attending the school sued the adidas samba school in 2016. They said the dress code forces girls to be colder in the winter and forces them to pay constant attention to the positioning of their legs during class, distracting them from learning, and has led them to avoid certain activities altogether, such as climbing or playing sports during recess, all for fear of exposing their undergarments and being reprimanded by teach af1 ers or teased by boys, the judge said in summarizing the plaintiffs arguments.One of the mothers suing with the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of their daughters said the judge s decision means a girl s comfort and freedom to move is on par with stanley cup their male classmates. VICTORY! W |
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