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fyodior · 5 months ago

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Hi flora it’s me 🪱 anon. Omg it’s been a HOT minute since I’ve come on here with my asks and stupid little unhinged headcanons. I’ve missed you! I’ve been lurking and liking though lol. It’s been almost a year 😭😭 I hope you remembered me if not that okay! For a refresher I’m the anon that would fill your asks with unhinged headcanons of fydor and Dazai specifically. If you still don’t remember that’s okay! I have come barring unhinged headcanons that may or may not jog your memory lmao😭 anyways here you go

-fydor is the type of guy to accidentally spill coffee on you and than gaslit you into thinking it was your fault and than make you pay for a new coffee.

-fyodor has unironically said “sigma male” with a straight face

-fydor has bad constipation a little to often and knows it’s from dairy products but refuses to give it up

-follow up to the hc above. He doesn’t believe in allergies. Like he thinks it’s a mindset???

-Fyodor is the Azealia Banks of the bsd universe. If you don’t know her… you do just search up her name she will not disappoint

-Fyodor would probably like discord kittens 😭

-he has unfortunately had a bowl cut in his lifetime

-fucking movie snob. Pretentious.

-say why can’t we just print more money when talking about inflation and watch hi. Plan your death???

-anti capitalist. He’s a contradiction

-has a pierced d!ck. Not because he wanted one or thought it suited him but because Dazai and him made a bet and he lost

-trauma dumps at the weirdest moments. He could be grocery shopping and turn to you and tell you in detail how he witnessed one of the most horrific deaths and than complain about how all the berries are underripe.

-he’s a twink. Sure he could be straight as an arrow but something he’s still a twink and we as a society have to accept that.

-has illegally obtained a hippo because… idk he wanted it probably???

-him and early 2000’s Tyra banks would get along so well

-went to Denmark once and ended up accidentally caused a small uprising amongst the fishermen??

-he has a massive schlong, one time he stuck it jello.

Alright that’s all for now! I will be back mwah!

-🪱

ASFHDFG OMG OF COURSE I REMEMBER YOU HOW COULD I FORGET???? i was scrolling thru one of my tags the other day and just thought of you!!!! i hope you’re doing well my love!!!!

and per usual these had me giggling so much SDHJHFGH you’re so right about the trauma dumping like you’re at the post office and he suddenly starts unloading some crazy ass shit like the man who invented postage stamps graphically murdered my brother and then smile politely at the store clerk

pierced dick….. hello 🤑🤑

and i’ll force him to be dairy free with me. solves both of our issues there we go !

thanks so much for sharing hehehehe ily <3

#voices in my head #🪱 anon

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everythingroyalty · 1 year ago

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do you have suggestions for names for future queens that arent magarete?

It's difficult, you know, because the case for Margrethe is just very strong given her predecessors. It's actually one of Danish history's most curious coincidences that QMII became QMII. She was named for her late British grandmother and presumably, at the time of her birth, Frederik and Ingrid were hopeful they'd get themselves a little Christian sooner or later. But she so happens to end up becoming Queen of Denmark and she so happens to share name with the closest we've come to having a female monarch of Denmark. That is pretty amazing, if you ask me.

And ON TOP of I and II, we have Margrethe Sambiria – consort to Christoffer I and first female regent of Denmark – also known as "Margrethe Sprænghest" (or Margrethe Burst-horse!!1!) as she was known to ride horses to their death, leading her army across the country. It's just... difficult to argue against continuing the tradition QMII started since we've just had a myriad of badass Margrethes 😅

BUT, some suggestions:

Thyra – We actually don't know a whole lot about Thyra Danebod yet she's a legend. Mother of the Kingdom of Denmark, what's not to like? (Well, that would be its English pronunciation but hey-ho. Lest we forget that Norway's Ingrid Alexandra would've been Tyra Eufemia had Haakon and Mette-Marit felt bold enough 😂)

Dagmar – You'd think I was naming daughters of Christian IX but I'd give this particular one to Dagmar of Bohemia (actual name Markéta, or in Danish – you guessed it – Margrethe). Again, a legendary Queen and she who gave the Dagmar Cross its name. Doesn't hurt that "we" had a Russian Empress named Dagmar either.

Ingrid – You knew she'd be coming and she doesn't need an explanation. Queen Ingrid was instrumental to the DRF. While it may not be used for a potential firstborn daughter in the forthcoming generation (due to aforementioned Norwegian Ingrid), I can easily see her used in the future.

Louise – It has a dated feel, I understand but hear me out: Technically speaking, the reason the Glücksburgs are on the Danish throne today is because of Louise of Hesse-Kassel 🤷‍♀️ We've also had no less than 4 Queen consorts named Louise.

Emma – Bit of an outsider, Emma of Normandy does not get the respect nor the attention she deserves. And it's a timeless name!

#royal name musings #inquiring minds #anonymous

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ingagernernielsen · 2 months ago

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In the Mirror of Care Work is out of stock. I am working with TABLOID Press on a second edition for 2025.

The exchange of knowledge from these two gatherings formed the basis of an ongoing dialogic project, as well as the content of this publication, which has been supplemented with seven essays by nurses, educators, performance theorists and performers. The book includes a series of drawings commissioned from artist Marit Benthe Norheim, graphics by TABLOID Press co-director Nat Marcus, and photographs of a performance installation staged by Nielsen in the Department of Nursing Education at University College of Northern Denmark – Hjørring.

Edited by Inga Gerner Nielsen with Ar Utke Acs, editorial assistance from Nat Marcus.

With essays by Elvira Crois, Majula Drammeh, Vienne Chan, Helle Kronborg Krogsgaard, Tyra Wigg, Rikke Steen Mapstone and Ar Utke Acs.

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cetaceous · 4 years ago

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The Tyra East and Tyra West Oil and Gas Processing Platforms prior to being scrapped, Frederikshavn, Denmark image credit: Ritzau Scanpix/AFP

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softrevolutionoflove · 3 years ago

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Denmark Abolishes All Corona Measures

By JD Rucker August 10, 2021 in Healthcare, News and Opinions Danish parliament recently decided in Copenhagen that all Corona measures should be ended from October 1. There will therefore no longer be a mask requirement and the test regime will be abolished. The Danes will then no longer have to provide evidence of whether they are vaccinated or unvaccinated, or whether they have tested positive or negative.

All Corona measures are being lifted in view of the increasing incidence figures in Denmark, reported RT Deutsch. Since the beginning of July this value has risen from 31 to 107,2 (as of August 8). At the same time, the upper limits of this Corona indicator has increased significantly.

At the same time, the incidence limits are increased significantly: In communities from 300 to 500 infected people within seven days, in the districts from 500 to 1000. However, the prerequisite is that an increasing number of Covid-19 patients does not overload the health care system.

Denmark’s SSI infectious diseases agency said it no longer relied on vaccination to achieve herd immunity in the country. Tyra Grove Krause, the SSI’s acting academic director, said a new wave of infections were expected after people return to work and school at the end of this summer, but it should not be cause for alarm. “It will be more reminiscent of the flu,” Krause said.

Overall, the current vaccination rate is just under 58,4 percent of fully vaccinated people in Denmark. In Germany, this value is only slightly lower at 54,5 percent (as of August 8) but vaccine advocates have been persistent in their fear-mongering and pressure on the unvaccinated.

Tyrolean lawyer Dr. Renate Holzeisen, meanwhile strongly recommended that all employers refrain from vaccination pressure or compulsory vaccination, because most of them were “obviously not even aware of the far-reaching legal consequences associated with it”.

The fact that the so-called Covid-19 vaccines, according to the official approval documents of the EMA and the European Commission were not developed and approved for the prevention of infection with the SARS-COV-2 virus, but solely to prevent a more severe course of the disease, were conditionally approved for this reason alone, Holzeisen underscored.

The official approval documents therefore show that these substances cannot interrupt the chain of infection because the people treated with them can become infected and thus be infectious. Practice also proves that people who are completely “vaccinated” become infected with the virus and even have the same viral load as “unvaccinated people” as the CDC, among others, has admitted. It is therefore clear that any Covid-19 “compulsory vaccination” actually lacks any justification.

All pressure, including moral pressure (alleged act of solidarity with one’s neighbor) is therefore illegal in terms of criminal and liability law based on the official approval documents.

“As a lawyer advising on corporate law, I strongly recommend that every employer stay away from Covid-19 vaccination pressure or compulsory vaccination, because most of them are obviously not even aware of the far-reaching legal consequences associated with it,” she said.

Image via Bloomberg. Article cross-posted from Free West Media.

#Bloomberg #covid #denmark #covid measures

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redladydeath · 5 years ago

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Everyone in Six has the same names: an updated compilation

Amy Aimie Allen Atkinson (WE Howard) Amy Louise Bridges (Breakaway Seymour) Amy Shaw (WE Maggie) Kara-Ami McCreanor (Bliss 2.0 swing)

Allen Aimie Allen Atkinson (WE Howard) Sarah Allen (Chicago Maria)

Alex Alexandra Crosby (Bliss Joan) Alexia Elizabeth McIntosh (WE Cleves) Oliva Alexander (Breakaway swing)

El Alexia Elizabeth McIntosh (WE Cleves) Elizabeth S. Walker (Breakaway swing) Grace Elizabeth Mouat (WE swing) Elizabeth Ohman (choreographer) Elizabeth Blount (Historical Bessie) Elizabeth Tudor (Boleyn’s daughter) Elizabeth of York (Henry VII’s wife) Elena Bonomo (American Maria) Ella Burns (Australian swing)

Mc/Mac Alexia Elizabeth McIntosh (WE Cleves) Arlene McNaught (UK Tour Joan) Jennifer McMillan (Canadian Joan) Kara-Ami McCreanor (Bliss 2.0 rehearsal swing) Lori Jane McLare (Bliss rehearsal swing, Bliss Howard) Shekinah McFarlane (UK Tour Cleves, WE swing) Stacy McMichael (Chicago Bessie) Allyson MacIvor (Canadian Maria) Zara MacIntosh (WE swing)

MacIntosh Alexia Elizabeth McIntosh (WE Cleves) Zara MacIntosh (WE swing)

Ali Ali Foster (Australian Maria) Alice Angliss (WE Maria) Alicia Tyra Corrales-Connor (Bliss Howard) Allyson MacIvor (Canadian Maria) Shannen Alyce Quan (Australian swing)

An Amelia Anne Walker (Breakaway Parr) Anna Uzele (Broadway Parr) Annabel Marlow (Edinburgh Howard) Lauren Ann Byrne (UK Tour Seymour) Carrie-Anne Ingrouille (Choreographer) Anna von Kleve (Historical Cleves) Anne Boleyn (Historical Boleyn) Andrea Macasaet (Broadway Boleyn)

Walker Amelia Anne Walker (Breakaway Parr) Elizabeth S. Walker (Breakaway swing)

Louis Amy Louise Bridges (Breakaway Seymour) Bryony Louise Duncan (Bliss swing, Bliss Howard) Kelly Louise Sweeney (Breakaway Boleyn) Gabriella Louisa Stylianou-Burns (Bliss 2.0 Seymour)

Marlow Annabel Marlow (Edinburgh Howard) Toby Marlow (Co-creator)

Ar Aretha Tillotson (Canadian Bessie) Arlene McNaught (UK Tour Joan) Arthur Tudor (Aragon’s first husband)

Mack Brittney Mack (Broadway Cleves) Courtney P. Mack (Broadway swing)

Kate Caitlin Tipping (Bliss Seymour) Catalina de Aragon (Historical Aragon) Catherine de Valois (Henry V’s wife) Kat Bax (UK Tour Bessie) Kate Foss (Cambridge Bessie) Katy Richardson (WE Joan) Kateryn Parr (Historical Parr) Katheryn Howard (Historical Howard)

Lee Cassandra Lee (UK Tour swing) Dani Lee Hutch (Breakaway Joan) Margaret Wyatt Lee (Historical Maggie) Jungsoo Lee (Bliss 2.0 Bessie)

Christina Christina Modestou (Studio Boleyn) Christina of Denmark (Haus of Holbein contestant)

Courtney Courtney Bowman (WE Boleyn) Courtney P. Mack (Broadway swing) Courtney Jade Monsma (Australian Howard) Courtney Jane Stapleton (WE swing)

Jade Courtney Jade Monsma (Australian Howard) Jade Marvin (Bliss 2.0 Aragon)

Dani Dani Lee Hutch (Breakaway Joan) Danielle Steers (WE Parr Kiana Daniele (Australian Cleves)

Burn Ella Burns (Australian swing) Gabriella Louisa Stylinaou-Burns (Bliss 2.0 Seymour) Lauren Ann Byrne (UK Tour Seymour)

Fran Frankie South (UK Tour Maggie) Francis Dereham (Howard’s abuser) Francis Weston (Accused of adultery with Boleyn)

Gabriel Gabriella Louisa Stylinaou-Burns (Bliss 2.0 Seymour) Scarlet Gabriel (Bliss 2.0 Cleves) Gabriella Slade (Costume designer)

George Georgia Michelle Carr (Breakaway Howard) George Boleyn (Accused of adultery with Boleyn)

Michelle Georgia Michelle Carr (Breakaway Howard) Michelle Marie Osbourne (Broadway Bessie)

Richard Jarneia Richard-Noel (WE Aragon) Katy Richardson (WE Joan)

Jasmin Jasmine Jia Yung Shen (Breakaway Aragon) Maiya Jasmin Quansah-Breed (WE Parr)

Jenn Jennifer McMillan (Canadian Joan) Jennifer Caldwell (UK Tour swing)

Cald Jennifer Caldwell (UK Tour swing) Rebeca Caldera (Bliss Maggie)

Jessica Jessica Dunn (Australian Bessie) Jessica Carolyn Evana Niles (Breakaway Cleves)

Samantha Jodie Samantha Steele (UK Tour Howard) Samantha Pauly (Broadway Howard)

Julia Julia Agra (Breakaway Maggie) Julia Schade (Broadway Joan) Julia Subatin (Breakaway Bessie)

Kelly Kellie Rae Nitz (Bliss Bessie) Kelly Louise Sweeney (Breakaway Boleyn)

Laur Laura Blair (Breakaway rehearsal swing) Lauren Ann Byrne (UK Tour Seymour) Lauren Drew (UK Tour Aragon) Loren E. Hunter (Australian Seymour) Lori Jane McLare (Bliss rehearsal swing, Bliss Howard)

Jane Lori Jane McLare (Bliss rehearsal swing, Bliss Howard) Courtney Jane Stapleton Jane Seymour (Historical Seymour) Joan Astley Meutas (Historical Joan)

Lucy Lucy Aiston (Bliss 2.0 Boleyn) Lucy Moss (Co-creator)

Maddison Maddison Rose Bulleyment (UK Tour Boleyn) Maddison Firth (Breakaway rehearsal swing)

Rose Millie Rose O’Connell (WE Boleyn) Maddison Rose Bulleyment (UK Tour Boleyn) Sophie-Rose Middleton (Bliss 2.0 swing) Emily Rose Harrigan (Bliss 2.0 rehearsal swing)

Quan Maiya Jasmin Quansah-Breed (WE Parr) Shannen Alyce Quan (Australian swing)

Megan Megan Gilbert (Edinburgh Aragon) Megan Leung (Bliss 2.0 Parr)

Mar Michelle Marie Osbourne (Broadway Bessie) Margaret Wyatt Lee (Historical Maggie) Maria de Salinas (Historial Maria) Mary Tudor (Aragon’s daughter) Margaret of Anjou (Henry VI’s wife) Mary Boleyn (One of Henry’s mistresses) Margaret Shelton (One of Henry’s mistresses)

Natalie Natalie May Paris (WE/Studio Seymour) Natalie Clare Pilkington (Bliss swing)

May Maiya Jasmin Quansah-Breed (WE Parr) Natalie May Paris (WE/Studio Seymour)

Lamb Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert (Broadway swing) Renee Lamb (Studio Aragon)

Rebeca Rebeca Caldera (Bliss Maggie) Rebecca Wickes (Bliss 2.0 Howard)

Wick Rebecca Wickes (Bliss 2.0 Howard) Tilda Wickham (Edinburgh Cleves)

Renee Renee Lamb (Studio Aragon) Shantel Renee Cribbs (St. Paul rehearsal swing)

Paul Samantha Pauly (Broadway Howard) Paul Gatehouse (Sound designer)

Shan Shannen Alyce Quan (Australian swing) Shantel Renee Cribbs (St. Paul rehearsal swing)

Of Shimali de Silva (Edinburgh Parr) Terri De Marco (WE Bessie) Catalina de Aragon (Historial Aragon) Maria de Salinas (Historical Maria) Catherine de Valois (Henry V’s wife) Anna von Kleve (Historical Cleves) Christina of Denmark (Haus of Holbein contestant) Elizabeth of York (Henry VII’s wife) Margaret of Anjou (Henry VI’s wife) Millie O’Connell (WE Boleyn) Henry FitzRoy (Henry and Bessie’s illegitimate son) Amalia von Kleve (Haus of Holbein contestant)

Sophie Sophie Patrice Golden (Bliss Cleves) Sophie Isaacs (WE Howard) Sophie-Rose Middleton (Bliss 2.0 swing)

Marc Terri De Marco (WE Bessie) Mark Smeaton (Accused of adultery with Boleyn)

Victoria Victoria Manser (WE Howard, WE swing) Viquichele Victoria Cross (Bliss Parr)

Thomas Tom Curran (Orchestrator) Thomas Cromwell (Henry’s royal minister) Thomas Culpeper (Accused of adultery with Howard) Thomas Seymour (Fourth husband of Parr) Thomas Boleyn (Boleyn’s dad)

Boleyn Anne Boleyn (Historical Boleyn) George Boleyn (Accused of adultery with Boleyn) Mary Boleyn (One of Henry’s mistresses) Thomas Boleyn (Boleyn’s dad)

Tudor Arthur Tudor (Aragon’s first husband) Edward Tudor (Seymour’s son) Elizabeth Tudor (Boleyn’s daughter) Henry VIII Tudor (A, B, S, C, H, and P’s husband) Mary Tudor (Aragon’s daughter) Henry VII Tudor (Henry’s father)

Henry Henry FitzRoy (Henry and Bessie’s illegitimate son) Henry Mannox (Howard’s abuser) Henry VIII Tudor (A, B, S, C, H, and P’s husband) Henry Norris (Accused of adultery with Boleyn) Henry V (King of England) Henry VI (King of England) Henry VII Tudor (Henry’s father)

Seymour Jane Seymour (Historical Seymour) Thomas Seymour (Parr’s fourth husband)

Howard Katheryn Howard (Historical Howard) Agnes Howard (Howard’s step-grandmother)

William William Brereton (Accused of adultery with Boleyn) William Shakespeare (Playwright)

Edward Edward Burgh (First husband of Parr) Edward Tudor (Seymour’s son)

Amelia Amelia Anne Walker (Breakaway Parr) Amalia of Cleves (Haus of Holbein contestant)

Abby Abbi Hodgson (Bliss 2.0 swing) Abby Mueller (Broadway Seymour)

Conclusion: Statistically, if you are in Six, you are most likely to be named Elizabeth Ann McLoren, play Catharine of Aragon, and sing about a guy named Henry Tudor

#redlady speaks #six the musical #peyton's six posts

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sleepykittypaws · 6 years ago

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2020 Theatrical Holiday Premieres

Updated: December 10, 2020

Lina From Lima (holiday-set drama written and directed by Maria Paz Gonzalez; starring Emilia Ossandon, Sebastian Brahm and Cecilia Cartasegna; A Peruvian woman working for a wealthy family in Chile prepares for a Christmas trip home to see her son, her first in a decade, but things don’t go as planned) - Jan. 4, festival (Trailer); also available on HBO Max as of Oct. 8

The Lodge (Christmas-set horror film starring Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell and Alicia Silverstone; A soon-to-be stepmom gets snowed in with her fiancé's two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place.) - Feb. 7, Rated R (Trailer); also available on Hulu as of May 5

The Crossing (a.k.a. Flukten Over Grensen; Norwegian-language film directed by Johanne Helgeland; In WWII Norway, two young children’s parents, active in the resistance, are captured by Nazis just days before Christmas, leaving them to fend for both themselves and the Jewish children they find hidden in their house) - Feb. 14, Norway/US TBA (Trailer, Website)

Tidy Tim’s (holiday comedy starring Shane Woodson, Rich Williams and Jennifer Day, about a father and son run who run a rickety used car lot in Southern California that is facing foreclosure.) - Feb. 15, Rated PG-13, festival (Trailer) also available on DVD Oct. 6

12 Days of Christmas (holiday movie starring Annie Newton and Drew Petriello; directed by Michael Boyle; Best friends home from college on Christmas break navigate an unplanned pregnancy, making it a tricky holiday with their families) - Mar 7, Cinequest Film Festival (Facebook, Website, Trailer) also available on DVD Sep. 1

The Last Christmas Party (indie drama starring Samantha Brooks, Anna Clare Kerr, Lainey Woo, James Williams, Martin Drop and Gabriel Armentano; directed by Julian Santos; Three college couples attend the last fraught party before Christmas break; filmed in New York) - June 7, Festival (Website, Trailer) available on Amazon Prime Nov. 13

Merry Christmas, Yiwu (Documentary from director Mladen Kovacevic focusing on life for workers in the Chinese city that has over 600 Christmas ornament and decor factories.) - June 24, Hot Docs Film Festival (Website, Facebook, Teaser)

A New York Christmas Wedding (starring Chris Noth, Avery Whitted, Joe Perrino, Adriana DeMeo and Tyra Ferrell; written and directed by Otoja Abit; As her Christmas Eve wedding draws near, a woman is visited by an angel and shown what could have been if she’d allowed her feelings for her childhood friend to flourish instead.) - Aug 21, Festival (Trailer, Trailer 2) also available on Netflix as of Nov. 5

A Christmas Cancellation (holiday movie starring Lauren Melty, Marcus Ellison and Elliott Kashner; written and directed by Justin Timpane; A group of fictional TV characters who become sentient as their show is set to end; filmed in Washington, D.C.) - Aug. 31, American Golden Picture International Film Festival (Website, Facebook, Trailer) available on Amazon Prime Nov. 13

A Christmas Tree Love Story (holiday movie starring Gregory Piccirilli and Ashley Holliday Tavares, filmed in Georgia; Two old friends reminiscence while searching for the perfect Christmas tree) - Sep 8, Richmond International Film Festival (Website, Trailer); also available on Amazon Prime as of Dec. 21

Blackbird (drama starring Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Sam Neill, Mia Wasikowska and Rainn Wilson; A woman with ALS who wants to end her life on her own terms, gathers her family for one final Christmas celebration) - Sep. 18, Rated R (Trailer) also available VOD

We Three Kings (faith-based film from writer-directors Joseph and Stacie Graber; starring Michael W. Smith, Rebecca St. James and Nice Davies; The story behind the Christmas carol; filmed in Denver, Colo.) - Sep. 27, festival (Website, Trailer)

It Cuts Deep (horror-comedy from writer-director Nicholas Santos; A couple on Christmas vacation trying to figure out their future have their lives turned upside down by a disturbing stranger; filmed in Cape Cod, Mass.) - Oct. 8 (Website)

The War With Grandpa (holiday-set family comedy starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Uma Thurman, Jane Seymour, Rob Riggle and Cheech Marin; A grandfather comes to live with his daughter, ousting his grandson from his room and prompting a declaration of war from young to old) - Oct. 9, Rated PG (Trailer), available on digital Dec. 15 and DVD Dec. 22

The Wolf of Snow Hollow (holiday-set horror comedy written, directed and starring Jim Cummings, alongside Riki Lindhome, Robert Forster and Chloe East; A small town sheriff tries to keep control of a panicking small town as a string of murders on full moons makes the townspeople think supernatural thoughts) - Oct. 9, Rated R (Trailer)

The Food Club (a.k.a. Madklubben; Danish film directed by Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg and starring Kirsten Olesen, Stina Ekblad and Kirsten Lehfeldt; A women abandoned by her husband on Christmas Eve leans on her friends, a widow and lifelong singleton who take her to Italy to take part in an culinary adventure) - Oct. 22 Denmark (Danish Trailer)

Fair Haven (partially crowd-funded indie from Red Skies Studios starring Bobby McGruther and Amandalyn McLellan; A death in the family brings a musician on the verge of making it back to his hometown for the holidays) - Oct. 24, Catskills International Film Festival (Facebook, Indiegogo)

Friendsgiving (a.k.a. Dinner with Friends; starring Kat Dennings, Malin Akerman, Christine Taylor, Aisha Tyler, Jane Seymour, Chelsea Peretti and Ryan Hansen; directed by Nicol Paone; Friends host a chaotic Thanksgiving dinner) - Oct. 23, Rated R (Trailer) also available on blu-ray Oct. 27

Gledelig Jul (a.k.a. Another Happy Christmas; Norwegian comedy starring Anne Marit Jacobsen and Otto Jespersen; directed by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken; The story of a family coming together for holidays for the first time in years, where secrets are revealed.) - Oct. 30, Norway (Website)

A Christmas Gift from Bob (sequel to 2016′s A Street Cat Named Bob, based on the book; starring Kristina Tonteri-Young and Luke Treadaway; A ginger cat saves a homeless man at Christmas) - Nov. 6 UK (Trailer)

My Dad’s Christmas Date (UK holiday-set, comedy-drama starring Joely Richardson, Jeremy Piven, Roger Ashton-Griffiths and Olivia-Mai Barrett; directed by Mick Davis and co-written by Brian and Jack Marchetti; A teenager struggling to cope with her mother’s death signs up her depressed, widower father for a dating service) - Nov. 6, limited (Website, Trailer, Trailer 2) Also available on iTunes

The Santa Box (family movie from writer/director Spanky Dustin Ward and starring Cami Carver and Shawn Stevens; A girl who thinks she’s cursed by Christmas finds a note in a Santa Box left on her doorstep that changes everything; filmed in Utah) - Nov. 6, limited (Facebook) also available via DVD and digital on Nov. 10

Julemandens Datter 2 (a.k.a. All I Want for Christmas 2; Danish-language family film sequel to the popular 2018 movie; After Lucia becomes the first girl to gain entrance to the Santa School, she most prove her best friend, Oscar’s, innocence, after he’s wrongly accused of a crime and expelled from school.) - Nov. 12, Denmark (Trailer)

A Wrestling Christmas Miracle (low-budget movie from right-wing Justice for All Productions, starring Ken Del Vecchio and Oriana D’Agostino and re-using many scenes from last year’s A Karate Christmas Miracle; A young wrestler gives up the sport to make a movie he hope will wake his comatose friend for Christmas) - Nov. 15, festival; also available as of Nov. 27 on Amazon Prime

Malous Jul (Danish-language fantasy film from Frederik Norgaard; starring Karla My Nordquist and Lars Ranthe; A troubled girl finds herself spending Christmas on an island with a family of elves) - Nov. 19, Denmark (Website)

Some Kind of Christmas (holiday movie written and directed by Davien Harlis and produced by his own Act1Scene2 Productions; starring Tomathan McGinnis, Mariela Perez Calderon, Andre Lamar and Derrell Lester; A man comes home for Christmas for the first time in years, but finds his holiday spirit tested when he hires a fake boyfriend to bring home for Christmas) - Nov. 19-21, Cinevision in Ga. (Website)

A Carolina Christmas (right-wing, faith-based holiday movie from Dalton Pictures; A new city inspector tries to stifle a town’s Christmas celebrations; filmed in South Carolina) - Nov. 20, limited (Making Of Series)

Michael McClean’s The Forgotten Carols (filmed adaptation of the long-running, faith-based, original musical; filmed in Cedar City, Utah) - Nov. 20 in select theaters (Website, Trailer)

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (holiday movie sequel to the 2018 film starring Kurt Russell as a sassy Santa, Goldie Hawn, Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Tyrese Gibson; directed by Chris Columbus; Kate Pierce—now a cynical teenager—is unexpectedly reunited with Santa Claus when a mysterious, magical troublemaker named Belsnickel threatens to destroy Christmas forever.) - Nov. 25 (Trailer) also available on Netflix

Fatman (action-comedy written and directed by Ian and Eshom Nelms, starring Walton Goggins, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Chance Hurstfield, and Mel Gibson as a “rowdy, unorthodox” Santa Claus who is fighting his popularity decline when a 12-year-old hires a hitman to do him in after receiving a lump of coal the previous season.) - Nov. 13, Rated R (Trailer), available on digital Nov. 17

A Christmas Carol (live-action animated feature starring Andy Serkis, Carey Mulligan, Daniel Kaluuya, Martin Freeman and Leslie Caron; abstract re-telling of A Christmas Carol when, during a children’s paper theater telling of the classic story, we enter the imagination of a child hearing it told.) - Nov. 19, limited release (Featurette, Trailer) also available in the UK starting Dec. 4

Katherine Jenkins: Christmas Spectacular (concert film featuring the Welsh opera singer's 2019 Royal Albert Hall Christmas show, including special guests Vanessa Redgrave and Bill Nighy) - Dec. 1 in UK, also available VOD

The Loss Adjuster (holiday movie starring Luke Goss, Martin Kemp, Joan Collins, Gary Siner and Cathy Tyson; An insurance adjuster’s wife leaves him a week before Christmas and his day just gets worse from there, until he discovers how truly lucky he is with the help of some Christmas magic) - Dec. 1 in UK (Trailer, Facebook) also available same day digital in the U.S.

Christmas in the Jungle (Latvian-Estonian family adventure movie, with mainly English dialogue; starring Paaru Oja, Tonu Kark, Rukman Rosadi; directed by Jaak Kilmi; When a 10-year-old girl is moved to the tropics by her parents, she has trouble getting into the holiday spirit, so she and a local friend head into the jungle in search of the Christmas Shaman; filmed in Indonesia) - Dec. 1 in Estonia

Saving the Spirit of Christmas (holiday musical written, produced and directed by members of the Grand Prairie Arts Council; A teen mourns the loss of her favorite Christmas traditions due to COVID, prompting the Spirit of Christmas to visit her) - Dec. 3, drive-in, benefit premiere at South Grand Prairie High School

Dear Santa (feature documentary from filmmaker Dana Nachman; based on the USPS’s Operation Santa, which allows people to adopt and answer children’s letters to Santa.) - Dec. 4 (Website, Trailer) Also available VOD

Lost at Christmas (holiday movie starring Natalie Clark and Kenny Boyle; After being dumped by his fiancé after a rejected proposal, two strangers stranded in the Scottish Highlands join forces to try and get home in time for Christmas; filmed on location in Scotland) - Dec. 4 in UK (Website, Trailer) also available VOD on Dec. 7 (UK only)

Nomadland (drama starring Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest and Patricia Grier; directed by Chloe Zhao; Exploring the life of a modern nomad, who travels the country looking for temporary seasonal work; starting at the holidays) - Dec. 4, limited (Trailer)

Our Lady of Guadalupe (Directed and written by Pedro Brenner, starring Guillermo Ivan and filmed in Mexico, the holiday-set, faith-based story of a reporter sent to research the meaning of a miracle who ends up needing one himself) - Dec. 10, limited (Trailer)

Silent Night (UK action-thriller written and directed by Will Thorne, starring Bradley Taylor and Cary Crankson; An ex-con hoping to go straight and spend a nice Christmas with his daughter, but who gets drawn back into the criminal life) - Dec. 11 in UK (Facebook) also available on UK VOD Dec. 14 and DVD Dec. 28

Christmas on Mars (a.k.a. Un Natale su Marte; Italian Christmas comedy from director Neri Parenti; filmed in Rome) - Dec. 17 in Italy

The Lost Christmas (Dutch comedy about a theater producer who tries to save his theater from a Coronavirus-caused crisis by putting on a spectacular holiday show that goes horribly wrong; filmed in Velsen) - Dec. 21, Netherlands (Instagram, Trailer)

Pieces of a Woman (partially holiday-set drama starring Vanessa Kirby, Shia LeBeouf and Ellen Burstyn; A home birth goes horribly wrong, leaving a family and community to pick up the pieces) - Dec. 30 (Trailer), available on Netflix, January 7, 2021

Creatures (holiday horror-comedy about a group of students who find an adorable injured alien, only to find he’s being chased by terrifying creatures) - Dec. in UK (Facebook, Trailer, Trailer 2)

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Omicron less severe but still threat to health systems

Omicron is causing record numbers of cases around the world, and though it causes less severe COVID-19 experts warn this wave still threatens to overwhelm health systems.

Nose and throat, not lungs

Six weeks after it was first sequenced in southern Africa Omicron cases are smashing infection records with average new daily cases at nearly two million this week, according to an AFP tally.

At the same time, the illness caused by the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is proving less severe.

On Friday the French public health authority said the risk of hospitalisation was about 70 percent lower for Omicron, citing data from the US, the UK, Canada and Israel.

Experts point out that the lack of severity may be due to widespread immunity thanks to vaccination or previous infection.

But studies on animals point to another peculiarity: rather than affecting the lungs where severe COVID takes root, it seems to proliferate in the nose and throat.

This would not only explain the variant's less-dangerous symptoms but also its ability to spread quickly through coughing and sneezing.

Because of this, some experts are calling for better mask protection and Austria on Thursday made medical grade FFP2 masks mandatory outside.

Hospitals on edge

But even though Omicron is causing less severe illness, the surging caseload overall has scientists urging caution to keep from overwhelming health systems.

"Even if the percentage of cases with severe disease is proportionally lower, when there are record cases, that still means record numbers of people in the hospital," tweeted US virologist Angela Rasmussen on Friday.

Unlike previous variant waves, however, this one seems so far to be affecting regular hospital admissions rather than ICU capacity.

This is the case in Denmark where national health service SSI reported that between December 1 and January 1 new COVID cases rose by about 70 percent across the country.

But hospitalisations only rose by 47 percent and ICU admissions by 20 percent.

Jab immunity weaker

Lab tests show that antibody levels in blood samples from people vaccinated with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna jabs drop when faced with Omicron.

The drop is even greater in those vaccinated with AstraZeneca or Sinovac, a Chinese jab authorised in about 50 countries.

A booster seems to increase antibodies, with both Pfizer and Moderna announcing positive results from recent tests.

But nobody knows how long the booster will be effective.

This does not mean vaccines are useless against Omicron: the body has a secondary immune defence called T-cell response, which fights the virus by attacking infected cells.

This secondary response is particularly important in preventing severe forms of illness.

A recent study from South Africa showed Pfizer/BioNTech remained effective at preventing severe COVID from Omicron even after just two shots.

Last wave?

Some experts and officials have openly expressed hope that by spreading a less-severe COVID, Omicron could be helping the planet achieve herd immunity along with jabs.

Echoing French and Israeli counterparts, top Danish epidemiologist Tyra Grove Krause tweeted her "cautious optimism about the situation when we have overcome the Omicron wave".

The World Health Organization however is urging caution.

"The more Omicron spreads, the more it transmits and the more it replicates, the more likely it is to throw out a new variant," WHO senior emergencies officer Catherine Smallwood told AFP in an interview Tuesday.

But even if Omicron isn't the last variant, experts think immunity from previous waves might mean the worst will soon be behind us.

"New variants may challenge us," Grove Krause said, "but with vaccines hopefully SARS-CoV-2 will turn into just another airway virus we can live normally with."

08/01/2022

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