May 28, 2014

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  1. Anthonybed says:

    Emily Mazreku director of marketing and communications at Breakthrough T1D lives with type 1 diabetes and worked with Mattel to design the doll. kraken зайти Barbie’s phone app displays a snapshot of her actual blood sugar readings from one day during the design process. Barbie’s blood glucose reading is 130 milligrams of sugar per deciliter of blood which is in the normal range. Most people with diabetes try to keep their blood sugar between 70 and 180 mg/dl.Her continuous glucose monitor has a graph that shows the highs and lows that can happen during the day. The blue polka dots are nods to the colors and symbols for diabetes awareness. https://kra34tt.cc kraken ссылка Mazreku spent almost two years holding focus groups to get feedback about the features of the doll and to make sure it was representing the entire type 1 diabetes community. “Mattel approached us and they wanted this to be a part of their Fashionista line” Mazreku said. “And we jumped on that opportunity right away.” The line has dolls with more than 175 different looks including a variety of skin tones eye and hair colors. It includes a Barbie with behind-the-ear hearing aids a blind doll who uses a cane and another with a prosthetic leg. There’s also a doll with vitiligo a condition in which skin loses its pigment and becomes splotchy. “We know that increasing the number of people who can see themselves in Barbie continues to resonate” said Devin Duff a spokesperson for Mattel in an email to CNN. The company said the blind Barbie and a doll with Down syndrome were among the most popular Fashionista dolls globally in 2024. The company launched its first doll with a disability — a friend for Barbie called Share-a-smile Becky who used a wheelchair — in 1997. Customers noted at the time that Becky’s wheelchair couldn’t fit through the doors of the Barbie Dream House a situation many people with disabilities encounter in real life.

  2. Jesustauff says:

    Kate Winslet had a surprising ‘Titanic’ reunion while producing her latest film ‘Lee’ kraken2trfqodidvlh4aa337cpzfrhdlfldhve5nf7njhumwr7instad onion Kate Winslet is sharing an anecdote about a “wonderful” encounter she recently had with someone from her star-making blockbuster film “Titanic.” The Oscar winner was a guest on “The Graham Norton Show” this week where she discussed her new film “Lee” in which she plays the fashion model-turned-war photographer Lee Miller from the World War II era. https://kraken3yvbvzmhytnrnuhsy772i6dfobofu652e27f5hx6y5cpj7rgydonion.net kraken5af44k24fwzohe6fvqfgxfsee4lgydb3ayzkfhlzqhuwlo33ad Winslet recounted that while she had previously executive produced a number of her projects “Lee” was the first movie where she served as a full-on producer. That required her involvement from “beginning to end” including when the film was scored in post-production. She explained to Norton that when she attended the recording of the film’s score in London while looking at the 120-piece orchestra she saw someone who looked mighty familiar to her. “I’m looking at this violinist and I thought ‘I know that face’” she said. At one point other musicians in the orchestra pointed to him while mouthing “It’s him” to her and it continued to nag at Winslet prompting her to wonder “Am I related to this person? Who is this person?” Finally at the end of the day the “Reader” star went in to where the orchestra was to meet the mystery violinist and she was delighted to realize he was one of the violinists who played on the ill-fated Titanic ocean liner as it sank in James Cameron’s classic 1997 film. “It was that guy” Winslet exclaimed this week later adding “it was just wonderful” to see him again. “We had so many moments like that in the film where people I’ve either worked with before or really known for a long time kind of grown up in the industry with they just showed up for me and it was incredible.” “Lee” released in theaters in late September and is available to rent or buy on AppleTV or Amazon Prime.

  3. Richardspads says:

    Tbilisi Georgia — Jailed journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli gets weaker every day as her hunger strike has reached three weeks in Rustavi a town near the Georgian capital of Tbilisi her lawyer says. Now the 49-year-old is having difficulty walking the short distance from her cell to the room where they usually meet and human rights officials colleagues and family fear for her life. kra21.at Amaghlobeli was arrested Jan. 12 during an anti-government protest in the coastal city of Batumi one of over 40 people in custody on criminal charges from a series of demonstrations that have hit the South Caucasus nation of 3.7 million in recent months. kra25.at The political turmoil follows a parliamentary election that was won by the ruling Georgian Dream party although its opponents allege the vote was rigged. Protests highlight battle over Georgias future. Heres why it matters. Its outcome pushed Georgia further into Russias orbit of influence. Georgia aspired to join the European Union but the party suspended accession talks with the bloc after the election. As it sought to cement its grip on power Georgian Dream has cracked down on freedom of assembly and expression in what the opposition says is similar to President Vladimir Putins actions in neighboring Russia its former imperial ruler. kra27 cc https://kra28cc.ru

  4. GeorgeBrern says:

    Rescuers are hailing as a “four-legged hero” a furry Chihuahua whose pacing atop an Alpine rock helped a helicopter crew find its owner who had fallen into a crevasse on a Swiss glacier nearby. tripskan The man who was not identified was exploring the Fee Glacier in southern Switzerland on Friday when he broke through a snow bridge and fell nearly 8 meters about 26 feet according to Air Zermatt a rescue training and transport company. Equipped with a walkie-talkie the man connected with a person nearby who relayed the accident to emergency services. But the exact location was unknown. After about a half-hour search the pacing pooch caught the eye of a rescue team member. https://tripscan.biz tripscan As the crew zeroed on the Chihuahua the hole the man fell into became more visible. Rescuers rappelled down rescued the man and flew him and his canine companion to a hospital. “Imagine if the dog wasn’t there” Air Zermatt spokesman Bruno Kalbermatten said by phone. “I have no idea what would happen to this guy. I think he wouldn’t survive this fall into the crevasse.” On its website the company was effusive: “The dog is a four-legged hero who may have saved his master’s life in a life-threatening situation.”

  5. Rosariobof says:

    The latest Barbie slays in a chic blue polka-dot crop top ruffled miniskirt chunky heels and an insulin pump. She is the brand’s first doll with type 1 diabetes. трипскан вход Dollmaker Mattel worked with Breakthrough T1D formerly known the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to design the doll which aims to represent the roughly 304000 kids and teens living with type 1 diabetes in the United States. https://tripscan.biz трипскан The doll launched Tuesday at the Breakthrough T1D Children’s Congress a three-day event in Washington that brings in kids and teens living with the condition to meet with lawmakers. This year they’re asking Congress to renew funding for the Special Diabetes Program which was first allocated by Congress in 1997. The program’s current funding ends after September. The advocacy efforts have taken on new urgency this year. With so many deep cuts to federally funded projects in recent months Breakthrough T1D said it’s anxiously watching to see if this funding will be reupped. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease meaning the body mistakenly attacks its own organs and tissues. In this case rough antibodies go after cells in the pancreas that make insulin an essential hormone that helps the body turn food into energy. As a result the body doesn’t make enough of its own insulin so people have to take insulin by injection or though a pump to survive. Type 1 diabetes is typically diagnosed in childhood but can be diagnosed in anyone at any age. It differs from type 2 diabetes in which people are still able to make insulin but their cells stop responding to it. In addition to the insulin pump that attaches to the new Barbie’s waist the chestnut-haired beauty has a continuous glucose monitor on her arm – a button held on by a strip of heart-shaped Barbie-pink tape. Her cell phone displays an app that shows her glucose readings. She also has a light blue purse to hold her supplies and snacks to help her manage her blood sugar throughout the day. It matches her shoes of course.

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