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Don't miss the closing weekend of NOIR CITY Hollywood, Eddie Muller and Alan K. Rode in person. NIGHTMARE ALLEY will screen in nitrate.
Tix and full festival schedule: https://bit.ly/3Ij9Mc2
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Hostage Taking | Tim Bradford | The Rookie
Act One | Chapter 16 | Chapter 17 | Chapter 18 | Chapter 19
Content Warning under cut: Episode 3x05. Themes of Racism (Doug Stanton, at the end), bombing and other canon typical plights. Read at own risk.
“So when do you think you’ll be back from court?” (Y/N) asked, walking alongside Harper towards the evidence lockup.
“Eh,” Harper said. There was nothing Harper hated more than court duty, especially when the case was so clear cut that she didn’t need to be there. “Hopefully soon, that way I can enjoy having Nolan on front desk duty for the rest of the day. Let him enjoy the general public”
“Is he really that bad to ride with?” She stopped at the door.
“No, and that's what sucks. He’s too nice, and sometimes I don’t need all that positivity.”
(Y/N) just shook her head as Nyla just winked at her as she entered the evidence room. Turning on her heel, (Y/N) passed Lopez as she wandered back to her desk, trying to figure out what to do with her day. Most of her cases were closed, the Damian Barrett case had all but run dry and Grey had all but forbidden her from working on her own case alone, despite how much she wanted too.
Sitting down, she gathered all of the papers on her desk, stacking them neatly, before organising them alphabetically, and then chronologically. Next on her hit list was the pen pot. Grabbing the container, she tipped them out, testing them one by one on a loose post-it.
She had only just opened the chess on her computer when the radio belonging to the blonde officer who worked opposite her rang out. “Sargent Grey, this is officer Nolan, go to channel nine.”
(Y/N) stifled her laugh as she moved her pawn two spaces, of course it was Nolan she thought. Even in her short time back in the precinct, Nolan’s reputation had been shared with her. Her good humour was cut short as the rest of the conversation rang out through the handset.
Grey replied quickly “Nolan this better be important”
“Sure is buddy” An unknown voice rang out. (Y/N) closed the chess game as she began to listen more intently.
“Who’s this”
The stranger’s voice rang out again. “The guy sitting in your parking lot with an ammonium-nitrate fertiliser bomb.”
Without hesitation, (Y/N) rushed up from her seat and made her was over to where she could see Nyla and Grey looking down at the radio, officers silently surrounding them, all listening to the bomber
As she got closer, she could hear the stranger’s voice again. “I have cameras on every exit. Do you understand me? If anyone leaves, everyone dies”
“I can confirm the cameras, sir.” Nolan’s distant voice chimed in, “Our bomber has a dead man's switch, sir.”
“Okay,” Grey said, voice solemn and serious, “You have my attention. Tell me what i can do for you.”
“Rectify an extreme miscarriage of justice. I demand the immediate release of Donalf Feltt from the Primedale Department of Corrections.”
(Y/N) moved to the computer near her, typing in the given name as Harper moved beside her. His record showed immediately. Donald Feltt, ID no: 4076696, sentenced to life without parole on multiple charges: Possession of an illegal substance, undocumented concealed firearms, animal abuse, drug trafficking, battery, and murder.
Grey tensed his shoulders as he read the screen out loud to the bomber, trying to confirm that they were both on the same page.
“That's him,” The man confirmed, “and it’s not going to be a back-door parole for my boy. Feltt walks out of there today.”
“Back-door parole?” (Y/N) asked, looking up from the screen
“For when you die in prison,” Harper replied. “Our bomber’s done time.”
“Most likely with Feltt,” Grey lifted his radio up again, “All right. That’s a big ask. It’ll take time.” He lowered the radio and looked to Harper, “We need someone on the outside.”
“I’ll call Lopez, she left already.”
Grey nodded his head, raising the radio again, now on the general channel to alert the units, both in and out of the precinct of the tactical lockdown and what to do. Once he was done, he turned to face (Y/N). “You should go down with everyone else to the parking garage, you’ll be safe there.”
“Like Hell I am, now what do you need me to do?”
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“It’s morse code.” Grey said, looking at the camera feed pointed towards the brown van, (Y/N) moved to get a dictionary, only to be stopped by the Sargent raising his hand. “S-C-R-L-I”
“He has a scar?”
“On his left eye. Good man, Nolan.”
“So,” (Y/N) said, opening the laptop she had bought over, typing as she spoke. “If we assume he did time with Felt. We know that he is a white male with a scar on his left eye.” Pressing enter, she quickly read the results aloud. “Graham Porter. He did three years at Primedale, a couple of misdemeanours prior. Nothing that screams mad bomber.”
“How does a guy like this get on with a guy like Feltt?”
“Let’s hope Lopez can find out,” Harper said, returning from the parking garage.
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“So Graham Porter is in desperate need of money?” Nyla asked as she regrouped with Grey again, this time joined by Chen and both Bradfords.
“So why not demand a ransom?” Grey responded “Why give us a head fake on Feltt”
Chen stepped forward. “Maybe it’s not a head fake. Maybe Feltt’s paying Graham to bust him out of prison.”
“Feltt’s a murderer, not a cash-heavy narcos.” (Y/N) said, looking over to Tim, allowing him to finish her statement off.
“If this Feltt’s gambit is smoke, we’re chasing our tails trying to free him. Meanwhile, an accomplice robs a bank or something.”
Grey considered the next step for a moment. “Contact West and Stanton, have them check out a nearby check cash-in place. I’ll contact the chief to see if we can get more boots on the ground.”
Nyla nodded, going off to make the call, leaving Tim, Lucy and (Y/N). The three stood in silence for a moment before (Y/N) turned to her laptop again.
“What are you doing?” Tim asked, looking over his wife's shoulder.
“Googling him.”
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It didn’t take long for Grey and Harper to find their way back to the other three. There wasn’t much luck on either end, apparently everything was “Code Four” with Stanton and West, and the rest of the LAPD was spread thin by having an entire precinct down so that not many more men could be spared.
“We found something.” (Y/N) crossed her arms. “I ran his name through the web. He had a YouFundMe, set up by his girlfriend, Kelsey Adams. I asked Lopez to run her down, there was nobody there, no cell answer either.”
Tim moved to stand near (Y/N), disliking this whole situation. “This whole thing is weird. Kelsey is using an assumed identity. Her social security numbers are fake. No record No picture.”
“According to Lopez, Kelsey and Graham are inseparable. So she is likely involved.”
“But how?” Harer asked, If it's not about money or Feltt…”
They sat in silence, contemplating Nyla’s question. (Y/N) uncrossed her arms, letting her hands fall down and began to play with her ring.
Lucy was the one to break the silence. “What if this is all a distraction meant to pull our focus outside the station, when we should really be looking inside?”
“What kind of woman would be crazy to be inside a building ith her boyfriend parked outside with a truck full of explosives?”
Tim rolled his eyes at Nyla’s question, before sending an incredulous look towards Lucy. The two of them had a silent conversation before taking off towards the parking garage, leaving the three officers with the words “Freegan Frida.”
As the pair left, Grey looked at the two detectives. “What the Hell is a ‘freegan?’”
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(Y/N) and Nyla moved through the corridors with their guns raised, silently sweeping each room for Adams. Tim had alerted them of the woman’s presence when she had left the garage, leaving the other’s trapped. Grey had taken one half of the building, whilst the detectives took the other. The two had found nothing until they approached the evidence room, finding the door broken.
On Nyla’s silent command, (Y/N) entered the evidence room, looking around for the suspect whilst she called Grey, alerting him of the situation and that a search was underway. As Harper spoke, (Y/N) moved through the evidence locker, looking down the aisle. It only took moments for her to find Kesey, rummaging through a secure bio-evidence bag.
“Hands up.” she commanded, “Don’t move.”
“Please, I have to find it,” the woman begged.
Harper approached from behind. “Find what?”
“He thinks I’m dead, If they run my prints…”
“Are you trying to destroy evidence?” Harper asked, moving closer to Kelsey.
“No,” Kelsey exclaimed, panic and desperation clear in her voice. “It’s my husband. He’s a loan shark in El Paso. He hurt me. I ran away three years ago, got a new identity, the works. So he would never find me. Then there was a robbery where I work. The cops took a bunch of stuff, things with my prints.”
“So when they run the prints, they will get a hit on the real you.” (Y/N) stated. The tree women stood in silence for a moment before (Y/N) continued speaking. “Look, we will try and help you but you need to get Graham to stand down.”
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(Y/N) listened to Grey speak to Graham as he told him to stand-down. That he knew what their plan was, that Kelsey had told him that the bomb was fake. That he was going back to prison for a long time. She also listened in as Graham demanded the S.W.A.T team back off, and when he threatened Nolan’s life if they didn’t.
She swallowed the lump in her throat and that grew at the threat. She hated this whole situation. She hated that it was Nolan that was trapped, she hated how the entire precinct was shut down because of this madman, she hated how there was nothing that she could do to help Nolan. She hated it all.
She only began to feel marginally better when she heard Nolan’s voice ring out on the radio. “Sargent Grey, this is Nolan. One is custody. We’re code four.”
Although, hearing the click ring out afterwards reassured her somewhat.
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“Oh God, what happened earlier?” (Y/N) said, curling up on the sofa as Tim grabbed two beers from the fridge before joining her.
“Stanton let Jackson get assaulted. Bastard did nothing.”
“Is Jackson okay?”
“He was taken to the hospital. Bruised and beaten but nothing he can’t recover from. Physically anyway.” Tim moved to wrap his arm around (Y/N)’s shoulders, pulling her into his chest. “Stanton is on administrative leave. Grey took his gun and badge.”
“What happens now?”
“This will be the end of Stanton, I don’t see him coming back from this.”
(Y/N) nodded, processing the information. “We should go see him tomorrow. See how he’s doing, if he needs anything.”
Tim just hummed in agreement, moving to place a kiss on the side of (Y/N)’s head.
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Introduction by Anthony L'Abbate, Preservation Manager, Moving Image Department and Caroline Yeager, Associate Curator, Moving Image Department
The announcement that Orson Welles’s missing (and unfinished) film Too Much Johnson had been found and preserved, sent a pleasant shock wave through cinema circles in 2013. Discovered with a group of other film materials in a warehouse in Pordenone, Italy, in 2003, Too Much Johnson survived by a quirk of fate. Mario Catto, an enthusiastic cinephile who often collaborated with Le Giornate del Cinema Muto (a film festival devoted solely to screening silent films), was told by a family friend about a crate full of potentially dangerous old film that had been abandoned years before in his shipping warehouse. Catto suggested that his friend donate it to Cinemazero, a highly regarded film society in Pordenone. Cinemazero accepted the films and began the laborious and years-long task of examining and identifying the mixture of 35mm and 16mm film elements on both safety and nitrate based film stocks. The films turned out to be the works of Orson Welles.
Prominent Welles scholar Ciro Giorgini positively identified nine nitrate reels as being Welles’s lost film Too Much Johnson. A tenth nitrate reel was decomposing and it was not actually verified as being part of the film until it was sent to a laboratory for preservation in 2013. Cinemazero recognized that the nitrate reels of Too Much Johnson needed long-term conservation, and so, nearly ten years after Catto first saw the crate, the nitrate positive work print of Too Much Johnson was consigned to their colleagues at the Cineteca del Friuli, also in Pordenone. Preserving Too Much Johnson now became the crucial issue.
Because the film was both nitrate and American, funding for full preservation would prove difficult to obtain in Italy. In January 2013, Cineteca del Friuli contacted the George Eastman Museum to discuss preserving Too Much Johnson, as well as providing permanent conservation for the 35mm nitrate master. The Eastman Museum agreed to accept the nitrate film and through an emergency grant arranged by the National Film Preservation Foundation, the nine identified reels of Too Much Johnson would be preserved. The tenth, decomposing reel, was preserved separately and joined the other reels prior to the film’s world premiere.
Produced by the Mercury Theatre, Too Much Johnson was meant to introduce each act of William Gillette’s stage play of the same name. Even in its unfinished state, the film shows all the hallmarks of Welles’s cinematic genius. Starring Joseph Cotten, Edgar Barrier, Arlene Francis and other Mercury Theatre actors, it is a lively, vibrant, funny, and exciting homage to silent film comedy and stands on its own as a cinematic gem. The new score provided by Philip C. Carli, was inspired by Paul Bowles’s score for the Mercury Theatre stage production.
#okay let's all be adults about this. film preservation is so important#remembering is not the opposite of forgetting—art is!#guard. that. johnson.#too much johnson#orson welles#joseph cotten
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(Stuff from the 25th of October 2022 - Photography acquired!)
These are a photographic contact print and stencil print, on ordinary paper sensitized with silver iodide (applied silver nitrate solution and povidone iodine, both from a pharmacy), developed with caffenol developer and hot salt water fixer.
The stencil did not need developing as mere exposure to strong sunlight caused the image to appear over a few minutes, I will later show you how to draw the stencil pattern so you can make your own and spray paint it into things.
By contact print I mean that I stuck the makeshift photo paper onto my computer screen and let it sit there for a while (having previously loaded the image into ms paint and switched it into a negative), then developed it.
I have since been sporadically experimenting with this paper in cameras. Also I no longer use the salt water fixer (used by Daguerre and other early photographers) as I've found that it washes down the images and can completely erase them. Now I just use ammonia solution (from the hardware store, don't get any weird ideas) though the gases that it emanates are really toxic, I try to stay upwind.
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I liked thattt hehehe cutest nickname I've ever got
How much gore can you stand in writing? I know you're studying to be paramedic, but with time, I noticed it's just different as text and looking at it through screen. I can barely stand to see dissection in person, but reading it (often through medical mysteries involving ER and detailed autopsies or operations) is another matter. I can just read it through pages or watch a very visual show. Just not that smell, lol (see? Squishy is just as crazy as you. And i warn you, i will bite. Love bites with my two vampire teeth.) Anyway, and will we ever get those kinds of food writing?
Oooo ok so. Real life, love gore. I freak people out when I say this but the property my family owned for a long time used to be a goat farm. I’d play with goat skulls for ages as a kid. My uncle is also a very Austrian farmer and would literally butcher anything he could eat for dinner. My dad was a biology teacher in a high school for years and as a kid I’d dissect any dead things I found for fun. I actually found two dead fliddler rays at the beach yesterday and had an awesome time looking at them.
I also lovvvve dissecting stuff at uni (you’re right about it the smell tho that shit stinks) it’s so fun I have so many pictures of my dissections on my phone. I also had leg surgery as a kid and one of my scars went necrotic, that was fun. I got to stick my fingers in rotting, black flesh to apply silver nitrate cream :,) ahhh memories
In whump, I don’t really write as much gore, cause I don’t really write stories like that much. However, for a few months now I’ve been working on the origin of Enjar, and telling the story of how he got his scars. I wouldn’t say it’s massively gorey, but hoooooo boy it gets gross. Also the medical malpractice is soooo bad in that story poor En is gonna go through it.
I do have multiple stories in progress and a ton of backlog I just haven’t had the time or energy to edit, but some of it is gorey. I do wanna write some really gorey stuff, which I’ll do when I get around to writing Cameron and Keh-yah again. Keh-yah is tortured terribly it’s gonna get gorey.
The only thing I will never write is a plane crash. My aunt was killed in one, and there was one that impacted my community pretty badly this year, and really put me off writing whump for a while hence the lack of updates (I am writing again I just haven’t edited shit lmao). It just doesn’t feel right to do plane crashes. I might write one eventually, maybe as a tribute to her or The Long Dark (fucken great video game btw) but it’ll be a while, idk. Also I’ve said before I’d never base a story off my patients that I end up having cause that’s super fucked up to do. Ethically that’s so gross
But I’m super into gore otherwise, and would love to write more :)))
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I received a digital copy of Silver Nitrate from Netgalley. My thoughts are my own.
Monserrat and Tristan have been friends since childhood. She's a talented sound editor struggling to survive in a male dominated career. He's a former heartthrob who fell on hard times after surviving a car wreck that killed his girlfriend and left his looks marred. When Tristan discovers his neighbor is a reclusive director Montserrat enjoyed who has faded into obscurity, he can't wait for his friend to meet him.
Abel, the director, draws them into his confidence on why the infamous movie that never made it to the screen changed the trajectory of his life. The mastermind behind it all was a German man with alleged ties to the Nazis who had a plan to work a spell through the movie. This man is dead, or is he?
This is the sort of book where you have to be interested in the story for it's own sake instead of seeking lots of scares. The scares are there, but it's a slow burn that asks you to enjoy the journey, and care about Montserrat and Tristan.
There are no saints in Silver Nitrate, not even our protagonists. The events bring out the best and worst in both of them. Tristan is a bit fickle and fair weather, and Montserrat takes a little too easily to a world of darker magic. In many ways the primary story is about her seduction and her temptations.
The aforementioned German magician based his largely stolen ideas and spells on concepts from other cultures while also believing in Aryan superiority, and gained power by making his mostly white acolytes feel special. You will read a lot about his beliefs and ability to seduce others. Unfortunately, this all feels eternally relevant.
You will also read a lot about Mexican cinema, and the fictional elements are surrounded by real movies and names in a story set in Mexico city in October through December.
I enjoy Silvia Moreno-Garcia's writing and the plot kept me interested as did the characters. The creepy moments, while relatively few were solid. I wanted to know what the events would mean for the central relationship. This was a very good read for me, but I must admit I never felt that extra frisson of magic that would make it a perfect read, no pun intended.
Silver Nitrate was a very nice reading experience for me, a fan or horror written with depth and intelligence, and I'd happily recommend it to anyone with the same appetites. I hope we have many more titles from Silvia Moreno-Garcia to come.
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Gloria Swanson and Lionel Barrymore in Sadie Thompson (Raoul Walsh, 1928)
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, Blanche Friderici, Charles Lane, Florence Midgley, James A. Marcus, Sofia Ortega, Will Stanton, Raoul Walsh. Screenplay: Raoul Walsh; titles: C. Gardner Sullivan; based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham and a play by John Colton and Clemence Randolph. Cinematography: George Barnes, Robert Kurrie, Oliver T. Marsh. Art direction: William Cameron Menzies. Film editing: C. Gardner Sullivan.
It's sad that most people know Gloria Swanson only as the gorgon Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd. (Billy Wilder, 1957). Or that Swanson's deft parody of silent movie acting in that film constitutes many people's impression of what it was like. The survival of Sadie Thompson, even though it's missing its last reel, which the restorers piece out with old stills and title cards, shows what a formidable force Swanson could be on screen, generating enough heat that it's surprising she didn't ignite the nitrate film stock. The story is the familiar one of the San Francisco prostitute who comes to Pago Pago, where she clashes with a bluenose reformer who threatens to return her to San Francisco and the hands of the police. The reformer is Alfred Davidson (Lionel Barrymore in full ham), who was a clergyman in Somerset Maugham's short story, "Miss Thompson," and the play, Rain, that was based on it, but becomes a layman here to please the Hays Office. Fortunately, Sadie has the support of a sturdy young Marine sergeant, Timothy O'Hara, played by director Raoul Walsh, who before turning director full-time had been an actor in the early days of silents; he played John Wilkes Booth in The Birth of a Nation (D.W. Griffith, 1915). This brief return to acting was a one-shot: Walsh was planning to direct himself again in In Old Arizona (Irving Cummings, 1928), but lost his right eye in a freak auto accident while on location preparing to shoot the film; Warner Baxter took over the role and won an Oscar for it. Swanson was nominated for an Oscar for Sadie Thompson, as was cinematographer George Barnes, whose nomination included his work on two other films: The Devil Dancer (Fred Niblo, 1927) and The Magic Flame (Henry King, 1927). In fact, Barnes did only a week's worth of filming on Sadie Thompson before Samuel Goldwyn insisted he fulfill a contractual obligation to him; he was replaced by Robert Kurrle and Oliver T. Marsh.
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Hey its so cool that you're local, you seem to know a lot abt the theaters, what are your favorites in the area? I really only go to the victor regal and have been wanting to find a really good one since moving back home
Asks that make every neutron in my brain start firing
My go-to multiplex is the Cinemark in Gates—it's got the only IMAX in the area, the reclining seats are comfortable, the pizzas are decent, and I like their membership program. With 17 screens, the movie selection is pretty great too.
AMC Webster 12 also has reclining seats, but it's expensive and the small number of seats per theater means that showings of the newest blockbusters sell out or leave only the seats closest to the screen very quickly.
Regal Henrietta has the most screens in Monroe County (18), but no reclining seats. They book a lot of Bollywood movies, same with Cinemark. Sidebar: I just found out the Regal in Greece is closing next month (but if you're frequenting the one in Victor, that would probably be a haul for you anyway).
Movies 10 in Brighton is not really worth going to since they stopped being an ultra-cheap second-run theater. The seats recline but the concessions are dismal.
There are three theaters left in the city. None of them sell tickets through Fandango; I recommend checking their sites instead, since they announce what they're showing well in advance. I end up at the Little (5 screens) almost as much as Cinemark. They mostly show contemporary indie/foreign films, but they've also gotten really into revival screenings lately. Their concessions stick to the basics—no trying to be a shitty fast-food joint—but do them well and don't overcharge. Their popcorn is legendary (helps that they use real butter). The Dryden Theater (everyone you talk to will mishear it as drive-in) is part of the George Eastman House, and draws upon their vast archives and connections to show basically whatever they want. If you're into seeing film on film, this is the place; they're one of only four theaters in the country that can show nitrate. (The Little also has a film projector, but they use it less frequently.) I'm embarrassed to say I haven't been to ROC Cinema since it reopened with a dine-in model. Their seats are office chairs now, which is utterly wild (and surely a big improvement over the stones they used to have).
Keep an eye out for the multiplex in Pittsford, which was supposed to reopen in the fall, also with a dine-in model.
#rochester ny#sorry if this was too much#at some point during my employment at amc i leveled up from 'goes to the movies a lot' to 'cares intensely about theater amenities'#whenever i leave town now it's just a given that i'll find time to go to the local theater and see how they do things#ask
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PAP is screening only, not indicated in work up of post-menopausal bleeding
General EMStripe <4 is <1% for endometrial cancer
>4mm then EMBiopsy is indicated
Polps with cancer can be missed on EMB
Therefore remove since you can't guarantee it's not cancer
Other special cases
Tamoxifen (1% increased cancer risk). Uterus looks odd on US, need to do a sonohystogram and Hysteroscopy
Recurrent episodes -> Go to biopsy
Risk factors (Consider biopsy)
Risk Factors for early menopause
Smoking #1 risk factor for early menopause
Null parity
Family history
Chemotherapy
Causes of PMB - > generally do the full work up, assess for cancer, don't stop at vaginal atrophy
Uterine Atrophy
Very thin lining, can be unstable (lack of estrogen)
Exacerbated by blood thinners
Most common etiology with "negative" work up
Uterine Atrophy
Loss of rugation, frail skin, dysparenuia, speckled (bursting of blood vessels)
Consider
Uterine track atrophy
Urethral Caruncles, diverticulae
Tx vaginal estrogen (esterase cream preferred), capsules, rings (lasts 90 days, not great if sexually active, but good if already using a Pessary and/or have recurrent UTIs)
4mg imvexxy (Lowest estrogen dose)
Nightly for 2 weeks, then night twice a week
Assess at 2-3 months
Endometrial polyps
Proliferative
Carcinoma/Hyperplasia
Risk- Increasing age, nulliparity, obesity, increased estrogen exposure, tamoxifen
EIN -> Send to GYN/Onc for biopsy on follow up
Simple Hyperplasia
Stop estrogen, weight loss (obesity),
Pre-cancerous
Treat with local progesterone therapy (Merina IUD) /or monitor /or biopsy
"you don't have to do anything, but it sucks to watch someone get cancer"
Fibroid
3-5% chance of malignancy in the post-menopausal women
If US negative, get saline infusion sonohysterogram (In office), saves the women from Hysteroscopy (In OR)(Go right to this if concern for cancer)
Other
HRT
Pessary
Injury
Prolapse/ulceration
Silver nitrate, estrogen, pessary (or surgery)
Non-GYN Causes of PMB
Hematuria
Hemorrhoids
Hematochezia
Excoriations
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NOIR CITY Hollywood starts tonight at the American Cinematheque! Eddie Muller and Alan K. Rode in person. Opening Night Cocktail Reception - 6 pm | NEVER OPEN THAT DOOR (1952) / THE WINDOW (1949) 🎞️ - 7:30pm
Tickets and schedule are available on the American Cinematheque’s website: https://bit.ly/3Ij9Mc2
NOIR CITY: Hollywood returns to the newly restored Egyptian Theatre, March 22- 31. The festival will be celebrating its 25th anniversary at the American Cinematheque with a killer lineup of twenty-three films. We will be presenting a series of double features, pairing international films with more familiar English-language ones containing similar themes. This global adventure of noir cinema comprises twelve 35mm prints (including a glorious Nitrate print of Nightmare Alley) and special guests.
Highlights include an opening night reception prior to the screening of No abras nunca esa puerta / Never Open That Door (1952, Argentina), a digital restoration performed by the UCLA Film & Television Archive with funding by the Film Noir Foundation. A FNF funded 35mm print of The Window (1949) follows. Both films are based on stories by the pulp fiction master Cornell Woolrich. Closing night features the West Coast premiere of the new 4K digital restoration of Jean-Pierre Melville Le Samouraï (1967).
The Film Noir Foundation’s president Eddie Muller and board member Alan K. Rode will be on hand opening night, Eddie will introduce No abras nunca esa Puerta and Alan will introduce The Window. Eddie will introduce the rest of the opening weekend films and return for the closing weekend to introduce the Friday, Saturday and Sunday screenings except for New York Confidential which will be introduced by Alan who will also be introducing all the weekday screenings.
#eddie muller#film noir#film noir foundation#noir city#film noir festival#film restoration#nitrate screening#alan k rode#new york confidential#the window#le samouraï#cornell woolrich
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Of all the movies I have had to be quiet about seeing, an original nitrate print of Rope was up there of ones I was most excited to tell people about. Just got out of seeing it on the big screen with a crowd and I am so happy.
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Portable Explosives Drug Detector LEPD-A10 uses IMS (Ion Mobility Spectrometry) technology to detect trace
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Velvet In Fish A Comprehensive Guide To Diagnosis, Treatment, And Prevention
Velvet disease, often referred to as "gold dust disease," is a severe and highly contagious condition caused by the dinoflagellate parasites Oodinium in freshwater fish and Amyloodinium in marine species. This parasitic infection is notorious for its rapid progression and high mortality rates in aquarium settings if not promptly addressed. This blog provides a detailed overview of velvet disease in fish, covering the crucial aspects of diagnosis, effective treatment methods, and essential preventive measures to safeguard the health of your aquatic pets.
Understanding Velvet Disease
Velvet disease manifests as a fine, dusty or powdery coating on the skin, fins, and gills of infected fish, giving them a velvet-like appearance. This disease primarily affects the gills at first, leading to severe respiratory distress, and can quickly become systemic, affecting the entire body of the fish.
Symptoms of Velvet Disease
Early detection is key to effectively managing and treating velvet disease. Infected fish typically exhibit several indicative symptoms:
Velvet-like Coating: Fish display a distinctive, velvety coating that is easier to spot under direct lighting.
Clamped Fins: The fish may hold their fins close to their body.
Scratching: Due to irritation, affected fish often scratch against tank decorations or the substrate.
Lethargy: There is a noticeable decrease in activity, and infected fish may isolate themselves or linger at the bottom of the tank.
Rapid Breathing: Infected fish exhibit increased respiratory efforts due to gill damage.
Diagnosing Velvet Disease
Proper diagnosis often involves observing the clinical signs mentioned above along with a microscopic examination of skin scrapings by a fish health specialist. These tests can confirm the presence of the velvet parasites, which are critical for ensuring the correct treatment approach.
Effective Treatment Strategies
Treating velvet disease requires a comprehensive approach that targets both the parasites and the environmental conditions that allowed the outbreak to occur.
Immediate Isolation: Quarantine affected fish immediately to prevent the spread of the parasite to other tank inhabitants.
Medication: Copper-based medications are effective against both freshwater and saltwater velvet. It’s crucial to use these treatments as directed and maintain appropriate levels using a copper test kit. Alternative medications include formalin and malachite green, particularly for freshwater tanks.
Increase Water Temperature: Slightly raising the water temperature can accelerate the parasite's lifecycle, making them more susceptible to medication.
Reduce Lighting: Dimming the lights in your aquarium can help inhibit photosynthesis in the parasites, slowing their metabolism and reproduction.
Salt Additions: For freshwater species, adding aquarium salt can help create a more hostile environment for the parasites.
Ongoing Care and Monitoring
After initiating treatment, it’s essential to monitor the tank and the health of your fish closely:
Complete the Treatment Cycle: Follow through with the full treatment duration recommended on the medication label, even if the fish appear to improve sooner.
Water Quality: Regularly check and maintain water quality, as treatment can disrupt tank stability. Keep an eye on ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate levels.
Observe Fish Behavior: Watch for improvements in behavior and any potential adverse reactions to treatments.
Preventing Velvet Disease
Prevention is crucial in managing velvet disease in aquariums:
Quarantine New Fish: Always quarantine new arrivals for a minimum of two to four weeks to screen for any signs of disease.
Regular Tank Maintenance: Perform regular water changes and clean the tank to maintain excellent water quality.
Manage Stress: Ensure that environmental conditions such as temperature, pH, and tank crowding are optimal to reduce stress on the fish, making them less susceptible to infections.
Conclusion
Velvet disease can be a daunting challenge for aquarium enthusiasts, but with early detection, appropriate treatment, and diligent preventive measures, it can be effectively managed. By understanding the signs of infection, implementing prompt and effective treatment, and maintaining good aquarium practices, you can protect your fish from this dangerous parasite and ensure a healthy, thriving aquatic environment.
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Balancing Aquatic Ecosystems: Effective Water Treatment for Fish Farms
In the realm of aquaculture, maintaining healthy aquatic ecosystems is paramount to the success and sustainability of fish farms. Central to this endeavor is effective water treatment, which ensures optimal water quality for fish growth and overall ecosystem balance. In this article, we'll explore the importance of fish farm water treatment and the various strategies employed to achieve it, all aimed at striking a delicate balance in aquatic environments.
Understanding the Importance of Water Quality
Water quality is a critical factor in fish farming, as it directly impacts the health, growth, and productivity of aquatic organisms. Poor water quality can lead to stress, disease outbreaks, and reduced growth rates among fish populations, ultimately jeopardizing the profitability and sustainability of fish farms. Therefore, maintaining pristine water quality is essential for the success of aquaculture operations.
Challenges in Fish Farm Water Treatment
Fish farms face a myriad of challenges when it comes to water treatment, including:
Waste Accumulation: Fish produce waste in the form of uneaten feed, feces, and metabolic byproducts, which can accumulate in the water and degrade its quality over time.
Nutrient Imbalance: Excessive nutrient inputs from feed and organic matter can lead to eutrophication, causing algal blooms, oxygen depletion, and habitat degradation in fish ponds.
Pathogen Control: Fish are susceptible to various pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, and parasites, which can proliferate in water with poor quality and compromise fish health.
Strategies for Effective Fish Farm Water Treatment
To address these challenges and maintain optimal water quality, fish farmers employ a range of water treatment strategies:
Mechanical Filtration: Mechanical filters, such as screens, sieves, and settling tanks, remove solid particles and debris from the water, preventing them from accumulating and causing water quality issues.
Biological Filtration: Biological filters utilize beneficial bacteria to break down organic waste and convert toxic ammonia into less harmful compounds, such as nitrate. Common biological filtration systems include biofilters and wetlands.
Aeration and Oxygenation: Aeration devices, such as air stones and aerators, increase oxygen levels in the water, promoting fish respiration and preventing oxygen depletion, particularly in densely stocked ponds or during hot weather.
UV Sterilization: UV sterilizers use ultraviolet light to kill bacteria, viruses, and parasites in the water, reducing the risk of disease outbreaks and improving overall water quality.
Water Exchange: Regular water exchange or recirculation helps dilute pollutants, replenish oxygen, and maintain stable water parameters in fish ponds, contributing to a healthy aquatic environment.
Conclusion
Effective water treatment is the cornerstone of successful fish farming, enabling farmers to maintain pristine aquatic ecosystems and ensure the health and productivity of their fish stocks. By employing a combination of mechanical and biological filtration, aeration, UV sterilization, and water management practices, fish farmers can achieve optimal water quality and strike a delicate balance in their aquatic environments. As the demand for seafood continues to rise, sustainable fish farm water treatment practices will play an increasingly crucial role in meeting global food security needs while preserving the health of our oceans and waterways.
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Bonita Springs Water Reclamation Facility
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The Bonita Springs East Water Reclamation Facility is a wastewater treatment plant that is leading its industry in sustainable practices. Up to 4 million gallons of sewage are processed at this facility every day, and the sewage is turned into new products that are sold to generate revenue for the plant. The process begins when water from drains all around the Bonita Springs area reaches the water reclamation facility through underground pipes. Large materials are removed from the water using a coarse drum screen before it reaches the equalization tank. The equalization tank serves the purpose of treating the sewage at a continuous rate as well as aerating the sewage to reduce malodors. The sewage is then moved through a finer drum screen to remove smaller solids, which are taken to a landfill. Next is the denitrification stage, which occurs inside the anoxic basin. The book “Sustainability Principles and Practice” explains that “some anaerobic bacteria can metabolize some kinds of contaminants that cannot be broken down by aerobic bacteria (Alexander 1999, 369). It is anaerobes who digest food in animal digestive tracts, sewage in wastewater treatment tanks, and buried matter in landfills” (Robertson, 2021, pp. 190-191). Indeed, anaerobic microorganisms are used at the wastewater treatment plant to consume any organic material in the sewage. From the anoxic basin, the water moves into the aerobic basin, where microorganisms use the oxygen in the basin for energy to convert ammonia in the sewage into nitrate and nitrite ions. Next, the water moves through Veolia membranes, which are long fibers with microscopic pores that filter all impurities out of the water. The next steps in the process turn the reclaimed water into products that are profitable for the facility.
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According to the textbook, “One industrial ecology strategy sets up closed-loop “food webs” among industries, where output from one industry is input for another and materials are reused. These networks of exchanges are sometimes referred to as industrial symbiosis or industrial metabolism. A complex of industrial facilities that applies these principles in an industrial ecosystem is referred to as an eco-industrial park” (Robertson, 2021, p. 344). The Bonita Springs East Water Reclamation Facility is a great example of a chain in one of these eco-industrial parks. After passing through the membrane basins, the remaining biosolids in the wastewater are mixed with polymers, thickened, and heated, evaporating the remaining water and turning the biosolids into small pellets. These pellets are marketed as fertilizer and make money for the wastewater treatment plant. The recovered water is disinfected using sodium hypochlorite and sent to a water pump station, where it is sold as irrigation water to businesses such as golf courses. Wastewater facilities like this one face many challenges, including excessive amounts of nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, limiting the energy used by the plant to run its operations, and limiting the release of endocrine disruptors into the environment. Despite these challenges, the Bonita Springs East Water Reclamation Facility has found a sustainable way to turn “waste” into profitable products that are in high demand by other industries.
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References:
Robertson, M. (2021). Sustainability Principles and Practice (3rd ed.). Taylor & Francis Group.
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