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Prior to the Crimean War and the efforts of Florence Nightingale to reform the nursing profession, nursing was not considered to be a desirable or a respectable job. However, by the time Edith was ready to move on from being a governess, nursing had become considered a noble vocation for a woman. Nightingale had established schools of nursing throughout England that emphasized cleanliness, prevention of contagion from one patent to the other, compassionate care for the sick, and high standards of behavior from nurses, both on and off the job.
Edith worked in several hospitals and private positions in England. She worked with new mothers, amputees, and fever patients. She knew how to feed a newborn baby and she knew how to lay out the dead. Edith seems to have been a person who craved order, structure, and a sense of humanitarian purpose, and nursing gave her those things as well as a sense of community with her fellow nurses, although she had few close friends.
In 1907, Edith agreed to head a nursing school in Brussels. This was a huge challenge. Her goal was to extend the English ideals of nursing to Belgium, which had not yet adopted them in the kind of scope seen in England. She had a hard time finding pupils, because respectable parents did not want their daughters to be nurses. The hospital in which they worked and learned was impractical. There were language barriers. Still, by the time WWI rolled around, the school was doing well and Edith was justifiably proud of her work.
In 1910, Edith rescued a dog, Jack, who followed her everywhere. Jack hated all people except for Edith. He must have also had strong herding instincts, because when it was time for the nurses to line up and proceed down the hall for bed, he would follow them and nip their ankles if they walked too slowly. Needless to say, the student nurses were not as fond of Jack as Edith was.
In one of those cruel-in-retrospect moments of history, Edith was in England when war was declared (she was visiting her mother). Being Edith, she rushed back to Brussels where she remained even as the Germans invaded. Edith was well known for treating soldiers of different nationalities and alliances with equal care.
She was eventually caught and executed by the Germans in 1915 for helping English, Belgian, and French soldiers and civilians escape to the Netherlands. She did this work as part of a large network of a great many kickass men and women, including some of her fellow nurses, the Princess de Croy, Jeanne de Belleville, and Louise Thuliez (who were imprisoned with Edith), and Philippe Baucq (who was executed along with Edith). No one knows how many people Edith had a hand in saving, but the number seems to be around 200 at the very least.
I enjoy these post so much. It is unfortunate that history that, at times, has presents Edith Cavill as something different than what she was and different than how she would have wished to be viewed. She was awesome as she was and it is great that with this book the true her is coming into focus.
During the four years prior to the pandemic, positive results for HMPV testing peaked between 6.2 and 7.7 percent in March and April, according to the CDC. As the pandemic took off in the spring of 2020, HMPV decreased and remained low through May 2021.
A member of a family of viruses that also includes respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), HMPV was first detected in 2001 in the Netherlands, per the CDC. Testing of archived blood samples, however, has revealed that the virus has been circulating since at least the 1950s, according to previous research.
Like other viruses that cause upper and lower respiratory infections, HMPV spreads through respiratory droplets from coughing and sneezing. People may also transmit it through contact such as shaking hands.
HMPV can also survive on surfaces for many hours, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. That means individuals can become infected by touching contaminated surfaces and then touching their mouth, nose, or eyes.
The American Lung Association notes that in serious hospitalized cases, doctors may do a bronchoscopy, in which a small, flexible camera is inserted into the lung and a sample of fluid is removed to test for viruses.
Anyone can get HMPV, but the Cleveland Clinic says that people most at risk of complications are newborns, children under 5, seniors age 65 and up, individuals with asthma who take steroids, COPD patients, and the immunocompromised, such as those who take cancer medications or have had organ transplants.
No specific antiviral therapy or cure exists to treat HMPV, so most treatments are aimed at managing symptoms. Recommended therapies include decongestants, fever reducers, antihistamines, and other means of providing comfort until the illness improves, like getting rest and plenty of fluids.
People hospitalized with HMPV may require supplementary oxygen and assisted ventilation. When vomiting and diarrhea occur, intravenous fluids may be used for hydration. If HMPV worsens asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchodilators and steroids may alleviate symptoms.
Galiatsatos suggests that doctors tend to test for flu, COVID-19, and RSV (to some extent) because there are treatments and vaccines available: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tamiflu as an oral antiviral drug for acute flu and Paxlovid for COVID-19. Plus, there are now vaccines for all three.
Currently, there is no vaccine for HMPV, but there is at least one in the works. In May, the pharmaceutical company Icosavax announced positive results from early trials of its vaccine candidate to prevent RSV and HMPV in older adults.
As with other respiratory viruses, health professionals encourage the public to take precautions to prevent getting sick in the first place. These measures include covering your nose and mouth when sneezing or coughing, frequent hand-washing, not touching your face with unwashed hands, and avoiding close contact with people who are sick.
Released in 2015, Canadian-New Zealand film Turbo Kid instantly became a cult favourite for its commitment towards paying tribute to the filmmakers' favourite era of pop culture: the eighties! A blast from start to finish, the low-budget film combines several 80s genres like post-apocalyptic fun, gruesome b-movie horror violence, and teen-wish fulfilment to hugely entertaining effect. It's basically a mash-up of everything you loved about the 80s growing up. The narrative revolves around The Kid (Munro Chambers), a comic-book fan turned superhero. He teams up with a mysterious girl named Apple, and an arm-wrestling champion cowboy to take on a tyrannical overlord named Zeus.
The film takes place in an alternate version of 1997 in "The Wasteland", where a post-apocalyptic society gets by. The land is littered with trash and ruled by an overlord: Zeus, who controls the land's water supply. He even operates a machine that produces water by grinding people up!
Instead of the giant trucks and buggies that define the world of Mad Max, Turbo Kid and the inhabitants of the Wasteland get around on... BMX bikes. It's a fascinating contrast to typical post-apocalyptic modes of transport but also serves as a possible nod towards the 1983 film BMX Bandits, which starred a young Nicole Kidman. The Australian crime-comedy features a similar cartoonish vibe to that of Turbo Kid.
The 80s, possibly more so than any other era of music, was a soundtrack fever dream. Just about every iconic movie from that decade has an iconic soundtrack to go along with it. Danger Zone. Eye of The Tiger. Hearts on Fire. The Touch. Take My Breath Away. Purple Rain. Don't You Forget About Me. In Your Eyes. Indeed, it was the golden age of movie soundtracks.
So, it should be no surprise that Turbo Kid has a kickass soundtrack. The film even kicks off (with an equally retro title treatment) with a Van Halen-esque guitar solo-filled rocker in Stan Bush's Thunder In Your Heart. If that name sounds familiar, it's because he did The Touch from The Transformers: The Movie. The rest of the movie's score is provided by Montreal synth-duo Le Matos. The product is a really atmospheric ambient score, sometimes eerie, often alien. It's like a who's who of 80s influences: from heavy metal riffing, to 80s synthpop, Daft Punk-esque electronica, and even John Carpenter-inspired pieces. I guarantee you the music of the film will be in your head for days after your initial viewing.
Michael Ironside is a dude you've probably seen and heard in many things but someone whose name you may not immediately recognise. His speciality is playing villains or tough-guy roles. You may recall him as Darryl Revok in Scanners (1981). Or the guy Maverick was constantly annoying in Top Gun (1986), Naval Aviator Lieutenant Commander Rick "Jester" Heatherly. Major Paul Hackett in Extreme Prejudice (1987). Richter in Total Recall (1990). You may have even heard him voice DC Comics' Darkseid, or Sam Fisher from the Splinter Cell games. In short, he's sort of a genre icon.
But it doesn't stop there. While Zeus, obviously has some major parallels to Immortan Joe, he's also an over-the-top villain typical of 80s movies. He dresses flamboyantly and makes overly grand speeches, much like James Earl Jones' Thulsa Doom from 1982's Conan The Barbarian. It's a nice throwback to the unrepentant, totally evil baddie from that era.
Besides the BMX bike mentioned earlier, The Kid is also a big fan of Turbo Rider. This comic book looks similar in style to G.I. Joe or Transformers. His hideout has lots of neon. Arguably the biggest throwback involves the View-Master toy. The discs show images of dinosaurs, which is used to invoke severely repressed childhood memories for The Kid.
His Turbo Glove weapon may also be a reference to the Nintendo Power Glove, an early attempt at virtual reality gaming. It was prominently featured in the (surprise!) Nintendo-produced film The Wizard. Antagonist Lucas Barton's smug boast of "I love the Power Glove. It's so bad," would go on to become an Internet meme i the gaming community years later.
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