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Women Against Stirrups
Gyn Myths
More Pap Screening Leads To More Deaths!
The Gyn Exam & Gyn Industry
Natural Gyn Treatments
DIY Pap Smear & Alternatives
Natural Menstrual Products
Cervical Cancer Vaccine
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More Pap Screening Leads To More Deaths! Jun 24, 2013 16:22:27 GMT -5
Post by Yazzmyne on Jun 24, 2013 16:22:27 GMT -5
In this great article from science journalist, author and documentary maker Bert Ehgartner (originally written in German and translated with the help of Google translator, so some phrases may look a bit odd..) it is obvious that more pap screening, especially starting from a young age leads to... *more* unnecessary deaths!
Precautionary With Pap Smears - Or The Secret Of The Finns
In Austria, girls as young as 15-years-old already start to have pap smears for the early detection of cervical cancer and from then on this is considered to be a fixed part of a visit to the gynecologist. In Germany, the pap smear is recommended starting from the age of 20 years as part of an annual gynecological checkup.
Especially in younger women, changes in the cervix are very common and usually resolve on their own. If from this age on a pap smear is regularly performed, it results often in false cancer alarm. The consequences are numerous conisations, "preventive" surgery on the uterus. In Austria, the number of these interventions is annually between 5000 and 6000, in Germany a tenfold more. Conizations increase the risk of subsequent preterm births strongly.
In comparison to the German-speaking countries, Finland has a completely different system when it comes to cervical cancer.
In the Finnish national program, the minimum age for attending is 30 years. Instead of every six to twelve months, in Finland the women are invited every five years (!) to a pap smear.
And despite these rare intervals, German or Austrian women are at risk to die three times more likely of cervical cancer than Finnish women.
How is this paradoxical result possible?
I am attempting an analysis.
What can go wrong with the Pap smear
The Graz Medical sociologist Sylvia Groth was amazed when she recently received a letter from her gynecologist. In the envelope were the last two findings of her routine pap smear for early detection of an infected cervical carcinoma. The laboratory findings were several years old, an occasion for sending them was not apparent. As Groth looked at the results more closely, it was with good humor quickly over. It was assumed that the examination had revealed that everything was normal. But now she saw that the laboratory had told her gynecologist in both cases, that the uterine swab was unfortunately unusable "because it contains not enough cells".
"Pap 0" is in such cases notified. "Pap" is the abbreviation for the method the Greek physician George Papanicolaou developed in 1928, named the "Pap smear". During the pap, cells of the cervix are scraped off with a small brush or a spatula, colored, fixed, and finally analyzed in the laboratory for their quality. Normally, the findings should provide a roman numeral between one (all healthy cells) and five (cancer). In "Pap 0" it would have been necessary to call the woman in question to explain the mishap and as soon as possible invite her for a repeated smear.
That her own case was anything but an anomaly, experienced Sylvia Groth (above) almost every day as director of the Women's Health Centre of Graz. Many gynecologists have problems with the technique and send a swab for analysis to the laboratory, that doesn't contain enough cells to make a strong statement-rating. This results in cells at risk of cancer precursors being overlooked. Apparently, however, some doctors feel embarrassed to admit their mistake and just wait until the next smear appointment.
The next challenge that most gynecologists fail is the correct interpretation of the smear result. "Many women come to us totally desperate, because they believe they are seriously ill with cancer," says Groth. "The finding shows however that the cell changes can regress again."
In Austria, the Pap smear is routine with almost every gynecologist visit. Often the first smear is already performed at the age of 15 years and then every six months if for example a new prescription for the pill is picked up. No other country performs the smear this frequently. There are no official guidelines. Such a system is referred to as "gray" or "wild screening", as a series of exams without access control: Each gynecologist can examine any woman at any time, and the smear sets off the cash, each laboratory can examine the cells and create results. "In Austria, it is anchored in the minds that screening at any rate is definitely a good thing," says sociologist the Graz Éva Rásky.
The risk of overtreatment of early stages of cancer that would have regressed by themselves are largely ignored.
Fraud without damage
How real the possibility is that the changes in the cervix heal by themselves, was shown in a
strange incident that occurred in the practice of gynecologists from Linz around ten years ago.
"It is inconceivable, but it happened," said the judge of the Linz Regional Court to summarize the situation. And he meant both the circumstances of the crime and its impact. Accused was the then 33-year-old Astrid S., who was employed as a medical assistant at a Linz gynecologist. One of her tasks was to share the patients the unpleasant findings that were created as a result of their Pap smear for cervical cancer screening. The sensitive assistant someday did not have the heart to "tell the poor women that they are sick." Instead of burdening the patients with suspected cancer who thus needed necessary further diagnostic procedures or therapies, she began to falsify the results or made them disappear deep in the archives.
After six years, she could not stand the stress anymore, so she quit and moved to Vienna. Her crime was revealed when the staff of a laboratory at the gynecologist asked, how the patient was doing in whom they had diagnosed cancer a few months ago on the basis of the Pap smear. The doctor was horrified upon notifying that the findings were slumbering in the medical record and the affected woman had never known it. Overall, there were 99 similar cases. All the women were summoned and examined. The astonishing result of the medical report: there was no damage found in any of those concerned due to the delay of treatment. On the contrary, most precancerous lesions had disappeared at the follow-up. In only six cases had a cone biopsy, which is the precautionary removal of the suspect tissue piece to be made. But this would have happened with more women, if this had been addressed immediately. There was even a specific acute cancer that had dissolved into thin air. The expert tapped spontaneous healing. In no case an advanced disease was found. The verdict for the former medical secretary fell accordingly mild: she received five months probation and a symbolic fine of 700 euros.
After the judgment was delivered, something out of the ordinary happened . One of the "betrayed" patients was present in the courtroom and thanked the nurse profusely for her criminal action. Ghent was one of the women who was completely healthy at her follow-up exam. "If the pap test result had not then disappeared," she said while hugging the perpetrator, "I would have been operated on and I would have had to undergo cancer treatment."
This process has gone down in the annals of the history of medicine as a curiosity. Implications for improving the quality of cervical cancer screening, which burdens countless women with false cancer alarms and unnecessary interventions, have however not been taken place till this day.
The Finnish program
Downright sloppy is the comparison of the Austrian practice with the Finnish National Screening Program, which was launched in 1963 and is runned since 1970 as a nationally organized screening. From the beginning it has been scientifical. Quality control is in order through constant adjustments to optimize the impact. Thus, 30 years was set as the minimum age for participation. "The reason is simply that almost all cancer precursors regress in younger women in a natural way," says Ahti Anttila from the state cancer registry in Helsinki.
Seems unusual, the Finnish study interval for local conditions. It was extended in 1999 by three to five years. "We harvest this respect always with much amazement from foreign gynecologists," says Anttila. "It is apparently quite difficult to understand the actually rather simple fact of how cancer develops over time." Anttila points out on the results of the Finnish program that it takes at least ten years until a cancer precursor progresses to invasive cervical cancer. "Therefore an interval of five years is quite enough in order to provide the same security as with a shorter interval."
Women are attributed by name and invited to the Pap smear. That has the effect of not only the most health-conscious women being examined, but also those are recorded who actually have an increased risk: "Older women with migration background or low social milieu." Using these methods, Finland reached undisputedly the first place in the fight against cervical cancer. "In most years," says Anttila, "we have in women under 50 years, no deaths." In 2008, the statistics in Austria for the diagnosis of cervical cancer, however, was found in 30 of these younger women to be the official cause of death. Overall, the risk of death for Austrian women is almost three times as high.
Several countries have now taken over the Finnish method and also created a state program, including the UK and the Netherlands. A recent analysis shows that the Dutch women are already on the best ways to catch up with the Finnish.
Is the HPV vaccine an alternative?
Cervical cancer became the center of attention three years ago, when new vaccines against the human papillomavirus came on the market. Of these "warts viruses," there are more than hundred different types. They are widespread and can greatly penetrate the skin cells of humans and can cause changes that are sometimes visible as benign growths, just as warts. As fast as the infections come, as fast they usually disappear - unless it the immune system fails to get rid of the virus again. Particularly at risk is the cervix, where the skin meets the vaginal mucous of the uterus. Chronic HPV infection are therefore seen as a trigger of cervical cancer.
The German virologist Harald zur Hausen was awarded for the elucidation of this relationship with the Nobel Prize. The two vaccines available on the market are Gardasil and Cervarix, effective against HPV types 16 and 18, which are involved in 70 percent of all cancers. Gardasil got in the same year of 2007, its first registration in Germany with a turnover of almost 300 million euros on the best-selling drug. The recommended vaccine for all girls aged twelve to 17 years, is paid for by health insurance. In some regions of Germany more than half of the population is already vaccinated. Both vaccines available on the market contain new active amplifier, from which the risk of side effects is largely unknown. This subject has been discussed several times in this blog.
Quite different from the situation in Germany is the situation developed in Austria. The former Health Minister Andrea Kdolsky did not want to purchase the primary series vaccinations at the extremely expensive price of around 450 euros for the public. Instead, said Kdolsky, they will invest in improving the quality of the screening program. With a departmental exchange to Alois Stoeger (the new minister of health) the priorities shifted - and so there is now neither a costfree vaccine nor an improved screening.
"With the Pap smear, we have around 1.8 million annual pap tests, reached a plateau," says Michael Elnekheli, head of the Federation of Austrian gynecologists. From a medium to a long term period, the doctors' representative, hopes that the vaccination alone could solve the problem of cervical cancer. A program modeled after Finland, is something he doesn't reject from the outset on, but he believes that the investment in quality assurance and the cost of administration would be enormous. "From an organized HPV vaccination I expect a lot more."
The Viennese physician and public health expert Brigitte Piso is - also because of the high price of these vaccines - skeptical: "If I put so much money into a single measure from the pension budget, it also needs to be clear to me that it matters elsewhere." However, the use of HPV testing in addition to smear testing might have meaning in older women. In younger women however, the viruses are so common, that the measurement has almost no meaning.
Problem of overtreatment
A major problem with the current practice sees sociologist physician Rasky in the more than 5000 cone biopsies that are performed annually in Austria on the basis of conspicuous Pap smears. "You can assume that there is an over-treatment in many cases. "A cone biopsy is not a "small" intervention. It is usually carried out under anesthesia. Here, the doctor removes suspicious tissue in the area of the external os in the form of a cone. As a result, the risk of miscarriage increases considerably in later pregnancies.
A study by Max Geraedts, Professor of Health Systems Research of the University of Witten-Herdecke, recently revealed that 66.4 percent from 8236 made conisations were considered "over-treated", because in the laboratory there was not any cancer alarm found in the subsequent examination of the tissue samples. Far more than half of these procedures were therefore performed prematurely. In Austria there is no comparable work.
To create a standardized fault management with quality assurance at every level and to transfer to the total system, is certainly no small challenge. Currently, there are no mandatory guidelines for the laboratory, nor the gynecologist to get a standardized feedback, as is the proportion of their useless pap smears and unnecessary conisations. The comparison with Finland also supports the suspicion that many women get unnecessary surgery because of numerous deficiencies in "random screening" and declared even as cancer patients. How else would it be possible that in Germany and Austria, the incidence of cervical cancer is twice as high as in Finland.
When Sylvia Groth mentioned such "side effects" in the present "wild Screenings" in her counseling sessions, the response of women is often radically. "Many tell me they have never again made a pap smear." Actually, according to Groth, this is a completely wrong response. "For if the pap smear would be involved in a good program , it would actually be exactly as it was always advertised: a great measure, that saves women's lives"
It's a bit unfortunate that the article ends rather contradictory by emphasizing the pap smear as a "life-saving" tool once again, despite it is obvious that it can be used as a murderous tool just as well!
For all it's worth if the Finns would have no screening program at all, they might even prevent more deaths. And what about true prevention? It would be a lot more effective and cost-saving to simply improve nutritional recommendations and emphasize on the link between smoking and (cervical) cancer to avoid the existing small number of deaths from this cancer. Obviously from this article, more screening from a younger age on leads to more (!!) "cancer" deaths unless the Finnish women would lead a healthier life than the German and Austrian women due to a healthier diet & lifestyle for instance, but I doubt that is the case as they are both Western, developed countries. Most likely, a vast amount of women are needlessly dying from the conventional therapies such as chemotherapy and radiation for a cancer they didn't even have! So with that in mind, I have to wonder if no pap screening at all would make no difference or even a better outcome than the Finnish program, because if you can die from chemotherapy, how is that going to save the life of somebody who is already sick?
Last Edit: Jan 12, 2014 17:26:28 GMT -5 by Yazzmyne
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More Pap Screening Leads To More Deaths! Jan 12, 2014 16:52:41 GMT -5 Yazzmyne likes this
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Yazzmyne, this article was a great find! I agree it is unfortunate the article ends with the reference to "life-saving", but hopefully that might have been due to translation issues. The article makes it clear that paps are anything but life-saving.
I found an interesting blog about retracted journal articles that reveals how reputable science journals might not always be as reputable as we think they are. This particular article is in relation to babies injured during birth due to physician's practices:
retractionwatch.com/2014/01/03/federal-court-rebuffs-request-to-discredit-article-that-malpractice-lawyers-want-retracted/
More Pap Screening Leads To More Deaths! Jan 12, 2014 18:09:35 GMT -5
Post by Yazzmyne on Jan 12, 2014 18:09:35 GMT -5
I'm certain that it's correctly translated but it's also a quote by Sylvia Groth, a sociologist and director of the Women's Health Centre (so she obviously still has to gain from the pap smear business) not the author but at the same time he chose to end the article by quoting her in reference to the Finnish program where the pap screening is better implemented but then again, they should question whether no screening at all may save even more lives and emphasize how much harm it really does, because it literally does the opposite of what it claims it does. I have to question now also whether the conclusion they make to view the pap smear in a positive light regardless, is proof of the lingering brainwashing of even people who are confronted with the facts and not in denial..?
I don't quite remember what made me google this stuff in German to begin with lol , but I was also happy to find the above article with this very telling anecdote about the "malpractice nurse" . I then also stumbled upon a quote from a German or Austrian epidemologist / physician that I turned into a meme who also shares the real facts:
Weirdly enough Germany, Austria and the USA have in common that they are in the Western world one of the most PAP smear obsessed countries who urge young girls to start screening and also the most frequent. And what seems to be the common denominator is that the pill tends to be prescribed in these countries by the gynecologist as opposed to the general physician. And since for a gynecologist, the pap smear is his bread & butter, he's going to be more apt to urge women to get as many paps as possible and make sure to use enough scare tactics to keep them coming back, whereas a general practitioner is less dependant on pap smears alone to make his money. In Finland, it's also the nurses who do the pap smears, so there is also less involvement from gyno's.
And wow thanks for that article exposing the fraud in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. I will link it also in my thread about Why Medical Journals are often Biased.
More Pap Screening Leads To More Deaths! May 11, 2014 7:10:28 GMT -5
Post by Yazzmyne on May 11, 2014 7:10:28 GMT -5
Another study inadvertently proves that most CIN 2 and CIN 3 lesions resolve on their own.
In a pilot evaluation of a nonsurgical treatment for cervical dysplasia, the efficacy and toxicity of oral diindolylmethane (DIM) in the treatment of CIN 2 or 3 lesions was tested.
Patients with biopsy-proven cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) 2 or 3 scheduled for loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) were randomized 2:1 to receive diindolylmethane (DIM) (BioResponse-DIM, BioResponse, Boulder, CO) orally at approximately 2 mg/kg/day for 12 weeks or placebo (defatted rice bran, BioResponse). Subjects were evaluated every 3-4 months for 1 year.
At median follow-up of 6 months, 85% of subjects have not required LEEP based on routine clinical triage of improving global assessment.
There was no statistically significant difference in any outcome between the DIM and placebo group. (!)
The study concludes that: Oral DIM at 2 mg/kg/day is well tolerated with no significant toxicity. We observed a high rate of clinically significant improvement in confirmed CIN 2 or 3 lesions among both treatment groups in this randomized clinical trial.
So this study basically says nothing about the efficacy of DIM in the treatment of cervical dysplasia since the results for the placebo group were the same. I guess the researchers didn't dare to make the next conclusion which is that most CIN2 and CIN3 lesions resolve on their own and don't become cancerous, therefore showing more proof that most invasive follow-up treatments such as LEEP are unnecessary and harming the patient with no benefits of saving their life either. This finding is in line with the story above that leaving the cervix alone is more beneficial to women instead of getting worked up over PAP tests and having LEEPs 'just in case' proves to be quite an irrational line of thinking considering the harm LEEP treatments can cause.

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Double duchess! The royal sisters-in-law go to Wimbledon together
July 14, 2018, 3:27 PM UTC / Source: TODAY
By Julie Pennell
It was a sisters day out for Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge as the new in-laws spent time together sans husbands at Wimbledon on Saturday.
This marks the first time the former Meghan Markle and the former Kate Middleton have had a solo joint appearance together.
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The women left their husbands Prince Harry and Prince William behind as they cheered on Serena Williams who faces Angelique Kerber in the Ladies' Single Final.
Meghan wore a blue and white striped button-down shirt from Ralph Lauren along with wide-leg cream-colored pants, while Kate color-coordinated with a cream-colored dress featuring a fun pattern.
The two were spotted chatting and laughing together as they watched the game from the royal box.
This isn't the first Wimbledon experience for either of them, as both have attended in the past. Kate has gone regularly with William and her sister Pippa Middleton (who was spotted at an earlier match this month with her younger brother James).
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Meghan was cheering on her good friend Serena Williams back in 2016, reportedly days after meeting Prince Harry for the first time. Williams and her husband Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian were even guests at the royal wedding.
Other members of the royal family have been enjoying one-on-one-time with the newest royal. Last month, Meghan joined Queen Elizabeth II on the royal train for a tour of engagements.
And judging from the smiles coming from both Meghan and Kate at Wimbledon, we have a feeling we're going to be seeing many more outings in the future!


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Effect of sex on symptoms and return to baseline in sport-related concussion
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2014 Jan;
13(1):72-81.
Zuckerman, S. L., R. P. Apple, M. J. Odom, Y. M. Lee, G. S. Solomon and A. K. Sills.
OBJECT: Sport-related concussions (SRCs) among youth athletes represent a significant public health concern. Prior research suggests that females fare worse symptomatically after an SRC. The authors aimed to assess sex differences in number, severity, and resolution of postconcussive symptoms using reliable change index (RCI) methodology applied to days to return to symptom baseline. METHODS: Between 2009 and 2011, 740 youth athletes completed valid neurocognitive and symptom testing before and after an SRC using Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT). A total of 122 female and 122 male athletes were matched on number of prior concussions, age, and number of days to first postconcussion test. At baseline and postconcussion, the authors compared each of the individual 22 symptoms on ImPACT to calculate individual symptom severity and aggregate symptom severity, or the Total Symptom Score (TSS). When comparing individual symptoms, the significance level for the comparison of each symptom was set at 0.05/22 = 0.0023. When comparing aggregate symptom severity, or TSS, a single value was compared, requiring an alpha set to 0.05. The number of days to return to baseline TSS was compared using RCI methods set at the 80% confidence interval, equal to a raw score point value of 9.18 on the TSS. RESULTS: At baseline, females reported a greater severity for the symptom, "sleeping less than usual," compared with males (0.88 +/- 1.49 vs 0.31 +/- 0.86, p < 0.001). However, no other individual symptom severity differences were noted before or after SRC. At baseline, females exhibited a statistically significant greater aggregate symptom severity than males (7.24 +/- 10.22 vs 4.10 +/- 6.52, p = 0.005). Greater aggregate symptom severity for females was also found postconcussion (21.38 +/- 19.02 vs 16.80 +/- 17.07, p = 0.049). Females took longer to return to baseline TSS (9.1 +/- 7.1 days vs 7.0 +/- 5.1 days, p = 0.013). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this retrospective study indicate that females endorse a greater severity of symptoms at baseline and postconcussion than males without significantly different symptom profiles. Furthermore, after suffering an SRC, females take longer to return to their baseline symptom level.


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Il mazama bruno dell'Amazzonia (Mazama nemorivaga ), noto anche come mazama bruno piccolo, è una piccola specie di cervo che vive quasi esclusivamente in Sudamerica. È diffuso in Panama (con la sottospecie M. n. permira, endemica di San José, un'isola appartenente all'Arcipelago delle Perle), Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Guiana Francese, Ecuador orientale, Perù orientale, Brasile e, forse, Bolivia settentrionale. Vive nei tratti non inondati della foresta pluviale tropicale amazzonica, ma in alcune aree si spinge anche all'interno di foreste decidue tropicali e in boscaglie di piante xeriche, fino a 1500 m di quota.

Tassonomia
Condivide gran parte dell'areale con il più grande (nonché più numeroso) M. americana; in alcune zone poco estese, inoltre, il suo areale si sovrappone a quello di M. gouazoubira. Fino al 2000, per l'esattezza, veniva considerato una sottospecie di quest'ultimo, con il quale è in rapporti parapatrici. A prima vista, infatti, non è facilmente distinguibile da M. gouazoubira, mentre a differenza di M. americana ha il mantello di colore grigio-marrone con parti inferiori chiare.

Attualmente ne vengono riconosciute otto sottospecie:

 M. n. nemorivaga  (Venezuela sud-orientale e Guiane);
 M. n. cita  (Venezuela);
 M. n. medemi  (Colombia).
 M. n. mexianae  (isola di Mexiama, presso la foce del Rio delle Amazzoni);
 M. n. murelia  (Colombia sud-occidentale ed Ecuador);
 M. n. permira  (isola di San José, presso le coste di Panamá);
 M. n. sanctaemartae  (Colombia settentrionale);
 M. n. tschudii  (Perù).

Biologia
In alcune aree, gli accoppiamenti possono avvenire in ogni periodo dell'anno, ma le nascite tendono a concentrarsi durante la stagione delle piogge. La specie è minacciata dalla deforestazione e da varie malattie trasmesse dal bestiame domestico, ma non troppo dalla caccia.

Note

Altri progetti

Cervidi
Fauna sudamericana
Taxa classificati da Frédéric Cuvier

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Republican challenges Deeds in State Senate
By Lisa Provence | lisa@readthehook.com
Published online 3:14pm Thursday Jun 30th, 2011
T.J. Aldous wants the Republican nomination for the 25th District.
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Attorney Thomas W. "T.J." Aldous announced a run for the 25th District seat in the General Assembly on June 28. Aldous, "a lifelong conservative," according to a release, is the first to challenge incumbent Democrat State Senator Creigh Deeds since he won the seat in a special election in 2001.
Aldous, 41, lives in Albemarle County and practices estate planning and business law. He has degrees from Brigham Young University, where he met his wife, Amber, University of Kansas, and New York University.
Read more on: 25th districtcreigh deedstj aldous
NancyDrew June 30th, 2011 | 6:19pm
Graduate of Brigham Young, yes, that would qualify him as a conservative. Is he a Mormon ?
"Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon Church), and is America's largest religious university and fourth-largest private university."
" Community leader, church leader and family man, Thomas W. "TJ" Aldous, Jr.,
Aldous outlined the issues of his campaign: better management of our tax dollars; creating a jobs-friendly environment; standing up for families; maximizing personal freedom; and ensuring a quality education for all students. "
the above is from the
Roanoke Times
and note- " maximizing personal freedom "
so does he support a woman's right to chose ? --personal freedom
does he support gay marriage ? a personal right to chose
does he support gay adoption ? a couples right to chose
I look forward to learning more about the personal freedoms he supports.
Ken Jamme June 30th, 2011 | 7:03pm
Let's just hope he is a true conservative and not just another republicrat. Hopefully if he is elected he will change one of the most criminal things about our representatives in washington. Campaigning for re-election while still in office.
Michelle "the psyco" Bachman is campaigning in south carolina while her home state of minnesota is shut down because politicians like her are not doing their job and figuring out the budget.
Barrack Obama is campaigning in the mid west on the taxpayers dime, flying the 747 around trying to get re elected while we pay the friggin bill.
Christ, if I wanted to change jobs i'll bet my employer would not pay me to take time off and look for another one!!!!!!!
What the hell is going on in washington!!!!!!
As Thomas Jefferson said, "The tree of liberty must be watered from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants.
ontheroad33 July 1st, 2011 | 3:38am
I got to give republicans credit, there is no diversity in their message. kind of like the old you are either with us or against us rhetoric.
democracy July 1st, 2011 | 6:26am
Nancy Drew: You probably already know the answers to your questions about T.J. Aldous. As a conservative Republican, he may profess, rhetorically, allegiance to certain values, but he won't act on them. Like other conservatives, Aldous is not very interested in or committed to the core values and principles in the U.S. Constitution, such as popular sovereignty, freedom for all citizens, equality, justice, tolerance, anad promoting the general welfare of society.
Here's Aldous' work specialty as a lawyer:
"Thomas W. Aldous Jr. focuses on estate taxation, gift taxation, generation-skipping transfer taxation, estate planning, estate administration and trust administration."
You can see what his priorities are...they contradict his campaign statements that I believe an elected official needs to be selfless, not selfish;" and "Taxes should be fair and reasonable. Tax laws should be clear."
It's kind of hard to serve two masters. And make no mistake, those who avail themselves of services like that provided by Aldous encouraged him to run for office.
On his campaign website, Aldous says "We need to preserve our freedoms...We all need to be treated equally and fairly." But do you believe he thinks gays should be able to marry? Do you think he believes in reproductive freedom for women? I don't think so.
Aldous believes that "free market principles" and "God's help" will turn "this failing economy around and return" us "to prosperity." Maybe Aldous hasn't been paying attention to what his party has been doing for the last thirty years. Maybe he's unaware that laissez-faire capitalism led to rampant budget deficits and a ballooned national debt, caused millions of job losses and a broken economy, and led to an increase in poverty while enabling the already-rich to become even richer. Perhaps he thinks this is God's "plan."
T.J. Aldous has no responsible ideas for how to "make our government better," nor does he really believe in preserving rights for all citizens. He's a Republican.
Politics Matters July 7th, 2011 | 12:17pm
More local political figures appear on Charlottesville's locally-produced interview program Politics Matters with host Jan Paynter: http://bit.ly/polmatters
confused easily July 8th, 2011 | 12:51pm
Nancy: don't count on finding any caffeinated beverages at his election night party.


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Ribbit! Ribbit! How to Help with Frog and Toad Conservation – in Your Own Backyard
They live in backyards, parks, fields, creeks or just about anywhere, but in many areas their numbers are dwindling. Frogs and toads face major threats, and up to one-third of the world's amphibian species are in danger of extinction.
Frogs and toads play an important role as both prey and predator in wetland ecosystems, and are considered indicators of the health of their environments. But many previously abundant frog and toad populations have declined dramatically in the United States and around the world.
The Santa Barbara Zoo is part of FrogWatch USA, a national "citizen science" effort to identify and count frogs and toads.
The information gathered is entered into an online database from all FrogWatch chapters over the past 15 years – and may ultimately lead to practical and workable ways to stop amphibian decline.
FrogWatch Training at the Zoo
You don't have to be a frog or toad expert to join FrogWatch. You don't touch and rarely see the little critters, but are trained to listen for the croaks, peeps, trills, and other calls of common local species. Scroll down to see photos and listen to calls.
Volunteers monitor a site of their choosing for at least 3 minutes (minimum of twice a week) throughout the breeding season, roughly February to August. It can be a favorite wetlands area, creek, or other amphibian habitat. Check out the flyer for more information.
Spring 2019 FrogWatch USA Trainings
Thursday, March 28 AND Thursday, April 4 from 6:30–8:30 p.m. (must attend both days)
Contact the Zoo's FrogWatch coordinators by phone (805) 962-5339, ext. 154 or email.
Cost/Registration
Trainings are free, but reservations are recommended. Register online.
"It is essential that we understand the scope, scale, and cause of declines in frog and toad populations. FrogWatch volunteers have helped by gathering data for more than 10 years.
— Estelle Sandhaus, PhD, Santa Barbara Zoo Director of Conservation and Research
Frog Guide
Local Frogs & Toads
California chorus frog (treefrog)
An abrupt low-pitched quack
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Photo: USGS
Baja California chorus frog (treefrog)
Stereotypical two part "kreck eck" or "rib bit" call
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Photo: Chris Brown, USGS
Western spadefoot
A rolling trill lasting less than 1 second
https://www.sbzoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Western-spadefoot.mp3
American bullfrog
A series of loud resonant bass notes, sounding like "rumm rumm rumm"
https://www.sbzoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/American-bullfrog.mp3
Photo: Gary Nafis
Foothill yellow-legged frog
A faint, one-note, low-pitched, raspy series of 4-6 notes per second, with grunts, oinks, and rattling
https://www.sbzoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Foothill-yellow-legged-frog.mp3
Photo: John H. Tashjian
A two-part trill, about ½ second, repeated frequently
https://www.sbzoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/African-clawed-frog.mp3
Western toad
Like the weak peeping of baby chicks
https://www.sbzoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Western-toad.mp3
California red-legged frog*
Series of weak throaty notes, rather harsh, lasting 2-3 seconds and ending with a distinct grunt
https://www.sbzoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/California-red-legged-frog.mp3
Arroyo toad*
Fast musical trill, about 6-10 seconds, rising in pitch, and ending abruptly
https://www.sbzoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Arroyo-toad.mp3
Call descriptions – all credited to Gary Nafis at californiaherps.com
* listed under the Endangered Species Act
Want to explore the data?
Mapping, graphics, and more at the FrogWatch site.
Why are amphibians in decline?
Find out more about amphibians and their conservation.


In this live cinema essay, Ross Lipman investigates the birth of the Television Spectacle. Based loosely on the classic anarchist documentary POINT OF ORDER! (a film which at once deconstructed the hearings and re-invented documentary form), the performance integrates archival movie and audio clips in chronicling the strange evolution of our understanding of McCarthy's America. The original film and its many revisions ultimately reveal an odd continuation of a hegemonic framing process begun with the original Army hearings which continues to the present day.


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In Search of Equity: Rethinking Race and Racism in Science and Medicine
Posted on February 11, 2021 June 8, 2021 by NIMHD
By L. Ebony Boulware, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine
Director, Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute
Duke University School of Medicine
Dr. L. Ebony Boulware
Recent events compel us to reckon, yet again, with the ongoing legacy of systemic racism in the U.S. The merciless murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black individuals through police violence reflect an epidemic of brutality that manifests ongoing and profound racially mediated structural social inequities in the U.S. Compounding this, the recent higher COVID-19 death rates among Black and Hispanic communities have made it clear that race-based structural inequities are directly tied to poor health and further threaten the lives of Black and other minoritized individuals.1 These intersecting realities have brought many in the fields of science and medicine to consider how race and racism are harmfully operationalized through many aspects of our collective experiences.
I have spent my career investigating race disparities in kidney failure, a condition for which Black Americans have two to threefold greater risk compared to others. Black Americans' increased risk of kidney failure is compounded by significant race-based inequities in their health care, including 1) suboptimal prevention, 2) delayed recognition and treatment for kidney disease risk factors, 3) lack of access to health care, 4) poor referrals for evidence-based health care, 5) poorer quality dialysis treatment, and 6) lower rates of kidney transplantation.
In 1999, researchers developed the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) equation to estimate kidney function.2 Investigators hypothesized the existence of a biological difference in kidney function among Black individuals compared to individuals from all other racial and ethnic population groups, based on conventional wisdom and bolstered by weak evidence suggesting differences in Black individuals' muscle mass compared to others. Despite the lack of a well-substantiated biological rationale for purported racial differences in kidney function, investigators placed a "correction factor" in the form of a coefficient into the equation. The coefficient systematically estimates all Blacks to have 21% better kidney function than non-Blacks.
Many have recently questioned the use of race-based equations in kidney care and are examining the equations' potentially harmful contribution to kidney health racial inequities. Two national organizations have developed a task force to consider whether racialized equations should be removed from kidney care altogether. Meanwhile, several U.S. health care systems seeking to embrace anti-racist practices in medicine have independently decided to eliminate the use of these algorithms from their workflows.
The growing evidence suggests that racialized medical algorithms may contribute to numerous inequities in the medical treatment of Black individuals who are already at increased risk of kidney failure. This has generated recognition that faulty assumptions in science and medicine about race may indeed have negative and systemically racist effects on health care delivery for large populations of Black individuals who suffer inequities in kidney health and kidney care.
How can the scientific and medical community respond to the emerging recognition that our assumptions about race may lead to harm for the very individuals we seek to help? Many believe a fundamental rethinking of how we conceptualize race in the context of research and medical practice is in order. Several key concepts are essential to starting this process.
We must fully accept race as a non-biological construct based in harmful social ideology through which systemically racist policies and practices are justified.
We must further recognize that unsubstantiated assumptions regarding the biological nature of race have contaminated our scientific and medical reasoning in both subtle and profound ways with harmful results.
We must actively interrogate hypotheses, study designs, inferences, and medical practices that embrace race-based thinking.
We must seek to completely disavow ourselves from potentially racist assumptions.
We must also seek to overturn longstanding pedagogy in science, medical school, and professional training that perpetuate racist thinking.
We must shine a bright light on race and racism as essential contributors to generations of poor health and health inequities for Black and other minoritized individuals.
We must continually seek to illustrate how race and racism affect individuals' and communities' health.
By using our scientific and medical capabilities to generate and disseminate evidence on the precise mechanisms through which structural racism contributes to health inequities, we can target and dismantle harmful policies and practices. We must follow these initial steps with collective ongoing advocacy in our fields and engagement in our communities to ensure that the health of all individuals is promoted through equitable policies and practices.
Ultimately, it will only be through our careful and humble consideration of the legacy of race and racism in science and medicine that we will be able to meaningfully contribute to discoveries and changes in care necessary to eliminate health inequities across society.
Dr. Boulware also helped NIMHD celebrate Black History Month by presenting at the NIMHD Director's Seminar Series (DSS) on February 4, 2021. Learn more about her presentation at the DSS website.
Williams A, Blanco A. How the coronavirus exposed health 12 disparities in communities of color. Updated May 26, 2020. 13 Accessed July 15, 2020. 14 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/investigati15 ons/coronavirus-race-data-map/
Levey AS, Bosch JP, Lewis JB, Greene T, Rogers N, Roth D. A more accurate method to estimate glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine: a new prediction equation. Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study Group. Ann Intern Med. 1999 Mar 16;130(6):461-70. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-6-199903160-00002. PMID: 10075613
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Neoplocaederus scapularis es una especie de escarabajo longicornio del género Neoplocaederus, tribu Cerambycini, subfamilia Cerambycinae. Fue descrita científicamente por Fischer-Waldheim en 1821.

Descripción
Mide 24-45 milímetros de longitud.

Distribución
Se distribuye por Afganistán, China, Irán, Kazajistán, Siberia y Tayikistán.

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Insectos descritos en 1821
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Moray tenants set to benefit from new rights
AROUND 8000 Moray tenants in the private rented sector are set to benefit from new rights proposed by the Scottish Greens.
Ariane Burgess has welcomed the launch of the new deal which will further protect the rights of private tenants. Picture: James Mackenzie.
A New Deal for Tenants will see rent controls introduced, new protections against eviction and the right to redecorate and keep pets.
Minister for Tenants' Rights Patrick Harvie has launched a new consultation on the proposals.
Ariane Burgess, Scottish Greens MSP for the Highlands and Islands welcomed the launch of the new deal.
She said: "Everyone has a right to a secure an affordable home, and Greens in government will enhance that right with new protections for private tenants in Moray.
"For too long insecurity and poor conditions have been far too common in the private rented sector, and we've seen rents increase, even during the pandemic. That's why we need a New Deal for Tenants, with action on unfair evictions and new rights to allow tenants make their house a home.
"Scottish Greens are on the side of tenants. This ambitious programme of reform is being led by Greens in government and will have an impact in every part of Scotland, which is why more Green councillors are needed to make it work for communities at a local level."
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General Soleimani storms into Iranian national consciousness
Mahan Abedin
Published date: 11 March 2015 09:58 UTC | Last update: 5 years 10 months ago
Soleimani is leading the fight against the Islamic State, but the real significance of his rise lies in a shifting political culture in Tehran
His photos are everywhere in the Iranian media and his name is mentioned on a daily basis by the national broadcaster. Major General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), is officially a national hero.
This extreme publicity is all the more surprising in view of Soleimai's command of the most secretive and sensitive branch of the IRGC. The Quds force is the expeditionary wing of the Revolutionary Guards and spearheads Iran's engagement with pro-Iranian armies, militias and political factions across the region.
To the outside world, in particular to Iran's enemies and opponents in the region and beyond, Soleimani is the potent face of Iran's political and ideological offensive in the Middle East.
This portrait of Soleimani is being increasingly adopted at home as well, fed by a daily diet of the Quds force commander's exploits on the Iraqi battlefield, most recently in the offensive to re-take Tirkrit from the so-called Islamic State.
Whilst Soleimani's leading role in Iran's counter-insurgency efforts in Iraq and Syria is undoubtedly pivotal to the Islamic Republic's regional policy, there are huge questions marks regarding the extreme publicity that now surrounds him.
One plausible explanation is that Soleimani's adoption as a national hero heralds a change of political culture in Iran with significant long-term ramifications for the country's domestic and foreign policy.
Qasem Soleimani's transformation from a secretive commander to national celebrity is unprecedented in modern Iranian culture, and his enormous popularity notwithstanding, it is not entirely without controversy.
Iranian media publishes daily photos of the general, often in the company of Iraqi, Syrian and Lebanese combatants and ideologues, the natural allies of the IRGC's Quds Force.
When Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of legendary Hezbollah commander, Imad Mughniyeh, was killed in an Israeli strike near the Golan Heights in January, Iranian media published photos of the young Jihad standing shoulder to shoulder with Soleimani. The message was clear: Soleimani has personal ties to the most effective and committed pro-Iranian elements in the region.
The publicity afforded to Soleimani has been so intense that even the Western media has bought into the emerging myths about him, with the British Broadcasting Corporation dedicating an entire radio programme to the Iranian general.
Amidst this international media frenzy, it is important to separate fact from fiction to arrive at a more objective appraisal of Soleimani's background, capability and standing in the Iranian establishment.
Much of the information on Soleimani's background is true; he hails from a humble background (at one point working as a bricklayer) and he joined the IRGC at its foundation in 1979.
However, Soleimani's war record during the tumultuous Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s, although impressive, is still far from unique. Indeed, many of his contemporaries made a more significant contribution to Iran's war effort and yet they either languish in obscurity or do not enjoy consistently favourable media exposure.
The case of Lieutenant General Ali Sayyad Shirazi is particularly instructive. The latter was arguably Iran's most important strategist and commander during the war and survived the conflict to fulfil important military roles before he was assassinated by a terrorist group in April 1999.
Although a hero image was cultivated around Shirazi after his assassination, during his life time he was rarely exposed to the media. This was consistent with a post-revolutionary policy of keeping military commanders out of the limelight to reinforce the barriers between the military and the political establishment.
The spectacular breakdown of this tradition is unlikely to be an accident or purely a function of Soleimani's visible role in implementing winning strategies in Syria and Iraq. This is likely the result of a conscious and deliberate strategy which is in keeping with shifting political-cultural dynamics.
Rise of Iranian nationalism
The emerging cult of personality around Soleimani will doubtless fuel speculation of a power grab by the formidable IRGC, which is already under fire by critics for expanding its economic portfolio during the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
But it is important to note that Soleimani is enjoying favourable exposure by a wide range of Iranian media, many of which have no ties to the IRGC. Second, Soleimani does not occupy the top spot in the IRGC; in fact, in terms of hierarchy, there are several IRGC commanders who occupy higher positions than Soleimani.
Soleimani's popularity is independent from his institutional standing in the Revolutionary Guards and speaks to a wider resonance across the establishment and public opinion. Iran's spectacularly successful regional policy, and a concomitant increase of national prestige, is converging with the sleeping giant of Iranian nationalism.
Officially nationalism is taboo in Iran as the establishment sources its identity and foundational values to the Islamic Revolution. For more than three decades, Iranian leaders and officials have tried to suppress deep-seated feelings and manifestations of nationalism on political and ideological grounds, but there are growing signs that they may eventually have to submit to the inevitable.
Demographic and political dynamics have converged to produce a potential shift. The young generation has no memory of the revolution or the war with Iraq and consequently has little time for official doctrines and sanctities.
At the political level, and appearances notwithstanding, the power and influence of the Shiite clergy is in decline. This is a longstanding process that is likely to intensify once Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei departs the arena.
The challenge for Iranian policymakers and socio-cultural strategists is to find new channels to connect the establishment to the younger generations. It is in this context that the emerging cult around Soleimani commands clearer significance.
The Quds force general may never enter politics himself but his meteoric rise points to a distinct direction of travel in Iranian politics, notably an emerging political culture which remoulds revolutionary values and objectives in a nationalistic framework.
- Mahan Abedin is an analyst of Iranian politics. He is the director of the research group Dysart Consulting.
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After seeing your flutter doctor output: try upgrading your version by using flutter upgrade. Then, run flutter clean and then flutter run in terminal.

A: You can use material_design_icons_flutter package.
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I took a walk along the River Weaver at Frodsham Marsh this morning, it was good to see the Raven hoard doing a great job clearing up a sheep carcase near Marsh Farm.
There were 4 Mute Swan still lingering on the Manchester Ship Canal and they flew west to join the herd alongside the Holpool Gutter.
A pair of Stonechat were eking out food from along the fence on No.1 tank.
Further along the ship canal were 10 Great Crested Grebe with only 2 Little Grebe being seen. Tufted Duck were numerous as were Eurasian Teal and Mallard.
A couple of groups of Goldeneye made their way out to the estuary as did a skein of Pink-footed Goose.
Another Mute Swan lay dead on the river bank this one had a green darvic ring, but not sure what the caused its death, however it's not the first on this stretch of River Weaver close to the turbine. Thanks to Ryan Mottram for information on CDY4 – ringed as a male cygnet on 30.09.2013 on River Dee, Chester.
Another pair of Stonechat were on the river bank and a group of 8 Redshank flew off alarm calling as they went causing a Common Sandpiper to join them.
Observer: Paul Ralston (images 3-6).
A herd of Whooper Swan gathering close to Hillview Farm.
I tried a change of tack with a view from the railway line at Helsby to view the Whooper Swan herd on Lordship Marsh and it served me well with 27 (7 juveniles) counted.
Several skeins of Pink-footed Goose were about the marshes today (later c500 were on Frodsham Score) and several alighted in the grassy fields by the M56. The birds were close enough for me to pick out one with a white rim around the base of the upper mandible.
A nice male Merlin flew over Moorditch Lane and sat up in a tree by the field edge before resuming its pursuit of prey.
It started off cold and dry at first with rain drifting in later in the day. The ducks on No.6 tank included a flock of c1000 hiding Eurasian Teal with 23 Northern Shoveler, 6 Pintail and a few Mallard. The female Marsh Harrier was sat in her usual tree with lines of geese stretching across the horizon behind her. Nearby was a pair of Stonechat on No.5 tank.
A walk out to the Manchester Ship Canal to connect with Paul's sighting of Bewick's Swans from yesterday drew a blank, but there was plenty of compensation with other distractions on offer. There were 3 Great Egret and a small cluster of Little Egret about the salt marsh.
As mentioned earlier the Pink-footed Goose herds were large in number but very distant. A large gathering of c600 Wigeon kept their distance on the river's edge, while Dunlin murmurations were barely visible in the misty rain conditions out on the River Mersey.
The tide brought shorebirds close to the edge of the advancing tide and what birds could be seen when the rain arrived included; c100 Grey Plover, several Knot and huge numbers of Lapwing numbering several thousand with c500 Golden Plover with them.
A Peregrine was again sat on top of the blue chimney at Weston Point while a young Marsh Harrier glided effortlessly over the marshes.
Lapwings and Golden Plovers over Frodsham Score.
Best if you turn the sound off on the videos there's a lot of noise from the motorway traffic.
Observers: WSM (images 1-2 & 7-20 & videos) & David from Chester.


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This study found no global benefit of the pharmacy-based glucose management program for improving blood glucose values compared with usual care.
A systematic review of internet-based worksite wellness approaches for cardiovascular disease risk management: outcomes, challenges and opportunities.
By: Aneni EC, Roberson LL, Maziak W, Agatston AS, Feldman T, Rouseff M, Tran TH, Blumenthal RS, Blaha MJ, Blankstein R, Al-Mallah MH, Budoff MJ, Nasir K.
Internet-based programs hold promise for improving the cardiovascular wellness among employees. However, much work is required to fully understand its utility and long-term impact, especially in special/at-risk populations.
Development of a center for prevention of cardiovascular disease.
By: Ashen MD, Nell-Dybdahl CL, Sperling L, Blumenthal RS.
We discuss the key components of various types of preventive cardiology centers that can be put together in academic and private practice settings.
Pathways to quality inpatient management of hyperglycemia and diabetes: A call to action.
By: Draznin B, Gilden J, Golden SH, Inzucchi SE; PRIDE investigators.
This paper outlines eight aspects of inpatient glucose management (four as system-based issues and four as patient-based issues) in which randomized clinical trials are needed, and urges further progress in the science of inpatient diabetes management.
A clinician's guide to the ABCs of cardiovascular disease prevention: The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the prevention of Heart Disease and American College of Cardiology Cardiosource approach to the Million Hearts Initiative.
By: Hsu S, Ton VK, Ashen MD, Martin SS, Gluckman TJ, Kohli P, Sisson SD, Blumenthal RS, Blaha MJ.
As part of an initiative that aims to prevent 1 million myocardial infarctions and strokes over the next 5 years, we present the simply organized "ABCDE" approach for guiding a consistent comprehensive approach to managing cardiovascular risk in daily clinical practice. We summarize recommendations related to each topic and reference landmark trials and data that support our approach.


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Best Streaming TV Show Week 28 of 2019 Edition: Netflix's BODYGUARD
Do not watch the trailer. Do not read anything on the show, just go to Netflix, and you will probably end up binging the entire 6 episode season of this show in a couple nights.
What a show. The BBC knows how to make brilliant shows. Between this, RIPPER STREET, MUSKETEERS, and the first several seasons of SPOOKS, the British Broadcasting Corporation is producing some of the finest television around. Though to be fair they make their share of misses as well. However, on a whole I find their level of quality, how they are shot, their music, their broad themes, to be more daring than what you will find on traditional broadcast tv.
At their best, they are cinematic in their scope, and far reaching in their impact.
Such as… BODYGUARD.
This six episode season of BODYGUARD, left those of us viewing, after the last episode played,… FLOORED. This is TV on a whole different level to popcorn fluff such as LUCIFER, that some people would call the best show on TV.
Insert rant on LUCIFER here. 🙂
Lucifer is ok at best, it is a very well worn 'police procedural with spice' type show, in the vein of tons of other gimmick police procedurals, whether ROSEWOOD or ELEMENTARY or SHERLOCK or FOREVER KNIGHT (Vampire Policeman) IZOMBIE (Zombie Policewoman) or GRIMM. Of these the best is arguably GRIMM.
LUCIFER for me, falls somewhere in the middle of the pack.
Another quick aside about LUCIFER: I can definitely do without the tired dynamic of "lets make the initially strong character of color, a 'Charlie brown, sad sack' who we use as a foil and comedy relief for the protagonist, and keep pulling the ball away from like Charlie Brown, and he gets dumped by the girl… etc".
I like to call it the Worf syndrome 🙂 as you see this in a bunch of shows from STAR TREK NEXT GENERATION to ANDROMEDA to BUFFY. Speaking of BUFFY, poor DB Woodside got this same Charlie Brown dynamic done to him in that show as well. It's a little thread of minstrel show television that remains… and largely because Americans so little examine the stereotypes they ingest and regurgitate.
Thankfully that is changing because you are getting writers of color writing characters of color more organically, so you get non stereotypical shows like LUKE CAGE and POWER, where writers are not setting up their strong characters of color, just to take them down a peg later in the series.
Aside from that bit of tired, agenda writing. LUCIFER is harmless fun, but great television it is not.
End of LUCIFER tirade. 🙂
For great television go watch… BODYGUARD.
You will thank me later.
This one i hope to purchase on Blu-ray as soon as it is available. It is a show you do not want to leave its availability to the ever shifting waters of streaming licensing deals. It is that good.
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Movie Review : A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT
A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT – This is a drenchingly romantic and exquisite film with a soundtrack to die for. One of the most sumptuously beautiful "horror" films of all time, and to call it a horror film is to undersell it. This is more. This is a parable that defies simple genre. A sublime bit of movie making, fueled by masterful sound design and cinematography, and patient, stylized and phenomenal direction, with echoes both Lynchian and Murnauistic.
Writer, directed Ana Lily Amirpour with one film has catapulted herself into the ranks of "Must See" Filmmakers.
Most films don't live up to their poster or their hype (I'm looking at you BIG BAD WOLVES and BABADOOK), I'm happy to say A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT absolutely does.
I just saw it for free courtesy of Netflix, and this is one I HAVE to own in the highest quality Blu-Ray available. Ideally with commentary and special features. It is that impressive of a debut.
Grade: A+. Highest Recommendation.
And run, do not walk, to get the Blu-Ray at the link below:
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Special Collector's Edition Blu-ray)
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The Most Interesting Movies Spring 2012 April Update!
What strikes me, in looking at the upcoming movies for the rest of the Spring is there is a shocking lack of films that are not stupid mean-spirited comedies or stupid mean-spirited 'thrillers'. There is also a staggering lack of diversity, as with the exception of Samuel Jackson, and one Blair Underwood film, you can pretty much slap the label "All White" on every single film coming out this spring and be not far wrong.
Films or television shows that recall the 70s where you could have numerous characters of color in significant roles (that's key) both in front of and behind the camera are few and far between.
That said, movies with characters of Color in lead roles, not just as tokens or secondary characters, get made all the time, both domestic and foreign.
You can see them at the film festivals. Unfortunately they just don't get picked up for distribution.
Brilliant ones such as the Cuban made EL BENNY, which is one of my favorite films of the last ten years. And the fact that most of you have never even heard of it, much less seen it says volumes about everything that is wrong about America's monopolized and color conscious theatrical and DVD distribution system. "Oh this film has more than two people of color and it's not a comedy or a 'mama drama'? Nah, we're not distributing that movie."
Of course not. That would take away theater space from films such as the umpteenth AMERICAN PIE idiocy. 🙂
So if that's what I'm not looking forward to, you may ask "what, that is making it to theaters, looks interesting?"
Answer: a few look intriguing. Not necessarily good, but perhaps because of Director or Star or in the case of KEYHOLE premise… at least interesting.
Here are the posters of ones I'll be keeping an eye out for this Spring:
KEYHOLE- Genres: Drama Thriller Language: English, French
Synopsis: After a long absence, gangster and father Ulysses Pick (Jason Patric) arrives home to a house haunted with memories, towing the body of a teenaged girl and a bound and gagged young man. His gang waits inside his house, having shot their way past police. There is friction in the ranks. Ulysses, however, is focused on one thing: journeying through the house, room by room, and reaching his wife Hyacinth (Isabella Rossellini) in her bedroom upstairs. The equilibrium of the house has been disturbed and his odyssey eventually becomes an emotional tour, as the ghostly nooks and crannies of the house reveal more about the mysterious Pick family.
Haven't seen a trailer yet, but the description/premise intrigues me. Seems a bit experimental and potentially original.
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS- Written and produced by Joss Whedon, this film looks to be a genre bending flick from what little I know of it. Count me interested enough to find out for myself.
SAMARITAN- This looks like a nice little crime thriller, but the trailer gives away pretty much the entire film. But that aside I'm still interested in seeing it. I would just urge people to avoid the trailer.
If you think I missed a film worth seeing this spring, feel free to put in your two cents. But I don't think I missed any. :).
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