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BEST CHICAGO AREA LOCATIONS

HOW A PERSONAL BRANDING SESSION IS DIFFERENT THAN A HEADSHOT SESSION

Newborn Session… When do we schedule?

planning & color coordination | what to wear

preparing for your newborn photo session

STYLING YOURSELF FOR HEADSHOTS AND BRANDING SESSIONS

TOP 4 REASONS TO HIRE A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER

What to expect before, during, and after your session

WHY YOU SHOULD CHOOSE ME AS YOUR PHOTOGRAPHER

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Choose The Best  Maternity Photographer In Calabasas

Chicago Maternity Newborn Photographer Mily Cooper Photography specializes in capturing the precious moments of motherhood, from glowing maternity sessions to the tender arrival of newborns. we are the top rated Maternity photographer calabasas ca. With a keen eye for detail and a passion for storytelling, Mily Cooper creates timeless portraits that celebrate the beauty and joy of growing families. Contact us now!

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Nashville Baby Photographer | Welcome Lucy! - Family Films & Photos

Nashville Baby Photographer | Welcome Lucy! - Family Films & Photos

Lucy arrived into the world smiling, Im sure. She was so sweet and smiley! She and her sister are already bonding. The entire family was just so in love with the new baby girl. Lifestyle shoots allow me to capture memories, pure moments, raw emotion. And I am falling in love with film and videography […]

Sydney Newborn Photographer - Lifestyle in home

Sydney Newborn Photographer I'm a Sydney Newborn Photographer, who specialises in Lifestyle Photography. My Newborn Photography Sessions are held inside

April + August Photography - Des Moines & Waukee Iowa Family Photographer

One month baby photos

Baby Lola - Natural Newborn Photography at Home Sutherland Shire Sydney

Newborn Photography at Home Sutherland Shire Sydney My first shoot for 2020 was this beautiful in home Newborn Photography Session. It was such a

Wisconsin Home Newborn Lifestyle Portraits || Wheaton and Greater Chicago Senior and Family Portrait Photographer

I rubbed your mom’s tummy while you were still in there, hoping you would kick for me. Instead, you moved farther away from my hand. I called your name softly and talked to you, hoping you’d recognize my voice when you came out of the womb. You didn’t like it when I sang “Smelly Cat.” When I changed

Lifestyle Newborn Photography Guide | Click Love Grow

A step-by-step guide to shooting a lifestyle newborn photography session, including light, unique perspectives, and posing ideas for each of the family.

BKLP ~ Maryland Lifestyle Photographer-Newborn-Branding & SEO « Baltimore, Harford in-home lifestyle newborn photographer

A relaxed in-home newborn session using the rooms with the best lighting. Breanna will make you feel comfortable in front of the camera from start to finish. She lives in Harford County and travels to Baltimore, Pennsylvania + Delaware .

Lifestyle Newborn // Baby June

Portrait and wedding photographer based in North Texas, available for travel anywhere in the world! We create genuine imagery inspired by vibrant love.

Cozy In-Home Newborn | Ohio | AbbeyMarie-Photography

Lifestyle Newborn Session

Remy's At-Home Newborn Photos | Family Portrait | Hunter Premo

Remy's At-Home Newborn Photos | Family Portrait | Hunter Premo

New Parents with their Newborn - Tressa Wixom Photography

These photos make me smile every time I look at them. It’s the combination of Jordan and Katie being some of the kindest friends I have, plus I was able to photograph this baby boy Smith being born. I’ll always have a special place in my heart for every child I see born, it’s such […]

Bay Area Newborn Lifestyle Photography — Bay Area Family Photographer

These Newborn Lifestyle photos were photographed at home, with a five week old baby and toddler. Mama wore a postpartum-friendly beautiful soft wrap dress that's available in my client closet to borrow. Newborn lifestyle photos are laid back, organic, and authentic to this stage of life.

Newborn Photography Lifestyle Studio Session

As a newborn photographer, my goal is to provide an experience that is not only stress-free, but filled with Bright & Joyful Newborn Photography. We achieve this in a beautiful studio flooded with natural light.

In Home Newborn Session, Montana Newborn Photographer

Jessica Byrum is a professional photographer based in Billings, Montana. Specializing in the un-posed, capturing the chaos, and shooting for all of the moments in between. Offering family, maternity, and lifestyle newborn photography in Billings and available for travel.

Aliza | Lifestyle Newborn Photography | Medina, Ohio

We offer a wide variety of photography services including engagement, family, engagement, senior, newborn and maternity sessions! Get in touch with us today!

Baby Miles | Newborn Photography

Newborn Lifestyle Photography Session Is it too soon to say that 2020 has been one crazy year? Earlier this year, due to the pandemic, I rescheduled all of my in-home newborn sessions to the outdoors. The one thing I missed the most this year was going into my clients

WILDER | LIFESTYLE NEWBORN - Rachel Pourchier Photography

Wilder, your name lives up to your beauty. I mean I should have know with two beautiful parents they would make such a pretty baby. I love continuing my relationship with my clients when they invite me into their home to photograph their brand new baby. I love these newborn baby lifestyle session because of simply all the details. Any parent will tell you how they want to remember the little tiny baby toes and fingers and newborn hair. How Dad was able to hold his baby girl in his big strong hands and she was perfectly sleeping in them on his chest. The close up details are almost always my favorite images. I love the mystery it keeps for the viewer to finish the photo with their own mind. I could go on forever with these new baby details but I will let you see for yourself. Enjoy baby Wilder!!

Lucy arrived into the world smiling, Im sure. She was so sweet and smiley! She and her sister are already bonding. The entire family was just so in love with the new baby girl. Lifestyle shoots allow me to capture memories, pure moments, raw emotion. And I am falling in love with film and videography too – because what better way to capture emotion! Please enjoy Lucy’s video and sneak peek!   Warmly,

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Saint Charles IL Photographer | United States | B&B Photography

We are twin sisters, (Becca and Berta, the B &B  in our business name) with Bachelor's Degrees in Education and a love of photography.  Once we became mothers, we started our business in hopes of providing beautiful photos at affordable prices to families just like ours.  

Our love for children and newborn photography is evident in our work and we provide a unique experience for mommies and their little ones.  If having your special memories come to life in photos is something that you are interested in, we'd love to chat.

​We offer newborn sessions, special milestone sessions, maternity, family and event photography. We have a brand new studio located in Saint Charles IL for studio and newborn sessions.  We also travel to location in Bartlett, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg, Saint Charles, Geneva, Elgin, S. Elgin, Naperville, Crystal Lake and all surrounding Chicagoland suburbs

St Charles newborn photographer

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Day Ten: is entirely dedicated to a #flower #bush that may sound ordinary to some nonetheless its tiny #blooms can be incredibly #pleasing to the eyes. The aromatic common #Lilacs have calming tones of #purple, #white & #pink. It's when It was almost time to vacate the park, I grasped these beauties in #soothing #shadows. Fun fact: In #russia🇷🇺 holding a sprig of lilac over the #newborn would bring wisdom. #macrophotography #macroworld #photography #photographer #photooftheday #lilac #springinchicago #chicago #spring #nature #naturephotography #mondaymotivation #mood #instagood #instadaily #plantsofinstagram #plantlady #lilacs (at Aurora, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO_6KeChcpC/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Damien Hirst at Gagosian Britannia Street, London

April 12, 2021

DAMIEN HIRST Fact Paintings and Fact Sculptures

Opening April 12, 2021 6–24 Britannia Street, London __________ I like to say something and deny it at the same time. —Damien Hirst Gagosian is pleased to announce Fact Paintings and Fact Sculptures, an exhibition of rarely seen works by Damien Hirst created between 1993 and 2021. The exhibition marks the first phase of Hirst’s yearlong takeover of the Britannia Street gallery, and is his first exhibition there since The Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011 in 2012. As artist and curator, Hirst presents this highly personal series of work through his own eyes. Throughout his storied career, Hirst has confronted the systems of belief that define human existence, from common trust in medicine to the seduction of consumerism. At a moment when the idea of “truth” has never been more tenuous, Hirst’s Fact Paintings and Sculptures question the obduracy of “fact” as a governing principle of society. Mimicking color photographs, the Fact Paintings are rendered in oil on canvas, sometimes with meticulous fidelity, at others reveling in the physicality of mark making. Their verisimilitude recalls the historical role of painting as a tool to represent the visible world and lead the viewer to believe that a two-dimensional image is, in fact, the three-dimensional object it portrays. With the birth of photography in the nineteenth century, painting’s relationship with reality continued to evolve. Hirst’s Fact Paintings explore this back and forth between the brush and the camera as the agents of “truth.”

The first exhibition of the Fact series, The Elusive Truth, was presented at Gagosian New York in 2005 and focused on paintings derived from newspaper photographs. Other subjects include Hirst’s signature motifs of butterflies and diamonds, depictions of his own previous works, and portraits of his friends and family. In many ways, the Fact series can be seen as the artist’s self-portrait, highlighting significant moments of Hirst’s life and career: Michael with Diamond Skull (2008), for example, portrays Michael Craig-Martin—his former tutor at Goldsmiths—posing with the famed sculpture For the Love of God (2007); in Self-Portrait as Surgeon (2007) the artist, dressed in blue scrubs, stands next to a hospital bed; while Cleaning New Baby (Cyrus) (2007) depicts his own newborn son. In the Fact Sculptures, presented alongside the related paintings, Hirst moves beyond the readymade, instead constructing detailed replicas of real objects. In Love Dies Fast (2020) and Station (2014), physical elements of workshops and storage spaces appear, while in Snob (2006–20) and Public School Tosser (2006–20) he makes reference to his own iconic jewelry cabinets, wryly juxtaposed here with garbage bags and cans. Other sculptures attest to Hirst’s preoccupation with the order of things, their preservation and display: in Persil (2015) and Coke/Diet Coke Vending Machine (2007), a stacked pallet and a vending machine underscore the significance of consumer goods and product packaging, the high with the low. Some of the sculptures on view are charged with relevance to lived experience in the COVID-19 era. Remedies Against the Great Infection (2020) offers hand sanitizer and personal protective equipment, while sculptures such as Don’t Stop Me Now (2006) and Warsaw (2008), replete with medical supplies, take on new meaning within the context of the enduring pandemic. By incorporating these by-now-ubiquitous commodities into sculptures, Hirst speaks to the new landscape of material culture that has become a dark fact of contemporary life. Damien Hirst was born in Bristol, England, and lives and works in London and Devon, England. Collections include Tate, London; Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland; Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Museum Brandhorst, Munich; Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo; Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid; Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples, Italy; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; Art Institute of Chicago; The Broad, Los Angeles; Museo Jumex, Mexico City; National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow; and 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan. Exhibitions include Cornucopia, Musée océanographique de Monaco (2010); Tate Modern, London (2012); Relics, Qatar Museums Authority, Al Riwaq, Qatar (2013); Signification (Hope, Immortality and Death in Paris, Now and Then), Deyrolle, Paris (2014); Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo (2015); The Last Supper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (2016); Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable, Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy (2017); Damien Hirst at Houghton Hall: Colour Space Paintings and Outdoor Sculptures, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England (2019); and Mental Escapology, St. Moritz, Switzerland (2021). Hirst received the Turner Prize in 1995. _____ Damien Hirst, Papillio palinurus in Achillea millefolium, 2009, oil on canvas, 36 × 54 inches (91.4 × 137.2 cm) © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2021. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates

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Alvaro Ramirez - Brother of lawyer Javier Ramirez and a well known action and drama actor. He’s been in a lot of tv shows as well as films since he was quite a bit younger. Alvaro, sometimes called Oliver or Alvey (usually by his brother in a more condescending way. Javier gives his little brother hell all the time, but there’s a lot of love between the two of them) is currently working on a project in Greece with Lucy Connory (Bill’s “wife”) as an undercover agent working against a human trafficking ring. 

Darius Murphy - Patriarch of the Murphy family and as tough as he is, and as cruel as he can be, he honestly does want what’s best for his daughters. Just sometimes that means he gets a bit overbearing and pushy with his daughters’ significant others. 

Armand Lestrange - Armand has been casually sitting in my head for quite a while now, casually sipping a glass of wine and waiting for me to get around to ‘noticing’ him. He is a vampire, he’s been around for about 700 years and met the very fragile and half dead Odette/Danielle who he took under his proverbial wing and trained to hunt and survive. He’s been sleeping for the last 100 years or so and is finally awake again. He’s seeking out Danielle, apparently he sensed her unsteadiness with the world and wanted to come check on her to make sure she’s positive about the decision she’s making. 

Paul Daniels - Andrew’s intern at his photography studio. Paul is a recent graduate from the Art Institute of Chicago and a recent move to New York City. By working for a professional photographer like Andrew, he’ll be able to follow his careers anywhere. 

Harry Bowers - Teenage father of a newborn and a sophomore at O’ Fallon High School in Illinois. He and his girlfriend made a mistake, had sex without a condom and wound up pregnant. The two told his parents first and then tried to tell hers’. His took it a little better than hers did, and when they subsequently threw out their ‘whore’ of a daughter, Harry’s parents took them in and made an arrangement with them that they would continue with school and while Harry and ?? are at school, his mom takes care of the baby. His girlfriend goes home and he goes to work at Barnes and Noble and then comes home as well. His mom hands over their baby and they take over as parents again while living in his brothers’ former “apartment” in his parents’ basement. Harry isn’t exactly sure what he wants to do when he graduates high school, honestly the biggest question on his mind right now is what to do about a marine biology internship his girlfriend just got that’s taking her to Hawaii over the summer and how they’re going to work that out. They -want- to take the baby with them and stay in a small apartment there for three months, which might be made easier if her aunt allows them to stay in their summer home, but that still doesn’t answer the question of how to pay for staying there for the amount of time the internship runs. The other option is that he stays home with the baby for the time and his girlfriend goes out alone but no one is really loving that idea. 

Caiden Rayne - Renamed an older character of mine and gave him a different picture (revealing as it is, I know but it’s the only one he liked and I had A LOT of others saved). Reformed from Caden Raelin, Caiden is a model who does do pornographic work quite a lot though it’s not his main source of income, as well as a runway model. He tends to work with photographer Sebastian Talbot quite a bit, despite Sebastian being a complete asshole. Cay lives with an eating disorder, as a lot of models can, and is an on again, off again drug addict, mostly cocaine, in order to stay in the weight range that people want him at. His manager is mostly to blame though a large part of the fault is also in that his parents basically trafficked him out to the highest bidder and he’s at the mercy of the industry now. He is friends with Bianca and Cora though even they don’t know the full extent of his issues. 

The last one, I think, is a Giovanni, either from Vincent and Rory or might be Toby and Kaitlen’s first son. 

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A Five-Year-Old Recollection

A five-year-old from Ohio has vivid recollections of being killed in a fire as a 30-year-old woman. From the age of two, Luke Ruehlman from Cincinnati, Ohio has given strong indications that he remembers his previous life as a young black woman from Chicago named Pam who perished after she jumped from a burning building.

According to his parents he would often make references to being this woman by stating things such as “when I was a girl, I had black hair” or “I used to have earrings like that when I was a girl.” Luke even claims to remember the moment that his previous life ended and recalls the actual reincarnation process in which he was “pushed back down” to Earth as a newborn baby.

Incredibly, an investigation revealed that a woman named Pamela Robinson who lived in Chicago had actually died following a fire at the Paxton Hotel back in 1993, just as Luke had described. The boy’s case was investigated as part of a documentary entitled “The Ghost Inside My Child” in which an investigation team showed Luke a collection of images of women who were around the same age as Pamela, as well as one of her, and asked him if he was able to point her out.

To their amazement he was able to successfully pick out the correct photograph.

‘When I woke up, I was a baby and you named me Luke’: Mom claims her five-year- old son remembers his past life as a Chicago woman who died in a house fire

Luke Ruehlman, from Cincinnati, Ohio, made claims about his past life Mother says he ‘remembered’ being Pam, 30, before he was born Later pieced together than he was referring to real woman from Chicago Pamela Robinson died when the Paxton Hotel caught fire in 1993 Said he recalls meeting God and being ‘pushed back down’ as baby boy According to his mother, Luke’s story can be verified by the facts

Though the recollections have since stopped, Luke’s mother Erika told local station Fox8 how from the age of two Ruehlman would make references to his apparent alter ego.

At first, she said, he would simply name things Pam and seemed fixated with the name. Later, she said, he would start making references to his apparent past life as a female.

She said: ‘He used to say: “When I was a girl, I had black hair”’ or he would say, “I used to have earrings like that when I was a girl.”‘

She added that when confronted about who Pam could be, he said that he in fact used to be her, and said he remembered a bizarre process of reincarnation when he was ‘pushed back down’ to earth as a newborn.

He said: ‘Well, I used to be [Pam], but I died. I went up to heaven, and I saw God, and he pushed me back down and when I woke up, I was a baby and you named me Luke.’

According to Erika, her son’s claims were supported by facts he could not possibly have learned by himself.

After revealing that in his ‘former life’ as Pam he lived in Chicago, Erika found an old news story which mentioned a Pamela Robinson, who died when the Paxton Hotel in the city caught light in 1993.

An investigation by a paranormal investigations TV show also claimed to prove the veracity of Luke’s story.

In footage for the show The Ghost Inside My Child, Luke was shown a page full of pictures of black women in their 30s, only one of which was the dead Pamela Robinson.

When asked to pick out Pamela, the footage claims, he chose the right picture.

It was enough to convince Erika, who reached out to Robinson’s family and said they told her more about her personality which seemed to match Luke.

As examples, Erika said her son loves Stevie Wonder, as did Robinson, and also shares an enthusiasm for playing the keyboard, though her boy’s was a children’s version.

When contacted by Fox8, however, they declined to comment.

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Pandemic/Apocalyptic Fiction

Titles that feature storylines during a pandemic.

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

4.05/5 stars

Set in the days of civilization's collapse, Station Eleven tells the story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity.

One snowy night a famous Hollywood actor slumps over and dies onstage during a production of King Lear. Hours later, the world as we know it begins to dissolve. Moving back and forth in time—from the actor's early days as a film star to fifteen years in the future, when a theater troupe known as the Traveling Symphony roams the wasteland of what remains—this suspenseful, elegiac, spellbinding novel charts the strange twists of fate that connect five people: the actor, the man who tried to save him, the actor's first wife, his oldest friend, and a young actress with the Traveling Symphony, caught in the crosshairs of a dangerous self-proclaimed prophet.

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

4.21/5 stars

In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister. Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster.

The End of October by Lawrence Wright

3.82/5 stars

At an internment camp in Indonesia, forty-seven people are pronounced dead with acute hemorrhagic fever. When Henry Parsons--microbiologist, epidemiologist--travels there on behalf of the World Health Organization to investigate, what he finds will soon have staggering repercussions across the globe: an infected man is on his way to join the millions of worshippers in the annual Hajj to Mecca. Now, Henry joins forces with a Saudi prince and doctor in an attempt to quarantine the entire host of pilgrims in the holy city... A Russian émigré, a woman who has risen to deputy director of U.S. Homeland Security, scrambles to mount a response to what may be an act of biowarfare... already-fraying global relations begin to snap, one by one, in the face of a pandemic... Henry's wife Jill and their children face diminishing odds of survival in Atlanta... and the disease slashes across the United States, dismantling institutions--scientific, religious, governmental--and decimating the population. As packed with suspense as it is with the fascinating history of viral diseases, Lawrence Wright has given us a full-tilt, electrifying, one-of-a-kind thriller.

The Rationing by Charles Wheelan

3.9/5 stars

America is in trouble—at the mercy of a puzzling pathogen. That ordinarily wouldn’t lead to catastrophe, thanks to modern medicine, but there’s just one problem: the government supply of Dormigen, the silver bullet of pharmaceuticals, has been depleted just as demand begins to spike. Set in the near future, The Rationing centers around a White House struggling to quell the crisis—and control the narrative. Working together, just barely, are a savvy but preoccupied president; a Speaker more interested in jockeying for position—and a potential presidential bid—than attending to the minutiae of disease control; a patriotic majority leader unable to differentiate a virus from a bacterium; a strategist with brilliant analytical abilities but abominable people skills; and, improbably, our narrator, a low-level scientist with the National Institutes of Health who happens to be the world’s leading expert in lurking viruses. Little goes according to plan during the three weeks necessary to replenish the stocks of Dormigen. Some Americans will get the life-saving drug and others will not, and nations with their own supply soon offer aid—but for a price. China senses blood and a geopolitical victory, presenting a laundry list of demands that ranges from complete domination of the South China Sea to additional parking spaces at the UN, while India claims it can save the day for the U.S.

The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker

3.66/5 stars

In an isolated college town in the hills of Southern California, a freshman girl stumbles into her dorm room, falls asleep—and doesn’t wake up. She sleeps through the morning, into the evening. Her roommate, Mei, cannot rouse her. Neither can the paramedics who carry her away, nor the perplexed doctors at the hospital. Then a second girl falls asleep, and then another, and panic takes hold of the college and spreads to the town. As the number of cases multiplies, classes are canceled, and stores begin to run out of supplies. A quarantine is established. The National Guard is summoned. Mei, an outsider in the cliquish hierarchy of dorm life, finds herself thrust together with an eccentric, idealistic classmate. Two visiting professors try to protect their newborn baby as the once-quiet streets descend into chaos. A father succumbs to the illness, leaving his daughters to fend for themselves. And at the hospital, a new life grows within a college girl, unbeknownst to her—even as she sleeps. A psychiatrist, summoned from Los Angeles, attempts to make sense of the illness as it spreads through the town. Those infected are displaying unusual levels of brain activity, more than has ever been recorded. They are dreaming heightened dreams—but of what?

Lock In (Lock In #1) by John Scalzi

3.89/5 stars

Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever and headaches. But for the unlucky one percent - and nearly five million souls in the United States alone - the disease causes "Lock In": Victims fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. The disease affects young, old, rich, poor, people of every color and creed. The world changes to meet the challenge. A quarter of a century later, in a world shaped by what's now known as "Haden's syndrome," rookie FBI agent Chris Shane is paired with veteran agent Leslie Vann. The two of them are assigned what appears to be a Haden-related murder at the Watergate Hotel, with a suspect who is an "integrator" - someone who can let the locked in borrow their bodies for a time. If the Integrator was carrying a Haden client, then naming the suspect for the murder becomes that much more complicated. But "complicated" doesn't begin to describe it. As Shane and Vann began to unravel the threads of the murder, it becomes clear that the real mystery - and the real crime - is bigger than anyone could have imagined. The world of the locked in is changing, and with the change comes opportunities that the ambitious will seize at any cost. The investigation that began as a murder case takes Shane and Vann from the halls of corporate power to the virtual spaces of the locked in, and to the very heart of an emerging, surprising new human culture. It's nothing you could have expected.

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Blu-ray Review: The Omen Collection

In the pantheon of religious horror, the holy trinity consists of The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby, and The Omen. Although The Omen arrived last, opening on June 6, 1976, it arguably offers more excitement than its satanic brethren (which is not to say that it is a superior film). Likely to be considered a slow-burner by today's standards, the picture builds tension and unravels a mystery at a meticulous pace, but it's punctuated by elaborate, Rube Goldberg-ian death scenes.

The Omen spawned a trilogy of films, a made-for-television sequel, and a modern remake. Scream Factory has collected all five movies in The Omen Collection, which is limited to 10,000 units. Besting Fox's earlier Blu-ray set - which omitted Part IV and featured some of the worst box set packaging known to man - each film is packaged in an individual Blu-ray case with original artwork within a rigid slipcover case. It boasts a deluge of extras, new and old.

In the original film, American diplomat Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck, To Kill a Mockingbird) and his wife, Katherine (Lee Remick, Anatomy of a Murder), adopt a baby named Damien (Harvey Stephens) after their own child is stillborn. Beginning with his fifth birthday, a string of mysterious deaths surround Damien. Upon being presented with convincing evidence by a photographer (David Warner, Tron), Robert becomes convinced that his son is none other than the antichrist, and he is faced with the task of stopping him to prevent Armageddon.

Firing on all cylinders, The Omen is an exemplary horror film. Working from a well-constructed script by David Seltzer (Shining Through, Prophecy), director Richard Donner grounds the story firmly in reality. The fantastical elements are easy to swallow, as each and every incident in the plot could be mere coincidence. Peck brings a gravitas to the production, leading a strong cast in which Remick also holds her own. Even the six-year-old Stephens, who never acted before and did very little after, is convincingly malevolent.

John Richardson's (Aliens, Harry Potter) special effects for the proto-Final Destination deaths - including one of the greatest beheadings ever committed on celluloid - remain shocking after more than 40 years. Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor (Star Wars: A New Hope, Dr. Strangelove) captures it all with clean camerawork, while Jerry Goldsmith (Alien, Gremlins) provides a chilling orchestral score elevated to pure evil with choral chanting.

The Omen has been newly mastered in 4K from the original negative, approved by Donner, for the new release. The result is a pristine presentation with improved detail and color saturation over Fox’s previous high-definition transfer. The Omen carries a whopping four audio commentaries. One, featuring special project consultant Scott Michael Bosco, is new. His audio sounds compressed - as if it were recorded on a cell phone - but it's dense with details focusing on the theological aspects. Bosco often digresses, but I appreciate the fresh perspective rather than a historian reciting IMDb trivia.

The other audio commentaries include: a track with Donner and editor Stuart Baird (Lethal Weapon, Skyfall), in which the two old friends reminisce about the highs and lows of the production; a track with Donner and filmmaker Brian Helgeland (Mystic River, L.A. Confidential), which features as much good-natured joking as it does insight; and a track with film historians Lem Dobbs, Nick Redman, and Jeff Bond, largely focusing on Goldsmith's score. A lot of information is repeated across the commentaries, but the varying viewpoints make them all worth listening to.

Seltzer and actress Holly Palance (who plays the nanny whose suicide by hanging is among the film’s most memorable moment) sit down for new interviews. Seltzer's chat is particularly enjoyable, as he's candid and humble. He openly states that his script is not as good as the movie it birthed. He also shares what he would have done if he had the opportunity to write the sequel. Palance, the daughter of the great Jack Palance, recounts her naivety about working on her first film and shooting her iconic death scene. The final new extra is an appreciation of The Omen's score by composer Chris Young, who says he looked to Goldsmith's progression across The Omen trilogy as he was scoring the Hellraiser films. It's fascinating to hear one accomplished professional praise another in their field.

All of the archival extras are ported over: a thorough, 15-minute interview with Donner from 2008; 666: The Omen Revealed, a 46-minute retrospective from 2000 featuring crew members along with religious experts to provide context; The Omen Revelations, which is essentially a streamlined version of 666, recycling much of its footage in 24 minutes; Curse or Coincidence, in which the crew recounts a variety of curious incidents that nearly derailed the production; an introduction by Donner; a deleted scene with commentary by Donner; an older interview with Seltzer, which features a lot of the same information as the new one; and an interview with Goldsmith about his score. There's also an appreciation of The Omen by filmmaker Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street), in which the master of horror waxes poetic about the influential picture for 20 minutes; Trailers from Hell trailer commentary by filmmaker Larry Cohen (The Stuff), who cites The Omen as one of his favorite movies; the trailer; TV spots; radio spots; and four image galleries: stills, behind-the-scenes, posters and lobby cards, and publicity.

Following the massive success of the first film, Fox fast-tracked a sequel, Damien: Omen II, to open in 1978. Having narrowly survived the events of The Omen, a 12-year-old Damien (Jonathan Scott-Taylor) now lives with his affluent uncle, Richard Thorn (William Holden, Sunset Blvd.), aunt, Ann (Lee Grant, In the Heat of the Night), and cousin, Mark (Lucas Donat), in Chicago. Damien is ostensibly a well-adjusted kid, unaware of who - or what - he is, but those who cross him wind up dead in freak accidents.

Omen II's plotting mirrors that of the first film, but the mystery aspect that made the original so effective is gone. The viewer knows from the start that Damien is, in fact, the antichrist, so they're left waiting for the characters to catch up. The plot dedicates an inordinate amount of time to Thorn's business enterprises, which is only vaguely paid of in the next installment when Damien rises to power. On the bright side, there are several admirably inventive deaths in the tradition of the first, from a bird attack that would make Alfred Hitchcock jealous to a visceral elevator bisection to a harrowing scene of a man trapped in a pond under ice.

Since Donner had moved on to Superman and Seltzer was either uninterested or not asked (depending on the source) to pen the sequel, a new creative team was employed. Stanley Mann (Firestarter, Conan the Destroyer) and Mike Hodges (Get Carter, Flash Gordon) wrote the script, with the latter set to direct. Hodges only shot for a few days, during which he quickly fell behind schedule, before being swiftly replaced by Don Taylor (Escape from the Planet of the Apes). Goldsmith returns to score with a worthy successor, retaining the signature sound while expanding it to incorporate electronics.

Leo McKern is the only returning cast member, reprising his role as archaeologist Carl Bugenhagen in the prologue. Peck's formidable presence is sorely missed, but Holden - who, incidentally, turned down the lead role in The Omen - and Grant bring some prestige to the production. Scott-Taylor is a convincing surrogate for Stephens, but the child acting leaves a bit to be desired. It's offset by a supporting cast that includes Lance Henriksen (Aliens), Lew Ayres (All Quiet on the Western Front), Sylvia Sidney (Beetlejuice), Allan Arbus (M*A*S*H), and Meshach Taylor (Mannequin).

Damien: Omen II's Blu-ray disc features new interviews with Grant, who is proud of the sequel and shares a funny anecdote about discovering her first wrinkle while filming; Foxworth, who was able to get to know Holden, one of his heroes, on their daily commute; and actress Elizabeth Sheppard, who proudly discusses working with Holden as well as Vincent Price (on The Tomb of Ligeia). In a separate featurette, Sheppard narrates a gallery of her personal photos from the shoot, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the bird attack sequence.

Since Omen II's mythology has little biblical foundation, Bosco's new commentary features even more tenuous tangents, but it affords him the opportunity to discuss the franchise more subjectively. An archival commentary with producer Harvey Bernhard proves to be a bit more informative. The disc also includes a vintage making-of featurette consisting of clips, interviews, and footage from the set, along with the trailer, a TV spot, a radio spot, and a still gallery.

The Omen trilogy came to a conclusion in 1981 with Omen III: The Final Conflict - although it proved not to be final after all. As prophesied, Damien (Sam Neill, Jurassic Park), now 33 - the same age as Jesus when he was crucified - has risen to political power. Following the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain’s ghastly suicide, Damien is appointed the position, which was once held by his adoptive father. The only true foe for the antichrist is, naturally, Christ himself. Rather than bringing about the apocalypse, as the franchise had been driving toward since the beginning, Damien attempts to prevent the second coming in a sanctimonious conclusion to the story arc.

While no successor could top the original Omen, its first sequel smartly embraced the gratuitous death scenes. For the third installment, however, director Graham Baker (Alien Nation) made a conscious effort to avoid them. Instead, he delivers inept monks trying to assassinate Damien with the Seven Daggers of Megiddo, while the antichrist’s legion of apostles murder newborn males who are the potential Christ child. Andrew Birkin's (Perfume: The Story of a Murderer) script leans further into religiosity at the expensive of the horror elements while interjecting silly mythology akin to Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.

Omen III: The Final Conflict's Blu-ray disc features new interviews with Baker, who takes a truly retrospective look back on the film, comparing the society of today to that of when it was produced; Birkin, who hadn't seen The Omen when he first met for the gig and wasn't particularly impressed when he finally watched it; and production assistant Jeanne Ferber, who explains how she was among those polled by Bernhard to help choose the lead, with Neill selected unanimously.

For his final commentary in the set, Bosco is back to pointing out the film's connections to scripture, leading to a lengthy tirade comparing Christianity and Judaism. An archival track with Baker has a few nuggets of information among extended gaps of silence, but most of his points are addressed more concisely in the new interview. Special features are rounded out by the trailer, TV spots, and a still gallery.

Although The Omen’s main storyline continued with two more book sequels, Fox opted to use the familiar title for a made-for-television movie on their budding network in 1991. Although dubbed Omen IV: The Awakening, the film largely serves as a remake of the original film but with a female antichrist. After numerous failed attempts to get pregnant, politician Gene York (Michael Woods) and his wife, Karen (Faye Grant, V), adopt an orphan girl. Seven years later, Delia (Asia Vieira, A Home at the End of the World) becomes increasingly violent and manipulative, leaving a trail of bodies in her wake.

Similar to Omen II's production troubles, Omen IV started with Jorge Montesi (Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal) in the director's chair, but he was fire mid-shoot and replaced by Dominique Othenin-Girard (Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers). Writer Brian Taggert (Poltergeist III) keeps the basic structure of Seltzer's original script intact, but the details of each beat are altered and the death scenes are subdued for TV. In addition to gender-swapping the creepy kid, it's the mother who is proactive this time around.

Despite maintaining the general outline of The Omen, the plot is harder to believe this time around, stretching the required suspension of disbelief to include psychics that can read auras. The most ludicrous plot point comes in the form of a shoehorned connection to The Omen mythology. This "twist" canonically positions Omen IV as a sequel rather than a thinly-veiled remake, but it feels more like a low-budget knockoff than an official installment in the franchise.

Omen IV: The Awakening doesn't have any audio commentaries, but its Blu-ray debut includes a new interview with Taggert, who breaks down several of the major choices made in the script. It also contains The Omen Legacy, a feature-length documentary on the franchise that aired on TV in 2001. Narrated by Jack Palance (City Slickers), it finds cast and crew members (including a couple of folks who don't appear in any other special features) and religious figures (the Church of Satan’s high priestess among them) discussing all four films while playing up the alleged curse. The trailer and a still gallery are also included.

Amidst the onslaught of horror remakes that dominated the early 2000s, Fox shrewdly capitalized with The Omen in 2006 - on 6/6/06, to be exact. Director John Moore (Max Payne) offers slick production value and an inspired cast, but it feels wholly unnecessary considering how closely it follows the original script. Seltzer is the only credited writer, but it's unclear if his 40-year-old script was simply polished off or if he was involved in re-writes, as there are some subtle changes to contemporize it. While it fails to bring anything new to the table, it’s a stronger effort than Omen IV.

Liev Schreiber (Scream) and Julia Stiles (10 Things I Hate About You) star as the Thorns. Talented as they are, they lack the chemistry of Peck and Remick. Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick is successfully creepy as the new Damien, while the role's originator, Harvey Stephens, makes a quick cameo. In a particularly motivated bit of stunt casting, Mia Farrow (Rosemary's Baby) plays the antichrist's new nanny. David Thewlis (Harry Potter) and Pete Postlethwaite (The Lost World: Jurassic Park) also have supporting roles.

The remake is the only Blu-ray in the set that doesn't offer any new special features. The existing extras cover a lot of ground, but it would’ve been interesting to hear the crew reflect back on it. Omenisms is a 37-minute documentary exploring the pressures of making a movie with a release date set in advance, even showing Moore losing his temper and yelling at a producer. It feels very of its time, with director Stephen French  treating the piece like a hip art film, but it contains a lot of great material.

Moore, producer Glenn Williamson, and editor Dan Zimmermann participate in an audio commentary that's fairly informative but doesn't touch on many of the trials and tribulations showcased in Omenisms. There's also a featurette about Marco Beltrami (Scream) recording his score at the legendary Abbey Road Studio; Revelation 666, a cheesy TV special tracing the history, interpretation, and theories of 666; unrated, extended scenes, including a longer version of the ending; and theatrical trailers.

While The Exorcist remains the be-all and end-all of occult horror, The Omen franchise as a whole is more consistent. The first three Omen films comprise a cohesive trilogy, while Part IV and the remake each offer a fresh, if flawed, perspective on the material. Between the movies, commentaries, interviews, and featurettes, The Omen Collection contains over 30 hours of content, making it an unbelievable value and a must-have for any horror collector.

The Omen Collection is available now on Blu-ray via Scream Factory.

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BE INSPIRED MATERNITY SESSION | Feature by Yofi Photography

BE INSPIRED MATERNITY SESSION | Feature by Yofi Photography

  Tell us a bit about your approach to the work you do, your time in the business and a few personal facts about you.

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the hardest thing for edward in his early days as a vampire was being unable to attend his mother’s funeral. carlisle had gone in his stead, passing around the story that edward was still unwell but had been sent off to a relative far away to recuperate. he placed the flowers edward had told him were elizabeth’s favourite, and spoken a few words for him, but the pain of never having been himself would haunt edward. he couldn’t even visit his parents’ graves for another year -- they were too deep in chicago for it to be safe for a newborn vampire to be there. 

on the day of the funeral, edward sat like a statue on the bed he had transformed on only days before. carlisle had long stripped and burned the sheets but the scent of sweat and illness remained. over the hours, he tried his best to remember every last detail about his mother, committing it to the everlasting memory of a vampire. her smile, her laugh, her voice, her face. as many good times they had shared -- birthdays, christmases, parties, recitals, theatre trips. it felt better than doing nothing.

that evening, carlisle returned with a small box. he passed it silently to edward, thinking in a language he didn’t recognise yet. when he opened it, he found his mother’s jewellery, trinkets, a handkerchief, a several photographs. it was the first time all day he managed to cry, his first time crying as a vampire, and the first time carlisle comforted him.

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Abortion Clinics Are Not Safer; A Compilation

TRIGGER WARNING: Some of these contain murder, botched abortions and other gory things. But, abortion is a gory business so quite frankly if you’re going to support the abortion industry you should probably know exactly what it does.

If you skip this, I do not blame you. These articles can have some very triggering content.

 However, if you can’t stomach reading the articles, maybe you shouldn’t support the industry. There are many more cases such as these that are not reported, and I’m sure many are much worse. 

Also, I literally got these from a quick Google search. Over 11 different stories, even more sources, and I’m not even done!! There’s more!! I’m just trying not to clutter up everyone’s dashboard with a super long post lol. 

Abortion Industry Negligence Nationwide: Highlighting the Most Egregious Offenses

More Abortion Clinics Face Suspension Over Health Codes

On April 9, ABC Philadelphia news reported that two former nurses at the Planned Parenthood of Delaware abortion facility quit their jobs, citing unsafe, unsanitary conditions, and “a meat-market style of assembly-line abortions.”

On May 29, Jayne Mitchell-Werbrich and Joyce Vasikonis testified before the Delaware state senate. They referred to the clinic conditions as “ridiculously unsafe” and noted that women were at risk for hepatitis and AIDS.

[ . . . ] two of the highest volume Planned Parenthood abortion facilities (Far Northeast and Elizabeth Blackwell Center, both in Philadelphia) in Pennsylvania failed inspection. Inspectors found that both facilities were improperly storing fetal remains – in undated bags at Elizabeth Blackwell Center, and unpreserved in a janitor’s closet at Far Northeast. They also discovered unsanitary implements, including unused syringes and needles that had been removed from their packaging. At Elizabeth Blackwell Center there were dark stains on the carpet and on a bench in a patient area.

[ . . .] abortionist Kermit Gosnell was found guilty of the murder of three newborn children and the negligent death of one patient. He had been charged with eight counts of murder including seven babies who were born alive and then killed with scissors. Prosecutors said that he made millions of dollars over 30 years, performing as many illegal, late-term abortions as he could.

In May, Operation Rescue released a report revealing that 3 former staff members of the Aaron Women’s Clinic in Houston had come forward with evidence of horrific late term abortions conducted by abortionist Douglas Karpen. The informants provided photographic evidence (taken on their cell phones) of illegal late-term abortions. The photos depicted two babies aborted well beyond Texas’ legal limit of 24 weeks. Their necks had been cut. The physical condition of the babies revealed that they had likely been born alive and then subsequently killed. Testimony from the former workers indicated that Dr. Karpen was committing both very late term abortions and infanticide. Patients would be administered doses of Cytotec, a drug that causes strong and unpredictable uterine contractions, to induce labor, and then he would proceed with the abortion.“When he did an abortion, especially an over 20 week abortion, most of the time the fetus would come completely out before he cut the spinal cord, or he introduced one of the instruments into the soft spot of the fetus in order to kill the fetus,” stated former surgical assistant Deborah Edge. According to Edge, this was a common occurrence.

Steven Chase Brigham’s Fairfax, VA facility remained closed as of June 2 after an April inspection in which “unsanitary equipment, expired medication and failure to maintain equipment or follow proper patient care protocols” were discovered.

Nova Women’s Health Center, the busiest abortion clinic in Virginia, closed when its lease was terminated via a lawsuit by the property owners on the grounds that the abortion clinic created a public nuisance. According to the lawsuit filings, Nova patients were regularly inside the building “lying down in corridors…and, in some instances, even vomiting.” One filing said witnesses would testify that this was a daily occurrence. Previously in 2007, the state Board of Health reported evidence of negligence and abuse at Nova Women’s Health Center clinic including: failing to provide follow-up care, keeping inadequate records, and improperly handling and dispensing drugs. Abortionist Mi Yong Kim was forced to surrender her medical license, but continued to operate the clinic.

Itai Gravely, a 26-year-old woman, filed suit against the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia and abortionist Rodney Lee Stephens after Stephens allegedly forced Ms. Gravely to proceed with an abortion against her will and then left her dead baby’s head inside her womb. Gravely changed her mind about the abortion after adequate anaesthesia could not be administered. Stephens ordered clinic workers to physically restrain Ms. Gravely as he proceeded with the abortion. The next day, Ms. Gravely was rushed to the emergency room where it was discovered that dismembered body parts of her child had been left in her womb.

The New Woman All Women abortion facility in Birmingham sent three women with botched abortions to the hospital. Paramedics had to hand-lift a partially clad woman through a narrow doorway and down several steps because the building did not have a gurney-accessible entrance. The Alabama Department of Public Health issued a 76-page deficiency report citing the following among other violations.

Clinic staff was not properly trained to provide safe quality patient care.

Failure to have policy and procedures related to medication administering and errors. This resulted in the hospitalization of three abortion patients on January 21, 2012, with one patient placed in ICU.

There was no documentation that the two abortionists employed by Derzis were even qualified to do abortions.

Abortionists made illegible notations on patient charts, which made determining critical information about patient care impossible.

In several cases, the notes about patient care and conditions were completely false.

On July 20, 24-year-old Tonya Reaves died following a second-trimester abortion at a Chicago Planned Parenthood. Autopsy results reveal that Ms. Reaves died as a result of a hemorrhage following a botched surgical abortion. The autopsy reported that she was a healthy woman at the time of her abortion but that she suffered an “extensive” perforation of her broad uterine ligament with a possible severing of her left uterine artery as a result of the abortion procedure. The autopsy also revealed that the abortion was incomplete as the medical examiner discovered that pieces of placenta had been left attached to her womb, despite the dilation and evacuation (D & E) abortion performed by Planned Parenthood. Reports indicate that Planned Parenthood ignored instructions by an emergency dispatcher to call 911.

So I don’t mean to be blunt or anything, but tbh I am not looking into entering discourse with you. Any comments trying to bait me into arguments/debates will be deleted, and any hate in my inbox will be blocked. If you don’t agree with me, that’s fine, you’re entitled to your own opinion, but don’t come yelling at me to change mine. Anyone who does so will be blocked.

However, if you have a question and want to pm me privately, I would love to talk to you about it! Just don’t start venting in my ask box or the notes of this post. 

If you want an insiders’ opinion of the abortion industry, go see the movie Unplanned!! It follows Planned Parenthood’s employee of the year as she discovers what the industry is really like.

tldr; The abortion industry is fraught with gory deaths and botched surgeries. They are not safe.

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Discover The 10 Best American Hospitals That Use Social Media As A Tool For Patient Involvement

Social media offer unlimited ways to interact with patients and the 10 American hospitals described below are going far beyond to build lasting relationships and online communities that certainly lead to greater retention and a long-term financial return.

10. Indiana University – Health Center (IU Health Center)

The Health Center of the University of Indiana has an active social voice, a voice that stands out among the crowd, especially that of Twitter which counts 26K. They are not boring, each caption is short, sweet, dramatic. IU Health talks discursively and sheds sparkling light on daily news using social media. They know how to make headlines and turn them into headliners.

9. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC )

UPMC has launched a Twitter hashtag campaign ( #UPMCLifeChangers ) to engage the community of doctors, patients and people who change lives with their work or have changed their lives with the help of qualified facility doctors. The campaign offers a series of videos that not only demonstrates the credibility of the hospital in making a difference but offers hope for all patients who come there for specific care.

The message behind the campaign seems obvious and all-encompassing, it’s something we could universally participate in. The message pushes a declaration of intent and reminds us of the Centre’s daily commitment to guarantee the maximum health care service.

8. University of California, San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF)

UCSF uses a similar strategy and involves patients trying to instill their hope. Facebook posts focus on unique people, each with their own success story. Power comes from bringing out the personal stories of people, which elicit reactions of emotional involvement. The posts with the stories are constantly updated, almost like they were their Successful Patient Newsletter. These fragments of light illuminate lives and show that health is achievable, regardless of the intensity of the struggle. At the same time, it helps improve patient engagement and show hospital success. Who wouldn’t want to be part of this? UCSF Health has a follow-up on Facebook of 212K.

7. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

UCLA Health has a Facebook follow-up of 271K and Twitter 35K. In each Twitter chat ( #UCLAMDChat), people are invited to tweet, on certain days and times, with corresponding hashtags chosen by the University to create an online community conversation. They take complicated and new topics and reduce them to digestible parts for patients, listening to questions and responding in real time. The most recent patient engagement chat invited questions about kidney health while the topic of breastfeeding was touched on earlier.

6. Massachusetts General Hospital

The Mass General holds a massive 82.5K Facebook follow-up. To share content with only the most relevant audience, they hold a collection of different Twitter pages, each of which exists as its own channel and with corresponding hashtags.

From @MassGeneralNews and @MassGeneralResearch to @MassGeneralChildren, @MassGeneralMDs, @MassGeneralCRM, and @MassGeneralEM. In this way, the contents become very customer-focused and specialized.

5. Shriners Hospitals for Children, Chicago

Shriners Hospitals hosts a series of educational podcasts on its website: focusing on various forms of pediatric care and – for children with muscular dystrophy but also cerebral palsy – offer an engaging means to share practical information for children and their families struggling with these diseases often considered completely disabling. On their website, for some topics, they offer the possibility of listening to a podcast rather than reading too technical medical contents.

Shriners Hospital for Children has a follow-up of 643K on Facebook and 21.6K on Twitter.

4. New York Presbyterian Hospital

The Facebook page of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital is focused on people. We rarely see a hospital picture or a doctor in a white coat, instead, we see real images of real people. We see smiling children and their dads, a new mother cradling her newborn, a high school student, a family in the waiting room, a birthday boy and her cake. They remain faithful to the initial intent of Facebook: to share faces, people, celebrate our connections and personal life.

With seemingly unaltered organic photographs, the New York-Presbyterian Hospital has amassed a 120K Facebook sequel.

3. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maryland

Johns Hopkins Hospital has a large following on social media as they use fiction. Their Facebook page (600K) features personal narratives, intimate stories, health care trips and the key role/mission of founder John Hopkins. They use names, cultural backgrounds, hopes, symptoms, struggles, patients express the pain and strength that accompany the reality of living with their condition. The testimonials offer valuable insights into what it means to be sick and the healing process.

According to Jimmy Neil Smith, director of the International Storytelling Center, “We are all storytellers. We all live in a web of stories. There is no stronger connection between people than storytelling.”

2. The Mayo Clinic, Minnesota

The Mayo Clinic is a world-renowned hospital and their social media are also quite famous. With a follow-up of Facebook and Twitter of 1.1M and 2M respectively, this hospital is doing something different. In addition to involvement and every other proven practice, they are incorporating other unique strategies such as creating the #MayoClinicMinute video campaign to share in their social channels.

Each video contains 60 seconds of news related to the world of health. Maybe you don’t want to be informed about the latest medical updates, but you might look at something that will help you take better care of yourself. It is something that healthcare companies should consider and continue to pursue: create a series of short, creative and engaging videos to mark their practice and connect with patients even outside the hospital.

1. Cleveland Clinic, Ohio

The Cleveland Clinic is a hospital that works not locally but also internationally thanks to its more than 3,000 doctors and 120 medical specialties. It boasts 2M follower both on Facebook and on Twitter playing in advance in its social channels compared to all the other health structures analyzed, with live streaming very appreciated by the patients.

Dr. Hyman, director of the Center for Functional Medicine, recently held a live on Facebook by opening the platform to questions regarding the approach of functional medicine and the ketogenic diet. During the live streaming, people could comment on a real-time response from Dr. Hyman (857 comments and 538 actions within 24 hours).

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