A father from Indiana has been charged after he allegedly shook his 5-month-old daughter and left her fighting for her life in a coma, according to police.
Dakota Moran, 21, was charged with level three felony battery resulting in serious bodily injury after his daughter Caroline Ann Moran was rushed to the hospital in a critical condition and placed in an induced coma on Wednesday, March 14, reported WANE.
Fort Wayne police responded to a call at a home in the 2300 block of South Calhoun Street, just before 12 p.m. on March 14. When they arrived, police found the infant not breathing and overheard Moran say, “I shook her but after she stopped breathing,” reported the news station, citing the probable cause affidavit. They said Moran was acting strange at the time.
Caroline was in her father’s care at the time of the incident. Moran told police that the baby’s mother had left for work around 8:30 a.m. that morning and that the baby was “healthy and acting normal.” Around 11 a.m., Caroline woke up and started crying like she was in pain. He noticed she was having trouble breathing. Her legs were locked and she went stiff before she started to shake, according to the probable cause affidavit, reported the news station.
Moran told police he tried to bounce his daughter back and forth to get her to breathe. He then asked a friend, who was visiting at the time, to call emergency services. He added that he was pressing the baby’s belly and chest to help her to breathe.
“I didn’t hurt my daughter intentionally if that is what you guys are thinking,” Moran said in the affidavit, reported the news station.
“Y’all are gonna have to kill me if your gonna take me to jail for something I didn’t do because I didn’t mean to [expletive] do it. Y’all are going to have to kill me if my daughter dies. I didn’t mean to do anything to her. I just tried to help her out,” he added.
Eventually, during police questioning, Moran admitted that he did shake the baby that day — approximately 30 to 60 minutes prior to the baby waking up in medical distress, according to the probable cause affidavit.
“I did shake her, but not hard,” the affidavit read, reported WANE.
“I didn’t shake her hard at all. I just don’t want to get in trouble. I love my daughter. I didn’t meant to hurt her. I didn’t think I hurt her, but I didn’t think I shook her that hard either. I didn’t shake her any harder than I would shake my kitten because you can hurt kittens the same way.”
Moran added that he “didn’t mean to do it and said he didn’t know his own strength,” police said.
He also told police that it was hard being a father and he was not used to being one. He added that a few days prior, he had opened the bathroom door so hard that a mirror broke because he had heard his daughter crying, reported the news station, citing the affidavit.
Doctors said the child’s brain was bleeding as a result of trauma and they also found another brain bleed that was 2 to 3 weeks old.
Little Caroline’s grandmother Jamie Lucas said she was devastated that her granddaughter is in a critical condition, reported WPTA.
“They had to remove part of her skull to relieve blood on her brain, she had multiple bleeds on her brain, she can’t breathe on her own. She’s on a ventilator, she’s got a neck brace,” she told the news station.
Lucas said she had feared something would happen to her granddaughter and tried notifying Child Protective Services about her concerns.
“Knew this was going to happen. I reported it, CPS did nothing about it and… if he’s beating on her, it’s only a matter of time before he started beating on my granddaughter. And there’s the proof right there.”
Lucas said she does not know whether Caroline would be able to recover.
“Do they think that she will recover? It’s up to her at this point. They can’t give me any word on that. They don’t know if she’s going to have brain damage. They don’t know,” she added.
Fort Wayne Police Officer Michael Joyner said it was not easy when dealing with abused children.
“When you’re dealing with defenseless individuals, it just hits home for us because we have children, too,” he told the news station.
Moran appeared in court on Friday, March 16. No further details have been released by police.
SALT LAKE CITY — Following a lifetime of preparation and four years of scrupulous training, Douglas Chan had finally opened the letter informing him where he would have an opportunity to begin his career in psychiatry.
But Chan was still filled with anticipation and anxiousness as he waited for one more moment of truth: Where would Taylor Ford, his girlfriend studying pediatrics, be doing her own medical residency? Would the two of them be placed close together?
"I couldn't breathe," Chan told the Deseret News. "I was super nervous she wasn't going to say Albuquerque, then she did and we started crying."
"We're just happy we're in the same town to make it work," added Ford, who with Chan will undergo residency at the University of New Mexico.
The couple's rejoicing after learning their fates was a rewarding moment among a sea of celebration on campus Friday by 99 soon-to-be graduates of the University of Utah's School of Medicine, who earned residency placements with 67 health organizations in 32 states.
"It's surreal, the amount of work that we've done," said Jenn Nhan, co-president of the medical school's student government and a pediatrics major who learned Friday that she had earned a placement with her top choice, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. "You get so used to the grind, and to come out of it at the end, it's very refreshing."
A tangible mixture of nerves and anticipation filled the Rice-Eccles Stadium reception room overseeing the Salt Lake skyline, where students who had secured a residency placement had gathered to find out their destinations at the same time — a ritual known as "Match Day."
The night before, Nhan said, "I don't think any one of us slept."
Before finding out their placements, students and their anxious family members waited patiently while medical school faculty and alumni gave short speeches congratulating them on their hard-earned progress and urging them forward.
"It can be very intimidating as a student to take that next leap of faith into a residential program," said Dr. Bryan Stone, president of the University of Utah School of Medicine Alumni Association. "What you have learned here will not fail you."
The nervous energy in the room erupted into shouts, cheers and tearful hugs as students opened their letters.
"From my first moment of wanting to be a doctor until now, this is the moment that made everything worth it," said Parvathi Radhakrishnan, who will be completing an internal medicine residency at Brown University.
"Pretty much the only thing I could focus on was getting that letter and opening it," Radhakrishnan said, joking, "I've never been so frustrated with an envelope before."
She said she and her boyfriend, fellow U. student Anish Bhatnagar, submitted around 300 combinations of application preferences in an effort to match up with the right residency opportunities while not being forced to live far apart.
In the end, the couple received their No. 2 preference, with Bhatnagar landing a residency at Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital less than an hour away from Brown.
"It was something we were really worried about," Bhatnagar said of keeping the residencies close together. "I'm so happy."
Bhatnagar's mother, Riti Bhatnagar, is a clinical dietician at the U. and has had the chance to see her son's personal growth up close as medical school has stretched him. She said she would miss her son and his girlfriend as they move across the country, but called their placements "a big achievement."
"I'm a proud mom," Riti Bhatnagar said. "I'm proud of the University of Utah."
Dane Barton held his toddler daughter as he explained the sacrifices he and his family made on the long path to securing a residency.
Barton spent numerous hours away from his wife and two children during medical school, he said, but the hard work paid off Friday when he found out he would soon be completing an orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Arizona.
"I've wanted to do this since I was 12," Barton said. "This has been 20 years in the making. It just feels like a dream."
University of Utah Health spokeswoman Suzanne Winchester explained in a release that "in the weeks leading up to Match Day, students completed an application process that included ranking their top choices for residency programs."
"Based on interviews and applications, those programs considered the students who picked them as their top selections. Then, if the preferred program accepts the student, it’s a match," Winchester said in a release.
Placements ranged from Missoula, Montana, and Boise, Idaho, to New York City and Washington, D.C., from hospitals in Colorado and Texas, to Kentucky and Florida. A handful even secured residencies at the U. itself. Winchester said more than a quarter of this year's graduates are staying in Utah.
Students leaving for residencies were doing so in 25 specialties, from radiology to general surgery to ophthalmology, while their stated reasons for which residencies they preferred were arguably even more diverse.
In all, 54 women and 45 men were matched into residencies.
Stone urged students who might miss out on their top preferences to understand that their own dedication to their profession will be the single greatest predictor of their future success.
"What is inside of you matters much more than what lies before you," he said.
Stone added that "for the well-prepared student, which you are, residency will fine tune you."
The uncertainty of the matching process all the way until the day when letters are opened can be emotionally draining, Nhan said.
"Matching's more exciting for us than graduating," she said. "It's just nerve-wracking."
For the graduates, residency means a few more years of practicing medicine under the best doctors in their profession before the training wheels completely come off. But on Friday, Nhan was on cloud nine and content on appreciating just how far she and her classmates have already come.
"I'm so proud of everyone in my class. They've worked so hard," she said. "It's culminated to here."
Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of University of Utah medical student Dane Barton. His surname is Barton, not Burton. The story also referred incorrectly to Riti Bhatnagar. Her first name is Riti, not Rita.
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Danny is a genius. From being a loving father of a young son in dire need of a lung transplant, he transforms into a supervillain within a couple of episodes of Breathe, the new dramatic thriller series by Amazon Prime. He gives in to his dark side; he starts killing people, but only so that his son gets bumped up the transplant list.
One of those murders is of a young actress. He shows up at her house one evening pretending to be someone else. She lets him in. Then she agrees to practise lines with him. Then she orders pizza for him. And then, inexplicably, she volunteers to wrap her face in cellophane, lets Danny tie her up, and reads out a ‘suicide note’ into a camera. It’s all part of the scene they’re rehearsing, you see. Then, she suffocates to death.
In case it’s not clear enough from this one episode, Breathe is trashy TV. It’s about a man who kills off donors on a list that he somehow gets his hands on — but only those who match his son’s blood type — so that he can give the young boy a shot at a future.
In a daze
Alongside Danny’s laughably wicked serial murders is the story of Kabir, a young policeman from the Crime Branch who lost his daughter a few years ago. She chanced upon his gun and accidentally shot herself. Now, Kabir is this brooding drunk, forever clutching his trusted hip flask and estranged from wife Ria. She left him because he couldn’t get over the grief — and guilt — of his daughter’s death. So Kabir roams around aimlessly, getting drunk on the job, sneering at people, beating up corrupt cops in public, growing out his beard, tilting his head slightly every time someone says anything to him, and basically just being a total buzzkill.
Somewhere along the way, Kabir wakes up from his alcoholic daze. He’s also a brilliant cop (of course he is), so he figures out a pattern in all these seemingly random incidents — a road accident, a suicide, an old man in the ICU. He soon realises that there’s a serial killer at large, and the next target is going to be (you guessed it) his wife. He gets a renewed purpose in life.
Then follows a cat-and-mouse game. Surly Kabir, haunted by visions of his lost daughter, faces off with cheery Danny in a Biblical battle for justice. Given how little investment I feel for the characters and their journeys, the twists and turns that lead to the conclusion barely register. However, despite the amped up melodrama and the obvious plot holes and the stereotypes flung in my face, I don’t hate Breathe.
Trashy TV is actually a lot of fun. It’s easy fare where you feel no emotional connect with the characters. Without that burden, you end up appreciating the masala on offer. It’s what you watch while you’re doing something else, eating or chatting on WhatsApp. Often, you watch it only so you don’t have to face the silence inside your head, or the noise within. Breathe is entertaining if nothing else. For starters, there’s R. Madhavan playing Danny and clearly having a blast. He seems to forever be on the verge of bursting into loud giggles but somehow manages to keep it together. His famous face is covered here with an absurdly angular beard to give him an edgy look. And he uses it to full effect.
Ludicrous fun
Part of the thrill in this thriller is in discovering what palpably unrealistic scheme he’ll devise next to help his son. Will he start dating his son’s doctor? What if she discovers his plans? Will he give himself a heart attack? Will he coach a team of visually impaired players so he can plan another murder? Will he try to frame someone else?
It’s all so ludicrous it’s great fun. Sometimes, viewers want just that; not some pretentious work of art. And the fact that Breathe is clearly a high-budget production adds to the enjoyment quotient, since all the action is heightened to a grand scale.
But it begs the question: at what cost? Leaving aside the stuff they’re hosting on the platform, Amazon Prime’s first dip into original content was the equally trashy Inside Edge. Up next is a music reality TV show. Is this the plan then? Use a new medium in exactly the same way the old medium has been used for generations?
A freelance culture writer from New Delhi, the writer wishes he’d studied engineering instead
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Freshman Karrie Thomas, meanwhile, has tried to emphasize her overall presentation on floor. As she finished her routine, Nelligan pumped his fists wildly as she posted a career-high 9.9. Smiles extended across her face as the Coral Springs, Florida, native ended with a sharp landing, which helped the team to its 49.4 on floor.
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NORMAN, Okla. — It was almost like a sudden gust of wind hit the floor at Lloyd Noble Center late Sunday afternoon. NCAA Tournament selection show host Greg Gumbel and Ernie Johnson reached the Os and right after Ohio State, there was Oklahoma.
The month-long swoon where the Sooners dropped from a top-10 team in every poll and metric to on the NCAA Tournament bubble wasn’t enough to keep them out of the field.
“I was nervous,” freshman guard Trae Young said. “I was very anxious to see if our name was being called. I’ve been very comfortable throughout this whole process until the last minute and a half. But once they called our name, all my emotions just let go. I’m very fortunate that they chose us. I think they did it right.”
If Oklahoma and its fans that gathered for their team banquet prior to the selection show knew they were a shoe-in for an at-large berth, the roaring sigh of relief wouldn’t have been as loud.
“Look we didn’t do what we needed to do towards the end, and so we put our fate up in the air,” Oklahoma center Khadeem Lattin said. “So, at this point, all we can do is get ready for whatever is ahead of us, and pray for the best outcome. That’s what we did. We had two very intense practices, and we just started to get ready for the fight that lies ahead of us.”
The Sooners are the No. 10 seed in the Midwest Region. They face No. 7 seed Rhode Island (25-7) on Thursday at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.
Oklahoma knows where it stands
The Sooners’ players are not deaf and they’re very adept at social media. They’ve heard all the critiques they’ve received while dropping nine of their final 12 games going into selection Sunday.
Young lobbied for the Sooners after the 71-60 loss Wednesday to Oklahoma State, which didn’t receive an NCAA Tournament bid. He cited Oklahoma’s strength of schedule and the quality of its victories.
Turner Sports analyst Charles Barkley didn’t hold back. When the meeting with Rhode Island was announced he said: “I don’t think they deserve to be in the (NCAA) Tournament and they’re gonna lose to Rhode Island.”
“I know our team has a big chip on our shoulder. Me, personally, I have a tremendous chip on our shoulder. I’ll be ready to play,” Young said. “I hear a lot of things. Not a lot people think we should be in, which is fine. The people who make the decision that we should be and that’s what matters. If you put our blind resume up, I think we would be in. I think we’ll have a tremendous chip on our shoulder. I don’t think that a lot of people not having us in is gonna affect us. We have to be ready to play.”
Getting out of Big 12 play should help Oklahoma
It’s no coincidence that Oklahoma’s slide began in early February, which is when it started facing Big 12 opponents for the second time in the round-robin schedule. It’s one thing to scout an opponent. The understanding grows of personnel multiples after playing against them.
The Sooners and Rams have never met.
“I’m not gonna say it’s a relief,” Young said. “The relief now is that it’s zero and zero and everyone has the same record. Now we know who we have to play. It’s gonna be different playing against a non-Big 12 team. We have to get prepared for them [Rhode Island]. They’re a really good team and we have to be ready to play.”
Much like the Sooners, Rhode Island limped into the postseason. After securing the Atlantic 10 Conference regular-season title, the Rams fell to St. Bonaventure and Davidson to close the regular-season. Davidson upset the Rams on Sunday in the Atlantic 10 Tournament title to grab a bid.
None of that matters to the Sooners. They’re in the NCAA Tournament after a one-year absence and four days of sweating since their abrupt exit from the Big 12 tournament.
“Obviously any time you get to play in the tournament you’re delighted,” Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger said. “A long year, and we’ve had the extremes all in one season, very good play to less than that by a lot.”
This represents their last chance to recapture that level of play they had in December and January that has been absent for a month.
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DR. ARI KUPIETZKY with a patient. (Courtesy). (photo credit: Courtesy)
Thanks to dental care for adults being omitted at the last minute from coverage under the National Health Insurance Law of 1994, most Israelis and many doctors are unaware of the firm connection between oral and body health.
“Say ahh” is a phrase commonly used by dentists and doctors during check-ups, asking patients to open their mouths for examination, according to the World Dental Federation. “It brings to life the notion of the mouth serving as a mirror to the body and reflecting overall health. We want people to understand the mouth and body connection because the more informed they are about the impact of oral health on their general health, the more likely they will be to engage in preventive oral care routines. It’s never too early or too late to start looking after your mouth; your body will thank you.” The federation established in 2007 its annual World Oral Health Day (WOHD) on March 20, but due to lack of awareness or involvement by the Israeli health authorities, it is not well known here.
WOHD, dedicated to raising global awareness on the prevention and control of oral diseases and making the connection between oral health and general health and well-being. It is the largest global oral health campaign; each year, it focuses on a specific theme and reaches out to the public, oral health professionals and policymakers, all of whom have a role to play in helping reduce the disease burden.
For the past two years, Jerusalem pediatric dentist Dr. Ari Kupietzky has been secretary-general of the International Association of Pediatric Dentistry (IAPD), which is based in Geneva. In the absence of state participation in WOHD, he volunteered to bring it to public attention and agreed to an interview with The Jerusalem Post.
The American-born dentist, who is married and has seven children and many grandchildren (who have healthier teeth than most), earned his dental medicine degree at the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine in Jerusalem and a master of science degree in pharmacology from HU-Hadassah’s Medical School where he is a faculty member. He is also a visiting professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
The IAPD brings together some 15,000 dentists who treat children and teens in 69 countries, including Arab countries such as Kuwait, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Morocco and Saudi Arabia (which joined just last year). Founded in 1969, its serves as forum for the exchange of international information on pediatric dentistry; contributing to the progress and promotion of children’s oral health; to encourage research in the field; and to arrange scientific meetings. As every country has one vote, and the organization remaining apolitical he faced no difficulty in becoming secretary-general.
As secretary-general, he travels to Geneva at least once a year, but there are global summits, such as one due to be held soon in Bangkok on Early-Childhood Caries (cavities), and regional conferences in South Africa, Russia, Turkey and Holland. Kupietzky will lead an educational workshop – teaching the teachers – in Nairobi.
IN THE past, if a physician diagnosed diabetes or heart disease in a patient, he would be unlikely to refer him to a periodontist – a dentist who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of gum disease and oral inflammation.
Years ago, a physician who suspected heart disease, diabetes or almost any chronic disorder would probably not refer the patient to a gum specialist. The same is true for pregnant women. But today, things should be different, as medical research has identified the interaction, both ways, between poor dental health, especially of the gums, and bodily diseases. Studies have shown that patients with serious periodontal disease are 40% more likely to have a chronic condition in their bodies as well.
Oral diseases affect an estimated 3.9 billion people around the world, while chronic diseases kill 39.5 million people each year.
Gum infection and chronic inflammation result from bacterial buildup – plaque – on the teeth. The body’s immune system tries to combat the infection, but if it is too widespread, inflammation continues unless until the infection is overcome and produce chemicals that damage the gums and ligaments that hold the teeth in place.
The connection between type-2 diabetes and inflamed gums, said Kupietzky, is probably the best-proven and relentless connection between oral and body health. Periodontal disease can trigger diabetes and make it hard for the body to use insulin, while diabetes can cause gum inflammation. But controlling blood sugar in diabetics can improve the condition of gums, and treating periodontitis can improve their sugar balance.
As for the cardiology-periodontitis link, researchers have found that the vast majority of people with heart disease have chronically inflamed gums – many more than those without heart disease. This is not surprising, as smoking, overweight and a junk-food diet are shared factors in both conditions. Nicotine causes blood vessels to contract, making it harder for the mouth to fight infection. It also seems that inflamed gums trigger inflammation in the blood vessels, thus making it more difficult for oxygen-rich blood to reach the heart and the brain. This condition raises the risk of cardiac infarction and stroke.
Women who have become pregnant or intend to have a baby are advised to go to their dentists for checkups and treatment, if necessary, as oral infections and periodontal problems can slow the development of the fetus and even result in low birth weight and various chronic physical and even developmental conditions.
Even poor bone density – osteoporosis – which affects mostly women – can promote erosion of the jawbone and resultant tooth loss. Researchers are also looking into the suspected connections between periodontal disease and kidney disease, obesity, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and rheumatoid arthritis.
AS FOR pediatric dentistry, Kupietzky said the specialty faces many challenges. In many countries in Europe, it is not even recognized because of politics and turf wars, he explained. It was started in the US in the 1940s, he said. It is recognized and taught in Israeli dental schools, and there are some 150 pediatric dentists around the country.
“Dentists here study 3.5 years beyond their dental school graduation to become pediatric dentists. I wanted to treat the whole person and not just the tooth. Pediatric dentistry is quite different in emphasis and treatment than in adult dentistry. Children’s teeth grow and develop. We also know how to treat special-needs children who have difficulty sitting still in the dental chair. Caries prevention and management are also crucial because babies can get caries soon after getting their first tooth around the age of six months. All you need is a ‘host’ (the tooth), bacteria and a ‘substrate’ (food), and a baby can develop cavities in his/her teeth.”
Baby-bottle tooth decay (now named “early childhood caries”), in which parents give a baby a bottle of formula or juice (but not plain water) that they keep in their mouth while falling asleep, has been recognized as a socially transmitted disease. A mother might “disinfect” a pacifier that falls on the ground by putting it in her mouth, but this does not kill the bacteria; instead, the parent transfers her own microbes into the baby’s mouth, and they can proliferate. In addition, when the bottle teat is held for hours in the mouth, the bacteria spread, ferment sugars, secrete acid and decay the teeth.
There are toddlers who have lost all their baby teeth from bottle tooth decay and have had to undergo extensive dental surgery under general anesthesia, and in very rare cases ending with fatal results.
The key to proper brushing is how long you do it – at least two minutes. “We recommend an electric toothbrush, because it does more in the same time and is a novelty for the child.”
Kupietzky also recommends that toddlers move from a bottle (if not breastfeeding) to the cup at around the age of one. While early pacifier use is encouraged to reduce the risk of sudden-infant-death syndrome, their use should be abandoned by age three (“and until then, they should never be dipped in honey”). Sucking thumbs is more harmful than late use of pacifiers, as they are always available and result in prolonged sucking habits.
THE MAIN aim of pediatric dentistry is early prevention, continued Kupietzky. Unfortunately, there has been no comprehensive, nationwide survey by the Health Ministry or professional organizations of the prevelance of early-childhood caries within Israeli children under age five since 1992. A local study of Ashkelon children found that 57% of youngsters under the age of five have dental caries.
A study at well-baby (tipat halav) clinics found that at age two-and-a-half, an astounding 81% had been given a bottle of milk or juice in bed. A total of 27% had never had their teeth brushed. A US survey of pediatricians, said Kupietzky, found that 39% of the physicians were unaware of the fact that dental caries is a preventable, chronic infectious disease; the rate is probably higher here.
“We pediatric dentists put a lot of effort in preventing and stopping dental infections early. I devote 40 minutes to the first encounter with parents of babies who got their first tooth. I do this with the child on his back, facing the mother, who is knee to knee with the dentist. The child sees his mother, not a stranger. Gradually, he gets used to it and doesn’t fear going to the dentist, which keeps many adults and children away.”
A healthy mouth, he notes, allows you to speak, smile, eat, drink and perform other physical functions throughout life, and it can also boast social interaction and promote self esteem. But an unhealthy mouth can cause discomfort, pain, disease and lead to social isolation, lack of self confidence, lost school days and missed work days by parents.
He thinks of his specialty as providing a “dental home” for families. “You should bring your child to the dentist within the first year of life. The dental office is a place where the parents are educated and the child is treated. We show them how to brush their child’s teeth. Around the age of two or three years, there is a lot of dental trauma, as young children fall down and may hurt their teeth. I recall the case of two toddlers who collided in nursery school. One was a patient who had previously established a ‘dental home’ at our clinic, but the other had never been seen by a dentist before. It was much harder to treat the one who was unfamiliar with going to a dentist.”
Parents are usually unaware of the problem of mouth breathing, in which children don’t breathe through the nose. If this becomes chronic, it can lead to changes in facial structure, even a long face. A pediatric dentist can recognize at an early stage mouth breathing and refer the child to an ENT to check for enlarged adenoids or tonsils or a deviated septum, and in addition deal with resulting orthodontic problems early on.
Kupietzky suggests to grandparents that they make a gift of a visit to a pediatric dentist to their grandchildren on their first birthday.
“Many parents think that children who don’t yet have all their baby teeth have no reason to go to the dentist. Yet, baby teeth can be affected, and if they’re diseased, it can spread to their developing permanent teeth below or cause orthodontic damage.”
THE HEALTH Ministry’s failure to restore fluoride to the country’s water supply is regrettable, noted Kupietzky. It was cancelled in 2013 by then-health minister Yael German, who argued that nobody should be “forced” to drink something he doesn’t choose to consume (she ignored the addition of chlorine to potable water to prevent the drinking of microbes). But her successor, health minister and then-Deputy Health Minister Ya’acov Litzman hasn’t managed in almost three years to restore fluoridation, even though he has tried to reverse all of her actions and decisions in the ministry.
Kupietzky, of course, endorses fluoridation of the water supply, as “fluoride is the most democratic, egalitarian and efficient way of delivering prevention to the population, especially youngsters who benefit most. It is very inexpensive. The main benefit is that when children’s permanent teeth are growing in jaws, the fluoride in the water is incorporated into the developing teeth. If provided at the right level in the water, fluoride poses no harm. But a lot of people now consume filtered water and bottled water that contains no fluoride, which complicates things. If not given through the water or oral pills, there are topical fluoride in toothpaste and rinses, along with treatments in dental clinics. There is also transparent fluoride varnish painted on teeth. But fluoridation is the best, as it can reach all sectors, including children who don’t brush their teeth and are not taken to the dentist.”
As for the free program for basic dental care for children up to the age of 16 that was added by Litzman to the health basket at the cost of hundreds of millions of shekels a year, Kupietzky said it mostly stresses treatment of cavities but not prevention and, as the service is provided by subsidiaries of the public health funds, there are few if any pediatric dental specialists. “We offer a non-threatening environment where we teach the family about caring for their mouths. Pediatric dentists strive to be early interventionists and not only surgeons, as a tooth filling is only treating the symptom but not the cause which is the underlying dental disease.”
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A recent American film suggests that no one cares about dentists. Much the same can be said about border guards, who at best force you to unpack in front of them and make you forget your wallet at security before going on holiday, and at worst destroy your hopes and dreams of a better life in a safer land. Yet, a new Icelandic film, Andið Eðlilega (And Breathe Normally), asks you to care about their plight while at the same time worrying about the fate of refugees. Can this be done?
The stakes are high from the beginning. Lára, a single mother and former drug addict, has lost her job, her house—everything but her son. An offer to work as a border guard is her last chance to get her life on track. Adja is a single mother from Guinea-Bissau who must get to Canada via Iceland to see her daughter. Her girlfriend was killed for her sexual orientation and Adja may well suffer the same fate if she goes back. Lára, by doing her job, can’t help but ruin Adja. Both characters are human beings, stuck in a difficult situation in a harsh world.
Ever since Iceland was “discovered” in the 1990s, foreign characters have been a staple in local cinema, as love interests or tourists showing us our quirks from a new point of view. But very few films have been made about immigrants here (barring the odd Serbian gangster) and virtually none at all about asylum seekers. For this reason alone, ‘And Breathe Normally’ is a game changer.
Sure, it can feel a little heavy-handed at times. For the state to bill a refugee for her legal defence is brutal, but we don’t really need her lawyer talking about fine wines on the phone to make the point. And Adja is almost too saintly, doing everything she can to help the woman who wrecked her life.
But these are minor gripes for a major film. There are many heart-rending scenes, such as the one where Lára, sleeping in her car next to the airport, tells her son she has never been to another country. There are the Gestapo tactics of dragging people from their beds in the middle of the night to deport them. And Adja’s attempts to escape are more gut-wrenching than most Icelandic action films have managed.
Mostly, the film is made in the best Nordic social realist tradition, with every scene serving a specific purpose. At times, it almost slips into docu-drama, with the human rights lawyer being played by an actual human rights lawyer, who also acts as legal council for the film.
The setting is refreshing. We don’t see cool 101 Reykjavik, nor do we get wide shots of natural beauty. Most scenes take place around the airport in Keflavík or at the cargo harbour. Iceland may be an island, but it is an island with borders, and not so welcoming to all as the ad campaigns might have you believe.
Most refreshing, though, is the focus on the downtrodden—both foreign and domestic—whom politics sometimes seems to put at odds, despite having more in common than is often acknowledged. The great film critic Roger Ebert said that movies are machines that generate empathy. By that criteria, this is as good as it gets.
‘Andið Eðlilega’ is available in Icelandic in various local cinemas. Check out the full schedule here.
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Trojica kamarátov sa v jeden podvečer rozhodne vykradnúť bohatého starca. Ten je však k ich smole bývalým špičkovým vojakom, a tak sa rutinná vykrádačka zmení na boj o holý život.
Z obsahu snímky je viac než zrejmé, že pôjde o napodobneninu amerického hororu Don't Breathe (i keď si nie sme istí, či bude aj v tomto prípade hlavný záporák slepcom).
Podarí sa nepálskym filmárom dosiahnuť kvalít svojho napínavého predchodcu? Treba dať snímke šancu a uvidí sa. My osobne by sme sa však k návšteve kina nahovoriť nedali. A čo vy? Trailer by vám pri rozhodovaní mohol pomôcť.
Réžia filmu pripadla Rajovi Rajbanshiovi a vo filme si zahrali Sunil Thapa, Karma Shakya, Menuka Pradhan či Rabindra Jha. Nepálsku premiéru si thriller s názvom Sherbahadur odbil 2. februára (únor) 2018.
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(WXYZ) - If you’re meticulous about cleaning you could be harming your lungs. A recent study suggests household cleaning products are nearly as bad as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day.
How are cleaning products affecting our lungs?
It must be my natural instincts keeping me safe because I DON'T LOVE household cleaning! Now, this latest study out of Norway followed more than 6,200 people for over two decades. They found women who cleaned at least once a week had their lung function decline quicker than those who didn’t clean. And women working as cleaners had an even faster decline, with researchers comparing their exposure to smoking a pack of cigarettes every day for twenty years.
How are the cleaning products affecting the lungs?
Researchers think that the small particles in cleaning products irritate the mucous membranes in the airways which leads to long-term damage. Which is not good because we need proper lung function to pump oxygen into the blood and get carbon monoxide out. Poor lung function could be a sign of lung disease or the possible development of it.
What can we use instead of cleaning products – or are any of them safe to use?
It’s really important to choose cleaning products carefully because federal regulation of the chemicals in them is fairly poor. So my prescriptions:
Partha’s RX:
Try to avoid spray cleaning products. Or spray the product onto a cloth so you don’t breathe in the chemicals as easily.
Solid and liquid cleaners may be the safer option to use. Be sure to read the label and follow all safety advice.
Or skip the chemicals and use lukewarm water and a microfiber cloth. An abrasive sponge is also another effective cleaning alternative.
Keep your home well ventilated. Open a window if you can while cleaning.
Unfortunately, we can’t avoid cleaning our homes, it’s a necessity that needs to be done, but we certainly can take preventative steps to keep our lungs healthy.
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Trojica kamarátov sa v jeden podvečer rozhodne vykradnúť bohatého starca. Ten je však k ich smole bývalým špičkovým vojakom, a tak sa rutinná vykrádačka zmení na boj o holý život.
Z obsahu snímky je viac než zrejmé, že pôjde o napodobneninu amerického hororu Don't Breathe (i keď si nie sme istí, či bude aj v tomto prípade hlavný záporák slepcom).
Podarí sa nepálskym filmárom dosiahnuť kvalít svojho napínavého predchodcu? Treba dať snímke šancu a uvidí sa. My osobne by sme sa však k návšteve kina nahovoriť nedali. A čo vy? Trailer by vám pri rozhodovaní mohol pomôcť.
Réžia filmu pripadla Rajovi Rajbanshiovi a vo filme si zahrali Sunil Thapa, Karma Shakya, Menuka Pradhan či Rabindra Jha. Nepálsku premiéru si thriller s názvom Sherbahadur odbil 2. februára (únor) 2018.
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There’s a reason that films like The Strangers, Them, The Purge, Hush, Don’t Breathe, Funny Games, and more rank highly among horror fans; the very concept of someone or something forcing their way into the one spot that should feel the safest, your home, is a terrifying one. The realistic thrills of home invasion films can offer some of the most intense horror, and some of the biggest surprises when the formula is subverted in films like You’re Next or Better Watch Out. With the highly anticipated The Strangers: Prey at Night releasing in theaters next week, we’re celebrating the subgenre with 10 underseen home invasion horror movies worth hiding under a blanket in the perceived safety of your own home to watch:
Alone in the Dark (1982)
Releasing close on the heels of Halloween and Friday the 13th, this home invasion thriller/slasher mostly slipped through the cracks. Which is a shame considering how smart it is, and a surprising A-list cast for a film of this type. Starring Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, and Martin Landau, the plot sees a foursome of psychos escape from a mental hospital to lay siege to Dr. Dan Potter’s house, all based on the incorrect assumption that Dr. Potter murdered their psychiatrist Dr. Merton. Directed by Jack Sholder (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge), it begins as a sort of horror-comedy satire before transitioning into a full-blown home invasion, made even more unique by its cast really letting loose in their roles. This underseen gem is worth watching for Palance and Landau as psychopaths alone.
Wait Until Dark
You wouldn’t think this classic home invasion horror/thriller film starring Audrey Hepburn as a blind woman whose home is invaded by a trio of criminals seeking their lost heroin stash is underseen, but it’s surprisingly overlooked in the subgenre. Originating from a stage play, the film was one of the most popular during its release in 1967 and earned Hepburn an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In the present, it may not have held up as well because Hepburn’s character is way too trusting toward the criminals that attempt to fool her, but it’s high on atmosphere and delivers one of horror’s best jump scares of all time. Wait Until Dark may not be anywhere close to the level of intensity and brutality that we’re accustomed to now in the subgenre, but it’s a foundational classic that many have borrowed from since.
Intruders (2015)
Like You’re Next, this home invasion horror follows the subversion that the trio of criminals that break into a woman’s house to rob her soon realize they chose the wrong victim, but without any humor. Anna suffers from severe agoraphobia and hasn’t left her childhood home in over a decade. As the caregiver of her brother, who’s dying of cancer, her only other connection to the outside world is Dan (Rory Culkin), the guy who delivers the groceries. They bond over feeling trapped, and she offers him a large sum of money to free him. When her brother dies, her agoraphobia won’t even allow her to attend his funeral, and that’s too bad considering Dan returns with two friends that planned to rob her while she was away. The trio of erstwhile robbers realize the error of their ways when they discover Anna has a very dark family past, and a very twisted basement lying in wait. While not perfect, it’s a well done thriller bolstered by a great cast that really sells their parts. Martin Starr plays against type as one of the criminals out for Anna’s blood, Culkin as the most sympathetic, and Beth Riesgraf is great as Anna.
You Are Not Alone
A first-person POV thriller from the perspective of Natalie, a college student visiting her hometown over the 4th of July holiday turns horrific when a sociopathic killer begins to stalk her while she’s home alone. It begins like a quaint small-town reunion among friends, with only few hints in the background of the night of terror that’s to come. Once Natalie returns home, while her family is still out celebrating the holiday, her sleep is interrupted by an unexpected guest looking to come inside. It’s this moment that the film turns from indie drama to atmospheric creep fest, the sociopathic killer unnerving and the POV angle lending to some very effective scares. Fans of The Strangers will find this just as intense, as the masked killer looms outside, patiently waiting for his window while he toys with his prey. As the cat and mouse game escalates, though, Natalie’s intelligence level drops dramatically, deflating much of the tension with it. Even still, the entire middle is spine-tingling.
The Vagrant
Two words; Bill Paxton. This ‘90s horror comedy doesn’t play at all like your typical home invasion horror/thriller, but it still counts. Starring Bill Paxton as a yuppie businessman, Grant, who buys a new home only to find the homeless bum that squats in the lot next door keeps inviting himself in. It begins as a psychological horror comedy, as the vagrant keeps breaking into the Grant’s house and playing mind games as the body count starts to pile up. The inept police investigate, thinking Grant is responsible, and eventually, even Grant can’t be sure if he’s the one killing people in his sleep or if it’s the vagrant. The second half drops the psychological in favor of all-out war as Grant flees. Which doesn’t exactly scream home invasion, but it’s soon revealed that the vagrant continues to invade Grant’s life in a similar way. It’s a hammy ‘90s horror comedy executive produced by Mel Brooks, so emphasis on the comedy, but Paxton is great in it. As usual.
The House on the Edge of the Park
Though it borrows heavily from Last House on the Left, fans of Rugero Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust will probably also love this Video Nasty. One of the more infamous exploitation horror that follows a psychopath/rapist Alex and his slow-witted friend that get invited to a snobby upper-class party, where they take over with extreme, exploitive violence. David Hess (Krug in Last House on the Left) manages to get even creepier and more demented under Deodato as the psychopath Alex. When even Deodato felt the script was too violent upon first reading, you know it’s going to be disturbing.
The Uninvited Guest
Writer/director Guillem Morales (Julia’s Eyes) delivered a unique, psychological twist to this home invasion thriller from the outset. Recently separated from his wife, architect Felix is unnerved living alone in his large house. When a man shows up one night and asks to use the phone, Felix leaves the room, only to return to discover the man is nowhere to be found. Over the next few days strange sounds and occurrences take place, fueling Felix’s suspicion that the man never left. Creating a tension fueled paranoia, Morales’ story twists and turns its quiet home invasion story as the victim of the home invasion, Felix, slowly becomes the home invader himself as he obsession with the man takes hold. A suspenseful thriller that proves that it’s the silent invaders that lurk in the shadows of your home that are the most chilling.
Mother’s Day (2010)
A very loose remake of Charles Kaufman’s 1980 horror film, director Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV) ups the brutality in spades. After a botched bank robbery, three brothers and their sadistic mother retreat to their childhood home, where its current inhabitants are in the midst of a birthday party. Starring Frank Grillo pre-Purge days, Rebecca De Mornay as Mother, Jaime King, Shawn Ashmore, and many more recognizable cast members, Bousman’s adaptation continues to escalate the violence in exhilarating ways. It’s an effective home invasion thriller from beginning to end. If there’s one flaw, and there is, it’s that the payoff feels frustrating over satisfying, and some of the characters can be very grating. Even still, there’s enough entertainment here to warrant a watch.
Sleep Tight
Jaume Balaguero is more well regarded for his work on the [Rec] franchise, but Sleep Tight is one of his more slept on features that’s terrifying in a completely different way. Especially if you live alone. Luis Tosar is one of horror’s most underrated, and scariest villains as apartment concierge Cesar. He’s miserable and all he wants is for everyone around him to be miserable too. He revels in making the tenants’ lives a hell, and they’re typically easy to agitate. But the unflappable Clara, with her sunny outlook, becomes the object of Cesar’s fixation in his fervent desire to induce a mental breakdown in her. Which means consistently breaking into her apartment, often with her there at night sleeping peacefully in her bed, to find new ways to inflict suffering without her being aware. It’s bleak, disturbing, and one of the most uncomfortable viewing experiences ever.
Kidnapped (2011)
Also known as Secuestrados, this Spanish horror film delivers one of the most harrowing and most realistically rendered vision of a home invasion. Upper-class couple Jaime and Marta have just moved into a new home with their daughter Isa. Life is great until a trio of men break in. The leader takes Jaime with him to an ATM, forcing Jaime to empty his accounts, while the other two stay behind with the mother and daughter as ransom. From there, things devolve into one of the most breathless, relentless experiences as the family attempts to break free from their captors. Kidnapped grabs you by the throat and never lets up for even a minute.
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Kevin Fell was spot on (Illawarra Mercury, March 1, 2018) with there being no need to have to choose between Sydney’s choking growth and immigration.
We wouldn’t need to choose between immigration, choking growth … or even one of the three major political parties if the one we did support performed as stated.
However, none of these parties have followed through on fast trains, airports or anything that that would have them commit such policy to a term of government.
In fact they rarely commit to policy at all unless cornered.
The billions of dollars of sold off infrastructure in NSW alone could have had a Sydney to Canberra very fast train up and running by now were it not for the dishonesty of big business and politicians.
A very fast train commitment before the next election?
Don’t hold your breath.
Brian Johnson, Gymea
THINGS OF STONE AND WOOD
At last count, the “things of stone and wood” vanity project in Crown Street Mall has cost Wollongong ratepayers in excess of $500,000.
This has surely sealed the fate of a number of Wollongong councillors who voted for questionable art over sorely needed community services.
Pete Rainbird, Figtree
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
Possibly the solution to the soulless atmosphere of Wollongong CBD and Port Kembla CBD has been hiding in plain sight?
Renovating the empty premises in both as accommodation for UOW students and UOW ancillary services; would breathe life back into the both CBDs.
For as matters currently stand in either, one could fire a cannon down their length with little fear of hitting anyone most days.
Imagine the possibilities for local businesses if both areas had a constant resident population of students and university staff.
Not only could this provide business with customers 24/7, it would also improve public safety in general.
UOW with the best interests of its student body in mind, would I believe, ensure police patrolling in both areas was supplemented by UOW security.
The reality of this region having to move from a society almost entirely dependent upon heavy industry has been evident for decades.
Moving toward academe for economic survival would seem to be a good start.
All my concept requires is money and, plenty of it.
Possibly we may have missed the “money boat” for concepts such as mine when we agreed to sell Port Kembla Harbour too cheaply?
Barry Swan, Balgownie
ABSOLUTELY VILE BEHAVIOUR
Michaelia Cash’s father was a Liberal politician and she grew up in a wealthy suburb in Perth with private schooling.
Imagine if she had Julie Bishop’s job as foreign affairs minister?
We would be at war within a week.
She has betrayed her gender with her repulsive comments in the Senate and I think it's a throw off so she can avoid how her staff tipped off the media late last year regarding the police raids on union offices.
Absolutely vile behavior and to think this was the minister for women not long ago.
Matty Ryan, Fairy Meadow
A CRUISY CELEBRATION
On March 12, 11 seniors from the Jettys Village will embark on a cruise to celebrate the year of their 80th birthday.
These travellers are called the 38ers (born in 1938).
The cruise goes to Melbourne then Hobart and then Port Kembla – an experience not to be missed.
If we can do it so can others.
Mike Dobson, Primbee
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Nick Potter wants to start a revolution. One that will mean any of us can avoid back pain, that will see young people future-proofing their hips and spines, and that – ultimately – could save the NHS. All we have to do to join in is stand up.
"Sitting is the new smoking," says Potter, one of the UK’s leading back care specialists and osteopath to elite sportspeople and celebrities. "We’re all becoming very lazy. We’re constantly stressed out. We don’t breathe properly. No wonder the NHS is in trouble. It’s not broken – we are."
He’s not wrong. Eighty per cent of us will have back, neck and muscle pain at some point, which according to figures from the Office for National Statistics, is costing...
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Ob türkischer Batman, indischer Superman oder japanischer Spider-Man: Viele große Helden des Hollywood-Blockbusterkinos wurden schon mit ausländischen Plagiaten geehrt. Doch auch das Horrorgenre bleibt von kuriosen Remakes und Kopien nicht verschont. Nun traf es Fede Alvarez' Shocker Don't Breathe aus dem Jahr 2016, der nur eineinhalb Jahre später ein nicht autorisiertes Remake in Nepal erhalten hat. Den Trailer dazu könnt ihr oben im Player anschauen.
Der Trailer zu dem Sherbahadur betitelten Thriller aus Nepal lässt definitiv ein gewisses Don't-Breathe-Flair aufkommen und scheint eine 1-zu-1-Kopie des amerikanischen Terrorfilms mit Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette und Stephen Lang zu sein. Denn auch hier geht es ein drei junge Einbrecher, die einen blinden Militär-Veteranen ausrauben wollen und auf überraschende und brutale Gegenwehr stoßen.
Unterdessen warten Fans des Originals, das weltweit über 150 Millionen Dollar einspielen konnte, weiterhin auf ein Sequel. Auf Twitter wurde Regisseur Fede Alvarez vor wenigen Wochen selbst mit dem Plagiat seines Horrorfilms konfrontiert und scheint von dem Trailer sogar ziemlich beeindruckt zu sein:
Don't Breathe ist jedoch nicht der erste Horrorfilm, der eine plagiierte Filmversion erhalten hat. So gibt es beispielsweise ein Bollywood-Remake von Nightmare On Elm Street, in der der indische Freddy Krueger seine Opfer mit Klingenhand und schlechtem Vokuhila meuchelt. Ebenso existieren eine türkische Kopie von Der Exorzist und ein indonesischer Freitag der 13. Und wer erinnert sich nicht an das indonesische Rip-off von Terminator mit dem vielversprechendem Titel Lady Terminator?
Sherbahadur erschien am 02.02.2018 in den napalesischen Kinos. Dass der Don't-Breathe-Abklatsch auch in westlichen Gefilden zu sehen sein wird, ist eher unwahrscheinlich.
Was haltet ihr vom Trailer zur Nepali-Version von Don't Breathe?
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Don’t Breathe is probably a great horror film in any language.
Many classic horror films have been given unofficial remakes outside the United States over the years, including a Turkish take on The Exorcist, an Indonesian Friday the 13th and a Bollywood version of A Nightmare on Elm Street featuring a mullet-haired Freddy!
The latest horror movie to get an unofficial knockoff is Fede Alvarez’s Don’t Breathe, which director Raj Rajbanshi has turned into this year’s Nepali film, Sherbahadur.
In the film, starring Sunil Thapa as “The Blind Man”…
“Three people rob the houses of rich people when the owners are out of town. They then find out about Sherbahadur , a rich ex-army man and plan to rob his house.”
The trailer, which you can check out below, was recently tweeted to Fede Alvarez himself, who quote-tweeted it with the words, “That actually looks badass.”
Sherbahadur was released in Nepal earlier this month.
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