Leo Ryan

Mrs. Nalley is a 82 year old female who presented to the ED via LEO under IVC for alleged homicidal ideation with several plans to cut her granddaughter's throat and shoot her other granddaughter. Before the assessment the petitioner, Her son James, of the IVC was contacted. He reports relational conflict with his mother and the family has been going on for a while. James reports his mother believes people are stealing her things.He states, "She things somebody done stole her gun." He reports…

something unthinkable in normal terms. This is not the only example of something similarly happening, in Jonestown. Jonestown which was named after Jim Jones, lead 918 people to commit mass suicide after being exposed to be the killer of US Congressman Leo Ryan. Jones wanted to demonstrate, “what he termed a “revolutionary act” and proceeded to “drop a potent mix of cyanide, sedatives and powdered fruit juice into children’s throats” And for the adults to, “drink the poison-laced concoction…

needs rather than wants, a life of simplicity. Although this thought might be hard to ponder, especially in today's fast-paced society overwhelmed by fads, crazes, and a demand for more, a new way of living, minimalism, defies this modern lifestyle. Ryan Nichodemus, author and the founder of The Minimalists- an organization that teaches the practice of minimalism through podcasts, blog posts, and tours- describe this simple way of living as- a tool used to rid oneself of excess materialistic…

An Anthropologist from Mars - Review British neurologist’s Oliver Sack’s first publishes Temple Grandin’s case study in The New Yorker magazine (Sacks, 1993), and then includes in his book ‘An Anthropologist in Mars’ (Sacks, 1995). This case study offers the reader an empathetic yet compassionate insight into day to day challenges experienced with living with autism from the perspective of World renowned Autism advocate and American Professor of Animal Science, Temple Grandin PH.D. Grandin…

NEUROIMAGING AND COGNITION IN MS 1. Structural MRI Cognitive impairment in MS has been shown to correlate with different indices of brain pathology as revealed by MRI.  Lesions and atrophy: Studies have shown that global markers of impaired cognition have been linked to total hyper- and hypo-intense lesion volume (Rovaris et al., 1998; Lazeron et al., 2005; Sperling et al., 2001; Rao et al., 1989). This may be due to the lesions disrupting cortical-cortical connections (Lezak, Howieson&…

Appendix Bal-Tastan, S., & Kalafatoglu, Y. (2015). An investigation of the moderating effect of work exhaustion on the relationship between perceived servant leadership and organizational commitment. Suleyman Demirel University Journal of Faculty of Economics & Administrative Sciences, 20(3), 307-328. The purpose of this study is to comprehend the organizational commitment and servant leader connection, as well as evaluate work exhaustion in the Turkish context. It5 is assumed that work…

When the term “fascist government” is mentioned it is associated with the fear of loosing the fundamental right to determine the system in which a persons lives under and who controls them. However when the term “cult” is mentioned it is associated with loosing the right of what to think. These institutions often employ the same types of tactics in order to control the people that follow them, whether it is willingly or unwillingly. This leads to the question, how did the tactics of control in…

condemned individuals and their post-conviction exonerations. In many of these cases, defendants had been sentenced to death and were awaiting execution. It is clear convictions of the innocent occur with regularity and with disturbing frequency (Leo, 2005). Frequent and multiple exonerations pose a host of problems for prosecutors, defendants and the public at large. Wrongful…

If you want to compliment Leo Wieser, tell him his work makes you gag. "Thank you!" he gushes when I mention my queasy stomach. "That's what makes a good career." Wieser, the special effects supervisor for Wynonna Earp, and I are discussing the full-body autopsy scene in last week's episode, "Two-Faced Jack," and I'm apparently not the only one who had a guttural reaction to the sequence. "On set, nothing is better than if you can make the crew go, "Bleh!" he laughs. "For the second time in my…

George Ryan handed out Colt .44 revolvers and a large supply of ammunition to fellow convicts Harry Vaughan, Edward Raymond and Hiram Blake. The four then entered the office of Deputy Warden R. E. See and ordered him to put his hands in the air. Instead, he went…