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Gad, how does one kill this senseless piece of atheist bigotry? The idea has dug itself into the atheist community as tight as a tick, even though it represents the worst forms of unreasoned bigotry.
It's the idea that when a religious person does something wrong religion is to blame, but when an atheist does something atheism is blameless.
This is a very attractive conclusion – for the hate-mongering atheist bigot. The lover of reason has no use for it, but the hate-monger has sure found it attractive.
If you take "atheism" and its counter-part "theism" NEITHER of these are a source of violence or evil. You cannot draw any moral implications from the statement, "It is not the case that at least one God exists" just as you cannot draw any moral implication from the statement, "It is the case that at least one God exists." They are both behaviorally, morally, and practically impotent.
In order to get to any moral conclusion – any type at all – you have to add something to your fundamental premise, regardless of whether it is atheist or theist.
In order to get violence against homosexuals, you have to combine, "At least one God exists" with "That god commands that homosexuals be put to death" and "We all have to duty to do that which God commands." Then, you can get behavior worthy of condemnation.
However, on this level, the same reasoning applies to atheism. In order to get any form of behavior – any type at all – out of atheism you have to add something to your fundamental premise. We might add, "Man is a rational animal, and it is irrational to provide help to others unless one expects a sufficient profit in return that more than compensates the cost of the help. Therefore, man ought not to help others. Selfishness is a virtue."
If we are going to say that religion is responsible for the violence against homosexuals in the first instance, then consistency commands that we hold that atheism is responsible for the selfish disregard for others in the second case.
If, on the other hand, we are going to deny that atheism has anything to do with the selfish disregard for others in the second case, then logical consistency requires that we also deny that theism has anything to do with the violence against homosexuals in the first place.
There is no grounding – none at all – for the claim that religion is responsible in the first instance but that atheism is blameless in the second.
But, hate-mongering bigotry is so sweet, so warm and comfortable. It is so much fun. This sweet, warm, comforting fun is why this bigotry continues to be such huge part of atheist culture.
Oh, and we need to add hypocrisy to this list of evil pleasures. Because when theists engage in these types of unprincipled leaps of logic in order to defend hateful and bigoted conclusions against atheists, they are to be condemned.
The bigot's trick is to compare general atheism (to which no harms can be attributed) with specific theism (which can be charged with doing harm). Yet, they scream in protest when theists go the other way, comparing general theism (your condemnation is senseless because I can identify at least one person who believes in God who is not guilty of your charges) to specific atheism (Stalin).
Here's the fact. Religion is exactly as harmful or as harmless as atheism – no more and no less. There are certain religious philosophies that can be condemned for the evil that they contain. However, there are certain atheist philosophies that can be condemned for the evil that they contain. Yes, it is true, atheism itself does not entail any of these philosophies. However, theism itself does not entail any specific religion either.
In other words, when it comes to being a cause of harm, "atheism" (broadly defined) is just as innocent as "theism" (broadly defined). And specific atheist philosophies (narrowly defined) in many cases are just as guilty as specific theist philosophies (narrowly defined). And no decent person is going to sanction scoring political points by comparing broadly defined atheism to narrowly defined theism, or comparing broadly defined theism to narrowly defined atheism. The lover of reason finds this move indefensible. Though the lover of hate-mongering bigotry tends to find this move very, very delicious.


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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 4, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Folks with peripheral artery disease (PAD) have a much lower risk of death if they take cholesterol-lowering statins as directed by their doctor, a new study reports.
About 200 million people worldwide suffer from PAD, a condition in which arteries feeding blood to the legs become clogged, researchers explained.
However, patients who took their prescribed statins had a 20% rate of death over more than four years of follow-up, compared with about 34% for people who either stopped taking statins or never started them, European researchers found.
"This is an important observation that underscores the importance of statin adherence," said Dr. Robert Rosenson, director of cardiometabolic disorders at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.
Previous studies have underscored the health benefits of statins in patients with PAD, but this new report shows that those benefits can lead to a longer life, said Rosenson, who was not involved in the study.
"Clinicians need to discuss statin treatment adherence with each encounter," he said.
PAD can cause debilitating leg symptoms, including painful cramps, numbness and weakness in 3 out of 10 patients, researchers said. Others develop gangrene in their feet due to poor circulation.
PAD also increases a person's odds for stroke and heart attack, so cholesterol-lowering statins are recommended for all PAD patients, the researchers said.
Unfortunately, patients often don't take their statins as directed. Statin adherence rates in Europe are around 57%, while in the United States, they are at 50% or lower, said Dr. Maja Zaric, an interventional cardiologist with Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
To gauge the importance of statin therapy in PAD, researchers led by Dr. Jorn Dopheide from Bern University Hospital in Switzerland tracked nearly 700 patients between 2010 and 2017, with a median follow-up of 50 months. Half were followed for a longer time, half for less.
About 73% of the patients were taking statins at the start of the study, increasing to 81% by the end, researchers reported.
"The patients these folks looked into, they had a pretty good statin adherence to begin with, more than the average in U.S. users with PAD," Zaric said.
The study revealed that patients' levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol dropped over time, with the greatest decrease found among patients taking heavy doses of statins.
Patients taking the highest doses also had the lowest death rate, around 10%, Dopheide's team found.
There seemed to be strong and immediate effects from starting and stopping statins, as well.
New statin users had a death rate of around 15%, compared to 33% for people who stopped taking statins. Those whose dose was reduced had a 43% death rate — the study's highest.
"That just shows there may be a rebound effect when you have a statin on board and you are controlling your LDL cholesterol production through the liver," said Zaric, who wasn't part of the study. "There may be a potential rebound when you stop or reduce the medication and the liver temporarily overproduces LDL cholesterol."
Aside from taking statins, patients should also make other heart-healthy lifestyle changes — eating right, exercising, losing weight and quitting smoking, Rosenson said.
These patients also usually benefit from taking either aspirin or another type of blood thinner, Zaric said.
The researchers presented their findings Tuesday at the European Society of Cardiology's annual meeting, in Paris. Studies presented at meetings are typically considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
More information
The Mayo Clinic has more about peripheral artery disease.
SOURCES: Robert Rosenson, M.D., director, cardiometabolic disorders, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City; Maja Zaric, M.D., interventional cardiologist, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; presentation, European Cardiology Society, Paris, Sept. 3, 2019
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U.S. stocks rounded out a six-day slide on Friday as tempers flared in Washington D.C. After this weekend's spectacular showdown between the House and the Senate, rival parties, and rivals within parties, analysts predict an even bigger jolt to the markets when trading floors open on Monday.
But it's not October 1st, the much ballyhooed date of the government shutdown, that has investors spooked — it's October 17th, the day the government runs out of money to pay back its loans and risks default.
The specter of a deadbeat Uncle Sam is fanciful, for sure, but no longer inconceivable in light of the recent display in partisan brinksmanship. A growing chorus of market-watchers told the New York Times that they can no longer take the risk of default completely off the table. One analyst has even put the risk at 40 percent. The other 60 percent he chalked up to "blind faith" in the government. Whether Congress can restore that faith will depend on its ability to work a miracle and agree on a budget before October 17th.


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Maurice Maurice Chevalier |
Princess Jeanette Jeanette MacDonald |
Viscount Gilbert de Varèze Charles Ruggles |
Count de Savignac Charles Butterworth |
Countess Valentine Myrna Loy |
Duke d'Artelines C. Aubrey Smith |
Released by Paramount | Directed By Rouben Mamoulian |
Proof That It's Pre-Code
- Oh, jeez. There're so many double entendres in the movie that I lost count after the first few minutes.
- I think the only time marriage is ever really mentioned is when someone is sleeping with someone other than their husband.
- Wet blanket of a lover Count de Savignac climbs a ladder to woo Jeanette only to fall off. He reports, sadly, "I fell flat on my flute!"
- "You impertinent jack–"
"Jack all!"
"… Jackanape!"
- Myrna Loy is completely man hungry in the film. When asked if she ever stops thinking about men, she confesses that she sometimes thinks about schoolboys.
- There was a lot of stuff removed from this upon both initial and re-release. More on that below.
Love Me Tonight: Isn't it romantic?
"Do you live around here?"
"Sometimes I wonder."
Love Me Tonight is a treat. Set to a number of boisterous Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart songs, the movie takes the musical genre to a new height, deftly combining a host of fairy tales into one of the most endearing and technically dazzling films of the early sound era.
Maurice Chevalier plays Maurice, a carefree Parisian tailor with plenty of women and a new business. He crafts a large order of suits for the bon vivant Viscount Gilbert de Varèze (Ruggles), but the Viscount is part of the stuffy nobility and can't shake any money that he owes Maurice out of his uncle, the Duke d'Artelines (Smith). Maurice must travel to the Duke's estate to get the money back, impersonating a nobleman to do so. At the estate Maurice also meets the Duke's sexually voracious niece Valentine (Loy) and one other resident in particular– Jeanette MacDonald playing Princess Jeanette.
The thin plot line belies the complexity underneath as director Rouben Mamoulian (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Queen Christina) — who called this his favorite among his films– seeks to take the toolkit that Ernest Lubitsch had established as the early epitome of the musical genre and push it in several wild directions at once. More on Lubitsch in a bit.
An integrated musical (AKA ones where the songs fit in with the plot), Mamoulian kicks off the picture with the sights and sounds of Paris waking up. It's a cute way to begin the movie, and properly sets up a fantastical view of the city. It takes the reality we know and lobs it into the surreal. We follow this by being introduced to Maurice, the jovial spirit of Paris, who, besides having trouble keeping his lovers straight, sings about his desire for a nice housewife to scrub his floors and, when he's showering, his back. The dialogue in the movie flickers between spoken words, rhyming, and song, like the characters can't hold back when the feeling strikes them.
Chevalier's singsong wishes for an ideal woman transforms into the rather well-remembered standard, "Isn't it Romantic?" which unravels into a wonderful 10-minute sequence as the song follows his customer out of the shop and across Paris by way of men humming, singing, and crafting the song. In one of the most metatextual moments of the movie, we feature a songwriter composing his own lyrics for "Isn't It Romantic?" on a train as he sings along, a peek into the creative process and the romance of creativity. The song also infects a group of soldiers who sing it as they march through the countryside. There, a gypsy boy picks it up and plays it on the violin for the rest of his troupe, who soon give it their own sense of flair.
The complexity of the sequence matches the earlier scenes of the sounds filtering the early morning in the city, but further extrapolates the mood of the movie, giving each character a chance to declare and embody their own take on it– the taxi driver's idea of romance is seeing the town pass by his windows, the songwriter's idea of romance is creating a song, the soldier's turn it into a march and devotional to their vocation, while the gypsy boy imbues it with his own sense of longing and desire, wordlessly. That melody wafts to Princess Jeanette, who uses the moment to wax on her desire for someone courageous and interesting to come along.
The movie becomes a more conventional romantic comedy after these bits, but they really are fantastic, and give the movie a sense of whimsy and joy that any film would have a hard time following. There are still several sequences from Maurice's charade among the rich that stand out, such as when he wards off a hunting party by hiding a deer in a house and telling them that he's sleeping, so go away. It underlines how Maurice's character shakes the stuffiness out of the nobility, and, in particular, the carefully groomed Jeanette.
Luckily, Love Me Tonight is stocked with a great deal of comedic talent, including Charlie Ruggles, Charles Butterworth, C. Aubrey Smith, and Myrna Loy. Loy, especially, gets the best lines as she often struggles to stay awake in the stuffy estate because there are no men around– and, dammit, she just needs 'em.
The movie, instilling another touch of fantasy, includes three cackling aunts played by Elizabeth Patterson, Ethel Griffies, and Blanche Friderici, who serve not just as part time narrators but as antagonists, first crafting a potion to bring Jeanette a lover and then spreading the horrific news when Maurice's true identity is revealed, gasping in horror. They still provide the happy epilogue, though, giving the movie its final nod to the fairy tales of old.
Mamoulian vs Lubitsch
Of course, comparisons to Lubitsch are guaranteed with the picture, which shares two of his most well-remembered 30s stars, his cinematographer, and the expansive Paramount backlot. In fact, this makes Love Me Tonight an interesting crash course in studio-era auterism, especially when you compare the film to Lubitsch's own 1932 integrated musical starring Chevalier, MacDonald, and Ruggles, One Hour With You.
Both directors are master visual storytellers, but the differences between them are fun to explore, especially since this film is so outside of Mamoulian's usual wheelhouse. What Mamoulian does over Lubitsch is to explore and use space. While One Hour With You certainly gets mileage out of Paris, Mamoulian is clearly pushing the scale. Love Me Tonight takes on the entirety of France, both in class and in size. Let's take the latter first, which stretches the movie from the crowded streets of Paris to a remote castle and the distance between. Mamoulian devotes time to a lengthy scene of Chevalier exploring the large empty castle early on, giving us an appropriate sense of the difference between the streets of the capitol and the desolate chambers of the stuffy nobility. It's class differences not just in snooty dialogue, but in marked visual significance.
Speaking of visuals, Mamoulian definitely pulls out every trick he can thank of for the film. There are zooms, slow motion, and extended first person sequences which give the film a stunning feeling of visual complexity. Mamoulian was given total control over the film as he made it, and he made the best of it, leaving him unafraid to play with time and space to fit the mood of the picture.
The other interesting difference between the two approaches has to be Lubitsch's ideas of love and sex against how Mamoulian portrays romance. Before you chime in to say, "but romance and love are the same things!", no, they aren't. Love can be passionate, spontaneous, spur of the moment, or even a deep feeling of affection, one nurtured and tended to for years like a garden. Romance, however, teases at the possibility of the unknown. "The romance of flying" and "the love of flying" are two different things– the former indicating a pursuit that captures the heart and imagination, while the latter is a deep, passionate enthusiasm.
Love Me Tonight is inherently romantic, which I think I could get away with saying even if the fabulous "Isn't It Romantic?" sequence weren't immediately in the forefront of any discussion about the movie. Compare Lubitsch's romantic comedies, like Trouble in Paradise or Monte Carlo, and you can see the difference. His films try to articulate lust, to define that moment of satisfaction both sexually in his characters and intellectually for his audience where their situations and desires intersect. While Loy and Ruggles both play sex hungry characters and MacDonald is recommended "excessive, exercise and exercise", sex isn't the center of the world here as it is for Lubitsch. Sex is a bonus– being fulfilled emotionally in another person is the real treat here.
I don't think one is better than the other, just something that fascinated me. I still prefer Lubitsch's teasing playfulness, but both this picture and Lubitsch's many masterpieces remain solid pillars in showing why Paramount's output in the early 1930s was so controversial– and so amazing.
A Celebration of Musicals (To That Point)
Love Me Tonight is remarkably self-referential, almost as if Mamoulian looked back at The Love Parade and simply wanted to rearrange it to his liking. Taking the images that Chevalier and MacDonald had cultivated in a few short years, he delights in tweaking the audience with their knowledge of the stars and their formula periodically. From the first appearance of Chevalier's iconic straw hat on the silhouette in his apartment to the characters' identical names, he's building something that's a treat for both casual viewers as well as anyone who knew the history that he was drawing upon.
One favorite sequence arrives early on when Maurice and Jeanette meet face to face for the first time. She's singing a rather suggestive song to herself when her horse drawn coach turns over. He helps her out while his driver takes care of the horse, and Chevalier sings to her the playfully suggestive "Mimi". She's fine with it until she figures out just what the lyrics mean, and then Jeanette takes off in a huff. In the process, she runs over Chevalier's hat. His driver laughs at Maurice, and turns to him:
"What will you do without that your straw hat, Maurice? And where's that smile of yours? No straw hat, no smile– it's all over, Maurice! You can't go on!"
Maurice throws the hat away and runs back to the car. Digging through the suitcases, he pulls out one, opens it and puts on its contents– another straw hat. "Now we can go on!"
Knowing how iconic that hat is to Chevalier's movie persona (look at any of his film posters from the time) and it's a nice tweak at the audience, as we may be thinking the same thing as the driver. But, no, there's always a backup. Nothing's stopped Maurice Chevalier before, and nothing will this time, either.
Mamoulian looked at what Lubitsch did with The Love Parade and his follow ups and sought to deconstruct what made them work so well as opposed to the countless stagy musicals that had been churned out in 1930 before the big musical bust. He has fun with this, assuring the audience that he knows what they love and delivering more of it to them, just with a twist.
But my favorite touch on the movie has to be its finale, with MacDonald realizing that passion means more to her than her place among the uptight nobility. She chases after Maurice's train on horseback and begs him to come back. He declines, saying the social distance is too much. She begs the conductor to stop, but he won't. So she finally does the only thing that a woman can do– she pulls ahead of the train and stands on the tracks in front of the thundering locomotive.
It's a badass moment, and it finally sells MacDonald's transformation from crusty princess to a modern, vibrant woman. She proves to Maurice that she's not to be taken lightly and more– she's not the woman who will cook and clean and scrub for him, but a partner of equal imagination and excitement. And Jeanette no longer needs a knight in shining armor but a husband who will give her romance… and that exercise that she needs.
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Love Me Tonight is a treat for classic movie fans, a fantasy that is romantic enough for the film lover while being technical enough for the nerds among us. But most of all, it's a refreshing bit of early 30s optimism, a glimpse into an era between the wars where nobility still seemed noble and a throwback to the pre-Depression faith where life's possibilities seemed endless. And it's all there in smile and songs, forever.
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Trivia & Links
- Originally ran 104 minutes but was trimmed down to 96 minutes for reissue under the PCA, which is the version we currently have. Apparently it was refused a reissue in 1937, but the eight trimmed minutes made it okay in 1949. Cut footage includes Myrna Loy's verse in "Mimi" where her nightie was apparently 'see through', a song "A Woman Needs Something Like That", and all references to 'the virgin springs'. I think we can all picture those jokes in our heads quite well. According to the AFI, on its original release:
The film was rejected in Czechoslovakia, approved without eliminations in Quebec, New York and Kansas, and approved with eliminations in Australia, Britain, Chicago, Ontario, British Columbia, Ohio, Alberta, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
- Another weird bit of interest from AFI:
Concern that French Royalists might take offense to the film prompted the Hays Office to give a copy of the script to the Los Angeles French consul, Henri Didot. Based on Didot's comments, it was determined that only the scene in which the princess strikes a servant should be deleted. In addition, Didot maintained that as long as the duke and princess were not implied to have royal blood, the film should not give offense.
- The third of four pairings between Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier, the other three being under the direction of Ernst Lubitsch: The Love Parade (1929), One Hour With You (1932) and The Merry Widow (1934).
- The DVD commentary track by Miles Kreuger is fantastic. Kreuger was a personal friend of Mamoulian's, and takes a lot of his information directly from papers that he was given in regards to the film. If you have the DVD, it's a must-listen.
It has taken fully 20 minutes for Mamoulian and his screenwriters to introduce all his principals, and establish that Love Me Tonight is, as its title implies, a veritable lexicon on all the variations of romance. To Maurice, a woman is a potential cook, a housemaid, masseurs, an object to be used as his mood takes him. And perhaps, eventually, a mother to his children. To Jeanette, love comes in the form of an illusory knight in shining armor. To Gilbert, Charlie Ruggles, romance is a night on the town in Paris. For the count, Charles Butterworth, it is the hopeless task of pursuing the princess. To Valentine, Myrna Loy, it is a man, any man, or, as we soon learn, even a schoolboy will suffice. For the three maiden aunts, there is no romance, only love for their neice, the princess. And for the Duke, romance is a good game of bridge, morning, noon, or night.
- For anyone who watched the sequence where Chevalier recites the story of the Apaches with bewilderment, the Apaches were a subculture of violent Parisian thugs who were known for being not too nice. Read more about them at Wikipedia.
- Apparently Myrna Loy's few lines in "The Son of a Gun is a Tailor" is the only time she ever sang on screen.
- Good movie, bad DVD transfer says DVD Beaver. I agree– it's pretty fuzzy looking for a DVD.
- DVD Talk says, whatever, the DVD has great extras, so there.
- The New York Times adores it, noting the audience's reaction:
There are episodes in this production that merited applause and the only reason the audience failed to clap their hands was because they evidently thought they might miss a few words of dialogue or one of the melodious bits of music.
- Slate, in their review of the DVD, has this wry finish:
Love Me Tonight still stands as a definitive musical because, aside from the filmmaking wonders Mamoulian conjured, it conveys one universal truth to the musical genre: that there's no better motivation for breaking out into song than to express sexual satisfaction.
- Senses of Cinema calls this "the Mamoulian film that Mamoulian actually did pull off" and talks about the film's class conscience:
Formally adventurous and frothily naughty-and-nice, Love Me Tonight can also boast, at the base of its whipped-cream dish of Ruritanian escapism, an almost brazen class-consciousness. For all his princely charms, Maurice raffishly embodies an imitative petit bourgeois, forced to confront a hidebound elite. For all her princessy graces, Jeanette must see beyond station and propriety and connect with the real urges of the real woman underneath all the deluxe froufrou. At one point Maurice remarks to her "You know too much about hunting, etiquette, tradition. You know nothing about style, charm, love." Admittedly a compromised, romanticised denunciation of social strictures but a put-down, nonetheless. As if to suggest a darker, more dangerous side to our beaming working-class hero, Maurice's enactment at the fancy-dress ball of "The Poor Apache" routine touches on illegitimacy, poverty, petty crime, domestic violence and finally that most brutally efficient disposer of the dispossessed, the guillotine!
- TCMDB has toooooons on this one. Here's how the film came to be made:
Paramount Pictures President Adolph Zukor had just survived a major corporate purge triggered by the studio's declining box office in the early years of the Depression. One financial problem he had to deal with was the inactivity of two of his biggest stars, Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, who were drawing large salaries ($10,000 a week for the former; $5,000 for the latter) with no film assignments planned for either. The team's usual director, Ernst Lubitsch, was in the midst of contract negotiations and playing hard to get. Desperate to put the stars to work, he turned to Rouben Mamoulian, a stage director who had scored at the studio with the innovative sound films Applause (1929) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931). Although exhausted from his work on the latter film, Mamoulian couldn't resist Zukor's offer of a free hand in choosing and shooting the picture.
Playwright Leopold Marchand suggested that a piece he had written with Paul Armont, Le Tailleur au Chateau, might provide Mamoulian with the perfect plot for his musical. The director agreed that the tale of a tailor passing as nobility would have just the kind of fairy tale quality he was looking for, a reverse-gender Cinderella story. Mamoulian then chose one of Broadway's top songwriting duos, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, to write the score. In a rare move for a film or stage musical, he had them write the songs first, making sure that each lyric related closely to plot and character. He also had Hart write rhymed dialog for some scenes. Only then did he put the screenwriters to work. The result, Love Me Tonight, was a peerless integration of script and score, perfectly fitting the director's concept of the film as an illustrated musical score. […]
Mamoulian spent so much time writing and re-writing the script of Love Me Tonight that the start date was pushed back several times. As a result, Paramount had to pay off theatres that had engaged Chevalier to perform during what would become the shooting period. That helped drive the budget close to $1 million.
- TCMDB again, on Myrna Loy's role:
Mamoulian arranged to borrow Myrna Loy, whom he had dated on occasion, from MGM for the role of Countess Valentine, MacDonald's man-crazy cousin, because he thought she had a knack for high comedy. At the time, she was primarily cast as Asian temptresses, but two years later she would live up to his expectations when she starred as Nora Charles opposite William Powell in the screwball comedy-mystery, The Thin Man (1934). […]
Paramount executives thought Myrna Loy's character, Countess Valentine, superfluous and tried to make him cut her from the script. Instead, he sent out official scripts in which she had no lines, then privately sent Myrna Loy her scenes. When she started turning up in rushes, the executives were so happy with her performance, they stopped trying to eliminate the role.
- NYU's Film Notes from 1962 are pretty interesting both as a relic of how the movie was received when shown on broadcast TV as well as their general impressions on the filmmaking:
Visually, the film is enchanting. Every aspect of photographic grammar is superbly utilised: split-screen, slow dissolves, slow motion, satiric images combined with exaggerated sound effects; elaborate dollies and dissolves, matching models with the real thing to perfection; and a climax which, apart from its sheer virtuosity and exhuberance, also gently kids the editing patterns and dramatic images of the Russian classics. Mamoulian's celebrated shadow work is present, though not emphasized this time, and it is used for satire and gentle rather than dramatic effect — as in the shots of the three sisters, happy combination of the witches from "Macbeth" and assorted fairy godmothers from "Cinderella".
- Though not the trailer, someone has helpfully uploaded the entire "Isn't It Romantic?" sequence. Bon apetit:
Awards, Accolades & Availability
- This film is available on Amazon.
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In the nation's capital, when it comes to immigration, much of the focus is often on the southern border and undocumented migrants. This month, though, it's immigrants that have come to the U.S. legally who are about to face new challenges, as they try to become permanent residents or U.S. citizens.
Public assistance, like Section 8 housing vouchers or food stamps, could play a big role in the fight over immigration.
It is called the "public charge" rule and it is not new; it's been on the books since the late 1800s. What is new, however, is what defines a public charge.
Back in 1882, when immigrants arrived in the U.S., they had to prove they had cash and enough money to get where they were going, once they landed.
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In a previous blog entry, the principle of sovereign immunity and how they might apply to a County was discussed. What wasn't discussed, was whether sovereign immunity would apply to a public university or public college. A case that addresses this is Doe v. Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, 280 Neb. 492, 788 N.W.2d 264 (2010). In this case, a medical student who was granted a leave of absence in order to receive treatment for depression, insomnia, and anxiety was eventually removed from the medical school after he returned from that leave of absence and things continued to not go well. Id. at 496-497. He brought suit alleging fraudulent concealment, disability discrimination, violation of his due process rights, and breach of contract. See Id. at 497.
The court had several issues before it, but for our purposes the issue to focus on is whether the University of Nebraska could successfully claim immunity under the 11th amendment to the plaintiff's suit for disability discrimination. As has been noted when it comes to employment, states and arms of the states are going to have to specifically consent to being sued as sovereign immunity principles apply. However, as mentioned previously, when it comes to suing under title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, whether sovereign immunity principles apply is a very fact specific situation. As discussed previously, if a fundamental right is involved, then the state or, the state is not going to be able to successfully claim sovereign immunity. Thus, there are two questions. First, is a fundamental right involved? If a fundamental right is not involved, does that mean that the state or arm of the state automatically gets to claim sovereign immunity? Is education a fundamental right?
The Nebraska Supreme Court said that education is not a fundamental right. Id. at 521. However, as mentioned above, that doesn't answer the question as to whether the state still has the right to claim sovereign immunity. The Nebraska Supreme Court concluded that even though education is not a fundamental right, the University of Nebraska still could not claim sovereign immunity with respect to a title II of the ADA suit. Id. They reasoned as followed. First, one of the things that United States Supreme Court did after deciding Tennessee v. Lane, 541 U.S. 509 (2004), was to vacate several title II decision and remand them for reconsideration in light of that decision, including one from the Sixth Circuit concluding that sovereign immunity barred a student's title II claim against the University. Id. at 520.
Second, the Nebraska Supreme Court relied on a case from the First Circuit in which they noted that there was a widespread pattern of state's unconstitutionally excluding disabled children from public education and irrationally discriminating against disabled students within schools. See Id. at 522.
Third, under the cases interpreting Lane, the judicial decisions, statutes, and personal antidotes collected by the Congressional task force that indicated general history of discrimination of public education were sufficient to support the title II scheme. Id.
Fourth, the title II scheme was a narrow remedy to redress discrimination in education because: title II protects only qualified individuals with disabilities; a person must still meet the essential eligibility requirements of the program or activity regardless of disability; schools and universities are not required under title II to undertake any measures imposing undue financial or administrative burden or threatened historic preservation interest; and a school or university is not required to fundamentally alter the nature of the program or activity. Doe v. Board of Regents of the University Nebraska 788 N.W.2d at 523-524 citing to Toledo v. Sanchez 454 F.3d at 39. Accordingly, the title II scheme is a justified as a reasonably targeted system to prevent a persistent pattern of exclusion and irrational treatment of disabled students in public education especially when compared against the consequences of the harm from such discrimination. Id.
Preventive tips: If you are public entity, the very first thing you want to do is check to see whether the state that you are in has explicitly waived its sovereign immunity with respect to title II claims of the ADA. Illinois for example, has waived sovereign immunity with respect to ADA suits but not in all cases. See 745 I.L.C.S. 5/1.5(d) (Westlaw, Current through P.A. 97-1132 of the 2012 Reg. Sess.).
Second, if you are public entity and find that the state has not waived its sovereign immunity with respect to title II of the ADA lawsuits, feel free to argue that sovereign immunity prevents the lawsuit since the Nebraska Supreme Court is definitely not the last word we are going to see on the subject. For example, see Doe v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, 429 F. Supp. 2d 930 (N.D. Ill. 2006), for a contrary view.
Third, if you are student with a disability or are representing a student with a disability, it would be very helpful to compile an extensive dossier of any discrimination faced by students with disabilities in education by the states over time. See Toledo v. Sanchez 454 F.3d 24, 35 (1st Cir. 2006). The more you can find as a plaintiff , the better your ability is going to be to be able to argue that the title II of the ADA scheme is a proportionate response to the discrimination meant to be redressed. Another thing a plaintiff would want to do would be to be sure to exhaust the school or university's administrative process.
Fourth, the plaintiff might want to consider filing a claim with the Department of Justice. On the public entity's side, as discussed previously, preventive systems are always best. Sure, you may win on a sovereign immunity grounds, but winning on such a ground doesn't do anything for University or college's image as a University or college that is amenable to persons with disabilities. Sovereign immunity litigation is also no doubt expensive. A grievance procedure/system that allows a full airing of the opinion with neutral and informed deciders is always recommended. If the public entity loses on sovereign immunity grounds, then a comprehensive and fair grievance system will go a long way towards ultimately winning the dispute as courts are extremely hesitant to overturn academic decisions in general, and especially where they are the result of a comprehensive and fair airing of the grievance.
Fifth, if you are a plaintiff or a person representing one, you may also want to have a claim against the public educational institution alleging violation of § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Having such a claim would allow you to argue that sovereign immunity was waived since the public entity in all probability receives federal funds and Congress made it a condition of receiving federal funds that the states waive their sovereign immunity. See Doe v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 429 F. Supp. 2d at 940. The Rehabilitation Act and the ADA are extremely similar, which makes sense since the ADA was based upon the Rehabilitation Act. However, § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act does contain "sole cause," language whereas title II of the ADA contains, "by reason of" language. Accordingly, it is possible that causation under the two acts may be different even though substantively they are otherwise the same.
Sixth, keep in mind, that sovereign immunity is not going to apply if you have a claim for prospective relief. Thus, a claim for injunctive relief could be very handy if you are plaintiff or are representing one.See Doe v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois 429 F. Supp. 2d at 940-941.
Finally, since you are seeing courts split on this, look for the question of whether Congress validly abrogated the states sovereign immunity with respect to title II of the ADA to eventually wind up before the United States Supreme Court.


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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Algorithms and Data Structures : Course Goals
I have a somewhat different take on the problem than Richard, though. He ends up creating a list of things (definitions and theorems) he thinks student should know after his class. I admit I think a bit more in terms of high-level concepts and skills I want students to get out of the course. (I think both approaches can work.) My list includes:
1. Students should understand the basics of algorithm/data structure language and notation; in particular: order notation, what it means (and doesn't mean!), and how to calculate running times of algorithms.
2. Students should learn how to model a problem through proper abstraction. In particular, they should learn how to set problems into the language of graphs, linear programs, etc.
3. Students should learn basic algorithmic techniques: greedy, divide and conquer, dynamic programming, linear programming.
4. Students should learn what is required for a formal and rigorous argument (even if they are not so good at writing one themselves). They should learn how to argue/prove correctness of algorithms and data structures in the contexts above.
5. Students should clearly understand the power of reductions -- not just to show problems are hard, but to show problems are easy, by using the solution of one problem to solve another.
6. Students should obtain some insight into the power of randomness in algorithmic thinking.
7. Students should practice translating algorithmic ideas into working code. It is hoped they will learn the importance of thinking before coding (choosing the right approach), and that issues such as memory requirements and running time can and should be reasoned about before implementation.
8. Students should learn that correctness, like computation time and memory, is just a "resource" that can be traded off with the others, by learning the notion of an approximation algorithm.
9. Students should learn the basic of heuristics and heuristic techniques, so that if asked in practice to solve an NP-hard problem (in the sense of coming up with a very good but not optimal solution), they have some idea of what approaches might give them reasonable answers.
10. Students should see some really cool, unusual, interesting algorithms and data structures, and be forced to work on some really hard, challenging problems, to challenge their thinking and demonstrate the power of theory.
There's probably more I could add, but those seem like ten clear objectives I have for the students who take my class. Perhaps in another post I can elaborate on how I try to see those objective are met.
Like Richard, I should end the post by asking the important open questions:
What have I left out? What should I leave out? What do you think?
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- Thore Husfeldt said...
A reason to prefer your list to Lipton's is that you are able to formulate the course goals in terms of skills.
Most of your items could be given in the form "After the course, the student can ———", where ——— preferably is something they couldn't do before they took the course. A notable exception is your last point. Maybe, "After the course, the student can nod in recognition at up to three, cool recent algorithms."
The real challenge for a complexity course, especially if you teach at a department where course goals have to be formulated in terms of Intended Learning Outcomes rather than facts or topics, is indeed to finish that sentence. "After Computational Complexity A–113, the student can———" What?
As to the algorithms and data structures outcomes, here's another good, testable skill: "Construct a counterexample to the correctness of a given algorithm." Proving stuff incorrect is much more useful than proving stuff correct. It's also more fun, creative (rather than formal), and can be taught (and examined) with a broader student population. - January 13, 2010 at 8:21 AM
- Michael Mitzenmacher said...
Good addition, Thore! In fact in my exams I usually have a section of the form: "Show the following statement is not true with an example", and I do think finding counter-examples is a useful skill.
- January 13, 2010 at 8:30 AM
- Mihai said...
I would assume that at least 50% of your students will ultimately work in software, without becoming theorists. So I think the most important goal of the class is to educate such students that there exist highly non-obvious algorithms that work very well, and they don't know all of them :)
If you manage to convince them of this fact (which is not easy), when they will face a hard problem, they won't just hack something and hope it usually works. They will hopefully start by looking at some literature or just asking somebody. - January 13, 2010 at 8:53 AM
- Daniel Lemire said...
My answer as a blog post:
http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2010/01/13/the-fundamental-properties-of-computing/ - January 13, 2010 at 10:26 AM
- Michael Mitzenmacher said...
Mihai -- I think we agree on your goal, though perhaps we're just wording it slightly differently. (Numbers 7 and 10 line up with your goal pretty well...)
- January 13, 2010 at 10:45 AM
To me what stands out for its omission is not any particular topic. Rather, what I see in most of this list are very passive verbs, "students should see" and "students should understand". What I don't see is any kind of learning outcome: what specific things should the students be able to do to demonstrate their understanding? How are their abilities changed for having seen what they've seen in the class?
- January 13, 2010 at 10:54 AM
- Michael Mitzenmacher said...
Daniel --
Interestingly, the idea that correctness, like time and memory, can be traded off, seems to really shock students when they first hear it. It's one of those things you don't naturally think of -- but once you get used it to it, it's hard to remember what is was like not to think in those terms.
I actually consider it a major philosophical contribution of the class, more important than most people realize. - January 13, 2010 at 10:56 AM
- Michael Mitzenmacher said...
DE -- As I said at the end of the post, perhaps another post will focus on the issue of how the objectives are met -- which is, I think, the answers to your questions.
- January 13, 2010 at 11:07 AM
""After Computational Complexity A–113, the student can———" What?"
Computational Complexity is theory still under construction. Although the target is taxonomic, i.e. to obtain robust complexity classes (by definitions) and means to classify problems in these classes (trough theorems about the algorithms that solve the problems) IMO we are not yet at this stage. What we have is provisional classes, conditional theorems based on conjetures and the hope to be able to prove these conjetures in the near future (and this makes the whole thing very appealing).
The list in the post seems hard to improve. Maybe iwould include that "find the counterexample" suggestion... - January 13, 2010 at 12:24 PM
It's easy to test whether the objective that a student has merely seen a certain topic is met: just use attendance-based grading.
- January 13, 2010 at 12:57 PM
- Thore Husfeldt said...
OK, as an exercise I've transformed Michael's list into intended learning outcomes. Some of the items benefit a lot (it's a lot clearer exactly where the line is drawn — did we mean 3a or 3b? 4a or 4b), others become awkward.
After Algorithms and Data Structures A-113 the student can
1. state the asymptotic running time of a given algorithm, including recursive algorithms, possibly using amortised analysis
2. model a computational problem in terms of graphs or linear programmes
3a. classify an algorithm by technique: greedy, divide and conquer, dynamic programming, linear programming, or
3b. solve a given problem using algorithmic paradigms such as greedy, divide and conquer, dynamic programming, linear programming,
4a. recognise a formal correctness proof, or
4b. decorate an given algorithm with assertions and invariants to establish its correctness
5. solve a problem by reducing it to another problem, and argue for the hardness of a problem by reducing it from another problem
6. analyse a randomised algorithms, including finding the expected running time using — (fill in whatever you want here: expectation as sum of indicator random variables, bound stuff using concentration of measure… model something as a markov chain… derandomise using the method of conditional … this is a whole blog post in itself)
7. implement and run an algorithm given as pseudocode
8. bound a performance guarantee of a simple approximation algorithm
9. find a (nonoptimal) solution to a hard computational problem instance using local and exhaustive search methods
10. nod in recognition at three really cool, unusual, interesting algorithms and data structures, and brag about having being forced to work on some really hard, challenging problems, to challenge their thinking and demonstrate the power of theory.
I'll add my own:
11. prove an algorithm incorrect by constructing a counterexample
12. refactor an implementation by separating abstract data types from data structure implementations
13. say "I think I'd use a hash function" during an oral exam - January 13, 2010 at 3:35 PM
Nice list. I would be interested in hearing more of what you think about item 4 (formal and rigorous arguments). I don't know that CS departments are handling this correctly.
- January 13, 2010 at 5:12 PM
One could add something similar to 9:
9.5 Students should learn the basics of exact algorithms (with worst case exponential running time), so that if asked in practice to solve an NP-hard problem (in the sense of coming up with an optimal solution), they have some idea of what approaches might solve small-ish instances. Or at least when they hear of a 100,000 city TSP instance being solved, or of SAT solvers, they have some idea of what's going on.
At the other extreme, one could add
- Students should (really)understand the difference between an nlog n algorithm and an n^3 algorithm, by implementing say Dijkstra and Floyd-Warshall, and running them on instances of slowly increasing sizes. - January 14, 2010 at 12:49 AM


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Shots, shouts, and sirens. Last night more shootings in my North Minneapolis neighborhood. An innocent grandmother sitting in her minivan was caught in the crossfire of gang violence. Tragically, she lost her life. Somebody lost their mother, grandmother, sister, friend, and confidant. In a separate incident an innocent 7-year-old boy was shot in the leg. He will live to tell the tale.
Stories like this are becoming commonplace, and it takes honest effort to not become desensitized into considering this foolishness the new normal. It seems every week we hear news of another shooting or killing. It's personal. It's close. The neighborhood echoes with frustrated and fearful calls for someone to do something, anything…and with due respect, many people are trying.
Small scenes mirroring a bigger picture playing the same scenario in cities all across the United States. Why are attempts at solving this crisis so seemingly ineffective? The causes are complex, mangled and entangled to be sure. Ranging from gun control issues to parenting discipline to racial and socio-economic dynamics. But the greatest cause may actually be the simplest to identify, diagnose, and define. One word. Mindset.
While there are plenty of "community leaders", non-profits, churches, and organizations seeking to change the situation, striving to improve the odds for young people, neighborhoods, and cities, the reality is that no one person, group, or organization can or will fully be able to solve the problem. But every person, group and organization can contribute something, at least one thing, toward the solution. We are all pieces of The Power of One.
I used to believe creating significant change for the betterment of society had to be on a massive scale to really make a difference. A scale like the Civil Rights Movement lead by a Martin or Malcolm, or India's Independence Movement lead by Gandhi. With age and experience I've realized these great leaders, while magnetic, special and destined for their causes, were as much a product of being in the right place at the right time with the right message, as they were their talents.
The movement necessary to curb gun violence in America's cities, to curb violent and self-destructive behavior in general, is a mostly a movement of the mind….call it a "Mindset Movement". A movement in which cultivating and growing young minds toward their maximum positive potential, able to visualize healthy lives for themselves, families, and communities, is the chief and primary aim.
Looking back on life, I realize the strongest influential forces during youth's most impressionable years were the everyday examples in my life, like my business English teacher, high school basketball coach, and especially my father. They were huge influencers in determining my decisions and direction because of their consistent and positive presence, not necessarily their talents (though their talents certainly did not hurt!). It wasn't their charismatic ability to lead mass political or social movements that created their phenomenal influence, it was their constructive and constant presence.
Over the span of decades each one of these men significantly influenced the lives of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of impressionable young people like myself. Young people who have matured over time and are now in the prime of influencing others coming along behind us. Multiply each of those men by a hundred and in a few short generations their positive influence exponentially reaches tens of thousands. Quiet, exponential influence is an amazing return on influence investment.
Never underestimate The Power of One
Imagine this.
The passion of a youthful tryst creates the spark of life. Nine months later a child is born to a single mother, herself literally more than a child. She struggles daily to provide the most basic of needs to her greatest creation. It happens countless times daily, so common an occurrence it may seem like a MINOR thing.
Years pass and the child grows, their young thoughts and values shaped and molded daily by environments and events restrictive to their genius. Their self-image, self-talk, and budding self-esteem are strongly influenced by codes of the street, peers, and learned limitations passed down through generations.
Many in society would see these developments as expected and inevitable, occurring so frequently and commonly they seem like MINOR things.
Self-destructive choices and behaviors become the norm for this young seed. A victim mentality produces a short-sighted, selfish attitude and limited vision of what may be possible to achieve in life. For that child these are life-direction determining developments – these are MAJOR things.
Multiply that child by a few dozen and you influence the energy, attitude and safety of a school. Outside of school hours you literally affect the environment and livability of a neighborhood.
That child continues to age, grow, and mature. Physically stronger and independent to roam. Multiply that young person by a few hundred and you influence the energy, safety, and quality-of-life of an average-sized city.
Multiply that child by a few thousand and you impact the condition, vitality, and concerns of a major city.
Multiply that child by a few hundred thousand, even possibly a million, and you literally influence the politics, dynamics, and well-being of a nation.
So, the absence of a single positive and consistent influence in the life of one child is potentially powerful enough to affect the well-being of an entire nation. That is a MAJOR thing.
Backtrack to that child's most formative years. Along comes an encouraging man or woman who is compassionate, grounded, and stable. An optimistic individual who sees the potential in that child, with a heart to give of themselves and their time.
Such individuals are plentiful around our cities and nation. In fact, so plentiful that as one person they may be considered a MINOR thing.
Say that man or woman routinely nourishes that child's mind with positive reinforcement and encouraging words, consistently infusing that young mind with a confident vision of what they may eventually become. Individually, that initial exposure to a higher vision may be considered a MINOR thing.
That higher, positive image replaces the negative, self-limiting image in that child's mind of what may be possible to pursue and accomplish in life. This may seem like a MINOR thing to the world, but it is a paradigm shift – a MAJOR thing to that child.
Multiply that encouraging man or woman (mentor) by a few dozen and you influence the energy, attitude, and safety of a school. Outside of school hours you literally improve the environment and livability of a neighborhood.
Multiply that encouraging man or woman (mentor) by a few hundred and you influence the energy, safety, and quality-of-life of an average-sized city.
Multiply that man or woman (mentor) by a few thousand and you positively impact the condition, vitality, and concerns of a major city.
Multiply that man or woman (mentor) by a few hundred thousand, even possibly a million, and you literally influence the politics, dynamics, and well-being of a nation.
Multiply that man or woman by a few millions and you literally impact the well-being of the entire world.
Mindset…the master maker. Having a consistent and positive presence in a child's life during their most formative years is the most important factor in the healthy development of a child's mindset. Initiating a higher vision-of-self while positively reinforcing talents, growing confidence, and exposing young people to safe, diverse, and healthy environments are keys to helping grow young people into healthy, contributing members of society, who will eventually pay it forward, acting as future mentors to future generations.
One-on-one mentorship is a MAJOR enough concept to build empowered human beings, communities, and nations all around the world. Not that "now and again" mentorship, but consistent and committed mentorship.
If only the solution were that simple. That's what Edison thought about the electric light bulb at a time when humanity existed in darkness every single night. Now electric lights seems a pretty simple and taken-for-granted concept in our lives. It can happen.
Every problem has multiple solutions that can work in harmony toward a common goal, and every solution begins with a concept or idea. Very rarely a new idea. More often a refined and developed idea. Why should one-on-one mentorship be any different? The Power of One. Idealistic and simple. Powerful enough to positively influence the well-being of the world.
The Power of One is a piece of the solution available to everyone, and it may be pursued in many different ways. Whether choosing to participate in existing mentorship programs offered through local non-profits, churches, or organizations, or simply taking a consistent interest in a young person's life accessible in everyday circles. It doesn't need to be official to be effective. If you don't know how to begin getting involved, simply begin asking questions. I guarantee the answer will present in short time.
Just a few thoughts from the mind of one who believes in The Power of One. If this post makes sense, please share. Let's exercise our Power of One. Together we make a difference.
Thank you for reading…wishing wellness and empowerment your way,
Dr. J


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There are a lot of different casein protein powders to choose from in the marketplace and as such it is important to understand what protein is going to be the best fit for what you are trying to achieve. Having the right kind of protein to supplement your diet can help you to not only lose weight, but also build muscle at the same time.
As you will already know, protein is one of the key ingredients to building and repairing muscle. Without the right protein, you can lift weights as much as you like and not build muscle.
Timing can also play an vital role in building muscle mass, but trying to get enough protein in during the day can be a little challenging at times, which is why a good protein supplement is needed.
Our Top 3 Casein Protein Powders at a glance
Our three recommendations are based on price, quality and overall customer feedback.
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1) Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard | Read 2,562 customer reviews | |
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3) Dymatize Nutrition Elite | Read 186 customer reviews |
This article discusses some of the best casein protein powders on the market in 2018, so you can choose which is going to be the best fit for your workout and recovery.
These products were chosen based on the feedback from verified purchasers worldwide.
Protein can aid in fat loss and muscle gain depending on how you want to use it. Whether your goal is for weight gain or weight loss there is a solution that will fit your budget.
Most folks tend to use Casein protein powder at night before bed so that it continues to supply their muscles with a steady stream of amino acids while they're a sleep.
This creates the best environment for building muscle, because your body is in repair mode while you're a sleep. So Casein is able to supply your body with all the nutrients it needs to build lean muscle throughout the night.
So with that being said, let's get started.
Our 5 Best Casein Protein Powders
#1 – Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Casein
One of the biggest problems that most folks say about casein protein powder is that it can be difficult to drink especially if it has been sitting for a few minutes. Primarily because it starts to thicken up, and the longer you leave it, the more gluey or gluggy it gets.
Now, this isn't a problem if you like a somewhat thick shake, but to some it can be a little difficult to drink.
So the cool thing about optimum nutrition Gold Standard Casein is that it thickens when it hits stomach acid, which means that it can help to make you feel fuller, for a longer period of time.
Most whey protein shakes tend to be a little thin, which feels a lot like drinking milk. But if you like the feeling of being full then this casein protein might be what you're looking for. It's best to take it at night before going to bed, so that you're not going to bed feeling hungry.
Apart from feeling hungry, it does serve a purpose in that it will slow release amino acids throughout the night for a longer period of time than your ordinary whey protein, which means that your muscles with get a steady flow of amino acids while you sleep.
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#2 – MusclePharm Time Release Protein Blend
If you're looking for a slow release protein but don't like having lots of different types of protein powders taking up your shelf space then this could be a good solution as it gives you the best of both worlds, the benefit of Whey as well as the slow release of casein.
There have been a number of mixed reviews, where customers have said that the products taste too sweet. It's great if you have a sweet tooth, but not so if you don't.
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#3 – Dymatize Nutrition Elite Casein
The taste and consistency of Dymatize Nutrition Elite casein appears to be quite good across the board.
Like most of the other casein protein products there are some good and bad reviews on the taste an consistency however, the majority of the reviewers tend to be positive.
One thing that seems to be consistent with a lot of the reviews is that it's always a good idea to experiment with different forms of liquids and blending methods.
Some folks say that milk makes the protein taste a lot better while others blend it with ice and some even add a table spoon of peanut butter.
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#4 – Universal Nutrition Casein Pro
The casein protein by Universal Nutrition is one of the best tasting casein protein we have seen. The taste of the product is second to none and if you like chocolate and peanut butter then you're in for a treat.
This protein blends well with a variety of different liquids, such as milk, almond milk, low fat milk and even water.
If you're not used to the consistency or taste of casein protein then this might be a good place for you to start, because it has been one of the better brands of casein proteins we have reviewed and what we have observed from other people who have purchased the product.
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#5 – MuscleTech Platinum Casein
If you're not used to the taste and the consistency of casein protein then the MuscleTech Platinum casein protein powder may not be a good fit for you.
Whilst it may contain a higher percentage of protein per scoop than some of it's competitors it may also be a lot harder to drink.
Some reviewer say that if you leave it to sit for a while after you have mixed it up with your favorite liquid (like milk, almond milk or water etc) it can really thicken up making it difficult to drink if left too long.
Of course, you want it to thicken up so as to help you feel fuller longer, but not so much that it's hard to drink.
If this has been a problem for you in the past then you should consider using Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Casein as it has the consistency of whey protein and only starts to thicken up in the presents of stomach acid.
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What is Casein Protein?
Milk and dairy products have two main types of proteins in them: whey and casein. "Curds and whey" is a very commonly used phrase that you may possibly have heard, and it refers to these two protein types.
Casein is the protein that forms as "curds" or globules, and is used slightly for various purposes. On the other hand, whey protein refers to the liquid fraction that is dried into the common whey protein powders that most people are familiar with.
Casein is usually overshadowed by its more popular brother, and can at times go unnoticed by individuals who could be benefit from it greatly. There are numerous reasons as to why people need to take casein and numerous reasons why people should take whey protein, and numerous reasons why people ought to take them both!
While whey protein has its place and benefits, there are a host of benefits of using casein protein powder too and we will go over some in the next part before moving further in this casein protein powder review.
Benefits of Casein Protein
One of the main functions of casein, as with any protein, is to aid the body in the buildup and repair of muscles. It also plays a very significant role in fat loss. But, there is a small difference in how it gets this important job done compared to the soy, whey, or any other meat or plant based protein.
The major benefit of casein is that it is digested far slower compared to whey protein. This therefore makes it an ideal alternative when you are looking for something that will keep you feeling full for longer, or want a protein source, which will provide a sustained release of essential amino acids into your bloodstream when you are sleeping.
Not only does this prevent your body from shutting down the vital muscle building process but it keeps your body nourished, and replenishes and repairs the muscles. Always have this in mind when choosing the appropriate time to take your casein protein.
Casein Protein vs. Typical Protein
Is casein better than typical protein? Yes! Casein takes long for it to be digested, meaning that one feel fuller for a longer time compared to when they have taken typical protein. Casein is also very rich in dairy calcium and this isn't the case with typical protein. Calcium is essential in the growth and development of bones and teeth.
However, typical protein tends to be the better choice when you one is trying to get amino acids into their bloodstream quickly. Aside from that, typical protein is also ideal for people with gas problems as opposed to casein which has a high lactose percentage. Lactose is known to cause bloating and other gas problems as well.
When to Take Casein Protein
As previously stated, casein digests slowly so you need to take that into consideration when deciding when to take it. As with most other supplements, it doesn't really matter a lot when you take casein, since your body will have to absorb it anyway. However, since casein protein is very slow digested, there are several recommended times during when you can get the most out of it.
- A few hours before going to work out: It will provide you with nourishment and energy, and can also keep you from feeling worn-out at the gym.
- Immediately you wake up, and this should be right before taking breakfast.
- Immediately after you have worked out
- Right before heading to bed: In fact, this is a very appropriate time because your body will be without food for close to 8 hours, and hence some slow digesting protein will do great.
Sources of Casein Protein
Casein is found in milk, (milk is composed up of 20% whey protein and 80% casein protein) thus it is found in any products stemming from that. Here is a quick list of some of the foods that are known to harbor high casein protein content.
- Milk (80% casein)
- Cottage cheese
- Hard cheese (any type)
- Regular yogurt
- Sour cream
- Greek yogurt
- Pudding
Why You Should Consider Buying Casein Protein
This is a question that gets brought up many times. Do you require an actual casein powder? Can't you just get it from the natural sources?
The answer is no and yes. It is not all people who need casein protein but there those who should definitely consider it, and who may gain more benefits once they start adding it to their daily diet.
If you are an athlete you can greatly benefit from casein, and this ranges from football players, to powerlifters to bodybuilders. If you are engaged in extreme daily physical activities, then chances are that you will definitely benefit a lot from casein protein powder.
Individuals who don't consume enough dairy products can as well benefit from casein supplementation as they are not deriving it from natural resources.
Finally, anyone struggling with protein proficiency ought to consider buying casein protein. In fact, if your doctor recommends a protein supplement, then you casein protein can't go wrong with you.
However, if you don't have any goals in mind, working hard, or training for something then you most probably don't need it.
Choosing the Right Casein Protein Supplement
There are several things to consider when choosing casein protein supplements. If you have never bought a protein supplement before, here is what you need to put into consideration:
- The manufacturers overall production
- Brand reputation
- Flavor and available tastes
- Customer feedback and various user reviews
- Level of trust that customers portray to the supplement
- Convenience in product distribution
- Pricing
There is quite a lot of variation in terms of value for money and purity of the casein protein supplements, available in the market today. However, if you put the above considerations into good use, you can be sure that the supplement you buy will deliver a healthy dose of case protein.
Have in mind that going for the best supplements doesn't necessarily mean that you will have to pay more on the basis of dollar-per-pound. The key lies in paying more attention to the additional ingredients that might help things like performance in the gym and digestion, as well as the amount of casein protein in each serving.
Best Tasting Casein Protein Powder
One of the biggest issues with Casein protein powder is getting a powder that tastes good. Most Casein protein powders don't mix too readily with water and as such can feel a little gluggy to drink. A part from that Casein powder comes in most standard flavors, like Vanilla and Chocolate.
Obviously, there is going to be some debate about which flavor is the best and I think that this is really just personal preference.
Best Casein Protein for Females
There's really no such thing as Casein protein that has been specifically designed for females. But I guess if there was a specific type of Casein protein powder then it would be one that is on the lower side of the caloric chart. Consuming adequate protein is the foundation of keeping lean muscle mass, but so is reducing your overall daily calorie intake.
Best Casein Protein Powder for Weight Loss
As mentioned previously, there's no specific Casein protein powder that has been designed for weight loss, however there are certain blends of protein powders that may aid in weight loss. Consuming a powder that is low in carbohydrates would help to keep the calories down as well as keep your insulin level low.
Best Whey Casein Protein Mix
There are various blend of both Casein and Whey protein powders out there, and a lot of bodybuilders take a diy approach and blend their own protein shakes. This allows them to get the best of both worlds. They get a fast absorbing protein (Whey) that feeds the muscles immediately and they also get a slow releasing protein that will help to feed the muscles over a longer period of time before you're next meal.


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Tuesday's recount of the local election result in Glasgow's Langside ward produced no drama. As predicted, when the contents of ballot box 139 was added to the rest of the votes cast in the ward, the Green's Liam Hainey kept the Glasgow Council seat he was first elected to on the 4th of May. After a few days footering, the Council have now released the full recount data for the ward, including the previously neglected Battlefield votes. For completeness, I've totted these figures up into a new, revised Langside chart. To make drawing comparisons more straightforward, I've also attached the original calculation in the ward, to be followed by a breath or two of commentary from me.
And the original Langside result:
For the SNP to snatch the seat back the third seat in the recount was always going to be tricky, but as you can see, the Greens actually won more comfortably when the Battlefield ballots were included. Wild speculations about what might have happened if Battlefield proved an unexpected Liberal Democrat haven proved wildly far of the mark. Paul Coleshill for the Liberals polled only 7% of first preferences in the additional box of papers, effectively ending any chance they might have had to eliminate the Greens in the sixth round of the allocation. Like many SNP candidates across the city, Hewetson suffered for his alphabetical placing on the ballot paper, disadvantaging him against Hainey in subsequent rounds...
The other first preferences added to the recount calculation were spread as follows:
One factor which might have weighed against the Nationalists was the increase quota. If Susan Aitken's first preferences didn't keep pace with the increases in the quota, her running mate Hewetson would find fewer surplus votes tacking his way. In the event, this didn't materialise, and Aitken's first preference support increased more than the quota for election increased, as did Labour's Archie Graham's. The Greens were greater beneficiaries of Labour surplus transfers (taking 149 votes to the SNP's 81), however, putting them just ahead of the Nationalists on the second round of the recount. With Aitken's transfers reallocated, Hewetson soon clawed back that lead, albeit with a narrower advantage than he'd enjoyed on the first calculation of the results. By round six, the Greens had entirely closed the gap, and were eeksie-peeksie with the SNP. In the seventh round of the original allocation, which saw the Nationalist eliminated, he trailed the Green candidate by 121 votes. In this recount, by round seven, Hewetson was 174 behind. Not a palatial margin of victory for Hainey, but certainly a more comfortable one than he enjoyed in the initial declaration.
Sighs of Green relief all round.