For this compilation I combined the use of stop action film from my toilet monster project and combined it with my collage of eyes that I did. The product disturbing.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Michelle Duggar Hospitalized
Categories: Medical Conditions, Bump Watch, Celeb Parenting, In The News, Twins, Triplets, Multiples
Michelle Duggar is expecting her 19th baby. Credit: Beth Hall, AP
Duggar, star of TLC's "18 Kids and Counting" was diagnosed with painful gallstones, according to a story in People magazine. Network representatives tell the magazine that the pain was generating some contractions, however.
"This weekend, Michelle Duggar was admitted to an Arkansas hospital due to gallbladder issues," says the rep. "The pain from a gallstone was generating some contractions. Just to be safe, she was airlifted a Little Rock, Ark., hospital, so that in the unlikely event that she had to be delivered early, she would be close to a NICU center. Though there were some fears that the baby was in trouble initially, it soon was discovered to be solely the gallstone causing the discomfort. Michelle is resting comfortably, and the baby is doing fine."
Doctors say that pain medication should keep the attack under control and that there is no immediate need for surgery at this point. "The hope is that any necessary surgery can be delayed until she delivers," the TLC rep tells People.
However, Duggar's husband, Jim Bob, will be playing Mr. Mom for at least a few days while Michelle remains under observation. Her attending physician, Dr. Curtis Lowery of the University of Arkansas for Medical Services tells People that there is "every reason at present to expect that mother and baby will proceed with a healthy pregnancy."
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Superglue Saves Boy From Rare Disorder
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Dafi Evans just needed a little glue to be put back together again.
The toddler from Wales was born with Vein of Galen malformation, a rare condition that causes blood to rush too quickly out of the brain, resulting in heart failure. Using a kind of medical superglue the day after his birth, doctors closed the abnormal vein in Dafi’s brain that caused the problem. Today he’s a healthy 16-month-old, according to BBC News.
“It’s amazing, because these kids had [a] 100 percent mortality before these procedures were developed, and now almost all survive,” Walter Molofsky, M.D., chief of pediatric neurology at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, told AOL Health.
The technique is a form of embolization, in which glues or coils are inserted into the malformed vein via a tube woven through the groin. The procedure, which gradually blocks the defective vein to divert blood to surrounding veins and capillaries, has been used for about 20 years, Molofsky said. However, technological advances in the catheters and materials used to plug the malformed vein have improved it. Depending on the anatomy of the malformation, it may take three to five treatments to correct the problem, he said.
Just how many people have Vein of Galen malformation is unknown, butmalformed connections between the brain’s arteries and veins that can cause disease are estimated to affect fewer than 10 in 100,000 people.
Using a cranial ultrasound, doctors can sometimes spot Vein of Galen malformations before birth. Depending on how badly stressed a baby’s heart is from the condition, doctors either begin treating the malformation right away or manage the heart failure with medication for as long as eight months, when the baby is bigger and easier to treat, Molofsky said.
Some 60 percent of children who receive the treatment are able to live normally, while 20 percent have mild disabilities, Stefan Brew, M.D., an interventional neuroradiologist Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, told the The Daily Mail.Another 10 percent are severely disabled and the remainder will die, he said.
To Dafi’s mother, Catrin Evans, the technique is a “miracle.”
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Compilation One- Shifty Eyes
This is my first compilation: I combined my collage of my eyes, which was for the time project where I documented something every waking hour for one day. I then combined it with the stop-action type animation that I learned the first month of the semester. I was inspired by my stop-action film of the green blob in the toilet.
Storeowner: A little compassion changed would-be robber's life
December 3, 2009 10:50 p.m. EST
Shopkeeper Mohammad Sohail says he recited an Islamic oath over the would-be robber after he broke into sobs.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Would-be robber sends letter of thanks, $50 to shopkeeper who gave him food, money, let him go
- Man broke into sobs, said he was trying to feed family when Mohammed Sohail pulled out gun
- Letter begins with, "You change my life," says Sohail inspired him to become a "true Muslim"
New York (CNN) -- Six months ago, a Long Island convenience store owner turned a would-be robbery into an act of compassion. On Wednesday, the shoplifter made amends with a $50 bill and a thank you letter for saving him from a life of crime.
The story began in May 2009, when Mohammad Sohail of Shirley, New York, was closing his Shirley Express convenience store one night. Security camera footage from that evening shows a man wielding a baseball bat barging into the store and demanding money.
Sohail had a rifle ready and quickly aimed it directly in the robber's face, forcing the man to drop the bat and lay on the ground. Unbeknownst to the man, Sohail never loads his gun.
According to Sohail, the man immediately started to plead with him, tearfully saying, "I'm sorry, I have no food. I have no money. My whole family is hungry. Don't call the police. Don't shoot me."
"When I see him starting crying [those] things, I really feel bad for him," said Sohail. "I say, oh man, this is something different."
Sohail made the man pledge never to rob anybody ever again, then gave the man $40 and a loaf bread. Sohail, who is from Pakistan, said the man then wanted to be a Muslim like him, so he recited an Islamic oath and gave the would-be robber the name Nawaz Sharif Zardari.
Sohail went to get some milk, but when he returned the man had fled with the money and food.
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Both Mohammad Sohail and Suffolk County Police have no idea who the man is. After the May incident, Sohail explained that he will "absolutely not" be pressing charges, though police are still investigating the case.
Over the past six months, Sohail's story of sympathy and kindness has inspired many across the country.
The Shirley Express store has received numerous letters of admiration.
"No person has ever moved my spirit the way you did. From your biggest admirer," one letter says. "Great men are capable of great acts. You are a great American," another reads.
He has also received several checks with such messages for "a couple hundred dollars" in total, says Sohail. He has made a point to give this money "to the people" by offering free bagels, rolls and coffee in his store every night after 9 o'clock.
But the envelope that arrived on Wednesday came as a surprise. Postmarked November 11 without a return address, it enclosed a $50 bill and a note apparently from the would-be robber.
The typed letter begins, "You change My Life (sic)," and goes on to say that the man is sorry for his actions six months ago.
"At the time I had No money No food on my table No Job, and nothing for my family. I know that it was wrong, but I had know (sic) choice. I needed to feed My family. When You had That gun to my head I was 100% that I was going to die," reads the letter.
The letter says Sohail's acts inspired him to become a "True Muslim" and that his life has changed dramatically.
"I'm very happy that somebody got to change his life," Sohail said. "If he is a maybe criminal, maybe is not anymore. So now he is a good person in this community and I'm very glad for that. He's staying out of trouble, he's not in a jail, he's taking care of his family."
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Subway Guy Falls Off The Diet Wagon
Categories: Diet & Weight Loss, Celebs & Entertainment
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Nearly a decade ago, we watched in awe when commercials aired about the young 20-year-old college student who lost 245 pounds by eating Subway sandwiches for lunch and dinner every day. Now we're watching again as the sandwich chain's spokesman has apparently fallen off his own diet.
While he still tweets about eating Subway (wouldn't you if you got free subs?), it appears the Subway guy has taken a break from eating fresh as much as he used to. According to Subway's web site, "Jared still enjoys his favorite SUBWAY sandwich, but has eased himself into eating other foods. He always chooses foods low in fat and limits the amount of alcoholic beverages. He still drinks only "diet" beverages and continues his walking regimen."
No one can blame a guy for wanting more of a variety of food -- after all, eating subs every day for years had to get kinda boring. But straying too far from his staple of turkey and veggie subs has obviously caused his waistline to spread as quickly as mayonnaise.
It appears Jared is still visiting schools and events across the country to promote theJared Foundation which Subway established in 2004 to help fight childhood obesityand encourage kids to lead healthy lifestyles. As part of his presentation, he shows the crowd his iconic 60 inch fat pants. Just two months ago he told the kids atThurman White Middle School in Nevada that staying healthy and keeping fit are "so important".
Let's hope those fat pants stay off the Subway guy and the extra toppings around his middle are just a temporary set-back.
Breast-Feeding Mom Smothers Baby
AP
LONDON (Dec. 1) - Britain's Sun newspaper is reporting that a breast-feeding mother accidentally smothered her 4-week-old child on a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., to Kuwait.
The paper says the mother fell asleep as she fed the child in business class and that the flight was diverted to London's Heathrow Airport.
Scotland Yard confirmed Tuesday that a United Airlines flight was diverted to London after reports that a 4-week-old child aboard the jet was in distress. The force says the child was taken off the flight to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced dead.
However police did not go into further detail about how the child died.
United confirmed that a flight had been diverted on Nov. 25.
Are Pink Toys Bad for Girls?
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When shopping for gifts for the sweet little girls in your life this holiday season, consider the message that mother Emma Moore and her sister Abi are trying to spread -- pink stinks.The pair, one a mother of twin girls, the other of twin boys, are calling for a boycott of the Early Learning Centre, a toy store in the U.K., after the two noticed the toys they sell are clearly marketed for girls and boys based on color.
Their protest, nicknamed Pinkstinks, says that pink dresses, kitchen toys, dollhouses and other playthings rendered strictly in rosy hues teach girls early that they have different roles than boys. This process causes girls to value beauty over brains and fosters an obsession with physical appearance. The mothers have targeted the Early Learning Centre specifically because it bills itself as an educational toy company, with a mission statement that says it aims to help children reach their full potential.
The boycott comes on the heels of a similar toy-store snafu involving Toys 'R' Us -- the huge children's retailer was the subject of public scrutiny recently after a consumer advocacy group complained that its Christmas catalog featured "outdated gender roles."
Presently, Pinkstinks has the support of former consumer czar Ed Mayo, who agrees that the "color apartheid" puts children on different paths in life, and while it might not be the color pink's fault, one of those paths definitely leads to lower pay and status than the other. It sounds a little extreme but, as Mr. Mayo asked in the London Telegraph, "Why on Earth do girls need to have a globe in pink?" Good question.
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