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semi-sketchy · 3 days

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Well, that's Sonic X finished. Yes I still really like the show.

Firstly, season 3 is a bit mixed. The first half it struggles a bit to find it's footing with the rhythmic "new planet, Metarex stole the egg but are still there for some reason, fight ensues". It gets pretty tedious. Honestly, at this point I was missing the human characters and their antics. Like Mr. Stewart shadowing everyone as if he was coy, Rouge having Topaz to bounce off of, Ella and Chuck... I wanted something to spice it up.

However, the second half, after the Emeralds get scattered again, it starts being less formulaic, having reveals and turns into some good entertainment.

Although, Eggman stuck out to me as being particularly not great this season. First half when he's causing trouble and such is fine, but then when he becomes a sort-of double agent and starts looking out for Sonic and his friends...I just didn't like that for Eggman. It was framed more as fatherly-oversight instead of Eggman perusing his best interests. It only happened a few times in season 1 and 2, so it was easier to overlook there, but it's prevalent enough in season 3 for me to take issue with it.

On the plus side, Shadow is actually enjoyable! I didn't care for how Shadow (or SA2 in general) were done in season 2, but I liked what they did with him here. He's kinda neutral, clashing with Sonic and trying to kill Cosmo, but at the end of the day his interests are still to stop the Metarex and save the universe. He's cold, but his actions show he does care, he just has his own way of doing things. Plus he is a bit of a showoff.

I still think season 1 overall is my favorite with 3 in the middle and lastly 2. Man the Discotek subtitles made season 2 worse...

I also went into this biased that the changes between the dub and sub were negligible. Perhaps because the dub isn't as fresh in my mind as when I formed that opinion, but the sub is definitely my preferred version now. I prefer the Japanese voice cast (I wish Cream could have an English VA as good as her Japanese X one, high pitched yet so soft spoken...it's so easy on the ears) and the music is so much better.

The biggest difference for me is Chris. I actually liked him. I can't exactly narrow down why, he used to annoy me, but that wasn't an issue this time. Maybe I've grown up, perhaps the writing frames him better in the sub, maybe it's this specific translation, I can't tell.

Are the dialogue changes that huge? No. Don't get me wrong, there is a difference, however the show's plot is still the same and understandable in the dub, which, makes sense. The story has to follow the animation. Like I said earlier, the translations between these two languages is somewhat subjective and sometimes sentences need to be shortened or made longer to fill the space. That's why plenty of lines carry the same or similar meaning but are said in a different way.

Yes, the writing is better in Japanese, hell everything is better in the Japanese version and I think that applies to season 3 the most. Could I recommend it over the dub? Easily. If possible, watch the original version. Although if you really can't stand subtitles and want the audio in English (or only have access to YouTube where the Japanese version doesn't have English subs), is the dub acceptable? Also yes, it'll do.

You do have to deal with the censorship in the dub, though I've been aware of it since I was a kid. The animation censorship is silly and stupid, but aside from Chris getting flung in season 2, I didn't think the cut scenes removed much of value. However, while I didn't like the beginning of an episode reusing the end of a previous one during bingeing, when coming back to watch more after a few days, it was a nice refresher. A reminder of a time when you had to wait a week to see what happened next instead of bingeing an entire season in a day. I liked it even though it isn't necessary in this day and age.

As said before, this was not my first time watching X in Japanese. I saw it several years ago and this series rewatch was moreso an excuse to say I finally used the Blu-rays I spent money on.

If I had to rate it, 8/10, maybe even an 8.5. Solid show where there's some very high highs and the lows are still quite enjoyable while the cast is mostly faithful to their game personalities. There's a reason this show has reigned supreme in the fandom for such a long time.

Coming off of Frontiers, it was a nice reminder that yeah, Sonic is still good.

Anyways, I guess next is Boom, although I rewatched it like a year or so ago when I bought the steelbook. I've seen it so many times, I've practically got the show memorized by now. Spoilers: I like it a lot.

#sassy watches sonic #sonic x

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anamneseverge · 3 years

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✵ anamnese verge’s closing address.

Hello, Anamnese Verge.

This will be an update regarding the status of Anamnese Verge and our future plans for the group. It is after an extended period of debate that we have come to the decision that the group will be closing officially on November 18th of 2021.

We understand that this will be surprising to hear for a number of you. This decision is not being made lightly; we'll be going into further detail as to why we feel that this is the best course of action to take below the cut.

( Warning for discussion of grooming and teacher/student relationships beyond this point. )

Recently, we were approached anonymously about a concern regarding a previous relationship that was allowed to take place in the Verge, that being Rhea and Mercedes von Martritz from the series Fire Emblem: Three Houses, played by Diesel (Mod Fylgja) and Cas (Mod Flick). For those unfamiliar with the series, Mercedes von Martritz was a student enrolled at the Garreg Mach Monastery Officers Academy and Rhea was in charge of the academy as the Archbishop of Seiros. Because of these circumstances, there is an inherent power imbalance that would be inappropriate and is unacceptable regardless of circumstance.

Initially, we were unaware that the ship itself was a cause for concern, since from Diesel and Cas’s portrayal, Mercedes was a character who seemed equivalent to Rhea within the context of existing in the group. Mercedes was from the Crimson Flower route, had not met Rhea before her late twenties, and had not met Rhea outside of a war against the Church of Seiros prior to her time within the group. As such, Diesel and Cas were under the mistaken impression that Mercedes and Rhea were on equal footing as Envoys, and their portrayal led others to believe this as well.

For further context, many of our moderators are unfamiliar with Fire Emblem, whether it be because they have not made much headway into the game or that they have not played it entirely, to the point where several members of the team were unaware that Mercedes was a student at all, mistaking her for a member of the faculty due to her age. We were largely unaware of the implications between the two characters’ relationship as the context that we received was mainly through the group itself. As teacher/student is also a trigger for multiple members of our moderation team, we were sickened when this information fully came to our attention.

We want to emphasize that even with this information in mind, our negligence in failing to notice this was completely unacceptable and outright shameful. We've stated in the past that we believe that moderators should be held to a higher standard than our members, as it is our task to keep the group safe and enforce the rules as necessary. This collective inattention on our part to this oversight was not only irresponsible, but actively harmful to multiple members of our community. We cannot properly convey our regret for allowing this to be present for such an extended duration of time in the group, and for betraying your trust when we should have been doing everything in our power to keep our community safe.

After much consideration and discussion amongst ourselves, we feel that the only acceptable thing we can do that can even begin to convey our apologies and make amends is to close Anamnese Verge. We feel that simply dismissing the two moderators who directly wrote the ship would not be an adequate action to start repairing the trust between us and our member base, especially since the whole of the moderator team was complicit in this. If we have caused our members to feel that they cannot trust us when it comes to serious concerns such as this one, we feel as though we should not be moderating a group that involves working with anywhere from dozens to over a hundred people.

As of posting this, the ability to send messages has been disabled within the main server itself, and it will be archived via kicking all accounts except for the Emissary’s in one week’s time, on 11/18/2021. This is also when we will be deleting the group’s applications from our blog.

Our official avenues of communication via Discord, Twitter, and Tumblr will remain open should you have questions for us or want further clarification on anything. We will be transparent in saying that after the 18th, we will not be looking at these accounts on a regular basis, meaning that responses to reach-outs made after this date will be much slower.

(EDIT: As stated in our announcement made on November 15th, the Anamnese Verge Tumblr inbox will be closed to further contact on November 16th, 12 AM EST (midnight). We will be trying to respond to pending asks as soon as possible and encourage you to reach out via DMs to our Tumblr, Twitter, or Discord should you have any further questions or concerns.)

We know that this is sudden, but we hope that this will give anyone who wishes to enough time to archive anything they may want to keep from within the main server, and to obtain contacts for anyone they may still wish to keep in touch with.

We wish you all the best in the future, and we hope you can all understand why we’ve come to this decision.

✵ anamnese mod team

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krisyerzz-blog · 4 years

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Malpractice or Poor Judgement?

medical malpractice Medicinal Malpractice The specialist understanding relationship has been characterized contrastingly as the years progressed. To start with it formed into a "typical calling" which implied specialists rehearsed drug as an obligation to their patients. Laws were created to ensure patients, hence specialists utilized appropriate consideration and master aptitude. In the previous six centuries, medicinal misbehavior has expanded, which lead to amendment and expansion to the law. Risk was presented alongside the "Goliath all things considered", carelessness

Restorative Malpractice and Its Effects According to the American Bar Association "Medicinal misbehavior is characterized as carelessness submitted by an expert social insurance supplier—a specialist, nurture, dental specialist, professional, emergency clinic or emergency clinic laborer—whose exhibition of obligations withdraws from a standard of training of those with comparable preparing and experience, bringing about mischief to a patient or patient 's". Restorative misbehavior makes it difficult for doctors to carry out their responsibility without having the apprehensions of getting

Restorative negligence arrangements therapeutic misbehavior is threating patient's wellbeing, so it ought to be fixed. It is an ailment which began to spread in all nations everywhere throughout the world. restorative negligence is a wonder that happens as a result of blunders in medical clinics which specialists and attendants are liable for. it influences the patients sincerely and physically and transforms them. What's more, medicinal negligence is a major issue which we can't dispose of effectively in light of the fact that we are people and

Therapeutic Malpractice and Tort Reform Medical Malpractice comprises of carelessness submitted by a medicinal expert. There are numerous potential occasions that can happen in the act of medication. At the point when doctor make a medicinal mistake it could conceivable outcome in damage. We frequently put our confidence in specialist to settle on the correct medicinal choice for us. Notwithstanding, therapeutic misbehavior doesn't generally hold up since some patient can take advance of the framework. There are a few resistances that exist when discussing the

Presentation: Medical misbehavior claims are a very genuine point and have influenced various patients, specialists, and emergency clinics the nation over. Therapeutic misbehavior is characterized as "inappropriate, incompetent or careless treatment of a patient by a doctor, dental specialist, attendant, drug specialist, or other human services proficient" (Medical negligence, n.d.). On the off chance that a specialist demonstrations careless and makes hurt a patient, negligence claims emerge. Carelessness is the idea of the risk concerning claims

Presentation "Therapeutic misbehavior happens when a clinic, specialist or other social insurance proficient, through a careless demonstration or oversight, makes damage a patient. The carelessness may be the aftereffect of mistakes in determination, treatment, aftercare or wellbeing the board." (Admin) One of the most widely recognized sort of cases that drug stores face are carelessness claims. Carelessness is one of the classes that falls under the region of law called Torts. In the Hundley v Rite Aid case, a tort was petitioned for wounds

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mpmwrites · 5 years

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Fallen: Penance

Hoh heeeeeyyyy there! I’m back with something totally new and different? @the-writing-of-a-gay-idiot maybe had a Guardian Angel Hankvin AU that I ran away with. SO here’s somehting that I probably might continue at least a little bit. Enjoy. T for language.

”Fuck.” Gavin cursed.

He never disliked work. He’d worked hard to get the move to children, and every day worked his hardest, knowing one slip could have him shifted right back to politicians, or felons, or teachers, or something equally as tedious and fruitless.

This was his slip.

He couldn’t have prevented the car accident. He'd spent the hours leading up to it shifting moments and stoplights and making the waitress at their table move a little faster with a sweet wave from Cole. He’d gotten Cole’s dad to leave work early and prevented the usual custody swap bitchfight from lasting too long. All to prevent the worst of hundreds of potential outcomes. To prevent Cole and his father from dying instantly, to give them their best chance. They were going to get hurt and he couldn’t prevent all of that. It was the worst part of his job, futilely watching as things happened he couldn't stop. There were things he just could not do. He couldn’t keep the road from icing over, couldn’t keep the truck from sliding, couldn’t make the car move slower.

Couldn’t stop Cole from hitting his head on the door panel.

Couldn’t keep the surgeon from getting high off his ass.

And now he was watching, begging, willing with all power he had to make the fucking android move faster.

Elijah Kamski’s guardian must have been some kind of powerful to get those things created, but had never thought of the outcome. Guardians had no power over androids, not even in the slightest. He watched as the android was woken from stasis as soon as the nursing staff determined the surgeon couldn’t work. He watched as Cole was intubated while the android walked calmly through the halls.

He watched Cole die under his care, with the android still sanitizing for the procedure.

“Oh fuck.” Gavin repeated, breathless and stricken. The other three children in his care slept soundly in their beds, and as he began to cry, he sent them a silent farewell. They'd be taken from him, and there was nothing he could do.

He had to call it in, and even so, it was a painstaking few hours before the report made it through the proper channels and had someone showing up to relieve him. He had his wings tucked close to his back defensively, like a dog with its tail between his legs. He tried to focus on Hae-Joo who’s day was just beginning in South Korea as he fought his mother on getting up for school because of the exam he had that day. As he convinced Hae-Joo to eat a proper breakfast, Adra in Greece stretched for dance practice and Louis in Greenland continued to sleep.

Cole lay motionless in the morgue.

“Gavin?” The voice behind him made him flinch, sudden panic accompanying what he knew was next. “My name is Connor, I’m your relief sent by the balance department. I’ll be overseeing your charges while you’re put under review.” Spoke the other guardian. His wings were a pure white, contrasting sharply against his black suit. They made Gavin’s own mottled wings look tainted.

“Balance.” Gavin nodded, turning to his replacement. “You’re the dipshit that’s gonna take care of them?” He snapped, looking Connor up and down. “I swear to god if you hurt them I’ll rip every damn feather out of your wings one by one.” He seethed, more emotional than necessary, “Hae-Joo has a history exam today and he’s really fucking nervous even though he studied all last night. And Louis wants to ask Joanna out but he’s gonna get hurt if he does because she has a boyfriend, so make sure he’s careful and his friends are there, okay?” He was babbling, filled with his own panic amplified by what was to come for his kids. "And Arda has an audition coming up but there’s talent scouts coming and she doesn’t know, don’t let her forget to stretch before it!” He demanded, “I’ll be damned if I’m going to let some prick from balances fuck up my kid’s lives.” He promised, hands fisting.

“I assure you that they’re in good hands, Gavin, you’re expected at the balance department’s review center.”

“And you better take care of Cole’s mom and dad.” Gavin punctuated coldly, shoulder checking Connor as he left.

”They’re not your children, Gavin.” Connor spoke plainly, causing Gavin to stop in his tracks. “They have mothers and fathers, but you are nothing to them. They don’t even know you exist.” He wasn’t snarky or mean, he stated his explanation factually.

“That doesn’t fucking mean I love them any less.” Gavin breathed, low and dark sounding. There was a tense moment of quiet between them, and Connor turned to watch him go.

“Be honest with the balances reviewer. It’s… unlikely that you’ve upset the balance with one child, but you will have to pay penance for your actions.” Connor offered, his tone light in a show of goodwill. “But, honesty goes miles for them, and leniency can be shown, especially for... someone who cares for his charges as much as you do.”

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“Gavin, Cole Anderson was not fated to die tonight, and under your care he did. While the death of one boy will not tip the scales dramatically, a life, especially that of a child, is absolutely not negligible.” Amanda preened. Her white dress gave way to the crystalline wings of a department head, similar to those of Perkins, the head of Gavin’s own department.

These were the most ancient and experienced guardians, ones that the likes of Gavin never wanted to have cause to counsel with. “However, it is clear that your oversight on the surgeon was unintentional, and that you truly do regret these events. For that, you will be allowed to seek redemption.” She explained, summoning a view of a face familiar to Gavin. He made to speak, but she held up her hand to silence him. Gavin closed his mouth and felt small before the two superior guardians, and stared at the face of Cole’s father, his hair was graying at the temples with age, and he looked so desolate, so broken, so gone.

Amanda began speaking again over the silence of Hank Anderson’s ex wife marching up to him with matching tears on her cheeks as she screamed. Hank didn’t even react. “You will be assigned to a special case, one which will allow you to soften the damage of what you’ve done. Hank Anderson will be your only charge, and your results on his case will be indicative of your future capabilities and assignments.” Amanda explained. “Connor will oversee your former charges, as well as your work with Hank. Do not let us down again, Gavin.” She preached, and Gavin felt the weight of it all pushing down on him.

"What am I supposed to do for him?" He spoke. What else could he say?

"The same as you do for any other charge; nurture him. Keep him safe in the way you failed to do for his son."

The answer hurt. It echoed deep within him as he was returned to his work, and festered there like some kind of pestilence.

His monitor was no longer sectioned into quadrants, but soley featured Hank wailing in his car in the hospital parking lot. Some privacy, Gavin registered as Hank sobbed and his nose ran and he wiped at his face with filthy, soaked sleeves. He was in no condition to drive, but Gavin checked possible paths of action anyway. Hank was 83.7% likely to stay at the hospital, though being there wasn't going to change anything that happened. No, the only thing that would change, that could change was what Hank did from that moment forward. What Gavin helped him to do.

He didn't interfere as Hank tried his damndest to get himself together enough to go back inside, but was overtaken by another wave of sobs. The bottom of the view read out 'Primary Emotive States: Guilt, Loneliness'. With a quick 72 hour check, Gavin could see that loneliness was something like Hank's default, but the guilt was entirely on Gavin's bloodied hands. It all hit him anew, and Gavin's tears flowed while Hank broke down completely. It was too much, way too much. Hours ago Cole was happy and laughing as his dad tried to sneak chicken nuggets off his plate and now Cole was gone, and Gavin would never see his toothy smile again. He'd never see Cole finish the drawing he started of Sumo before Hank took him to eat. It wasn't fair, not for Gavin, not for the surgeon who wouldn't have to answer for Cole's death, not for Cole, and absolutely not for Hank.

Hank started the car and fear plagued Gavin. It was still dark, still icy, and Hank was still shaking all over. Gavin preset the radio to light jazz, knowing Hank didn't need the distraction of talk radio or the intensity of the heavy metal that was listed in his profile prefernces (curated by his previous guardian). The notes had Hank draw a long breath that came out shaky but calmer than before, and Gavin watched with bated breath for the entire thirty-six minute drive home. Sumo barked loudly as Hank entered, but sobered immediately when Cole wasn't with him.

The empathy of animals astounded Gavin. In all his time as a guardian, he'd always had a preference for charges with pets, because, truthfully, they made his job easier. Sumo fed off of Hank's hurt, and followed his owner with his head hung and produced a small whine every now and again as Hank ignored him. Sumo would be Gavin's first tool to help Hank through this, and he hoped he wouldn't need any more.

He was wrong, and Hank seemed to know it.

For months Gavin tried, and tried, and god fucking damnit tried as Hank spiraled, worse and worse by each passing night. Gavin pleaded with him every night. He begged Hank not to drink, to eat something, to feed Sumo, to get some sleep, and no matter what he did, it was always the same. He would get Hank's card declined at the liquor store, only for Hank to pull out cash. He'd get Hank to completely forget his wallet at home, and Hank would still go back out to medicate himself. He'd get a suspect to give Hank a good chase to exhaust him, and Hank would only drink until he passed out sooner than usual. The only way he could get Hank to eat anything healthy was when he had the takeout guy deliver a side salad with his pizza by mistake.

He was failing, and felt his failure grow exponentially with every carefully manipulated round of Russian roulette. "Stop fucking blaming yourself." Gavin demanded out loud, knowing full well Hank couldn't hear him over the click of the empty pistol barrel. "It's not your fucking fault." He cried as he eased the probability and the barrel stopped one shot short of fatality. "I did this to you." he swore as tears fell and Hank found another slug of whiskey more appealing than the next shot. "Stop." he kept begging, watching Hank stand to stumble to the bathroom, only to return and spin the barrel again. "What am I supposed to do for you?!" He screamed as Hank wavered with the revolver aimed near his temple. His hand shook enough that he dropped the weapon and conceded for the night.

Gavin's wings fluttered with frustration, and a feather or two drifted to the ground as a result of his stress. He rubbed the heels of his hands into his eyes as Hank collapsed on the couch, Sumo dutifully coming over to lay within arm's reach. Gavin kicked out, but there was nothing for his foot to land on in the blank room where he worked, so he marched to the wall and punched it. It felt good, and Hank began snoring, so he did it again, and again, and again.

If he were human, his knuckles would have at least busted open, if his fingers themselves weren't broken form the impact. As a guardian, there was no physical evidence of his outburst. He tugged at his hair, willing himself to not give up. He couldn't, not after what he did for Cole, and Hank needed him. If Gavin hadn't watched his every move for the past few months, Hank would have killed himself already, but Gavin didn't know what to do anymore.

He laid his palm against the view in front of him and pleaded one more time " I want to help you." The sob that shuddered out of him was unbidden, but Gavin didn't hold back. "I'm sorry. God, I'm so fucking sorry, but you have to stop blaming yourself."

#dbh #dbh fanfic #guardian angel au #fanfic #hankvin #hank x gavin

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tamas-22-blog · 5 years

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Halloween (David Gordon Green, 2018)

40 years after Michael Myers unleashed his brutal killing spree, the sole survivor of his purge – Laurie Strode – prepares for a final battle with her tormentor.

After several unsuccessful attempts to recapture the original success of the first film in the franchise, Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions (known for major hits such as Get Out, Split, and Happy Death Day) came to the rescue and assembled the team of director David Gordon Green and Danny McBride. Many in the industry were taken aback by this pairing as the duo had been recently known for their comedies (such as Pineapple Express) and had no previous experience in making horror films (especially not in the resurrection of a classic).

None of the nine previous sequels had come close to the original’s high standard and thus the filmmakers explored many avenues before settling on the perfect combination, which was to ignore all the sequels to the original and make a direct sequel to the first. Thanks in large part to their excellent screenplay, Jamie Lee Curtis (who played the protagonist Laurie Strode in the original) agreed to reprise her role for the final time (that’s what Cher announces every time she embarks on a Farewell Tour so we’ll see if that is the case). Speaking of why she made this decision she revealed: “We make these movies, but we never talk about what happens to anybody. We inflict this sort of intense experience on unsuspecting (often young people) but then we never revisit it, and never know really what happened.”

This film is much more than a slasher film, it has an emotional brain like no other I have seen since the Scream franchise. The main narrative arc of the film centers on trauma and PTSD, and how they collectively affected Laurie Strode in the 40 years after that horrific night in 1978. The film explores with great intelligence and emotional integrity how the horrors of her youth affected her relationships with her adult daughter Karen (a well-cast Judy Greer) and granddaughter Allyson (newcomer Andi Matichak). Throughout the film, we receive glimmers of the trauma Laurie herself inflicted on her daughter Karen, by training her from a young age to shoot guns and defend herself, which in turn resulted in child protective services to remove Karen from Laurie’s care.

It is indicated by Karen that this childhood experience has informed her adult life and has made her anxious, to the point where she actively seeks to ignore and avoid the Halloween festivities. A visual representation of this can be seen in the latter parts of the film where Karen sports a Christmas cardigan, visibly deleting Halloween from her psyche and replacing it with the joyful and happy Christmas holidays. Karen’s daughter, on the other hand, is sympathetic and wants to have a loving relationship with Laurie, whereas Karen is wary of her. This generational trauma depicted in the film is unusual for a slasher film, which seeks thrills and jump scares at the same time. It is more unusual yet that a film manages to authentically capture these emotions and complex subject matters successfully, unlike many of its predecessors within the genre. As Curtis, herself elaborated: “I love that this was a movie that went back 40 years later to explore and expose the realities of trauma on a human being, who is not given any mental health services, help, support etc.”

This film was the biggest box office opening weekend revenue intake with a woman lead in a horror film and second biggest opening with a woman over the age of 55. This proves not only the box office power of nostalgia but the economic viability of films with a woman lead and a cast mainly comprised of women, yet again! The film was low budget (made for $10-15 million) with a relatively small cast, ending up making $255.5 million at the worldwide box office. It is a positive development which, in an ideal world, should mean (and result in) more nuanced films in the horror genre, with a woman in the lead role (without the clichés of the “final girl” trope.

However, the film is lacking when it comes to representation and inclusion. The minor and forgettable character of Sheriff Barker (Omar Dorsey) is scarcely on screen and disappears suddenly without any further mention or appearance, thus making the potential of the character negligible. I must not omit to mention that further whoosh of a scene where a black couple dressed as a doctor and nurse flash across the screen, being gifted the revolutionary one-liner about a car key thought to have been lost, but quickly turns out that it was there with the “doctor” all along. Then as the sinister Michael Myers appears, they are speedily rushed off the screen into the abyss.

It’s disheartening to experience such a great film stumble and fall into the same trope, and present what Robin Wood called “obligatory black content”, with the characters of colour serving as scenery without a purposeful role in the film alongside their white counterparts. Historically, horror/slasher films have not been kind (to say the least) towards people of colour, as they have almost never survived to the end of the film or played a meaningful part in it. Considering this, maybe Sheriff Barker and the nurse/ doctor pair may have been lucky this time around not to be murdered off-screen soon after their introduction. However, it’s comforting to know that directors such as Jordan Peele (Get Out) are rectifying these oversights.

On the other hand, the film is perfectly placed to coincide with the #MeToo era (which was launched as a movement in October 2017) with filming commencing in January 2018 (the same month Time’s Up was founded as a legal defense fund for victims who could not afford their own legal counsel or representation). Interestingly, the film’s screenplay was completed well before these movements were launched and resulted in the reckoning which overthrew predatory producers such as Harvey Weinstein and brought forth the reappraisal of past sexual abuse cases such as those involving Roman Polanski and Woody Allen.

I found this film to be ultimately about the strength and resilience of women, who have found the courage and conviction to stand up for themselves, defend and protect one another, and in the end defeat the monster terrorizing them. The Strode women take on their abuser, just as women across the world have declared that Time’s Up for those who have systematically abused or harassed them.

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sol1056 · 6 years

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a bunch more asks waiting their turns so politely

These are all various asks about the likelihood of a remake, a rewritten season, or a spinoff.

1 could we get an alternate version 2 is a rewrite for S8 a viable option 3 would they change the ending for a spin-off 4 are single-episode edits possible for S8 5 will S7 reactions affect S8 6 how will DW get us to watch S8

Behind the cut.

With the shitstorm that vld became, would dreamworks ever take pity on us and remake some seasons of voltron that turned out like crap, or not even air, just release them as alternate versions on dvd? Im questioning the possibilities, not the probabilities, bc Im really not optimistic about that, I just wanna know if a show can do that and what would it take for the company to snap their fingers and be like "lets do it" (besides having money)

It’s not like frequent reboots don’t have precedent in other franchises; hell, comics do it on the regular. It’s also much cheaper to do a series of graphic novels or full novelizations geared towards an older audience. The problem there is that Dreamworks isn’t a comic book company or a publishing house; that part of the franchise would have to be farmed out to someone else.

My guess --- if another remake is ever a possible option --- it’d be several years down the road. The first version would be set aside as, say, the Y-7 version for kids and family, and then you’d find a new angle for the next version.

If DW got the impression there was a massive older crowd (say, 25-45) who would’ve eaten up a more mature, somewhat darker, version? Sure, why not try to grab that audience? I mean, look at the Castlevania series: it’s not pulling any punches on making clear it’s for adults. That would also require a different business model, since what adults like to buy for themselves is very different than what kids want. Skip the cake toppers, for starters.

do you think given the reaction to VLD S7, is a rewrite for S8 a viable option? I feel the fandom is divided about the general reaction to S7. If JDS and M can just [focus on the fanbase segment] that liked it, why [bother trying to fix it for those] that didn't?

Given what I’ve been seeing in terms of data from the season... I think they aimed to please everyone and ended up pleasing no one.

Pretty sure I’ve said something to this extent before: when you can’t please everyone, the answer isn’t to split the difference and piss everyone off. The answer is to pick your audience and give them the best damn story you can. The rest will sort itself out.

Let me put it this way: there are enough people who didn’t like S7 for the crummy animation, the OOC dialogue and actions, and the nonsensical storyline overloaded with a host of new characters that stole time from the actual protagonists. And there are also enough people who didn’t like S7 for queerbaiting the audience, killing off three out of four queer characters, and sidelining the one remaining queer character. There may be some overlap between those two sets, but taken together, those two sets are pretty much the dominant majority of the fan base.

I don’t know if that makes a rewrite a viable option, but it should be making a few execs think twice about letting the EPs/staff carry on in the same direction. I mean, you want a series to end on a high note, not an ‘omg that had such potential but boy did it self-destruct in the last two seasons’ note.

So if DW wants to do a Voltron spin-off, would they consider changing the ending to VLD to give Shiro the things he earned so this spin-off wouldn't be dead out of the water?

That would depend entirely on whether they’ve gotten the message that Shiro’s current status isn’t good enough for a significant part of the fanbase. If all they’re hearing (or all they choose to hear) is that it’s great to sideline one of their protagonists with no in-story explanation whatsoever, what’s to tell them there’s anything that needs addressing?

Additionally, if the entirety of the issue is Shiro --- and everyone else is just fine, thanks --- I’m not sure that’d rate as enough to warrant changing so much. More likely any spin-off would start some X length of time between, and we’d get an implied intermediary backstory (or even a mild retcon), and go from there.

Truth is, whomever gets the spin-off will (I really hope) be a better writer and not have to deal with intrusive newbie EPs. Even then, they’d be kinda limited on what they could do, given the spin-off does need to make sense placed against the first series. Then again, VLD hasn’t respected its own premise or continuity for the past few seasons, anyway.

So I guess there’s always the option to start with an episode that retells VLD’s ending... Kinda awkward, but not unheard of, to basically retcon a previous series out of existence.

I have no doubt DW is looking into what went wrong with this season. I know it might be a little to late to fix all of Season 8, but do you think they would have at least maybe the last few episodes changed to give a better ending to the show - or at least more respect to Shiro as a character?

Normally I’d say no. I mean, episode 1 should have characters making choices that in turn impact episode 2, and those choices prompt the events in episode 3... but that’s a logic VLD threw out the window somewhere between S3 and S4, and it’s only gotten worse since then.

In which case, oh sure, why not? It wouldn’t make any less sense than what they’ve already got planned, if S7 is any indication.

Could the reaction to season 7 cause any change the execs minds going into season 8?

One problem: this is a Dreamworks production, but it’s not a DW-owned story. It’s a franchise: there are other players involved. There are the two guys who first butchered GoLion into Voltron, Toei whose story got that embutcherment, Netflix as the distributor, along with Playmates and Lion Forge and other contracted partners. There’s a lot more people at the table than just DW.

It’s one thing for the EPs to say they messed up, and apologize. It’s quite another for Dreamworks to admit publicly their lousy (or nonexistent) oversight allowed the situation to happen.

Legal would have apoplexy, for starters. What wins you a franchise is often showing you have the confidence (if not sheer chutzpah) that you can do this job justice like no other. And then you hit S7 and must admit you hired people who made a complete hash of it?

If there’s anything that will cost the EPs any future roles of a similar position, it’s that they’ve put DW in a very uncomfortable position. Caught between a furious fanbase and overly-interested co-owners, someone --- or several someones --- are treading very lightly right now. They’re not going to forget the EPs are the ones who precipitated the whole mess.

I think we are in a unique situation where the fact that the EPs were vocal about [changing] VLD ... could be a blessing for us & DW. [But we know it] was changed, & DW's part seems to be more negligence than direct fault like the EPs. So DW can drop it or fix it, and a rewrite would be worth us sticking around, while restoring DW's name.

Again, that depends on whether DW is in a position that they can do so. I assure you they’d throw the EPs under the bus at the first opportunity, because that’s how the corporate world works. So their failure to do so is either because they don’t see the EPs’ actions as untenable (as far as we know), or because doing so would expose DW corporate to greater retaliation from elsewhere. (It could also be part of the agreement that these particular EPs are in place for the duration of the series’ production, too. Sometimes that happens.)

I still can’t get over the fact that the EPs were so blunt about having already had a script fully written when they asked to revise. From the Studio Mir leaks, we can guess at least some of the animation was already in production at least a year ago, or earlier. That’s a lot to redo.

Here’s something that only just occurred to me, when I listed the co-partners in this franchise: the Koplar brothers. These are the geniuses who figured they didn’t need to know Japanese to make GoLion into an american production; turns out they were geniuses on some level ‘cause it was a hit, anyway. They went on to produce Voltron: Fleet of Doom (1986), Voltron: the Third Dimension (1998), and Voltron Force (2011). If there is anyone at the table who’d be likely to have nostalgia goggles, it’d be the Koplars. This has been their ongoing story in one way or another for over 30 years.

Originally, the EPs said they weren’t tied to nostalgia; they weren’t going to redo the story as it was, but the story as they remembered. (I’d argue this actually indicates a stronger set of nostalgia goggles, but eh.) Their determination to get rid of Shiro has always felt like nostalgia goggles to me. Perhaps the Koplars were the greatest supporters of Keith as BP --- since that would respect the pattern they’ve followed, over and over, in all the iterations.

Considering the Koplar’s somewhat litigious background over Voltron ownership, they may’ve had the ability to overrule. So... if you want to bench Shiro, you pitch your work with the execs who are most likely to agree with you. And if you can do that in the window between the previous VP of TV retiring and a brand-new external hire coming on as VP... welp, you got permission, and the new VP may’ve signed off, not realizing the impact.

Which would put DW over a barrel, in some ways. If DW could’ve overruled their partners, the EPs never would’ve been able to make that end-run in the first place.

How do u think DW will try to get us to watch s8? They & the EPs have shattered our trust and the show is so messy its almost unsalvageable.

Stay to see X point's resolution? Yeah, we stayed many seasons for nothing, next.

We have more rep? Ex. blonde girl is autistic... So we should be scared for her too???

There's more queer rep? Yeah, we heard that one already.

Unless everyone responsible is fired and a new crew runs the next seasons?

I don’t know. I would hope the answer is ‘by giving us a story that makes sense, and creates closure for all the protagonists, and not just by making two of them emotional rewards for two other characters.’

At this point, there is only one thing that’s going to make Dreamworks change course: if the fallout from VLD impacts its other projects. If the majority of the VLD fanbase up and announced it would be boycotting She-Ra or Fast & Furious or Trollhunters on the grounds that DW screwed up so badly with VLD that it cannot be trusted... Then you’d see movement. If the PR got so bad from so many upset and angry VLD fans that major news outlets paid attention and started writing articles about the situation, that would also put a black mark beside Dreamworks’ name -- and then you’d see movement.

With the VLD toys a failure (for whatever mismanaged reasons) and a financial model set entirely on toys, fixing VLD now would be throwing good money after bad. Unless, of course, there’s an impact beyond just this single series.

Until Dreamworks can see the impact in some concrete sense, they have far more to lose from their partners than they have to gain from their fanbase. It’s just how it is, with corporations in late capitalism.

You want to make an impact? You tell Dreamworks ahead of time, and then you follow through: pick a week and go silent. Nothing about VLD, here or on twitter or anywhere else. No reblogs on She-Ra updates. Ignore the podcasts. Don’t click on the articles. That stuff’ll be there when the week is over, after all. Show DW what it’s like when a fanbase checks out, by doing it. It’s a short-term boycott, but the reason groups do boycotts is because they work.

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What happens if you eat a cockroach? What happens if you eat a cockroach? It can seem wasteful to throw food away if you find a roach in a large container. This can leave you wondering if it's terrible to eat food that a cockroach has crawled on. If you're healthy and the roach left no discernable traces, surely it'll be fine. However, this may not be the case. Never eat food that cockroaches have touched. Roaches carry a host of bacteria and diseases because they eat and walk through decaying matter. When they crawl on your food, they can transfer allergens, illnesses, mold spores, decay, and poison. This can make you ill, especially if you're in a vulnerable risk group. Symptoms include food poisoning, the flu, or diseases, like hepatitis. With that said, people with strong immune systems can fight off the effects with no symptoms at all. That doesn’t negate the danger, however. If you find a roach in your food, don’t take the risk of eating it. Just dispose of it safely.

What Happens If A Roach Crawled On Your Food?

Following contact with your food, a roach may not affect it. Roaches are not inherently toxic or able to produce harmful substances from their bodies. However, they do consume rotting or unsanitary foods, which may include:

Decomposing animal or insect bodies

Poop

Mold

Dead skin cells

Rotting food in your kitchen

In the process of walking through and consuming these materials, roaches become coated in the substances. They can carry around:

Bacteria

Fungus

Viruses

Allergens

Spores

If a roach wanders through your dinner plate or weeds its way into your plastic Tupperware, then it may have smeared these substances all over your food. When you eat the contaminated food when it’s finished, you’re then ingesting the trace bits of poop, decay, or mold yourself.

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Can I Eat Food Touched By a Cockroach?

Unless the roach pooped in the food, you likely wouldn’t notice that they’d been there. If you did happen to watch the roach scurry off your food, you might be conflicted. Why waste food? If you inspect the plate for signs of contamination and find none, will you be okay? Unfortunately, you won't be able to tell how much bacteria is left behind by a roach. Likewise, you can't tell what types of bacteria or harmful substances are present. Unless you submit the food for inspection by a microbiologist, you're out of luck. When you eat the food, you may never learn exactly what you've just put in your body. For the average, healthy person with a strong immune system, you may be fine. Your body might be capable of fending off the bacteria, mold, or allergens that have just been introduced to your system. You may not experience any negative effects and continue your life as normal. However, that's only one possible outcome. You can't be sure how your body will react until it's too late. This outcome is only possible if:

The roach, by some miracle, is very clean.

Your body can fend off the viral or bacterial infection.

The types of contingents that infected your food are benign or more easily processed by your body.

If these factors – all three, or individually – are not present, you can get sick.

What Diseases Do Roaches Carry?

In a study published in the International Journal of Scientific Research, roaches were observed to carry various bacteria, parasites, and fungi strains. The researchers even discovered that cockroaches transmitted exotic viruses, like hepatitis. The most common fallout you’ll experience from consuming a dirty cockroach (or food it’s touched) is an intestinal disease. These can include:

Cholera

Dysentery

Typhoid fever

Those are the rarer and more extreme cases. For most people, you’ll notice a roach has contaminated you once you experience symptoms of:

Food poisoning

Flu, or flu-like symptoms

Diarrhea and vomiting

It's worth noting that cockroaches are not actively harmful but passively harmful. In the scientific world, they are referred to as 'passive' or 'mechanical vectors.' This means that, on their own, cockroaches do not contribute to illness and disease. Many cultures worldwide eat roaches as part of their diet. However, the roaches crawling in sinks and pantries are a different story. You can easily get sick from exposure to what these bugs carry.

Can You Die From Eating A Cockroach?

In heavily infested homes, a roach can get into your food without you noticing. However, eating a roach is no more dangerous than eating food that a roach has been on. It's not good news, but you don't need to panic. It does not mean certain and immediate death for three reasons:

Rarely are intestinal diseases immediately fatal. You should have time to seek medical treatment.

Cockroaches rarely carry untreatable illnesses. The substances that roaches walkthrough are not the type to contain untreatable diseases.

Cockroaches are small and can only carry so much bacteria. While every bit counts, it's unlikely to give you a fatal dose of anything.

It’s not impossible to die from eating a roach or food a roach has touched. The most important element is timing. If you do contract an illness and refuse to seek treatment, the condition can worsen. You are more likely to die from complications caused by the sickness rather than the sickness itself. You may also be in more danger if:

Immunocompromised

Elderly

A child

Allergic to cockroaches

A preexisting condition that makes you vulnerable to illnesses

Have asthma

Allergens, Asthma, And Children

According to Allergy, if a child is sensitive to cockroach allergens, they’re more likely to develop asthma than other children. On their own, cockroaches can induce breathing difficulty, especially if you already have asthma. This is not only due to the bacteria on cockroaches but the exoskeletons themselves. This is only worsened for adults with existing allergies. Without asthma, a cockroach allergy may also cause a strong negative reaction. This could include:

Difficulty breathing

Shortness of breath

Coughing

Your skin breaking out in hives

Swelling

Poison Bait And Bug Sprays

Commercial bug poison is known as lethal to humans. A roach may be covered in poison for two reasons:

From baited traps, either in your home or a neighbor’s home (if the roach has traveled)

Pest control methods, such as bug bombs or bug spray

If you ingest this poison second-hand through a roach, you may be in danger. The poison could rub off on your food as the insect traipses through it. If you consume the entire roach by accident, the dose may be even higher. Be sure to look for symptoms, as signs of poisoning include:

Dizziness

Lack of concentration

Confusion

Abdominal pain

What happens if you eat a cockroach?

It's not the cockroach that is fatal, but the bacteria and how you combat it. Even in the worst cases, it should not result in immediate death. Most bacteria will take some time to manifest. You will have time to address it. If you believe that you ate contaminated food, keep an eye on any abdominal pain and additional symptoms. Should you feel any debilitating pain, it's always wise to call a medical professional. It doesn't matter if you believe your pain is due to eating contaminated food. If you are in a risk group, it's recommended to contact your doctor immediately. You may need treatment to get ahead of any upcoming illness. For a healthy person, the reaction will generally be diarrhea, vomiting, and then full recovery. If symptoms persist for more than two days, you should seek medical attention. This is also true if you:

Develop more severe symptoms

Become dehydrated

Your vomit or diarrhea are unusually colored or contain blood.

Nasty strains of bacteria can make you ill. You may be out for a couple of days or, at worst, require hospitalization. No matter your state of being, if you're concerned, then seek medical attention anyway.

Accidentally Drank Water With Cockroach

You may wonder if water is more easily contaminated than food. After all, food is only infected in places where the roach has walked. Water, however, should spread around the contingents. Contaminated water is just as dangerous as contaminated food. Your body should be just as able – or unable – to fend off the contaminants. With water a cockroach has touched, you are unlikely to die. There is a chance that you will develop diarrhea and vomiting. Unless you are in a risk group, you may not develop any symptoms at all.

What Happens If You Eat Cockroach Poop?

Cockroach poop is a common sign that you have an infestation in your hands. Unfortunately, for bad infestations, cockroach poop may actually get into your food. It doesn’t help that cockroach poop can easily blend into some meals. Cockroach poop appears as small, brown, or black specs. Depending on the species, it can come in different sizes. Some are in the shape of large coffee grains or finely ground pepper. Larger species, like the American cockroach, often leave waste that's shaped like a cylinder. Just like the cockroach itself, roach poop can be filled with different viruses and bacteria. However, it's no more deadly than accidentally eating a roach or its contaminated food. Just like the previous examples, keep an eye out for symptoms. You should seek your doctor's advice if you're concerned.

When Can You Safely Eat A Cockroach?

In many world cultures, cockroaches are a vital source of protein, along with other insects. Likewise, roaches have been used in traditional medicine, even in modern-day China. If you are still grossed out by eating roaches, consider the fact that you may have already eaten a few yourself. The FDA allows insect fragments, including cockroaches, inside commercial products like coffee and chocolate. Specifically, the FDA allows 60 or more insect fragments per 100 grams of chocolate. In coffee, the FDA allows 10% or more insect fragments. Note that this isn't simply a matter of oversight or negligence. In factories where conditions are desirable to roaches, it is hard to keep them completely roach- or insect-free. There is always the chance of roaches getting into production, no matter how hard anyone tries to remove them. Likewise, products like coffee and chocolate come from natural sources. Where there is nature, there are roaches. It will be hard to remove insects from harvests. This would mean manually inspecting every coffee and chocolate bean. The only viable way for these products to be completely roach-free is to make them out of synthetic materials. However, that is more harmful to your body than eating a few insect fragments. In fact, there are no known reports of someone falling sick from eating insect fragments in commercial products. That's because the insects that come with these products often arrive directly from farms. These places are kept bacteria- and virus-free.

What To Do If You Find A Cockroach In Your Food

If you suspect roaches have been in your food, throw out any food in the container. Dispose of any other food that the roach may have landed on. Eating this food accidentally may not make you sick right away. However, eating it on purpose – significantly more than once – does increase your chances of growing ill. If you find a roach in your food, you should also look for signs of an infestation. This includes:

The presence of droppings.

Regularly seeing roaches, especially during the day.

Bite marks in your food containers or plastic baggies.

How To Keep Cockroaches Away From Food

An infestation can be hard to deal with. More often than not, it takes a long time to disappear. However, there are ways to keep roaches out of your food.

Avoid Thin Plastic Containers

Cockroaches can bite through plastic bags or thin plastic containers. If you notice any signs of tampering with the storage items for your food, throw them away. The food should be disposed of, and new containers with thicker plastic should be used.

Keep Your Food Airtight

Cockroaches can sneak through the smallest of gaps. Be sure to store food in airtight containers, so they can't gain access. This will also prevent tempting food smells from wafting to any nearby roaches. That makes it more difficult for the insects to seek out your food or contaminate it.

Don’t Leave Out Food

After dinner, it's easy to leave extra food on plates in the kitchen. You may intend on coming back to them. Aside from that, you may leave an uncovered pot or pan on the stove so guests can enjoy second helpings. Unfortunately, all of this leaves food as an open invitation to roaches. Be sure to cover any pans or pots if they're left on the counters. Likewise, you should immediately throw out leftover food or store it away.

Clean Up Spills And Crumbs

Of course, keeping your food inside containers isn't going to work if the area around it still has remnants. For this reason, it's wise to clean up spills and crumbs as soon as they occur. Also, get in the habit of sanitizing your kitchen and dining areas at least before going to bed. Doing so will remove food odors. This lessens the chances of attracting roaches into your food.

Inspect Your Fridge

While it may seem horrific, roaches can and do make homes inside your fridge. That is why it's smart to inspect your fridge for roaches regularly. Keep the inside of your fridge clean. Be sure to wipe away spills and remove any expired food. This makes it more difficult for roaches to access the food. While you should never intentionally eat food that's been contaminated by cockroaches, you don't need to worry too much. Instead, limit how much access this pest has to your food. If they've hiked through a plate of food or snuck into a food container, throw it away. Keep sharing What happens if you eat a cockroach? with your friends and family members. Read More: https://thesafepesticide.com/what-happens-if-you-eat-a-cockroach/?feed_id=132&_unique_id=6113739992012

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The NFL Painkiller Lawsuit

By Donelly Matus-Stulzer, Cornell University Class of 2024

February 26, 2021

Over 6 years ago, a class action lawsuit was filed in the Ninth Circuit against the National Football League, which is accused of negligently allowing teams to give injured athletes painkillers, which resulted in permanent injuries and drug addictions among players [1]. The lawsuit faced 6 years of litigation and 2 appeals, but has been revived as of last week. Originally, the case was dismissed because the claims were governed by labor contracts between the players and the teams. Later in 2018, the case was dismissed once again because of insufficient allegations to support the claim that the NFL had a role in distributing unprescribed medications to injured athletes. Now, the case being revived means that if found guilty, the NFL could be “liable under a voluntary undertaking theory of negligence” [1].

In the lawsuit, former NFL player for the Chicago Bears, Richard Dent, among other players claimed that the NFL instructed team doctors from 1969-2012 to give the drugs to players without warning them of potentially harmful side effects. Dent says that by the end of his career, he suffered from an enlarged heart, permanent nerve damage in his foot, and a painkiller addiction [1]. In addition, the lawsuit states that the NFL did take some steps to prevent the misuse of painkillers, including a drug oversight program, but were not sufficient efforts [1]. In the drug oversight program, players and teams were required to disclose the volume of drugs given to players, funded studies to prevent the misuse of the drugs, performed audits of team practices, required each team to register storage facilities for medication, and also force players to sign waivers before receiving Toradol, a strong painkiller [1]. Although the NFL did take some precautions to avoid potentially harmful drug use, the players still suffered a considerable amount of physical and mental repercussions due to the continuous use of the prescription painkillers.

Although the players were victorious in reviving the case, that does not mean a long legal journey is not ahead of them. The case is in early litigation stages, which means that more appeals and challenges will occur. Since the lawsuit has been dismissed twice already in the past, it hurts their chances of the lawsuit succeeding in the future [2]. Additionally, the NFL is expected to fight against these claims, claiming that they are “confident it will be similarly found without merit” as previous attempts, according to NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy [2]. Since the players did sign a waiver authorizing to be given the drugs, the NFL could argue that such a contract gave consent about the drugs, whether the players knew the dangers or not. The question of prescription drugs being freely handed out also enters another realm, whether any drug regulations were broken. Many controlled substances require a lengthy process to be acquired and cannot be simply handed out to individuals, including injured athletes. IF the NFL violated both federal and state drug laws, it would be liable for other charges as well. Arguing that the NFL was negligent will not be an easy case, since the players must have sufficient evidence that the NFL indeed put their wellbeing on the line as a way of profiting off of them, while disregarding their health.

As the players face a slight success in reviving the case, they will also ultimately have to accept the daunting legal journey that lies ahead. Proving the NFL guilty of liability and controlled substance charges shall not be easy, especially with the shaky history of the lawsuit itself. If the case were to make its day in court, it would have a strong influence over how consumers and football fanatics view the NFL and their treatment towards their workers.

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[1]: Iovino, Nicholas. “NFL Player's Suit Over Painkiller 'Culture' Revived by Ninth Circuit.” Courthouse News Service, 10 Aug. 2020, www.courthousenews.com/nfl-players-suit-over-painkiller-culture-revived-by-ninth-circuit/.

[2]: Hayes, Peter. “NFL Players Face Long Odds in Painkiller Case Despite Appeal Win.” Bloomberg Law, 21 Aug. 2020, www.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberglawnews/us-law-week/X6V7GHP4000000?bna_news_filter=us-law-week#jcite.

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Personal Injury Claims For Severe Injuries

Discover personal injury & accident law, including harmful drugs, harmful torts, defective products, and also clinical negligence podcasts on Tunein, and exactly how to submit an injury insurance coverage case.

Personal injury legislation is a location of civil legislation worried with supplying financial compensation to sufferers of crashes or social misdoings. The wounded individual bringing the suit is called the "plaintiff," and also the individual or entity purportedly accountable for the injury is called the "accused." In deadly accidents Neinstein Law, the family members of the decedent might bring a wrongful death match against the individual or entity in charge of the crash.

The offender consequently might declare that another individual or entity was accountable and bring that individual or entity right into the claim as a cross-defendant. The problem of proof in personal injury situations is normally less than the concern of proof for criminal cases arising out of the same actions.

The objective in a personal injury suit is usually to recuperate financial compensation, instead than punish the accused. Nevertheless, in many cases, punitive damages may be looked for and awarded for especially egregious or malicious misbehavior by an accused. Personal injury legal actions may emerge out of any situation, consisting of motor vehicle mishaps, facilities responsibility, specialist negligence, or nursing home abuse.

Legal Aspects Of Personal Injury

In a lot of states, a plaintiff claiming carelessness will certainly require to confirm (1) the accused's duty of treatment, (2) the defendant's violation of that obligation, (3) actual causation, (4) near causation, and (5) real problems. An offender's responsibility varies depending on the state and also the circumstances. Normally, nevertheless, everybody has a responsibility to make use of practical like avoid the threat of direct injuries to others.

It likewise implies that if a store notifications that a hand rails on the second flooring of a store has actually come loose, such that a customer might lean on it as well as fall, the retailer has a duty to warn clients or to repair the loosened handrail to ensure that unwitting consumers don't obtain hurt.

Likewise, a physician has a responsibility to work as a sensibly sensible doctor with comparable training as well as expertise would act. She or he must purchase the appropriate examinations or refer an individual to an expert when encountered with a potential diagnosis of a certain condition. A physician who fails to meet the expert requirement of treatment may go through a clinical negligence match.

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If there are way too many interfering events in between the defendant's breach and a complainant's injury, the offender's breach may not be considered the "proximate" or lawful root cause of the injury. For instance, think about a chauffeur doing her makeup in the automobile. A motorcyclist determines to transform lanes to prevent this distracted chauffeur.

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What Is The Legal Definition Of Personal Injury

In that instance, the deer and also the illegally parked autos are intervening root causes of the motorcyclist's accident. The vehicle driver may have been negligent in placing on makeup in the vehicle, however her conduct was not the "proximate" root cause of the target's injuries. In the majority of personal injury cases, a plaintiff may recuperate financial and noneconomic compensatory damages, which might include past and future medical expenses, previous and future shed salaries, employment recovery, home aid, out-of-pocket prices, loss of consortium, and also pain as well as suffering.

Normally, a complainant can attempt to recuperate every one of his or her financial problems, such as clinical expenditures or shed income. In some states, nevertheless, pain as well as suffering or various other noneconomic damages are "topped" in all personal injury instances, or often simply in clinical negligence situations. "Covered" implies that a complainant can not recover even more than a set quantity of problems.

Do I Have The Right To File A Claim

"Personal injury" is a sort of tort legal action in which the person filing a claim against (the "plaintiff") has actually endured physical, psychological or financial harm because of the actions of the individual being sued (the "offender"). Negligence is the most usual source of personal injury. Sorts of personal injury carelessness include gross oversight, reckless conduct, deliberate transgression as well as, in rare instances, stringent responsibility.

The economic prices a complainant can recuperate are referred to as "problems," which generally include the injured individual's medical expenses, pain and suffering, and diminished top quality of life. Visit our Crashes web page for additional information on one of the most typical kinds of personal injury cases, including car crashes, work accidents, slide as well as fall, clinical malpractice, wrongful fatality and a lot more.

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Types of Legal Malpractice

Lawful negligence is a kind of specialist neglect devoted by an attorney while in standing for a customer. An attorney owes the customer a responsibility of treatment when there is an attorney-client relationship (a lawyer has actually officially been maintained). damages in legal malpractice cases trautfirm.com

Negligence happens when an attorney breaches that duty, causing the client some kind of damage.

Negligence

Lawyer oversight is the most typical reason for bringing a negligence insurance claim. As specified above, a lawyer has an obligation to supply a customer with particular standard of specialist service. When a lawyer's activities fall listed below this criterion, and also as a result, the end result of a client's situation is negatively influenced, they may be responsible for negligence. Some examples of lawyer negligence consist of missing out on statute of constraint due dates, stopping working to reveal for court hearings or documents activities on time, being blatantly unresponsive to a customer, stopping working to advocate for a customer, or failure to maintain precise bookkeeping of expenses.

Breach of contract

When a lawyer goes against one of the terms given in the preliminary agreement a client indications when the attorney concurs to represent them, a violation of contract is.

These first contracts, typically called "retainer arrangements," can spell out the regards to the attorney-client partnership, cost agreements, settlement arrangements, as well as more.

Breach of duty

Most of the times an attorney's misbehavior can include both neglect (i.e. legal negligence) as well as breaches of fiduciary obligation. How can you tell if your problems with your legal representative involves one, or the various other, or both?

The difference between legal malpractice as well as breach of fiduciary responsibility can oftentimes be important, considering that various laws of limitations and various problems concerns might enter play.

The law of restrictions in some jurisdictions for lawful malpractice might be much shorter than the constraints period for breaches of fiduciary duty, and damages like psychological distress damages or punitive damages may not be offered for legal malpractice, yet recoverable for some types of violations of fiduciary task.

It is, for that reason, crucial to have the realities of each possible case examined by an accredited expert in the field of legal malpractice.

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Lawyers have lots of fiduciary obligations, consisting of an obligation of loyalty, an obligation to zealously safeguard a customer's interests and also the spiritual obligation of confidentiality.

A lot of these obligations can continue to exist long after the discontinuation of the attorney-client partnership, as well as numerous can develop the basis of a cause of action versus a previous lawyer which is unique and also different from a claim of oversight.

Legal negligence lawyer.

When a legal negligence attorney meets with a potential client, the very first agenda will certainly be to identify whether it is most likely that malpractice took place. In order to prevail in an instance, the attorney's neglect need to have led to real damage to the client.

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Offshore oil and gas accidents, deaths spike amid regulatory rollbacks

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Offshore oil and gas accidents, deaths spike amid regulatory rollbacks

BY SARA SNEATH | STAFF WRITER MAR 3, 2020 – 1:30 PM 3 min to read | Nola.com

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While President Donald Trump’s administration was working to relax offshore drilling regulations, there was a spike in offshore accidents and a decrease in safety inspections, according to an analysis by the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement — the federal agency tasked with regulating offshore drilling — has not yet released a tally of offshore incident statistics for 2019. But the Center for American Progress dug through the agency’s budget documents to find the number of reported injuries per hour worked on oil and gas facilities on the federal Outer Continental Shelf.

The center found that the rate of injuries increased by 21% in 2018 and 2019 compared with the previous two-year period of 2016-17. The data include injuries that require medical treatment beyond first aid. They exclude injuries stemming from natural causes or illness or that are self-inflicted, according to the budget documents.

“At worst, this is an unraveling of safety gains made after Deepwater Horizon,” the catastrophic BP spill of 2010, said Matt Lee-Ashley, a senior fellow at American Progress.

Last month, the Wall Street Journal reported that BSEE Director Scott Angelle — a former Louisiana state official and 2015 gubernatorial candidate — asked his staff to make changes to the Well Control Rule, a new protocol imposed after the 2010 disaster aimed at reducing the likelihood of a recurrence.

Angelle’s changes were meant to cut down on the cost of compliance for the energy industry, and he made them despite advice from BSEE engineers that the changes were unsafe.

The rate of offshore injuries was trending downward between 2015 and 2017. But there was a sharp uptick in accidents in 2018. The injury rate is calculated based on the number of injuries per 200,000 hours worked by operators and contractors during production, construction and drilling operations on the Outer Continental Shelf, including in the Gulf of Mexico.

While there were fewer accidents in 2019 than in 2018, the incidents in 2019 may have been more serious. In February, BSEE reported there was one fatality in 2018. While the agency has not released the number of fatalities in 2019, media reports indicate there were at least nine offshore oil worker deaths, according to an analysis by The Times-Picayune | The Advocate. That would mean at least 8% of the injuries reported in 2019 were fatalities.

Last March, a helicopter destined for an offshore platform crashed near Galliano. A pilot and a Houma-area oilfield worker were killed.

In April, an Abbeville man fell off a platform in the Gulf of Mexico. A 24-hour search ensued, but he was never found.

In May and June, four people died after falling from three different offshore platform decks. BSEE sent out a safety alert in early June after the first two deaths.

In December, Panther Helicopters Inc., based in Belle Chasse, reported that one of its helicopters did not reach its destination, an offshore platform. A search for the two people on board failed to find them.

The number of offshore worker fatalities in 2019 is more than for the previous five years combined. From 2014 to 2017, the BSEE reported one fatality in each fiscal year.

“If this pattern of tragedies and accidents isn’t a wake-up call to Director Angelle and the Interior Department, I don’t know what is,” Lee-Ashley said. “By weakening safety rules and cutting back on enforcement, the Trump administration is gambling with people’s lives and with the health of the Gulf Coast. It’s reckless, wrong, and there needs to be an immediate reckoning.”

In 2017, Trump issued an executive order directing the BSEE to reexamine the Well Control Rule. The order also directed the bureau to find ways to encourage energy exploration and production on the Outer Continental Shelf — an area that extends more than 200 miles offshore — and to reduce unnecessary regulation without sacrificing safety or environmental protection.

Among the changes to the Well Control Rule were the removal of certain requirements for real-time monitoring of offshore operations by onshore engineers; an extension of the date by which blowout preventers must comply with certain requirements; and an avenue for companies to more easily obtain waivers from meeting the minimum “safe drilling margin,” a rule designed to reduce the risk of sudden changes in well pressure that could cause a blowout. The changes went into effect in September 2018 and May 2019.

In addition to a recent increase in offshore injuries, the Center for American Progress found a decrease in the number of trips to offshore facilities for inspections and a decline in enforcement actions against offshore oil and gas operators.

BSEE conducted nearly 2,000 fewer visits to offshore facilities for inspections between 2017 and 2019 than in the previous three-year period, according to agency data, a decline of 13%. Over the same time period, enforcement actions against offshore oil and gas operators dropped by 38%.

The BSEE responded to the American Progress findings by saying that while the number of inspection visits has decreased, the number of inspections per visit has increased. A drop in the number of visits to facilities can, in part, be explained by a decrease in the number of active offshore facilities, according to the agency.

“BSEE views an increase in total inspections conducted coupled with a decrease in enforcement actions within a specified time frame, which is what occurred in 2017 and 2018, as an increase in compliance,” said BSEE spokeswoman Karla Marshall.

The BSEE expects to release the incident statistics for 2019 by the end of March, Marshall said.

The Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association declined to answer questions for this story, instead issuing a prepared statement.

“The safety of our operations, our workers and our community is a top priority for Louisiana’s oil and natural gas industry, and thanks to new initiatives and technologies our offshore energy industry has never been safer or stronger,” said the statement from association President Tyler Gray.

It added: “Industry standards, modern technology, innovation and experience working under the oversight of state and federal officials have made offshore development safer than it has ever been — and continuously becoming safer because technologies are ever-improving.”

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