Disney plans to revisit the story of “Mulan,” this time as a live-action film, as it looks to balance competing expectations of Chinese and American audiences. According to Aynne Kokas, a UVA professor of media studies, "live action is much more difficult to adapt to multiple audiences because of issues related to language. Audiences are more tolerant of dubbed animation than they are of dubbed films."
Studies show that we engage in deception two times day on average – and that’s not just “yes-your-hair-looks-great” pleasantries, but actual lies meant to mislead people on matters of at least passing consequence. And here’s an even more unsettling bit of news: The closer the relationship, the bigger the whoppers. As UVA psychologist Bella DePaulo puts it, “You save your really big lies for the person that you're closest to.”
Control of the Senate remains a dead heat with five states listed in the toss-up category according to Sabato’s Crystal Ball, the weekly newsletter compiled by UVA political analyst Larry Sabato.
Trump’s lack of preparation and political experience to turn a tough question into a critique of Clinton’s record showed in the first debate, said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics. “No doubt he’s been told by his team regardless the question you’re asked, spend 30 seconds answering it and transition to the topics you want to talk about,” Sabato said. “That’s where experience matters.”
Trump’s lack of preparation and political experience to turn a tough question into a critique of Clinton’s record showed in the first debate, said Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics. “No doubt he’s been told by his team regardless the question you’re asked, spend 30 seconds answering it and transition to the topics you want to talk about,” Sabato said. “That’s where experience matters.”
"People are writing the obituary on Hillary's chances in Ohio a little too quickly,'' said Kyle Kondik, an Ohio native and a political analyst with UVA’s Center for Politics. He says there is only one other state where the Clinton campaign is spending more money on TV ads than in Ohio, and that state is Florida – another state Donald Trump must win and one where Clinton holds a small lead in the polls.
“The worst nightmare for Republicans is that GOP turnout craters, which could lead to deep losses down-ballot,” said Kyle Kondik, a congressional elections expert at UVA. Kondik currently projects the Democrats winning between 10 and 15 House seats – not nearly enough to erase the GOP’s 60-seat majority. Any pickup of more than 15 seats, Kondik said, would be the fault of Trump.
News21’s analysis of data from the National Conference of State Legislatures found 316 bills nationwide that would have allowed more access to voting for felons. Republican-controlled legislatures blocked 137, another 101 failed to pass in states with divided control, and 65 were unsuccessful in Democratic-controlled legislatures. Maryland’s Republican governor vetoed one bill. “Democrats are probably going to like it (felon voting) because they are going to expect a draw of votes, and Republicans tend to object,” said Lynn Sanders, a UVA professor and expert in America...
UVA hosted a debate watch party for students Sunday night. Going into it, those young voters said they wanted the candidates to discuss the issues instead of attacking each other.
Most analysts argue Mr. Trump has little chance to recover since the video has come at the worst time with only 29 days until the Nov. 8 election. Larry Sabato, a UVA politics professor, said the long odds that Mr. Trump faced were now “enormous.”
Predicting that Democrats will eject incumbent Republicans in Illinois and Wisconsin, Larry Sabato, a UVA professor, says control of the chamber will come down to Nevada, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and North Carolina.
Now less than 30 days before Election Day, Trump is dealing with nothing less than a "catastrophe," said political analyst Nicole Hemmer, assistant professor at UVA's Miller Center. "That it is one month from the election and prominent Republicans are urging him to step down is an event unprecedented in our political history," she said.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump traded insults in a bitterly contentious debate that saw the Republican regain some of his footing following a disastrous two weeks that had threatened to derail his White House campaign. Larry Sabato, a UVA politics expert, said the Republican had “enthused his base, stopped the bleeding, and stymied GOP efforts to get him to resign from the ticket” because of his debate performance.
Trump faces a make-or-break moment after his crude boasts, which he made in 2005 and which became public in a video Friday, as streams of Republicans have retracted their support for his campaign. Larry Sabato, who heads UVA’s Center for Politics, tweeted that "Trump has done well enough to stop GOP bleeding."
Few hours before the second presidential debate, Republican candidate Donald Trump finds himself in the hot spot again facing his Democrat opponent Hillary Clinton after a disastrous weekend. UVA politics professor Larry Sabato tweeted that “Trump has done well enough to stop GOP bleeding.” “Trump’s campaign is thrilled. And of course, Democrats are very pleased. They were worried he might be pushed out and they’d get a stronger candidate,” added Sabato.
Larry Sabato and the UVA Center for Politics has moved Missouri’s Senate race from “leans Republican” to “tossup.” The center’s analysis: Our one other change comes in the Senate, where Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) is fighting for his political life. Both Democrats and Republicans now view this race as a Toss-up, and we’re moving it from Leans Republican to reflect that consensus.
Your hand accidentally grazes a hot pan, or you spill steamy soup on yourself. Trying to soothe the pain with a home remedy such as butter or ice may be unwise. “If you choose the wrong do-it-yourself treatment, you can increase the risk of worsening the burn, upping chances of infection and scarring,” explains Eunice M. Singletary, a clinical associate professor of emergency medicine at the UVA Health System.
The UVA Medical Center unveiled its latest improvements in noninvasive brain surgery recently, and it received an important endorsement. Ginger Dyson, 69, of Arkansas, became the first patient treated with the hospital’s Gamma Knife Icon, the latest version of the radiation surgery that UVA adopted in 1989.
As your parent’s behavior changes and the child/parent roles reverse, it is essential you maintain the positive nature of your relationship with your parent. You should also consider the different ways in which the relationship can be helped and maintained – whether through reminiscence, art, music or life stories you and your parent can go through to aid communication. In fact, UVA researchers found that music and singing boosts brain activity in individuals diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer’s.
ADHD symptoms are appearing among the general population, and such symptoms are highly linked to smartphone alerts. “Whether from email, text, messaging, social media or news apps, anywhere they go,” Kostadin Kushlev, a UVA psychology research scientist, who led the study with colleagues at the University of British Columbia, said.