I rode to Vancouver Canada from Seattle Washington on the RSVP bicycle ride.
Kevin did a pretty good job and we managed a steady to moderate pace the whole way. He really got up the hills surprisingly quickly on the single speed bicycle I built, so much so, he pretty much passed everyone who then in turn passed him downhill.
I got quite sore in the arms from such a slow pace; my road bike bars are a bit lower than the seat so my hands get numb unless I'm moving quickly. Add in a bunch of chip sealed roads and (still on Monday) my left arm and hand is numb. Otherwise, it wasn't too hard, really not that much harder than STP.
We did have record temperatures Friday and Saturday. I could have done without the heat. At one point we both ran out of water. I imagine anybody without two water bottles would have been in serious trouble. I probably drank three or four gallons on Friday.
Like the STP, I was witness to several accidents. I honestly don't recall seeing any accidents on rides with Cascade or Seattle Bicycle Club during the week, and never on Gary Strauss's long rides on the weekend. I suspect accidents are mostly rider-rider or rider alone accidents. Are the riders not experienced? Since they are likely caused by bad passing or people not paying attention, are riders not familiar with riding in stay-together groups?
I would like Hitomi to do this ride next year, but we'll see. We're discussing riding in Maui. The rides are shorter but hilly and I worry a bit about tourist drivers.
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Sunscreen Toxicity Report
Do you really know what's in your sunscreen? You are rubbing or spraying this lotion on your own skin or that of your children without thought of what composes the chemical makeup of your sunscreen. Unfortunately, most of the sunscreens on the market today contain one or all of these toxic chemicals.
ANALYSIS OF COMMON SUNSCREEN TOXIC CHEMICALS
Homosalate accumulates in our bodies faster than it is excreted finally reaching levels that may become toxic. It is a weak UVB absorber, so it must be used at higher concentrations in laboratory testing. The chemicals in this category are known endocrine disruptors; hence a threat to reproduction and can be transmitted to future generations.
Homosalate now joins a growing list of water environmental pollutants and may be a prime reason for reef damage where swimmers are using this product in the sunscreens. A few studies at the molecular lever and 'in vivo' have shown the interaction of HMS with antiandrogenic and estrogenic receptors.
Homosalate has endocrine disruptors activity. The long-term exposure to HMS can cause serious toxic effects including mutations and genetic instability.
Avobenzone when exposed to light in a chlorinated water solution, breaks down into a combination of aromatic acids, aldehydes, phenols, and acetyl benzenes, several of which are highly toxic.
Oxybenzone
The Environmental Working Group reviewed existing data for human exposure and toxicity for nine of the most common sunscreen chemicals. Oxybenzone was the most worrisome of the nine chemicals reviewed. Oxybenzone can cause allergic skin reactions (Rodriguez 2006). In laboratory studies, it becomes like a weak estrogen and has potent anti-androgenic effects (Krause 2012, Ghazipura 2017).
Octocrylene is absorbed into the skin quite easily, thereby increasing danger of forming free radicals that may become unstable and react with other compounds forming harmful substances when used in excess quantity. This is a paradoxical concept, because the chemical is meant to decrease free radicals on the surface on the skin. But when it enters the body, it has more opportunities to react with other chemicals and cause changes in the deeper layers of the skin. This is why the concentration quantities of this ingredient are limited, as larger doses could be potentially harmful. Possible reproductive toxicity is also a possible side effect, albeit a smaller one. If you are worried about the potential effects of octocrylene, speak with your dermatologist and your physician, especially if you are pregnant.
Octisalate is shown to penetrate the skin in laboratory studies. One study demonstrated allergic contact dermatitis from a sunscreen containing octisalate (octyl salicylate, 2-ethylhexyl salicylate). Results of patch testing and provocative use testing confirmed that the subject was allergic to octisalate.
Case studies show immune and/or allergenic effects from this chemical. Octisalate is suspected to be an environmental toxin according to the Environmental Working Group. Concerns are also indicated for organ system toxicity according to Environment Canada Domestic Substance List.
E.D.T.A.
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid behaves as a persistent substance in the environment and that its contribution to heavy metals bioavailability and remobilization processes in the environment is a major concern. These findings are a concern for the aquatic environment subjected to those wearing sunscreen with E.D.T.A. as an ingredient. According to a recent publication in Quimica Nova, the interaction mechanisms of EDTA with living organisms are not sufficiently clarified and the range of their potential risks is not known. The studies that evaluate the toxicity of free heavy metals and complexed with EDTA do not enable the prediction of what the effect of the chelate presence will be.
B.H.T.
BHT is the recognized name in the cosmetics industry for butylated hydroxytoluene. In addition to liver and kidney effects, BHT applied to the skin was associated with toxic effects in lung tissue.
While there is limited evidence of carcinogenicity, one or more tests on mammalian cells show positive mutation results. The Environment Canada Domestic Substance List indicates concern for organ system toxicity, and the European Food Safety Authority suggests that there is concern for Endocrine disruption.
There are several known side effects of Dimethicone in humans. One of these is that it could lead to more breakouts and blackheads on the skin as it traps everything beneath it, such as bacteria, sebum, and impurities. Moreover, its coating action inhibits the skin from doing its normal functions, such as sweating, temperature regulating, and shedding off dead skin cells. Another side effect of dimethicone is that it can increase skin irritation and cause eye irritation in prolonged exposures and may cause allergic reaction to those with sensitive skin. For its environmental consequences, it is considered harmful for the environment because it is a nonbiodegradable chemical.
The European Union has found the substance to be an endocrine disruptor based on evidence it interferes with human hormone function and as a possible reproductive toxicant that may impair human fertility. It is also possible that Dimethicone has the ability to influence neurotransmitters in the nervous system. It is not biodegradable. In Canada this ingredient has been shown to be persistent in the environment and to accumulate in aquatic organisms and a proposal has been forwarded to add Dimethicone to the "List of Toxic Substances."
Propylparaben and Methylparaben
Parabens, which can be dermally absorbed, are present in many cosmetic products, including antiperspirants. Their estrogenicity and tissue presence are a cause for concern regarding breast cancer. A research experiment in 2004 showed the first measurement of intact esters of p-hydroxybenzoic acid (parabens) in human breast cancer tissues, and their suggestion was that the chemical's presence in the human body might originate from topical application of body care cosmetics. The presence of intact paraben esters in human body tissues has now been confirmed by independent measurements in human urine, and the ability of parabens to penetrate human skin intact without breakdown by esterases and to be absorbed systemically has been demonstrated through studies not only in vitro but also in vivo using healthy human subjects. Using a wide variety of assay systems in vitro and in vivo, the oestrogen agonist properties of parabens together with their common metabolite (p-hydroxybenzoic acid) have been extensively documented, and, in addition, the parabens have now also been shown to possess androgen antagonist activity, to act as inhibitors of sulfotransferase enzymes and to possess genotoxic activity.
PEG 100 Stearate is thought to be a moderate to high hazard ingredient depending on usage. The EWG issues warnings regarding: cancer, developmental and reproductive toxicity, contamination concerns, irritation, and organ system toxicity.
According to a study published in the International Journal of Toxicology, PEGs (including PEG 100 Stearate) can contain harmful impurities, including: Ethylene Oxide, known to increase the incidences of uterine and breast cancers and of leukemia and brain cancer, according to experimental results reported by the National Toxicology Program; 1,4-dioxane, a known carcinogen; PAHs, known to increase the risk of breast cancer; lead; iron; and arsenic. While some studies conclude PEG-100 is safe to use, there is usually a qualifier that it should not be used on broken or damaged skin. A previous sunburn for example would not be a place recommended for PEG-100 to be applied.

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C&R Racing is an Indianapolis-based shop that's helping various racing teams catch the checkered flag.
The variable by-pass valve to adjust racing engine oil temperature.
C&R uses a solids-based verification package to assure that the machining programs are right.
NASCAR vehicles run hot and fast. It is the hot part that can be a problem. As in the oil temperature that can build in engines that produce up to 700-hp. The temperature can be as high as 245°F. Consequently, there has to be a method to keep things somewhat cool.
A source of radiators and oil coolers for several NASCAR race teams is C&R Racing of Indianapolis. In what is almost an irony, one of the engine oil coolers that C&R devised was actually doing too good a job. As C&R owner Chris Paulsen puts it, "That becomes a problem because the engine oil temperature can fall below the optimum for top engine performance. Since we can't lower the coolant temperature, we had to devise a variable bypass valve that would still keep a constant total flow of oil through the valve."
Paulsen designed the unit. It is a barrel-type rotary valve with 100% flow rate through an infinite adjustment range: all oil can go through the cooler or there can be complete bypass, depending on the conditions of the car.
There are four main pieces in the assembly: an aluminum body, barrel, cover plate and adjusting handle. The components were designed in AutoCAD. The CAD files were then brought into Mastercam, the CAM package that they've been using at C&R since 1994. Mastercam is developed by CNC Software (Tolland, CT).
Paulsen was concerned with more than designing and producing a system that worked. "We wanted a good-looking piece," he admits, "because racing television coverage often includes engine parts."
A more practical concern: weight savings. "Every ounce of material counts against a race car," Paulsen says, "so we wanted to radius all corners." So, after programming the outer contour to be cut with a ¾-in., two-flute end mill the program continues: it's right back along the same tool path, but with a 5/8-in. radius corner-rounding end mill.
Mastercam was used to circle-interpolate the barrel bore, which is 1.300 in. in diameter and 1.100-in. deep. With a Z-axis offset on the same center line, there's a 1.975-in. diameter pocket that's counter-bored to a depth of 0.187 in. It's used to register the barrel's cover plate.
Before any cutting was performed on the company's Protrak mill, Joe McCauley, C&R machinist, used Mastercam's solids-based toolpath verification feature to check the program. This feature runs each toolpath on a piece of "virtual stock," and provides the means to avoid gouging or tool damage. Speaking of this verification, Paulsen comments, "We do that with all parts because it makes it so easy to check everything as you go along."
All of the major components required for the cooler were programmed with the CAM software. In addition to drilling and milling there is also turning involved.
After the parts were machined, outer surfaces were black anodized. The handle for making adjustments, however, is colored flaming red. As Paulsen is sensitive to the way the product looks, the C&R logo was loaded into Mastercam, which wrote the toolpath for a cutter to incise the design into the cover plate.
Mastercam is used by C&R for the array of parts that it builds for several vehicle builders, such as aluminum transmission bell housings and suspension mounts for Riley & Scott and suspension parts, steering arms and various contoured aluminum mounts and brackets for Indy car builder Reynard Racing Cars. As Paulsen puts it, "Mastercam makes it really simple and fast to get a no-waste toolpath for a complex part."


British institutions come in many shapes and sizes – tea, Coronation Street, fish and chips. Ask any international citizen for a list of 'British design icons', though, and chances are the response will include the Mini. Whether it's the infamous door-blowing scene in The Italian Job or Steve McQueen's customised metallic brown runner, the car is an iconic emblem of Cool Britannia that has stood for more than half a century.
So why step outside this heritage to launch an international style collection? To push boundaries, that's why. Armed with a vision of global unity in a world that's becoming increasingly fragmented, MINI set out to explore what could be achieved when we look 'Beyond Native'. Looking at cultural tension as a creative source with the aim of challenging the way we view borders, the brand's growing lifestyle arm has collaborated with five international designers to present a collection that's created with the global citizen firmly in mind.
Of course, there's only one place for a bona fide heritage style icon to present something new and exciting – Pitti Uomo. Heading up day two of the 92nd edition of the prestigious menswear event, the MINI quintet of future design classics struck a chord with the world's editors.
FashionBeans: Why has MINI decided to branch into fashion?
Esther Bahne, head of MINI brand strategy and business innovation: MINI has always been a brand for people who dare to do things differently, to stand out. In the 1960s the first Mini became a design icon, and this heritage inspired us to launch MINI Fashion. We really wanted to stick our necks out and join with creatives to bring something new and bold to the industry.
As MINI is such a British brand, why did you decide to go so international for your latest collection?
MINI Fashion builds on the design ambitions of our heritage and going global builds on the brand's tradition of constantly reinventing itself. The theme of this year's collection is Beyond Native and our five international designers are highlighting the creative contrasts between cultural origins and adopted homelands.
Why did you choose to unveil the project at Pitti Uomo?
Both MINI and Pitti Uomo have a shared passion for innovation, attention to detail, the pursuit of quality and the determination to constantly excel themselves, as well as the ability to anticipate new trends. MINI and Pitti Uomo have been working together on various projects since January 2015.
We selected the designers together with our partners Condé Nast and Pitti. Condé Nast have a great resource for talent research, Sara Maino, one of the most renowned talent scouts in fashion worldwide. All designers have been selected based on the main criteria of our concept MINI Fashion – Beyond Native: We chose designers that live and work in different places than their country of origin and encouraged them to bring their cultural ambivalence to another level and play with it in a disruptive and modern way: Co-creating a capsule collection with us for today's urban traveller.
How did you decide on what to feature in the collection?
MINI worked closely with the designers to bring together a collection of items that best reflect the personalities, experiences and talents of the individual designers. Each piece combines traditional cultural cues inherent to the designer's country of origin with contemporary elements from their adopted homes. The resulting Beyond Native collection transcends borders and cultures.
This is the third MINI Fashion capsule collection. Do you see it expanding?
We are looking into different options of talent curation on a global and also on a local level to identify the right platforms and associations (such as local fashion councils or other) – there is a probability that we'll create a platform in the future where up-and-coming designers could also apply. Work in progress… As for now, if anyone is interested in working with MINI Fashion, they're more than welcome to contact us at the headquarters and present their work to us.
While leaving the sunny climes of Brazil for the drizzle of Blighty may not appeal to all, Diego Vanassibara's tranquil rural upbringing in South America clashes with his urban, architectural home in London to create a uniquely transatlantic output. The shoes he created for Beyond Native are based on the classic British Derby, with a laser-cut hole pattern adding a touch of Brazilian lightness and a chunky, corrugated sole reflecting his time in the city.
Austrian-born Edwina Hörl now lives and works in Japan, a cultural clash that has enabled her to address current social issues via her bi-annual collections, stirring critical debate and earning international acclaim. This European-Asian fusion extended to her piece in the Beyond Native collection. Taking a traditional Japanese haori coat, Hörl blended it with a tailored linen jacket, adding some trench coat detailing, before finishing it with a pure Indigo dye and sumi-coated lining – a material that reputedly has antiviral properties.
Sure to feel at home at Pitti Uomo, Chinese natives Yushan Li and Jun Zhou now live and work in Italy, aiming to establish new label Pronounce in one of the homes of great menswear. They're on the right track too, as this year, MINI and Condé Nast teamed up to present the pair with 'The Latest Fashion Buzz' award. They've continued to show just why they're deserved candidates with their latest piece, created for Beyond Native – a smart, contemporary hoodie that takes athleisure and adds some spice, thanks to clashing silk, denim and jersey fabrics.
As founder of label Post-Imperial, Nigerian-born, Texan-grown Niyi Okuboyejo knows a thing or two about international development and how it can positively impact the world. His pieces are designed in New York, created in Nigeria using a traditional Yoruban technique called Adire dying, then sent to the United States to be finished. His piece for the Beyond Native collection is decorated with traditional imagery and made of 100 per cent silk – the perfect travelling companion.
German-Vietnamese relations are strong, if Perret Schaad is anything to go by. Founded by Vietnamese Tutia Schaad and German Johanna Perret in 2009, the Berlin-based label specialises in industrial clothing and accessories that chime with the hipster scene of the city, while staying true to the heritage of its designers. The Beyond Native pouch comes in a slick, burgundy leather, accented with parachute silk and a rugged cord, symbolising the equipment used by Vietnamese fishermen.
The five-piece MINI Beyond Native collection will be available in limited numbers this autumn. Details on where to buy will be revealed later this year.


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Case Reports in Medicine
Case Reports in Medicine / 2010 / Article
Manoj Mittal, Nancy Hammond, Sharon G. Lynch, "Immunotherapy Responsive Autoimmune Subacute Encephalitis: A Report of Two Cases", Case Reports in Medicine, vol. 2010, Article ID 837371, 4 pages, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/837371
Immunotherapy Responsive Autoimmune Subacute Encephalitis: A Report of Two Cases
Manoj Mittal,1 Nancy Hammond,1 and Sharon G. Lynch1
1Kansas University Medical Center, 5508 W 70th Street, Prairie Village, Kansas City, KS 66208, USA
Academic Editor: Eugen Trinka
Accepted11 Jan 2010
Objective. To describe the clinical characteristics and radiological findings in two patients with subacute encephalitis associated with elevated serum voltage-gated potassium channel antibody (VGKCAb) and antithyroperoxidase (TPO) antibody. Case Reports. Case 1: 63-year-old woman was admitted for altered mental status and possible seizure activity. MRI brain showed hyperintensity in the bilateral hippocampal areas. She was positive for VGKCAb and anti-TPO antibodies. She was treated with steroids, IVIG, plasma exchange and azathioprine. After 8 months, she had marked improvement in her memory and seizures. Case 2: 61-year-old woman was admitted for video EEG monitoring of unclassified seizure and cognitive function decline. MRI of the brain showed mild hyperintensity in bilateral hippocampal areas and significant atrophy in the frontotemporal lesion. Anti-TPO antibody and VGKCAb were positive. She was treated with steroids, plasma exchange and azathioprine. After 9 months, she had marked improvement in her memory and seizures. Conclusion. Autoimmune subacute encephalitis appears to be an underdiagnosed entity. It is important to screen patients with subacute encephalitis for anti-TPO antibody and VGKCAb, particularly in the presence of seizures. Immunosuppressive therapy appears to be effective in treating this entity.
Subacute encephalopathies are neurological and systemic diseases causing impairment of consciousness insidiously over weeks or months. Hashimoto's encephalitis (HE) is a neurological disorder associated with elevated levels of antithyroperoxidase (TPO) antibody, antithyroglobulin (anti-TG), antiNH2-terminal of a-enolase (NAE) antibody or anti thyrotropin antibodies. HE responds to treatment with steroids or plasma exchange and has a good prognosis [1, 2]. Voltage-gated potassium channel antibody (VGKCAb)-associated encephalitis is a paraneoplastic or nonparaneoplastic disorder characterized by amnesia, delirium, and seizures with good response to intravenous immune globulin (IVIG), plasma exchange, and steroids [3–7]. We present 2 patients with subacute encephalitis who were positive for both antibodies.
2.1. Case 1
63-year-old, right-handed woman admitted for altered mental status and possible seizure activity. Seizure activity involved twitching of right face, a flexion motion of the elbow and stiffening of the arm, lasting around 20 seconds. She also had one episode of generalized tonic clonic seizure. She had a hypomanic state, visual hallucinations, short-term memory problems, loss of social inhibition and history of multiple falls. Past medical history was significant for untreated hypothyroidism. On examination, the patient was oriented to person only. She had receptive aphasia and perseveration. Gait was ataxic. The video EEG showed marked bifrontal and bitemporal slowing with electrographic seizures originating from the left temporal lobe. Treatment with levetiracetam resulted in initial improvement. Worsening in 3 days required the addition of valproic acid. MRI brain showed hyperintensity on T2 flair images in the bilateral hippocampal areas, right more than left (Figure 1). CSF showed 10 white blood cells (WBCs), glucose 49, and protein 44. Her CSF protein 14-3-3 and herpes simplex virus polymerase chain reaction (HSV PCR) were negative. Serum paraneoplastic panel was positive for VGKCAb of 6.21 (reference range (RR): ≤ 0.02 nmol/L). Her serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) was 6.35 (RR: = 0.35–5.00 mcu/ml) and antiTPO antibodies were 142 (RR: = 0–35 iu/ml). Serum mean sodium was 135 ranging from 128 to 140 mmol/L. Cancer work up was negative (CT chest, abdomen and pelvis, mammogram, colonoscopy and whole body PET scan).
MRI findings in two cases of immunotherapy responsive autoimmune subacute encephalitis. Brain MRI of Patient 1 ((a), (b)) with immunotherapy responsive voltage-gated potassium channel antibody and antithyroperoxidase antibody-associated subacute encephalitis illustrates increased signal in the bilateral medial temporal lobes on T2 fluid attenuated inversion recovery (T2 FLAIR) sequences ((a) initial image). Follow up image after 8 months (b) was unchanged. Brain MRI of case 2 illustrates increased signal in the bilateral medial temporal lobes on T2 FLAIR ((c) initial image) and after 13 months (d) shows its resolution; T1 with contrast sequence ((e) initial image) shows bilateral temporal atrophy and after 13 months (f) showing persistent bilateral frontotemporal atrophy.
She was treated with synthroid 50 mcg daily and IV methylprednisone 1000 mg daily for 5 days followed by IVIG and plasma exchange with no improvement in mental status. She was discharged on prednisone and azathioprine. At 8 months follow up, she had marked improvement in her memory, seizures, and walking. VGKCAb was reduced from 6.21 to 0.86 nmol/L and antiTPO antibody had gone down from 142 to 32.4 iu/ml. Repeat MRI 8 months after the initial MRI was unchanged.
61-year-old right-handed woman was admitted for video EEG monitoring of unclassified seizure. She had 6 months history of frequent, brief episodes of fearful waking, associated with stiffness and moving her right arm towards her body, grabbing her elbow and asking repeatedly "Help me. Help me. Where are they?" The patient's family reported a decline in the patient's cognitive functions over the last few months and a tendency to talk aloud to herself. She had been recently diagnosed with syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) which was treated with demeclocycline. On examination the patient was oriented to person only. She had word finding difficulty and mild-moderate cognitive linguistic deficits in areas of attention, memory, complex reasoning, and problem solving tasks. Gait was ataxic. Video EEG monitoring showed mild diffuse slowing but no epileptiform discharges. She was started on levetiracetam with a significant decrease in seizure frequency. MRI of the brain showed mild hyperintensity in bilateral hippocampal areas on T2 flair sequences and significant atrophy in the frontotemporal lesion (Figure 1). CSF analysis showed 50,500 red blood cells (RBCs), 87 WBCs, glucose 59, and protein 77. Her CSF protein 14-3-3 and HSV PCR were negative. AntiTPO antibody (474 iu/ml), antithyroglobulin (102 [RR = 0–40 iu/ml]) antibody, and VGKCAb (0.13 nmol/L) were elevated. Cancer work up was negative. She was started on valproic acid and high-dose IV methylprednisone and, within 3 to 4 days, the patient showed significant seizure control with slight improvement in cognition and memory. Her antiTPO antibody decreased to 474 iu/ml. She was readmitted 2 months later for increased seizure frequency, myoclonic jerks, and worsening cognition. She received 5 cycles of plasma exchange with no change in cognition. The patient was discharged on prednisone and azathioprine. Follow up at 9 months showed no seizure activity and marked improvement in mental status with some deficits in short-term memory. Her SIADH resolved. Repeat MRI, 13 months after the initial MRI, showed persistent atrophy in frontotemporal region but resolution of the hyperintense lesions in the bilateral hippocampal areas (Figure 1). VGKCAb level decreased from 0.13 to 0.01 nmol/L and antithyroglobulin decreased from 102 to 53 iu/ml after 15 months on immunotherapy.
Nonparaneoplastic limbic encephalitis (LE) has been reported in association of both antiTPO antibody and VGKCAb in 2 patients by Thieben et al. [7] and 1 patient by McKnight et al. [5] (Table 1). Similarly, both of our patients had elevated VGKCAb, and antiTPO antibody. Clinical features of both are similar to CJD including seizures, behavioral and psychiatric manifestations, movement disorders, and coma [2, 3]. Resemblance in presentation of both antibody syndromes makes it hard to identify primary antibody causing LE. VGKCAbrelated LE has been associated with levels as low as 0.03 nm/L [6]. Both of our patients had VGKCAb levels significantly higher than 0.03. Anti-NAE autoantibodies have been found to be a specific marker for HE in 44% of patients [8]. We did not check our patients for Anti-NAE autoantibodies. Hyponatremia is often seen in VGKCAbrelated LE [2, 3, 7]. Our first patient had variable sodium, with levels as low as 128. The second patient was diagnosed with SIADH requiring demeclocycline treatment. The sodium abnormalities resolved along with their encephalitis. Brain MRIs in patients with VGKCAb are reported to have hyperintensity in the hippocampus or amygdala [3]. In HE, the pattern is of atrophy and sometimes white matter hyperintensity. Our first patient's scan was more suggestive of the pattern reported in VGKCAb. Patient 2 had fronto-temporal atrophy, more suggestive of HE [9], although there was a subtle increase in intensity in the hippocampus in FLAIR images, more suggestive of those reported in VGKCAb [3, 5, 7]. VGKCAb has been associated with cancer (lung, breast, prostrate, thymoma and hematological malignancy) in some patients [6, 10]. Most of the cancers presented within 4–6 months after presentation of limbic encephalitis (range, 1–48 months) [7]. None of our patients had any evidence of cancer at 12–15 months follow up. The presence of cancer indicates poor prognosis for recovery.
Reference no./age/sex Seizure type Initial S. sodium (meq/l) Serum VGKC Ab level (nmol/L) Other antibodies MRI Ψ EEG Φ Response to immune therapy ∗ Outcome ∗ ∗ Follow up MRI ∗ ∗ ∗
Case 1 /63/F CPS, GTCS 128 6.21 TPO, 142 MTS ( R > L ) F,T,E Good (1, 2, 3) M, S R (right), N
Case 2 /61/F Frontal lobe seizure (CPS), GTCS 121 0.13 TPO, 474 MTS, A D, B Good (1, 3) M R
Anti-TG,102
[7]/49/F Probable CPS 127 1.42 TPO, 45 MTS D, T Good (1) M R
[7]/65/M CPS GTC 120 3.30 TPO, 118; GAD65, 0.09 MTS D Good (1) M R
[5]/36/F GTCS NA 1.038 TPO N NA x Spontaneous resolution Good NB
Ψ MTS = Bilateral mesial temporal high signal, A = bilateral frontotemporal atrophy, N = Normal.
Φ D = Diffuse slowing, E = bitemporal epileptiform discharges, B = Frontal beta activity, T = bitemporal slowing, F = bifrontal slowing.
∗ 1 = Intravenous steroids, 2 = Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), 3 = Plasma exchange (PLEX), 4 = Azathioprine, 5 = Rituximab, 6 = Mycophenolate mofetil.
∗ ∗ M = Memory deficits, B = Behavioral changes, S = Seizures.
∗ ∗ ∗ H = Hippocampal atrophy, R = Resolution of high signals, NB = Normal at baseline, N = new lesion in the left medial temporal lobe.
x NA = Data not available.
Comparison of reported cases of subacute encephalitis associated with voltagegated potassium channel antibody (VGKCAb) and antithyroperoxidase (TPO).
Treatment options include intravenous steroids, intravenous immunoglobulin or plasma exchange for acute presentations followed by maintenance immune therapy (oral prednisone, IVIG, or immunosuppressants) [3–7]. Treatment may have early response or may take 3–8 weeks before any improvement in cognition. Patient 2 had mild immediate improvement in cognition and memory following intravenous steroids and later following plasma exchange while patient 1 did not show any early improvement. Both of our patients had slow, progressive improvement in their cognition and memory without any relapse while on prolonged steroids and azathioprine. Clinical improvement in both of our patients was associated with a decline in the levels of VGKCAb and antiTPO antibody. MRI lesions were unchanged in patient 1 at 8-month follow up and resolved in patient 2 at 13-month follow up, indicating that it may take 9 months or more for the MRI lesions to clear up [11]. Patients with VGKCAbrelated LE may have a relapsing course [3]. Patient 2 had relapsed when treated only with a short course of steroids. VGKCAb and antiTPO antibody-related encephalitis is a treatable entity with good prognosis ranging from 60%–92% [3, 7]. Autoimmune subacute encephalitis appears to be an underdiagnosed entity [12]. In our opinion, coexistence of antiTPO antibody and VGKCAb indicates a broader autoimmune abnormality, with multiple autoantibodies still undiscovered. Patients with a diagnosis of HE or VGKCAb may be tested for a broader range of antibodies in order to clarify this relationship. Anti-TPO antibodies may not be pathogenic [13]. In this case, the presence of other autoantibodies should be sought in cases of subacute encephalitis in patients with antiTPO antibodies alone. As our knowledge of the so-called paraneoplastic antibodies expands, we may find that the autoantibodies actually responsible for the encephalitis might be quite different from those that have already been discovered. AntiTPO antibodies or VGCKAb may actually represent an epiphenomenon rather than a true causative factor.
Disclosure of Any Financial Interests
Dr. Manoj Mittal and Dr. Nancy Hammond report no disclosures. Dr. Sharon G. Lynch received research support from pharmaceutical companies (Actelion, Artielle, Bayer, Biogen, Cephalon, Elan, Eli-Lily, Genentech, Genzyme, Keva, Novartis, and UCB) and National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
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The Irishman is Too Long
It's a Martin Scorcese movie, so I want to watch it but holy crap. 3 and a half hours? That's quite a commitment.
Maybe I can watch it in smaller, one hour bites.
Tagged Movies, netflix, the irishman
Movie Review – El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
Jesse's back, bitches!
BQB here with a review.
When I heard they were making a Breaking Bad movie, my reaction was one of revulsion. It's rare that a TV show concludes with all the loose ends tied up, with an overall sense that the writers and producers really, truly cared about all the time the fans invested in watching the show and wanted to reward that time with payoffs galore. Thus, to create a sequel seemed like trying to paint Mona Lisa Part 2: This Time The Bitch Really Smiles.
Turns out the movie is great, though it's less of a movie and more of an extended episode. My main fear was that they were going to bring Walter White (Bryan Cranston) back from the dead and have to conjure up silly, absurd reasons about how this guy has been able to live with terminal cancer for 11 years and how he's still cooking meth when everyone from the cops to the coast guard are looking for him.
My fears subsided when I learned Walter was left to RIP and this was Jesse's flick. When last we saw Jesse, he was looking like an unkempt, unwashed, bearded mountain man, escaping from Nazi captivity in weirdo Todd's El Camino.
This film tells us what happens next. With police on his tail and plenty of rival crooks out to get him, will he be able to flee and start a new life, or will he go out in a blaze of glory just like his meth cooking mentor?
Series regulars come and go throughout the flick. Badger. Skinny Pete. Mike. Even Walter stops by. Relax, those who ended up in body bags at the end of the series only reappear in flashback form.
Is this a movie we needed? No, bitch. To be honest, I never put much thought into what happened to Jesse after his escape. That being said, it is a nice wrap up, tying up that one last loose end.
It's fitting the movie is on Netflix. After all, Breaking Bad is a show that became successfully largely due to the streaming age. I'll admit I avoided it for several years because a show about a sad old man dying from cancer after a lifetime of regret didn't exactly sound like fun viewing to me, but once I kept hearing rave reviews, I started streaming it and I was hooked. Dying science teacher depressed about his lack of success recruits his wayward former student to start a meth empire and eventually goes from underdog anti-hero to vile villain that you want to see lose? Yeah, that's not something that any network was going to pour a lot of dough into promoting. Word of mouth and "hey, go stream this when you have a minute" was the key to BB's success.
Still, I'm not sure how much juice can be extracted from the Breaking Bad world. I suppose there's always a prequel or a sequel. I suppose, even for a truck of cash backed up to Bryan Cranston's house and, hopefully, the right script, we could find out that Walter White survived but honestly, I felt this movie worked because it was just 2 hours. Would I want to see an entirely new Jesse based spinoff series? I can't imagine it. I did give Better Call Saul a couple of seasons before I gave up.
STATUS: Shelf-worthy, bitch.
Tagged breaking bad, el camino, movie reviews, Movies, netflix
TV Review – Stranger Things Season 3 (1980)
It took me awhile but I finally got through Season 3 of Stranger Things.
These are probably bland observations but I'll make them all the same.
#1 – The nostalgia factor for someone who grew up in the 80s is fun. From the music choices to the overall feel, the Duffer brothers know that decade which is odd because I don't think they spent a lot of time in it.
#2 – Often in movies about kids who save the day, the kids are usually presented as geniuses and the adults as bumbling idiots who get in the way Here, not so much. Hopper and Joyce are integral to the plot and aren't treated like dummies getting in the kids' way. Also, the kids are kids. They make kid mistakes and they need, or rather even seek out parental help because they know their limits whereas other films would show a kid genius who is just being slowed down by the adults.
#3 – Look away if you don't want spoilers, but the final mall battle where the kids throw fireworks bombs at the monster is visually stunning and fun to watch.
#4 – Russians are the villains and kids and adults alike really dump on them throughout the season, calling them commies and deriding communism as evil and corrupt. I didn't think that was allowed anymore in today's PC world, even in a period piece.
#5 – They do tend to work 80s era actors into the series. Winona Ryder, aka Joyce was a popular kid actor in the 80s. Sean Astin of Goonies fame has a brief role as her love interest in Season 2. In Season 3, Cary Elwes of Princess Bride fame plays a villainous mayor. Comedian Paul Reiser plays a scientist that experiments on the evil monsters.
#6 – I think the challenge for the show was trying to keep reinvent itself after an initial plotline that was cool at first but over time became somewhat limiting. For example, after two seasons of battling evil monsters that inhabit the "upside-down" version of their town (basically, an evil parallel universe) one wonders why anyone still chooses to continue to live in Hawkins, Indiana. Season 3 upped the game by bringing Russians conducting an evil experiment in the bowels of that 1980s staple, the shopping mall and it looks like (spoiler alert) Season 4 will likely involve a plot to rescue Hopper from the upside-down.
#7 – I've run out of observations but if you have any, leave them in the comments. In the meantime, don't click on the video below if you don't want a spoiler. Otherwise, enjoy the kids' rendition of "The Neverending Story" theme song.
Tagged 1980s, netflix, stranger things, television, tv
TV Review – Team Foxcatcher (2016)
Have you ever looked the other way on a friend or loved one's mental illness because they have money?
Maybe you rationalized taking an insult because they pay the rent. Maybe you sucked it up and turned a blind eye to their abuse because you have nowhere else to go.
As the story of "Team Foxcatcher" unfolds, you realize that there were numerous early warning signs that multi-millionaire John du Pont, heir to the vast chemical company fortune, was one hair's breadth away from snapping like a twig.
And while in hindsight, it's easy to blame the wrestlers, the estate employees, the coaches, the local police, the Wrestling Association and so on, one has to remember that financial security is the end all/be all of life and few will be willing to bite the hand that feeds them until the abuse just can't be ignored anymore.
The boiling point came when du Pont shot and killed Dave Schultz, an Olympic wrestler and family man who he'd invited to train on his property. Once the gun was fired, everyone surrounding the murderous madman realized they should have seen it coming and yet, in the years leading up to it, no one did.
This documentary does a great job of telling the story of du Pont's long descent into madness, and how so many people who depended upon him were willing to look the other way on his mental illness because he was their goose who laid the golden egg. (And in many respects, while money initially got them into his life, love for the man got them to stay.)
We learn that Du Pont has been socially isolated and sheltered his entire life. He grew up in posh wealth with his mother, but never had any friends and never met a sticky situation that he couldn't buy his way out of. Although a man of great wealth, it was his father and others before him that built the company and so, he has spent his life as an eccentric, awkward weirdo, desperately wanting to do something that would leave his own mark, earn him respect independent of his family name and money, and so on.
Ironically, he almost got there. A sports fan who didn't make it as an athlete himself, he builds an athletic complex on his large, sprawling PA estate and invites America's greatest Olympians to come and train. He is quickly hailed as a hero, especially to wrestlers, who are typically dominated by the Russians. We are told that wrestling is a rather complicated sport, taking years to master, and by the time a wrestler really gets the hang of it, he has to quit and find a paying job to support his family. Russia pays its wrestlers and du Pont solves the problem by paying the wrestlers a salary out of his own pocket and even given them homes on his property.
Though truly a loon, he might have gone down in history as a great benefactor for American sports. But alas, as the documentary unfolds, he gets crazier and crazier until tragedy strikes.
The documentary tells the tale of a man coddled by everyone, for he has coddled them with his money and so they are essentially returning the favor. Not happy to sit back and take praise the way so many other pro sports team owners do after a major win, Du Pont wants to get involved and train with the wrestlers, though he has zero skill to offer and is an old man.
He says weird things. He does weird things. He has guns. A lot of guns.
The warning signs were there. Perhaps not so much that he would kill someone, but there were situations where had it been a poor person doing what he did, people wouldn't stand for it.
For example, du Pont develops a strange fear of anything colored black, and demands that anything black be removed from his estate. No black clothes. No black cars. No black paint on buildings. He even fires all the black wrestlers. Du Pont argues it is nothing personal or racist, he just can't stomach the color black anymore. As a high ranking wrestling official (I forget the name of the organization) explains, that moment should have been the point where his group should have cut ties with du Pont but alas, there just wasn't another way for wrestlers to train and afford a decent living.
Local law enforcement is aware that du Pont is a loon too but du Pont has helped them with his money over the years.
Du Pont becomes paranoid and hires serious, big time security agents. He's convinced there are secret tunnels on his estate and spies hiding in his walls and though they agents realize these beliefs are crazy, they investigate his strange claims anyway…and the viewer is left to debate whether or not they should have just told him he's an idiot or if they were just doing a job they were hired to do.
It all comes to a head when du Pont becomes increasingly jealous of Dave Schultz, the wrestler that everyone on the team rallies around and views as their leader. Du Pont wants to be loved just as much, but no matter how much dough he doles out, he just can't get as much love…and eventually breaks down and sadly, shoots Schultz, killing him.
The Foxcatcher movie with Steve Carrell was great, but I think the documentary did a better job of showing how people around Du Pont realized he was nuts and should have removed themselves from him….but its one of those things where you support your crazy uncle figure until his craziness consumes him.
And ultimately, it is a sad story. Schultz could have gone one last victory before retirement and being with his family. Du Pont could have maybe seen a shrink and gotten some help and gone down as a respected sports philanthropist but…sadly, mental illness took its toll.
STATUS: Shelfworthy.
Tagged documentaries, foxcatcher, john du pont, Movies, netflix, team foxcatcher
Daily Discussion with BQB, Uncategorized
Is Dave Chappelle Insufficiently Woke?
Trying to post a little more.
It saddens me that the PC police are coming after Dave Chappelle. This guy was the king of comedy in the early 2000s only to be branded a villain today. Sorry to say it but he didn't change. You all did.
Oh, how I loved my Chappelle's Show DVD box set in the old days. I'd just watch those sketches over and over. The guy was such a comedic perfectionist that he left 50 million on the table and walked away because he couldn't phone it in like so many others did and the stress of doing comedy right got to him.
The weirdest argument, among many, is that his R. Kelly sketch normalized R. Kelly. I remember that sketch. He hanged R. Kelly out to dry as a whacko, urine obsessed degenerate pervert. How that supposedly "normalized" R. Kelly I'll never know. If anything, it trashed him and made people more aware of his pervyness.
It's just sad to see everyone getting on his case. Your thoughts?
Tagged Comedy, dave chappelle, netflix
Watching Road House is An Exercise in the Suspension of Disbelief
SPOILER ALERT: Please watch Road House on Netflix, suspend your disbelief as you do so, then come here to discuss.
Road House. It's the shittiest awesome movie you'll ever see, and I say that with all due respect to the late Patrick Swayze and make no mistake, he deserves much respect.
I've seen it a couple times over the years, but now, watching it as an adult, it's a whole new experience.
With most movies, you do have to suspend disbelief. Most movies tell fanciful tales. That's why we watch them. If we wanted realism, every movie would be a guy sitting at a desk for 8 hours, periodically getting up once in awhile to get a sandwich or take a shit.
But you really have to put your brain on hold for this movie.
The plot is that Dalton, that's his only name, played by Swayze, is the world's greatest cooler. A cooler is the head bouncer in a club that employs a squad of bouncers. I had no idea that bouncing had such a high level of professionalism but that's neither here nor there. Bottomline, a businessman who owns a nightclub or road house in a rural Missouri town goes to NYC to recruit Dalton to clean up his joint, the Double Deuce, for it is a den of depravity, full of assholes who constantly murder each other.
Dalton takes the job on the spot, not giving a shit about his current employer, just taking off that night to drive to Missouri. I mean, what an asshole. Give the guy 2 weeks notice, am I right?
Anyway, Dalton gets to the Double Deuce and that's when shit starts to go down. The club owner agrees to pay Dalton $500 a night plus he'll cover any medical expenses. That stands out to me right away. I mean, this is the shittiest bar in existence and somehow the owner has the dough to hire a cooler for $120,000 a year.
On top of that, there are scenes when the bar staff get together for a meeting about how they're going to help Dalton clean shit up. And there's like, 50 people working there. Like there's no way this shitty bar is pulling in enough to cover that much overhead.
Anyway, Dalton gets into some fights with the asshole barflies and sooner or later, he runs across the town bad guy, who employs most of those assholes. Push comes to shove and before he knows it, Dalton is at war with the town bad guy.
Oh, and Dalton gets stabbed one night and meets the town doctor, a hot blonde. He literally calls her Doc. Ironically, the movie is like a modern day western where the lawman comes into town and all the townfolk tell him to give up and just take it up the butt from the town bad guy because the bad guy is too strong.
Moving on, Dalton's best pal and mentor is Sam Elliot, who is also another great cooler. It's cool to see Sam Elliot in his younger days though there is a creepy scene where he dances with Doc and looks like he wants to bone her even though she is his buddy's girlfriend.
By the way, the cops don't give a shit about this town. There is some passing mention that the town bad guy has all the cops under his thumb but still, I mean, every night people are getting murdered and hacked to pieces and robbed and raped and so on at the Double Deuce and if that's not enough, a local shop owner's store gets blown the fuck up because he stands with Dalton against the bad guy. Later, a car dealer stands with Dalton and the bad guy has a henchmen drive a fucking monster truck through his dealership.
All I'm saying is yes, I get it. The local cops are on the bad guy's take but holy shit, at some point, you'd think the Governor of Missouri would hear about some of the non-stop, daily bar murders and business explosions and send the National Guard in to fuck the bad guy up.
OK, beyond this I won't say much more, but you should watch it on Netflix and return here to tell me the discrepancies and brain suspensions you have to do for this movie, which honestly, is awesome, make sense.
Some stupidity I noticed, in no particular order:
#1 – The farmer is a shitty negotiator. Dalton asks to rent his room. The farmer says up front well no one wants it because the whole farm smells like horse shit. Wow. Way to negotiate. Maybe little the renter make the first move. See what he's willing to pay. At any rate, the farmer says he'll rent this super awesome loft bachelor pad complete with a walk out on rooftop porch that he can (and does) bang hot chicks on and he rents it to him for 100 a month which he says is just some bullshit he has to charge him lest the local church here he is giving shit out for free and they come looking for donations.
#2 – I said it before but I'll say it again, the math behind the Double Deuce's payroll structure just does not add up. 50 some odd employees, a house band and a pro cooler making 120,000 a year..,at a bar where stabbings happen every five seconds.
#3 – It takes place in Missouri but in the car dealership scene, you can see a sign for LA and Bakersfield in the distance to the right.
#4 – It is kind of awesome that Dalton knows in advance that bar creeps will fuck up his car so he always drives a broken down beater to work instead of his cherished Mercedes. I'll actually say that's one part of this movie that is clever.
#5 – Dalton pulls a knife used to kill his buddy Sam Elliot out of Elliot and uses it to push down the accelerator of his car in an attempt to run the bad guys over. Sorry, but I don't think that knife would hold the pedal down.
Tagged 1980s, action movies, netflix, patrick swayze, road house
Movie Review – Triple Frontier (2019)
Money is the root of all evil, 3.5 readers.
BQB here with a review of Triple Frontier.
This is a first for Netflix – an action film that's worthy of a movie theater, with a cast of big names – Oscar Isaac, Pablo Pascal, Garret Hedlund, Charlie Hunnam and Ben Affleck being one of the bigger names that everyone's favorite streaming service has landed in recent memory.
It's clear Netflix wants to take a big bite out of the traditional movie theater to rental to cable station pipeline most movies go through, and if they keep it up, they'll get their. Hollywood big shots might just be shaking in their boots over movies like this.
The plot? Santiago (Isaac) is still in the field, while his former special forces buddies are all long retired and struggling to make ends meet. There's a powerful message in there where one of the ex-soldiers says something like (I'll botch the line, sorry) "If we had accomplished what we did in any other profession, we'd be set for life by now, but no, this man can't even afford to send his kid to college."
Some truth there and if any politicians happen to be listening – yeah. Definitely. War is something the majority of us just can't or won't do and the people who do it should be taken care of.
Anyway. Santiago identifies a big score – a secluded house where a drug cartel keeps its money, located in the Amazon jungle where three countries meet – Peru, Columbia and Brazil. No cops, no military to deal with so it should be an easy gig. Use their skills to help themselves for once and live like kings.
From here, (SPOILER ALERT) the movie gets silly, which is a shame because they're playing it straight. The trek across the Andes mountains to a new life proves more dangerous than previously anticipated, and a combination of bad decisions, infighting and downright greed proves to make matters so much worse.
It's almost comical how much of the cold, hard cash gets lost along the way – (SPOILERS) – falling out of a chopper, falling off a ledge while attached to a donkey, burnt for warmth, tossed into a ravine and so on. At some point, it gets absurd. I mean, I'm the furthest thing from a special ops soldier but in that predicament, I would just grab as much money as I could carry and then bury the rest in a safe location to return to once the heat dies down.
But I suppose the money serves as a metaphor for how greed complicates our lives and turns us into monsters.
Ben Affleck is good in this. For a moment I actually bought that he was an entirely different person, i.e. a depressed loser dad seeking redemption through ill gotten loot.
STATUS: Shelf-worthy. Good start. Silly though entertaining middle. Admirable though unlikely ending. Netflix is really stealing big cinema's thunder.
Tagged ben affleck, movie reviews, Movies, netflix, triple frontier
A Look at the First Episode of The Umbrella Academy
I just watched the first episode of Umbrella Academy. If you've watched more, I'd thank you to not give away any spoilers. I will eventually return to this fine blog to discuss the first season.
My initial impression is its great. Before I saw it, I scoffed for a number of reasons.
Anything with too many characters tends to be a mess. There's like 7 main characters here plus supporting characters. Seems destined to be a pot of gumbo where everyone gets lost in the steam, but somehow, everyone gets their moment to shine.
Movies about long established heroes are great. Movies about new superheroes tend to stink. I'll give this show credit though. It is based on a Dark Horse Comic so perhaps if newer heroes have a chance to percolate in comics first, then they'll shine on the screen.
It reminded me of Watchmen, which everyone said was genius but I thought stunk. Again, a bunch of heroes you hadn't heard of before, all thrown at us at once, each getting less than five minutes to show their power. Somehow that was lame but this looks good.
The plot thus far is that in 1989, 40 (I think that's the number) children were born immaculately on one day. The mothers had not been pregnant previously. The kids just popped out unexpectedly.
An eccentric, reclusive billionaire with a penchant for collecting exotic things adopts 7 of these kids. He starts a school for superheroes in his house, training his new wards to use their powers.
His methods turn the kids into (mostly) powerful grownups. Some have gone on to do great things. Others flounder and fail. All blame their problems on their father's cold, uncaring aloofness. The only source of love the children ever had was their father's robot wife and monkey butler.
By the way, is there something wrong with me that I think it would be awesome to have a robot wife and monkey butler? Thus far, there has been little explanation as to how the robot wife and monkey butler came to be but I'll keep my fingers crossed for more on that in future episodes. Ironically, in a series with 7 heroes, the robot wife and monkey butler pique my interest the most.
Not that the heroes are slouches. Overall, the first episode was cinematic. Lots of cool fights and special effects. Cinematic quality. Had this been laid out in a movie that I paid money to see, I would have walked away happy.
Netflix really upped their game here. I'll reserve judgment until I've watched the first season but so far, I am impressed and willing to watch more.
STATUS; Shelf-worthy.
Tagged netflix, television, tv, umbrella academy
TV Review – Russian Doll (2019)
Everlasting snark…day after day after day.
BQB here with a review of the Netflix series Russian Doll. (SPOILERS ABOUND)
I have to say it, 3.5 readers. When I was a kid, there were a ton of TV shows and movies were single adults partied hard and lived fabulous, interesting, adventurous lives well into their forties.
Lies. All lies, I say! This lifestyle may work for a handful of ultra rich, ridiculously good looking people but for the rest of us normals, your best bet is to find someone you can stand being in the same room with before you hit 30, maybe 35 at the latest.
At first, from the opening scenes I thought this show was celebrating that lifestyle but in reality, it is far from it. I'm not saying that 30 plus single people should be dumped on, I'm just saying there's a certain point in time when you're just too long in the tooth for the jet set crowd.
Natasha Lyonne's Nadia has just turned 36 and her BFF, Maxine (Greta Lee) has thrown her a much undesired birthday party. Now over 35, Nadia must come to terms with a fact that she has long been avoiding – she isn't going to live forever. She must find her happiness and yet, how does a misanthropic cynic who, with a dry wit and dark sense of humor, manages to openly mock everything and anything in life with great gusto find some sort of meaningful purpose in life?
Long story short, Nadia dies. Again and again and again. Sometimes in scary ways. Sometimes in hilarious ways. To put a chill in your shorts, many of the deaths (falling down a flight of stairs, accidental electrocution, gas leak) are all things that could easily happen to any of us at any time if we aren't careful. When you think about it, it's amazing that we all don't croak again and again, what with our bodies being so fragile and all.
My early assessment was wrong. This isn't a show that glorifies the post 35 single life. It doesn't dump on it either. Equal time is given to the fact that people who act like posers and social climbers after 35 are lame, but also, to the fact that not everyone finds love easily and sometimes love and/or happiness doesn't come easily for everyone and that doesn't make those people bad either.
This is Natasha Lyonne's magnum opus, her Mona Lisa and her piece de resistance all wrapped up into one. From the time she hit it big as Jessica, one of the funnier yet more street smart teens in 1999's American Pie, audiences have gotten the sense that Natasha excels at playing jaded ball breakers whose fast talking, cynical facades mask deeper pain that few could handle, yet manage to joke about…all with a dose of Jewish guilt mixed in.
In recent years, her character on Orange is the New Black has cemented her status as this archetype and in Russian Doll, I get the impression, at least IMO, that Natasha is trying to say, "This is me. This is who I am. I'm troubled. I carry around a lot of pain but I deal with it by tossing out a snappy one-liner that will kick you in the nuts. You'll get mad for a second until you realize that my assessment of you is correct and then you'll laugh as you nurse your nuts back to health. Oddly, you'll find me so charming that you'll come back for more, which is confusing, because I'm as cuddly as feral cat yet strangely, someone you can lean on, like a loyal puppy. Although, I will bark at you."
Was she trying to say all that? I don't know. That's what I got out of it anyway.
The repeated loop genre seems like it has been done to death, with Bill Murray's Groundhog Day being, to the best of my knowledge, the first to tackle the idea of someone who has to repeat a day over and over. Other films and shows have put their own spin on it. Hell, this week, "Happy Death Day" releases the second in a series of films about a girl who gets murdered again and again only to wake up and get murdered again.
Creative? Sure. Overdone? Yes.
So why should you watch this addition to an overdone premise? Well, it's different. Easy to say but it really is.
First, much of the series is devoted to the what of it all. I.E. most of these films focus on something the looped character must do to make the loop stop. This series spends a lot of time trying to figure out the why of it all…or better yet, the how of it all. How the heck is this happening? Nadia plays junior detective, investigating a number of theories – for example, maybe it's spiritual energy in Maxine's apartment caused by it being located on a former Yeshiva school, drawing her back to the same place at the same time after each untimely demise. Hallucinations brought upon by a ketamine laced joint are another possibility.
Other theories are researched and personally, I'm torn as to whether or not the ending gives justice to the how of it. I can see an argument for and against vis a vis whether it explained the how, but at any rate, the show does eventually make a shift from the how to the what, as in, what does Nadia need to do to make all this craziness stop?
The show is also different in that Nadia has a partner in crime. While Nadia keeps returning to her birthday party, Alan (Charlie Barnett) gets it much worse. He must continually return to the most unwanted of situations, reliving a scene where his girlfriend reveals that she has been cheating on him.
Eventually, Nadia and Alan meet and they must solve this mystery together. Nadia might be cynical but at least she has somewhat of a can-do spirit. Alan is deeply morose, ready to curl up in a corner and cry over the slightest of obstacles. One's a fighter and the other's a sad sack. Somehow they balance each other out and whether or not they resolve this never ending loop is a question I'll let you answer when you watch it.
Stop by sometime and discuss the ending with me. Those who haven't watched it yet, just avoid that discussion until you do. I think it is a great ending, not what I expected and it is rather complicated. The show trusts you to use your brain to figure it out and doesn't spoon feed it to you, that's for sure.
STATUS: Shelf-worthy. Not sure I see it lasting more than one season. It's binge-worthy but I think to do a second season would be to spoil it. Sometimes all a show needs to say can be summed up in one outing and this show is that. Kudos to Lyonne for baring her soul for us Looky Lou's to pick over and analyze, and for Netflix for letting her do it. This isn't the traditional kind of show that network TV would go for, and probably wouldn't exist at any time other than this streaming golden age. Also, to producer Amy Poehler. She doesn't star in this but by backing it, she steps out of her usual comfort zone of upbeat, silly comedy and into the world of dry, dark comedy. Just don't get sucked in too far, Amy. The world still needs plenty of kindhearted Leslie Knopes, just as it needs Nadias to dump on them.
Tagged natasha lyonne, netflix, russian doll, television, tv
Movie Review – Win It All (2017)
Life's just one big gamble, 3.5 readers.
BQB here with a review of Netflix's "Win It All."
I caught this film by accident, scrolling through Netflix's never-ending list of offerings when all of a sudden, the premise just appealed to me. It's simple and from a writer's perspective, simple is good. Simple isn't necessarily easy but sometimes simple doesn't need you to keep a variety of plates spinning in the air the way more complex films do.
Eddie (Jake Johnson) is a down on his luck, degenerate gambler. His only source of income comes from his lowly job as a parking lot attendant (but only when the Cubs are doing well and fans need spillover parking.)
Addict that he is, his life is in a downward spiral, largely because whatever money he is lucky enough to get his hands on, he immediately takes it to an underground casino club to gamble it all away.
On one fateful night, a rather scary looking loan shark who Eddie has tangled with in the past makes an offer. He's been sentenced to relatively short prison sentence and wants Eddie to hold onto a bag of money, no questions asked. Keep the dough safe and at the end of the bid, 9 months to a year tops, the crook will reward Eddie with 10,000 bucks.
I know. It is a rather gaping plot hole that anyone would trust a degenerate gambler with any sum of money, but then again, the loan shark may not have a large number of trustworthy people to turn to and frankly, his menacing appearance would be enough for most people to avoid screwing with him but alas, Eddie's addiction is that severe.
Long story short, Eddie gambles away a large chunk of ill-gotten loot, and as you might imagine, the rest of the film circles around Eddie's various attempts to get himself out of hot water.
The middle of the film has a nice message. SPOILER ALERT, at that point, Eddie has lost a large sum yet it isn't an insurmountable amount. He works out a deal with his brother to take a job with the family landscaping business, and he devotes as much as he can from each paycheck towards refilling the bag of money.
In doing so, Eddie starts to feel good about himself. He's doing productive work. He's achieving goals. His confidence soars, so much so that he meets a nice woman. Suddenly, he's got a job, a girlfriend, reasons for being…what a turn around.
I assume the message there is that when it comes to anything good in life, the long game always beats the short one. You'll get better health through daily exercise than you will through a one-time sip of that snake oil supplement you saw advertised on late night TV. You'll find a more meaningful relationship through a longtime partner than you will with a one night stand. And while your paycheck doesn't seem like much, save enough over a long period of time and you'll get somewhere.
Alas, SPOILER ALERT AGAIN, shenanigans ensue, Eddie can't beat his addiction and like the alcoholic who can't shake the booze, he keeps dipping his hand into that bag and keeps losing, and losing and losing. Like the fast food addict who knows his love of Big Macs will eventually lead to a coronary, Eddie knows that pissing away a murderous criminal's cash is going to wind up with him six feet under but sadly, that addiction is calling and hey, surely there's enough time to turn it all around before that inevitable bad ending right? Come on, just feed the addiction beast one last time, ok and another last time, and one more time…just two or three or twenty last times, tops and then let's quit cold turkey tomorrow.
I don't want to give away the ending but there was a part of me that thought it might have defied the typical gambling movie genre by letting Eddie beat his addiction through that "build yourself up from the rock bottom day by day" routine we all hope to master. Ironically, Eddie beats his addiction by feeding his addiction and while it made for fun viewing, I'm not sure that's the best message for addicts out there.
Comedian Keegan Michael Key stars as Eddie's sponsor or at least, friend, because as he notes, sponsors can only help recovering gamblers who are working the program steps and Eddie isn't, at least at the film's beginning.
Overall, I enjoyed this movie. My main critique is that in many ways, it comes across as a shoddy student film. There are many parts where the dialogue seems improvised and wrap ups of plot points seem thin but I on the whole, I liked it and I think it did have a good message, i.e. the constant ware we all face between instant gratification (do the bad thing that gives us a tiny bit of happiness right NOW and who gives a shit if it fucks up our future later) vs. forcing ourselves to be that little turtle. He's slow. He's steady. Progress towards a happier you seems like it is taking forever and will never happen but years later, you look around and you see yourself with a nice house, a great job, a loving family and you're happy you took the time to solve this puzzle, one little piece at a time.
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Pointing out that Mr Pillai is ultimately responsible for what happens in his ward and should not let the town council speak for him, Dr Chee asserted that the elected MP's continued silence makes a "mockery" of DPM Heng's recent call that MPs should earn the people's trust by being open and transparent
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Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) secretary-general Chee Soon Juan has asserted that Bukit Batok SMC MP Murali Pillai's continued silence on the fire hose reel issue at Block 210A Bukit Batok Street 21 contradicts Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat's call for MPs to win the trust of the people by being open and transparent.
Earlier, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) reported that the fire hose reel at Block 210A was padlocked and did not have water supply when a fire broke out in a 13th-floor unit, causing a delay in putting out the blaze which had entrapped three residents.
Dr Chee, who regularly walks the ground at Bukit Batok after he contested the ward in the 2016 by-election, has been asking MP Murali Pillai to explain to residents why the fire hose reel was padlocked and did not have water supply on the night of the fire.
Days after Dr Chee published an open letter asking Mr Pillai to provide a transparent account of events to Bukit Batok residents, Jurong-Clementi Town Council's (JCTC) general manager Ho Thian Poh said that the fire hose reels at Block 201A had been working two weeks before the fire.
Despite this, he said that the town council which oversees Bukit Batok "accept[s] the SCDF's finding that the hose in question was not working on the day of the fire."
JCTC's statement, however, puzzled Dr Chee who had been told by a man claiming to be affiliated with the contractor in charge of maintaining the hose reel that the contractor inspected the hose reel hours after the fire and found it to be in working condition. Claiming that the inspection was supervised by a JCTC official, the man also provided Dr Chee with a copy of the job sheet purportedly proving the inspection.
JCTC's statement omitted explaining why the fire hose reels were padlocked and failed to mention that the SCDF issued Fire Hazard Abatement Notices to the town council.
Dissatisfied with the town council, which also did not mention whether an inspection occurred right after the fire as per the job sheet that Dr Chee highlighted in public, the SDP chief has raised more questions for Mr Pillai.
In a Facebook post published this afternoon (14 Nov), Dr Chee summarised the SCDF's findings and said that the two violations the SCDF discovered constitute an act of omission – or absence of action – and an act of commission, where a deliberate decision resulted in the violation. He wrote:
"There were two violations that the SCDF cited. One, the cabinets housing the fire hoses were padlocked. Two, when firefighters managed to break the locks, they discovered that there was no water.
"There is a difference between these two violations. One is an act of omission. The lack of water supply could be due to oversight, carelessness and/or negligence. That is, there was an absence of action.
"The second, which is altogether more serious, is an act of commission. The installation of locks on the cabinets required proactive measures. In other words, someone (or some people) made a conscious decision that resulted in the commission of the violation."
The opposition politician then raised a series of critical questions for Mr Pillai to answer:
1. Did the MPs know that the cabinets were locked? If yes, why did they authorise it? If no, were they sleeping on the job? This is the safety of the residents we're talking about.
2. If the padlocking was authorised, who authorised it?
3. What was the reason(s) given for padlocking the cabinets?
4. Were Town Council funds disbursed for the purchase of the locks and installation?
5. How widespread is the problem? Have other town councils also padlocked the hosereels?
Pointing out that Mr Pillai is ultimately responsible for what happens in his ward and should not let the town council speak for him, Dr Chee asserted that the elected MP's continued silence makes a "mockery" of DPM Heng's recent call that MPs should earn the people's trust by being open and transparent:
"The MPs, in particular Mr Murali, cannot continue to use the Town Council to speak for them because they are ultimately responsible for everything that happens in their estates. The buck stops with them.
"The matter is of intense public interest and the longer Mr Murali delays giving a full account of the violations, the bigger the mockery he makes of Mr Heng Swee Keat's call for MPs to win trust by being open and transparent."
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Q: copy current HTML page state to MySQL table so users can access later the saved file Ok so my problem here is that I have created a page with a table. this table can be cloned infinite times and data is inserted or manually, or from data fetched from a sql table. This means each table created is different.
The point of this page is for users to create their own personal tables, and then be able to save the current page on a specific sql table so they can head back to it whenever they like and therefor load it back to its saved state.
This means each user will have used the same table, but each users tables will have different values in it!
I have very little knowledge in php and have just recently started to use jquery. My question is how can I work out a way to copy the current html page state, and save it to a specific sql table?
This php grabs everything inside  and .
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so far so good. How can i now save this to a sql table? Php will be needed but how?
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Things you need:

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*a structure to save the table in the database

*knowledge of GET (POST would be better) or AJAX (best) requests

*minimal SQL knowledge

You could also save the data to a static file on the server (but don't forget to prevent them from overriding someone elses table).
My idea:

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*button uploads only table to server

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*server saves the file to .html (with a header and footer to surround the table)

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*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Http#Request_methods

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*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Json
That project could take a while to realize ;)
EDIT:
You could give the table an id (
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) and then use JavaScripts document.getElementById() to retrieve its HTML.
Have a look at this site. It has plenty of examples. First of all look at the basics of JavaScript's DOM to be able to access the table, then try to upload it somehow (preferably AJAX, which is a bit more to study) and after that you can get to the PHP code.
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