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En 2050, la France pourrait compter 4 millions de seniors en perte d'autonomie

🚀 Découvrez comment la France 🇫🇷 sera transformée en 2050 avec +4M de seniors en perte d'autonomie ! 💡 #Avenir #Seniors2050

La France fait face à un vieillissement démographique marquant, une tendance confirmée par la Drees. Selon leurs projections, actualisées par le modèle Livia, le nombre de seniors en perte d’autonomie augmentera significativement d’ici 2050. Ces changements démographiques posent des défis majeurs pour la société et les politiques publiques. L’adaptation des systèmes de santé et de retraite…

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THE EVENS ARTS PRIZE 2023

Exploring the critical imaginaries of AI The Evens Arts Prize 2023 is dedicated to artistic practices that challenge prevailing systems of knowledge and experiments new alliances between living beings and machines. 

The Jury is composed of Daniel Blanga Gubbay, Artistic Co-Director, Kunstenfestivaldesarts; Nicolas Bourriaud, Artistic Director, 15th Gwangju Biennale; Elena Filipovic, Director and Curator, Kunsthalle Basel; Matteo Pasquinelli, Associate Professor in Philosophy of Science, Ca’ Foscari University; Gosia Plysa, Director, Unsound. The Jury Chair is André Wilkens, Director, European Cultural Foundation. Artistic Director:  Anne Davidian, curator.

Focus of the Evens Arts Prize 2023 The widespread use of AI applications, particularly in the form of text-to-image generators and large language models, has sparked intense scrutiny and debate. These discussions, fueled by both excitement about their potential and concerns about their biases, bring to the forefront crucial questions about human subjectivity, autonomy, and agency.

Technical systems are deeply intertwined with social systems, shaping our lived experiences, aspirations, and politics. Together with artists, how can we better understand and address the impact of AI and the broader constellation of digital technologies and algorithmic politics? What new imaginaries and alliances can we cultivate between living beings and machines?

The new edition of the Evens Arts Prize seeks to highlight artistic projects that explore alternative cosmologies and epistemologies, question human exceptionalism, and shed light on issues such as surveillance, manipulation, extractivism, digital governance, justice, care, and responsibility in the age of machine intelligence. Of particular interest are practices that experiment with AI to challenge prevailing systems of knowledge and power asymmetries, mobilise technologies towards emancipatory community outcomes, and envision democratic futures.

The laureate is selected by an independent jury from a list of nominations put forward by representatives of major European cultural institutions.

The Nominators of the Evens Arts Prize 2023 Ramon Amaro, Senior Researcher in Digital Culture, Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam; Zdenka Badovinac, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb; Lars Bang Larsen, Head of Art & Research, Art Hub, Copenhagen; Leonardo Bigazzi, Curator, Foundation In Between Art Films, Rome; Mercedes Bunz, Professor Digital Culture & Humanities, King's College, London; Francesca Corona, Artistic Director, Festival d'Automne, Paris; Julia Eckhardt, Artistic Director, Q-02, Brussels; Silvia Fanti, Artistic Director, Live Arts Week /Xing, Bologna; iLiana Fokianaki, Founder, State of Concept, Athens; Cyrus Goberville, Head of Cultural Programming, Bourse de Commerce | Pinault Collection, Paris; Stefanie Hessler, Director, Swiss Institute, New York; Mathilde Henrot, Programmer, Locarno Film Festival; Nora N. Khan & Andrea Bellini, Artistic Directors, Biennale Image en Mouvement 2024, Geneva; Peter Kirn, Director, MusicMakers HackLab, CTM Festival, Berlin; Inga Lace, Curator, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga; Andrea Lissoni, Director, Haus der Kunst, Munich; Frank Madlener, Director, IRCAM, Paris; Anna Manubens, Director, Hangar, Barcelona; Anne Hilde Neset, Director, Henie Onstad, Høvikodden; Nóra Ó Murchú, Artistic Director, transmediale, Berlin; Maria Ines Rodriguez, Director, Walter Leblanc Foundation, Brussels; Nadim Samman, Curator for the Digital Sphere, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; Andras Siebold, Artistic Director, Kampnagel, Hamburg; Caspar Sonnen, Head of New Media, International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA), Amsterdam; Marlies Wirth, Curator for Digital Arts, MAK, Vienna; Ben Vickers, Curator, Publisher, CTO, Serpentine Galleries, London.

The Evens Arts Prize The Evens Arts Prize honours artists who engage with contemporary challenges in Europe and shape inspirational visions for our common world. Far from reducing artistic practice to a function – whether a social balm or a political catalyst – the Evens Arts Prize supports aesthetically and intellectually powerful work that pushes the understanding of alterity, difference, and plurality in new directions, questions values and narratives, creates space for silenced or dissonant voices, and reflects on diverse forms of togetherness and belonging.

The biennial Prize is awarded to a European artist working in the fields of visual or performing arts, including cinema, theater, dance, music; it carries a sum of €15,000. The laureates are selected by an independent jury, from a list of internationally acclaimed artists, nominated by representatives of major European cultural institutions.

The 2011, 2019 and 2021 editions were curated by Anne Davidian and celebrated Marlene Monteiro Freitas, Eszter Salamon, and Sven Augustijnen as laureates of the main prize, while Eliane Radigue and Andrea Büttner received the Special Mention of the Jury.

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📷 from Atlas of Anomalous AI, edited by Ben Vickers and K Allado-McDowell, Ignota Books, 2020

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Pédicurie et marche : un duo gagnant pour les seniors

Les pieds, souvent oubliés, jouent un rôle fondamental dans notre équilibre et notre mobilité. Chez les personnes âgées, prendre soin de ses pieds devient encore plus crucial pour prévenir les chutes, améliorer la qualité de vie et préserver l'autonomie.

Pourquoi les soins de pédicurie sont-ils essentiels pour une bonne marche ?

Les problèmes aux pieds peuvent être à l'origine de nombreux déséquilibres et difficultés à marcher :

Douleurs: Les cors, durillons, ongles incarnés ou les infections peuvent rendre la marche douloureuse et modifier la démarche.

Perte de sensibilité: Une mauvaise circulation ou des neuropathies peuvent altérer la sensation au niveau des pieds, augmentant ainsi le risque de blessures et de chutes.

Déformations: Les déformations des pieds (hallux valgus, griffe des orteils) peuvent modifier la répartition des appuis et rendre la marche instable.

Comment les soins de pédicurie améliorent-ils la marche ?

Un pédicure-podologue intervient à plusieurs niveaux :

Prévention des pathologies: En détectant et traitant les problèmes à un stade précoce, il limite leur impact sur la marche.

Soulagement de la douleur: En éliminant les causes de douleur (cors, durillons, ongles incarnés), le pédicure améliore le confort et encourage à marcher.

Correction des déformations: Certaines orthèses plantaires peuvent corriger des déformations mineures et améliorer l'appui du pied.

Conseils personnalisés: Le pédicure-podologue peut donner des conseils sur le choix des chaussures, les soins quotidiens des pieds et les exercices adaptés.

Les bienfaits des soins de pédicurie pour les seniors

Réduction du risque de chute: En améliorant l'équilibre et la stabilité, les soins de pédicurie diminuent significativement le risque de chute.

Maintien de l'autonomie: En prévenant les complications et en soulageant la douleur, la pédicurie permet aux personnes âgées de conserver leur autonomie plus longtemps.

Amélioration de la qualité de vie: Des pieds sains et sans douleur favorisent une meilleure qualité de vie et permettent de profiter pleinement des activités quotidiennes.

Quand consulter un pédicure-podologue ?

Il est recommandé de consulter un pédicure-podologue régulièrement, surtout si vous êtes une personne âgée ou si vous présentez des facteurs de risque comme le diabète, des problèmes circulatoires ou des douleurs aux pieds.

En conclusion, les soins de pédicurie sont bien plus qu'un simple soin esthétique. Ils jouent un rôle essentiel dans le maintien de la mobilité et de l'autonomie des personnes âgées. En prenant soin de vos pieds, vous investissez dans votre santé et votre bien-être.

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This blog isn’t made specifically with minors in mind or specifically 18+, that said I DNI with minors here or anywhere else outside of discussing disability, education, libraries or activism! Ty!

Hello lovely! Welcome to my blog!

You can call me Rei or Malyn! I use She/Her pronouns but don’t generally identify with really any gender but I like pretty femme things so she/her for the aesthetic.

I’m a writer, student, Solarpunk, Cripplepunk lesbian so anticipate much posting about all of those things.

I like to use my Tumblr for creativity, activism, fandom things, community organization, and my academics.

I’m a super mega senior at University who’s studied: Forestry, History Anthropology, Women and Gender Studies, Religion, Biology, Psychology, Speech Language Pathology, Music, Film, Photography, Library and Archival Sciences, Anatomy and Physiology, and Medical Terminology.

I’ve been in college for 6 years now and will possibly be graduating Fall 2025! But honestly TBD, being disabled and in college is a nightmare™️. I’m about 1/4 of the way through with 5 different degrees, 1/2 way through 2 and in the home stretch of 1 which is the one I plan to graduate with! I have way too many interests and research questions so you’ll see a lot of that here too.

I align myself politically with abolition, de-colonization, and womanism. Anarchy is currently growing on me haha.

I’m Chicana-American with roots in occupied Anahuac as well as Dutch and Irish roots through colonization.

I practice spiritualism in line with my cultures, with traditions I’ve extracted from my catholic upbringing, my brushes with curanderismo, my blood knowledge and my studies of animistic global traditions and the shared folklore of the earth. I do not practice any beliefs or methods from closed practices that are not my right by blood and do not condone the exploitation or usage of closed often indigenous practices by uninvited practicioners, as is common in the rise of neo-paganism/spiritualism.

I’m disabled and chronically ill so it’s unlikely any DMs or asks will be answered as it’s not in my capability at the moment. But when/if I become well enough again I will get to all questions and kind conversation!

This is a safe space for all. Any harmful, hateful, oppressive or offensive language or behavior will not be tolerated. You and your thoughts are valid and welcome until they come at the expense of someone else’s lifeway and autonomy. In which case you’re outta here. The block button is my best friend and I do not suffer fools 🤍

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[ad_1] Sanjay Singh in the frame. (PC: X.com) In a significant development, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has officially withdrawn the Indian team from the upcoming World Wrestling Championships 2024, citing government interference in the functioning of the federation. This decision has been communicated by WFI chief Sanjay Singh in a letter to United World Wrestling (UWW) president Nenad Lalovic. Singh expressed concerns about the persistent interference from the Union Sports Ministry, which has been affecting the federation’s autonomy. The conflict dates back to December 24, 2023, when the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) de-recognised the WFI. The ministry’s directive barred the WFI from managing its day-to-day operations and instructed the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to form an ad-hoc committee to oversee the federation’s governance. Despite the IOA dissolving the ad-hoc committee in March 2024, the situation remained tense due to ongoing legal battles and protests from prominent wrestlers. Singh stated: “The MYAS continues to interfere in the autonomy of the WFI. The ministry’s order from December 2023 is being used as a tool to disrupt our functioning.” He highlighted the ongoing court case filed by wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Satyawart Kadian. These athletes have been at the forefront of protests against the WFI, demanding that an administrator manages the federation instead of an elected body. In August 2024, based on the ministry’s earlier interference, the Delhi High Court directed the IOA to form another ad-hoc committee, further complicating the situation. Singh emphasised that the WFI had been in the process of organising selection trials for the World Championships in Albania, scheduled from October 28-31, 2024. However, a court order issued on October 4, 2024, restrained the WFI from selecting and sending athletes for international competitions. “Because of the MYAS letter dated December 24, 2023, which has been the base for the court’s order, we are left with no option but to withdraw any entries that were sent for the Seniors World Championships,” Singh noted. He also requested UWW to invoke Article 6.3 of its regulations and take appropriate action. Furthermore, Singh urged the UWW to escalate the matter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ensure that the MYAS does not receive privileges or support from the IOA in future IOC events. In his closing remarks, Singh expressed frustration with the current situation, stating: “It is clear that the four wrestlers are adamant on getting the WFI suspended, no matter what the cost is to all others.” The letter underscores the deepening rift between the WFI and key stakeholders in Indian wrestling, raising concerns about the future of the sport in the country. The post Wrestling Federation of India withdraws team from World Championships, citing government interference appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Sanjay Singh in the frame. (PC: X.com) In a significant development, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has officially withdrawn the Indian team from the upcoming World Wrestling Championships 2024, citing government interference in the functioning of the federation. This decision has been communicated by WFI chief Sanjay Singh in a letter to United World Wrestling (UWW) president Nenad Lalovic. Singh expressed concerns about the persistent interference from the Union Sports Ministry, which has been affecting the federation’s autonomy. The conflict dates back to December 24, 2023, when the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) de-recognised the WFI. The ministry’s directive barred the WFI from managing its day-to-day operations and instructed the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to form an ad-hoc committee to oversee the federation’s governance. Despite the IOA dissolving the ad-hoc committee in March 2024, the situation remained tense due to ongoing legal battles and protests from prominent wrestlers. Singh stated: “The MYAS continues to interfere in the autonomy of the WFI. The ministry’s order from December 2023 is being used as a tool to disrupt our functioning.” He highlighted the ongoing court case filed by wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Satyawart Kadian. These athletes have been at the forefront of protests against the WFI, demanding that an administrator manages the federation instead of an elected body. In August 2024, based on the ministry’s earlier interference, the Delhi High Court directed the IOA to form another ad-hoc committee, further complicating the situation. Singh emphasised that the WFI had been in the process of organising selection trials for the World Championships in Albania, scheduled from October 28-31, 2024. However, a court order issued on October 4, 2024, restrained the WFI from selecting and sending athletes for international competitions. “Because of the MYAS letter dated December 24, 2023, which has been the base for the court’s order, we are left with no option but to withdraw any entries that were sent for the Seniors World Championships,” Singh noted. He also requested UWW to invoke Article 6.3 of its regulations and take appropriate action. Furthermore, Singh urged the UWW to escalate the matter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ensure that the MYAS does not receive privileges or support from the IOA in future IOC events. In his closing remarks, Singh expressed frustration with the current situation, stating: “It is clear that the four wrestlers are adamant on getting the WFI suspended, no matter what the cost is to all others.” The letter underscores the deepening rift between the WFI and key stakeholders in Indian wrestling, raising concerns about the future of the sport in the country. The post Wrestling Federation of India withdraws team from World Championships, citing government interference appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports. [ad_2] Source link

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Meilleur ouvre-boîte électrique pour personne âgée: Guide Complet

L'ouvre-boîte électrique pour personne âgée est bien plus qu'un simple ustensiles de cuisine. C'est un outil essentiel pour conserver l'autonomie et le plaisir de cuisiner, même lorsque la force et la dextérité diminuent. Avec l'âge, ouvrir une boîte de conserve peut devenir un véritable défi, que ce soit en raison de l'arthrite, de tremblements ou simplement d'une diminution de la force musculaire. Un ouvre-boîte électrique adapté aux seniors permet de résoudre ce problème en toute simplicité. Fini les frustrations et les risques de coupures !

Dans ce guide complet, nous allons vous aider à choisir le meilleur ouvre-boîte électrique pour personne âgée. Nous aborderons les critères importants à prendre en compte, les différents types de modèles disponibles et nous vous donnerons nos recommandations pour un achat éclairé. Vous découvrirez comment cet appareil peut améliorer considérablement le quotidien de vos proches et leur permettre de continuer à savourer leurs repas préférés en toute autonomie.

Lire plus: https://art-galleyset.com/blogs/accessoire-de-cuisine/meilleur-ouvre-boite-electrique-pour-personne-agee

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Comment renforcer vos jambes (spécial débutant) afin de maintenir votre autonomie, votre forme et votre santé.

FORME SENIOR ! Gardez autonomie et santé avec ces exerices de base pour les jambes, faciles à réaliser 👉👉👉

Je vais vous montrer les 5 exercices de bases qui permettront de renforcer vos jambes et de maintenir votre force musculaire. Afin de rester en bonne santé et continuer de vous déplacer sans problèmes dans votre vie quotidienne. En effet, vous vous en êtes déjà certainement rendu compte, si vous-même vous commencez à vieillir, avoir de bonnes jambes est primordial pour conserver une bonne qualité…

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July 9 ZODIAC

Horoscope and character for those brought into the world on July 9 They are upright individuals, with an obviously shown feeling of obligation. Conduct optimists, they can be clever and have a significant sense for human expression. Notwithstanding, they are very delayed working. Honorable and social, they impact their current circumstance and as of now in their childhood they have numerous companions. They appreciate logical examinations, travel, disclosures, and their life for the most part permits them to travel a ton. They have solid person and temper. Their energy and functional abilities permit them to assume a noticeable part in the general public to which they have a place. They need to take care of the relative multitude of issues that worry them, explain all that is hazy, and resolve social issues, frequently contrary to stereotypical conclusions or convictions. They need numerous things yet, most importantly, to be social reformers. They can turn into an improvement factor and a wellspring of data for some individuals. What compromises them? They risk perils hiding in the water, of which they should watch out. What would it be advisable for them to yearn for? Individuals conceived today are excessively touchy, and this becomes more grounded as they age. They experience everything around them intensely, and an undesirable climate can expose them to torture. In this way, they should endeavor to foster a specific close to home childishness that they could then use to shield themselves against the hostilities of others. On the off chance that they don't, their strange awareness could jeopardize them of misfortune.

July 9 ZODIAC 

 On the off chance that your birthday is July 9, your zodiac sign is Disease July 9 - character and character character: great hearted, devoted, ready, relaxed, bad tempered, mean calling: writer, concierge, dental specialist tones: blue, red, earthy colored stone: agate creature: pigeon plant: milkweed plant fortunate numbers: 8,12,15,29,36,38 very fortunate number: 7 Occasions and observances - July 9 Bahai religion: suffering of El Bab (1819-1850). Colombia: Day of the Virgin of Chiquinquirდ¡. Chile: Banner Day, in memory of the Combate de la Concepciდ³n. Pledge to Palau: Constitution Day. Old Roman celebration: Caprotinia, feast (only for ladies) of the goddess Juno Caprotina, for the slaves. South Sudan: Freedom Day (2011). Argentina: Freedom Day, for the marking of the Demonstration of Autonomy in the Congress of Tucumდ¡n in 1816 (public occasion). July 9 Superstar Birthday. Who was conceived that very day as you? 1901: Barbara Cartland, English author (d. 2000). 1905: Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984). 1907: Eddie Senior member, American artist and entertainer (d. 1999). 1908: Paul Brown, American football trainer (d. 1991). 1909: Manolo Caracol, Spanish flamenco artist (d. 1973). 1911: Mervyn Peake, English essayist and artist (d. 1968). 1911: John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist (d. 2008). 1914: Willi Stoph, German government official (d. 1999). 1915: David Jewel, American author (f. 2005). 1916: Julio Romero, Argentine government official (d. 2011). 1916: Edward Heath, English government official and state head (d. 2005). 1918: Alდ­ Chumacero, Mexican writer and supervisor (d. 2010). 1922: Angelines Fernდ¡ndez, Mexican entertainer and joke artist of Spanish beginning (d. 1994). 1924: Josდ© Luis Alonso Manდ©s, Spanish theater chief (d. 1990). 1924: Julio Elდ­as Musimessi, Argentine soccer player (d. 1996). 1925: Master Dutt, Indian entertainer and producer (d. 1964). 1926: Ben Roy Mottelson, Danish physicist, of American beginning, Nobel Prize in Material science in 1975. 1926: Pedro Dellacha, Argentine footballer (d. 2010). 1927: Susan Cabot, American entertainer (d. 1986). 1928: Federico Martდ­n Bahamontes, Spanish cyclist. 1928: Adolfo Garcდ­a Grau, Argentine entertainer (f. 1993). 1929: Hasan II, Moroccan ruler (d. 1999). 1929: Lee Hazlewood, American author. 1932: Roberto Goizueta, Cuban-American money manager (d. 1997). 1932: Donald Rumsfeld, American lawmaker. 1933: Josდ© Libertella, Argentine bandoneonist (f. 2004). 1933: Oliver Sacks, English nervous system specialist and essayist. 1934: Michael Graves, American draftsman. 1935: Wim Duisenberg, Dutch financial expert and lawmaker (d. 2005). 1935: Isabel Coca Sarli, Argentine entertainer. 1935: Mercedes Sosa, Argentine artist (d. 2009). 1936: Richard Wilson, Scottish entertainer and chief. 1937: David Hockney, English craftsman of pop workmanship. 1938: Brian Dennehy, American entertainer. 1939: Domingo Siazდ³n, Philippine ambassador. 1940: Marდ­a Cristina Laurenz, Argentine artist and entertainer. 1942: Johnny Laboriel, Mexican artist (f. 2013). 1943: Soledad Miranda, Spanish entertainer (d. 1970). 1945: Dignitary R. Koontz, American author. 1945: Gonzalo Spirits Sდ¡urez, Costa Rican hyperrealist painter (d. 2017). 1946: Bon Scott, Australian artist, of the band AC/DC (d. 1980). 1947: Rubდ©n Basoalto, Argentine drummer (d. 2010). 1947: Donald, Argentine artist. 1947: Haruomi Hosono, Japanese artist, of the Yellow Sorcery Ensemble band. 1947: Mitch Mitchell, American drummer, of the band The Jimi Hendrix Experience (f. 2008). 1947: OJ Simpson, American entertainer and football player. 1948: Gloria Munoz, Spanish entertainer. 1949: Jesse Duplantis, American minister. 1950: Adriano Panatta, Italian tennis player. 1950: Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian Top state leader. 1951: Chris Cooper, American entertainer. 1952: John Tesh, American writer. 1955: Lindsey Graham, American legal advisor and government official. 1955: Jimmy Smits, American entertainer. 1956: Tom Hanks, American entertainer. 1957: Marc Almond, English artist of the band Delicate Cell. 1957: Norberto Filippo, Argentine painter. 1957: Engracia Hidalgo, Spanish government official. 1957: Tim Kring, American screenwriter and maker. 1957: Kelly McGillis, American entertainer. 1957: Freddie Medina, Puerto Rican combative techniques expert. 1957: Jim Paxson, American ball player. 1959: Kevin Nash, American expert grappler. 1960: Marc Mero, American warrior and fighter. 1960: Eduardo Montes Bradley, Argentine columnist and essayist. 1961: Raymond Cruz, American entertainer. 1961: Jorge Serდ©, Uruguayan soccer player. 1963: Raდºl Patricio Solanas, Argentine government official (d. 2011). 1964: Courtney Love, artist and American performer. 1964: Gianluca Vialli, Italian footballer. 1965: Plain Bello, American artist, of the band Bacillus anthracis. 1966: Eric Melvin, American guitarist, of the band NOFX. 1966: Manuel Mota, Spanish couturier (f. 2013). 1966: Marco Pennette, American screenwriter and maker. 1966: Chichდ­ Peralta, Dominican percussionist and maker. 1968: Alex Aguinaga, Ecuadorian soccer player. 1968: Paolo Di Canio, Italian footballer. 1968: Eduardo Santamarina, Mexican entertainer. 1970: Masami Tsuda, Japanese sketch artist. 1971: Marc Andreessen, American PC researcher. 1971: Scott Grimes, artist and American entertainer. 1971: Vitali Klichko, Ukrainian fighter. 1972: Major Simon, Chilean maker and artist. 1972: Simon Tong, English artist and maker, of the groups The Verve, Obscure and Gorillaz. 1973: Enrique Murciano, American entertainer of Latin beginning. 1974: Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish bassist and artist, of the band Millencolin. 1975: Shelton Benjamin, American expert grappler. 1975: Isaac Brock, American artist and guitarist, of the band Unobtrusive Mouse. 1975: Gaizka Garitano, Spanish footballer. 1975: Damiდ¡n Szifron, Argentine screenwriter and producer. 1975: Jack White, American artist and guitarist, of the band The White Stripes. 1976: Fred Savage, American entertainer. 1978: Imprint Medlock, German artist. 1979: Rodrigo Dდ­az, Chilean artist. 1980: Udonis Haslem, American ball player. 1981: Jennifer Stone, Czech pornography entertainer. 1982: Boვ¡tjan Cesar, Slovenian footballer. 1982: Alecko Eskandarian, American football player. 1982: Toby Kebbell, English entertainer. 1982: Maggie Mama, Canadian entertainer. 1982: Andrew St. John, American entertainer. 1982: Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese Equation 1 driver. 1983: Miguel Montero, Venezuelan baseball player. 1984: Sachi Kokuryu, Japanese voice entertainer. 1985: Alejandro Guerra, Venezuelan soccer player. 1985: Paweვ‚ Korzeniowski, Clean swimmer. 1985: Ashley Youthful, English footballer. 1986: Sდ©bastien Bassong, Cameroonian footballer. 1986: Severo Meza, Mexican soccer player. 1986: Jesდºs Navarro Rosas, Mexican artist, of the Reik band. 1986: Kiely Williams, American entertainer and artist. 1987: Gert Joeდ¤დ¤r, Estonian cyclist. 1987: Rebecca Sugar, American maker, screenwriter, artist and author. 1988: Raul Rusescu, Romanian footballer. 1990: Fდ¡bio Pereira da Silva, Brazilian soccer player. 1990: Rafael Pereira da Silva, Brazilian soccer player. 1991: Mitchel Musso, American entertainer and artist. 1991: Riley Reid, American pornography entertainer. 1991: Josდ© Manuel Urcera, Argentine motorcycling and hustling driver. 1992: Douglas Corner, English entertainer. 1993: Jake Vargas, Filipino entertainer. 1993: DeAndre Yedlin, American footballer. 1994: Akiane Kramarik, American painter and writer. 1995: Georgie Henley, English entertainer.

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Espérance de vie sans incapacité en France : Un recul inattendu en 2022

🔍 L'espérance de vie sans incapacité à 65 ans en France connaît un recul en 2022. Un signe d'alerte ou une fluctuation temporaire ? Les experts analysent. #Santé #Seniors #Drees #EspéranceDeVie

L’espérance de vie sans incapacité à 65 ans, un indicateur crucial pour évaluer la qualité de vie des seniors, a connu une baisse en 2022, selon les dernières études de la direction des études et des statistiques des ministères sociaux (Drees). Après une tendance haussière depuis 2008, cette diminution interroge sur les dynamiques de long terme de la santé des personnes âgées en France. Cette…

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US-Led Unipolar Hegemonic Order An Abnormal State, Will Be Reformed Sooner or Later

— Global Times | April 11, 2023

Illustration: Liu Rui/Global Times

In more than 30 years since the end of the Cold War, human society has been stuck in US' unipolar hegemony. It is by no means an abnormal state. Yet Washington is addicted to it and wishes to make it a lasting norm. When a growing number of countries start to pursue benign adjustments to that global order, the US seems to have ants in the pants.

Perhaps being shocked by the ongoing flurry of visits of European leaders to China, French President Emmanuel Macron's appeal on "strategic autonomy," and China's contributive role as a peace builder in the Middle East, some American observers and media outlets can hardly hide their anxiety. Fox News is quite blatant, claiming, "The Future is Now: China, Russia revert to pre-1989 world and fundamentally challenge the US-led West" on Monday. A headline in The Washington Post on the same day read, "China's new world order is taking shape." The article underlined that China's new initiatives over "security" and "civilization" essentially challenge the architecture of the US-led order.

What kind of order is the US-led order? There is only one answer to that question - the unipolar hegemonic order under US domination. Those analyses simply unveiled that the US is fearing losing its global leadership position. The country does not know how to face a different, multipolar order. Actually, it is resisting the arrival of such an order.

Therefore, whenever there are countries that are unwilling to obey US leadership or get in the way of the US cementing its leading role, Washington would feel like having a fishbone stuck in its throat and will waste no time bringing out its stick. To the US' surprise, today, even Saudi Arabia and France are tired of tolerating the US bossing them around or demanding obedience. That must have touched Washington's sensitive nerves.

Fox News compares the current international relations to the Cold War. This is an ignorant charge. "The prominent feature of the world structure before 1989 was group confrontation. Let's see, who is now promoting group confrontation? It is the US," Yang Xiyu, a senior research fellow at the China Institute of International Studies, told the Global Times.

It is the US that has been taking its allies under a tight grip in an attempt to jointly contain China and Russia, launch economic wars, proxy wars, diplomatic coercion and spread smears. And now, it wants to portray itself as a "gentle giant," who is reluctant to be challenged. Few will buy this anymore.

What the US confronts is neither China nor Russia, but the trend of a multipolar world, and the call for an improved international order, Xu Liang, an associate professor at the School of International Relations of Beijing International Studies University, told the Global Times.

All countries want independent development but the US attempts to maintain the hegemonic order - this has become the contradiction of the era. The so-called rules-based order is an order that skirted around political colonization after the end of the World War II, but inherited economic and ideological colonization in new forms. The order is not offering fair development opportunities for developing countries. It is unjust and unsustainable. But Washington has long been calling black white in this regard, Shen Yi, an international relations professor at Fudan University, told the Global Times.

Whether the US likes it or not, the momentum of calling for a new world order is rising. De-dollarization has begun. Countries are focusing more on regional multilateral cooperation. The significance of BRICS is surging while the influence of G7 is declining. Organizations such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation are becoming more popular. These are trends that the US cannot reverse by creating enemies, piling pressure or imposing coercion on others.

In a recent exclusive interview, Clare Daly, an Irish politician and member of the European Parliament, told the Global Times that the world is in a new dawn of world relations, as the US has lost the hearts and minds of most of the world's population, while desperately trying to keep the EU, maybe Australia and the UK, as the last group of people to its side.

According to Yang, the trend of multi-polarization will not stop, and the US will do everything in its power to stop this trend. It will continue to shape enemies, boost camp confrontation, and grasp tight its satellite countries. However, no matter what the US does, and what kind of strategy it employs, in the end, the US' dominant position will be gone with the wind, which will be the fundamental sign of multi-polarization.

The more the US resists such trends by abusing its hegemony, the more division, confrontation and destruction it will bring to the world, which will, in turn, trigger more resistance to the US' nostalgia for a unipolar world.

[drchristophedelongsblog]

La peur de marcher : une réalité chez les personnes âgées

La phobie de la marche, également appelée ambulophobie, est une peur irrationnelle et excessive de marcher. Bien qu'elle puisse toucher des personnes de tout âge, elle est particulièrement fréquente chez les personnes âgées.

Pourquoi les personnes âgées sont-elles plus susceptibles de développer cette phobie ?

Plusieurs facteurs peuvent contribuer à l'apparition de la phobie de la marche chez les seniors :

Chutes précédentes: Une chute peut laisser des séquelles psychologiques et engendrer une peur intense de rechuter.

Problèmes de santé: Des maladies chroniques, des douleurs articulaires ou des troubles de l'équilibre peuvent rendre la marche difficile et douloureuse.

Perte de confiance en soi: Le vieillissement, associé à des changements physiques et cognitifs, peut éroder la confiance en soi et augmenter la peur de l'inconnu.

Isolement social: La peur de tomber et la réduction de l'activité physique peuvent entraîner un isolement social, renforçant ainsi la phobie.

Les conséquences de la phobie de la marche

La phobie de la marche a des conséquences importantes sur la qualité de vie des personnes âgées :

Perte d'autonomie: La peur de marcher limite les déplacements et réduit l'autonomie dans les activités quotidiennes.

Isolement social: La peur de sortir et de rencontrer d'autres personnes peut entraîner un isolement social et une dépression.

Détérioration de la santé physique: La sédentarité favorise l'apparition d'autres problèmes de santé, tels que l'obésité, les maladies cardiovasculaires et l'ostéoporose.

Comment aider une personne âgée souffrant de phobie de la marche ?

Comprendre et écouter: Il est important de comprendre les peurs et les angoisses de la personne.

Encourager progressivement: Proposer des promenades courtes et sécurisées, en augmentant progressivement la distance.

Accompagnement: Proposer d'accompagner la personne lors de ses déplacements.

Thérapie comportementale: Une thérapie comportementale peut aider à réduire les symptômes de l'anxiété et à retrouver confiance en soi.

Adaptation de l'environnement: Aménager l'environnement pour le rendre plus sûr et plus facile à parcourir.

En conclusion, la phobie de la marche est un problème qui peut avoir un impact significatif sur la qualité de vie des personnes âgées. Une prise en charge adaptée, associant soutien psychologique et mesures pratiques, peut aider à surmonter cette peur et à retrouver une certaine autonomie.

Aller plus loin

[empires-anomalies]

The Aztec Empire or the Triple Alliance (Classical Nahuatl: Ēxcān Tlahtōlōyān, [ˈjéːʃkaːn̥ t͡ɬaʔtoːˈlóːjaːn̥]) was an alliance of three Nahuaaltepetl city-states: Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan. These three city-states ruled that area in and around the Valley of Mexico from 1428

The alliance waged wars of conquest and expanded after its formation. The alliance controlled most of central Mexico at its height, as well as some more distant territories within Mesoamerica, such as the Xoconochco province, an Aztec exclave near the present-day Guatemalan border. Aztec rule has been described by scholars as "hegemonic" or "indirect".[6] The Aztecs left rulers of conquered cities in power so long as they agreed to pay semi-annual tribute to the alliance, as well as supply military forces when needed for the Aztec war efforts. In return, the imperial authority offered protection and political stability and facilitated an integrated economic network of diverse lands and peoples who had significant local autonomy.

Aztec religion was a monistic pantheism in which the Nahua concept of teotl was construed as the supreme god Ometeotl, as well as a diverse pantheon of lesser gods and manifestations of nature. The popular religion tended to embrace the mythological and polytheistic aspects, and the empire's state religion sponsored both the monism of the upper classes and the popular heterodoxies.

The empire even officially recognized the largest cults such that the deity was represented in the central temple precinct of the capital Tenochtitlan. The imperial cult was specifically that of the distinctive warlike patron god of the Mexica Huitzilopochtli. Peoples were allowed to retain and freely continue their own religious traditions in conquered provinces so long as they added the imperial god Huitzilopochtli to their local pantheons.

By the reign of Ahuitzotl, the Mexica were the largest and most powerful faction in the Aztec Triple Alliance.

Building on the prestige the Mexica had acquired over the course of the conquests, Ahuitzotl began to use the title "huehuetlatoani" ("Eldest Speaker") to distinguish himself from the rulers of Texcoco and Tlacopan. The alliance still technically ran the empire. But the Mexica Emperor now assumed nominal if not actual seniority.

Ahuitzotl was succeeded by his nephew Moctezuma II in 1502. Moctezuma II spent most of his reign consolidating power in lands conquered by his predecessors.In 1515, Aztec armies commanded by the Tlaxcalan general Tlahuicole invaded the Purépecha Empire once again.The Aztec army failed to take any territory and was mostly restricted to raiding. The Purépecha defeated them and the army withdrew.

Moctezuma II instituted more imperial reforms.The death of Nezahualcoyotl caused the Mexica Emperors to become the de facto rulers of the alliance. Moctezuma II used his reign to attempt to consolidate power more closely with the Mexica Emperor.He removed many of Ahuitzotl's advisors and had several of them executed. He also abolished the quauhpilli class, destroying the chance for commoners to advance to the nobility. His reform efforts were cut short by the Spanish Conquest in 1519.

The Spanish expedition leader Hernán Cortés landed in Yucatán in 1519 with approximately 630 men (most armed with only a sword and shield).

Eventually, the Spanish-led army assaulted the city both by boat and using the elevated causeways connecting it to the mainland. The attackers took heavy casualties, although the Aztecs were ultimately defeated. The city of Tenochtitlan was thoroughly destroyed in the process. Cuauhtémoc was captured as he attempted to flee the city. Cortés kept him prisoner and tortured him for a period of several years before finally executing him in 1525.

[augustineabbot]

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URT amidst the Pharma war

WUpon selecting a communication theory for this blog entry, I decided, why not- let’s just Google search: “what communication theory can be related to the anti-vax crowd”? The top six search results and their links that pop up spew these headlines and additional phrases:

1. “The anti-vaccination infodemic on social media: A behavioral…: However, the anti-vaccination movement is currently on the rise, spreading online misinformation about vaccine safety and causing a worrying…” (www.journals.plos.org) 

2. “How to respond to vocal vaccine deniers in public- WHO: a vocal vaccine denier is defined in this document as a person who is not only denying scientific consensus but also actively advocating against vaccination…” (World Health Organization 2017 Regional Office for Europe). 

3. “Vaccine hesitancy is a problem attracting growing attention and concern.” (www.sciencedirect.com) 

4. “The online competition between pro- and anti-vaccination… Distrust in scientific expertise is dangerous… Results show that even if anti-vaccine narratives have a small persuasiveness, a large part of the population will be rapidly exposed to them. ” (www.nature.com) 

5. “Conspiracy Beliefs, Rejection of Vaccination, and…: Many conspiracy theories appeared along with the Covid-19 pandemic. Since it is documented that conspiracy theories negatively affect…” (www.frontiersin.org) 

6. “Combating Vaccine Hesitancy: Teaching the Next Generation… In 1999, the anti-vaxxer movement, an organized body of people who refuse to vaccinate and blaming vaccines for health problems” (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) 

Well, this didn’t answer my question. It was surely a lot to read as we dive into my entry here, and it slapped someone with my way of thinking with some shut-down labels: dangerous, misinformed, science-denier, nonconsensual, behaviorally problematic, conspiracist, rejecter.

Do you know what these Google search results say to me? Censorship. 

I am selecting the communication theory of Uncertainty Reduction Theory to apply towards my discussion of the pro-vaccine/anti-vaccine war. 

Uncertainty Reduction Theory (URT) asserts that “people have a need to reduce uncertainty about others by gaining information about them” (Berger, C.R., & Bradac, J.J.) The information gained can be used to predict the others’ behavior. Reducing uncertainty can be particularly beneficial in relationship development, so it is more typical amongst people when they expect or want to develop a relationship than among people who expect or know they will not develop a relationship.

We have a few basic ways people seek information about another person:

1. Passive strategies: we observe the person, either in situations where the individual is likely to be self-monitoring (in a classroom; in the stands of a public event)

2. Active strategies: we ask others about the person we’re interested in, or set up a way to observe that person (sign up for the same class; sitting at a different table in the same restaurant)

3. Interactive strategies: we communicate directly with the person.

I believe this theory can be used to my topic of discussion because if we are in one of the hottest moments of the ongoing anti- and pro- vaccine movement and pharmaceutical war with COVID-19 at the forefront of it all, no matter which side we put our beliefs, followings, trust, or knowledge in, we seek out others with the same data, statistics, views, and agreeability. We strive to reduce uncertainty with others by gaining their information to benefit one another, and either develop ongoing relationships, or not. If we observe or interact with others to discover where their loyalties lay, we either discuss, debate--or worst of all, we fight like cats and dogs to what seems like the death--or come to an understanding and continue or discontinue the developed relationship. 

Let’s begin how I feel within the war on vaccines. I, if you will, an introvert who isn’t so fond of putting my opinions out there, am publicly posting this in hopes of finding others and reducing my uncertainty about how others may feel, or find if they may feel similarly so that I may stand with them or offer them strength in opinions and studies. Or maybe, just to prompt an open discussion.

1. Pro-vaccine

2. Anti-vaccine

Unnecessary and divisive labels meant to categorize people into black and white thinking.

Where is the label for: I think it’s perfectly logical to want the ability to make decisions about each vaccine available on an individual basis for each of my children and myself?

Pfizer is going for full FDA approval and might have it by the end of this month, emergency approval has already been granted for 12-15 year-olds, and in September emergency approval will be requested for 2-11 year-olds. 

How can you get granted EAU for an experimental drug in an age group that isn’t having an emergency? To protect vaccinated adults? Sacrificing your healthy child for an illness that doesn’t affect them so that vaccinated adults may think you’re a good person and may give you permission to move freely about your lives?

Nothing says I don’t believe in science more than vaccinating a 2-year-old for COVID. 

Imagine being excited to experiment on your own child.

Children don’t stand a chance in this pharmaceutical industry that for decades have put profit ahead of doing what is right. Additionally but important to note, the pharmaceutical industry has not prioritized the research and development of cancer drugs for children. They rely on treating children with adult cancer drugs, which are far more dangerous, toxic, and aggressive on a child’s developing body, because adult cancer drugs are some of the best-selling pharmaceuticals for companies such as Merck & Co., Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and J&J.

Here is an incomplete current list of places making the COVID vaccine mandatory, either for employment or for on site services: Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Officer; WPAFB (when it is FDA approved); Atria Senior Living; Rocky River Senior Center; Continuing Healthcare Solutions; Newburgh Heights city employees; Supers Landscape; Cleveland State University; Kenyon College; Cleveland Clinic fertility center: spouses required to have two doses of vaccine before being able to be present for embryo transfers. Kroger grocery stores now mandate proof of vaccination of its employees in order for employees to de-mask. This is marking the unclean versus clean. Here we are, segregating healthy people and in many circumstances being told to show our private healthcare papers.

There is no place for this behavior in a free society. This is discrimination based on vaccine status. 

A business in Preble County is allowing employees who have taken the coronavirus vaccine to use the fitness room while those who have not, or are naturally immune, are not allowed access. They can work there but they cannot work out there... is this about health?

What changes have you made for yourself as an individual this pandemic to benefit your health and wellness?

The NFL continues to separate their unvaccinated athletes from their fellow vaccinated athletes. Separate practice areas, separate eating areas, and de-masking only those who have been vaccinated. Discontinuing COVID testing twice a week only for the vaccinated. Not allowing the unvaccinated to leave the hotel while traveling with the teams. As if either party is not safe to be around.

As a writer considering her reader, I’m wondering if you’re celebrating right now in regards to these advances, or raising some eyebrows. As for me, it fills me with a primitive rage that I feel only when someone endangers my children.

But let’s keep going.

Vaccines are necessarily risky, as recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court and by Congress. 

The risk: benefit ratio varies with the frequency and severity of disease, vaccine safety, and individual patient factors. These must be evaluated by patient and physician, not imposed government, corporations, or other bureaucrats.

The smallpox vaccine is so dangerous that you can’t get it now, despite the weaponization of smallpox. Rabies vaccine is given only after a suspected exposure or to high-risk persons such as veterinarians. The whole-cell pertussis vaccine was withdrawn from the U.S. market, a decade later than from the Japanese market, because of reports of severe permanent brain damage. The acellular vaccine that replaced it is evidently safer, though somewhat less effective. 

After being fully informed of the risks and benefits of a medical procedure, patients have the right to reject or accept that procedure. Preemption of patients’ or parents’ decisions about accepting drugs or other medical interventions is a serious intrusion into individual liberty, autonomy, and parental decisions about child-rearing.

Forcing Ohioans or anyone into receiving an experimental medical intervention in exchange for freedom to go to work or participate in society is contrary to fundamental human rights.

How does one feel about the persuasion to vote YES on Ohio HB 248? How’s this for propaganda: Vote YES, join the movement, on the Vaccine Choice and Anti-Discrimination Act.

This Ohio House Bill was introduced on April 6, 2021, and is in 25% progression (LegiScan). Per this Republican Partisan Bill, OH HB248 is to enact section 3792.02 of the Revised Code to authorize an individual to decline a vaccination and to name this act the Vaccine Choice and Anti-Discrimination Act.

Why should we do this? This is a stand for health freedom, for medical freedom; a vital legislation to protect vaccine choice for Ohioans now and into the future. If this legislation isn't passed, you can expect that vaccine mandates and vaccine passports will become a reality of our future. And even if you're fine with the traditional vaccines, even if you have always gotten the flu vaccine, and even if you decided to get the COVID vaccine... Ohioans will be faced with the reality that any future vaccine can be mandated by the state, retailers, employers, schools etc., and we'll have zero to say about it. This legislation will protect all Ohioans from the dystopia that we're currently facing.

Do I sound like one who denies the expertise of science now? I stand with science. I stand with informed consent. I stand with freedom. I stand with healthcare professionals. I stand with Ohio workers. I stand with parents. I stand with students. I stand with this bill for the people, by the people. 

In the year 1983, the total doses of vaccines for children from birth to age 18 consisted of 24 doses and 7 injections. As of 2020, we now administer 69 doses with 50 injections. The CDC child vaccination schedule is bloated, and I will say it from the mountaintops, no matter the reaches for justification. 

Advanced Pediatric, a Cleveland area pediatric practice, is embracing the idea that unvaccinated children are not safe, and must stay masked and distanced, including from others on the playground (advancedped.com). How badly will we damage our children’s social and emotional health with this kind of discriminatory action propagated by adults that are supposed to be protecting them?

Prior to COVID, measles was the much-publicized threat used to push for mandates, and is probably the worst threat among the vaccine-preventable illnesses because it is so highly contagious. There are occasional outbreaks, generally starting with an infected individual coming from somewhere outside the U.S. The majority, but by no means all the people who catch the measles have not been vaccinated. Almost all make a full recovery, with robust, life-long immunity. 

The last measles death in the U.S. occurred in 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Is it justified to revoke the rights of all Americans because of the hypothetical risk that a person who cannot be vaccinated due to immune deficiency might catch measles from an unvaccinated American, rather than from a visitor or a person whose artificial vaccine-based immunity has waned? Such mandates establish a precedent for ever-greater restrictions on our right to give—or withhold—consent to medical interventions?

So as I continue, and back to the focus on the COVID fiasco that I am pondering… Per the CDC website in the association with the COVID vaccine, VAERS reports that in the last four months we have recorded more deaths from the COVID vaccine than from all vaccines combined from mid 1997 through the end of 2013. As of April 30, there are 3,837 cases where the COVID-vaccinated patient has died within days to weeks after their intervention. 384 pages of patients age, sex, location, date of vax, date of onset, who administered it, who the manufacturer is, whether they were taken to the ER, and the symptoms or prior health conditions if any.

Adverse events from drugs and vaccines are common, but underreported. Although 25% of ambulatory patients experience an adverse drug event, less than 0.3% of all adverse drug events and 1-13% of serious events are reported to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (Lazarus, Klompas). Low reporting rates preclude or slow the identification of “problem” drugs or vaccines that endanger public health. Barriers to reporting include a lack of clinician awareness, uncertainty about when and what to report, as well as the burdens of reporting. Reporting is not usually part of a clinicians’ workflow, takes time, and is duplicative (Lazarus, Klompas). 

VAERS is a passive reporting system. Healthcare workers are not required to submit reports of deaths or injuries. VAERS only reports 1% of actual injuries according to a report prepared under contract with The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Lazarus, Klompas).

To recap those last several paragraphs, we are constantly told those who decline vaccines for illnesses they themselves are at very little risk for developing complications from, are putting the immunocompromised at risk. What we don’t often hear is that the procedure itself comes with risk and what that risk level is exactly is unknown. 

What we do know is that only somewhere between 1-10% of adverse events are ever reported largely due to medical professionals' lack of awareness on the subject matter. We cannot force healthy people to undergo a medical procedure for which the administrator of and manufacturer have no liability when we know there is innate risk. We can’t trade one group's theoretical risk for another group's known risk. 

We never hear any other side of this argument, it’s censored from us and never presented to us. 

Many of these VAERS reports were from assisted living facilities, and we can determine this by scrolling through the log of reports. Do you trust many assisted living facilities, or do you think many of them had a choice?

As of June 18, VAERS reports for myocarditis or pericarditis in people age 6 to 29 for all non-COVID shots in the entire history as VAERS as: 394. The total number of VAERS reports for myocarditis or pericarditis in people ages 6 to 29 in the last six months for COVID shots: 590. 

Without voluntary informed consent, medicine becomes violence. 

How many billions of dollars do you think has been handed out to mainstream media outlets, such as your favorite radio stations, to propagate the COVID vaccine and to have your favorite channel’s or station’s host, or celebrity, holler into your car or household: to go out and get it now, because all the cool people are doing it; to save our communities. Because you’re a selfish expanse of existence if you don’t. Although they who preach to go get the intervention likely have little to no experience in any of the information I have provided thus far.

The Dayton RTA public transit system has banners plastered onto the sides of their buses in all caps that say, “I’m not afraid of the vaccine!” or “Help Save Lives. Get Vaccinated.” 

When their passengers board the bus, they may show their hand gesture of the peace sign, to indicate they’ve been vaccinated. And at that, you’ll get a thirty-dollar credit in adult passenger fare upon proof of being fully vaccinated. A whole month of free rides and a promotional “Vaccinated” button to wear.

Promotions for vaccinated people are a flawed tactic for both brand-building and public health. Brands across industries are skipping beyond vaccine education and awareness to take a more active role in coronavirus vaccine acceleration. 

One size does not fit all. All humans are not the same and have different risk factors for both the disease and the intervention. There is no greater danger to all of us than the dehumanization of others. Not trusting a vaccine, or any given doctor for that matter, does not make me a science denier.

Where there is risk there must be choice. Not ostracism. Vaccine choice and anti-discrimination.

People who are labeled as vaccine hesitant should really be called people who are hesitant to be coerced in the largest drug trial in history. Because it’s the right thing to do... It’s patriotic... to protect our community and, again, “although I am young and healthy, it’s the right thing to do” (Ohio Dept. of Health).

Mandate advocates often assert a need for a 95% immunization rate to achieve herd immunity. However, Mary Holland and Chase Zachary of NYU School of Law argue, in the Oregon Law Review, that because complete herd immunity and measles eradication are unachievable, the better goal is for herd effect and disease control. The best outcome would result, they argue, from informed consent, more open communication, and market-based approaches.

The safest place for an immunocompromised person who is unable to be vaccinated  (there are very few unable to be vaccinated for COVID) is around someone who has had COVID naturally and is actually immune. Vaccinated people still contract and likely transmit COVID unlike the naturally immune. Similar to the pertussis portion of the DTAP vaccine, most often it’s a vaccinated sibling or parent who unknowingly spreads it to an infant too young to be vaccinated.

Let’s think about our Governor DeWine’s Vax-a-Million. His raffle is a disturbing act of child coercion and misuse of money that we could be putting back into our communities. A predatory bribe to bait those who easily succumb to a gambling incentive. I wish we had this kind of monetary dedication to our homeless, to our schools, to our mental health hospitals, to our trash clean-up organizations for our cities, to students already accepted into colleges. To the small businesses who have had to close their doors for good. What are my incentives for not getting the shot? Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Public health should not seek to manipulate. To manipulate in the name of public health is to undermine public health.

This is a marketing scheme. You are not required to take a liability free experimental medical intervention in order to be considered a good person. Those who say you are, are either indoctrinated into a cult-like way of thinking and lack the ability to see anything beyond that, uninformed, or evil.

It's one of many elite U.S. institutions to be completely decimated and humiliated by Pharma. It was gradual, then inexorable, and now it's their identity.

An article printed on May 31 states that a Miami Valley Hospital doctor says strokes are occurring in younger people, ages 18-45 years old. Dr. Bryan Ludwig, the chair of the Clinical Neuroscience Institute of Premier Health, is seeing this increase, including the 36-year-old stroke patient he treated upon being air-lifted to the main hospital campus (WHIO). This article does not yet state what leading causes we can look toward for the increase in strokes and clots in the youth, and does not even state a possibility of what it might be, though I’m sure we can make quite a valid assumption. It would seem that the press is trying to normalize things that are not in the least bit normal, as more articles arise in similarity. 

Was it responsible for our Governor Mike DeWine to send out the tweet: “FACT: The COVID vaccine is safe and effective” upon immediate availability of the vaccine?

It is incredible that vaccine reactions used to only exist in the minds of conspirators, and now we pray for the recipients that they may make it through and only have to miss a few days of work. We don’t know anything about long-term effects but that doesn’t matter, because what about long-term effects from the actual disease? Everyone needs to do it anyway, even those at very little risk, because someone said so. Even those who have had COVID, and likely hold a great deal of immunity. 

Those who came out in droves in opposition of HB248 stated things such as, “up to 30% of our college students are immunocompromised, and this justifies mandating those who aren’t to be vaccinated.”

What are we doing that is causing up to 30% of young college students to be immunocompromised? 

Nonetheless, I find that statistic entirely skeptical. The industry recommends for all who they call immunocompromised, such as cancer patients to get these vaccines, and patients on immune suppressive drugs to get them. They want transplant patients to get them. They don’t actually acknowledge any contradictions outside of anaphylaxis. The “we must protect the herd” sentiment seems entirely feigned and disingenuous. It seems manipulative, dismissive.

Surely, there are immunocompromised people out there who are unable to receive the vaccine or others, but I do think it is rare.

A doctor who believe that everyone should be vaccinated, when questioned, acknowledged vaccine injury and death. She was asked what she would say to those people. Her response, in paraphrase, was, “Thank you for your contribution.” She views the injured as expendable.

The amount of doctors who opposed the house bill of vaccine choice was frightening. And who will politicians follow? Those who have personal attestations who are most oftentimes unheard or underrepresented, or clinicians pushing a pharmaceutical curriculum that acquires compensation based on how many patients are vaccinated?

In a statement made by ACIP member, Grace M. Lee, M.D., M.P.H., associate chief medical officer for practice innovation at Stanford Children’s Health, she goes on to say: “I think the childhood experience our kids have gone through will have long-lasting consequences that may extend across generations. We don’t really fully yet understand the total... physical health, mental health, and educational impact of the pandemic on our kids.”

Kids are durable. They can endure the worst of things, and they persevere. However, now, to grow up in a world that is censoring and erasing valuable information is chillingly monumental.

Considering that 23 million Americans suffer from some type of autoimmune disease, with the rates increasing 4-7% each year, and that environmental toxins are well known to trigger autoimmunity, it would seem prudent to implicate the distended childhood vaccination schedule as a possible culprit to this rise.

We are not smarter or more virtuous than someone because we draw a different conclusion after looking at the same information. Only one side of this charade wants to enforce their will on the other.

In summary, patients and parents currently have the right to refuse vaccination, although potentially contagious persons can be restricted in their movements (e.g. as with Ebola), as needed to protect others against a clear and present danger. Unvaccinated persons with no exposure to a disease and no evidence of a disease are not a clear or present danger. Making the COVID, and other vaccines, optional is the only way to protect the medical and individual rights of our citizens, consistent with good medical ethics.

Unvaccinated people are variant factories, says expert Dr. William Schaffner, from the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center on June 2.

My use of Uncertainty Reduction Theory in Communication Studies applied to my stance I’ve taken on medical freedom enables me to seek and find reassurance with others, to find camaraderie with those who will continue to fight. 

The way that I have questioned the pharmaceutical intervention so many times in so many ways throughout this discussion and at the very least find the timeline of events that have transpired to be odd, and furthermore advocate for the freedom of guilt-free choice instead of a blind acceptance to take whatever is fed to me via our government oversight, it may very well blacklist me from an exceeding amount of peoples’ interest.

BUT, no matter what one may think, or if one should ask me why I don’t find something better to do with my time -

What is more important than protecting my children’s freedom and health through social and ethical communication processes?

Works Cited:

Berger, C.R., & Bradac, J.J. (1982). Language and social knowledge: Uncertainty in interpersonal relations. London: Arnold.

Clanton, Nancy. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 16 April 2021. www.ajc.com

Holland, Mary and Zachary, Chase. Oregon Law Review. Children’s Health Defense Team. 23 January 2019. www.childrenshealthdefense.org 

Lavin, Dr. Arthur A. “The End of the Pandemic Begins, for the Vaccinated.” 14 May 2021. www.advancedped.com 

Lazarus, R, Klompas M, Hou X, Campion FX, Dunn J, Platt R. Automated Electronic Detection & Reporting of Adverse Events Following Vaccination: ESP:VAERS. The CDC Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA; April, 2008. www.digital.ahrq.gov 

Shimabukuro, Tom T. MD., Cole, Matthew MPH, Su, John R. MD, PhD. JAMA. 12 February 2021. www.jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2776557 

LegiScan Bringing People to the Process. www.legiscan.com 2021. 

National Vaccine Information Center. 2021. 21525 Ridgetop Circle, Suite 100, Sterling, VA 20166. 

www.medalerts.org/vaersdb/findfield.php?TABLE=ON&GROUP1=AGE&EVENTS=ON&VAX=COVID19

WHIO Staff. “Miami Valley doctor says strokes are increasing in younger people, shares warning signs.” 31 May 2021. www.whio.com/news/local 

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No, it’s not just because the guy is hot ... and other BS about a female fan base (Looking at you Veronica Mars and Shadowhunters)

So, I suck at Tumblr.  I changed my name and suddenly all of my links are broken.  A friend asked me to repost this when she could not find it, so apologies for round 2.

I wrote recently about how filtering female characters through the male gaze can cause a project’s “center of gravity” to shift away from the agency and autonomy of female characters. This is how we end up w/ stories where women are there (narratively) to be pretty arm candy, or objects of sexual desire, or romantic partners (half a ship) vs characters who shape their own romantic and life choices. This is how we get female characters subjected to endless, pointless pain and trauma — usually sexual assault/ rape narratives (GoT, Veronica Mars). Or female characters who sacrifice endlessly and forgive every transgression, so that a man can be redeemed/ understood/ forgiven. (Why else would Buffy forgive Spike?) As I said, I don’t think every silly, guilty pleasure TV show or movie has to be a feminist icon story. Men can tell good stories about women. And give me flawed, complicated, nuanced characters and relationships any and every day of the week. I prefer truthful storytelling, not a kind of hagiography w/a side of feminism for my female characters.

Still, I had to just shake my head — after gagging on my coffee — when I saw the recent TV Line article quoting a senior executive at HULU as saying that the negative reaction to the ending of S4 Veronica Mars was A-O-K b/c it was a testament to how much people love the show. And, that the end was all part of RT’s super-well-thought-grand-plan to make VM into a noir detective show where Veronica solves random mysteries in random places and has no friends, no family, no relationships — having been an asshole to everyone in S4. Never mind S4 Veronica’s questionable detective skills, as evidenced by her failure to figure out who was behind the bombings until it was too late. Yeah. Whatever.

Of course, I didn’t stop at the article. I had to look at the comments. The official RT fanboy line appears to be that people who hated the ending are basically weak, stupid (heterosexual, I guess) girls who are upset that we won’t get to look at Jason D’s abs anymore. Apparently, we just don’t understand RT’s art and vision. Sad, really.

And so it goes. Once again, female fans are reduced to unthinking, stupid, crying hordes upset when we don’t get our happily-ever-after.

This is such complete and total bullshit. I hated all of S4 Veronica. VM in S4 is an unrecognizable asshole. She mocks Logan for seeking help for his PTSD. She misses or ignores her dad’s health crisis. She’s casually racist. She randomly uses drugs w/ strangers. She’s terrible to her friends (Weevil). And she’s the worst detective ever. Killing Logan off as some kind of suffer porn for VM was just one more piece of the shitty story telling that was S4. Especially since there was zero narrative explanation of how or why smart, gritty teenager Veronica fell into the abyss of self-loathing, self-absorption and cruelty that defines her in S4.

To my mind, though, the mansplaining from HULU, RT and crew is one of many examples of how Hollywood dismisses female fans along with female characters. In addition to Veronica Mars, I’ve written about how Shadowhunters TV betrayed both its female characters and many of its female fans. And, just as happened w/ Veronica Mars, when people objected, the show runners and their shills told us that we didn’t understand the showrunners’ art or storytelling; that we were upset bc not all of the couples got a wedding, that fan fiction could sort out the narrative mess left after the finale. As if completely sidelining the protagonist and her romantic partner, then tacking on a rom com meet cute at the end, made it all ok.

It wasn’t OK. It was BS. And, depressingly, not a surprise when one examines how the show treated its female characters and fan base all along.

- Cassie Clare, the author behind the six book series, has hinted on her Tumblr blog that from the very beginning, the male producers and show runners behind the TV adaption did not value her heavily female fan base. The show even added a lot of computers/ tech (explicitly NOT canon in the Shadowhunters universe), and made a character a police officer (not a bookstore owner) when it launched to attract an older male audience according to Clare. (Apart from the non-canon aspect of computers, stereotyping much on who likes tech?).

More importantly, the storytelling around female characters, and the treatment of their sexuality, showed the lack of regard the show had for female characters and their fans. Where to even start:

- The show aged-up the characters — which I am totally on board with — but then cast an actor who is only six years older than Matt D. (he played Alec) to play Mayrse, Alec’s (and Izzy and Jace’s adoptive) mother. 6 years!?! There are plenty of skilled, age appropriate performers one could have picked. Don’t tell me that casting decision was the product of anything other than the male gaze.

- Book Mayrse is a complicated and not always likeable character. Totally cool. Show Mayrse exists in S1 of SHTV for the sole purpose of being bigoted and homophobic re Alec (with a side of slut-shaming for her daughter Izzy). Then, in S3, she exists solely to punished (w/ a random de-rune-ing) and then redeemed for her homophobia by becoming “captain of the Malec ship.” S3 Mayrse seems to be entirely unaware that she has other children. Not Izzy. And not depressed, and suicidal Jace. A more richly observed character who is a mother would not act this way.

-Book Izzy is sexy and body positive. And a formidable warrior. Awesome. Show Izzy is often reduced to slutty eye candy in S1. She’s turned into a drug addict in S2. And, then, in S3 and the finale, she’s charged w caretaking duties for Jace (bc the show ignored the parabatai bond bw Alec and Jace and Mayrse was absent, as noted above). And, in the climactic fight scene, she’s disarmed by Clary (who had been training for a couple of months at that point) and needs to be saved by Simon, her non-Shadowhunter soon to be boyfriend. Simon is hugely heroic in the books, as is Clary, but their heroism is not at the expense of, or in place of, Izzy’s strength and heroism. (Or, maybe it’s that show Simon saves show Izzy from show Clary that’s the problem: book Izzy would not have been bested by Clary, book Clary never would have attacked her friends and chosen family, and the dark Clary made zero narrative/ emotional sense.

- Clary, the protagonist, is wholly sidelined in 3B and the finale. I won’t go down this rabbithole again, except to say that the show’s decision to strip Clary of her entire narrative arc — her mother, her father figure, her memories, her magic, her identity her chosen family, and her love — deeply, deeply betrayed the character and her fans.

- And, as I’ve written before, the dark Clary storyline seemed more about putting Kat M. In sexy clothes and having her act in a sexually aggressive way toward Jace (let’s call it what it was - the show hinted that she went down on Jace in a club while Jace was distraught over losing Clary and basically roofied) (bc sexually aggressive women are either slutty or evil on SHTV, I guess.). It made no sense.

-The whole Climon storyline was cringe worthy, and her weird shame-y commentary on Jace’s past sex life made no sense either.

- Maia hooking up w/ Jace behind a bar, and forgiving her attacker.

The list goes on and on.

I am sick and tired of Hollywood reducing female characters and female fans to unsophisticated, silly, shallow people looking only for the love of a (generally straight white) man. I am sick of shows sacrificing female characters and their fans to tell stories about other characters, even when those stories are worthy. (We shouldn’t have had to choose between, say, Magnus, Alec and Malec, and Clary, Jace and Clace.). I am sick of characters and fans serving as a mirror or vehicle for other characters’ stories.

Female fans watch TV. We buy movie tickets. We participate in fandoms. Stop telling us that we should be content w/ scraps from the storytelling table.