giovanni amoroso

Interventionalist. MD PhD. @OLVG. 🇮🇹🇳🇱🇮🇱. Slender TRA, Patient-Centered Healthcare. Eat healthy, live healthier!

[giovanni amoroso @gioamor68]

@mmamas1973 Mamas do not worry. You are not expected to behave like an Italian! Nor you (or any other foreigner) would succeed.. 😜

[Liza Rosen @LizaRosen0000]

Please retweet if you agree with every single word Douglas Murray said to Piers!

[giovanni amoroso @gioamor68]

@ElonMNews No

[An Israeli mother @IsraMum]

France- "They" didn't wait long after the elections.

Are the Jews on their way to get thrown out of the French education system? The latest baccalaureate scandal (and not by the system. By the ones who rot it from the inside).

I'll begin with some background for those less familiar with France: we are the proud fruits of the French State Education System: "Secular, Free, and Obligatory" per the Jules Ferry laws: a pair of laws on primary education in France passed in 1881-1882 under the Third Republic, which enabled poor kids to receive an excellent if basic education, and made France the powerhouse of industry and literature it used to be. A cornerstone of "la belle France".

This "Ecole de la Republique" even enabled poor Holocaust orphans/refugees to become my parents: a highly educated, financially comfortable couple, where at some point my father CHOSE to become a teacher to pay forwards to other disfavored kids the chance he'd had (and do other things, too).

We all went to the same school, the janitor's kid with the ambassador's son. I experienced some antisemitism from obtuse teachers, but minor. We all went on to live our lives knowing orthograph, grammar, some sciences and the importance of colorblind, merits-based appreciation of people.

Well, it's over.

My nieces in France, with their uber-Jewish sounding patronym, cannot go to the public school in Paris' rather chic area where they live: it's too dangerous because of the "immigrant populations". We all remember the 12yo girl raped last month, because her ex-boyfriend understood she was Jewish (which she had carefully hidden) and flipped.

Jewish families spend thousand of Euros every month for Jewish private schools, which are not a luxury anymore....
And this week it appeared it's not enough.

The undisputed Queen of Jewish schools in Paris is Yabne-
In order to get in, the kid must justify an excellent academic level and capacities, discipline, social qualities, read perfectly in French and passably in Hebrew before the first grade....what have you, and even so there's a waiting list long as your arm (tuition help is available for poorer families).

Yabne consistently boasts a baccalaureate success rate of 100%, an extra honors rate around 92%, in line with the best of the best of the cream of French schools (see diagram).

Which made it all the more surprising (or not), when this week, 15 final-year students were reportedly "sacked" (unfairly given bad grades) in the Grand Oral of the 2024 baccalaureate .

Summoned at the end of June to another school to take their final exam (as is the norm for all schools), they had the unpleasant surprise of discovering their grades all fluctuate between 4 and 8/20.

FAILING GRADE, or at least a weight which may hamper the students' chances to be admitted to top universities.

We're talking 15 teenagers enrolled in mathematics and physics-chemistry specializations, so even there, the "cream" out of the 138 Yabne's final year students this year.

The lawyer mandated by the school to assist it wrote on X, "The oldest and largest Jewish school under contract with the State has noted a bias in grading (...). We are talking about a 9 point difference (out of 20 ) on average compared to the 123 other candidates from the high school who appeared before other juries ." Translation- if those students got 7 in average, the others got 16.

Usually, Yabne students get more than 17 for this exam, and the national average is 15/20. A grade between 4 and 8 would mean the student came drunk, or spit on the teachers?

"This year, the high school was alerted by parents of a particularly aggressive attitude from the jury when their child took the exam ," said the management of the Yabné school. Before adding: "One of our teachers present on this site also told me about discussions in the teachers' room stigmatizing Yabné as a "school outside the contract". Our students have Jewish surnames and the forms that the students present to the jury are stamped by Yabné . " In addition, comments about the students' attire were allegedly made by teachers on the "problematic" juries.

An administrative investigation has been launched by the Minister of National Education Nicole Belloubet, who also reacted on X:

"Many of you have alerted me to this situation. As soon as I became aware of the facts, I asked my services to launch an in-depth investigation. If the facts were proven, they would be intolerable in our School. And I won't let anything go."

Thanks, Madame.
Still. Sometimes, I'm almost happy my Dad is dead.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Animals interrupting wildlife photographers - a thread 🧵

1. A curious fox by Dan Dinu

[Republiek @levederepubliek]

Zet de koning op de Balkenendenorm. Teken de petitie: https://t.co/y8kxrJTrWs

[Saxon African @Saxon_African]

Here is my South African guide to avoiding crime.

A few general tips to being safer in one of the most dangerous countries in the world...

1) Know your neighbors.

2) use a private security company and get to know their employees well.

3) Try to ensure people cannot easily see into your home or property. Walls and solid gates are best.

4) Have multiple large dogs. That sleep inside your house. Not just for physical protection but also as an early warning system.

5) Light your property well and ensure vegetation is well cut back, not just inside your property but on also the outside perimeters too. (No hiding spots)

6) Be aremed but don't let anyone know your armed (guns can make you a target).

7) Have some community whatsapp group that helps inform you of crime in the area and can be notified in an emergency.

8) Know the cops contact but understand that they won't be in a rush to get to you so always have a panic button linked to private security if possible.

9) When pulling into your driveway. 🚗 Don't just pull in... Always check for following cars or people near your entrance.

10) Avoid driving at night as much as possible.

11) If you have to stop at traffic lights always leave space to move incase you are hijacked.

12) Have a panic button tracker in your car.

13) Always check a route before driving it, if you are unfamiliar with the area. You do not want to get lost is a bad area or stuck on the side of the road... its a quick way to get hijacked.

14) Don't wear flashy things that would make you a target.

15) When going out in crowded areas. Only buy resealable drinks and don't keep your belonging (phone or wallet) visible or in open pockets.

16) Don't walk in malls or parking lots while on your phone. Remain awear of your surroundings.

17) Never trust strangers. No matter how unsuspecting they may seem. Especially around situations that involve any payment activity or interaction with card or cash.

Please feel free to share this post and encourage safer decisions or add more tips in the comments 😊.

[Ruey Hu, MD, MPH @ruey_hu]

There is considerable confusion in terms used to describe #troponin, including terms that are imprecise (e.g., “troponin leak”) or deprecated (e.g., “type 2 NSTEMI”) (Lang, 2022). What's the difference between 🫀myocardial injury, ischemia, & infarction❓ 🧐 #MedEd🧵

[giovanni amoroso @gioamor68]

@angioplastyorg That’s why in NL a PCI is still called a “Dotter” procedure! Still wonder though why a TRA is not called a “Kiemeneij” procedure.. #radialfirst

[giovanni amoroso @gioamor68]

@AliceBen_90 5F is the way! Welcome to Slender TRA club👍🏻

[Ronny Naftaniel @RonnyNaftaniel]

Toon je verontwaardiging over de #Hamas barbarij. Kom naar de Dam in Amsterdam op 12 oktober! Israël verdient je steun.

[Ronny Naftaniel @RonnyNaftaniel]

Ook de Joodse gemeenschap in NL ontving vele steunbetuigingen v Iraniërs en Iraanse organisaties in Nederland. Zoals de solidariteitsbrief van 14 prominente #Iraniërs waarin de afschuw werd uitgesproken over de ‘barbaarse Hamasaanval’. Wij zijn daar erg blij mee. We strijden immers tegen hetzelfde kwaad.

[giovanni amoroso @gioamor68]

@angioplastyorg @gbiondizoccai @OpenAI Thanks Burt. But what is really unforgivable is that no mention was done of Ferdinand Kiemeneij . He is the real (trasradial) deal!! @RadialFirstBot

[Raisa Blommestijn @rblommestijn]

Een meisje van 9 jaar dat zich op school niet durft om te kleden omdat er ook een jongen (!) toegang krijgt tot haar kleedkamer. Want “acceptatie”. De waanzin regeert: dit land is een open inrichting.

Laten we dit massaal delen en dit meisje een hart onder de riem te steken.

[giovanni amoroso @gioamor68]

Again a successful Tendyne procedure at @olvg! Another procedure (Transcatheter mitral valve replacement), another environment (hybrid operating room), another role (assistant to Dr. Cocchieri). Still, the same tension beforehand, the same satisfaction afterward. I love this job!

[giovanni amoroso @gioamor68]

@nolanjimradial @RadialFirstBot @olvg Actually we missed you for a real good pic!👍🏻

[giovanni amoroso @gioamor68]

Transradial Reunion with dr. Kiemeneij-sensei at OLVG TRA Lounge @RadialFirstBot

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Contrast induced nephropathy

[giovanni amoroso @gioamor68]

@DGlaucomflecken Next time choose interventional cardiology. Even funnier!!😁