‘Combat Hospital’ infected with boring cliches

A repeat of CBS' amazingly resilient NCIS won at 7 p.m. in total D-FW viewers, edging Talent by a score of 242,400 to 235,974. Voice rang up 214,697 total viewers from 8 to 10 p.m. to win in that measurement. Combat Hospital, an imported Canadian production, opened well with 200,845 total viewers at 9 p.m., running just a hair behind the competing closing hour of Voice (207,771 viewers). CH also placed second with 18-to-49-year-olds.
In Tuesday's local news derby results, Fox4 and WFAA8 collected all of the golds.
Fox4 flexed by running the table at 6 a.m. before adding total viewer victories at 5 and 6 p.m.

This Canadian-produced summer series, which premieres tonight at 10 on Channel 5, is completely divorced from anything resembling real life. Marks is played by Elias Koteas, who looks like he could be Christopher Meloni’s twin.
These doctors, along with an arrogant Brit played by Luke Mably who immediately tries to seduce Rebecca, deal with all the medical-drama cliches. The idea of a show set smack in the middle of the war in Afghanistan is exciting and, to some extent, incendiary. ABC had modest luck last summer with another similarly limp Canadian drama, “Rookie Blue.’’
 
It’s a safe bet that life and work in a military hospital in Kandahar make for a gruelling experience.
Combat Hospital (Global, ABC, 10 p.m.) is about that life and line of work, but watching it is very far from gruelling. Combat Hospital is a war-is-heck drama. It’s the horrors of war and the awfulness of a combat hospital seen emphatically through the prism of TV drama. Familiar characters and situations abound. The show is as plain-spoken as its title.
Tuesday night’s starting episode, written by Daniel Petrie Jr. and directed by Iain MacDonald, unfolds without fuss or surprise. Stuff happens: Badly injured soldiers and others are rushed into the hospital. We meet a handsome-but-slimy civilian doctor, neurosurgeon Simon Hill (Luke Mably). If you’ve seen more than half a dozen TV dramas, you can pick out the likely suspect.
It’s network TV drama, airing in the summer, and it was never intended to be political, controversial or unconventional. A running joke, from the start, is the Rebecca Gordon character saying that she has read “the manual” about working as a doctor at a military hospital. The show itself has all the hallmarks of being made with a TV-drama manual.
Combat Hospital is the entertaining version.

David Servan-Schreiber rechute et signe-News

Healthy News-In acest volum, David Servan-Schreiber prezinta propria lui lupta cu cancerul creierului. El pledeaza pentru mai multe metode naturale combinate: de nutritie, meditatatie si activitate fizica.
De cealalta parte, alimentele naturale si apa au un efect protector, in special fructele si legumele bogate in antioxidanti. Trebuie, totusi, subliniat ca nici David Servan-Schreiber nu a neglijat niciodata de cand este bolnav medicina alopata. Dimpotriva, recomandarile lui David Servan-Schreiber vizeaza sa completeze tratamentele clasice si in nici un caz sa le inlocuiasca.
Ce de-al treilea volum este o carte-confesiune care ofera autorului ocazia de a spune “la revedere” cu speranţa fermă ca acest la revedere nu va fi ultimul”.

Dans le second, où il évoque le cancer dont il est atteint, il préconise des méthodes permettant d'augmenter le potentiel naturel d'autodéfense et de renforcer le traitement traditionnel : exercice physique, méditation, lutte contre le stress, nutrition contrôlée...
"Il s'agit d'un glioblastome de stade IV, dont les pronostics sont parmi les plus mauvais de tous les cancers, avec une médiane de survie de quinze mois", note-t-il.
Et alors, Anticancer, à quoi bon ' Mes méthodes, affirme-t-il, n'ont "rien perdu de leur validité" : "je suis un cas clinique parmi d'autres", dit-il, et "il n'y a pas de +cure miracle+ contre le cancer, pas de réussite à 100%".

Et j’ai fondu en larmes… La rechute, la vraie, celle qui laisse si peu de place à la suite. Mais de quoi ? Il n’est pas le seul à se faire sa petite sauce contre le cancer. Je suis un cas clinique parmi d’autres, et il n’y a pas de cure miracle contre le cancer, pas de réussite à 100%.» C’est l’ensemble de ces efforts qui contribue à nous protéger, individuellement et collectivement, du cancer, même si nous n’obtiendrons jamais de garantie à 100%.» Dans le Nouvel Observateur,«il est celui qui a redonné espoir à des milliers de malades»,«une leçon de vie». Lui qui incitait à «reprendre le pouvoir sur soi-même» est en train de nouveau de le perdre.

Batterio Killer ; La Russia revoca l’embargo

Bruxelles, 23 Giu 2011 - Dopo tre settimane, la Russia ha deciso di revocare il blocco delle importazioni delle verdure europee, imposto all'inizio di giugno a causa di timori legati alla diffusione del batterio killer E. coli.  L'accordo tra l'Ue e la Federazione russa è stato firmato ieri mattina.

Dalle due parti è stata dimostrata la buona volontà di considerare questo incidente ormai dietro di noi”.

1,1 milioni sono le tonnellate di verdure che l’Ue esporta verso la Russia per ben 600 milioni di euro. Si tratta di un sistema di controllo già attivo in Olanda, Belgio e Polonia, mentre, quanto alle verdure congelate, il commercio si terrà normalmente al di fuori di questo schema di accordo.

Il portavoce di Dalli, Frederic Vincent, ha spiegato che i prodotti europei esportati in Russia verranno accompagnati da un certificato che dovrà escludere la presenza del batterio killer sulla base di esami effettuati a livello nazionale. L’Italia è infatti il principale produttore di frutta e verdura dell’Unione Europea, con un valore complessivo delle esportazioni che ha raggiunto nel 2010 l’importo di 4,1 miliardi di euro.