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The Toronto stock market was set for a higher open Tuesday after Germany posted stronger-than-expected growth during the second quarter.
The Canadian dollar was up 0.06 of a cent to 100.82 cents (U.S.) amid rising prices for copper and crude oil.
U.S. futures were higher. The Dow Jones industrial futures gained 22 points to 13,159, the Nasdaq futures were up 3.5 points to 2,731.5 and the S&P 500 futures rose 2.1 points to 1,404.7.
Germany, Europe's biggest economy, posted 0.3 per cent growth in the second quarter, beating expectations of a 0.2 per cent increase though slowing from the first quarter's 0.5 per cent growth.
At the same time, Eurostat, the European Union's statistics agency, said that the economies of both the eurozone and the wider 27-country EU shrank by a quarterly rate of 0.2 per cent in the second quarter of the year. In the first quarter, output for both regions was flat. A recession is officially defined as two straight quarters of falling output.
Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Greece are already mired in recession.
"The debt crisis and resulting tough austerity and reform are keeping (southern eurozone countries) in recession, while Northern Europe skirts by with modest growth," observed BMO Capital Markets senior economist Benjamin Reitzes.
The worsening debt crisis has worsened the prospects for an economic recovery in the rest of the world.
Policymakers are urging more decisive action, particularly from the European Central Bank, to deal with the debt crisis to restore confidence to the global economy.
Markets have found traction recently after the ECB promised last month to do "whatever it takes" to keep the monetary union intact.
Disappointing economic data has also raised hopes that central banks in the U.S. and China will move to undertake further stimulus measures.
Crude oil prices advanced ahead of the release of data on U.S. oil stockpiles. The September crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange gained 28 cents to $93.01 a barrel.
Data for the week ending Aug. 10 is expected to show draws of 1.5 million barrels in crude oil stocks and 2.3 million barrels in gasoline stocks, according to a survey of analysts by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos.
Metal prices were also higher after two days of declines in the wake of surprising drops in Chinese exports and Japanese economic growth. The September copper contract on the Nymex edged up a penny to $3.36 a pound.
December gold climbed $1.70 to $1,614.30 an ounce.
On the corporate front, a showdown could be brewing between fertilizer giant Agrium and a major investor.
The Calgary-based company says it has carefully evaluated the idea of spinning off its retail division and decided against the plan because shareholders of the agricultural services company would face too much risk. Agrium made the statement after the Wall Street Journal reported U.S. hedge fund Jana Partners has purchased a large stake in Agrium in a move to push the fertilizer giant to cut costs and sell its retail arm. The Journal reports the fund has accumulated almost 5 per cent of Agrium stock, making it the company's largest shareholder.
Agrium shares rose 2.8 per cent in pre-open trading in New York.
European bourses advanced with London's FTSE 100 index up 0.36 per cent, Frankfurt's DAX climbed 0.78 per cent while the Paris CAC 40 was ahead 0.44 per cent.
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In other corporate developments, Home Depot's net income rose 13 per cent in its fiscal second quarter to $1.53-billion, or $1.01 per share. A year earlier it earned $1.36-billion, or 87 cents per share.
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Revenue climbed to $20.57-billion from $20.23-billion, up 2 per cent. Wall Street expected higher revenue of $20.74-billion but its shares climbed 1.1 per cent in pre-open trading.
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David Sirulnick, executive producer, says that Total Request Live may not be done for good, but after 10 years is in need of a good break. "We want to close this era of `TRL' in a big celebratory way, and 10 is
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The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White House briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby.With that one little statement, released on the Public Affairs Books website this week, all excuses for not impeaching President Bush and Vice President Cheney, not to mention indicting Cheney (who of course has no immunity from prosecution while in office), have evaporated.
There was one problem. It was not true.
I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the Vice President, the President's chief of staff, and the President himself.
- Excerpt from Scott McClellan's forthcoming book "What Happened"(Public Affairs Books, due out in April 2008)
Here is rock-solid evidence from a man who, as press secretary, was privy to the inner workings of the White House, of a vile conspiracy involving the two top men in the Bush/Cheney administration, as well as their top three staffpeople, to expose the identity of an important CIA undercover operative, Valerie Plame, and then, when caught, to obstruct a criminal investigation by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, into that crime.
Forget for a moment the administration's other high crimes and misdemeanors and acts of bribery and treason, though many, like defying laws passed by the Congress, or violating the Nuremburg Charter, are surely far more egregious. This particular set of crimes--conspiracy, obstruction of justice, lying, and of course the underlying crime of abuse of power and perhaps treason (since Plame's responsibility as a high-rankiing CIA operative was preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, particularly in the Middle East!)--is serious enough.
There is no way that American democracy can continue to survive, even in its current truncated form, if the Congress continues to duck this issue and pretend that it has "more important things to do," as Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her retinue of "leaders" in the House have continued to claim for an entire year in control of the Congress.
To keep impeachment "off the table," knowing that the president and vice president brazenly lied to the American people and to the Special Counsel's office about such a serious offense, is to make a mockery of the Constitution and the law.
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It is of course possible that the political reality is that Republicans in Congress have become such an antidemocratic conglomeration of authoritarian yes-men that they would defend their political leaders no matter what their crimes, and that thus impeachment would be a dead end, either in the House or certainly in the Senate. This, however, is no excuse for not calling the president and vice president to account in impeachment hearings in the House, where Democrats have a solid majority.
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For starters, Pelosi must take this moment to declare that impeachment is "back on the table."
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duckplops said:
It's over
Indeed I agree with you that this is a purpled finger watershed revelation, but the country we knew just a few short years ago doesn't exist any longer. Now it's time for decisive action and cue the soaring music -
we whimper and beg for crumbs. Take care of yourself and loved ones and soon expect a firestorm of personal hurt. Buy, treasure, keep arms and the ability to use them. Be prepared for everything.
Steve said:
No impeachment, no way, not now, not ever. You probably thought that the demos are going to cut funding to the(ir) war(s). That had to be politically easier than impeachment. Still is.
Steve said:
Link 'n more.
Just a cross reference on the same same. Can't people see the slight of hand? Does not inaction speak louder than words?
Are the demos not getting what they want? If they are not getting what they want, why would they not change it? They are the majority. I do not understand.
Afraid of a veto, perhaps? Great rational for the slight of hand, but balderdash with regard to their sworn duties and obligations under the constitution. Surrender without a fight? Give up the legislative power without so much as a whimper? Take NO action?
They must be getting what they want. Or just maybe, there is another reason. I have had an insight as to the possible why. No one has talked/blogged about it, or the possibility of it. Its... Nevermind, no one but jeh would believe it and he'd be roihglol.
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5.3.16 Jason Madara Gets Real with Best BuyAt Best Buy there truly is something for everyone. Whether you're in the market for a gigantic TV, or need the latest tiny music device, you can find something that will give you a little spark of joy. In fact, that's what Best Buy is all about: connecting people to new pieces of technology that will enrich their daily experiences. This is exactly what they wanted to mine in their latest collaboration with Jason Madara, and gave the photographer a focus that he knew he could have fun with. After combing through thousands of models and actors, Jason found around 30 people to photograph and jumped right in. Sometimes literally. "I had the music on, I had the Tina Turner on in the background, I had to laugh and make a fool out of myself and get them to really bring it, and feel comfortable," Jason explains. "So for me, no matter what I'm shooting, I want to get into it and become part of it and get in there with them and share that experience with them. And not make them experience it alone." Creating that kind of an atmosphere means that he makes space for his subjects to open up and have fun, something that will show up directly on film and make for imagery that is fun and engaging. Best Buy's products are incredibly diverse because their customers are diverse. Each person who comes into the store has slightly different needs, and Jason wanted to make room for that. The diversity isn't limited to race, age, or gender identity, but goes into life experience and Jason wanted to reflect these different experiences throughout the mix of photographs. "I was trying to mix it up and not feel like all the same," says Jason. "So for every person I would get a feel for their personality and change the music maybe, and laugh with them. In a campaign with 28 images you want to try and mix it up as much as you can." Jason asked each of them to imagine what it would be like to get whatever they wanted from Best Buy as a gift, and each of his models had a totally unique reaction. That was the point. Everyone who comes through Best Buy's doors is looking for something that's going to specifically speak to them; the broad range of experiences that Jason brought to this campaign means everyone can see themselves in it and engage with these stories. What Jason wanted to keep the same was the overall aesthetic of the shots. Even with the variation on film, it all had to feel like it was a part of the same story. So Jason created a solid base for himself that he used as a touchstone for continuity. "My approach is always the same and technically my approach was always the same. I never changed the light too much, I wanted to keep it really consistent. We didn't overly retouch these," says Jason. "That was important. One of the things Best Buy mentioned is they really wanted that texture. They really wanted to basically feel real, that people can relate to these. That they look natural." The engagement that Jason achieved can only happen if each image feels real. When an audience sees themselves in these images, it cannot be an extension of imagination, it must be a true visceral experience. Jason puts it all out there to connect with his subjects and ensure they'll connect with us so we can see ourselves in the story that Best Buy is telling us.
5.5.16 Fighting ISIS: Joey L's Insight and Vanity Fair ItaliaIt's hard to find trust in a war zone, especially if it's a war whose realities are almost entirely misunderstood at home. When Joey L first traveled to the Middle East to embed with the YPG (People's Protection Units), it took him a while to warm up to the war zone, and understandably so. It's not like what you read in the paper. Well, it is, but it's one thing to read about a firefight and something completely different to be in it. Joey recently returned to the conflict areas towards the end of 2015, spending a month and a half photographing the the newly formed alliance "Syrian Democratic Forces" in Syria. These are the people fighting ISIS and each of these groups has their own power structures, their own brigades, and their own goals. Joey's goal is to get as big of a picture of these people as possible, but this month Vanity Fair Italia is running eight of Joey's images in an attempt to help us all understand better what's happening in the fight against ISIS. "Even to this day I don't try to pretend to be some hardcore photojournalist who's not afraid of anything," Joey explains. "These groups really have their stuff figured out and they're well organized, they're not just a bunch of rag-tag guerrilla fighters that hit and then run away. They have frontlines, several resistance lines, and exit strategies." As the American presumptions of what a "rebel" is fell away, Joey was able to relax a little into the flow of what he was seeing and doing. That didn't mean it wasn't an easy place to be, of course. "A lot of things you see are quite frankly terrifying," Joey reminds us, but it did allow him to focus on photographing his subjects so he could bring the story back for us to understand better. There's so much more that goes into fighting a real war than firing bullets. There's minesweeping after taking over cities, and life at the base. There's cleaning weapons and cooking lunch. There's life. When journalists come through for just a few days they don't typically get the full picture. Joey's extended stay offers a view of what it's really like for the rebels in a way we don't typically get to see. But this commitment has compounded in on itself. His access has made it able for him to tell a richer story, which in turn builds trust and gets him even more honest access. "After my first trip, the spokesman/commander for YPG shared my video on his Facebook page," Joey says. "All his forces saw it and they all know about it so when I went back he was the first person that we reached out to and he helped facilitate more access. I was seeing a lot more things because they trusted me to be honest about what I observed and tell the real story." There's an international effort to discredit these forces, with propaganda coming out of Turkey and ISIS. But Joey is committed to showing the truth of what he sees. After everything that Joey has seen and learned he gets why America's plan is what it is. It makes sense to go full force after ISIS right now, but that plan has its limits. ISIS is causing the most damage right this moment, but if they're rooted out our problems don't end. It's far more complicated than that. ISIS rose in a power vacuum whose solution is political. "[The US] also has to honor political projects of the Syrian Democratic Forces and give special attention to what they plan to do afterwards," explains Joey. It's one thing to understand a war from clips on the nightly news and from Presidential candidates on the stump, but something completely different on the ground. As Joey says, it's not crucial that everyone on American soil understand everything that's happening in the Middle East, even in wars being fought in our name. But if we refuse to examine any complexities or refuse, to support systems that are different than ours, we can expect this fight to go on for a very, very long time. You can find the Joey L Vanity Fair Italia story here.
5.4.16 Tatiana Plakhova Reaches the Stars with Stephen Hawking and Yuri MilnerIn Carl Sagan's classic 'Contact,' he says, "The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space." The universe's vastness far outpaces the human imagination, and it's not only likely that there's other life out there, it's a statistical certainty. The question isn't if they're out there, the question is where they are. And how far away they are. Because of the limits of our current technology, it takes us an incredible amount of time to cross the distances required to find the next living forms. So, Stephen Hawking is teaming up with Yuri Milner to bridge that gap. In an effort called 'Breakthrough Starshot,' they're using non-traditional technologies to rocket our species' introduction across the stars, and they asked Tatiana Plakhovha to help them announce it with Mark Zuckerberg. She created an image that both Hawking and Zuckerberg shared on their personal Facebook pages explaining the project, and it was a total thrill for Tatiana. "I was happy as a child when I saw my image on Stephen Hawking's and Mark Zuckerberg's profiles!," says Tatiana. "Then people told me this image was shown in all the world news." Creating imagery that is true to incredible science while satisfying minds like Hawking and Milner isn't easy. Tatiana's work strikes a balance between science fiction and abstraction, but tied to something like Breakthrough Starshot, Tatiana went a little more literal. To spread the Earth's message, they're going to create a "fleet" of "nanocraft" that can rocked towards Alpha Centauri at 100 million miles per hour, reaching our nearest star in only 20 years. They'll achieve this by creating space sails that rather than wind will catch light from an array of laser beams. Tatiana's image shows these space sails in incredible formation as they're blown away from the Earth. As a native Russian, space has always been an interest of Tatiana's, reaching all the way back to her childhood. "I'm extremely interested in space exploration," says Tatiana. "Like many Soviet Union children I was deeply inspired by Gagarin's flight. I even played a game with my friends for a few years; we would sit in my room near the window, pretending that we're flying in a cosmic ship. That was really fun." As the future comes closer to us by the day, galactic exploration and travel is almost within reach for us. What was once a child's game is very much turning into a reality. We just have to grab onto it. Check out Tatiana's illustration on Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile here, and on Steven Hawking's here.
4.28.16 Tristan Eaton and Jeff Soto Team Up with Converse for GoodBringing art home always makes us feel good, but did you know it can make others feel good too? This year, Converse's Lovejoy Art Program teamed up with 22 global established and emerging artists to create 48 original pieces of work that would be put up for auction. Tristan Eaton and Jeff Soto are a part of this impressive roster whose pieces are now available for bid at Paddle8.com. The auctions are set up to benefit Artists for Humanity, a Boston based non-profit that focuses on job training for underprivileged youth. Their whole mission is to create a sustainable pipeline for kids who are interested in building careers that they might otherwise not have access to. Artists for Humanity is in the middle of a massive expansion, and the proceeds from this auction will help to build the future of this organization. "At Converse we owe so much to artists and their abundant creativity," says David Carrewyn, Global Creative Brand Director at Converse. "The Converse Lovejoy Art Program is an amazing opportunity for us to both give back to the creative community and offer all artists a platform to showcase their work. We're proud to host our first auction to benefit the great work Artists for Humanity does in Boston and look forward to continuing this program next year." Before Converse lets go of all this incredible work, they've hung it in their Boston headquarters to soak up the inspiration and creativity for their own employees. We think of sneaker brands as being places where technology meets the road, but everyone at Converse is trying to push the boundaries wherever they can and look to artists like Jeff Soto and Tristan Eaton to help them think about their processes in new ways. Converse is already benefiting from having this art all around them, and now you can too (while at the same time benefiting Artists for Humanity). Both Tristan and Jeff's work is still available to be bid on at Paddle8.com until Monday, May 2. You can find Tristan Eaton's 'Against All Odds' here, and Jeff Soto's "Distant Sounds in the Night" here. The rest of the work as a part of Converse's auction are here.
4.28.16 History and Texture with Rachel StickleyOur history is woven into every stitch of denim. Columbus' sails that carried his ship across the Atlantic were denim, and Southern soil was resplendent with indigo plants in the centuries after. Few colors have the kind of rich history that indigo has and nothing says heritage better than denim. It is always in style, so it's no wonder that Women's Wear Daily just published a feature on what's trending in denim and tapped Rachel Stickley to help visualize what the most creative minds in the industry are coming up with. Rachel's styling goes against convention when it comes to thinking about apparel. Shrugging off the tradition of buttoning up models into clothes, Rachel has set the pieces up in a sort of origami showcase, utilizing textured white surfaces to highlight the shapes and feel of the cloth. The natural colors of the fabrics echo off the stark white base, highlighting how Rachel has arranged and folded them, displaying character and giving each article its own personality.
5.2.16 He's Back! Marc Hom and the Return of Jon SnowMarc Hom continued his blockbuster collaboration between Entertainment Weekly and Game of Thrones with the incredible exclusive story on this week's episode of the HBO show. Fan favorite Jon Snow was killed off at the end of last season, creating a cliffhanger that no one expected. But, on the second episode this season, Jon thundered back to life in a move that many were too afraid to hope for. Kit Harrigton, the actor who plays Jon on the show, covers Entertainment Weekly this week in a shoot with Marc Hom to announce that Jon Snow is alive. For all intents and purposes. We won't get into all the complexities, but there are still a lot of questions that the show will hopefully answer in the coming season. For Marc, this shoot was really refreshing. He's photographed the Game of Thrones cast many times before, but this was the first time he got Kit Harington as Kit Harington. This was about connecting with the actor and not the character, and Marc was thrilled to do that. "It was very nice to work with him on something that was not in costume," says Marc. "It was just about capturing him more than the character, basically. So that was very nice and it was cool. And I think that not having to have a reference to the show makes it kind of a bit more fresh." When Jon Snow died last season, fans were horrified to think that the only taste of Jon they'd ever get again would be watching Harington play other characters while grieving for their favorite character. Marc gives us Harington, but for now at least, we get more Jon as well. Until, of course, we don't. Valar Morghulis.
4.29.16 Olaf Hajek and the Dream of HermesHermes has been on the scene for almost two hundred years, commanding the interest and hearts of those who love fashion for all this time. The design house is a home for luxury creativity, and boasts a creative tradition unlike any other group in the world. There's a rich history in the brand, something that Olaf Hajek distilled into a single image. It's one thing to create a composition for a single season or campaign, but Olaf took the entire story of a brand and condensed it into a single image that Hermes could use however they felt fit for as long as they needed it. It became an exercise in metaphor and illustration, which happens to be a unique creative undertaking. And one that he excels at. The painting that Olaf ended up with is a direct reflection of Hermes' logo, but brings in elements that run through the brand's mission and how their work has affected their customers and the rest of the fashion world. To strike that kind of balance, Olaf had to go a little bit beyond reality and encapsulate the brand's emotional history, reaching beyond the pale of our world and into another one that is more expressive. Olaf's painting includes the recognizable tree and horse of Hermes' logo, but also brings in impossible elements, like a leaf full of water emptying out into mountain mist, and coming back down in a river. "I always love to have this kind of surreal element, bringing all these different things together," explains Olaf. "I just do it naturally. My hand is doing something without thinking." Olaf's paintings have freedoms that photography, perhaps, doesn't. Rather that creating a reflection of reality, he can get closer to a deeper truth and representation. He can bring an index of emotion and story into one image that speaks to experience over analysis. Hermes represents so much more than collections of clothes, and is constantly telling their story to the world. Olaf sees their work writ large across time and incorporates it into his own process. "That's why I also play this with these symbols, like evanescence, birth; something beautiful happens and then something is going down again, it's dying," explains Olaf. "Water for me is an amazing element which I really love and include in a lot of paintings." In a way, Olaf's work becomes something of a dream, connecting us to moments that live outside of our perceived reality but connect us to a deeper truth, the truth of experience.
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- 5.7.16People of the Delta, directed by Joey L
May 7, 2016 Addis Ababa International Film Festival. View trailer here.
- 5.15.16Erwin Olaf: Catwalk. Fashion at the Rijksmuseum.
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- 5.4.16BB8 just rolling through in this @AmICollective GIF for #StarWarsDay. #MayThe4thBeWithYou https://t.co/2wzGOvWC1B
- 5.3.16Who's that girl? (It's Helen Mirren shot by @douglasfriedman for @VanityFair) https://t.co/xmzaxlUJtY
- 5.3.16.@jasonmadara gets real with Best Buy: https://t.co/h1XTwBpmjm https://t.co/bFqj5Eubsn
- 5.2.16We didn't say anything, so don't be mad at us. But check out Marc Hom's latest for @ew: https://t.co/PL1EKLIXqA https://t.co/VYY9qMlxey
- 5.2.16Does this mean winter is here? Illustration by @MarioWagnerArt. #got #snow #zombie https://t.co/YW4waR6jpu https://t.co/aZe5KHjbtJ
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- 4.30.16From backstage in Thailand to the pages of @AmericanPhotog's AP32: @stevenlaxton. #NSFW https://t.co/snOYkhSTD6 https://t.co/hJqpJffz0n
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Open letter to anonymous good SamaritanPublished 5:59pm Monday, September 9, 2013
Dear Editor,
On Friday, Aug. 30, I was in a bad situation and received help from a young nice man whose name is unkown to me. Due to the situation, I did not have a chance to properly thank him at the time, and I am hoping to get in touch with him through this article.
My story is as follows: I was going to do some shopping at Fred's Department Store here in town, and when I pulled in the parking space, I failed to put gear shift fully into park.
I opened my door and proceeded to get out when the car started moving.
I tried to get back in to stop it, but the door knocked me down and the front wheel pinned my leg underneath.
I yelled for help and the young man came and rolled the care off my leg, pulled me out from underneath the car and picked me up off the ground.
I am bruised up and sore, but thankfully I did not have any serious injuries.
There is no way I could have helped myself, and I really appreciate what the young man did.
If everyone was ready and willing to help like this young man, the world would be a better place to live.
I hope the young man will read this article or hear about it so he can give me a call at 256-234-7427.
Thank you,
J.C. Tapley


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It is funny, our nurse told us that also-very matter of fact! It was like a punch to the gut, because I hadn't known it before then. However, after doing research and hearing from older HLHS kids, I think that it is something that happens a lot (transplant), but not always! There are kids in there early 20's and even mid 20's that I know that are HLHS and doing great! I also really hope that technology catches up...I've been reading more and more about the pitfalls of a fontan circulatory system, and also the technology that is catching up to help with those problems. I've also seen how really sick HLHS kids do so very well after their heart transplant-they are like new kids and are able to do all the things they couldn't when they were sick! It made me not as afraid of a heart transplant in the future:)
Our cardiologist had told us that about 40% need a transplant eventually.
Katie also had a very pregnant nurse when she was in the hospital that told us that she "had a heart baby too but already knew that the one she was carrying now was perfectly healthy. Also, did you know that your next child has a 20% chance of having HLHS?" This was in the middle of the night when I had gone into Katie's room to pump for her. So I am half asleep, pumping, already emotionally exhausted because this was about 2 weeks post partum and we had been in the hospital and dealing with surgery and complications, etc. and this WOMAN drops this totally unfounded, untrue comment on me. I cried for hours and hours after she said that and made sure that she was never Katie's nurse again and never touched her again. This was also a woman that would rather give a baby morphine than to pat her bottom to soothe her.
I don't know why your question brings this story to mind and am not even sure that it is relevant other than to say that doctors and nurses can and will say some things that are not backed up by research and are not necessarily true. Do not let anyone deprive you of hope for your child or say stuff about how ALL HLHS babies need such and such. Your child is a unique and remarkable individual and it is definitely possible for him to live a long and happy life without needing a new heart. It all depends on him and his own unique situation and the research and the advancements that they are continually making in this field.
Expecting our Rainbow Baby!
Mommy to HLHS Angel "Katie" 2/27/12-5/16/12 and Lillian (T21) 12w5d Dec. 2012 www.babykatherinemckelvey.blogspot.com


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In September 2009, a health sciences lecturer from California State University, Fullerton wrote to NORD with the following message: "I'm 50 years old. I've recently been diagnosed with an incurable rare disease – Wegener's granulomatosis. And I'm planning to climb Mt. Everest in the spring to raise awareness on behalf of all people living with rare diseases."
That's was NORD's first introduction to Cindy Abbott and we have come to know her well since then. Cindy did, in fact, climb Mt. Everest in April 2010, and she carried to the summit a Rare Disease Day banner given to her by NORD.
The following year, Cindy carried the same banner far below the ocean's surface in a scuba dive also to promote rare disease awareness. And this year, she carried her NORD banner across 1,000 miles of Alaskan wilderness, completing the Iditarod after two previous attempts ended prematurely as a result of injuries and exhaustion.
Cindy is driven by a desire not to let her disease define her and to raise awareness for NORD, the Vasculitis Foundation (a NORD member), and the millions of other people living courageously with challenging rare diseases.
Cindy has written a book about her adventures in which she presented the philosophical basis for her exploits: "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain."
She has also conducted numerous media interviews and is the subject of a documentary film released earlier this year in which Emmy® Award-winning actress Valerie Harper – known to many as Rhoda Morgenstern – serves as host and narrator.
NORD is proud to present to Cindy our first-ever Rare Disease Public Awareness Award. Her determination to live life to the fullest in the face of a very serious and little-understood disease brings hope and inspiration to millions of others.
Today, NORD is joining the Everylife Foundation, Genetic Alliance, Global Genes, and the rare disease community in voicing our support for the OPEN Act (H.R.971), and requesting its inclusion within the 21st Century Cures Act.
On today's day of action, we are asking you to call your Congresspeople, and ask them to support the OPEN Act, and to ask them to tell the Energy and Commerce Committee that they should include this important legislation in the 21st Century Cures Act.
Here is a sample script for your message:
Hello, my name is XXXX. I'm calling to urge you to support the OPEN ACT, HR 971, and to ask you to urge your colleagues in the Energy and Commerce Committee include it in the 21st Century Cures Act.
The OPEN Act could drastically increase the number of rare disease therapies, and could solve many of the off-label reimbursement problems that many rare disease patients face.
[please explain why the legislation is important to you as a patient]
Thank you for your time and consideration.
To call your Congressperson, call the Capitol Switchboard at: (202) 224-3121.
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Global PWS Registry Debuts as Part of Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month
Washington, D.C. and Pasadena, Calif.—May 4, 2015—The Foundation for Prader-Willi Research (FPWR) and National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)® today launched the Global Prader-Willi Syndrome Registry, a new database to accelerate research and cures for the rare disease Prader-Willi Syndrome.
The Global PWS Registry creates a platform for patients around the world to share information about PWS with researchers on developmental history, medical complications, and quality of life.
NORD President and CEO Peter L. Saltonstall said the Global PWS Registry addresses what is widely recognized as one of the greatest needs and inherent challenges of the rare disease community – natural history data to help medical researchers better understand how diseases develop and progress over time.
"The Global PWS Registry will provide a complete picture of each patient's experience with Prader-Willi," said Foundation for Prader-Willi Research Executive Director Susan Hedstrom. "We are launching this initiative to help fill the missing link researchers and medical experts need to advance research and get to a cure."
To help drive awareness and participation, FPWR has created a custom Facebook Profile Pic creator that will allow participants to promote the registry: http://www.fpwr.org/pic-creator. This is one of many activities planned for Prader-Willi Awareness Month.
"Our goal is to enroll as many patients, or their parents or legal guardians, as possible," said Hedstrom. "The success of the registry is dependent upon community participation." read more >
Kristen Rilling is an amazing mom who, since losing her daughter, Fallon, has worked hard to help other families from experiencing what she and her family went through.
Fallon was born on October 10, 2013, at 4:44 a.m. Minutes later, she was whisked away from her parents and the decision was made to send her to another hospital with an experienced NICU. In less than 24 hours, she was moved to a third hospital, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital in New York City, which had a yet potentially life-saving heart and lung bypass machine called an ECMO machine. Fallon arrived with minutes to live.
Fallon passed away a few days later, on October 21. "We held her while she took her final breath; a moment we will never, ever forget," said Kristen.
It was not until two months later with Fallon's final autopsy results that a lung biopsy revealed Fallon had died from a rare disease called Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia with Misalignment of Pulmonary Veins.
ACD/MPV is a rare, incurable lung disease that is apparent at birth. It affects the development of the lungs and their blood vessels. Without a lung transplant, ACD/MPV is fatal. Babies are not likely to survive long enough waiting for a donor (another infant), and even less likely to survive the transplant.
The cause is not known. Only 400 known cases have been identified worldwide since ACD was discovered in 1947.
Since Fallon's death, Kristen has set out to raise money for ACD research.
"If even one baby can be saved based on that research – we would be so happy," said Kristen.
To make this happen, Kristen and her family teamed up with the ACD Association, a group of parents around the world who have lost a child to ACD. read more >
"Courage is in my nature; it is the type of person I am," explains 18-year-old Devin Alvarez. The young man speaks with such certainty that it is hard to believe he and doctors once thought he would not live to be a teenager.
Devin has Sprengel Deformity, a rare disease in which the shoulder blade is displaced upward. The condition is apparent at birth and causes a number of skeletal and muscular deformities and medical complications. Devin has undergone 44 surgeries, yet this does not stop him from being what he calls "a normal kid," playing sports, walking his dog, and aspiring to do great things in the world. His goal is to become a face of hope for people who are going through difficult times.
"My back is full of scars because of all my surgeries. When I look at myself in the mirror, I don't grieve. The scars are a motivational aspect for me to continue on and strive for greatness."
Devin recalls waking up during one surgery. His lungs had filled with fluid and doctors were concerned. Most people would be terrified to hear what Devin went through that day. He says, "I just went through the surgery like anything else," and he compares his health challenges to being a student. "For example, I'm in high school now and I compare these things to a homework assignment, something I have to get through. I keep on striving, no matter what happens to me."
When asked how he developed such an amazing outlook on life, he gives credit to two things: his mother and music. Devin looks at his mother, Rixys, and attributes his positivity, courage to fight this disease, and determination to make a difference, all to her. Devin also never doubts his future and plans on one day being "the most influential rapper of the time." Titan, Devin's stage name- a nod to the two titanium rods in his chest, wants to make music that inspires other people to never lose hope, to never stop seeing the light, and to keep going.
Devin explained to NORD staff that he loves music and writes lyrics and poetry often. Below is one of his poems dedicated to his mom, Rixys. read more >
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The mob-like murder of Seattle labor leader Mario Vaccarino, 61 - his body found seasoned with parmesan cheese and floating face down in his bathtub - is now among a half-dozen perhaps related cold cases from the 1970s and 1980s that have heated up again. They include dead bar owners and associates who were in competition with longtime convicted racketeer and aging strip-club king Frank Colacurcio Sr. "We're reviewing all those cases," says King County Sheriff's Detective Scott Tompkins, whose cold-case team has worked with a Seattle and federal task force but is pursing the union case separately. "Vaccarino's death is one we're actively trying to solve," says Tompkins.
Colacurcio, 91, has not been charged with any of the crimes and has denied any involvement. Investigators were recently told that a former Colacurcio associate claims Vaccarino, head of Hotel and Restaurant Employees union Local 8, was killed Oct. 24, 1985 by a man now serving life in prison for another murder. The associate never indicated, however, that Colacurcio was himself any way involved.The killer reportedly was told to rough up Vaccarino but took it too far. He ended up putting the body in the tub and sprinkling it with parmesan to suggest it was an Italian mob killing, the associate said. But the killer's identity and who hired him remains a mystery, and the trail in the past actually led away from Colacurcio to the union's international headquarters and elsewhere. ("What we're learning," a police investigator said at the time, "is that there are 50 people with a motive for killing him.")
Colacurcio, in 2006, told Seattle Weekly that calling his business a mob organization makes him laugh. "I've given them [prosecutors] every chance to prove it," he said. "They're still trying, I guess."
Federal investigators are currently probing Colacurcio's four nude-dance club businesses for alleged "promotion and facilitation of prostitution," the FBI says in court papers. All the recordings and transcripts from FBI wiretaps have now been turned over to Colacurcio and, insiders say, there is an offer on the table for he and his associates to get out of the business, sell their properties, and avoid indictments.
Among other cold cases being probed is the slaying of strip club owner Frank "Sharkey" Hinkley, 45, (left) and his fiancé Barbara Rosenfield, 42, at Hinkley's Bear Cave club in 1975. One man, James Braman Jr., 56, was charged with the killings in part to force him to cooperate with investigators. But, after refusing to talk - "he said `They'll kill me if I do,'" recalls Det. Tompkins - Braman killed himself in 2006 with an overdose of methadone.
One of the cold cases has been solved, the contract killing of Leroy Grant, 36, in 1978. The hitwoman, Karen L. Martin, 53, is now doing 20 years in prison, admitting in 2007 she was hired to kill Grant by someone connected to a local mob. Grant had obtained money "he wasn't supposed to have," said Martin, who has given investigators leads to follow. Martin never received the $10,000 she was to be paid for the hit, she said.


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0mi1ez , 14 October 2008 19:32It would take me all of 5 minutes to spill my beer on it!
Never done it on my current machine, but sod's law...
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0Anonymous , 6 March 2011 03:17I've just built my first PC system with the Antec Skeleton. Have a large desk and keep it to the side away from my endless cups of coffee. Overclocked Phenom II 965 @ up to 4Ghz. Stock CPU cooler has never gone over 44C using ASUS temp probe! There is not another case on the market I would rather have. Back to stock 3.4Ghz setting and SDD hard drive, it is 100% silent other than the optical drive turning over on boot. I even unplug the overhead & HDD fans unless I overclock. Stays 30-32C at idle. Oh, and by the way, anyone who thinks it's hard to install components or wiring with this case apparently uses velcro instead of shoelaces or lacks opposable digits.


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