More than Meets the Eye II

here are the movies i watched recently:i 've also added my scores which solely shows my first impression about them and noything more.

1-Awakenings---Penny Marshall 1990 5/10

2-Andrei Rublyov---Andrei Tarkovsky 1966 9/10

3-The Basketball Diaries---Scott Kalvert 1996 7/10

4-One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest---Milos Forman 1975 9/10

5-The Nightmare Before Christmas---Tim Burton/Henry Selick 1994 7/10

6-Red-Beard(Akahige)---Akira Kurosawa 1965 7/10

7-The Class---Laurent Cantet 2008 8/10

8-The Broken Embrace---Pedro Almodovar 2009 6/10

9-The Burning Plain---Guilermo Arriaga 2008 8/10

10- 500 Days of Summer---Marc Webb 2009 8/10

11-The Killing Room---Jonathan Liebesman 2009 7/10

i'll write about some of them (specially # 10 and # 11)

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Godfather's Marlon Brando,Forrest Gump's Tom Hanks, Scent of A Woman's Al Pacino,The Piano Teacher Isabelle Huppert, The Dark Knight's Heath Ledger and now Jack Nicholson in Milos Forman's masterpiece :

i got the whole story this way: a kind of border line personality guy is sent to mental institution with a nurse not far from dogmatic manner, in charge

Randle McMurphy (Nicholson) shows his discomfort and tries to break the routines;but he's not well supported by other patients;as it's shown McMurphy's demands are far ahead of other patients thoughts.But after a while he finds other patients' assistance,confronting the wards staff specially cotquean head-nurse...

The squence McMurphy broadcasts Baseball across the TV showing a serial( pretending to watch World Series on TV) This is the saddest scene i have ever seen;a five star Nicholson could make it a memorable and everlasting picture;a mixture of innocence and waggery;how fantastic !

I don't get the concept of the movie;i can make some assumptions;Forman shows the role of elite and genious people demolished in the cast of democracy,or regular bureaucracy

Another angle shows the head nurse didnt really respect the votes as they reach the quorom for watching baseball she refuses to accept the vote.Isn't it a similar story we have with some democracies.(how about Afganistan elections as a recent example.)

It also shows McMurphy as a loser :in the end ; he's not the one who can escape,he's the one who gets caught and sink deeper,brainwashed by harsh treatment ; it seems they blurred his sight offreedom;

eventhough he finds ample oppurtunity to run away he misses them because of his inconssistent manner based on hedonism,and sometime due to his sense of compassion for other patients.He could really find his way out of sanitarium in the interview with psychiatrist but he finds kind of entertainment living there playing a superior role . He's not a must be admitted type at the begining.

I haven't watched any other Forman's film but as i read in IMDB he's got obssessed with this rebellious type personalities .

Final Words : Jack Nicholson realy deserved Oscar prize,also; credit to Sydney Lassick

I give it a 9/10

They Watch With Close Eyes

Timeless,Ageless,Ethereal beauty

Bestow thy dark enchantment

Blissful death

So begins the autumn dance

I awaken thee

With my kiss

Shall they forever

Be one with me

Dream of me,my children

As I embrace thy sorrow

And take unto myself

Thy kiss

I awaken thee

Would they hold me as I wept?

Would they dry my endless tears?

Would they kiss me as I died?

Would they love as I am?

Words : Autmn Tears

Photo : Gelareh Haghighi

New Generation Of Prostethics

The line where man meets machine is blurred in a Johns Hopkins laboratory. Nitish Thakor's Biomedical Instrumentation and Neuroengineering Lab has developed prosthetic fingertips that "feel" temperature with skin-like cosmesis embedded with sensors.

Thakor, who teaches classes in the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering, and his research team of more than 20 students and faculty are using robotics to help develop the next generation of prosthetics.

"Most amputees today don't use their prosthetic limbs on a daily basis because the limb is bulky, mechanically heavy, and not aesthetically pleasing," Soumyadipta Acharya, a PhD candidate in biomedical engineering on Thakor's team, said. "This project is revolutionizing the way we control and feel artificial limbs using signals from our brain, nerves and muscles directly."

The prosthetic hand with individually moving fingers is controlled by the brain using a cap covered with sensors. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) sponsors the research as part of the Revolutionizing Prosthetics 2009 program. DARPA awarded the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory $30.4 million as part of an international effort to produce better prosthetics for those handicapped by accidents, disease, birth defects and war.

This research is made possible by the association between three world-class programs within the Johns Hopkins University – the School of Medicine, the Whiting School of Engineering and the Applied Physics Laboratory. This synergy provides students at Johns Hopkins the opportunity to work with and contribute to research programs like Thakor's work with robotic prosthesis.

@jhu.edu

My First Case:introduction in brief

A 48 year old woman with a past mediacl history of asthma presented to Emergency Department complaining of cough/hemoptysis ,dyspnea .

She has experienced cough productive of green sputum since 2 month ago and it's had a progressive course.The symptoms deteriorate at night and when lying in bed.

Past Medical History:She has had a history of 2 times admission in Emergency Deoartment in 2005 and early 2009:both with episodes of Asthmatic Exacerbation; on 2005 admission the patient was presented with coma and peripheral cyanosis in upper and lower extremities.

Drug History:Salbutamol/Atrovent

the patient has shown allergic response to Penicillin,Azithromycin,ASA,Anti-Histamine

Habitual Hx:-

Family Hx: Tuberclosis in her mother

Ph/Ex:

On initial presentation she had a Respiratory Rate of 25/min Temperature:37(Axi) BP:120/70 PR:88

Head and Neck: NL

Chest: Heart : S1S2 NL

Chest :Generalized Wheezing through both lungs fields

The remainder of Physical Exam was NL

no signs of heart failure were detected

The patient's dyspnea was refractory to all standard Therapy

A light imorovement was mentioned during Ntbiotic therapy but after discontinuation the symptoms including productive cough ,dyspnea,ortopnea got worse.

on the PA view of patient's chest x-ray there was an apparent huge consolidation area in lower lobe of right lung.

Bsic Laboratory tests were within normal limits.

An Spiral CT scan is orequested and it's arranged for saturday .

till then the patient recieves:

Nasal O2

Amp Enoxaparin 1mg/kg Q12h

Spray Salbutamol 3puff /QID

Spray Ipratropium Bromide 4puff/QID

Differential Diagnosis :

1-Asthma Exacerbation

2-Pneumonia

3-Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea

to be continued...

The Patient

well i guess i have a lot of memories with this Tool song, also it holds the core of my feeling today:

A groan of tedium escapes me,starting the fearful.

Is this a test?

It has to be,Otherwise i can't go on,

Draining patience,drain vitality,

this paranoid,paralyzed vampire's act a little old.

But i'm still right here,giving blood and keeping faith,And i'm still right here

I'm gonna wait it out

If there were no rewards to reap,

No loving embrace to see through this tedious path i've chosen here,

I certainly would've walked away by now.

I'm gonna wait it out

If there were no desire to heal

The damaged and broken met along this tedious path i've chosen here,

I certainly would've walked away by now.

I still,And I still may,

Be patient.

I must keep reminding myself of this...

If there were no rewards to reap,

No loving embrace to see me through this tedious path i've chosen here,

I certainly would've walked away by now.

And I still may,and I still may ,and I still may.

I'm gonna wait it out.

I'm gonna wait it out.

Gonna wait it out.

Gonna wait it out.

Back

all as expected ,it will be a transition period as i'm heading back to work.

overall i have to say a good memory of this 30 days will remain ; an island of calm ;

i enjoyed reading books,watching perfect movies , listening to music ,playing squash and more important making up my mind about many principals of my life.

As immigration's become a certain decision,and i need to qualify , looking at life in this frame and redefining my programs;

After internship there 's an interval (of military service),admittedly crucial period but i won't recall it as an apocalypse anymore; it's a reality of my life; i must face it .

Predicting Armageddon ??

The Grim Reaper For Old Trafford I am sure you will receive a whole sackload of mail today from Man U and non-Man U fans alike and I just wanted to try and add some concerns to the mix. Firstly, can i say, well played Leeds Utd. You might be a hated rival to me, but you thoroughly deserved your moment yesterday.. On to my main point. I am not one of these knee jerk supporters that immediately call for SAF to be ousted the moment we have a bad result. I am old enough and have spent much of my life going to OT (the only way to watch pre-Sky TV). I have seen SAF build teams and I have seen him rebuild teams - winning teams! Always with a familiar pattern of replacing the ageing/outgoing players with new young talent and talismanic figureheads. The simple fact of the matter is and I think its plain to everyone that watches Man U week-in and week-out is that the current rebuild process is failing and this is due to some blindingly obvious and simple facts: 1. The current crop of players that should be replacing the old guard - are not and never will be up to the task (Anderson, Nani, Park) 2. Many of the youngsters also show worrying signs of following suit (Wellback, Obertan, Fabio, Macheda, Gibson) - Raphael being the only possible exception. All these players will clearly have a future in football- but not at Man Utd. 3. Reliance on fading talents.. Giggs/Scholes etc. Giggs has the odd good game.. but anyone in doubt should just spend 10 mins on Youtube to be reminded of the real Ryan Giggs. 4. The 'Big' Talisman signing Berbatov is a flop.. I don't really care about how good technically he is.. for Utd, on the whole he is average at his very best. 5. We allowed the best player in the world to leave + another very good player and we have not replaced them. These are all team matters that clearly SAF is accountable for. It maybe the case that the Glazers are not able to release the kind of funds needed to buy our way out, but that is only half the issue even if true. We have still spent plenty of money on players in the last 3/4 years. We have simply spent it poorly and again for this SAF is accountable... I have had the feeling for the last 12 months that SAF knows he doesnt have the right ingredients at the moment and is always chopping and changing, desperately trying to find the solution. However its blindingly obvious to me that we are bereft of real quality in many areas of the team and we currently have NO talisman (Ronaldo, van Nistelrooy, York/Cole, Cantona). Our results/defeats/performances from 2007/08 onwards testify to this. We are in decline with no clear direction. In the past I have always had faith that SAF has a longer term grand plan - but if I am honest, this time - I am not so optimistic... In the end, it doesn't matter what I or any other supporter thinks. With crippling debts and the need to find 100M per year just to meet interest payments, success on the pitch is mandatory for Utd. It is not that far to fall (as Scousers everywhere will testify) before the money draw of Champions League football is by no means a certainty. The Glazer takeover is a timebomb and it is 100% certain that one day it will explode.. One or two years of rapid decline will be more than enough to light the fuse- a chain of events that not even SAF can halt..

Richard @ football365.com