Teen treated for flu symptoms before death

A 13 year old boy died form what he feared most - H1N1. After suffering from flu-like symptoms on the weekend, he died from complications of the disease on Monday, his father stated.  "When the first wave happened in the winter, he was concerned about it, and we said it was all OK," Paul Frustaglio said. "What do you know, that's what it was." Evan was in London, Ont. with his mother at a hockey tournament this weekend. He was a member of the Mississauga North Stars. When he had a sore throat and a dry cough, she took him to a pharmacy where a pharmacist told her it was a sign of the season. "They said it looked like simple flu symptoms and they sent him home and said, 'Continue to give him Tylenol,'" Frustaglio said. "Less than 24 hours before he died... I would have brought my son to the hospital. It gave us a false sense of security." His father stayed home from work on Monday to be his son. He said that Evan was feeling better and took a bath. "He went to the bathroom, and he started having an attack. He stopped breathing like that - like he was hit by a bolt of lightning," he said. "We called 911, and brought him to the hospital, and now he's gone." Evan's school has been closed and all of the players on his hockey team have been contacted. The GTHL commisioner, John Gardner found out last night, and has cancelled the team's next two games. He is put in place steps to prevent the disease form spreading to and from others. Evan's coach says he is worried because all of the players were swimming together, in the hot tub and sharing water bottles, although they did not touch their lips on them. Evan's family and his team captain have been put on tamiflu. A facebook page in Evan's memory has been created. It currently has 300 members and will surely get more.

Hearing someting like this, not only makes me feel terrible, but worries me a little. This could have happened to anyone on any hockey team in the northern Toronto area. Players on my hockey team will hopefully get vaccined. I know a kid who I use to go to school with who knew Evan quite well. I can't imagine how he feels. I have joined the Facebook group because, although I never met him, I know he was a good person. I hope people get the chance to rest and take medicines before it becomes too late. H1N1 is goign to be a bad disease this winter. We need to do everything we can to preven theses events.

Why the book-price wars haven't come to Canada

Walmart is separating for the greedy pricing of bestsellers by its American partner that has spurred American booksellers to ask the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate. In the U.S., Wal-Mart online and Target are matching the $9 or under price Amazon.com has put on 10 bestsellers, setting off a price war that booksellers fear will "devastate not only the book industry but our ability to remain a society where ideas are always available to the public." The bestsellers include books by John Grisham, Stephen King and Barbara Kingsolver that usually sell for from $25 to $35 (U.S.). In Canada, neither Amazon.ca or Wal-mart Canada are in that type of discounting. Andrew Pelletier, vice president of corporate affairs for Wal-Mart Canada, said that Canada is taking the Canadian approach for "what is good for the Canadian market" that often is different in the U.S. "We are two different countries. The U.S. approach is based on their marketplace," Wal-Mart Canada also doesn't sell books online.

I think that having the book prices at a lower price will benefit everyone in Canada. People would be surprised to see the amount of people that read books on a regualr basis, so having the prices at fair level is great. The bestsellers are purchased so much in Canada, and I think that the authors make enough money, that having prices increase won't tremendously affect their difference in income. The prices are high in the U.S. and the authors make money off of them, but not as much of it comes form Canada.

Mom says missing daughter had been excited about concert

Morgan Harrington has gone missing. The 20 year old education major went to a Metallica concert on Saturday night and has't been seen since. "She was excited about the concert and she brought home three outfits that she tried on for me," her mother said Tuesday on HLN's "Nancy Grace." "We chose one and she said, 'Mama, it is a rock concert so it is probably not what you would choose, but is this one OK?'" Harrington said she told her daughter, 'That will do fine.' "You know you have to give your kid wings," Harrington said. Morgan had been so anxious about the concert, she put the tickets up on the fridge six months ago when she got the tickets. Metallica posted a message about Morgan's disappearance on their web site under the heading "One of our fans is missing." "We are deeply concerned about the disappearance of 20-year-old Virginia Tech student Morgan Dana Harrington, who was last seen while attending our concert at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA, on Saturday night," the message said. The message described Harrington as 5'6", 120 pounds, has blond hair, blue eyes and was wearing a black Pantera T-shirt, black mini skirt, black tights and black boots. They asked that anyone with any information to contact Virginia State Police or University of Virginia police.

The people that are close to Morgan should get everyone around them to help search for her and get her home quick. Once the word spreads to a larger amount of people, some people may take advantage of her and could cause her to possibly never be found again. I think it's awesome that Metallica has advertised her missing on their web site because a lot more people will be informed of it. Hopefully, her absence will come to an end soon, because if I wee in her situation, or her family's, I would be quite scared.

Police: UConn football player stabbed to death

The cornerback of the UConn football team had the game of his life after beating Louisville. He gave his mom a call and was given the game ball. A few hours later another member from the football team called Jasper Howard's mother - it was the coach. He informed her that her son had just been stabbed. "He was a good child, a wonderful, sweet, loving child," Joangela Howard told CNN affiliate WSVN. "I just hope whoever did it turns himself in. [Jasper] didn't deserve this." Jasper started every game for UConn last year, was stabbed at a student dance on Saturday night. The junior, born and raised in Miami, was a soon-to-be father. A fire alarm was pulled late Saturday night, and the 300 students at the dance rushed onto the streets. A fight between two groups broke out and Howard and an unidentified person were stabbed. The two were sent to a hospital, and then airlifted to another hospital in Hartford, where Howard was pronounced dead from injuries. The other victim was treated and released. Authorities are investigating whether alcohol was involved. There were students and non-students involved in the incident. The Huskies are 4-2 this year, and Howard led the league in punt returns.


It is extremely sad to see something happen to anyone, let alone a future NFL athlete. These stabbings happen so often now that I think that something should be done. College and Universities should not promote activities within the school that involve non-students. This would allow the school to trust the students and not have to risk the chance that the non-students are going to harm anyone or anything. Security should be present at these events as well because it is probably not too hard for the students to obtain substances and objects that shouldn't be active at these events.

Gates gives $120-million to help poor nations farm

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation i going to donate a total of $120-million. This is supposed to boost agricultural production, and farming in the developing world. “Melinda and I believe that helping the poorest small-holder farmers grow more crops and get them to market is the world's single most powerful lever for reducing hunger and poverty,” Mr. Gates, the billionaire founder of software giant Microsoft, said. The Gates Foundation has been active in fighting child and infectious diseases in poor countries. It has given $1.4-billion to agricultural development. Mr. Gates says that the process of making global hunger decrease is “endangered by an ideological wedge that threatens to split the movement in two”. “It's a false choice, and it's dangerous for the field,” Mr. Gates said in prepared remarks. “The fact is, we need both productivity and sustainability – and there is no reason we can't have both.” The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said on Oct 8 that net investments of $83-billion a year must be made in agriculture in developing countries if there is to be enough food to feed 9.1 billion people in 2050.

I think that Mr.Gates is doing a good thing by helping out the developing countries. He has so much money that could be going towards other things that would benefit him, but is choosing to help people who need it much more than he does. He should be rewarded for his efforts. He has been helping out the agricultural aspect of the less fortunate people and is surely helping out the world in a huge way.