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My thoughts on: Annihilation (2018)
*warning: this review will contain a number of spoilers, so please stop here if you haven't seen the film yet!
It's been just over 12 hours since I saw Annihilation and I still have an intense feeling of awe. I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say this film could be the 2001: A Space Odyssey for my generation, it has that exact same feeling of "I just saw something beautiful but it's going to take multiple viewings to better understand it." Nevertheless, I believe I understand the gist of what director Alex Garland was trying to show us, so I'll make my way as best I can.
Three years before our story begins, a meteorite crashed into a lighthouse inside a national park and immediately began emitting something dubbed the Shimmer. Imagine the iridescent surface of a bubble and combine it with endless flows and ripples. Now grow that bubble to gigantic proportions and you have a pretty good idea of what the border of the Shimmer looks like. Scientists have sent multiple teams in to explore this phenomenon, but no one has ever returned…until now.
I should mention the proper story actually begins with Lena (Natalie Portman), a former soldier and professor in cellular biology, being debriefed in an isolation chamber after the story is already over (dialogue implies she is the lone survivor). Apparently, she was inside the Shimmer for 4 months, even though Lena can't recall that much time passing. The story then flashes back and reveals her husband, Sgt. Kane (Oscar Isaac), has been missing for a year. It turns out he was part of the last team sent into the Shimmer. Out of nowhere, Kane appears outside the bedroom, but something is off about him. He doesn't remember anything and he suddenly gets really sick. Lena and Kane are taken to the facility studying the Shimmer and while Kane falls into a coma, Lena decides to join the next team going in (all-female as it turns out) to see if there's some way to reverse what's happening to her husband.
The team consists of Lena, Anya Thorensen (a paramedic), Josie Radek (a physicist), Tuva Novotny as Cass Shepherd, a surveyor and geologist, and all are led by Dr. Ventress (a psychologist who secretly has cancer and wants to know the secret of the Shimmer before she dies). I need to stop and highlight Dr. Ventress for a moment because she's the closest we come to a human antagonist in the entire story (and I'm still debating whether the Shimmer is an antagonist or not). From the moment you meet her, at least in my experience, you instantly start to hate her. There's something unnatural in her behavior even before entering the Shimmer, I'd almost go so far as to say she was exhibiting sociopathic behavior.
One great thing about this film is it doesn't take too long to get to the action inside the Shimmer, but you should know that once the team is inside things get really weird really fast. For example, Lena wakes up in a tent, having no memory of making camp, and it turns out that somehow three or four days have passed and no one in the team remembers any of it. Then there's the mutations: as Lena recounts, they start subtly. First they find strange new flowers that seem to be crossbreeds of different species (that shouldn't be possible). Then Josie is attacked by a huge crocodile that has strange mutations in its teeth. Some of the mutations are beautiful: Lena comes across a pair of deer that have mutated into strange beings with flowering branches where their antlers should be, but some are absolutely terrifying. The hardest scene for me to get through was one where the group is twice attacked by a monstrous bear that somehow has part of its skull exposed. But that's not the worst part of it: after attacking and killing Cass, it somehow absorbed part of Cass' consciousness as she died (Josie speculates that the Shimmer is acting like a genetic prism that is causing the DNA of everything inside it to actively combine together) and now can use her final screams of help as a lure. What I mean is, every time the bear roars, you can hear Cass screaming and it was absolutely terrifying.
Of course, as in any horror film, one by one the team is picked off:
Cass is killed when her throat is ripped out by the bear
Anya is mauled to death by the same bear after suffering a psychotic episode
Josie's fate is….interesting. After Cass and Anya die, Josie is seen sitting outside, seemingly at peace. As she tells Lena "She (Ventress) wants to face it (the Shimmer) and you want to fight it. But I don't want either of those things." And as Josie talks and walks away, she begins to sprout leaves and branches and suddenly disappears altogether. I think she transforms into one of the people-shaped flower growths that have begun appearing. And I don't think she died either; if anything, I feel like Josie transcended into…something else.
Ventress makes it to the lighthouse before Lena, but something strange happens to her that I cannot adequately put into words (but I'll address a theory I have when I wrap this up).
Lena finally arrives at the lighthouse, ground zero of the Shimmer and discovers a strange growth surrounding a dark hole and also an incinerated body sitting in front of a video camera. And this is when things go beyond "this is weird" to "what the f*ck just happened??" Because, as the footage reveals, Lena's husband went inside the Shimmer and committed suicide with a phosphorous grenade while talking to…a doppelganger. It's one of those situations where your brain races like "If that's Lena's husband sitting dead on the floor, then who or WHAT is lying in a coma back at the base??"
The next sequence is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen, but I simply can't put it into words. I've tried several times and it simply doesn't do the moment justice. Suffice it to say that Lena is confronted by her own double, or at least something that is morphing into her double. But just as it gain's Lena's face, the real Lena puts another phosphorous grenade into its hands and triggers it, running out the door as it goes off. This incinerates the root of the Shimmer and causes the entire phenomenon to collapse.
Apparently, the Shimmer was some kind of alien life, but Lena can't say what it wanted, if indeed it wanted anything at all. All she wants is her husband (and it's interesting that she apparently neglects to mention that the man now recovered from his coma is NOT her husband but an alien duplicate). "Kane" confirms to Lena that he is not her husband, but upon ascertaining that she is the one the real Kane told him about, he embraces her and then something strange happens: his eyes begin to shimmer with a certain familiar iridescence. And after a moment, Lena's eyes "Shimmer" too. And that's where the story ends!
What does it all mean? I believe, that even though the phenomenon has collapsed, the Shimmer is still here, it's just internalized inside two people now. Just like a pair of cells. As Lena told a class at the beginning: two become four, become eight, become sixteen…I think this is only the beginning before the Shimmer spreads through humanity, though what it will ultimately do I cannot say (though if you have a theory I'd love to hear it in the comments below).
Now as to the fate of Ventress, here is my theory: I think Lena was talking to her double the entire time and here's why: when we first see Ventress in the chamber, you can clearly see that she has no eyes, but when she turns to face Lena, she suddenly has them. When Lena's double is being made, the last thing to emerge are the eyes. So I think the real Ventress died, was absorbed by the Shimmer and now her double is here, but it can't sustain itself because of the cancer in the original Ventress. That's my theory anyway.
I wish I could explain certain parts better, but Annihilation is one of those films that needs to be experienced to be understood. Is it, as some say, too "intellectual"? Maybe…but I don't think there's anything wrong with a movie that makes you think about what it's trying to tell you.
One more brief note: in the middle of the film, there's an extremely graphic scene involving some found footage (you'll know when you come to it). I just wanted you to be aware that such a scene exists because it deeply disturbed me while I watched it.
Final thoughts: Annihilation is a brilliant film from Alex Garland and a must-see for fans of the science fiction genre.
What did you think of Annihilation? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. Have a great day!
See also: Soundtrack Review: Annihilation (2018)
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This entry was posted in Films, Uncategorized and tagged Alex Garland, Annihilation, film, Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, science fiction on March 1, 2018 by Film Music Central.
Soundtrack Review: Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation is a science fiction horror film written and directed by Alex Garland in his second outing as a film director. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer and follows a group of military scientists who enter "the Shimmer," a mysterious quarantined zone that is full of mutating landscapes and creatures. Annihilation stars Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Jason Leigh, , Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson and Tuva Novotny and was released on February 23rd, 2018.
The soundtrack of Annihilation was scored by composing duo Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow, who previously worked with Alex Garland on the Academy Award winning film Ex Machina (2015). Ben Salisbury is an Emmy-nominated composer with over 100 film and television composing credits to his name, including Beyonce Knowles' self-directed documentary feature Beyonce: Life Is But A Dream and the last 3 series of David Attenborough's acclaimed Life Of… strand for the BBC. Geoff Barrow, known for his extensive body of work as a music producer and founding member of the band Portishead, first began his film music career as the music supervisor and original score writer for graffiti artist Banksy's Oscar-nominated documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop. He recently worked on the band Arcade Fire's latest album Everything Now in addition to producing a cover of ABBA's "SOS" with Portishead for Ben Wheatley's film adaption of High-Rise.
The first thing I noticed about this soundtrack is that it is clearly related to the music of Ex Machina. It is not identical, per se, but it clearly comes from the same tonal family as the previous film. I don't say this as a bad thing, in fact, it's not uncommon for multiple soundtracks from the same composer (or group of composers) to retain similarities across each film. I also think the resemblance has something to do with Annihilation being considered the "spiritual" successor to Ex Machina.
That being said, if you liked Ex Machina and its soundtrack, then you will love the soundtrack for Annihilation. Like the soundtrack for Altered Carbon, most of the tracks contain the same elements: long synthesized tones, metallic wind chimes, and vocal tones. Despite the similarities, some of the tracks did stand out to me.
"Shimmer Reveal" is only 38 seconds long but it catches the ear because it starts very soft and steadily grows in volume. As the volume increases, the melody "thickens" with a deeper synthesized tone. It feels like we start looking at a small picture which quickly expands into a panoramic landscape (in fact this is probably when we get our first in-depth look at the "shimmer" which can only be that mysterious thing that Natalie Portman's character is seen walking into in the previews).
"Abandoned Army Base" is half-mystical and half-sinister in the way it combines a synthesized drone with "creaking" metallic tones that sound like metal being ripped apart and metallic chimes that put me in mind of a monastery. Given that this is a science fiction horror film, I can only presume the sinister component I hear is due to someone or something hiding at this abandoned base, just waiting to snatch an unsuspecting victim (of course I could be wrong, but that's what it sounds like). And going back to Ex Machina, this track in particular reminds me of Ava's theme.
I have to bring attention to "In All of Us" simply because this track breaks the overall pattern and includes a melody from a guitar, which is so unexpected that it jars the ear when it arrives. "We Are Headed That Way" which follows that track, is interesting to me because of its title. Given the trailer's hints that "the Shimmer" is causing a mutation of some kind, I wonder if this title refers to the idea that everything on Earth will eventually be affected by this mutation. Truthfully I can't wait to find out what "the Shimmer" is actually doing, the visuals in the previews looked amazing.
And those are my thoughts on the soundtrack for Annihilation. The soundtrack is currently available via Lakeshore Records and I hope you enjoy listening to it. My thanks to The Krakower Group for making this soundtrack available for review.
If you've seen Annihilation, what did you think of the film and its soundtrack? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below, but please no spoilers, I'm seeing the film on Wednesday night 🙂
This entry was posted in Film Composer, Films, Soundtracks and tagged Annihilation, Ben Salisbury, film, film music, Geoff Barrows, Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, soundtrack on February 25, 2018 by Film Music Central.


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This year's South West Regional Amphibian and Reptile Groups' Meeting takes place on Sunday 3rd March at Cornwall College Newquay.
It is being jointly organised by CRAG (Cornwall Reptile and Amphibian Group) and the Student Invasive Non-Native Group (SINNG) from Cornwall College Newquay.
As ever, there will be a lively mix of presentations on local, national and global issues. It will also be an important opportunity to network and share information.
We are very grateful to the event's sponsors: Herpetologic Ltd, CGO Ecology Ltd and the College itself.
Please direct enquiries to Pete Mycock at newtpete@hotmail.co.uk.
Attendance fee, which also covers lunch and refreshments, is £20 for ARG members and students/unwaged, £35 for others.
Payment must be made in advance, by cheque made out to Cornwall Wildlife Trust, along with a completed booking form.
Forms and cheques to be posted to Mark Nicholson, Barn-Wyn, Marazanvose, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9DQ.
If you have any enquiries, please email Pete Mycock at newtpete@hotmail.co.uk.
Scientific poster displays with a herpetological theme are welcome. We can also provide facilities for table displays of goods and information. To make arrangements for either of these, please contact Nicola Morris at nicola.morris@cornwall.ac.uk .
Once you are in Newquay, you should follow signs for Newquay Zoo and Waterworld.
The College is situated behind Newquay Zoo and Waterworld. Drive past the entrance to the zoo and through the car park. The entrance is on the left before you get to the overflow car park. Parking is limited on site but there is free parking available in the main car park at Waterworld and the overflow car park.
Payment must be made in advance, by cheque made out to Cornwall Wildlife Trust, along with a completed booking form. Payments will be non-refundable after 18th February 2013.
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Powerball Winner In Puerto Rico A Lottery First, Some Americans Are Outraged
Patrick Frye
When a Powerball winner for Puerto Rico was announced, there was some surprise among some Americans, since many are not aware the Powerball lottery system extends to the U.S. commonwealth. This surprise has turned to outrage, with some even denouncing the Powerball winner in Puerto Rico, even though the person has yet to come forward.
In a related report by the Inquisitr, several winning PA lottery tickets worth tens of thousands are about to expire with no lottery winner coming forward. Overall, there will be three Powerball winners this time around, who will split the $564 million jackpot.
The Powerball winners in North Carolina and Texas do not have anyone upset; it's only the only place that has some people on social media fuming.
@filoquecorta It's completely outrageous someone from Puerto Rico won the powerball, thought this was America!
— The Cutting Edge (@filoquecorta) February 12, 2015
Those who disagree with this notion have already started to fight back. The phrase "powerball puerto rico speak english" has even become popular on Twitter.
For all the ignorance I have seen towards #puertorico and the #powerball. YES we speak English probably better than those who are upset. — Emily Lebron (@vimarie313) February 12, 2015
The bright side of #Powerball winning ticket in #PuertoRico, a free lesson of geography, history and politics for many Americans
— Osman Perez Mendez (@Osman_PM) February 12, 2015
Residents of Puerto Rico are born as U.S. citizens and pay federal taxes, including Social Security, payroll, import/export taxes, and Medicare. Puerto Ricans have long argued over whether or not they should become the next U.S. state, but would be required to pay federal personal income tax if that day ever comes.
What is new is that the Powerball lottery system has only been operating in Puerto Rico for a relatively short amount of time.
"We are beyond thrilled with the news that we already have a multimillion-dollar winner just four months after Puerto Rico began selling Powerball tickets," said Antonio Perez Lopez, assistant secretary of the Puerto Rico Lottery, according to the Associated Press.
According to the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries, last year Americans spent a total of $70.15 billion on lottery tickets. According to Fox 13, this is more money than all other types of entertainment, including sports, books, video games, movies, and music, which all combined amount to $62.7 billion. To put all these numbers into perspective, you're still more likely to be crushed by an asteroid or suffer a shark attack rather than become a Powerball winner.
The recent Powerball jackpot is the third largest in Powerball history, and the fifth largest in U.S. lottery history. The Powerball winner in Puerto Rico will be able to choose between a lump-sum payment of $101.6 million or 30 payments over 29 years.

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Hammond Organ Instruments
Hammond is the most recognized name in Organs. Hammond offers portable organs for traveling musicians and venues and as well as the quintessential Hammond B3 Organ that made the Hammond brand so famous.
Hammond B3 has won over musicians and music lovers for decades with it's quintessential look and sound made famous by the likes of Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jimmy Smith, Greg Allman, Billy Preston, John Medeski, John DeFrancesco and more.
The Hammond brand dates back to 1935 when Hammond founder Laurens Hammond teamed up with John M. Hanert to begin manufacturing alternative organs to the traditional pipe organ, creating an affordable organ option for churches around the United States and eventually the whole world.
As the Hammond Organ grew past the churches into the music industry, it was Jimmy Smith that played a huge part in making the Hammond organ popular as he made the Hammond B3 the staple of his famous Blue Note performances. Using the foot pedals for bass as opposed to hiring a bass player, Jimmy Smith records inspired generations of Hammond organ players.
Musician like Keith Emerson, Steve Windwood and Greg Allman brought the Hammond sound from jazz to rock and roll and it continued to be embraced for it's beautiful tones in almost every genre of music.
Reggae artists like Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff and Toots and The Maytals brought the Hammond organ to reggae music, The Beastie Boys made it popular in hip hop, even punk bands made use of the amazing Hammond sound.
Today the Hammond is as popular an Organ brand as ever. With musicians like Cory Henry from the band Snarky Puppy, and John Medeski from Medeski Martin and Wood, the Hammond organ is being used and kept alive and well with some of the best keyboardists in the world.
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A federal judge has ordered the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to halt efforts to collect refunds mistakenly mailed to 230,000 Medicare beneficiaries and to inform the beneficiaries that they have the right to apply for a waiver excusing them from repaying the money if doing so would cause undue hardship.
Because of a computer error, approximately 230,000 people were mistakenly mailed refunds for their Medicare prescription drug benefit premiums. CMS had insisted that the money, which averaged $215 a beneficiary, be paid back by Saturday, September 30.
Some Medicare beneficiaries have almost certainly spent the money sent to them, said Gill Deford, an attorney for the Center for Medicare Advocacy.
The erroneous premium refunds were a result of a computer error involving the new Part D prescription drug program. CMS officials are considering an appeal.
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(Redirected from The Awakening)
Kate Chopin (February 8, 1851 – August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels.
The Awakening (1899)Edit
Looking at his wife as one looks at a valuable piece of property which has suffered some damage.
An indescribable oppression, which seemed to generate in some unfamiliar part of her consciousness, filled her with a vague anguish...like a shadow... a mist passing across her soul's summer day.
The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude; to lose itself in mazes of inward contemplation.
Sometimes I feel this summer as if I were walking through the green meadow again; idly, aimlessly, unthinking, and unguided.
As she swam she seemed to be reaching out for the unlimited in which to lose herself.
She could only realize that she herself — her present self — was in some way different from the other self. That she was seeing with different eyes.
Edna wondered if they had all gone mad, to be talking and clamoring at that rate. She herself could think of nothing to say about Mexico or the Mexicans.
The present alone was significant; was hers, to torture her as it was doing then with the biting conviction that she had lost that which she had held, that she had been denied that which her impassioned, newly awakened being demanded.
She was moved by a kind of commiseration for Madame Ratignolle — a pity for that colorless existence which never uplifted its possessor beyond the region of blind contentment, in which no moment of anguish ever visited her soul, in which she would never have the taste of life's delirium.
"She says a wedding is one of the most lamentable spectacles on earth."
"Do you suppose a woman knows why she loves? Does she select? Does she say to herself, 'Go to! here is a distinguished statesman with presidential possibilities; I shall proceed to fall in love with him.' or, 'I shall set my heart upon this musician, whose fame is on every tongue?' or 'this financier, who controls the world's money markets?'"
"The bird that would soar above the plane of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth."
She had resolved never again to belong to another than herself.
There was something in her attitude, in her whole appearance when she leaned her head against the high-backed chair and spread her arms, which suggested the regal woman, the one who rules, who looks on, who stands alone.
"I've been seeing the waves and the white beach of Grand Isle; the quiet, grassy street of the Chênière Caminada; the old sunny fort at Grand Terre. I've been working with a little more comprehension than a machine, and still feeling like a lost soul."
All sense of reality had gone out of her life; she had abandoned herself to fate, and awaited the consequences with indifference.
There was no despondency when she fell asleep that night; nor was there hope when she awoke in the morning.
"You have been a very foolish boy, wasting your time dreaming of impossible things when you speak of Mr. Pontellier setting me free! I am no longer one of Mr. Pontelliere's possessions to dispose of or not. I give myself where I choose. If he were to say, 'here Robert, take her and be happy; she is yours,' I should laugh at you both"
"And Nature takes no account of moral consequences, of arbitrary conditions which we create, and which we feel obliged to maintain at any cost."
"The years that are gone seem like dreams -if one might go on sleeping and dreaming- but to wake up and find -oh! well! perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all ones life."
She looked into the distance, and the old terror flamed up for an instant, then sank again. Edna heard her father's voice and her sister Margaret's. She heard the barking of an old dog that was chained to the sycamore tree. The spurs of the cavalry officer clanged as he walked across the porch. There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of pinks filled the air.
She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.
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Spring fling: The updated Mazda MX-5 will arrive in Australian dealerships in late spring.
AUSTRALIAN Mazda dealers are now taking deposits for the facelifted MX-5 roadster, which the company says will arrive in local showrooms by "late spring" – just in time for summer.
The mild update to Mazda's iconic sportscar will be displayed on the company's Sydney motor show stand in October, where GoAuto understands the all-new Mazda6 mid-sizer will also make an appearance.
Mazda has applied a more aggressive front bumper design to the MX-5, improving aerodynamics, while sharpening the throttle map on manual variants and tweaking the brake booster to make it more fun to drive hard.
The company claims these changes enhance the driving pleasure that comes from "the sense of oneness between driver and car", or Jinba Ittai in Japanese.
A larger air intake more closely resembles the grille shapes of the CX-5 SUV and new Mazda6 – both of which follow Mazda's new 'Kodo' design language.
The opening sits above a new chin spoiler and is flanked by sportier-looking fog light surrounds.
Interior trim pieces like the dashboard decoration panel, steering wheel centre and instrument surrounds are now finished in glossy dark grey instead of silver.
Mazda Australia national marketing manager Alastair Doak said the MX-5 tweaks "should see it remain firmly on the shopping lists of buyers looking for fun, open-top driving".
Only 84 MX-5s were sold in Australia to the end of July, a 60 per cent slide over the same period last year and a long way from the current-generation car's peak when 166 examples left showrooms in a single month in November 2005, shortly after the local launch.
The next-generation MX-5 is due to arrive in 2014 and will be co-developed with Italian car-maker Alfa Romeo, which will use the collaboration to produce a modern iteration of its classic Spider.
Both will be built at Mazda's Hiroshima plant, where the current-generation MX-5 is built, but both will have distinct identities, unlike the Subaru BRZ/Toyota 86 twins.
Fiat-Chrysler Asia-Pacific COO Mike Manley recently promised Australian journalists the Spider will be "a genuine Alfa", despite its Japanese connection.


She's still got it. He's just getting it.
Sandy discovers that her husband has been cheating on her. She files for divorce and leaves him with her two children. Previously, she had been a housewife and a mother. She quickly rents an apartment over a coffee house, and has to find a job to support herself and her children. In the coffeehouse, a young waiter helps Sandy by babysitting for her. Aram is 25 years old with a college degree unsure of his life plans. His wife only married him for a green card, and his family thinks he's wasting his life. Sandy's children and Aram grow closer. The time he spends with her family sparks interest between them. Sandy wonders if the age difference between them makes the relationship ridiculous. Are they both suffering the effects of a rebound relationship?


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Zinedine Zidane: Won World Cup And Ended Career In Madness
Zinedine Zidane is one of the greatest soccer players in the game's history, a true legend who achieved all there is to achieve and did it in style. But what made this French attacking midfielder special, and why has a single incident marred his legendary playing career?
Who Is Zinedine Zidane?
Zidane was born Zinedine Yazid Zidane (nicknamed Zizou) in Marseille on the 23rd of June 1972. He is of Algerian descent, with his parents emigrating to France two decades before his birth. He grew up in a rough area known for a high rate of crime and unemployment.
This upbringing, as well as his family (he had four siblings), would remain close to his heart throughout, even playing a role in the incident that would come to define the end of his soccer career.
Zinedine Zidane is said to have been introduced to soccer around the age of 5 when he played on the streets with friends. He would move on to play for junior teams at the age of ten before steadily working his way up and quickly getting noticed.
After all, while many talented soccer players go unnoticed in the lower ranks, Zidane had precisely the skillset that football scouts are told to look for.
What Made Zinedine Zidane So Unique?
As a soccer player, Zidane possessed various talents and unique abilities combined into one particular player. These were:
Two Feet: Very few modern players can play equally well with both feet. They rely on one foot, limiting them in certain situations and making them easier to defend against, but the French player was equally gifted with both feet.
Cometh the Hour, Cometh Zinedine Zidane: Big players don't always show up on the biggest stages, and the thing that differentiates a great player from a legend is whether they can take their club form to European finals and World Cup finals. Zidane did just that, playing some of his best soccer when the pressure was on.
Technique: Zidane didn't look like your average skillful, showboating soccer player. He wasn't small and slight like Leo Messi and Neymar da Silva, but he possessed an unrivaled technical ability that made him a great dribbler as well as the first person you'd want on the end of a volley.
Leadership: Zinedine Zidane could carry an entire team on his shoulders, and if you ask many French soccer supporters, he did just that during the 2006 World Cup when he took France to the final.
Vision: Zidane could play a pass that no one else in professional football saw. He had a unique soccer brain that allowed him to read the game in the blink of an eye, which meant he was always one move away from a killer pass or strike.
Finishing: He knew how to strike a ball and finished with the aplomb of a prolific striker. He scored 31 goals from 108 appearances for the French national team from midfield.
Club Football Career
Zinedine Zidane started professional soccer playing for AS Cannes, making his full debut just a few weeks before his 18th birthday in 1989. Over three years, he would play 61 times for Cannes, making himself known in the French division but not catching the world's attention.
He left his mark in the AS Cannes record books by helping them to their highest league finish, but he would ultimately move onto Bordeaux. During this time, in 1996, he was said to have been offered to Premier League side Newcastle United for a fee of £1.2 million, only for Newcastle United to turn him down, believing that he just wasn't ready for the English top flight.
That would prove to be a costly mistake for the Tyneside club. Juventus weren't going to make the same mistake, and they snapped him up. Zidane joined the Italian giants in the same year. By that time, Zinedine Zidane had scored 28 goals in 131 appearances for Bordeaux and won his first caps for the French team, but it was at Juventus that he became a household name.
He instantly impacted Italy, helping Juve to a Serie A title, before repeating that success the following year. In 1998 Zinedine Zidane won the Ballon d'Or and made sure that everyone in the world knew his name.
In 2001, he transferred to his final club, Real Madrid, for a world record fee of around €77 million, playing 155 games for Madrid and winning the La Liga, the Champions League Final (also known as the European Cup), the UEFA Super Cup, and two Spanish Super Cups. He would also eventually make it into the all-time Real Madrid first 11 , a huge honor when you consider how many great players have worn the Madrid shirt.
Newcastle United made a big mistake not signing Zinedine Zidane in 1996. Still, Algeria is reported to have made an even bigger one by refusing Zidane entry to the Algeria squad because he wasn't fast enough. The French national team did let him play, and they didn't regret it.
He played in 108 games for the Les Blues and scored 31 goals. Zinedine Zidane was the main force in securing the 1998 World Cup title and the 2000 European Championship while also taking them to the final of the 2006 World Cup.
He was one of the best football players ever to wear the French shirt, if not the best, and has been voted in most all-time 11 lists, while also being bestowed with the Legion of Honour by France and the National Order of Merit Algeria.
Zidane always maintained a passion for his heritage and the country of his parents' birth, so it's fair to assume that he would have shown up to play for Algeria if he had been allowed. But you have to wonder just how successful he would have been on the world stage playing for Algeria.
Playing for the Les Bleus is probably better for all of us and the history of soccer.
The Materazzi Incident
Zinedine Zidane had one weakness throughout his playing career: his family. Whenever someone insulted his family or his heritage, he was quick to anger.
This was noticed while he was playing for Cannes, with the coaches saying that while he had the talent, he also needed to control his rage when spectators and fellow players mocked his family or his race.
He was suspended early on for punching a player who mocked his origins, and in later years, he would be pulled up for a headbutt. This anger would eventually subside, but football players would try to use his family against him throughout his career, inciting him to anger, and this worked in the World Cup final when France met Italy.
World Cup Moment
It was Zidane's last ever match, and as he had carried the French team to the World Cup final, it should have been a match that saw him leave on a high. But when Italian defender Marco Materazzi provoked him, Zidane attacked.
According to reports, Materazzi had been pulling Zinedine Zidane's shirt, leading the Frenchman to offer the Italian his shirt after the game. To this, Materazzi is said to have quipped, "I would prefer your sister."
What followed was a moment that would spoil France's World Cup and leave a red mark next to Zizou's name. Zidane lowered his head and charged at Materazzi, headbutting him in the chest and sending him sprawling to the ground. He was immediately red-carded, leaving France with ten men.
Fortunately, this occurred in extra time and is unlikely to have had much of an impact on the outcome, but it did mean that Zinedine Zidane wasn't there to take a penalty during a shootout that Italy won 5-3. This was vital considering Zidane was the leading penalty taker and had scored a spot-kick to open the scoring in regular time (the game finished 1-1, with Materazzi getting the equalizer).
The image of Zidane with his head down, charging at the Italian, endured following the World Cup, taking up more front and back pages than the images of Italy holding the trophy. But within a few months, people quickly forgot and focused more on the positive highlights of Zidane's national team career.
Zinedine Zidane Becoming A Coach
Zinedine Zidane's soccer brain was put to good use when he retired as a player and moved into management. First, he spent two years managing the Real Madrid Castilla (B) team, getting accustomed to some of their talented youngsters, including Zidane's son Luca, who played as a goalkeeper. Then, in 2016 he moved onto the Real Madrid senior side and quickly made an impact.
By the end of the 2017/2018 season, he had won countless individual awards (including Manager of the Month, Manager of the Year, Best Coach, and French Manager of the Year). In addition, he had led Los Blancos to an impressive three Champions League titles in a row and one La Liga title, two UEFA Super Cup titles, and two FIFA Club World Cup titles.
In other words, he became a record-breaking, highly decorated, legendary football manager in just three short years. In addition to winning the European Cup three times, he became the first coach to win it three consecutive years, joining Bob Paisley and Carlo Ancelotti.
The Real Madrid head coach cited the club's "need for change" as the reason for his resignation five days after winning the Champions League final for the third time.
Returning To Real Madrid
After being out of management for nine months, Real Madrid persuaded one of their all-time football heroes to come back and be reinstated as head coach. The first thing he did was spend €350 million on quality footballers and start working on making them a champion team.
In his first season back, the won the La Liga and Supercopa de España against arch-rivals Atletico Madrid. With the difficulties of COVID and playing behind closed doors with no supporters, one of the greatest player/manager in football history decided to resign for a second time.
Will Zidane Manage France?
Before France's lost to Argentina in the 2022 World Cup final, it is expected for DD to resign and for Zinedine Zidane to replace him as the France national soccer team manager.
Zidane has been shortlisted as a potential long-term replacement for Tite by the South American giants Brazil.
Zinedine Zidane Biography
In 2018, Penguin Random House released the biography of Zidane. It reveals details of one of the modern football's most brilliant players. The 352 page paperback authored by Jean Philippe and Patrick Fort explosively when shares details of the head-butting incident with Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup final.
If you are looking for an inspiring read, make sure to check it out below.
Zinedine Zidane Stats, Facts And Figures
Full Name: Zinedine Yazid Zidane
Birthplace: Marseille, France
Religion: Muslim
Net Worth: Estimated $125 million (US) His last head coach salary was US $14 million/year.
How Old Is His Sons: Enzo is 26, Luca is 23, Theo is 19, Elyaz is 16
Club Football Playing Career:
Cannes 1989–1992
Bordeaux 1992–1996
Juventus 1996–2001
Real Madrid 2001–2006
Total Appearances: 506 matches, 95 goals
National Team Career:
France 1994–2006 (108 appearances, 31 goals)
Managerial Career:
Real Madrid Castilla (B Team) 2014–2016
Club Honors:
1995: UEFA Intertoto Cup
1996–97 and 1997–98: Serie A Champions
1996: UEFA Super Cup
1996: Intercontinental Cup Winners
1997: Supercoppa Italiana Winners
1999: UEFA Intertoto Cup Winners
2002–03: La Liga Champions
2001 and 2003: Supercopa de España
2001–02 UEFA Champions League Winners
2002: Intercontinental Cup
International Honors:
France National Team
1998: FIFA World Cup Winners
2000: UEFA European Championship Winners
2006: FIFA World Cup Runners-Up
Individual Playing Honors and Awards:
1998: Ballon d'Or Winner
2000: Ballon d'Or Runner Up
1998, 2000, 2003: FIFA Player of the Year
2000: UEFA European Championship Player of the Tournament
2001, 2002, 2003: UEFA Team Of The Year
2002: UEFA Club Footballer Of The Year
2017 and 2018: FIFA Football Coach Of The Year Award
Managerial Honors:
2016-17 and 2019-20: La Liga Champions
2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18: Champions League Winners
2016, 2017: FIFA Club World Cup Winners
Honorary Orders:
1998: Knight of the Legion of Honour
2006: National Order of Merit
2008: Officer of the Legion of Honour
Tags: Ballon d'Or, Champions League, European Championship, European Soccer, French Soccer, Italian Soccer, Soccer Manager, Soccer Player, Spanish Soccer, World Cup, World Cup Winner


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April 6, 2022 April 4, 2022 Carl Robert Keyes Daily Advert UpdateBoston Evening-Post, Oliver Smith, Sign of the Golden Mortar, Visual Image, Woodcut, Woodcut in Multiple Newspapers
Boston Evening-Post (April 6, 1772).
"At the GOLDEN MORTAR … A compleat and fresh Assortment of Drugs & Medicines."
Very few images appeared in the April 6, 1772, edition of the Boston Evening-Post. The masthead ran on the first page, as usual, featuring a cartouche with an ornate border enclosing an image of a crown suspended over a heart. Immediately below, the colophon stated that the newspaper was "Printed by THOMAS and JOHN FLEET, at the HEART and CROWN in Cornhill." Readers encountered only two other images in that issue, both of them adorning advertisements on the second page. A woodcut depicting a ship at sea embellished a notice that announced the London would soon sail for London. It helped draw attention to instructions for anyone interested in "Freight or Passage [to] apply to the Captain on board, or to Nath. Wheatley's Store in King-Street."
That woodcut belonged to the printers, Thomas Fleet and John Fleet. The woodcut that accompanied Oliver Smith's advertisement, however, did not. It depicted a mortar and pestle, replicating Smith's shop sign, "the GOLDEN MORTAR," in the same way the image in the masthead represented the sign that marked the Fleets' printing office. The Fleets and other printers supplied a small number of woodcuts – ships at sea, houses, horses, enslaved people – for eighteenth-century advertisers to include in their newspaper notices. If advertisers wished for specialized images associated exclusively with their businesses, they commissioned the woodcuts and provided them to the printers. That also meant they could retrieve their woodcuts from one printing office and submit them to another.
Smith did so in the early 1770s. His woodcut depicting a mortar and pestle enhanced an advertisement in the Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Weekly News-Letter in the fall of 1771. More than half a year later, the same woodcut appeared in an advertisement in the Boston Evening-Post. Not only did Smith attempt to widen his share of the market for "Drugs & Medicines" in Boston by advertising in multiple newspapers, he also sought to increase the visibility of the device associated with his shop. The "GOLDEN MORTAR" served as a rudimentary trademark or brand that made his advertisements and his shop easy for consumers to identify.
← Slavery Advertisements Published April 6, 1772
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Chiquinha Gonzaga est un feuilleton télévisé brésilien en 30 épisodes de 50 minutes, écrit par Lauro César Muniz d'après la vie Chiquinha Gonzaga, et diffusé au Brésil entre le 12 janvier et le  sur le réseau Globo. En France, le feuilleton a été diffusé du 24 juillet au  sur France 2.

Synopsis
La série a une narration de récit à tiroirs. En effet, elle est une succession de souvenirs de Chiquinha Gonzaga, lorsqu'elle assiste, vers la fin de sa vie, à la représentation de sa biographie au théâtre.

Francisca Edwiges Neves Gonzaga, dite Chiquinha Gonzaga, est la fille d'un militaire de carrière, homme blanc issu d'une famille aisée, et de Rosa Maria de Lime, une femme métisse pauvre. Chiquinha Gonzaga a reçu comme toute fille de militaire une éducation de qualité, mais parmi tout ce qu'on lui enseignait, elle adorait par-dessus tout la musique et excellait au piano.

Bien qu'on l'ait formée pour devenir une dame, Chiquinha Gonzaga était une rêveuse rebelle, qui rejetait le rôle auquel la société brésilienne du  conditionnait les femmes.

À 15 ans, Chiquinha Gonzaga tomba amoureuse d'un homme beaucoup plus âgé à réputation sulfureuse, nommé Jean-Baptiste. Mais son père voulait l'élever au rang de dame en la mariant à Jacinto, jeune homme de sang noble et immensément riche qui était destiné à faire carrière dans la marine. Il possédait d'ailleurs son propre vaisseau de guerre. Chiquinha Gonzaga refusait catégoriquement ce mariage et ses parents l'envoyèrent se faire corriger dans un couvent.

Mais elle apprit que Jean-Baptiste avait une amante, Suzette, danseuse à Alcazar, un grand cabaret de Rio de Janeiro. Le cœur brisé, elle se résolut à tourner la page, en se mariant par dépit avec Jacinto.

Mais sa vie de femme mariée n'était guère plus heureuse. Son mari exigeait d'elle qu'elle se comportât comme tout autre dame: elle devait servir son mari et lui obéir, rester cloîtrée chez elle, lui donner des enfants... Chiquinha Gonzaga se réfugia dans la musique avec le piano que son père lui avait offert. Elle était attirée par la musique africaine, fréquentait des nègres et voyait Jean-Baptiste.

Après maintes disputes, le couple vécut paisiblement pendant un certain temps: enceinte de son premier enfant, Chiquinha Gonzaga promit à son mari d'être une dame comme il fallait, en échange de quoi Jacinto fit affranchir un jeune esclave nègre qu'elle protégeait. Chiquinha Gonzaga se réfugiait encore plus dans la musique, jouant sans cesse du piano à chaque fois qu'elle devait se faire violence pour obéir à son mari.

Un soir, alors qu'elle jouait frénétiquement au piano pour protester contre Jacinto qui voulait partir en guerre en emmenant sa femme et leur fils Jean-Alberto, son mari abattit violemment le couvercle du clavier sur ses doigts et revendit le piano. Malgré plusieurs tentatives et aidée par un esclave et ses amis, Chiquinha Gonzaga et son fils suivirent Jacinto sur son vaisseau en laissant leur nouveau-née, Maria, chez les parents de Chiquinha. Un subalterne de Jacinto tomba amoureux de Chiquinha Gonzaga et lui proposa de l'aider à s'évader, mais Jacinto intercepta Chiquinha et la viola.

Jacinto finit par laisser sa femme partir avec leur fils et l'esclave qui les accompagnait lorsqu'un jour, il risquait de perdre une bataille particulièrement difficile. De retour à Rio de Janeiro, Chiquinha Gonzaga refusa de rentrer à la maison de son mari et se réfugia chez ses amis nègres. Apprenant qu'elle était à nouveau enceinte, elle renonça à l'avortement et s'installa dans le grenier d'une maison en ville.

Son père la renia, lui retira sa fille et interdit Rosa de la recevoir. Jacinto, de retour à Rio de Janeiro, resta sans nouvelle de sa femme, jusqu'au jour où Chiquinha Gonzaga accouchait de leur enfant. Comme l'enfant était de travers et Chiquinha réclamait sa mère, on alla finalement chercher son mari. Elle divorça en lui laissant leur dernier-né, Ilario, et épousa Jean-Baptiste.

Mais lorsqu'elle eut une fille, Alice, avec Jean-Baptiste, elle le surprit en flagrant délit d'adultère et repartit aussitôt avec Jean-Alberto à Rio de Janeiro, en laissant une nouvelle fois son bébé sur les supplications Jean-Baptiste. Chiquinha Gonzaga connut la misère: elle n'avait ni mari ni père pour subvenir à ses besoins et partout on refusait lui offrir un emploi en raison de son sexe. Pour la soulager, Jean-Alberto décida de retourner vivre chez son père.

Mais Jacinto était ruiné et devait quitter sa splendide demeure qu'il avait dû vendre. Néanmoins, il accepta de garder son fils aîné. Chiquinha Gonzaga, désespérée après avoir vainement supplier son fils de revenir, errait dans la rue, lorsqu'elle aperçut Jean-Alberto en train de boire du lait d'une vache qu'on était en train de traire. Folle de joie, elle versa le lait sur son fils et la "flip flap" des gouttes lui inspira une mélodie à laquelle elle donna le nom d'"Atraente" ("Attirance"). Elle la publia et le succès fut immédiat. On lui proposa immédiatement d'être pianiste dans un salon. Ainsi commença son extraordinaire carrière de musicienne-compositrice. Elle finit par être un véritable idole et devint la première femme chef d'orchestre du Brésil.

Tout au long de sa vie professionnlle, on assiste à l'évolution de sa vie sentimentale, de sa vie de mère, de la vie de ses enfants, de ses amis et de ses voisins, ainsi que celle de la société brésilienne, comme entre autres l'abolition de l'esclavage et la fin de la monarchie.

Distribution
 Gabriela Duarte : Chiquinha Gonzaga (jeune fille puis jeune femme)
 Regina Duarte : Chiquinha Gonzaga (âge mûr puis vieillesse)

Épisodes

Voir aussi

Liens externes
  Fiche du feuilleton sur IMDb
  Photos, résumé et générique, sur le site Teledramaturgia

Telenovela
Série télévisée de TV Globo
Série télévisée brésilienne des années 1990
Série télévisée brésilienne des années 2000
Série télévisée créée en 1999

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ANALYSIS: From Kavuma to Owiny-Dollo
AGATHER ATUHAIRE September 4, 2017	In The Magazine, NEWS ANALYSIS, The News Today Leave a comment
What next as Museveni's cadre judges win?
Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | On Aug 18 President Yoweri Museveni appointed a new Deputy Chief Justice to replace DCJ Steven Kavuma who retires this month and elevated two other justices from Court Of Appeal to Supreme Court. The DCJ designate pending parliamentary approval is Justice Alphonse OwinyDollo and the two elevated to Supreme Court are former Director of Public Prosecution Richard Butera and former head of the Anti-Corruption Court Paul Mugamba.
While one would think the public would be happy about the retirement of Kavuma due to the way he has presided over the Court of Appeal/ constitutional Court, the choice of his replacement has caused mixed reaction in legal circles.
Most lawyers The Independent has spoken to think Owiny-Dollo will be no different from Kavuma since he is also "easily swayed by Museveni".
Owiny-Dollo is a former politician who lost the Agago County parliamentary seat to Morris Ogenga Latigo in 2006. He has also served as State Minister for Northern Uganda before he was called to the Bench as High Court Judge. In 2006, he was on the Museveni's defense research team when leading opposition leader Kizza Besigye challenged Museveni presidential election win in court. His biggest case as judge has been presiding over the case of the 2010 twin bombings in Kampala where he convicted seven of the suspects in 2015. He was in the same year appointed to the Court of Appeal.
In the eyes of many, Owiny-Dollo beat of stiff competition to become DCJ. In this case, Museveni appointed three judges that have been on Court of Appeal for barely three years when there are more senior judges that have sat on the court for much longer and appeared more qualified. Justice Remmy Kasule and Justice Frederick Egonda-Ntende are often mentioned. Many say they are Supreme Court pedigree at least.
Remmy Kasule has served on the Court of Appeal since 2011 but he could have ascended to it earlier in 2002 if his name had not been rejected by Museveni when he was first nominated. Museveni had then preferred the outgoing DCJ Kavuma instead.
Kasule was the only Judge of the five justices of the Court that ruled in favor of the rebel MPs when NRM sought to throw them out of Parliament after their expulsion from the party.
In an elaborate dissenting judgment, Kasule said that expulsion from a party does not mean an MP automatically loses his seat in Parliament. The rebel MPs based on his ruling to challenge the decision of the majority in the Supreme Court which confirmed Kasule's judgment. Kasule is the current Chairman of the Uganda Law Council and former President of Uganda Law Society.
Egonda-Ntende has also been praised in the legal circles for giving "thorough and independent" judgments. He recently returned from the Republic of Seychelles where he served as a Chief Justice for five years.
He was, upon return, reappointed to the Court of Appeal where he had been serving before he left.
He is famous for his land mark ruling in the case of Osotraco vs Attorney General, where he said that the state is not above the law and ordered for the eviction of a government ministry from the property of the plaintiff company. His other famous case is that of maverick army general David Tinyefuza Vs Attorney General where the Constitutional Court ruled for Tinyefuza's retirement from the army before its Judgment was overruled by the Supreme Court.
Senior lawyer Wandera Ogalo says there were more experienced judges that the President could have appointed.
"I don't doubt the capability of the judges that have been appointed," Ogalo says, "I think they are competent Judges but in this case I think there were more experienced Judges that deserved the appointment."
He added, "A Judge like Kasule has a long experience in private practice, the lawyers have great confidence in him having been President of the ULS and their representative on the Judicial Service Commission. And then there is Egonda-Ntende, a person who has even been a Chief Justice of another country."
Another senior Lawyer who talked to the Independent on condition of anonymity said it is unfortunate that Museveni skips judges with vast experience and unequalled competence.
"A Judge like Egonda-Ntende is Supreme Court material," he said, "a Judge like Remmy Kasule is Supreme Court material."
Another interesting choice is that of Justice Paul Mugamba. Of the three appointees to the Supreme Court, he is seen by many as most deserving of the appointment. Like many judges, observers say, he would possibly dance to Museveni's tune. But, they say, not as ebulliently as Butera and Owiny-Dollo. In other words, Mugamba, is not perceived as a thorough-bred cadre judge; a title that refers to judges whom Museveni can count on to automatically rule in his favour and that of the ruling NRM party at all times.
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Woman724: Mother's Day – My Special Amah.
Mother's Day – My Special Amah.
This special lady is my house-help, my dear Amah who scolds and ticks me as though I am her"naughty little daughter". We dearly love this lady, a mum to me and a grandmother to my kids; she is a 77years old Chinese lady! (Photo: my son and Ahso).
Buy or spend anything excessive, she will yak yak nonstop to teach us to be thriftier. She will nag my kids for not keeping their rooms clean or if they don't listen to me.
I have advised her many times to please please retire but no, she insisted saying that she loves working and will die if she stops. Such a hardworking, dedicated, passionate and lovable lady she sings as she tends to her daily chores.
1998 Ahso introduced me to a young Chinese girl, Ayee who workd for 4years, left to follow hubby to Ireland (Chinese Restaurant there). When I asked Ahso to find me a replacement, she volunteered her services, since year 2002.
Remember when I was single, I got a Chinese couple to help clean my apartment? Ever since, I always prefer our local Chinese helpers. My in-laws n neighbours find my preferance strange - My kids are thrilled always getting presents and Angpows for both Hari Raya and Chinese New Year from them.They become so part of our family.
Ahso is very well respected around here for her 'age' and her 'work ethics' - cant afford to be lazy around her! See, she effortlessly climbs and sit at the top of ladders to scrub the ceiling fans and the windows!
hi katrina, wow ! ! that is really fantastic..


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Total knee arthroplasty using trochlear groove as guide for position of femoral component in severe knee osteoarthritis
Gangyong Huang1,
Jun Xia1,
Siqun Wang1,
Yibing Wei1,
Jianguo Wu1,
Feiyan Chen1,
Jie Chen1 &
Jingsheng Shi1
Apart from transepicondylar axis, the native femoral sulcus was also reported to be used as a guide for the femoral component position in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, it was not shown in patients with severe knee osteoarthritis. This study was conducted to compare the position of trochlear groove in patients with and without osteoarthritis, and to assess whether trochlear groove could be used as a guide for position of femoral component in TKA for severe knee osteoarthritis.
Total 50 severe knee osteoarthritis patients (Kellgren Lawrence grade 3 or 4) who underwent TKA were included. Meanwhile, 50 patients who underwent arthroscopic surgery without osteoarthritis were included as control. The distance from trochlear groove to the midpoint of a virtual anterior condyle osteotomy line (parallel to the posterior condyle line) (a–b) was recorded by radiological and surgical measurements. Midpoint of transepicondylar axis and trochlear groove were used as guide for placing prosthesis model in TKA, respectively. No-thumb test was performed to assess the patellar tracking. The position of femoral component was finally performed using trochlear groove as guide in TKA.
Value of "a–b" was significantly different between osteoarthritic and control knees (P = 0.008). During the placement of prosthesis model, similar patellar tracking was detected between using midpoint of transepicondylar axis and trochlear groove as guide (P > 0.05). After placing femoral component using trochlear groove as guide, most patients obtained good patellofemoral congruence with pneumatic tourniquet inflated (n = 43) or deflated (n = 5), and good patellofemoral congruence was also obtained by lateral patellar retinaculum release in two patients.
Despite the shifting of trochlear groove caused by severe knee osteoarthritis, trochlear groove can be used as a guide for position of femoral component, with equivalent patellar tracking compared with transepicondylar axis.
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a well-proven procedure with success rate of more than 90 % [1, 2]. However, patellofemoral complications (such as anterior knee pain, patellar subluxation, patellofemoral wear and patellar prosthesis loosening and fracture) commonly occurred after TKA, which could lead to poor function of the knee [3]. Previous studies have found that the operative technique, prosthetic design, axial malalignment and malrotation as well as poor patellar tracking contributed to the patellofemoral complications [4–7]. Besides, femoral component designs and position were also reported as the main causes of poor patellar tracking in TKA [8–10].
Currently, transepicondylar axis (also known as the surgical epicondylar axis), a line between the medial and lateral epicondyles (3° of external rotation relative to the femur posterior condyles line), is commonly used as a guide for positioning of the femoral component in TKA [11, 12]. Compared with other reference lines (such as Whiteside's line, femoral transverse axis or posterior condylar axis), the transepicondylar axis was recommended for valgus knees [13–15]. However, it was reported that only 75 % of knees would have been within 3° of the true epicondylar axis when using epicondyles to control rotation, so the clinical estimation of the epicondylar axis was inaccurate [16]. Moreover, transepicondylar axis was just logical and appropriate when used as a principal axis for knees between 0° and 60° of flexion [17].
Recently, previous studies have reported that native femoral sulcus could be used as a guide for the femoral component position in TKA [8, 18]. However, it was not known yet whether trochlear groove was shifting with line of force in severe osteoarthritic knee, and whether the positioning of the femoral component using trochlear groove as reference contributed to the reconstruction of patellar tracking in patients with severe knee osteoarthritis. Thus, this study was conducted to compare the position of trochlear groove in patients with and without osteoarthritis. Meanwhile, we also compared the patellar tracking by using the midpoint of transepicondylar axis and trochlear groove as guide for the position of femoral component. Our study would give the surgeons instruction of the position of femoral component during the TKA for patients with severe knee osteoarthritis.
Total 197 consecutive patients who underwent selective TKA for knee osteoarthritis in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Huashan Hospital from January 2009 to January 2011 were recruited in knee osteoarthritis group for the study. The inclusion criteria were as follows: age of more than 20 years old; a diagnosis of severe knee osteoarthritis (Kellgren Lawrence grade 3 or 4) according to the Kellgren and Lawrence classification criteria [19, 20]; unilateral TKA would be performed. Patient with unwillingness to sign the informed consent form or who had extra-articular malformation was excluded. All osteoarthritis patients who were scheduled for TKA took the full-length weight-bearing radiographs of both lower extremities and computed tomography (CT) scanning of the knee before surgery. Meanwhile, patients who underwent arthroscopic surgery homochronously in our department were recruited as controls. The patients in control group should meet the following criteria: age of above 20 years old; no history of knee arthropathy; no diagnosis of osteoarthritis through preoperative routine X-radioscopy and arthroscopy; and consent to receive the CT scanning to rule out osteoarthritis. This prospective study was approved by the ethics committee of Shanghai Huashan Hospital.
The CT scanning
The CT scans were performed using a 256-slice multi-detector CT (MDCT) scanner (Philips Brilliance iCT, Philips Healthcare, Cleveland, USA). Patients were placed in supine position with the knee fully extending and feet closed together. All images were reconstructed with 3-mm slice thickness at 3-mm intervals in the transverse (axial) planes. Image data were then transferred to a Centricity picture archiving and communication system (PACS) workstation (Centricity 1.0; GE Healthcare) and analyzed using Centricity PACS software (GE Healthcare, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, UK). The first layer image near intercondylar fossa was used and evaluated by two experienced orthopedic radiologists. As shown in Fig. 1a, the lowest point of femoral trochlea (trochlear groove) was defined as point "a", and the midpoint of a virtual anterior condyle osteotomy line (which was parallel to the line of posterior condyle) was defined as point "b"; the distance from "a" to "b" (a–b) was measured. The positive value of distance a–b was determined with the "a" point at the lateral of "b" point; otherwise, the negative value of distance a–b was obtained. The measurements for 20 repeated radiographs were performed to determine intra-observer reliability, which were evaluated using an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC, one way random).
Preoperative computed tomography (CT) scanning. a the measurement of distances from the lowest point of trochlear groove to the midpoint of anterior condyle in CT images. Line 1: the virtual anterior condyle osteotomy line; line 2: the posterior condyle line. b the osteophytes in the patients with severe knee osteoarthritis
All the osteoarthritis patients received knee surface replacement with the preservation of the patella. A senior specialist performed the TKA using Genesis II prosthesis (Genesis II PS High-Flexion, Smith and Nephew, USA) which had an intrinsic 3° of internal rotation (the medial posterior condyle was thinner than the lateral posterior condyle in this prosthesis). Patients were placed in supine position and a pneumatic tourniquet was inflated on the proximal thigh for reducing intraoperative blood loss. Under general anesthesia, the knee joint was exposed through medial parapatellar arthrotomy. After removing the osteophytes (Fig. 1b) on the femur, the distal femoral osteotomy was performed perpendicular to the mechanical axis of the femur. Then osteotomy for anterior and posterior condyle was performed based on the posterior condyle line. Subsequently, the distance from "a" to "b" was measured as shown in Fig. 2a. After oblique osteotomy and the preparation of soft tissues, a prosthesis model was placed in each patient using midpoint of transepicondylar axis and trochlear groove as reference point respectively. Meanwhile, patellar tracking was evaluated using no-thumb test [21, 22]. No-thumb test was considered positive if patellar maltracking was identified under tourniquet deflation, otherwise, negative result was considered. Finally, the femoral prostheses were fixed with the trochlear groove as reference point, and patellar tracking was re-evaluated using no-thumb test (Fig. 2b). A lateral retinacular release was performed if no-thumb test was positive.
Operative procedure. a the measurement of distances from the lowest point of trochlear groove to the midpoint of anterior condyle osteotomy line during the surgery. b patellar tracking was evaluated by no-thumb test
Postoperative management and follow-up
Patient were on bed rest with the affected limb elevated at postoperative 24 h and with ice applied to the wound site to decrease swelling and pain. Intravenous injection of Cefuroxime (1.5 g) was conducted once during postoperative 12–24 h for infection prevention. Elastic stocking was used after the removal of negative pressure drainage in case of thrombosis, and the prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis was also performed by the administration of blood coagulation factor X-antagonist (Rivaroxaban) for 4 weeks. Physiotherapy was performed under the guidance of physiatrician. Patients were encouraged to take quadriceps femoris muscular training and range of motion (ROM) exercises of the knee from postoperative 1 day, and were allowed to take weight-bearing walking with additional protection. Thereafter they were allowed to take independent ambulation and daily living training at postoperative 6 week.
All the patients receiving TKA were followed-up for at least 1 year. During the follow-up, the knee society score (KSS), visual-analogue scale (VAS) score for anterior knee pain and postoperative complications were assessed and recorded.
The sample size was estimated by using the following formula: \( \begin{array}{l}\mathrm{N}={\mathrm{Z}}^2\times \left(\mathrm{P} \times \left(1 - \mathrm{P}\right)\right)/{\mathrm{E}}^2\\ {}\end{array} \) [23], where N = sample size; Z = the standard normal deviation, usually 1.96 at 95 % confidence level; P = expected prevalence rate of 50 %; and E = precision (margin of error at 15 %). Based on this formula, the minimum sample size needed was 43, and power of this study was 0.9.
Data were analyzed using SPSS 15.0. The independent sample t-test was applied for the comparison between knee osteoarthritis and control groups. The paired t-test was used for the comparison of parameters before and after surgery. Comparison of proportions was performed using the χ2 test. The correlation between offset of mechanical axis and position of trochlear groove was assessed using the Pearson's correlation test. For all the analysis, P < 0.05 was considered statistical significant.
In this study, only 52 patients with knee osteoarthritis signed the informed consent forms, among whom one patient with rheumatoid arthritis was excluded and the other case accompanied with ipsolateral Crowe-IV developmental dysplasia of the hip were also excluded due to the severe articular valgus. Total 50 patients who underwent arthroscopic surgery homochronously were recruited as controls, including 28 cases of gonarthromeningitis, 17 cases of meniscus injury, 3 cases of knee ligament injury and 2 cases of knee joint pain caused by saphenous nerve entrapment.
Comparison between knee osteoarthritis and control groups
As shown in Table 1, knee osteoarthritis and control patients were similar in sex and affected side (P > 005). However, patients in knee osteoarthritis group were significantly older than control ones (P < 0.001). According to the CT scanning, knee osteoarthritis patients did not differ from control patients in femur anterior condyle width (P = 0.994), whereas there was significant difference in the value of "a–b" between the two groups (P = 0.008). In addition, Fig. 3 showed that the proportion of knee osteoarthritis patients with the value of "a–b" between -0.10 cm and 0.00 cm was the highest, whereas the most control patients had a value of "a–b" between 0.00 cm and 0.05 cm. Meanwhile, the results of ICC showed a significant consistency among the repeated measurements (r > 0.9, P < 0.05).
Table 1 Comparison between knee osteoarthritis and control group
Distances from the lowest point of trochlear groove to the midpoint of virtual anterior condyle osteotomy line (a-b) by CT scanning
Clinical outcomes
During the operation, the width of femur anterior condyle and the value of "a–b" were re-measured, and similar measurements were obtained compared with CT scanning (P > 0.05, Table 2 and Fig. 4). In addition, joint deformity was assessed by the full-length weight-bearing radioscopy in these patients with severe knee osteoarthritis. There were 88 % patients (n = 44) with varus deformity (10.2 ± 3.7°) and 12 % patients (n = 6) with valgus deformity (6.1 ± 5.1°). No correlation was found between the intraoperative position of trochlear groove (value of "a–b") and the joint deformity (r = 0.068, P = 0.639).
Table 2 Measurements of femur anterior condyle width and distance from "a" to "b" by CT scanning and intraoperative measurement
Measured distances from the lowest point of trochlear groove to the midpoint of anterior condyle osteotomy line (a–b) during the surgery
The no-thumb test showed the similar results of patellar tracking by using midpoint of transepicondylar axis and trochlear groove as reference point for placing prosthesis model (P > 0.05, Table 3). After prostheses placement with trochlear groove as a reference point, total 43 patients had good patellofemoral congruence with the fixation of pneumatic tourniquet. Meanwhile, good patellofemoral congruence was obtained after the deflation of tourniquet in 5 patients. For the other two patients, good patellofemoral congruence was also achieved by lateral retinacular release.
Table 3 Results of no-thumb test
During the median follow up of 2.6 years (range 1–4.25 years), the median KSS score was 92 (interquartile range: 80–104). Total 90 % (45/50) patients had VAS score lower than 3. Among other 5 patients, one patient had VAS score of 4 and four patients had VAS score of 3. One patient developed deep vein thrombosis of lower limb at 7 days and 3 weeks after surgery and was cured by conventional treatment. No other complications, such as pulmonary embolism, postoperative periprosthetic fracture, wound infection and flexion instability from malrotation, occurred in these patients during follow up.
It has been reported that trochlear groove was near to the midline of the medial and lateral condyles in normal knees and it would be moved during the flexion of joint [24, 25]. In the present study, trochlear groove was shown at the midpoint of a virtual anterior condyle osteotomy line (which was parallel to the posterior condyle line) of knee without osteoarthritis but was 0.9 mm medial to that midpoint in osteoarthritic knee. However, Lingaraj and Bartlett (2009) reported that the mean sulcus position was 0.7 mm lateral to the midline of the distal femoral resection in patients undergoing TKA [26]. Besides, a previous study by Eckhoff et al. (1996) demonstrated that the sulcus of the trochlear groove was also lateral to the midline but with no significant difference between osteoarthritic and normal knees [25]. The inconsistent results might be explained by the different reference line used as the midline of distal femur for the position of trochlear groove, as Lingaraj and Bartlett used the midline perpendicular to the distal margin of oblique osteotomy [26], Eckhoff et al. used the midline perpendicular to the posterior condyle line [25], and our study adopted the midline perpendicular to the distal margin of anterior condyle osteotomy. Besides, the severity of knee osteoarthritis causing joint deformity might be the other reason for the different results among the aforementioned studies. Anyhow, it indicated that the trochlear groove was significantly shifted during the occurrence of knee osteoarthritis. On the other hand, there was no significant difference in the distance a–b by using CT scanning and intraoperative measurement, suggesting that the position of trochlear groove using the distal margin of anterior condyle osteotomy as reference was stable. However, considering CT scan could not support full visualization of cartilage [27] and might produce errors between radiological and clinical determination of trochlear groove, further study was needed to verify the shift of trochlear groove in osteoarthritis and explore the mechanism.
Patients with severe knee osteoarthritis were always accompanied with varus or valgus deformity [28]. In this study, most of patients (88 %) had varus deformity and 12 % patients had valgus deformity; nevertheless, no significant correlation was found between the position of trochlear groove and the joint deformity. This was in consistent with Lingaraj and Bartlett (2009) who also found the difference in the mean sulcus position was not significant between valgus and varus knees [26].
During the surgery, the no-thumb test showed the similar patellar maltracking by using midpoint of transepicondylar axis and trochlear groove as guide for placing prosthesis model. Previous studies have showed that the position of femoral prosthesis could influence the patellar tracking [10, 18]. Also for the patellar prosthesis, it was reported that about 2.5 mm inward shifting of patellar prosthesis could improve patellar tracking [29]. In this study, TKA was performed with the preservation of the patella. Thus, the patellar tracking was mainly affected by the position and design of femoral prosthesis as well as soft tissue technique. Furthermore, it was reported that the patellar tracking was more associated with the changed position of trochlear groove in the TKA without patellar replacement [30–32]. This further supported that trochlear groove might be the most appropriate guide for position of femoral prosthesis in this study. In addition, it has been reported the slightly external rotation of femoral prosthesis was useful for improving patellar tracking in TKA [33–36]. However, when a conventional femoral component was externally rotated, some rotational incongruity may occur between the femoral and tibial articular surfaces regardless of the position of the tibial component [9]. Thus the use of a femoral component with a thicker posterolateral than posteromedial femoral condyle would minimize the rotational malalignment [37]. Despite the neutral rotation of the femoral component, good patellar tracking was also achieved after TKA by using trochlear groove as a reference.
In addition, previous study has reported that trochlear groove was not a straight line [38]. In this study, only the lowest point of trochlear groove at the distal margin of anterior condyle osteotomy (which was available for positioning) was used in this study due to the limitation of operation. Thus, more studies were required to verify the results of this study.
There were some other limitations in this study. Firstly, patients aged over 70 years old, who underwent arthroscopy but not had knee osteoarthritis, were rare, so there was a big difference in mean age of knee osteoarthritis and control groups in this study, which would affect the results. Secondly, patellar tracking after the placement of prosthesis model was only assessed using no-thumb test, and the patellar maltracking might be overestimated [39]. Third, prostheses were finally fixed with the trochlear groove as reference, and comparison of patellar tracking after the placement of prosthesis by using transepicondylar line and trochlear groove as references was not performed. Besides, most of patients (88 %) in this study had varus deformity, which may bring bias for the results of this study. Hence, further prospective randomized control study should be performed to compare the clinical outcomes of TKA using transepicondylar axis and trochlear groove as reference for knee osteoarthritis patients, as well as to confirm the accuracy of the femoral component placement using trochlear groove.
In conclusion, it was found that trochlear groove was shifted during the occurrence of severe osteoarthritis. Similar patellar tracking was detected by no-thumb test when using trochlear groove and transepicondylar axis as guide for position of femoral component. Meanwhile, no correlation was found between position of trochlear groove and joint deformity. Our study would give the surgeons a reference that trochlear groove could be used as a guide for position of femoral component during the TKA for patients with severe knee osteoarthritis.
TKA, total knee arthroplasty; CT, computed tomography; MDCT, multi-detector CT; PACS, picture archiving and communication system; ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient; ROM, range of motion; KSS, knee society score; VAS, visual-analogue scale.
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The datasets supporting the conclusions of this article are included within the article.
GH and JX participated in the design of this study, and they both performed the statistical analysis. SW, YW, JW and FC carried out the study and collected important background information. JC and JS drafted the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
All the author announce that there are no conflict interests and consent to publish this article.
Ethics approval and patients' consent
This prospective study was approved by the ethics committee of Shanghai Huashan Hospital. All the participants in the study signed the informed consent forms.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Huashan Hospital Fudan University, 12th Wulumuqi Middle Road, Shanghai, 200040, China
Gangyong Huang, Jun Xia, Siqun Wang, Yibing Wei, Jianguo Wu, Feiyan Chen, Jie Chen & Jingsheng Shi
Gangyong Huang
Jun Xia
Siqun Wang
Yibing Wei
Jianguo Wu
Feiyan Chen
Jie Chen
Jingsheng Shi
Correspondence to Jun Xia.
Huang, G., Xia, J., Wang, S. et al. Total knee arthroplasty using trochlear groove as guide for position of femoral component in severe knee osteoarthritis. BMC Surg 16, 33 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-016-0148-z
Accepted: 30 April 2016
Total knee arthroplasty
Patellar tracking
Trochlear groove


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Not too long ago in Auckland New Zealand, I found myself spending the day with one of the most flamboyant, colourful and talented ladies. Peta Mathias is one the most noted TV cooking host, author and teacher at the Auckland Fish Market. First she demonstrates and then in the next room the ingredients have been prepped and the students cook the recipes. Then they all sit down at a long table to eat their way through their cooked meal, often to the singing of Peta where "I make everyone cry and then they go home".
She shows-off her culinary skills "with whatever has recently influenced moi". My last class was a mixture of French and Moroccan".
Fortunate students can attend her classes each summer in her spiritual home in Frances. 'Fete Accomplie' sits among the lavender and wild thyme in Mas, St. Victor des Oules near Uzes. These classes are not structured and are a gastronomic adventure. She mixes the food as she does her tours – with great diversity. The provisional itinerary from May 31-June 7 (2008) starts with a pick up at Nimes train station. There's a soupcon of cooking touring markets, visiting a goat farm, eating at top restaurants, taking a French class. At Nimes train station at the farewell, it seems even the most steel hearted bursts into tears. Ditto with her classes in Marrakesh. Scheduled from October 4-10. Mohammed the gardener gives a tour of his property, there's horse trek with Les Cavaliers de l'Atlas, stir in some casual cooking class where Peta demonstrates warks (Moroccan pastry) and trid (chicken and warka dish). Off to the souk and more cooking and touring and knowing Peta, the unexpected is to be expected.