Were brutal American horror movies like the Saw and Hostel films a reaction to the trauma of 9/11? Were they a reflection of 'War on Terror'-era America? Or was something else responsible for the ...rise of these violent and gory films during the first decade of the twenty-first century? Selling the Splat Pack unravels the history of how the emergence of the DVD market changed cultural and industrial attitudes about horror movies and film ratings. These changes made way for increasingly violent horror films, like those produced by the 'Splat Pack', a group of filmmakers who were heralded in the press as subversive outsiders. Taking a different tack, Mark Bernard proposes that the films of the Splat Pack were products of, rather than reactions against, film industry policy. This book includes an overview of the history of the American horror film from an industry studies perspective, an analysis of how the DVD market influenced the production of American horror films, and an examination of films from Splat Pack members such as Eli Roth, Rob Zombie, James Wan, and Alexandre Aja. By re-examining the history of the American horror film from a business perspective and exploring how DVD influenced the production of American horror films in the early twenty-first century, this thought-provoking book provides students and scholars in Film Studies with an alternative perspective on the Splat Pack."
When the United States Supreme Court decided 'Bush v. Gore', ending the controversial recount of presidential votes in Florida and handing the contested 2000 election to George W. Bush over Al Gore, ...some election law scholars told a "lemonade from lemons" story: It is true there was much to criticize about the Supreme Court's decision to take the case, its equal protection rationale, and its controversial remedial decision to end the recount rather than remand for a recount complying with (newly articulated) equal protection standards. But the opinion could usher in an era when courts would use the equal protection clause as a tool to fix some fundamental inequalities in the "nuts and bolts" of our country's hyper-decentralized election administration system. These scholars stood opposed to those who saw the case-especially given its language "limiting" its precedential reach-as a "one-day-only" ticket to assure the choice of Bush over Gore for President and to another group of scholars who saw it as an appropriate resolution of the case, perhaps avoiding a constitutional crisis.
I draw on the experiences of two Chinese women and one group of women among the one thousand nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by the 1000 PeaceWomen for the Nobel Peace Prize project to ...demonstrate how peace work is deeply rooted in the everyday and the lives of women. Among the three cases, environmental protection and sustainable livelihood emerge as common themes. The reasons for choosing these themes are twofold. First, environmental and livelihood issues are very prominent in China, especially in the mainland, and the contribution of women to environmental protection and the improvement of livelihood has been outstanding. By contextualizing their work in their respective political, social, and economic systems in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China, respectively, we will see that peace work at the individual level does have an impact on eliminating structural and cultural violence embedded in government policies, profit-driven economic development, discrimination, and so on. Second, the fact that the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Wangari Maathai in 2004, Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank in 2006, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore in 2007 is a good demonstration of the changing conceptualization of peace toward environment and livelihood issues at the global level. It is worth contributing the Chinese experience to the debates.
Society continues to exhibit a cathartic fascination with uncanny and metaphorical images of "what comes after," demonstrating an ongoing obsession with life, death, mortality, morbidity, sickness, ...infection, decay, and existential uncertainty that, while manifesting most overtly during times of war and economic instability, is always a key feature of being a living, reasoning being. By examining the possible beginning of a new, conscious life form-an intricate computer program that perhaps represents the first posthuman heir of this planet, destined to replace the current dominant race-Shaviro argues that McHugh forces readers to consider their own consciousness, their own complex humanity. Stommel argues for the potential aesthetic beauty of decomposition-in conversation with Julia Kristeva's conception of the abject-claiming that the processes of death and decay maybe aren't things to be feared but, in their time, embraced, Jim Byatt takes a similar approach to the terminal afterlife in '"From Zoo. to Bot.': (De)Composition in Jim Crace's Being Dead,'1 challenging society's rejection of the natural processes of decay and its estrangement from death.
Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with the use of synthetic graft material has been used as an alternative to biologic grafts. The use of these grafts has largely been abandoned in ...reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament because of mechanical failure of the graft and production of wear debris leading to synovitis and recurrent effusions. This article presents a case of early, extensive periprosthetic osteolysis around a total knee arthroplasty associated with wear debris from retained fragments of a Gore-Tex (WL Gore and associates, Inc, Flagstaff, Ariz) (polytetrafluoroethylene) anterior cruciate ligament graft.
Traditional approaches to incisional hernias (IH)--particularly in cases with large fascial defects--are plagued by a significant recurrence rate as well as frequent wound infections. The ...laparoscopic repair of incisional hernias was designed to offer a minimally invasive and tension-free technique that yields less morbidity and fewer recurrences than the standard open repair. Several years ago, we adopted the laparoscopic technique in our department and set out to appraise its touted advantages.
During the years 1997-2000, 103 patients underwent laparoscopic IH repair with implanted Dual Gore-tex mesh. Forty percent of them were obese, and 41% had undergone more than one previous attempt at conventional repair. All patients were discharged home within 24-72 hs.
In three patients, the operation was converted to open surgery due to severe adhesions and technical difficulties. In two cases, inadvertent enterotomies were repaired laparoscopically, and since there was no major spillage, the repair was continued as planned, with no adverse consequences. Twelve patients underwent additional laparoscopic procedures at the initial operation. Two graft infections and four recurrences were observed during the 1-49 month follow-up period.
Laparoscopic IH repair is technically feasible and safe in patients with large fascial defects as well as in obese patients. This operation decreases postoperative pain, hastens the recovery period, and reduces postoperative morbidity and recurrence.
The US National Science Foundation played a key role in the history of the Internet by overseeing its transition from government to private operation. In the process, NSF was forced to balance the ...competing visions of scientists, politicians, and private industry. This article describes the conflicts, trade-offs, and unexpected events that led to a technical and social transformation of the Internet.
Extrusion of an implant after medialization laryngoplasty is unusual and warrants removal. Most commonly, it extrudes through the laryngeal introitus, but rarely, it extrudes through the pyriform ...sinus. A case report in which 2.5 feet (76 cm) of polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex) was removed from an 80-year-old female patient is presented to evaluate factors that led to this surgical complication and strategies that solved the problem. Because of the patient's multiple medical problems, initial removal of the foreign body was attempted in the office with topical anesthesia. When the Gore-Tex was noted to be lodged in the laryngeal parenchyma, it was severed at the edge of the pyriform sinus to stabilize the airway. Subsequently, microlaryngoscopic-controlled completion removal was done in the operating room with general anesthesia. The patient healed uneventfully with no further sequelae. Analysis of this case illustrates a number of factors leading to a rare iatrogenic foreign body complication. Office-based removal of the Gore-Tex implant evolved into a unique scenario in which the rapid use of a fiber-based laser to divide the foreign body facilitated stabilizing the airway to allow for elective completion removal in a controlled fashion.
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