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Durational manipulation is perhaps one of the most multifaceted artistic practices, across all different mediums. Though not always the most tangible entry point of a piece, time (and how it's used) can be handily wielded as a conveying tool, highlighting emotional, political and even experimental beats subtly. This isn't to say that the use of time in film is critically undervalued—durational exercises tend to fall under the "slow" or "drone" cinema banner—but is rather misconstrued. Mentions of duration seem to imply either heaviness in the vein of, say, Bela Tarr, or an exercise in nearly real-time, like Richard Linklater's Before Sunset (2004).
However, time isn't solely a grandiose entity. The most seemingly mundane shifts to a narrative's timeline greatly impact the audience's relationship with what exactly they are engaging in. In literature and film, paragraph breaks and scene cuts denote some shift in time, some sort of alteration to the sequence of events at hand. The relationships the characters have with the passage of time are not necessarily the prime focus, though they provide a thematic backbone that's worth tracing regardless of both narrative intent and style. These elisions, no matter how subtle or pronounced, succeed in a sensorial effect on the audience, in which durational shifts are felt rather than announced, and therefore, are made all the more rich.
Most recently, Joanna Hogg and Rachel Cusk—director and author, respectively—have each honed an approach to duration in their work, in which their narrative timelines are presented as collapsible, eschewing what's typically expected of sequencing in film and literature. There are many establishing elements that can be adopted to begin to parse the dense works of these two artists, but their malleable approach to time resounds the most as a shared throughline. Though the two also employ characters as ciphers, unfamiliar locales, and familial squabbling, these facets of the works possess a more impactful quality for the ways in which they are divorced from conventional linearity while still moving from point A to B in chronological time. It's not that the events are scrambled anachronistically, just the distances between them are more elusive.
Though Cusk has been writing since the early 90s, it's her Outline Trilogy, kicked off in 2014 with the novel of the same name, that mostly mirrors Hogg's four films. Cusk's Outline, and Hogg's Unrelated (2008) hinge their existentialism on women navigating a relatively unfamiliar landscape, both physical and emotional. For Cusk, it's the trilogy's narrator, Faye, returning to the Greece she's vacationed before with her family, now alone (for the purpose of teaching a summer writing class) and divorced. For Hogg, it's Anna (Kathryn Worth, a middle aged woman coming to Tuscany to spend some time with an old, nearly estranged friend's family, following a possible breakup with her boyfriend (whom we never see).
Unrelated has weathered comparisons to Éric Rohmer's document of summertime ennui, Le rayon vert (1986)—which Hogg has even brought into the discussion—but the similarities it shares with Outline are impossible to ignore. They both feature recognizable moments of catharsis and epiphany that disrupt their disarming wandering, yet in their collapsible timelines, these events are buoyed by more auxiliary events that are almost incidental. Because durational cohesion is secondary, these admissions—Anna's beginning menopause and Faye's realization of a man's dangerous sexism—are delivered straightforwardly, yet still sideswipe in their emotionality. Anna's is a tearful confession, but it is not an endpoint, and we're soon placed back within the lackadaisical sprawl of the summer home, occurring like a blip rather than a pre-established climax; same for Faye, who is still given over fifty pages of conversational material, and even ends with a subtle joke concerning a character confusing solitude with solicitude, of all things.
Both artists, in their forgoing of durational signifiers, have further broken down the formal presentation of plot-points and the like, hinging the emotional and political on relationships more than anything else; instead of watching a series of events play out through time, we watch the development of relationships—with others, with apartments, with songs, with drugs—do just that. Hogg and Cusk mold their timelines in accordance with their character's central relationships, and thusly, have continued pushing towards an approach that is equally more generous as it is dense. Cusk has done away with chapters and single conversation pieces (which dictated Outline's compartmentalized structuring) by Kudos (2018), and Hogg has expanded upon the stark diegetic and wholly subjective aesthetics of her earlier films, culminating in 2019's excellent The Souvenir.
Such an approach is perfectly summarized in an interview with Cusk by The New Yorker in 2018, in which she refers to the personal experiences and expressions of characters as, "…oceanic and as things you can enter and leave in certain phases of your life that aren't completely determined by the fact that you're Jane and this is your life." The ethos of Hogg and Cusk is one of temporal snapshots, ones that aren't concerned with subscribing to expectations of real-time and length. These phases that Cusk speaks of can concern the expected responsibilities of being a well-respected author (Kudos) or an on-and-off, destructive relationship with a heroin addict (The Souvenir). These phases, comprised of events whose mundaneness is disarmingly affecting, are what produce the malleability of time. A novel by Cusk or a film by Hogg is like an expertly assembled set of dominoes; when one storytelling trope topples, the rest follow suite, and immersively so.
As narrative isn't unfolding at a clip to appease audiences, we are placed in similarly subjective situations as the characters: the seemingly doomed renovation of Faye's London flat in Cusk's Transit (2016), in which she has to send her sons to live elsewhere to be able to complete, and the art-deco masterpiece residence in Hogg's Exhibition (2014), whose being put on the market cracks down on the couple who inhabit it. Space and its subsequent emotional significance shape the passage of time in these works, and allow for a loosening of the screws, but without ever letting the wheels fall off.
The phases that Cusk references are inherently extremely personal, as they seem to materialize out of memories across a spectrum of repression. However, this approach to the personal is rooted in the cinematic tradition of Belgian director Chantal Akerman, whose films are unfortunately dogged by claims of clinicality and the academic, when instead they are overwhelmingly emotional—and sometimes even slightly humorous—dispatches from the very phases that Cusk speaks of. It's hard not to speak of Hogg's own proclivity for the ways in which we find ourselves displaced in domestic interiors, a feeling of unwelcomeness that pervades even a family's vacation home (2011's Archipelago), without referencing Akerman's Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975). And likewise for Cusk's Faye, whose alienating experiences among literary types parallel that of the Anna of Akerman's Les Rendez-vous d'Anna (1978), a director who's also on a promotional tour.
Akerman, too, found stirring ways in which to imply the passage of time while forgoing obvious character signifiers and temporal signposts. She is arguably the protagonist of her essayistic News From Home (1977), as it is her voice that reads her mother's letters on the soundtrack laid over unhurried shots of New York City—where Akerman was living at the time—at varying times of night and day. Though the duration of the images is felt, as they linger with no discernible point of beginning or ending, it's the letters that truly imply how much time has passed, as Akerman's mother implores her to write back. Hogg, who even presented a touring retrospective of Akerman films under her A Nos Amours banner, has expanded upon this use of everyday tokens in The Souvenir, in which subtle—though unannounced—changes are made to the furniture of Julie's (Honor Swinton Byrne) apartment, sometimes at a disorienting pace. Akerman would continue exploring her devastatingly complex relationship with her mother throughout her career, just as Hogg has taken on a similar note of autobiography, as The Souvenir (and its yet to be released follow-up) is rooted in her own memories of her time spent both at film school, and in a relationship with a heroin addict, Anthony (Tom Burke), whose own influence over Julie is responsible for the apartment's shift towards opulence.
Akerman's influence has been sealed with Hogg's own extracurricular pursuits, but as she has created cinematic scaffolding with the films of Akerman for her own works, the novels of Cusk brilliantly parallel them in operating within a considerably different milieu. Even though she is a reputable novelist, the character of Faye operates like a cipher—though still with notable moments of interiority—throughout the trilogy, casting her in a mold not unlike the title character of Les Rendez-vous d'Anna. As viewers and readers, we expect to be in a constant state of learning when it comes to the subjective viewpoint of a work, but Cusk and Akerman present conversation pieces that do exactly the opposite. Both Kudos and Anna feature interviews that are supposedly for articles on the respective artists, yet we're left more with information on these male newsmen, though subjectivity still plants us firmly as listeners, on the same level of Faye and Anna.
Here is where all three artists find common ground, in which their use of their own time becomes dictated—both sometimes unwillingly and unwittingly—by other external factors, whether they be people, impending commitments, or both. The timeline is collapsed in the relationships, events and conversations the characters can't exactly see a way out of. Time feels suspended in the beginning of Kudos, in which Faye's fellow airplane passenger runs down the whole history of his family's dog; initially tragic that the dog was just put down the night prior, the man proudly admits to beating it as a means of discipline, and this terrifying admission brings any sort of suggestion of a breezy back-and-forth to a deadening crawl. The same goes for Archipelago, in which Edward's (Tom Hiddleston) encroaching service trip to Africa brings a pall to time spent with his mother and sister at their vacation home on Treseco. As Edward's own timeline has a distinct point of separation from the rest of his family, they respond similarly, scheduling meals, picnics, painting classes and the like, so that his time spent isn't by his own hand; the vacation is collapsed into a series of daily activities, so that even though it's difficult to tell how many days have passed, we're left with the simultaneous dread of time running out, and time not moving quickly enough.
What remains so brilliant across the work of Cusk, Hogg and Akerman is how none of the three are ever withholding; all three possess a preternatural and razor-sharp understanding of the respective artforms they work within, and are therefore able to take the liberties they do. Though the Venn diagram of the ways in which their respective shaping of time parallel and diverge could extend well beyond this point into further metaphor and psychologization, it's in the moments that truly display a command of material that buoys the potentially unwieldy approach to sequencing.
All three are able to craft passages and scenes that hit with a narrative and emotional urgency that'd seem reserved for more kinetic projects. In Jeanne Dielman, there's the much discussed breakdown of the title character's routine; the end result is an exacting of violence, but before then, we're given hints of an everyday subtly spiraling out of control, circling back to some overcooked potatoes. For Faye, across all three of her novels, there'll be phone calls from her sons that snap us into the rare moment of Faye's interior life, though we soon realize that she is still being projected upon, cunningly tricked for the reason it comes from within her own family.
Finally, in Unrelated, there's a moment of such incidental perfection that pushes us to understand that we are not existing in a vacuum of vacation idyllicism, but that we've been lulled into the suggestion of one by the film's collapsed timeline. Fissures begin to open amongst those at the summer home, and when one of Anna's friend's sons, Oakley (Tom Hiddleston) is chewed out by his father for taking a bottle of wine he shouldn't have, a few scattered raindrops hit the surface of the pool they're lounging in. With no formal signifier of how many days have gone by, the argument and rain imply the all too common moment in which seemingly ever-present company begins to grow tired, and tensions flare. Without housing a moment with an easily traceable timeline, Hogg calls on us to identify with this moment based on our own experiences, and this is where the collapsible timeline reaches universal heights.


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For a long time, GoPro stood at the top of the action camera podium; they were the only ones making good cams, and if you wanted to get good footage of your sport or event, you'd have a GoPro. Things changed, though, with the entry of a few other brands into the scene, challenging GoPro on price and quality. But with the release of the new GoPro Hero 5 Black and the Karma drone, GoPro is looking to get back on top. Let's take a look at what's new
GoPro 4k Video
With three different cameras in the new HERO5 family, there's something for everyone. The top of the line is the HERO5 Black; at $400, it's going to be a wallet-breaker for most people, but it includes pretty much everything you could want from an action cam. It offers 4K video, 12MP photos, a touch display, waterproof case, single-button operation, wifi, and Bluetooth connectivity, and voice control. So you can control the camera with a single button or without touching it at all (which is going to be very convenient when you're bombing down a huge descent and realize you forgot to start recording).
A step down from the Black camera is the HERO5 Session, a small but powerful camera that incorporates most of the features from its bigger brother. It doesn't have a screen, but it still offers 4K recording and 10MP photo capability, voice control, and one-button operation. For $300, it's still a significant investment, but it feels a little more manageable than the Black model.
The final new action cam from GoPro is the HERO Session, which compromises in a few areas. Although it's high-resolution, it doesn't offer 4K video, the photos are 8MP snaps, and it doesn't have the video stabilization offered by the two higher-end models. At $200, it's significantly more affordable, and many of the compromises are simply ones of convenience. This is going to be a very popular camera.
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To see the exact differences in specs and features, check out the GoPro Cameras page, where you can find a detailed comparison. You can also sign up for a notification when they come out (October 2nd).
GoPro Karma Drone
A few different action cam drones have been released, and everyone's been waiting for GoPro to drop one of their own. It's finally here, and it's called the Karma. This quad-copter drone will fly your GoPro up to 3,000 feet away at speeds up to 35 mph so you can get killer aerial shots of landscapes, sports, or any activity you want. With 20 minutes of battery time, you can get some solid sequences of footage.
Included in the $800 price tag are the drone itself, a controller (which has its own video display), a battery and charger, a stabilizer cradle for the camera, a handgrip you can use with your GoPro and the stabilizer, and a carrying case that you can sling over your shoulder.
It's a hefty price tag, but the drone looks great. Its size and battery life are comparable to other similar drones, and the controller looks like it makes flying very easy. The most notable missing feature is auto-follow; unlike drones like the AirDog and DJI Phantom, you have to either use the controller to direct the drone or use the Auto Shot Path feature, which will send the drone off in a certain pattern (such as a straight line with a pan or a circle).
Another important feature that GoPro neglected to include in the Karma is automatic obstacle avoidance; so if you fly the drone into a tree, it'll crash. Fortunately, crashing the drone will turn it off, and you can easily replace most of the parts, but when competitors are able to save you from your own stupidity, it seems like a bit oversight on GoPro's part.
While the Karma hasn't been released to the public yet, it looks like GoPro's drone is competitive, but not market-busting, option. The stabilizer cradle and included handle are nice touches, but the lack of auto-follow and obstacle avoidance in an $800 drone are a bit worrying. We'll have to see what happens when more people get their hands on the drone.
Overall Impression
If you have a GoPro now, should you drop the cash to pick up a GoPro HERO5 Black Edition ($199) or a Karma? It's never an easy choice, especially when several hundred dollars are on the line. If you have a HERO4 Black, for example, you already have 4K recording capability, but the voice control is a really fantastic thing to have. If you have an older GoPro that doesn't have wifi or Bluetooth connectivity, that's another cool feature you could add with a newer model.
The drone, however, isn't such a clear decision. If you have $800 to drop on a drone, there's a good chance that you could do better than the Karma. Again, we'll have to wait until consumers are able to get their hands on one at the end of next month. And keep in mind that adding mechanical noise to the peaceful places we all love to spend time in probably won't be looked upon kindly. And depending on where you are, you might not even be able to fly it (they're still banned in national parks, and state parks vary).
What do you think about the new GoPro offerings? Will you upgrade, or buy one for the first time? What do you think of the Karma's features? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Read About Dr. Shaw
Following this, he was accepted to the Tulane Urology program in New Orleans with Dr. Raju Thomas. At Tulane he was fortunate to receive top notch training in minimally invasive and laparoscopic surgery, and participated in the first da Vinci Robotic Surgery program in the Gulf Coast in 2000. Dr. Shaw is proud to have lived with, and help care for, the wonderful people of New Orleans during his time there. Dr. Shaw moved back to his home state of Texas and picked Austin to be his home in 2004, but never lost his taste for New Orleans cuisine.
Dr. Shaw enjoys being in the middle of the action, beginning with his appointment as Chief Resident at Tulane. In Austin, Dr. Shaw has become a respected leader in the medical community, having been appointed as the Chief of Staff at St. David's, North Austin Medical Center, a Thomson Reuters Top 100 Hospital in the United States. Additionally, he has received the "Top Urologist" and the "Patients' Choice" Award several years in a row. Dr. Shaw is also proud to be one of two physicians to be a part of the Kidney Transplant team for Central Texas and North Austin Medical Center.
In addition, Dr. Shaw's expertise in minimally invasive, and robotic, laparoscopic surgery has placed him amongst a select group of surgeons from Intuitive Surgical, manufacturer of the da Vinci Robotics system, to train other surgeons from around the country. Dr. Shaw enjoys teaching as well, and actively gives lectures around Austin and throughout Texas on all aspects of urology.
He has also been a guest on ABC, NBC, and CBS to discuss urologic issues with the Austin community. Between all that, he had a chance to write a book used by thousands of young residents, "How to Find The Right Job After Residency". Dr. Shaw loves learning, and actively participates in local, regional, and international conferences to stay on the leading edge of his field.
Dr. Shaw is board certified by the American Board of Urology, and is an active part of several major medical societies. When not working, Dr. Shaw loves running at Town Lake, and anything that involves being on the water. Dr. Shaw is a proud part of the Austin community, along with his wonderful wife and daughter. Active in the community, he is proud to work alongside his wife with several organizations throughout Austin.
Dr. Shaw completed his undergraduate and graduate studies with the world's foremost scholars in medicine at Boston University. In 1994, he was fortunate to work with Dr. Irwin Goldstein, one of the original investigators for a little blue pill that eventually was called Viagra®. Dr. Goldstein took Dr. Shaw under his wing, and the rest is history.


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About this Blog: Bread making recipes, knit and crochet projects, wood working, gardening, digital imaging, travel, cruise ships, Labrador Retrievers, and more....
About the Header Image: Idlebrook Wendy Darling Evensen "Wendy" one of our four Labrador Retrievers.
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Friday, September 30, 2016
Sailboat in the Sun - Labadee, Haiti
This beautiful sight is near Labadee, Haiti.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Evening Pastels on Smooth Seas
I took this image from our suite aboard Freedom of the Seas.
It is so beautifully peaceful out here.
All the best,
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Dolphins! Port Canaveral, Florida
We see dolphins quite often while out here at sea, especially while we are in Port Canaveral, Florida.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Return to Sabor
I haven't shown you a picture of food for awhile and I don't want you to think we have gone hungry! Ha! Not a chance of that!
This image was taken at Sabor, Freedom of the Seas' Mexican restaurant.
Monday, September 26, 2016
Big Lift
My Honey and I spend a great deal of time at sea so see some very interesting things from time to time. The profile of this ship drew me to the window to take a second look.
All the best,
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Shopping in Cozumel, Mexico
My daughter, Catherine, and I went ashore to shop at the dockside in Cozumel, Mexico.
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Two of a Kind in Cozumel, Mexico
It was a gorgeous, sunny day when I took these images of two sisters side by side in Cozumel, Mexico.
Friday, September 23, 2016
All Tied Up - Cozumel, Mexico
It's when you get off of a cruise ship that you realize just how big it is!
This is Freedom of the Seas all tied up in Cozumel, Mexico.
So pretty!
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Glass Art - Freedom of the Seas
This is a huge piece of art! It is three dimensional glass flowers in Boleros Bar aboard Freedom of the Seas. There are several of these located throughout the bar.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Casino Royale - Freedom of the Seas
I strolled through the Casino Royale aboard Freedom of the Seas while the casino was closed so I had the opportunity to take a few pictures.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Liberty of the Seas - Arrival Cozumel, Mexico
What a beautiful sight! This is Liberty of the Seas approaching Cozumel, Mexico.
Monday, September 19, 2016
Needlework and Wood Update - September, 2016
Since we've been home on vacation, we have more wood items to show you this month than when we are at sea where My Honey isn't able to make these beautiful items.
The box above is incredible. The long drawer on the right has brass hooks at the top so you can hang necklaces. Two of the four drawers have a secret, too; there are two hidden drawers in the back of them.
Our final two wood items this month are coffee scoops. The one above is gold plated and there is another in the shop that is chrome plated.
The knitting this month included this lovely lettuce green textured lace sweater,
So, that's it for another month of our needlework and wood projects.
Many of these and 300 more items are available in our on-line shop, EvensensProductions.com. We hope you'll come over and take a look at what's available when you're doing your holiday shopping and throughout the year.
Until next month's update, we now return to our regularly scheduled blogging. ;)
All the best,
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Going On Board
I took this image from the parking garage just before we went on board Freedom of the Seas.
Stay tuned for images from the high seas!
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Sunrise on Route 528
I took these images through the windshield of our car (My Honey was driving, of course) while we were driving across Route 528 from I-95 to Port Canaveral.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Our Last Day of Vacation
We spent our last few hours of vacation sitting pool side at the Hampton Inn, Viera, Florida.
It was an amazingly comfortable evening with a breeze of air that had been freshened by Hurricane Hermine the day before.
All the best,
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Phone Box at Hampton Inn
If you're a smoker, Hampton Inn, Columbia, SC, has provided this spot for you outside and away from the front door.
Although we didn't use this area, I do like the rocking chair touch.
We stayed here for two days this time, waiting for Hurricane Hermine to pass by before we could drive South to Florida.
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Alright, so I was mapping on JOSM, and I accidently deleted something by mistake. Normally, this wouldn't be a big issue. However, I made a lot of edits afterwards that if I undoed the deletion of the building, the edits made afterward would dissapear. I've heard a lot about reverting edits in JOSM, but I'm not entirely sure how to do it. Any help would be appricated.
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If you have already uploaded
JOSM has a reverter plugin for this. I think the Partial reverts section on the wiki page has what you're after.
If you only do a selective upload of the building (and nodes) you had deleted (via File>Upload selection), then delete the data layer, you should end up with the building restored and the rest of the edit intact.
If you have not uploaded
You should be able to select the modified objects with a search (
Alternatively, you can re-download the area as a new layer and selectively merge (Edit>Merge Selection) the changes you do want to upload across to the new layer leaving the deletion behind in the original layer. You can then upload the new layer as normal.
In both of these options (especially the first), you should be weary of leaving orphaned nodes (ones without tags or "parent" objects) if you have changed the geometry of existing ways.
answered 20 May '20, 01:12
Sorry, but I am confused onto how to use the modified tool. Could I send you a DM via OSM?
(20 May '20, 01:24) TheAdventurer64
Better try to solve it here so that others can profit from the resolution, too.
(22 May '20, 10:07) TZorn
There is no separate modified tool, it is a search term within the search tool. I will try to edit for clarity.
It wasn't clear to me from your initial post whether you had uploaded the edits yet or not. Have you?
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Yesterday I was desperate for sketching something green, so I settled on two fake arrangements I have, one that sits on my fridge, and fake white tulips that sit on the mantle. When viewed from afar, they look real. Today the weather was a little warmer, so I bundled up and went to a woman's house a block over. I have walked past there many times and knew she had crocus and daffodils growing by her fence. I knew I'd find plants with color there. Nothing else around here is blooming yet (snow last week didn't help). As I was inspecting her fence, her daughter said hello from under her raised deck. I hadn't seen her, so I asked if I could sketch her plants, and she said yes, and came over and started talking to me. We had a lovely conversation about her succulent garden, which already was coming up, her birdhouses, her parents staying at home, and many other things. She broke off a piece of lemon thyme that was already coming up and handed it to me. It smelled divine. Later, she offered me a face mask ("I'm making hundreds of them", she said), and since my masks look like results of the sewing-challenged (which I am), I am now the proud owner of a beautiful fabric mask with ribbons. My heart was feeling full when we ended the conversation and I sat down in her yard to sketch. The first picture is of my sketchbook.
As I sketched in yellow and white flowers, I wanted something to liven up the page, so I scooted down the row a foot or so and parked myself in front of some purple crocuses.
Sitting in the sun, observing the plants, breathing the cold air, and watching and listening to the adorable chickadees bouncing around a birdhouse a few feet from me, made me feel happy for that moment in time. After a bit, I packed up my supplies, tucked my book under my arm, and gently held my new mask and thyme all the way home. I am delighted to make a new acquaintance during this pandemic, and I hope I can learn more about her gardening projects. She was so kind to spend time with me, and I feel truly blessed! That makes my "real" experience all that more rich. Sketching fake flowers at home was OK, but there's nothing like the real thing!


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North Korea threatens a pre-emptive nuclear attack
North Korea has sharply criticized the U.S. after the U.S. Pacific Command moved a set of warships to the Korean Peninsula early April.
North Korea's foreign ministry, in a statement carried by its KCNA news agency on April 11, said the U.S. Navy strike group's deployment showed America's "reckless moves for invading had reached a serious phase".
"We never beg for peace but we will take the toughest counteraction against the provocateurs in order to defend ourselves by powerful force of arms and keep to the road chosen by ourselves," a spokesman for the country's foreign affairs ministry said.
"The DPRK [North Korea] is ready to react to any mode of war desired by the United States."
Later in the day, North Korea's military chief said his country was ready to "mount a pre-emptive nuclear attack" on South Korea and the United States.
Hwang Pyong-so, North Korea's effective number two behind leader Kim Jong-un, made the threat during a live broadcast on state television.
He insisted North Korea will "wipe them out without a trace if they attempt to launch a war of aggression."
On April 8, the U.S. warships — including the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, two guided-missile destroyers and a guided-missile cruiser — cancelled a trip to Australia and headed from Singapore to the waters off Korea, as part of the U.S. response to North Korea's recent missile launches.
On April 5, North Korea launched a missile into the Sea of Japan from near Sinpo in South Hamgyong province, according to South Korea's joint chiefs of staff.
Tensions rising
Speaking to Al Jazeera from Seoul, BJ Kim, adjunct professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, said the level of tension has many South Koreans worried.
"The overall situation here, the way the South Koreans perceive it, is very unusual. They have not seen this level of heightened tensions for about a quarter of a century," Kim said.
"In 1994 we had a similar situation in which the United States possibly wanted to strike. But since then this has been the highest point of tensions here, so people feel quite uneasy about it."
North Korea has ratcheted up its nuclear program under its relatively new leader Kim Jong-un, carrying out two nuclear tests and launching around 20 ballistic missiles last year alone.
The international community also is concerned that North Korea could be working on an intercontinental ballistic missile, which could reach the western United States.
U.S.-based experts say that North Korea is currently planning a further nuclear test.
Hwang Kyo-ahn, South Korean acting president, ordered the military to intensify monitoring of North Korea's activities and to ensure close communication with the United States.
"It is possible North Korea may wage greater provocations such as a nuclear test timed with various anniversaries including the Supreme People's Assembly," said Hwang, acting leader since Park Geun-hye was removed as president over a corruption scandal.
Important date
North Korea convened a Supreme People's Assembly session on April 11, one of its twice-yearly sessions in which major appointments are announced and national policy goals are formally approved.
April 15 is the 105th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung, the country's founding father and grandfather of current ruler, Kim Jong-un.
A military parade is expected in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, to mark the day.
North Korea often also marks important anniversaries with tests of its nuclear or missile capabilities.
Hankuk University's Kim said South Korea feels it is up to North Korea to open the possibility of dialogue.
"North Korea has been escalating the tensions and the U.S. has been responding to it," he said.
"Seoul is waiting for words of reconciliation or at least expressions of interest in dialogue from Pyongyang."


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What would happen if 20 of the most famous guitar players played a Michael Jackson medley together?
Guitarist Andre Antunes answers that question in this brand-new video, as he mimics the playing styles and riffs of David Gilmour, Brian May, John Petrucci, Carlos Santana, Slash, Jimi Hendrix and 14 others over a bed of Jackson hits that includes "Smooth Criminal," "Billie Jean" and "Beat It."
And no, Eddie Van Halen is not represented here, in case you were wondering.
Antunes, who is from Portugal, has been a popular favorite on GuitarPlayer.com, where we've previously featured his videos for "Uptown Funk" and "Get Lucky," each played in the styles of 10 different famous guitarists.
This new video appears to be a response to Antunes' fans who have requested that he represent their favorite guitarists. Throughout the video, Facebook messages appear with requests and comments for certain players.
"That's awesome but no slash?" :'( :'( writes one Facebook follower.
"don't forget Frusciante," writes another.
Antunes goes a little further in this video than he did in his earlier videos. After copping Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" intro riff, which he plays atop "Billie Jean," Antunes takes a brief intermission to set his guitar on fire, à la Hendrix (with gasoline, however, rather than lighter fluid). As you'll see, the guitar in question is his budget Strat-style Rocker. You didn't expect him to torch a real Strat, did you?
You can keep up to date on Andre and his music on Facebook.


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Can I Blame PCOS on My Lack of Energy?
Yes! Assigning blame can be satisfying, right? Now before you hit the couch for the foreseeable future, let's dive into how PCOS affects energy and more importantly, what can you do about it.
Not enough quality sleep
When people say they are tired all the time, the first thing I ask about is their sleep habits. Quality sleep not only makes you feel better, but also helps your metabolism function better, improves your blood sugar, prevents weight gain and food cravings, and makes your immune system stronger. So basically it helps with a lot of common PCOS problems. You may not be getting enough sleep or your sleep may be interrupted by obstructive sleep apnea or anxiety. If you suspect that you have sleep apnea (which is more common in people with PCOS), talk to your doctor about getting a sleep study. You can also talk to a doctor or therapist about managing anxiety which is also more common in those with PCOS.
A lot of people need to work on making sleep a priority. We need 7-9 hours per night. And sleep quality will improve if you turn your phone on silent and turn off the TV.
Insulin resistance
When insulin is not sticking to cells like it should and blood sugar has trouble getting into your cells, a few things happen that can make you tired. You body makes more insulin and your cells aren't getting the energy they need to function well. If your body makes extra insulin, that can lead to a low blood sugar or "sugar crash" which can cause you to feel exhausted.
Eating meals and snacks with a balance of protein, carbohydrates, and fiber can help keep blood sugar even throughout the day. This can help prevent ups and downs and also will slow down your body's insulin production. Even blood sugar and less insulin can make you feel less tired.
Not enough movement
Moving your body each day can help insulin work better (improve insulin resistance), and blood sugar can get into the cells during exercise even without insulin. Adding more movement can help keep blood sugar even throughout the day. Exercise gets the heart pumping and this can "wake you up" and also help channel some anxiety to help your relax better later. A lot of people report sleeping better on days when they exercise. (Sleep better=more energy)
Any movement is good movement. If you are able to sneak in a few 10 minutes walks per day, that is awesome. Lunch time is a great time to walk since it can help prevent the afternoon slump. Do exercise that you like so that you will actually keep doing it!
Low levels of Vitamin D, Iron, or Vitamin B12
If you are deficient in any of these nutrients, your energy level is likely to suffer. You can always ask your doctor to check lab values if you suspect you have a deficiency.
Vitamin D deficiency is very common with people with PCOS. You can safely add a supplement of 1000 iu or look for a multivitamin with 1000 iu.
Iron deficiency is most common in pre-menopausal women especially those that are pregnant or have heavy menstrual cycles. It is also common in people who drink a lot of milk, eat a vegetarian diet, have celiac disease, or a history of bariatric surgery. If you are deficient and having trouble tolerating the supplement, talk to your doctor or dietitian to help you find a supplement that works for you.
Vitamin B12 deficiency is more common in people who take the drug Metformin or acid reducing medications or in people who follow a vegan diet or who have had bariatric surgery. You can safely add a 1000 mcg supplement of Vitamin B12.
People with PCOS are more likely to suffer from depression than most people, and depression causes a serious lack of energy. Talk to your doctor or mental health professional for help managing depression.
People with PCOS may suffer from an underactive thyroid, which can cause low energy levels. Talk to your doctor about having a full thyroid panel done if you suspect you have an underactive thyroid.
Bottom line – Yes PCOS can zap your energy! But, there are things that you can do to help improve your energy and feel better. I strongly recommend talking to your doctor about energy levels since you may need to have some blood work done.
Interested in getting some individual nutrition counseling to manage your PCOS symptoms? Click here to contact me for a discovery call.


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History Workshop
The history workshop
a draft syllabus on new media and history
Monday, approximately 3:00, Main room (Austin East)
Bibliography and References
Add your favorite works to our HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY (if appropriate, followed by a brief description)
1. Siegert, Bernhard. Passage des Digitalen (in German), Brinkmann U. Bose, 2003. A brilliant deep history of digits, from 16c. bureaucracy in Spain to Leibnitz, to 1900. European media history.
2. Kittler, Friedrich. Gramophone, Film, Typewriter (Writing Science), Stanford UP, 1999. Close reading of early twentieth-century European media history, from the weaponry implicit in cameras to the feminine gender of typewriters. European media history.
3. Starr, Paul. The Creation of the Media: The Political Origins of Modern Communication. Basic Books, 2005. The post-office, the press, and the telegraph as constitutive moments in understanding the political stance of America toward media. American media history.
4. Turner, Fred. From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism, U of Chicago P, 2006. History of computer social movements in 1960-1990. Bay Area media history.
5. Johns, Adrian. âIntellectual Property and the Nature of Science,â Cultural Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2-3. (2006), pp. 145-164. Three mid-20th century thinkers (Arnold Plant, Michael Polanyi, Norbert Weiner) write against patents. (The whole CS issue is devoted to critical IP issues. Also watch for Johns' forthcoming book on history of piracy.) Intellectual patent history.
6. Debora L. Spar, Ruling the Waves, Harcourt, 2001. History of the cycle of (1)new technology, (2) adventurers, pirats and early visionary entrepeneurs, (3) commercialization and (4) call on government to protect established interests.
7. Ithiel de Sola Pool, Technologies of Freedom. Harvard University Press, 1983. A historical plea for a stress of freedom of speech in the context of new communication technologies.
8. Marvin, Carolyn, When old technologies were new: Thinking about electronic communication in the 19th Century. Oxford UP, 1990. Great attention to women's uses of "old" technology like phones.
9. Innis, Harold. Empire and Communications (1950) and The Bias of Communication (1951). Read the conclusions to these books first, and they will make a whole lot more sense (for the first time reader). Innis is a Canadian God that we all must bow down to... :-)
10. Warner, Michael. _The Letters of the Republic: Publication and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century America_. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1990. Very good.
11. Alford, William P. _To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense: Intellectual Property Law in Chinese Civilization_ (Stanford University Press 1995). [Also: âDonât Stop Thinking About... Yesterday: Why There was No Indigenous Counterpart to Intellectual Property Law in Imperial China.â 7 J. Chinese Law 3 (1993).]
12. Bracha, Oren. Owning ideas: A History of Anglo-American Intellectual Property (Thesis (S.J.D.)--Harvard Law School, 2005).
13. Hesse, Carla. âThe Rise of Intellectual Property, 700 B.C.--A.D. 2000: an Idea in the Balance.â _Daedalus_ (Spring 2002): 26-45.
14. Rose, Mark. _Authors and Owners: The Invention of copyright_ (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993).
Note: For those interested in new media history, please see also literature review section of linked paper above.
For those interested in (playful) history of piracy
15. Bey, Hakim. /T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone./
16. Fuller, Buckminster. /Operating Manual for the Spaceship Earth/, cf. ch. 2 esp, 1970.
Note: See also Bodo's reading list on piracy history: http://www.warsystems.hu/?p=67
Draft Conference Proposal
(Working title #2: paths untaken and histories untaken: what history of the internet and intellectual property has to offer the digital age)
With 2008 marking the 10th anniversary of the Berkman Center, the 40th anniversary of the contracting of ARPANET (1968), and almost the 300th anniversary of the Statute of Anne (1709/10), we propose a timely conference devoted to offering a forum for showcasing work loosely triangulated within the history of these three institutions. Such a conference would offer a much-needed, if not altogether unique, forum for the collaboration of top scholars and students interested in sharpening, sobering, and enriching debate on present-day copyright and related conundrums through the lens of history. The driving themeâfrom 'whence' to 'whither' intellectual propertyâinvites work attempting to trace unexpected arcs of the historically understudied topic before and during the internet. Specifically, we hope history will help open the debate to a whole horizon of fields capable of rethinking the internet and intellectual property not only as an unregulated medium and a corresponding set of regulatory apparatuses but, most broadly, as multifaceted means for reorganizing and coordinating human creativity, control, and meaning.
The framing question of the conference âwhy history?â comes with many answers and at least one major admission. To start with the latter: it is not, as George Santayana said, that those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it but that those who do history well are condemned to admit its ambiguity. In fact a craft of drafts, which gets rewrittenâaccording to late historian Ken Cmiel at leastâevery 20 years or so, history gives us no assurances about avoiding repeating the past. It may be at best a tool for telling us how little we know about ourselves.
Nevertheless, consider in balance a few possible answers to the vexing question âwhy history?â: one, because revisiting ignored elements of our own contingent genealogy can shake long-held assumptions, contextualize change, and challenge complacencies that may otherwise linger. Knowing what we do not know is a strength, a weapon against sides too convinced of their own lineage and right to being right. Since in terms of historical stature the internet is an embryo to intellectual property's aged tradition, those lacking the brute force of centuries of supposedly accepted convention should turn to the much older stream bed of new media history for insight into challenging those conventions and toward considering a fuller spread of options presented by our own present moments for change (âconjunctural" or "constitutiveâ moments).
Why history? Two, because it occupies a rare kind of intellectual commonsâa concern for what came beforeâshared among otherwise isolated fields. As all academic disciplines must make some claim to identify change or affirm continuity, the faded remnants of this basic act of history pops up thinly veiled in many templates for scholarship. Even the most streamlined study gestures--with the help of literature reviews, panel data, or precedent--toward satisfying the human curiosity for change. Not only do most fields employ remnants of historical study, many fields have the historical subfields themselves in need of a common forum (legal history, media history, art history, etc.). History then sets a broad, open stage for scholarly performance from all kinds of disciplinary conversation. As the backdrop to much academia, history also offers the best (i.e., perhaps only) response to the moving-target problem possessing internet studies (i.e. we must study the internet historically to understand its own transformation from apples to oranges: try to understand change without a time axis, we dare even post-Einsteinian physicists).
Why history? Three, because it lets us tell stories that set the tone and trajectory for thinking about such subjects in the future. By this we mean not so much that history lets us peer into the future but that it lets us influence the way others in the future will think about us. The stories we tell about others will narrate those told about us. In a strong sense, history must exist for its own sake.
Why history? Lastly, because history is funâand the few that agree are invited to take part in the festivities.
Is precedent itself an importantly impoverished form of history? A legal citation style that privileges the first and most recent cases excludes de facto from practical consideration the very 'midstream' legislative debate (everything inbetween the bookend cases) most likely to suggest constitutive moments. We write about law with stylistic habits costly to other thinkable historical alternatives. In terms of trying to find thinkable historical alternatives, the two least useful case studies may in fact be the earliest case, which, since it has no precedent itself, can shed little light on how to shift policy midstream and the most recent case, which is often too close to suggest fresh alternatives. (Historical freshness lies in the places least visited.) Rehabilitate the historical middle.
History may in fact be the /best worst/ predictor of the future, as at least we know historical data cannot directly apply to the future. History as a negative check on the future has a useful certainty to its uncertainty.
Peter Drahos says that philosophy depends on historyâwithout it philosophy is lost in abstraction. Yet it pretty much seems the case that without philosophy, most argument is empty. Activism by argument (i.e. scholarship?) demands historical understanding.
The idea of internet and history asks a lot of its students: first, a good sense of humor, second, a sophisticated sense for fact as well as a supple imagination for possibility (making historical alternatives thinkable), and third, a scientific skepticism that suspects even (especially?) its own method and a broad literacy at home in certain uncertainties.
However under-discussed, one part of whatâs so new about the internet is that itâs just new. As Yochai Benkler put it at the end of public lecture last year, these issues are important because âit is now.â Noveltyâand its conjunctural momentsâis perhaps the most ancient of human fascinations, and actually suggests questions about the stakes of history writing generally: since technologies are new before they are old, the history of new technologies (like the internet today, or the graphite pencil in 1600) is actually older than the history of old technologies. Can the new really be older than the old? (At least its history can be.) This too suggests that the new ideas about intellectual property we are so desperately looking for may be found in the old records of change. Novelty as a leading, or at least traceable, idea in media history.
What could we study? Pre-digital networks for source material to help rethink economic conventions about creative production? Histories of piracy and literacy (British novels in America, Windows in Romania: both increased media literacy)? Histories of the signature, the honorarium, or the certificate as a legal means of ensuring author authenticity? What about font homogenization of foreign languages in domain names? What the founding fathers did (or didnât) say about IPâand how may that affect our public debate on the subject? What does Chinese or Soviet history have to tell us about creative cultures burdened by sets of creativity restraints other than todayâs IP? What about a tracing of the flattening of the term âinformationâ or the rise of the term âcontentâ over the last twenty or 200 years?
Making sure that we bring people into the tent! Thinking of, for example, the collection of essays on 'residual media' edited by Charles Acland (2007), New Media: 1740-1915 (ed. Gitelman, 2004).
POET, MIT: history of the internet modularity informing synthetic biology, Professor Rose-Smith.
International IP students and scholars, absolutely!
Zuckerman on the internet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2QdEj8UjBc
- Berkman Center faculty
- OII SDP Students
- Museum curators/library archivists
- International scholars/students
- Berman Center?
- In association with or after the next OII Institute (to offer the students another means to explore these issues, or simultaneously to be able to take part in key note sessions)
- Columbia University, Communications Program?
- Berkman Gala Festivities, May 2008
- One-day conference, Fall 2008
- Main conference driver: Ben Peters
- Working organizing committee (open): Bodo Balazs, Daithà Mac SÃthigh, Joris van Hoboken
Technology History Reading List
Hacking, Ian. Taming Chance, on the history of uncertainty, cf. the following essay against interdisciplinarity (http://www.interdisciplines.org/interdisciplinarity/papers/7).
Carr, E. H. (1962). What is history? New York,, Knopf. A classic (or very short) on epistemology of history. (read this first, if you are not a historian)
Abbate, J. (1999). Inventing the Internet. Cambridge, Mass, MIT Press. Perhaps the best reference on the history of the Internet.
Aitken, H. G. J. (1960). Taylorism at Watertown Arsenal; scientific management in action, 1908-1915. Cambridge,, Harvard University Press. A great example of how a historian can write a history book as if he lived in this era.
Angevine, R. G. (2004). The railroad and the state : war, politics, and technology in nineteenth-century America. Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press. Mostly just factual. Not as exciting as its title.
Cronon, W. (1991). Nature's metropolis : Chicago and the Great West. New York, W.W. Norton. A great book on the rise of Chicago (or any other upcoming megapolis â Bangalore?)
Hounshell, D. A. (1984). From the American system to mass production, 1800-1932 : the development of manufacturing technology in the United States. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press. A great reference on the history of gun-making, sewing machines, furniture industry, bicycle and automobile.
Maines, R. (2005). Asbestos and fire : technological trade-offs and the body at risk. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press. A good reference for understanding his the interface of technology and law can be understood from historical perspective.
Mindell, D. A. (2002). Between human and machine : feedback, control, and computing before cybernetics. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press. History of control systems and analog to digital transition.
Vincenti, W. G. (1990). What engineers know and how they know it : analytical studies from aeronautical history. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press. A great reference of the cognitive psychology of an engineer and how engineering is different from science.
NOTES from History Workshop, 07/23
Introductions. Project thoughts on an alternate history of the ideas of copyright, piracy, and property in (post) Soviet Russia and Ukraine (Ben Peters); on a history of Franklin, Madison, Jefferson and other foundational thinkers' protocols around intellectual property as a way of recovering a conversation absent in the 1990s copyright extension debate (Lewis Hyde); on the short history of the term 'information' (all); on historical alternatives literature and the ideas of intellectual property in social theory and political philosophy, particularly post-liberal theory which looks to pay attention to values such as meaningful work and plasticity instead of only the traditional liberal values of equality, efficiency, and autonomy (Talha Syed); and on the history of search in the exploration of search engine liability (Joris van Hoboken).
It's not that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it (George Santayana) but that those who actually do history are condemned to admit its ambiguity. History gives no agenda to its peruser but instead demands of the historian a fixed approach, an idea of what one is looking for.
According to Talha Syed, there are at least three presentist motives for a historical approach:
1. To shake the illusion that [fill in the blank (say, the term 'information')] has always been what it is today. To show that our state of being has a contingent genealogy.
2. To show that the present politics and world vision is contestable. To show that there were historical opportunities for politics and vision, besides the causality of technology and efficiency.
3. To validate or challenge contemporary arguments with historical ancestors. To place a certain argument within a richer, normatively charged tradition. To show an element of what we once were but are now ignoring.
Actionable proposals: (1) combine bibliographies (the greatest hits of helpful works on the internet and IP, see above), (2) write a conference call proposal, and (3) write a journal proposal.
I. What can history offer students of the internet, anyway? What chances do we have of defending some answer other than "nothing"?
II. Can history teach us not to repeat past mistakes? If yes, how? If no, what's it good for?
III. Is the internet subject to the similar media law as other older new media cases? Why?
IV. What does intellectual property history contribute to the study of the internet?
How to include it?
I. Comparative institutional histories of how the novelty of a medium has been differently institutionalized (sociological perspective)
II. Histories of ideas about the use and purpose of media and communication technologies across different new media (philosophical)
III. Media metaphors help find insight in unexpected places (creating perspectives)
IV. Narrative, biography, story
Examples of different ways to include history:
I. Institutional histories: (a comparison across space) the evolution of the internet in the US and Brazil, or (a comparison across time) the US history of the public interest in spectrum regulation from 1921 to present
II. Idea histories: History of the telegraphic idea (i.e. distance writing) embedded in genealogy of technology from sign language to computers
III. Media metaphors: XML (heir to HTML and the code behind RSS feeds and interchangeable online text) that draws grammatical insight from the strict syntax in cuneiform, an enriched genealogy of hypertext linking from Talmudic page layout, and respectful caution from mid-twentieth century predictions about the memex (a portmanteau for a microfilm âmemory extenderâ system).
(feel free to ask Ben Peters to unpack these, especially number 3)


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Singapore Full Year 2016: Vezel parallel imports push Honda to #1
The Honda Vezel is the best-selling new vehicle in Singapore this year.
* See the Top 55 All-brands and Top 10 models by clicking on the title *
Consult 10 years worth of Singapore Historical Data here
Lower rates for Certificates of Entitlement (COE) – in essence the permit to drive your car in the country – once again push the Singaporean market forward: after a 99% surge in 2015, 2016 is up another 52% to 87.504 units. Parallel imports account for 22.7% of the market or 19.888 units, their second highest share below the record 23.8% hit back in 2008 when total registrations were 97.348. Lightning strikes the brands ranking: after two consecutive years of domination, Toyota is toppled off its throne by Honda despite following the market with sales up 52% to 18.492. That's meagre compared to Honda soaring 144% to 19.349 units and 22.1% share vs. 13.7% a year ago. One culprit: the Honda Vezel that sold 9.966 units this year – all of them being parallel imports (PIs). This means the Vezel accounted for 50% of all PIs sold in the country this year and 11.4% of the total market.
The Honda Shuttle ranks third among parallel imports in 2016.
Mazda drops one percentage point market share to 8.1% but gains two spots to rank #3 for the year as Nissan (+26%) and Mercedes (+19%) fare worse. Opel (+282%), Ssangyong (+283%), Mitsubishi (+163%), Suzuki (+93%), Subaru (+74%) and Chevrolet (+73%) are among the other great performers in the brands ranking. Back to the models ranking where the Toyota Corolla Altis, once ultra-dominant, ranks 2nd with less than half the sales of the Vezel. The Corolla however holds onto the annual volume record with 10.910 registrations back in 2006. The Toyota Harrier, Honda Shuttle and Toyota Sienta are the next most successful PIs, all lodging four-digit sales figures for 2016.
Previous year: Singapore Full Year 2015: Lower COE has market double year-on-year
Two years ago: Singapore Full Year 2014: Toyota Corolla new best-seller
Full Year and December 2016 Top 55 All-brands and Top 10 models vs. Full Year 2015 figures below.


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Positron emission tomography (PET) is a type of nuclear radiology, in which a small amount of radioactive material is injected into the body. It shows how an organ or part of the body functions.
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When PET is combined with a CT scan, it produces an extremely accurate picture of what is happening inside a child's body. This may lead to more effective diagnosis or treatment.
PET/CT may be used to:
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How do I prepare my child for a PET/CT?
There may be special rules about preparing for the test your child will have. Be sure to write down and follow any directions we give you. If you forget or have questions, call us at 832-TC4-XRAY (832-824-9729).
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Before and during the test, a child-life specialist can help your child relax and feel more comfortable by providing coaching and distraction tailored to your child's developmental level. Sometimes this helps reduce the need for sedation.
If your child is young or unable to lie still, he may need to be given medicine to help him relax or sleep. This is called sedation or anesthesia. Depending on the test, sedation or anesthesia may be given by mouth, shot or IV (a needle connected to a tiny tube).
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IV Injection of the radiopharmaeutical
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The combined images (shown in the middle column) overlay PET images on the MRI data.
If needed, a child life specialist can help your child relax and remain quiet during this time.
Next, your child will walk to the restroom and empty his bladder. Then he will be taken to the imaging room.
Scanning with the PET/CT machine
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The day is coming to a close, and the sun is slowly setting. This is when the hectic pace of daily life finally hits pause and when time is suspended between day and night. Fleeting tranquility characterizes this hanging arrangement: petunias, million bells calibrachoa and begonias form a ball of flowers above a delicate cascading Bacopa plant.
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Many people are extending their ATVing and UTVing seasons with the help of many innovative products that make winter play a piece of ice cream cake.
Who extends their season? According to Aaron Seminoff of Main Jet Motorsports in Nelson, B.C., recreational riders in their mature years are most likely to be the ones incorporating winter implements to their ATVs and UTVs.
"Young guys and girls usually want to go fast, so a snowmobile would be their choice for a winter toy," said Seminoff, "but older people, who simply want to get out on the trail and enjoy the serenity and beauty of winter, are now using their ATVs and UTVs year round."
The extra cargo space on your side-by-sides comes in handy for those who are venturing deep in the woods, or ice fishing, allowing you to take everything you need in one trip.
Here are some accessories you can put on your ATV and UTV to make winter riding more enjoyable:
"ATVing has become a year-round activity now that you can put tracks on them," said Linda Murray from Barrett Motorsports & Equipment in Fruitvale, B.C., "and they are becoming more and more popular as a way to plow snow in the winter."
Originally designed for commercial application, track systems on your ATV or UTV have now hit the recreational world by storm. Tracks allow the user to enjoy the winter season by providing the traction and flotation to carry their unit over snow-covered surfaces. Even the greatest of sceptics has been surprised. While they may not win any speed races, the tracked ATVs and UTVs handle well in the snow.
"Camoplast and TREX are some of the most popular on the market," said Reid Nehring of UTV Canada. "Both of these companies produce a top quality product right here in Canada. They are priced within pennies of each other."
It is recommended to have at least a 500-cc ATV if you are wanting to run tracks in the snow. You need sufficient power to turn the tracks and those less than 500 ccs won't have enough power to do so adequately. A 700- to 850-cc machine would be the best.
Cab enclosures
Those who utilize an enclosure for their UTV have many options. You can go with a soft type of enclosure, which keeps the elements out, but won't necessarily protect you from all of the wind or last nearly as long as the hard type of cabs.
Many people are extending their ATVing and UTVing seasons with the help of many innovative products. — photo courtesy Ray Senio
The hard enclosures utilize plastic and even have tempered glass for windshields to give you a more permanent feel, and much more protection from harsh winter conditions. Hard cabs are also much quieter inside, which can work to your advantage if you have some tunes accompanying your ride.
There are heaters for virtually every UTV on the market, even the Arctic Cat Wildcat. Fall hunters and winter enthusiasts are quite often choosing this option to keep comfortable when the weather turns cold.
Heated grips, even for passengers, make cold weather riding enjoyable on your ATV. How about a heated seat? Plugging into a 12-volt DC system, this plug-and-play unit keeps your tush toasty warm with a variable heat setting. Nothing says comfort like a warm tush!
Plows are a very useful addition for winter snow removal. There are a few different types of plows to choose from—some constructed of metal or a poly-type of blade, which is lighter. The poly blade has the capability of flexing as opposed to bending as metal blades sometimes do. ATVs usually run blades ranging from 50 to 60 inches, while UTVs can accommodate up to a 72-inch blade.
Many commercial applications are now utilizing hydraulics to operate their snow plows. Pictured here is a hydraulic plow manufactured by Wicked Bilt. — photo courtesy Reid Nehring
To power plows, you have a few choices.
Winch-operated systems are by far the most popular and cost effective, but many commercial applications are now utilizing hydraulics to operate their snowplows. This type of system can cost upwards of $3,500.
There are benefits to the hydraulic plow, according to Nehring.
Ray and Val Senio ride their UTV all year long. — photo courtesy Ray Senio
"The benefits of the hydraulic plow is that you don't have to leave the driver's seat to adjust the blade angle," he said. "The manual blade has to be adjusted by hand when swivelling the blade to direct your snow from one side to the next when snowplowing. The hydraulic blade has a joystick on the dash that controls the lift and turning of the blade. Some hydraulic blades can also give you down pressure to insure that the snow is being scraped down to the surface whereas the manual winch-operated blade just floats over the uneven ground."
There are many other innovative products that will make winter riding more enjoyable on your ATV or UTV. Aftermarket lighting, racks and other types of carrying accessories really push the imagination. There is no need to mourn the loss of a season, for winter fun will add a whole new dimension to enjoying your ATV and UTV.


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By Doug Porter
The only thing more likely to be declared dead on arrival than any plan coming out of the newly ensconced Citizens' Stadium Advisory Group for San Diego is the budget proposal the President is sending to the Republican-controlled congress.
Today we'll start out by looking at what the composition of the Faulconer's task force tells us about the impossibility of their task and check out a few details of the Obama administration's assertion that the age of austerity ought to be over in the US of A. There's also bonus material on two of the GOP 2016 presidential wannabes.
On Friday Mayor Kevin Faulconer introduced a nine-member stadium task force including what UT-San Diego called "financial experts, prominent developers, longtime government leaders and a former Chargers executive."
A tax increase or subsidy of some sort is already baked into the final results of this group's work, since it's task seems to be finding the most palatable solution to the Chargers' stadium problem for historically tax-adverse San Diego voters.
From 10 News:
He [the mayor] said the group will develop, by this fall, a "real, tangible plan for a new stadium" that can be put before voters in 2016.
"That's never been done before," Faulconer said. "Yes, we've had renderings. Yes, we've had ideas floated about how you can possibly, maybe, fund it, but those aren't plans. A plan is when somebody tells you this is where it's going to go, this is how we're going to build it, and most importantly, this is how it's going to be paid for."
UT-San Diego reported:
Faulconer said he tried to select a small and diverse group with the skills and experience to develop large-scale projects and the financing plans needed to get them built.
"This well-rounded group will be nimble enough to complete an analysis, develop plans and make recommendations by the fall of this year," Faulconer said during a news conference next to Petco Park.
Let's start with the adjective "diverse".
@vosdscott 8 Republicans, 1 DTS, & no one from Labor. Not what I would call diverse. Business as usual. @SDLaborCouncil @ToddGloria #1u
— Mickey Kasparian (@MickeyKasparian) February 1, 2015
Then there's nimble.
From Voice of San Diego:
The group the mayor has assembled to figure out a proposal for a new Chargers stadium will be much different than the one that last met, more than a decade ago, on the same issue.
It will be secret.
It's not an official city commission, so the group's hearings will not be subject to open meetings laws and other similar restrictions. The mayor's spokesman, Craig Gustafson, told me they don't plan to meet in public at all. He said you can send an email if you want: firstname.lastname@example.com.
So it's not a city commission but the city is, apparently, handling its email.
It turns out there's a reason why the pubic won't be invited to task force meetings.
10News/UT-San Diego commissioned a SurveyUSA poll asking questions about locations and financing for a new stadium. The bottom line here is, that while a majority of people think the stadium should remain in Mission Valley and the team will ultimately choose not to move elsewhere, a solid majority of the public wants nothing to do with paying for any deal. (63% No, 29% Yes, 8% Don't Know)
Even 57% of those polled who called themselves Chargers fans opposed the idea of taxpayer financing. Other options, like giving the local NFL franchise tax breaks or donating publicly held property as part of any deal were opposed by respondents.
A UT San Diego business section article still held out hope for what even it admitted was a difficult situation for any proposal:
Yet weak public support hasn't stopped lawmakers from subsidizing projects, partly because of heavy lobbying from industries that benefit. And politicians who promote projects are often out of office when the bills come due.
Fabiani, the Chargers spokesman, declined to tell me if the team has measured local public appetite for stadium funding.
He said the team regularly conducts surveys of various kinds, but has never disclosed results.
Here's longtime observer Don Bauder's take at the Reader:
The U-T editorialized today (January 31) that the task force on the Chargers stadium is "packed with the right mix of expertise." Of course it is "packed" — just as all the other task forces and special committees are "packed" with corporate-welfare boosters. The task force's job is to shift as much of the burden as possible on to taxpayers and steer the profits to the private sector — socialization of the risk and privatization of the gain.
My read on the situation is there is likely no path towards building a stadium. The Mayor's choices for the Stadium Advisory Group reflect the political awareness that recognizes funding for a new football venue must end up behind infrastructure repairs and an expanded convention center.
While the proposed economic benefits of an expansion of the convention center are as sketchy as those of a new football venue, San Diego's hoteliers are a potent political force.
The prospect of the football team leaving must be tempered by the reality that any move to Los Angeles would likely entail the Spanos family giving up a percentage of their ownership, something they appear unwilling to do.
Finally, there are the various alternative financing ideas floating around that should be addressed. The County has money, we're told. The Airport Authority and SANDAG might be tapped.
Pigs will fly before any of those organizations part with their stash of taxpayer cash.
The President's Middle Class Budget
The administration rolled out a $4 trillion budget proposal today.
The multiple phone book sized document calls for tax breaks for the middle class, raising some taxes for wealthy individuals and corporations, and ending the budget sequester. The defict would decrease slightly and the national debt would remain at what the White House calls sustainable levels.
From Daily Kos:
White House officials say their goal is to keep deficits stable relative to the gross domestic product and bring the long-term debt down slightly. The $474 billion deficit for next year would be about 2.5 percent of GDP, and it would end up in about the same place for 2025 even though the dollar amount would rise to $639 billion, according to a source familiar with the details. The federal debt—the cumulative total of deficits that the government owes—would start at 75 percent of GDP in 2016 and ease down to 73.3 percent in 2025.
It would raise taxes on capital gains and on inherited capital gains and levy a minimum 19 percent tax on "American corporate profits that are kept overseas." It also includes a one-time, 14 percent tax on the overseas earnings of American firms that is expected to raise $478 billion, which would be earmarked for rebuilding infrastructure.
On the spending side, the budget includes $41 million for the first year of the president's community college plan to allow two-years of free tuition and $105 million for "trade adjustment assistance" to help retrain workers who lost jobs to trade deals. The budget includes an ambitious program to provide more assistance to families with young children, making childcare more affordable by increasing tax breaks to families.
Sen. Paul Ryan's Republi-nomics 101
The likely Republican reaction will likely be to label the administration's ideas as class warfare. And, as usual, anything potentially perceived as negative about the existing economic situation mus be blamed on the Kenyan-Muslim-Socialist in the Whate House.
The wealthy are doing really well. They're practicing trickle-down economics now
From the New York Times:
But even as Mr. Ryan criticized proposals that could be viewed as pitting class against class, he acknowledged a reality that many Republicans have long avoided: The rich are getting much richer. Republicans once held that liberal economic policies would stifle "the job creators." Now, Mr. Ryan said, the creators are doing well. Others are not.
"The Obamanomics that we're practicing now have exacerbated inequality," he said. "They've exacerbated stagnation. They're made things worse."
Mr. Ryan continued: "The wealthy are doing really well. They're practicing trickle-down economics now."
Binders Full of Vaccinations
New Jersey Gov. Christ Christie is already backing away from a statement made in London over the weekend suggesting there is a need for "balance" in deciding whether or not children should be vaccinated against infectious diseases. Now it appears Christie's statement might have been more like a knee-jerk reaction to anything uttered by the President.
From the Washington Post:
Christie was asked to weigh in on the debate in the United States over the measles outbreak. On Sunday, Obama told NBC News anchor Savannah Guthrie, "You should get your kids vaccinated."
"I understand that there are families that, in some cases, are concerned about the effect of vaccinations," Obama said. "The science is, you know, pretty indisputable. We've looked at this again and again. There is every reason to get vaccinated, but there aren't reasons to not."
Christie, however, said "there has to be a balance and it depends on what the vaccine is, what the disease type is, and all the rest." He added, "Not every vaccine is created equal and not every disease type is as great a public health threat as others."
According to the Los Angeles Times this morning , there have been 91 measles cases reported in California and 16 outside the state: five in Arizona, three in Utah, two in Washington state, one in Colorado, one in Michigan, one in Nebraska, one in Oregon and two in Mexico.
On Sunday Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Tom Frieden appeared on CBS's Face the Nation, warning that the U.S. could see a "large outbreak" of measles
And here's the State of New Jersey walking back the London statement, via The Hill:
The office of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Monday that he believed there is "no question kids should be vaccinated" for the measles virus, clarifying comments he made earlier in the day.
"To be clear: The Governor believes vaccines are an important public health protection and with a disease like measles there is no question kids should be vaccinated," this office said in a statement emailed by aide Kevin Roberts. "At the same time different states require different degrees of vaccination, which is why he was calling for balance in which ones government should mandate."
On This Day:1848 – The Mexican War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty ceded land to the U.S., including Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, California and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. Mexicans refer to the conflict as "The American Intervention" 1977 – Legal secretary Iris Rivera was fired for refusing to make coffee, triggering protests from throughout Chicago. 1990 – South African President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.
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No. 2 Florida Tech Women's Golf Seek Momentum For Postseason
By Florida Tech Athletic Communications // March 30, 2015
West Florida's Argonaut Invitational
BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – With the Sunshine State Conference Tournament looming two weeks away, No. 2 Florida Tech hopes to muster up momentum in a final postseason dress rehearsal at West Florida's Argonaut Invitational.
The Panthers have been a mainstay at the top of the polls, and following a program-best one-over-par 289 its last time out, have high expectations with postseason play just around the corner.
The 54-hole tourney being held at the par-72 Stonebrook Golf Club will consist of two rounds Monday and one on Tuesday, beginning with 8:15 a.m. shotgun starts.
Junior Felicia Leftinger eyes her third consecutive top-10 finish after placing in a tie for seventh at the Barry Women's Invitational back on March 17. The Gothenburg, Sweden native is currently fourth in scoring average in all of NCAA Division II.
Florida Tech headlines a field consisting of six top-25 programs, including the 10th-ranked Argonauts and No. 14 Florida Southern.
In addition to Leftinger, Johanna Larsson hopes to add another top-five finish to her resume. The sophomore tied for 19th at the Panthers' previous event held in Miami Lakes, Florida, but garnered at least fifth in three consecutive tournaments prior.
Three top-five individual finishes carried West Florida to the tournament title in 2014.
Results will be posted to FloridaTechSports.com following the completion of each round.


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Wes Penn, a highly creative visual artist, lived in Ajijic from 1967 to his death in a vehicle accident three years later. Penn was the fourth husband of Jan Dunlap ("Big Mama").
William Wesley Penn Jr. was born 11 February 1935 in Big Spring, Howard, Texas. He was the son of the Reverend and Mrs. William W. Penn. Reverend Penn (1913-1988) was a Methodist minister who served in the Navy and was the pastor for a time in Renner, Texas, where, coincidentally, Jan Dunlap spent most of her childhood.
Penn attended high school in Commerce, Texas, and gained his first degree from East Texas State College (now known as Texas A&M University–Commerce) in 1959, and had married while living in El Paso, where he was studying for a Masters in Education at the University of El Paso. His younger brother, Paul, an engineer also studied at the University of El Paso. Paul later fell foul of the law in Mexico and was sentenced to a multi-year term in Puente Grande, the penitentiary just outside Guadalajara.
Dunlap met Wes Penn when they were both studying at the University of Texas. They lived in El Paso and New Mexico before deciding to try their luck in Mexico where Penn had friends who lived at Lake Chapala. In the run-up to the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, language teachers were in demand and Dunlap, who had four young children in tow, and Penn hoped to support themselves by teaching English.
The family lived for a time in the Mill House at the western extremity of the village. It was difficult to make ends meet and, like many others living in Ajijic at the time, Penn and Dunlap decided to risk driving a stash of weed across the border in order to raise some much-needed funds. They made it back to Ajijic without incident but when Penn went to collect their dog from a friend's house in Chapala, the timing turned out to be disastrous.
No sooner had he arrived than the police raided the house looking for drugs; everyone present, including Penn, was arrested and locked up overnight in the local jail. Dunlap, meanwhile, had sent son Ricardo to look for her husband. Ricardo returned saying he's found Penn's car and that it was still parked in Chapala.
When Dunlap went to collect her husband the following day, she was told that the federales had taken over the case and had moved Penn and the others to Guadalajara. It turned out that they were being held in the same jail as Penn's brother. Dunlap called in a favor from a friend who had the ear of the state governor and was able to get Penn and the others released in exchange for a substantial contribution of pesos.
Tragically, Penn was killed on 25 March 1970 when the car he was driving was hit by a bus on the Chapala-Guadalajara highway. Jan and her children remained in Ajijic where she ran a succession of restaurant-bars, boutiques and galleries during the 1970s and 1980s, one of which was named the Wes Penn Gallery in his honor.
Wes Penn worked in a variety of media. As a painter, he specialized in abstracts, many of which leaned towards surrealism.
Penn's parents were not very appreciative or supportive of their son's art. Dunlap told me how her father-in-law had once offered her husband $100 for a painting on the grounds that it represented the cost of the materials!
Fortunately, Penn's fellow artists held him in much higher esteem. For example, his works were exhibited at least once in the renowned Udinotti Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona, run by Greek-born poet and painter Agnese Udinotti.
I am deeply indebted to the late Jan Dunlap for sharing her knowledge and memories of Wes Penn, and to Rico Semple for sharing photos of examples of his work.
- Big Spring Daily Herald, Big Spring, Texas, 13 February 1935, p8
- Henrietta Clay County Leader, Henrietta, Texas – 11 June 1970
Comments, corrections or additional material related to any of the writers and artists featured in this series of mini-bios are welcome. Please email us or use the comments feature at the bottom of individual posts.
Tony Burton's books include "Lake Chapala: A Postcard History" (2022), "Foreign Footprints in Ajijic" (2022), "If Walls Could Talk: Chapala's historic buildings and their former occupants" (2020), (available in translation as "Si Las Paredes Hablaran"), "Mexican Kaleidoscope" (2016), and "Lake Chapala Through the Ages" (2008).


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OPPO, an always advancing worldwide Smartphone mark kick-began the First Sale of OPPO F3 crosswise over India from today. The F3 highlights the brand's first double selfie camera including a first-historically speaking 120-degree wide-point Group Selfie Camera. The telephone will be accessible in OPPO online stores on Flipkart, Amazon andSnapdeal, and all OPPO disconnected stores crosswise over India.
Making selfies a stride further, the abundantly anticipated redesigned Group Selfie Expert OPPO F3 Plus was as of late propelled in the Indian market. Pre-requests were taken crosswise over India from March 24th – March 31st. At the occasion, pre-arrange shoppers not just turned into the primary arrangement of buyers to get the gadget additionally found the opportunity to get amaze blessings at the scene!
"Telangana state being a key market, OPPO is extending its impression to meet the requests of developing client base. "Said Mr Jone, CEO of OPPO Mobiles Telangana Pvt Ltd "We have kick begun our First Sale today for our new Selfie Expert with first double Selfie Camera – the F3. We are amped up for the new offering for the shoppers which makes them a stride ahead, to catch all their friends and family at one go. We trust that the new Selfie Expert will be as well known as its ancestor."
The First Sale was seen by Tollywood VIP The stunning Adah Sharma in Hyderabad at The Park Hotel. She additionally shared her own selfie encounter and offered marks to the principal set of buyers amid the occasion. Adah Sharma stated, the OPPO F3 is easy to understand, the telephone camera is cool and looks decent. Everybody likes to utilize telephones for selfies and with this every one of you will truly appreciate taking selfies. The nature of selfies taken through OPPO F3 is phenominal.
Set to be the following extreme 'Selfie Expert', the F3 highlights double selfie camera, including a 16-megapixel front camera and a 120-degree wide-edge camera for gathering selfie, which catches a twofold view, up to 105 percent more than a standard 80-degree focal point. The 16 MP raise camera is co-created with Sony, outfitted with a tweaked 1/3-inch IMX398 sensor for genuine photography. Matched with the huge f/2.2 the remarkable hostile to shake 2.0, the subsequent pictures are clear and stunning.
Accompanies a 3,200 mAh battery, the OPPO F3 gives a continuance of over 14 hours' utilization in a recreation trial of genuine utilize, which implies more selfie sessions with companions and relatives.
The OPPO F3 is quick, using an octa-center processor sponsored by 4GB RAM and 64GB ROM. It additionally offers a double space card plate that can hold two Nano 4G SIM cards or one Nano SIM card with a microSD card, extending memory to up to 128GB. OPPO's driving advanced ColorOS 3.0 framework guarantees heavenly speed with lessened vitality utilization and immaculate execution with inherent Privacy Protection highlight and infection scanner. To open the telephone in a negligible 0.2s, the F3′ Lightning-Fast Touch Access is without a doubt one of the snappiest in the market.
Developed with a metal unibody and precisely made for a superior feeling of hand-grasping, The F3 is smooth and thin and is a ponder to hold. The 5.5-inch, 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 5 screen includes a pre-connected defensive screen covering, giving it a rich, tasteful and premium look while holding unmatched durability.the Gold variation of the F3 Plus is accessible from today in OPPO stores crosswise over India and online stores on Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal. The OPPO F3 is evaluated at Rs 19,999, in Indian market.


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