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Kristian MumfordArtist/Painter Male Victor Harbor, South Australia, Australia
My Website: official web siteMy MM URL: http://www.modelmayhem.com/kristianmumford
Mayhem # 745118
About Me
I am an Australian professional Artist living in the country for the peace. Im interested in universal and timeless themes.
I dont 'shoot', I paint for art exhibition/private collection. I model mayhem is esactly fitting for a fine artist but we dont have anywhere to go. However, in this day and age, i use photography in the process, especially when painting 'sittings' are irrelevant. Masters like maxwell Parish even used glass photography to paint from in the 1910s and 20s. So please keep all this in mind. I am interested to photograph models for inspiration for my paintings, in exchange of photos for the model's portfolio or some of my Limited Editions. My paintings can take 2 or 5 days and a lot of commitment.
I may consider a test run if i like the look of ya, you can communicate promptly (regardless of how busy you are and arrogantly feel entitled to peoples lives yet dont communicate with them unless your getting what you want), and demonstrate commitment . Commitment is not a restriction of freedom, it is a setting aside a space and time for something your keen on. So yu would have to reciprocate my interests.
If you want to test out with me, you must be open to part clothed.
IS NUDITY IN ART A VIRTUE OR VISE? READ THIS IF YOU HAVE ISSUES http://www.artrenewal.org/pages/archive … cleid=2002
I make 'elegance' and 'the beauty' only with the right muse.
IF you havn't worked with an artist before - or you romanticize the artist, read this;
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I can show you some of my paintings when you physically contact me, this way of "checking me out" is the only way of doing me justice and seeing my work.
No dramas, no worries, no digital tennis. Also If you express an interest or make arrangements, but think its ok to bale on me - its not ok! Its a waste of yurs and my personal time.
I personally CARE about making the best painting I can produce.
if you love it, you see its beauty everywhere, responsible for the happiness of a community and individuals.
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ARTISTS I have compositioned with..
cal mero
david Whyte
chiara fersini
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Neli Huie - MM#799624
Lloyd Rosen (Photographer) #254328
Eyeworks #14145 http://www.modelmayhem.com/eyeworks
Christopher Colquhoun
C Hough http://www.modelmayhem.com/466667
angela burdine #380605
Nina pak (Photographer)
David Charles (Photographer) #422952
Camargo Photo Graphics (Photoshop Wizard)
The Dalai Harma - MM#433079
Mark A Lively #97097
Sinbad Kazakian #472706
MODELS and people
Amy Blue
Hannah Wakefield
Anoush Anou
Delilah divine
Jim keays
Joanna http://www.modelmayhem.com/2102668
Phillipa #2112111
Blue bird/ alex
Kat Skow
Ivory Flame
Ella Rose
Raphella McNammera
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C r i s t i a n a http://www.modelmayhem.com/759023
pensta http://www.modelmayhem.com/1457440
Jessica Truscott http://www.modelmayhem.com/792082
Jasolia http://www.modelmayhem.com/670801
Miserysmalice #665255
Jen-Marie (Model)
Elektra Goncharova (Model)
Holy Love Day http://www.modelmayhem.com/278254
Shannon A #223244
Amonette (Model) #140664
Mira Torres (Model) #676667
and lots more + ones not on MM
Winter Raine Model
Raphaella WithLove Model
Joanna Model
Jessica Truscott Model
C r i s t i a n a Model
laralara Model
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A Perfect Forest.
Short Story by: Distrct7Boy
Status: Finished
Genre: Young Adult
Johanna Mason had come to the conclusion that she alone made the sun rise in the morning. It was the only explanation. She woke, invariably, while the great ball of fire was still ducked behind the horizon of District 7 in the dank gloomy mornings that her people were accustomed to. It was summer. The fresh coat of dew still paved the grass around The Branches, the Felling Quarter of District 7 where Johanna and her family lived, and the rising scent of pine and damp was unpredictably refreshing. Johanna once heard the rumor that people in the Capitol had created the scent in a lab and used it to freshen the air in their automobiles and houses, but she doubted this. Of all the scents the Capitol could brew in vats, why on Earth would they choose something so humble, so basic and so natural as pine needles? Unless of course, she had thought after calling Georgia Thomas a brainless airhead for voicing the fact, it was to demean the people of District 7. Sure, The Capitol get the pleasure of inhaling the smell of pine without the discomfort of finding the blasted needles in their every crevice after a full day of working in the woods.
Breakfast. Johanna's mother was already up, nursing her younger brother in her arms while preparing the standard morning meal, a bowl of oatmeal with a spoonful of tree sap bunged in for taste. It wasn't much, but it lasted until lunch which was usually more of the same except coupled with a slice of bread to help clean the bowl with. This was the first year Johanna had taken tesserae which had surprisingly increased the amount of oatmeal she was allowed for breakfast as Baby John was too young to eat solids. It was his fault his sister had to put her name into the Reaping an other five times. Her parents were hesitant about it at first but calculated the odds were still in their favor, District 7 was huge, and the number of eligible kids for the Hunger Games was practically double what they were in other districts. Still Johanna's older brother was too old, her younger brother too young which meant that is was her name in the Reaping. Which in her mind entitled her to more oatmeal.
"Hey, I might even volunteer this year!" she said between spoonfuls, watching her mother's lips purse "I'll be a Career if I keep eating like this."
"Not funny Johanna." Her mother said, staring up from her own bowl
"You're still too scrawny to be a Career anyway, Brainless," came the voice of her older brother Joshua still groggy from sleep "The kids from District Two start training for the Games from Birth, you're sixteen already. A lot of catching up skinny."
Her response was a scrunched up face and a stretched out tongue.
After breakfast she returned to the room she shared with her brother. One of the three rooms that made up the generic log-made homes of The Branches. In a mirror she glanced at her reflection. Her hair had been cropped short earlier in the month. A safety procedure the Peacekeepers had enforced after several of the girls in The Trunk had got their stuck in the wood chippers. Legend was they were scraping bits of them off trees in District 9. Unlike the other girls, Johanna liked the change, or more accurately she was passive toward it. It wasn't a Capitol made wig by any stretch of the imagination, but it stopped her from dying, which was a plus.
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Off-Road Trails in Arizona
Hello everyone. I'm brand new to the forums, and brand new to the jeep community. Just got my first Jeep. 2010 4 Door Wrangler. I currently live in PA, but I'm moving in a few months to Arizona. I'd love to get into some off roading when I get there, and some desert trails and things.
Is there a place that I can go to see where the trails are, and the rules and things? I don't know much about the area, but I'd love to meet some Jeep people who know what they're doing out there to have some fun.
Thanks everyone, looking forward to getting into this.
Are you moving to someplace near Phoenix? Send me a PM when you get here and we'll run some trails. It is finally getting cooler and weekends are clearing up for me to finaly to do some jeeping. WHat kind of trails would you like to do? Rocky, exploration?
RE: Moving to PHX
I usually wheel with azbackcountry.com, but you can certainly join that free group, and wheel. AZ is in a bad way economy wise, so 4wheeling is down quite a bit the last year or so.
But we still love to wheel!
give me a shout, and I will wheel with ya.
What part of AZ are you moving to Scott?
I'm ready to hit some trails too. AZBC seems to be idle right now. No runs posted : (
If your moving up to Prescott area hit me up!
Anyone still alive out there in AZ?
Yep. Still here and wheelin. Great time of year for it.
Yes, downright hot during the days. Was talking to my husband about heading out to Roosevelt Lake soon and was wondering about trails that way? Something easy going for now. Thanks in advance.
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Trip to Roosevelt Lake last night. Stayed in Jakes Corner overnight; reporting 34° temps overnight.
Heading back to PHX in march/april time frame. Gonna be close to the base. I wheeld at watson a lot but not really any where else. Anything close by that is good? I know Table mesa has some good trails.
And there is always the back way to crown king to. Cool little town to stop in. Lots of history.
I had heard that back way to crown king was a fun ride. Table Mesa is deff on my list of places to go. When I get my jeep out there I would deffently like to hit up some new trails.
Well send me a message when you get in town and ill see if I can get some people together.
Sure thing man. Sounds like a plan.
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"Eileen Silva at Golden Sands was another fabulous vendor to work with for our wedding in Ocean City, Maryland. Her staff were professional, kind and responsive. We were planning a beach wedding and had to move it inside at the last minute. Eileen's staff jumped right in to ensure our decorations were moved from outside on the beach up to the 22nd floor ballroom where the ceremony was to be held, which also was where the reception was held. During the ceremony, her staff prepared the room next door for the cocktail hour. During cocktail hour, the Golden Sands staff prepared the ballroom for the reception. I never once had to worry about how it would all happen - the Golden Sands staff literally took care of us! They were amazing! The food was delicious and well flavored for a buffet. We had many, many compliments on the food and service. The quality of the staff was a ten out of ten! After our event, the Golden Sands staff undecorated the ballroom and put all of our decorations together - and nothing was missing. Eileen and her staff kept the entire day and all situations under control with smiles on their faces. Thank you Eileen for making our wedding day a success and a wonderful, memorable event!"
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We stayed at the apartments in August 2016 Very clean with all the facilities needed for a family of 4. Towels and bedding were changed twice a week. We didn't really need to pack as much as we did, as there is a washing machine available too.
Location was excellent, being able to use all the pools on the complex was a bonus. There is a supermarket on the complex, which isn't too overpriced if you want more supplies there is a large 'Janet' supermarket within walking distance.
The apartment is only a short walk from the beach and local restaurants. There are bus stops nearby for a trips into Nessebar/Old Nessebar and Sunny Beach.
We all had an enjoyable stay and the kids made lots of friends. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend the apartment to anyone. The owner was very approachable and responded to queries promptly. Also arranged airport transfers for us.
Thanks for letting to us.
visited with family and had a great 2 weeks. The apartment was great with TV and video for the kids. The kids had 2 pools to choose from and play areas. Eating out was easy with loads of bars/restaurants within walking distance and very cheao. The beach was fantastic and again the kids really enjoyed it, the water sports was more for the adults with skidoos and sailing boats. Had a great time and look forward to going back. For the more sophisticated there are loads of Roman ruins and other historical sites to visit. There was a big choice of various trips that could be taken from fishing to inland historical sites.
We had wonderful time me and my family. The accomodation was very clean, kids friendly and very convenient location. We enjoyed every day of it and most important it was very safe for family holiday.
This fantastic apartment and complex made my holliday complete.
I can really recommend this apartment and complex for everyone specially families with small kids.
The hole area is very clean and quite and the apartment has everything you need. There are a lot of pools and resturangs and the staff is very nice and polite. The beach is very near to the complex and just perfect and there are a lot things to do there, beachvollyball, jetski,surfing etc. There are also a lot resturangs that is very good and nice and there you have lovely views over the sea. If you want to go Nessebar, Old Nessebar or Burgas it is very easy and cheap to go there, it´s just to take the bus that goes about every hour.
I can really recommend this apartment and complex for families with small kids and +55
We really enjoyed our holiday in this appartment. The complex has numerous pools, two restaurants, two pool bars, a massage facility and tennis court all manned by extremely friendly staff. The beach is a short walk as are many other restaurants. Prices for food and drink are very cheap but be prepared to pay cash since most of the local shops and restaurants do not accept cards. The nearest ATM is in Ravda which is a 15 minute walk. Local buses are regular and cheap. Kids will love the water park which is 300 m from the complex. Jetskis and inflatable rides are available on the beach. Nessebar is beautiful but expect to pay a premium if you eat there. Most importantly the weather was great throughout the last two weeks of August.
We stayed in this apartment in August 2011. We had a great holiday and recommend it especially for people with young children.
The owner was really helpful and sorted out a cot & high chair for us and also transfer to and from the airport (£25 each way).
The apartment has everything you need and was very clean. We had use of a few pools on the complex. There is a children's play park, bar, a couple of restaurants and mini market on site. Also a children's play area which had bouncy castles, trampolines, trikes, etc (around £4 for half an hour).
The beach is really nice and cheap to hire parasols & loungers; it's only a couple of mins walk from the apartment. There are lots of nice restaurants here too and very reasonably priced.
Nessebur is well worth a visit, but get the bus (50p adults) don't try to walk it! Ravda is about 15 min walk and has more restaurants and play areas. The city of Bourgas is also nice, with a park right by the sea (£2.50 on bus and takes about an hour).
We definitely will be recommending this apartment to our friends!
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Seinfeld actor Wayne Knight is not dead - despite what the internet says.
Knight, who played Newman in the television series, was reported to have been killed in a car crash near the Pennslyvania-New York border, according to the website TMZ.today, a phony site not affiliated with gossip outlet TMZ.
But reports of his demise are not true, and the actor took to Twitter to confirm he was alive and well.
Some of you will be glad to hear this, others strangely disappointed, but....I am alive and well!— Wayne Knight (@iWayneKnight) March 16, 2014
Does someone have to DIE to trend? Geez! Thanks for all the love everybody.
I didn't know you cared. Glad to be breathing!— Wayne Knight (@iWayneKnight) March 16, 2014
The 58-year-old is currently appearing in television show, The Exes.
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I would have gotten here much earlier except for a DNF on an easy one 12 months ago today.
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During his 60 Minutes interview, Eminem spoke out about his dad, Marshall Mathers, Jr., who left when he was just a baby.
He said, "I never knew him, never met him, never knew him. I don't know if I want to see him. Some people ask me that, and I don't think I do. I can't understand how he could leave us. If my kids moved to the edge of the earth, I'd find them. No doubt in my mind. No money, no nothing – if I had nothing I'd find my kids. So there's no excuse."
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C.F. Phelps WMA shooting range being over run
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#1 Jan 25, 2012
Been going for quite a few years now and have noticed a recent trend of high capacity non-hunting firearms at the range (some with 100 round drum magazines). I go to sight in my scope with a bot action rifle and a shotgun. What I get is some kid next to me with a ar-15 blasting off rounds for hours on end. Seen a few people with keltec sub 9mm compact. The range is for sight in and hunters not tactical weapons. I have also noticed groups of these "black rifles" showing up at the range a few dozen at a time. It is unfair that they take up all the positions and hunker down for hours on end. The rules need to be changed to the rules set forth by the state on hunting. No rifles with a mag capacity of 5 rounds or more. It is only a matter of time before the range is shut down due to rapid fire and the use of non hunting firearms. Go to clark brothers if that's what you are looking for. Everyone I have talked to seems to be from the fairfax area and disregard the local hunters trying to sight in their rifles. Yet another good thing in this county has turned south. I hope the game warden in the area shows up on a given weekend and decides to change the rules
#3 Feb 15, 2012
Is the firing range still being used by shooters with non-regulation/non-hunting auto weapons?
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#4 Feb 18, 2012
Interesting side to to this opinion. While I agree that non hunting fire arms should not be used in this venue I find it curious the statement "everyone seems to be from the Fairfax area..." Yet he signs his name from Mclean.
#5 Feb 28, 2012
I have hunting and tactical gear - the sighting range is open to both. Snobs of either type are the problem. If someone is waiting; don't hog a lane for familiarization firing or for sharing your rigle/shotgun with your friends. Get sighted in; fire some rounds to recall the feel of the gun, then get out of the way.
Also, many tactical rifles are outstanding for hunting; from varmint to big game. Purists of either stripe are welcome in the shooting community - just don't look down at those who shoot differently than you.
#6 Feb 28, 2012
I have never seen an illegal firearm there; but I have seen semi-auto tactical rifles. The rangers don't care what you shoot as long as it is legal in Virginia and not restricted by the range rules.
The only thing that ever bothers me is when people camp in a lane forever, despite people waiting.
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#7 Mar 7, 2012
You are just so smart..... Ever think for a second I work in Mclean? Point is people are out their with AR-15's and AK-47 with side folders and high cap mags with eo-tech sights ect. Not a firearm you use for hunting. 5 round mag should be the rule. Go on youtube and search phelps.
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#8 Mar 7, 2012
And now it says alexandria.... Ever wonder where the internet traffic is routed? John in Manassas must not live in manassas as well but rather mclean. lol
#9 Mar 8, 2012
Who pays for the range? Seems to me the funds come from hunting licenses.
If so, the only restrictions should be those with hunting licenses and legal firearms.
#10 Mar 9, 2012
Here are the rules and restrictions of this range.
As of January of this year, an access permit, available from the VGIF dept can be purchased in lieu of a valid hunting of fishing license.
#11 Mar 14, 2012
#12 May 20, 2012
Im one of "thos" guys. I bring my m4 frequently. along with my sniper rifle. considered "tactical" ofcourse. my m4 doubles as a predator gun. and can you think of a better low light site than an eotech? I live in fauquier yet work in ffx. I go check my dope and am normally done and gone in 30 min. I have seen the little punk kids there who are NOT there to dope in and just there to throw lead down range. so what? theyre not hurting anyone. it can be an incomvienence to wait but again so what. they got there before you. what makes you think they should hurry up and move because you the almighty has shown up? wait your f'n turn just like they prolly had too. hell last time i was there i helped a 60 year old man site in his new M4 because he couldnt figure out how to work his red dot site. you gonna piss n whine to him to i guess? he wanted it for home defense and well you cant shoot pistols there. stop whining and be happy we have such a nice FREE public range. go down to Clark brothers if you dont like it theyde be more than happy to bend you over and let you shoot on there horrible range.
#13 Jun 20, 2012
I bring my AR-10 .308 with a 20 round magazine. Why? Because its the only rifle I own that I can hunt with. There are no restrictions that I have found on magazine capacities in the DGIF rulebook. If I am mistaken I would love to know.
#14 Jun 21, 2012
put a 5 round mag in your ak and its the same. youre just buying in to the stupid media "assault weapon" it shoots a .30 cal bullet bigger than a lot of rifles Ive seen (.240s whatever) take down big game. and i willl take putting one dot on a deer rather than using iron sights any day
#15 Sep 11, 2012
I have several bolt guns and black guns 223 and 308 last time I was there shooting my black guns as some would call it not only where my black guns 223 and 308 out shooting any bolt gun there I also had to explain to a bolt gun shooter why his 30-06 wouldn't eject steel rounds and then watch him try to shoot 50 yd with a 3-9 scope free hand..........
This isn't the first time
#16 Sep 29, 2012
Phelps is being over run by people that doesn't know what their stuff smells like. I appreciate the comments from the folks that make it clear that Phelps belongs to the shooters that get there first and wait until a lane is open and then sight in their rifles. I'm 62 and I have taken 12 and 20 gauge with scopes to sight in, 22 semi lr (I don't want to shoot squirrel with my 30-30...messes up the meat) and .223 AR which will be sighted in for boar and woodchuck or other nuisance critters. It may look like an "assault rifle" but if I use it for hunting the public can see that it is a "hunting rifle". Isn't that what we want?
#18 Oct 9, 2012
Thanks for posting this. I just heard about the place and have never been there. The rules are pretty clear that you have an hour. If someone goes over an hour and there are folks waiting then they should leave. I have .22, 30-05 and .223 (yes it happens to be in an AR platform, is the Mini 14 any different from the projectiles point of view?) that I'd like to sight in there. Red dot included. If someone is polite, willing to cease fire so that others can replace targets, don't take more than an hour, etc. I don't see any difference between a high-cap magazine and 5-rounds. Would you say the same to the guy with the 25 or 50-round 10/22 magazine? Maybe it just saves time reloading while he's sighting it in.
I'm anxious to visit the place, and I'll bet I'll meet some really nice fellow gun-owners there. I dunno what this thing will say about where I am, but I'm in PWC just across the Fauquier line. My understanding is that it's a state resource, not county. Correct me if I'm wrong on that.
#19 Oct 9, 2012
Couple typos - 30-06 obvious and some bad grammar, sorry.
#20 Oct 21, 2012
I could outshoot you with my 50 cal muzzeloader
#21 Oct 23, 2012
I disagree with this statement. Even though you may see these as tactical weapons most ar15 are considered modern sportsman rifles or varmint rifles. Shot coyote with it and my brother hunts with a saiga12 which is a ak shotgun but totally legal to hunt with. As long as their not using fully auto or special ammunition I don't think it matters.
#22 Nov 18, 2012
The name of the range includes "sighting in." It is specifically there for hunters to sight in their rifles. I own a couple of black guns too and love to shoot them, but this is not the place to spend time. I work and can only get there on a weekend and here in NOVA land there arent many places to sight in. Take the black guns elsewhere or stick to the rules of a 1 our limit when others are waiting. I am as friendly as anyone else but I will phone the "authorities" if I have to stand around all day due to those abusing the rules if it displaces me or others.
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In 1990, Acappella released Rescue, which gave the group worldwide recognition. The song "Rescue" became a favorite request at the group's concerts. Acappella won four CARAs (Contemporary A Cappella Reading Awards) and received nine nominations in 1994. Five years later, the group received a nomination for Artist of the Year by the Contemporary A Cappella Society. In May 1999, Acappella had the honor of representing American gospel music by singing at the International Festival of the Arts held in Kunming, China. Many in the audience had never heard the Gospel before. In 2001, the foursome performed 140 live concerts. By the end of 2001, Acappella performed more than 2,000 concerts in Canada, the United States, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, France, England, Holland, Norway, China, and the French West Indies.
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I am trying to estimate caste pay gaps in India using the Oaxaca-Blinder
decomposition. This works fine for OLS regression models using the "regress"
command in Stata. I tried the suggestion of Ben Jann in statalist archives but
still run into problems when doing this after controlling for potential
selection bias using the "selmlog" command. What I am trying to do is the
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regress lnwage `xvarlist' if hhgrp == 1 , robust
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I am using selmlog version 1.3 and Stata version 9.
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The day started very well for us with a win in the first race and a 3rd in the second race. From there, it wasn't that the day went terrible, it just started to feel more and more difficult. We had some good races and some not so great ones. The wind direction was constantly changing which made for a challenging job for the race committee, but they were able to knock out the races very well, and races which were, for the most part, very fair.
The day started in rain and breeze around 7-8 knots, and after a couple races, the rain stopped, and the wind started to build up just a little and swing to the right. By the time we had about 20 minutes left for racing the course needed to be completely reset and it looked potentially windy. As the course was being reset, we were ordered to put a reef in. Unfortunately for us this took some valuable racing time away which meant we were only going to have one race left in the event. The race would be double points, which meant that it would be close, but we didn't know exactly what the score was.
They eventually announced the scores over the radio, 'The Wave Muskat 207 points, JP Morgan BAR 201 points, Alinghi 201 points...' So we were in third, tied for second and only 6 points out of first. The fourth place boat couldn't catch any of us so it was a three way battle for the top of the podium.
Our initial plan was to start midline on the racing start, but we ended up at the pin boat, The Wave on our hip and BAR on their hip. None of us were laying the first mark so we were all going to have to tack. Unfortunately, just when we didn't really need it, we were quite fast and got ourselves well out ahead, but this just meant that we had put ourselves in a position of being unable to tack.
As we approached the mark, the boats that had started up the line were laying and beginning to round. BAR tacked off The Wave's hip about three lengths from the port lay line. The Wave, however, held us so we crossed through the path of the rounding boats. We now had to tack, bear away to make the mark and miss all the boats that were rounding....well we didn't. We ended up above the mark on the wrong side and then we had a boat, BAR, hitting the side of us. It was not the situation we needed. At the same time as BAR hitting us, The Wave had hit him, so all three podium boats were tangled on each other while the fleet sailed away.
When everything had settled, there was a four boat race at the back with SAP joining the three of us. BAR was the lead boat of the four of us, then SAP, us, then The Wave as they were given a penalty for hitting BAR. We had to do quick math to figure out who was going to finish where if we stayed in this combination and then decided that really we had to pass BAR and work on getting second place to minimize The Wave's gains on us in the overall standings. SAP did a great job on the next leg of the race catching up to BAR and as they rolled over the top of them, it slowed them enough to allow us to close the gap and eventually get the pass on them at the mark. From there we just had to stay ahead of BAR and if something drastic happened in front of us in the fleet then we could make a move, but I think by the time we turned onto the last leg of the race, most of the fleet had already crossed the finish line.
So as we coasted across the finish line, we had mixed feelings. We were happy we had salvaged second place, but disappointed that we had lost the Act. When we found out our scores, we had lost by three points. And there are plenty of times where we could look back and find three points on each day.
There was a big lesson to be learned and it's something we have to remember in the final three Acts...every point from every race in the regatta counts! Don't risk too much early on just to go for a gain on two boats. If we are in a good position, stay in it, don't chance a possible gain for a major loss. It's a simple lesson, and one we should know, one that we actually start saying on board, but usually on day 3 and 4. Now it needs to be said on day 1!
After racing we were able to pull the boat out and take the mast down to make the guys job today easier as Morgan and I have left. We both had early flights out of London so we had to get a car at 3:45am (sooooo early!!). But we were able to take a little nap so it wasn't too bad. We finished the night with a great team dinner!
After 5 Acts, we are still leading the series by two points heading into the next Act in Istanbul. Stu is going to be back on board for that act then I rejoin the team again for the penultimate Act in Nice, FRA in October.
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Big things coming out of Italy from Bizzarri Records who deliver the latest and fourth installment of their solid "Riddim Riders" series with the follow-up to the "Laba Laba Riddim", called "Natural Thing Riddim", inspired by Natural Thing, an awesome dancehall tune written and performed by Lion D., aka the Italian 'Busy Signal'.
Bizzarri is simply one of the most reliable labels and this riddim lives up to their lofty standards. The roster of vocalists is looking good and includes Gappy Ranks, Jah Sun, Raina, of course Lion D, and Miss Linda, who I don't think I've heard from in awhile. The official release also includes two instrumentals, a Reggae version and a Dancehall version and, basically, you also get a pair of versions (one on each style) of every song here as well.
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WORLD'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. The first two games of the series to determine "the professional basketball championship of the world" were played by Eastern League rules in Reading, PA. The next two were played by New York State League rules in Troy. The home team won every time. For the deciding game, played in Reading tonight by virtue of a coin flip, the teams agree to play by New York State rules in the first half and Eastern League rules in the second.
"It was a foregone conclusion that such would be the case," our sportswriter comments, "as it would then be an easy matter for the home team to figure on the number of points Andy Sears would have to gather in the closing twenty minutes to bring Reading out on top."
Fouls are called more frequently in the Eastern League, but the big difference between the leagues is that Eastern League clubs can designate one player to take everyone's free throws. For Reading that player is Sears, their star guard. His deadly accuracy from the foul line carried Reading to a league championship and earns them the "world" title tonight.
Troy leads by seven points after the "fastest [half] ever witnessed in Reading," but Sears goes to the line 22 times in the second half, scoring every time to lead the Pennsylvanians to a 31-29 victory. As Troy's designated foul shooter, Ed Wachter leads the team with 15 points in defeat.


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Even an inhabitant of the neighbouring county of Lancaster is struck by the peculiar force
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while, at the same time, as individuals, the remarkable degree of self- sufficiency they
possess gives them an air of independence rather apt to repel a stranger. I use this
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From rarely requiring the assistance of others, he comes to doubt the power of bestowing
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consider suspicion of all whose honesty is not proved as a sign of wisdom. The practical
qualities of a man are held in great respect; but the want of faith in strangers and untried
modes of action, extends itself even to the manner in which the virtues are regarded; and
if they produce no immediate and tangible result, they are rather put aside as unfit for this
busy, striving world; especially if they are more of a passive than an active character. The
affections are strong and their foundations lie deep: but they are not--such affections
seldom are--wide-spreading; nor do they show themselves on the surface. Indeed, there is
little display of any of the amenities of life among this wild, rough population. Their
accost is curt; their accent and tone of speech blunt and harsh. Something of this may,
probably, be attributed to the freedom of mountain air and of isolated hill-side life;
something be derived from their rough Norse ancestry. They have a quick perception of
character, and a keen sense of humour; the dwellers among them must be prepared for
certain uncomplimentary, though most likely true, observations, pithily expressed. Their
feelings are not easily roused, but their duration is lasting. Hence there is much close
friendship and faithful service; and for a correct exemplification of the form in which the
latter frequently appears, I need only refer the reader of "Wuthering Heights" to the
character of "Joseph."
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The Economic Challenge Ahead
Pity the new President, whoever he may be. Upon taking the oath of office in January, he is likely to immediately face a sharply declining economy that Wall Street fears just might slide into recession. Unless he is careful, a legacy of bitter partisanship from the election could pressure the President to take policy measures that are either too extreme or simply wrong for what could turn out to be the first big downturn of the New Economy. As Bob Woodward shows in his new book, Maestro: Alan Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom, it took an unusual deal on fiscal policy between President Clinton and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan that actually went against core elements of the Democratic Party to lay the conditions for a decade of growth. The new President should be prepared to be just as flexible.
The unalloyed truth is that the forces of higher interest rates, higher energy prices, and a growing tech wreck are pulling down the growth rate from 6% toward 3%. The only question is how low it will go. The political uncertainty and limited mandate that will surround the next President threaten to contribute to the slowdown. One of Greenspan's favorite arcane leading indicators, the price of scrap steel, is already at a 14-year low. Economists at J.P. Morgan & Co. and elsewhere are already on a "hard landing" watch, giving recession a 30% to 40% chance of occurring next year.
It is the shape of the slowdown that represents the clear and present danger to economic policy of the new President. This downturn in the business cycle may turn out to be like no other. Capital investment for information technologies, not consumer spending, has been the driving force in the long expansion. Growing at 30% to 40% annually, IT outlays are now being scaled back, as the dot-com bubble bursts, telecom giants stagger, and high-tech companies forecast slowing earnings ahead. How far corporations will go in cutting back their high-tech investment is a key question.
The stock market will be a major influence on whether there is a soft or hard landing. With the Nasdaq already down about 40% from its highs of last spring, a big pullback could weaken the economy. The stock market plays a bigger role in the New Economy than in the Old--attracting capital from overseas and keeping the dollar strong, boosting consumer spending via the wealth effect, generating a federal budget surplus through capital-gains and income taxes, seeding startups and sparking innovation with initial public offerings, as well as financing corporate investments in information technologies. With more people owning stocks and margin debt at record highs, the economy is clearly more vulnerable today to a drop in the stock market than before.
Adding to this vulnerability is an increasingly fragile global economy. Without much fanfare, the world economy has hitched itself to the New Economy business cycle. Asia, in particular, rises and falls with tech.
The good news is that the budget surplus provides the new President with plenty of fiscal fodder to combat any serious economic downturn. But will politics blind the President--and Congress--to its proper use? In the runup to the election, both parties betrayed their promises to cap spending by blowing billions on pork. This stimulative fiscal policy worked at cross-purposes with Greenspan's efforts to slow the economy down. It made his job that much harder.
The new President will be tempted to fall back on campaign promises, be it massive tax cuts or enormous new spending programs. Either one will avoid paying down the debt and will extend far into the future. The correct policy is much more modest, short-term, and cyclically oriented. Indeed, in a New Economy downturn, new fiscal policy tools may be required that specifically focus on reinvigorating capital investment in information technologies. Greenspan, a serious student of productivity-driven economic growth, may already have ideas on dealing with a high-tech slowdown.
The bottom line is politicians cannot make fiscal policy in a vacuum. Consulting the Federal Reserve is as important in keeping the recovery moving as it was in getting it started.


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Clipboards to Control Kid Clutter
Once school started, paper clutter took over my countertops. What is the deal with that anyway? There are reading charts, spelling lists, chore charts, basketballl schedules, notes about what to bring for the Thanksgiving party…. It was getting out of control! I knew that we needed to have these papers in a place we could see and mark them easily, so I crafted up these little clipboards for each of my girls.
What you need:Legal size clipboard Scrapbook paper Mod Podge Stickers for the child's name, or cut them out yourself. I used my Silhouette.
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Cut out the scrapbook paper so that it is slightly larger than the clipboard. I used two sheets per clipboard. Then, spread a thin layer of Mod Podge on the clipboard, cover it with scrapbook paper, and cover that with another thin layer of Mod Podge. Careful not to leave any bubbles! You can wrap the excess paper around the edges and over to the back side of the clipboard and Mod Podge it down too.
After it dries, add your stickers/letters for the name. Spread another thin layer of Mod Podge on top of that to keep it in place.
That's it! Super easy, but it has made a world of difference on my counter!
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The Role of Risk Lending in a Dodd-Frank World
Dennis P. Lockhart
President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
National Funding Association
National Convention
Atlanta, Ga.
May 4, 2011
|Key Points
|Lockhart believes that American society has a strong interest in promoting entrepreneurial activity for the allied benefits of growth and job creation. As the Dodd-Frank Act is implemented, stronger regulation can and should leave room for risk lending that supports the entrepreneurial sector. The Federal Reserve is working with both bankers and examiners to get the message out that lending to creditworthy borrowers is good for everyone.
|Lockhart thinks that the endgame is smarter, not just tighter, regulation of banks and their lending. Smart regulation is essential if a significant proportion of risk lending is to remain within the banking system, which he believes is important. The credit financing of the entrepreneurial sector should not become a so-called "dark pool," where risk lending takes place completely outside of banks.
|In Lockhart's opinion, both banks and nonbanks face challenges in the current environment. Many banks are repositioning their lending away from concentration in real estate lending. As they enter new lines of business, banks will face the challenges of convincing both regulators and shareholders that their new lending strategies are sound. Meanwhile, nonbanks face substantial market discipline. Clear and convincing explanation of portfolio and funding strategies to capital markets is a continuous requirement for nonbanks.
I appreciate the opportunity to address this group of skilled lenders and investors. I spent a good part of my career working in this industry and view the National Funding Association (NFA) as a group of former colleagues—not actually (most of you are too young), but in spirit at least.
In my 13 years in senior management at Heller and my three years as a director at Capital Source, I learned what it means to design sound yet commercially realistic lending programs, to do rigorous underwriting, to negotiate with borrowers with a risk-reward mentality, and, very importantly, to actively manage exposure on a day-to-day basis.
I also learned a lot about what borrowers expect from deal makers. Heller captured this well, I believe, in a business promotion phrase: "Straight talk, smart deals." I'm proud of my background and experience in the work many of you do. And I think this background adds value in my current role both at the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) table and in internal deliberations on regulatory policy implementation.
Today, I want to share some thoughts about what I will call "risk lending." I will talk about where my notion of risk lending fits in the array of credit providers in our economy and how this set of lending activities aligns with current regulatory direction. And I will try to bring into sharper relief some issues that will be addressed over the coming years as lenders refine business models and regulators seek to achieve the right supervisory balance within a Dodd-Frank construct.
As always, I have to start with the disclaimer that these are my personal views and may not be shared by my colleagues in the Federal Reserve System.
The employment challenge—where jobs come from
To provide a context, I'd like to start with the following proposition: many members of the NFA lend to entrepreneurs, commercial innovators, and risk takers in our economy, and such activity bears on the Fed's mandate to maximize employment. Put differently, I see a connection between a very important monetary policy objective and your role among providers of credit, especially to early-stage and transitional companies.
So, let me summarize the current employment situation.
The U.S. economy, on net, lost around 8 million jobs in 2008 and 2009. There were three principal sources of job losses. First, firms reduced their workforce in response to lower sales. Second, people lost jobs as many companies went out of business. Finally, the number of jobs created by new firms fell sharply.
Those companies that continued to operate were doing so with a smaller workforce, relying on productivity gains to meet production demand. Recent productivity gains have been substitutes for job creation. This isn't always the case, but in recent years employment and productivity have involved a trade-off relationship.
In 2010 and through March of this year, the economy added back a net of about 1.5 million jobs. This relatively muted employment growth in part reflects businesses' continued reliance on higher productivity of existing workers rather than on workforce expansion. Also, there is virtually no net job creation resulting from new business formation in recent quarters.
My current forecast suggests job growth of around 200,000 per month for the rest of the year, including April's numbers, which will come out on Friday. This growth pace implies payroll gains of 1.8 million over that period. At that rate, it may take three years before the size of the nation's workforce reaches prerecession levels, unless there is a significant downshift in productivity gains and/or much stronger-than-expected economic growth.
The low level of new business formation has been particularly frustrating in this recovery. Research by the Kauffman Foundation shows that between 1977 and 2005, established firms—in other words, existing firms as opposed to new firms—on net eliminated more jobs than they created. This category of firms accounted for destruction on average of one million jobs per year. In contrast, new firms added an average of three million jobs a year.
Historically, new businesses have been an important catalyst of economic growth in the United States. Research shows that surviving young firms tend to grow very rapidly, and they have a significant effect on overall employment growth. In addition to job growth, new businesses contribute significantly to product and market innovation. For these reasons, the current absence of net growth in the small business segment of the economy is troubling.
Small, early-stage businesses are only part of the spectrum of entrepreneurial activities our economy needs to have a robust net job creation machine. When I think of entrepreneurs, I also think of the people behind middle-market growth companies and turnarounds. More broadly, I think of the many private and public non-blue chip companies that by virtue of smaller scale, competitive position, or operating issues are far from "no-brainers" for a lender. In other words, I think of your clientele.
It is difficult to estimate the scale of this segment of business activity and job creation with any precision, but I'll try. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, firms of fewer than 500 employees account for 99.7 percent of all employers in the country. They employ around half of all private sector workers, and we estimate they consequently account for roughly half of private sector gross domestic product.
Therefore, I believe we can conclude that the borrower segments you target play a sizeable employment role in the economy and will play a key role in determining the pace at which the nation's unemployment problem is solved.
Risk lending
So let me define what I mean by risk lending. All lending, of course, involves risk, but I'm not talking about all lending. I'm talking about types of lending represented in this audience. I'm thinking of asset-based lending, especially where repayment relies more on collateral value than the strength of the borrower. I'm thinking of leveraged lending based on the cash flow-derived business value of midsized companies. I'm thinking of subordinated or mezzanine lending where this layer of the debt structure bears most of the real risk. I'm thinking, in many cases, of lending into an operating situation requiring change instead of continuity with past performance. In other words, situations where the path to repayment doesn't clearly exist at initiation and where the entrepreneur borrower has to implement large-scale change to the business for the loan to perform.
In my experience, some forms of what I'm calling risk lending involve loan structures with flexible and accommodative terms customized for the entrepreneur's business plan. I'm thinking, for example, of grace periods, bullet and balloon payments, interest reserves, and pay-if-you-can features. This category of lending may also involve reward features for the lender such as spreads that reflect the higher-than-average risk and equity kickers of various kinds.
Industry prior to crisis
Prior to the recent financial crisis and recession, both bank and nonbank financial firms filled the appetite for risk lending in the U.S. economy. The industry included—in addition to banks—independent asset-based lenders and lessors, finance companies, mezzanine debt funds, and hedge funds. Many of these firms were outside the regulatory net and operated quite differently than banks. I think of these nonbank firms as a significant part of the pre-crisis shadow banking system.
In the crisis, funding such firms in the capital markets became very difficult—if not impossible. As a consequence, there's been substantial alteration of industry structure. There's been consolidation. Also, some firms that survived and preserved their independence converted to regulated bank status.
Bank status conveys the funding advantage of insured deposits and access to the discount window at the Fed. But with these subsidies, as economists call them, come supervision by regulators in an environment today shaped by reaction to the problems and excesses exposed by the crisis and recession.
It's fair to say that from a systemwide perspective we are in a period of de-risking. Heightened risk aversion and intensified regulatory supervision are shaping the environment in which you as risk lenders conduct your business.
I perceive something of a dilemma for policymakers, like me, who are involved in both the design of macroeconomic policy aimed at fostering growth and employment and, at the same time, implementation of stronger regulatory policy. Broadly speaking, I believe stronger regulation is justified by recent experience. At the firm level this strengthened regulation translates into higher capital requirements, intensified and improved risk management, redesign of business models, and tighter underwriting standards.
Stronger regulation can and should, however, leave room for lending that supports an active and healthy entrepreneurial sector. I believe it would be unwise to contain and constrain the credit industry to the point that servicing the entrepreneurial sector on commercially reasonable terms becomes quite difficult. I do not believe this is happening. Today, loan demand is weak and origination of good loans is not easy. The Federal Reserve is working with both bankers and examiners to get the message out that lending to creditworthy borrowers is good for everyone.
Regulatory posture post-crisis
Underpinning financial and banking reform efforts is a bedrock principle, the soundness of which I think is hard to deny. Society (taxpayers) should not bear the downside risk while private parties (managers, shareholders, and private creditors) enjoy all the upside. The Volcker rule in the Dodd-Frank Act is based on the related idea that a financial institution that enjoys a government safety net shouldn't engage in highly risky proprietary activities.
Dodd-Frank is now the legal framework in which regulators are currently writing rules and implementing new policy. The Dodd-Frank era calls for new supervisory methodologies and the upgrading of practices. Those most relevant to bankers in this audience are the following:
- Strengthened capital standards and—pursuant to Basel III—enhanced risk-based capital allocation;
- Horizontal systemwide monitoring of concentrations, evolving lending practices, and risks;
- Intensified scrutiny of risk management systems and lending practices, including underwriting standards; and
- Greater attention to liquidity management of individual firms.
But in my view, the endgame is smarter and not just tighter regulation. I believe we regulators must continue to raise our game. Our examiners have to be able on a consistent basis to evaluate loans in terms of associated risk controls and systems. Examiners must be able to distinguish between calculated risk taking and poor underwriting. And examiners need to validate the risk-reward calculus that goes into the pricing of levels of risk in loan structures.
Smart regulation is essential if a significant proportion of risk lending is to remain within the banking system. I believe it's important that this be the case. As a result of Dodd-Frank, the Federal Reserve now has more explicit responsibility for financial system stability and the monitoring of systemic risk. To carry out this responsibility, we need visibility into major areas of activity, and in my view the lending businesses falling within my definition of risk lending qualify. The credit financing of the entrepreneurial sector should not become a so-called "dark pool."
That said, the social usefulness of commercial credit organizations outside the regulatory net should be acknowledged. Some types of deals—particularly those with novel or speculative sources of repayment—will just be hard for many banks to do at any scale.
The historic solution to the too-risky-for-the-bank problem has been to concentrate certain lending activities in a finance company under a bank holding company remote from the bank and government-guaranteed deposits. In my mind, this approach still requires that the activity does not pose undue risk to the total organization. The activity should also conform to what the top leadership of the institution can understand and supervisors can effectively evaluate.
Challenges for banks and nonbanks
Both banks and nonbanks (that is, finance companies and funds) face challenges in the current environment. Let me emphasize two areas of challenge, one most relevant to banks and one for nonbanks.
First, for banks, higher risk loans ought to be booked on balance sheets that can afford the exposure. At the moment this is a constraint for a number of bank lenders who are working down excessive concentrations in distressed or problematic asset classes.
Over the past few decades many banks of all sizes gravitated to real estate lending in various forms and allowed their commercial and industrial lending capability to atrophy.
Many banks are now repositioning their lending away from concentration in real estate lending. Banks entering new lines of business will face the challenge of convincing both regulators and shareholders that their new lending strategies are sound. That means having human capital with the necessary skill sets and adequate infrastructure to manage the risks.
As banks diversify lending activities, I think we regulators will have to continue to refine our ability to assess the soundness of a variety of forms of lending. Over my banking career, I had experience at both ends of the spectrum of lending strategies—that is, unsecured lending to very strong credits as well as collateral-secured and tightly controlled lending to weaker credits with good collateral. In my view there are legitimate bank lending businesses all along this spectrum.
Some of my personal experience was in an independent, nonbank finance company. The second challenge I see relates to this business model. Nondepositories face substantial market discipline. In nonbanks, to satisfy funding markets, asset strategies and liability strategies have to fit together in a congruent structure. Clear and convincing explanation of portfolio and funding strategies to the capital markets is a continuous requirement, especially in a period with "black swans" still fresh in memory.
Importance of risk lending
The financial crisis of 2008 and the resulting deep recession have brought profound financial reform. The Dodd-Frank Act defines the lending landscape for much of the credit industry. As necessary reforms are implemented, I think all concerned must take into account the importance of risk lending to the nation's economic fortunes. American society has a strong interest in promoting entrepreneurial activity for the allied benefits of growth and job creation. As a class, the borrowers you finance—the entrepreneurs, the risk takers, the value creators—are quite likely to be a key element of the country's long-term economic revitalization.


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Doctors at the University of Michigan Health System are one of the first in the nation to use a combination of procedures, before birth and immediately after delivery, to save a girl born with half a heart. One in 100 children are born with a heart defect and an ultrasound showed Mira Larrison, of Mio, Mich., would be born with the most complex one, hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Traditional surgery was too risky for Mira because of other health factors, but doctors used a combination of less invasive procedures to give her new life.
Two-week old Mira Larrison is going home to Mio, Mich. this week after undergoing a series of procedures, both as a fetus and immediately after birth at the University of Michigan Health System, to treat children born with half a heart.
One in 100 children born in the United States has a heart defect, and the U-M Congenital Heart Center is a Center of Excellence for treating one of the most complex ones, hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
The condition is often described as being born with half a heart because the left ventricle is underdeveloped. Traditional surgery was too risky for Mira who had other health challenges. Instead U-M used a combination of a fetal intervention, followed by hybrid procedures, which are less invasive than open heart surgery, to treat the heart defect.
U-M is one of the first hospitals in the country to use the combination to care for such a high-risk patient.
"Additional surgeries are in Mira's future, but she's passed incredible milestones," says Aimee K. Armstrong, M.D., an interventional cardiologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases at the U-M Medical School.
What is hypoplastic left heart syndrome?
Mira's parents Katie and Jeremy Larrison knew their second child would face challenges at birth. An ultrasound at 18 weeks showed the poor heart function and underdevelopment characteristic of HLHS.
Babies with HLHS cannot pump enough oxygen-rich blood to meet the body's needs. Without treatment, 95 percent of babies die within one month. It is treated either by a heart transplant or a series of three heart surgeries, beginning at birth with what's called the Norwood procedure. The surgeries are required to allow the right side of the heart to do the work of both sides of the heart.
Ironically, Mira lacked a critical hole in her heart. Without this hole to relieve pressure on the left side of her heart, she would have been gravely ill at birth and potentially not survive to undergo further treatment.
She also has a genetic abnormality called Turner Syndrome, which places her at very high risk for traditional surgical approaches to HLHS. Norwood is a complex open heart surgery for any baby with HLHS, but especially so for Mira because she lacked the critical hole in her heart and was diagnosed with Turner.
The newborn had three strikes against her, and doctors began treating her in the womb.
How it was treated
First, using a needle inserted through the mother's abdomen and into Mira's heart, doctors used a balloon to create a much needed hole. The successful intervention on Dec. 2 allowed Mira to be stable at birth.
Next, physicians had to address HLHS, but the traditional series of surgeries were too risky for Mira. An emerging alternative to Norwood is a hybrid approach. In hybrid procedures, interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons work side-by-side to treat patients without using a heart bypass machine.
A cardiac team, led by Armstrong and Jennifer Hirsch, M.D., a U-M pediatric cardiac surgeon, performed two hybrid procedures on Mira Jan. 27, the day she was born, and another on Jan. 29.
Mira was taken from the delivery room to a cardiac catheterization laboratory. The team placed bands on the pulmonary arteries to direct more blood flow to the body, and placed a stent between the top chambers of the heart to further improve blood flow. Once she stabilized, the same team inserted additional stents to ensure blood flow to her body.
Mira will need more surgeries at 4 months old, and age 2, to further correct blood flow to her lungs.
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