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Is mortality after childhood cancer dependent on social or economic resources of parents? A population-based study
Article first published online: 5 AUG 2011
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.26186
Copyright © 2011 UICC
International Journal of Cancer
Volume 130, Issue 8, pages 1870–1878, 15 April 2012
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Syse, A., Lyngstad, T. H. and Kravdal, O. (2012), Is mortality after childhood cancer dependent on social or economic resources of parents? A population-based study. Int. J. Cancer, 130: 1870–1878. doi: 10.1002/ijc.26186
Publication History
- Issue published online: 22 FEB 2012
- Article first published online: 5 AUG 2011
- Accepted manuscript online: 26 MAY 2011 09:19AM EST
- Manuscript Accepted: 2 MAY 2011
- Manuscript Received: 14 FEB 2011
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- Norwegian Research Council
- Abstract
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- childhood cancer;
- education;
- parent;
- socioeconomic status;
- mortality;
- mother;
- survival;
- family;
- sibling;
- disparities
Diagnostic and treatment protocols for childhood cancer are generally standardized, and therefore, survival ought to be fairly equal across social strata in societies with free public health care readily available. Nevertheless, our study explores whether there are disparities in mortality after childhood cancer in Norway depending on socioeconomic status of parents. Limited knowledge on differentials exists from earlier analyses. Discrete-time hazard regression models for all-cause mortality for the first 10 years after diagnosis were estimated for all Norwegian children (younger than 20 years), who were diagnosed with cancer during 1974–2007 (N = 6,280), using data from five national registers. Mortality was reduced by about 15% for children with highly educated mothers and children without siblings. These effects were most pronounced for cancers predicted to encompass intense, long-lasting treatments resulting in chronic health problems. Neither earnings nor the marital status of parents affected children's survival. This large, registry-based study suggests that time constraints and various noneconomic rewards of parents from their education appears to have an impact on childhood cancer survival. It may be that children with resourceful parents are healthier at the outset and/or are more likely to avoid later health problems. It may also be that children of well-informed and strongly involved parents are offered better treatment or are able to make better use of what is offered, for instance, by adhering more closely to recommendations for follow-up treatment. The possibility of such differentials in offered and actual treatment should be addressed in future research.
The general inverse association between childhood mortality and socioeconomic status is well established.1 However, little is known about the impact of specific parental socioeconomic resources on childhood cancer survival.2–9 Diagnostic procedures and treatment protocols for these diseases are largely standardized and centralized in developed countries,10 and childhood cancer survival is therefore assumed to be fairly equal across different social groups.
For children with cancer and their families, it is important to ensure that treatment outcomes are maximized. If survival differences exist across social groups, clinical interventions ought to be targeted to ensure optimal care for all. Therefore, we explore the extent to which mortality after childhood cancer depends on parental resources or socioeconomic status more generally in a society with presumably equal access to high quality cancer care.
The Norwegian public health care system offers all residents free cancer diagnosis and treatment.11 Private health services that exist typically handle less critical conditions and provide neither primary nor follow-up treatment for cancer. Further, because of highly standardized procedures conducted within centralized designated pediatric hospital departments,11, 12 children supposedly receive the same initial and subsequent treatment regardless of where in the country they live and independent of resources and personal initiatives of their parents vis-à-vis health personnel. Thus, if there were no other determinants of the survival from these cancers, one would expect to see small differentials in survival by, for example, education or other sociodemographic characteristics of parents. However, reality may be more complex. Treatments may perhaps be less standardized than widely assumed, and there may be sociodemographic variations in the abilities of families to comply with the recommendations for follow-up assessments and treatment, in developed countries as well as in poorer settings.7, 13 This might be of particular relevance in out-patient hospital settings or community-based primary care settings, where patients in general have to take on more responsibility to achieve appropriate care. Cancer may also be diagnosed earlier in some social groups than others, which may be important for survival. In addition, some children may have poorer health than others at the time of diagnosis, with consequences for survival prospects, or they may develop diseases after diagnosis that are unrelated to the malignancy but increase the chance of dying from it. These so-called "host factors" are probably influenced by, for example, socioeconomic resources of families, as is all-cause mortality in this age group.1
Our study aims to assess whether mortality from childhood cancer in Norway is influenced by the mother's age, education and marital status, the combined annual labor earnings of mother and father and whether they have additional children. If effects of this kind are observed after taking stage at time of diagnosis into account, one or more of the other aforementioned mechanisms must have some relevance. Should there be no effect, the pathways either counteract each other or they are all unimportant, which may suggest that the public health care system serves one of its major purposes well.
Discrete-time hazard regression models are estimated from nationwide registers, and all-cause mortality among all Norwegian children younger than 20 years, who are diagnosed with cancer between 1974 and 2007, is assessed. No earlier Norwegian study has addressed the possibility of sociodemographic variations in childhood cancer survival, but such variations in adult cancer survival have been documented.14–16 There is also limited knowledge about the importance of socioeconomic resources of parents from other countries, where effects also may be expected to be dissimilar because of inherent differences in the health care and welfare systems. One study from New Zealand showed that cancer survival was significantly reduced if a parent did not have a registered occupation or if a parent was unemployed, and an adverse effect of low education was also weakly indicated, while single parenthood had no impact.2 Similarly, ethnicity did not play a role.4 A relatively small, older study from the Netherlands concluded that educational level of parents had only a minor impact on childhood leukemia survival in the period 1973–1979.5 A Korean study from 2009 found that parental resources played a minor role,3 whereas a more recent study by the same authors found a clear inverse relationship between childhood cancer mortality and parental socioeconomic position.9 In developing countries, parental resources have been documented to have a significant beneficial effect.7, 8
Survival rates have improved substantially over the last decades for most childhood cancers.17 However, childhood cancers represent diverse diseases treated differently and with dissimilar risks for poor outcomes.17–20 Thus, the burden associated with modern pediatric oncology treatment varies considerably, as certain cancers are treated by one modality for a short period of time, whereas others involve active multimodal treatments for many years often associated with potential life-threatening complications.21 The latter treatments also require prolonged and more frequent hospitalizations in which one of the parents generally accompanies the child. In our study, we assess whether the sociodemographic variation in survival is more pronounced in the latter cases, which seems highly likely.
Material and Methods
Data on all Norwegian children diagnosed with cancer at age 0–19 years from 1974 to 2007 (N = 6,280) and on their parents were extracted from five sources and linked by means of the personal identification number assigned to everyone who has lived in Norway after 1960 (Tables 1 and 2). The "Norwegian Population Register," the "Norwegian Education Register" and the "Norwegian Directorate of Taxes" provided information on the children's date of birth, death or emigration, identifiers of the parents, dates of birth of the parents and their other children, dates of death or emigration of parents, their highest attained education, their marital status and their gross labor earnings. Information on cancer form, stage and date of diagnosis was extracted from the "Cancer Registry of Norway," which has registered all cancer diagnoses nationwide since 1953. Mandatory reporting from clinicians, pathologists and death certificates ensures completeness and high data quality.22 Data on initial and subsequent courses of treatment are unfortunately not available. The "Cause-of-Death Registry" provided information on cause of death for the children who died. Children whose parents could not be identified (1%) were excluded from the analysis.
For each child, a series of 1 month observations were created, starting at time of diagnosis and ending at time of death or emigration, when a second cancer was diagnosed, after 10 years had passed since diagnosis, or on December 31, 2007, whichever occurred first. Each observation included various characteristics of the child, its disease and its parents. The outcome variable was whether the child died within the month or not. The statistical significance level was set at 5%. Almost all deaths (i.e., >95%) were registered as due to cancer. Counting only these (i.e., analyzing so-called "corrected survival" rather than "observed survival") gave very similar results. Logistic models were estimated from the entire pool of 1 month observations, using the Proc Logistic procedure in SAS® 9.2.23 In total, there were 1,619 deaths within 500,837 person-months of observation. On average, each child contributed 6.7 observation years.
All models included time since diagnosis, child's age at diagnosis, current calendar year, whether the parents were married to each other at time of diagnosis, number of siblings, mother's age when the child was born, her education at time of diagnosis and the average combined earnings of the mother and the father during the last 3 years before diagnosis (Table 3). There were few observations with missing values on one or more of the variables included in the final model, and the point estimates remained virtually unchanged after their exclusion (not shown). The largest number of missing values was seen for education and marital status (2.8 and 2.6%, respectively), whereas the percentages missing for income, mother's age at birth and number of siblings were only 1.3, 0.7 and 0.7%, respectively. Number of siblings was defined as the number of other children born to the mother before the diagnosis, but the number of siblings on the father's side was nearly identical. Educational level of father could not be included in addition to that of the mother, because of a high degree of educational homogamy in Norway.24 Substituting education of mothers with that of fathers yielded fairly similar estimates (not shown). For the same reason, only age of mothers was included.
Some cancer types are more aggressive than others. In case these also occur more frequently in some groups than others, cancer type was controlled for in all models. However, it turned out that this adjustment was unnecessary, that is, the distribution of the cancer cases is fairly random. Stage at diagnosis was included in one model to assess its importance as a causally intermediate factor (Table 3). In a final step, models were estimated separately for mothers with a higher versus a lower education, for children with and without siblings at diagnosis, for cancer forms anticipated to create long-lasting care burdens versus the remaining and for an early (before 1990) versus later (during or after 1990) diagnostic period (Table 4). The cancer forms anticipated to involve long-term care burdens include central nervous system (CNS) tumors, leukemias (acute myelogenous leukemia excluded), neuroblastomas, and bone cancers.21 These cut off points were chosen a priori based on knowledge of prognosis and treatment protocols for childhood cancer in Norway and the changes that have taken place over time.
Descriptive statistics
The most common cancer forms among children were CNS tumors, leukemias, lymphomas, germ cell cancers and neuroblastomas (Table 1). Approximately 45% of the cancers were diagnosed at a localized stage, and only 6% had metastases at time of diagnosis. Cancer was most common among children older than 15 years (36%) and younger than 5 years (29%). The number of annual childhood cancer cases has been quite stable.22
The vast majority (75%) of the children had mothers who were between 20 and 29 years old at the time of their birth, and 27% had mothers with a tertiary education (Table 2). Approximately 16% did not have siblings at time of diagnosis, whereas 40% had one sibling, 28% had two siblings and 16% had three or more siblings. Nearly 70% of the children had parents who were married at time of diagnosis. Only approximately 5% of the births in Norway are to mothers who are neither cohabiting nor married,25 so the remaining 30% of the children probably have either cohabiting parents or have experienced disruption and live with only one of the parents. The median annual combined gross labor market earnings of parents before diagnosis was $47,000, and only one-fourth of the children had parents who made <$10,000 or >$100,000 per year.
Mortality differentials after childhood cancer
Mortality increases from the first to the second half of the year after diagnosis and then declines (Table 3). As expected, the estimates also showed that there has been a substantial improvement in survival over time. The lowest mortality was seen for children diagnosed before the age of 15 years (a 22% advantage compared to the oldest children), those with no siblings (a 20% advantage) and those having mothers with a tertiary education (a 14% advantage). The survival was not affected by the marital status of parents, the mother's age at birth or the earnings of the parents. Mortality was highest for leukemia, bone cancer, hepatic cancer, soft-tissue cancer, neuroblastoma and CNS tumors. As expected, the outcome after localized cancer was clearly superior to that of more advanced cancer. When stage was included in the model, the effects of number of siblings and mother's education remained virtually unchanged (Table 3).
Results from stratified analyses are portrayed in Table 4. Stratifying the children by the educational level of their mothers (high, i.e., above high school level, versus low, i.e., high school level or below) resulted in a statistically significant advantage of 22% of being an only child for children with mothers with a low educational level. However, this was not observed for children with mothers with a high education. A nonsignificant protective effect was also suggested for children with married mothers with a high education.
When stratifying the children by having sibling(s) versus being an only child, similar results were obtained. The mother's educational level was unimportant for children who had cancer and no siblings. However, children who had cancer and also sibling(s) at time of diagnosis had a 21% lower death probability if their mothers had a high education.
For children with cancers that require long-term treatments, having no siblings or better-educated mothers was associated with a statistically significant mortality advantage of approximately 18–19%. This relationship was present but not significant for those with other cancers. A mortality disadvantage of 42% was observed for the oldest children with chronic cancers, whereas an advantage was seen for other cancers in this age group.
The protective effect of higher education of mothers was similar across the diagnostic periods, whereas the advantageous effect of being an only child was statistically significant only for children diagnosed in the early period (Table 4).
This large registry-based study shows that survival after childhood cancer depends on the family's resources: mortality was reduced by approximately 15–20% for children without siblings and children whose mothers have tertiary education. However, stratified analyses suggest that these effects are restricted to cancers that involve long-term treatment. The earnings of parents seem to have no effect above and beyond education, and there is also no or minor impact of age or marital status of parents. Existing similar studies, based on smaller data sets for other countries, have not shown such a clear relationship between parental education and survival from childhood cancer,2, 5, 7, 26 but our results are in line with those from a recent, large Korean study.9 No earlier investigation has addressed the possible importance of siblings. The lack of effect of marital status accords well with the literature. Income effects have been reported by some authors,2, 3 but comparison to studies from different countries is complicated due to dissimilar health care and welfare systems.
Effects of being an only child at the time of diagnosis
Stage at the time of diagnosis turned out to be relatively unimportant, and in principle, two main channels remain for the various sociodemographic factors to operate through in affecting cancer survival: treatment (the primary and follow-up treatment that is offered and the family's ability to make good use of it) and "host factors" (the child's health at the time of diagnosis and later health problems unrelated to the malignancy). The presence of siblings may have the consequence that the parents can devote less time to assisting the sick child, which could have effect through both pathways.27 Although it may be the case that every child in Norway is offered the same cancer treatment, regardless of any personal initiatives from eager parents vis-à-vis the health personnel, mothers and fathers with additional family obligations might be less likely to comply with the recommended procedures for follow-up and less attentive to any unforeseen problems that they ideally should seek help for. When there are more children, there is also less to spend on each,28 given the family income, but the lack of effect of the earnings of parents suggests that such economic factors are generally unimportant. It is also possible that having more siblings that compete for the time of parents increases the chance of comorbidities before or after diagnosis, though there is little evidence for such effects in developed countries. The above arguments are particularly relevant for cancers that require long-term treatment and thus develop into rather chronic health conditions. Thus, it is reasonable that we see the sharpest effects of the number of siblings in these instances.
Effects of the education of parents
The better survival among children with a better-educated mother, and thus also usually a better-educated father, may partly be the result of these parents having a higher level of health literacy, that is, being better able to communicate and interact with health care personnel and navigate the health care system. Furthermore, parents who have high education generally hold more flexible jobs that make it easier to spend time in hospitals with their children. All this may increase the chance of the child receiving adequate follow-up treatment. For similar reasons, children of better-educated parents may also have better health at diagnosis and thus avoid later comorbidities. Thus, it appears reasonable that the observed effects are sharpest for the cancers that require long-term treatment.
The lack of effect of earnings and marital status of parents
It would not be unreasonable to expect an effect of the income of parents, even within a public health care setting. Couples with higher incomes might, for instance, find it easier to reduce their working hours to provide extra care for their child, with implications for the child's follow-up treatment as well as the chance of avoiding comorbidities. Children from richer families may also have better health at time of diagnosis. However, the lack of effect suggests that these mechanisms on the whole are of little importance in Norway. The effect of marital status of parents, net of the other variables included in the model, might be expected to affect the survival largely through time constraints: To the extent that a child with unmarried parents lives with only one parent, there may be less time available to help and care for the child, in particular, if the other parent is less involved and/or supportive. This might seem to be an important factor in light of the previously discussed sibling effect. However, no effect is observed of marital status of parents, and the reason may be that most of the unmarried parents are cohabitants, or that also the nonresident parent contributes in case of a child's cancer illness.
The results from this large, registry-based study suggest that survival after childhood cancer depends in part on the resources of families. Time constraints and various noneconomic rewards of parents from their education appear to have an impact on childhood cancer survival. One reason may be that children of well-informed and strongly involved parents actually may be offered better initial and/or subsequent treatment, even within a universal health care setting with limited private alternatives and supposedly highly standardized treatment protocols in place.7 Alternatively, such parents may be able to make better use of what is offered, for example, by following recommendations for out-patient follow-up care more closely.29 It is also possible that their children are healthier at the outset, or that they are more likely to avoid later health problems that are unrelated to the malignancy but that weaken the survival prospects. Given the widely accepted idea that the health care system should reach well out to everyone and the suspicion that this perhaps is not quite the case after all, a careful analysis of possible treatment differentials using longitudinal directly measured treatment data should be welcome in future studies. Although a key concern would be that everyone is offered the same treatment, attention should also be given to the degree of compliance, as it might be argued that this is not solely an individual responsibility but resides within the domain of public policy. Should no such differences in treatment be revealed in future studies, the observed effects must be due to differences in general health (behavior), which would indicate the need for health policy initiatives of a different type. It is obviously challenging to generalize to other settings and, in particular, with respect to the effects of economic resources. Presumably, they could be expected to be even more pronounced in most other countries with less generous health and welfare systems. Cross-national research on treatment decisions, health care delivery and utilization across social groups to further comprehend discrepancies in outcomes after childhood cancer appears warranted.
The authors thank Hilde Lie and Camilla Serkland at the Cancer registry of Norway for assistance with childhood cancer diagnosis coding.
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Martin and Renshaw will implement the next chapter of The Living Garden with Living Garden Creations, which will include a start-up Living Garden Juice Bar and a Kokomo Urban Agriculture Initiative, with business and residential locations already donating land for 10 different project sites.
The result, Martin said, will be a balance between a business and nonprofit model to help Kokomo make good use of its urban green spaces.
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The Staten Island Economic Development Corporation (SIEDC), which spearheaded the West Shore Green Zone, is hoping this is the start of an urban farming trend in the borough. (Courtesy of Living Restoration)
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The farm was planted in October on Bloomfield Avenue on underutilized property in the West Shore Green Zone owned by ADCO Electrical Co.
The West Shore, viewed as New York City's "final frontier" of vacant industrially zoned land, will also soon be home to seven new businesses.
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With about a dozen urban farms operating in Baltimore, city officials are investigating other ways to use vacant lots, said Jenny Guillaume, the Growing Green Initiative coordinator for the city's Office of Sustainability. The city started a push for more community gardens in 2011 to uplift blighted neighborhoods, give families access to more healthy food options and help unemployed residents earn money.
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A body mounted weapons platform is disclosed that attaches to a user's forearm and allows the user to mount within it one or two firearms (depending on the user's preferred embodiment) and two cameras. Both embodiments of the body mounted weapons platform will help improve optical reconnaissance, firearm safety, and targeting skills.
1. An apparatus for improving targeting and optimal recognizance, comprising:
a body attaching member;
a base member in communication with said body attaching member, said base member having a rear end;
at least one firearm receiving section on said base member;
at least one camera receiving section on said base member;
a battery in communication with said firearm-receiving section;
a solenoid switch in communication with said at least one firearm receiving section; and
a selector switch in communication with said at least one firearm receiving section.
2. The apparatus of
3. An apparatus for improving targeting and optimal recognizance comprising:
a body attaching member;
a base member in communication with said body attaching member;
at least one lethal firearm receiving section on said base member;
at least one non-lethal firearm receiving section on said base member;
at least one camera receiving section on said base member;
a flashlight receiving section on said base member;
a tazer receiving section on said base member;
a solenoid switch in communication with said lethal firearm receiving section and said non-lethal firearm receiving section; and
a selector switch in communication with said lethal firearm receiving section and said non-lethal firearm receiving section.
4. The apparatus of
5. The apparatus of
6. The apparatus of
7. The apparatus of
8. The apparatus of
9. The apparatus of
10. The apparatus of
11. The apparatus of
1. Field of the Invention
This invention pertains to an improved platform to which weapons could be mounted, and is specifically directed to a device designed for mounting a firearm and two cameras (for improved targeting) to the forearm.
2. Discussion of Related Art
Military and law enforcement officers use firearms on a daily basis; however there are many concerns with the current method of firearms use. The first concern is that oftentimes conditions are such that visibility or optical reconnaissance is extremely low. During times of smoke, rain, fog, and darkness, visibility is low, and firearms users cannot efficiently find their target.
Another concern is the safety of the user and others. Users can become unsteady, and because there is no safety net for most weapons if the weapons slip out of a user's hands, not only can the weapons fall into the wrong hands, but they could potentially cause harm if misfired. Most firearms are not affixed to anything, and because human nature warrants that an individual could potentially lose their balance or grip, the firearm may cause safety concerns.
Finally, users may need to find their target and aim without the cognizance of the target. Particularly in the instance of the military and law enforcement, oftentimes they cannot afford to stand up, face their target, aim, and shoot. Users do not have a way of targeting without getting into a stance, and because of that, firearms can in turn be inefficient.
Relevant art has attempted to address some (but not all) of these problems, however has not directly addressed all of these concerns. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,032,397, issued on Mar. 7, 2000, to lannetta discloses a comb assembly for a firearm which is designed to reduce rearwards and upwards recoil of a firearm towards the shooter's cheek at the time of firing by mounting a firearm stock on a shoulder firearm with not as much recoil. Iannetta's device, however, does not address any of the concerns relating to limited visibility, target cognizance, and even the safety of the user and others. Although it presents the idea of a mounted firearm, it simply mounts it on another firearm, which could potentially cause the same problems as if it was not mounted on anything.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,556,245, issued on Apr. 29, 2003, to Holmberg, discloses a video camera that can be mounted to a firearm or blow for recording game hunting. The camera has a quick release mount system that allows the video camera to slide on to and off of the weapon with ease. Holmberg's invention, however, does not address the safety concerns associated with firearms that have no safety net. Furthermore, Holmberg's device does not provide a means by which an individual can improve visibility while advancing their targeting abilities.
Furthermore, Japanese Pat. 58022448, issued on Feb. 14, 1983, by Matsumoto discloses a lens on a hand-held that is light and can perform a conversion of a focal distance which can create a snapshot. This lens can then be fit into a gun rack, and installing the rear lens barrel can improve the optical adjustment. Matsumoto's invention, however, magnifies the concern regarding safety because this weapon is rather light, and therefore can easily slip out of the user's hands. Furthermore, Holmberg's invention does not disclose that the lens in any way can aid during times of limited visibility.
It is time for a device for firearms that improves visibility, provides a mode for safe use of firearms, and advances targeting. Although prior art attempts to somewhat solve some of these problems, prior art does not come close to providing a device that quenches all of the concerns regarding firearms and users.
This invention discloses a Body Mounted Weapons Platform (hereinafter "BMWP"), which is a device that attaches to the right (or left, depending on the user's inclination) forearm, and allows the user to mount within it one or two firearms and two cameras. The device itself is designed such that it provides the user support as he is operating the firearm, while the device stays on the user's arm via a hook-look-type fastener. Furthermore, the cameras are designed such that they provide the user better optical reconnaissance. The BMWP is designed to utilize cameras that have the capability of seeing in light or dark, and through weather conditions such as rain, smoke or fog. Furthermore, they allow individuals who do not trust their eyes (because of vision problems) to have better visibility while operating their firearm. The cameras also provide the user a full field of view with out exposing oneself because of the fact that they will be able to see through the cameras without having to target in the traditional "stand in front of the target" fashion.
As seen in the attached drawings, the present invention is attached to the right forearm using a hook-and-loop-type fastener sleeve (10), or any other material that may be used in furtherance of the principles of this invention. Shown in
The apparatus has two cutouts for cameras. The first 2.5�4- inch or 4�4-inch (depending on the preferred embodiment) cutout (20) is for the main camera, such as one of the many military cameras made by ITT. The second 1.0�2.5-inch halfmoon cutout (30) is designed for a camera such as the Smith and Wesson camera system. Although these two particular types of cameras work well with the present invention, the invention is not limited to solely those cameras, and is designed to use any camera that fulfills the purpose of this invention. Furthermore, with the advent of video imaging and audio capabilities, the cutouts may use cameras that can provide electronic capability for video and audio broadcast. As shown in
The present invention can hold either one or two weapons, depending on the embodiment the user prefers. Mounting plates (90) are first permanently affixed to the firearm by placing the firearm's recoil buffer into a hole (100) specifically designed for that specific firearm. For example, a hole (100) for an M16 will be 1-inch, which is the size of its recoil buffer. (
The following are embodiments of the invention that employ the use of either one or two firearms. While still presenting the same features that make them novel and non-obvious, they can be used for different functions while still presenting the same desired results.
1. Body Mounted Weapons Platform-One Firearm
The first embodiment allows the user to mount within it one firearm, and the firearm can be removed and replaced with different firearms for different operations, depending on the requirements of the user. The firearm may be inserted as directed above, and requires bolting of 4 screws (120) to hold down the barrel (70), as shown in
2. Body Mounted Weapons Platform-Two Firearms
The second embodiment incorporates both lethal (150) and non-lethal (160) firearms. In addition to the two camera cutouts described earlier, this model contains cutouts for the installation of lights (170) and tazers (180). The tazers (180), cutout for lethal (150), and nonlethal (160) weapons allow the user many options for dealing with any combat situation (
The firearms in this particular embodiment cannot be removed or replaced, and the barrels are bolted to the front two mounting plates that lock down over the barrels. The mounting plate for the non-lethal firearm is 2�2-inches and the mounting plate for the lethal firearm is 2�2-inches. For assembly purposes, the lethal weapon (150) is canted at a 45-degree angle, allowing it to feed and eject easily, as shown in
This embodiment also contains a solenoid selector switch (270) which is located on the side of the handgrip, as shown in
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Hellboy: A Reel Collection Review
This is an incredibly well-presented DVD set, which contains one of the most uniquely dark and compelling comic book adaptations in recent years. The Reel Collection currently consists of quite a varied and yet oddly modest compilation of films, spread across genres as varied as horror, the historical war movie, science-fiction and some of the great modern classics of...
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Where did all the special features go?
This 2012 limited steelbook edition Blu-ray contains the following special features:
Director commentary
Making Of documentary
Deleted scenes
Production workshops
Understanding Comics with Scott McCloud
The DVD set I bought in 2005 has all of the above, plus the following:
Director intro
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Hellboy: A Reel Collection Review,
This review is from: Hellboy - The Reel Collection [DVD] (DVD)
This is an incredibly well-presented DVD set, which contains one of the most uniquely dark and compelling comic book adaptations in recent years. The Reel Collection currently consists of quite a varied and yet oddly modest compilation of films, spread across genres as varied as horror, the historical war movie, science-fiction and some of the great modern classics of cinema. So I doubt that anyone except the most die-hard of film-buffs could justify to themselves purchasing all twelve of the movies in this eclectic compilation, at least not purely for the sake of owning every edition. But going by the quality of this particular example, I have to admit to being tempted myself.
I bought this DVD because I wanted a special edition of this film, a film that in my view breathes new life and dynamism into one of my favourite comic book creations and this edition is nothing if not special...
The Case - composed of a durable, thick card depicting a great image of the film's hero and with an aperture that reveals the tin inside.
Interior - thick protective black foam protects the old-style replica film reel tin that holds the two DVD discs - one for the film and the other for the special-features.
Art Cards (x4) - can be found stored behind the foam. These glossy high-quality images depict some of the best characters and scenes from the movie. On the reverse of each is a short anecdote on the making of the film.
Last, but not least - the menu's and extra's are well-presented and completely comprehensive, just as with the normal 2-disc version, no fan of `Hellboy' could wish for more. In conclusion - I recommend snapping up your copy before it disappears forever.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars region label,
This review is from: Hellboy--Steelbook (Blu-ray + UV Copy) [2004] (Blu-ray)
DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE AMAZON DESCRIPTION. This steelbook IS region free. It was listed as such during during pre-order period but amazon changed description to B/2 a few days before release for some asinine reason and practically gave me a heart attack. ABC region free symbol is visible on back cover and on the disc. I live in region 1 and it plays fine.
run time is labeled incorrectly as well. this is the director's cut - 132 min.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Where did all the special features go?,
xandermac05 (Glasgow, Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hellboy--Steelbook (Blu-ray + UV Copy) [2004] (Blu-ray)
This 2012 limited steelbook edition Blu-ray contains the following special features:
Director commentary
Making Of documentary
Deleted scenes
Production workshops
Understanding Comics with Scott McCloud
The DVD set I bought in 2005 has all of the above, plus the following:
Director intro
Composer commentary with isolated score
Branching comics
Set visits
Script supervisor's book
Director's notebook
Selma Blair intro
Character biographies
Storyboard/scene comparison
Multi-angle breakdowns
Character sculpture vid gallery
Poster explorations
Ron Perlman intro
Cast video commentary
Comic-Con 2002 Q&A
Production Design galleries
Mike Mignola production art
Concept art galleries
Comic art pinups
+ easter eggs
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Perlman is perfect,
This review is from: Hellboy [DVD] [2004] (DVD)
First off, all those who think this rendition of a comicbook hero fails, have missed the point: Hellboy is very much an ANTI-HERO. How many big-and-bad action heroes do you know who like cats, and eating chillie? Hellboy would rather be eating chillie, and sitting among his many cats, than fighting evil. The juxtaposition of this big softy fighting evil monsters and the undead, accentuated by his comical self-deprecating one-liners which he mutters after vanquishing a villain, is funny. He'd rather be doing anything than fighting evil, and it's this conflict within him which forms the foundation for the film.
'Hellboy', to me anyway, was always a good old fashioned, tongue-in-cheek, good-versus-evil romp and there's now't wrong with that.
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I'm fireproof... you're not,
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This review is from: Hellboy [DVD] [2004] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
When I first read about Hellboy I was a little unsure about the concept, don't get me wrong, I have a particular fascination for movies based on comic characters - especially Marvell comic characters, though being honest I'd never even heard of Hellboy, and based on what I'd read about the character; a red being/creature with one big stone hand/fist and a red pointed tail who, as a child was transported from another dimension (or hell if you like) during a Nazi experiment and is then captured and raised by a secret CIA type organisation and trained to fight evil in return for sanctuary just sounded a little too much for me. However, when I discovered that Ron Perlman (Blade2, Alien Resurrection) had been cast for the part of Hellboy, I decided to give it a watch, and I'm glad I did, it's brilliant!
Ron Perlman is a fine actor, and is brilliant as Hellboy. His fantastic deep rich voice and dry sarcastic wit combined with his cool facial expressions just bring the character to life in a way I don't think anyone else could... Ron Perlman IS Hellboy; He was made for the part!
The story/plot is pretty much standard fair; an evil adversary (Rasputin!) is planning to open a portal to hell and bring civilisation as we know it to an end, and yep you guessed it, Hellboy has to stop him. However, this evil enemy is also not of this earth and has the power to summon all manner of mythical creatures etc to help him achieve his goal; consequently the film is awash with all manner of high quality special effects and CGI, which only adds to this films appeal.
Definitely recommended, I loved it, I'm sure you will too.
Hellboy 2 is already underway; I just hope it's as enjoyable as this.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhere between Heaven and Hell...,
Lucy Felthouse (Derbyshire, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hellboy [DVD] [2004] (DVD)
This completely passed me by when it first came out, but given I've now seen a trailer for the second film, which looks fantastic, I thought I'd better get my hands on this and check it out. And it's certainly worth a watch.
The film begins during World War II. Mad man Rasputin is in cahoots with Hitler, and together they manage to open the gates to the supernatural world. By the time the good guys manage to restore normality, the portal was open for long enough for something to escape. Soon enough, they discover something did. And it turns out to be a cute little monster-type thing. Only it is not as harmless as it looks, the 'thing' is in fact a baby demon, capable of wreaking complete and utter havoc on the world. As the bad guys aren't around, the kind-hearted Professor Bloom takes charge of the little creature, and brings it up as his son. So what could have been the scourge of the earth is in fact one of its biggest protectors. The aptly-named Hellboy is trained to obliterate the bad guys. However, in doing so, he's attracting a lot of attention.
Squeaky-clean FBI agent Myers is brought in to try and keep tabs on Hellboy's actions and stop him from causing so much havoc. However, he doesn't do such a great job. He develops a crush on Liz, the love of his charge's life, which just gives Hellboy another reason to misbehave. They're soon forced to club together, though, when the evil Rasputin reappears, once again dead-set on destroying the earth. But will Hellboy follow his destiny as a demon and help bring about the end of the world, or will he stand true and defeat the enemy? Only one way to find out...
This wasn't a bad film. It wasn't the most tense or action-packed superhero movie I've seen, but it wasn't the worst, either. It's probably not as popular as some of the other movies due to the fact the character isn't quite up there with Spiderman, Batman and Superman, but if you're into the genre, you should definitely watch it. It's a bit different, it's got humour, it's tongue in cheek, and there are many worse ways to while away a couple of hours.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Comic Book Adventure from Guillermo Del Torro and Mike Mignola,
John Kwok (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HELLBOY 2 Disc Special Edition [Region 1 NTSC] (DVD)
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army" is a fun comic book adventure that's one of the better films I have seen this year. Director/writer Guillermo Del Toro and writer - and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola - have crafted a superb superhero action adventure film featuring the often-overlooked Ron Perlman as that devilish hero Hellboy. Sure, he's a flawed son of Satan now committed to fighting for "truth, justice and the American way" (oops, wrong superhero, but you get my point), while also indulging in beer and expensive Cuban cigars. But this time around, he has two problems. First, his relationship with his long-time girlfriend, the fiery Liz (Selma Blair) seems to be reaching a new low - or rather is it? Second, he must deal with the war-like wishes of Elven prince Nuada (Luke Goss), seeking to save his Elvish people from humanity, by resurrecting the legendary, immortal Golden Army. So does Hellboy succeed with his pals Liz and Abe Sapien (Doug Jones) in resisting Prince Nuada's hostile intentions towards humanity? While I won't spoil the fun - but instead, urge you to see the film - I shall note that you'll laugh, cry and eat lots of popcorn watching Hellboy and his friends at work, trying to save America and the rest of humanity. And once you do see the film, I hope that you will realize how ready director Guillermo Del Toro is in tackling J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" as his next cinematic masterpiece after "Pan's Labyrinth".
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie and fantastic Blu-ray,
Heresy "Heresy" (Frisco, TX USA) - See all my reviews
I love this movie and think Ron Perlman is the perfect Hellboy. I loved the story, all of the special effects and, especially, the cast.
The Blu-ray is equally fantastic; the picture quality and lossless PCM soundtrack are amazing. This is a definite A+, must have Blu-ray if you like this movie.
I imported this to the US and it plays on US players (it is encoded for all regions) so if you cannot wait for the US release later this year and want a sure thing, great import this is a great one.
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars HELLBOY Blu-ray UK,
MartinD1 "Martin The One" (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - See all my reviews
As dark forces gather to hasten the Apocalypse, Hellboy fights fire with fire and humour in this mind-blasting supernatural action-adventure from visionary director Guillermo del Toro (Blade II, Pan's Labyrinth). Based on the comic book.
Special features:
- Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary.
- Featurettes.
- Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation Documentary.
- Director's Commentary.
Audio format: English 5.1 | English PCM 5.1 | Spanish 5.1 | Spanish PCM 5.1
Video format: Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
Subtitles: English Hard Of Hearing | English | Hindi | Spanish
- This is the Director's Cut of Hellboy which includes 12-13 minutes of extra material put back into the film.
- The Spanish audio tracks are in Castillian Spanish not Latin.
- The Subtitles options extend to the special features. All special features have subtitles in English, Spanish and Hindi languages.
If you speak english or spanish this has to be the best edition around. I believe the USA edition doesn't have Spanish subtitles and the other editions doesn't have subtitles in the special features so this is the best edition to buy.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars In the absence of light, darkness prevails,
EA Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
While some good directors never quite "get it," it took Guillermo Del Toro only one misfire -- the icky, slow-paced "Blade 2" -- to get the whole comic-book adaptation thing right.
In fact, just about everything is right with "Hellboy" -- Del Toro crafted an action blockbuster with a grimy, slimy cult-movie feel and a quirky sense of humor. It's graced with excellent acting, spectacular action scenes, and the trappings of clockpunk and Lovecraftian horror -- not to mention that it stars a six-foot-tall scarlet demon with a soft spot for kittens.
In 1944, young Professor Broom accompanied an army regiment to a remote Scottish island, where the Nazis -- led by Rasputin -- were about to open a portal to another world, and allow the vast tentacled Ogru Jahad (Seven Gods of Chaos) to enter our world. Rasputin and the Nazis were destroyed, but something came through the portal -- a baby demon, whom Broom names Hellboy.
Fast-forward sixty years -- a grown Hellboy (Ron Perlman) and his fishy friend Abe (Doug Jones) are working at a paranormal government agency that specializes in policing the supernatural, with the weirded-out Agent Myers (Rupert Evans) just joining the team. Soon afterwards, Hellboy is called on to kill Sammael the Hellhound -- but it turns out that Sammael can replicate himself indefinitely.
As Hellboy and his team try to hunt down the remaining Sammaels, the dying Professor Broom (John Hurt) finds that a revived Rasputin and his immortal Nazi followers have orchestrated all this. And Rasputin is continuing to pull the strings behind the scenes -- including using Hellboy's love Liz (Selma Blair), a depressed pyrokinetic. And when Hellboy suffers a devastating loss, his journey will take him right back to his roots -- and the potential destruction of the world.
Watching "Hellboy," it's easy to see how Guillermo Del Toro because world-famous for the exquisitely dark "Pan's Labyrinth," and why he's been chosen to direct the forthcoming "Hobbit" movies. This adaptation could have just been another paint-by-numbers comic-book story, but Del Toro gives it the kind of grime, quirk, brains and heart that a lasting cult movie should have.
Part of that cult appeal is "Hellboy's" distinctive look, with Lovecraftian tentacle-gods and some steampunky details. And the action scenes are pretty spectacular -- trains, slimy hellhounds, sword-swinging Nazis with chopped-up faces, giant clock cogs, and a fiery explosion in a mental asylum. And there are some truly spectacular action scenes in a vast underground labyrinth, full of ancient hammers and collapsing bridges. There's just enough action and grossness, without going overboard.
But Del Toro is able to balance out the action with some truly touching moments, such as the aged Broom's final scenes in his firelit study. And there's a lot of dark humor here as well -- and not all of it is Hellboy's dry one-liners. The movie is liberally peppered with dark humor moments ("1945, you mean. Hitler died in '45." "DID he now?"), including some hilariously macabre scenes involving a bad-tempered Russian zombie ("This is Ivan Klimatovich. Say hi, Ivan." "Go that way, Red Monkey!").
Most importantly, Del Toro is able to give his characters little human quirks -- hair plugs, love of cats, and Hellboy sanding down his horns in the morning. Perlman is simply amazing as "Red," whose gruff scarlet exterior hides a kindly, affectionate heart. Not many actors could emote through that many prosthetics (including a very lifelike tail), but Perlman makes it look natural.
Though he's playing a ninetyish old professor, Hurt plays his role with a quiet, powerful sense of goodness. Jones and Evans also do excellent jobs, one as an erudite psychic fish-man ("We lead a charmed life," he observes as cockroaches skitter around him) and an earnest young agent. Selma Blair is the one downside -- she sort of mumbles in a monotone most of the time.
"Hellboy" is one of the best comic-book adaptations that Hollywood has turned out, primarily because of the darker, eerier aesthetic Guillermo Del Toro brings to it. Definitely a must-see.
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Dublin-Based Studio to Adapt Irish Version of CHEERS
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dublin-based Sideline Productions has struck a deal with CBS to adapt and re-create an Irish version of the American hit show CHEERS.
Sideline has enlisted Micheal O'Meallaigh to adapt and direct the Irish reworking. As of now, the show is tentatively entitled TEACH SEAN (Sam Malone's name will be changed to Sean). Casting, re-writes, and translations of the American scripts is set to begin in early 2013.
Creative director at Sideline, Billy McGrath, told The Hollywood Reporter they plan to primarily focus on the first two seasons of CHEERS, "with a view of re-writing and re-versioning 10 to 12 episodes set in a picturesque town in the West of Ireland."
McGrath confirmed that he's aiming to begin shooting in 2013 in order to broadcast in Jan. 2014.
CHEERS ran for 11 seasons from 1982 to 1993 on NBC. Produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television for NBC, the hit show was created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. The show is set in the Cheers bar in Boston, Massachusetts, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, chat and get on with life. The show's theme song, written and performed by Gary Portnoy lent its famous refrain, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name", as the show's now infamous tagline.
The original series starred Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Nicholas Colasanto, Rhea Perlman, George Wendy, John Ratzenberger, Kelsey Grammer, Woody Harrelson, and Kirstie Alley.
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