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Nam June Paik is considered not only the father of video art – he first experimented with the form in 1959 – but also the man who coined the phrase and concept "electronic superhighway" in a report for the Rockefeller Foundation that he was hired to write in 1974.
The 67-year-old, Korean-born artist, who suffered a stroke three years ago, is known for creating witty media sculptures and installations that often express a desire to humanize technology. He's the subject of the major retrospective and his largest-ever solo exhibition, "The Worlds of Nam June Paik." The show opened 11 February at New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and runs through 26 April. Wired News spoke to Paik about technology and why young artists should experiment with new media.
Wired News: Why did you turn to video?
Nam June Paik: At the time, I was working with electronic music very seriously. Even then, the world of electronic music was saturated, and this was 1962.
WN: Some curators say audiences have a hard time seeing every day technologies such as video or computers as artistic media.
PAIK: I turned to video because I could more quickly make art. Video is a very open medium, and if you want to tell something to someone quickly through art, video is good.
WN: Do you consider yourself a sculptor who works with video?
PAIK: No. When I have to show in a gallery, people can only think in terms of painting or sculpture. When they see something 3D, they call it sculpture because they have no other name. I was startled when I saw, 'Sculpture by Nam June Paik' in Time magazine, and I thought, "What is this guy talking about?" I hope this changes.
WN: How were you influenced by other artists when you first came to NYC in the 1960s? It has been widely documented that you became part of the avant garde group known as the Fluxus movement, consisting of artists such as John Cage and Yoko Ono.
PAIK: Yes. But Fluxus was started in Lithuania. It is a small country with big ambitions. Korea is also a small country. I felt something in common between Lithuania and Korea.
WN: Coming from a small country, do you think there is some connection to working with video and media?
PAIK: We don't get easily intimidated. So we like to be variant. Everyone thinks television is always something big, like NBC or CBS, and that no one could do anything about this. But I thought I could change TV with one screwdriver.
WN: You once told a reporter that you make technology ridiculous.
PAIK: I meant I tried my best to make it more stately, but there is always a limit to what you can do.
WN: But there is definitely an element of playfulness in your work.
PAIK: Yes, I made a robot that can shit. And I think that it is the only robot that can shit! WN: Why is it important to have a sense of humor when dealing with technology?
PAIK: If something is taken so seriously, it is good to look at it as if it is silly. It makes it more real. I like natural things. The biggest triumph in my life was when I went to the World's Fair in New York in 1964, and I saw a robot there. But it couldn't walk. And then I made a robot that was able to walk! And I was very, very happy.
WN: Could you talk about the new pieces at the Guggenheim, especially the waterfall installation?
PAIK: Yes, that is the centerpiece... . When I had my stroke, I had a kind of enlightenment. I had a vision of a hundred Ts looking up, playing Philip Glass music, looking at something in the sky. So I followed my enlightenment and created this piece. It is about heaven and earth, and connecting them in between.
WN: Was there something you needed to say, first through electronic music, then through media art?
PAIK: My father was a businessman in Korea. He was a big businessman between the 1940s and 50s. This was a very difficult time, since the Japanese and Americans came to Korea. There was a lot of bribery. And with art, at least I knew I wouldn't kill anybody. I might suffer, but I wouldn't hurt anybody. I wanted to have a good life. And if I don't hurt anyone else, that's good enough for me.
WN: Why turn to electronics and electronic media?
PAIK: I started out writing string quartets and piano sonatas. I was in Germany and I went to a famous teacher. Then I realized that existing instruments couldn't fulfill my needs. So I went to an electronic music studio in Cologne. There were only five then. But I got in. It was a big break for me. I might go back to music. In 2012, it will be John Cage's centennial. I want to make a big concert in Carnegie Hall for John Cage.
WN: With your retrospective, do you feel the same way looking at your older artwork?
PAIK: Some of the pieces aren't that old in the show. There is one piece called "The Crown Piece," which is a version of the oscilloscope. I made it in 1966. It is still very good. I have luck. But, you know, a pair of pliers can look really old and outdated. But when you look at a pair of pliers, you see the man who first made the pliers. And you can see the creativity of the mind of the man who first made the pliers. You see the creative idea rather than the object itself. That makes something timeless.
WN: Do you encourage younger artists to work or at least experiment with new media versus the more traditional media?
PAIK: Yeah, it is easier. And you can become a master. You can create your own field and you don't have any competition. It can be like running a marathon alone. You can win. You can eliminate the competition. There is more freedom.
WN: At the same time, I heard you don't even use email.
PAIK: I keep my personal life and my artistic life separate. If I were more of a technology freak I might make music like Bach. Because I am not obsessed with technology in my life, I can keep fresh. I like to show people what is new in my art. WN: You once said that you are interested in information overload.
PAIK: Yeah. This is an instinct of our body. You have eyes, you want to fill up your eyes. You have a nose, you want to fill up your nose. You have a mouth, you want to fill up your mouth. You need to be satisfied.
WN: Do you think there is too much information out there now?
PAIK: Well, if we still have Monica Lewinskys, we will be entertained! But technology can help you. If you have a lot of information, your brain will work better. And with more information and more technology, they keep getting cheaper.
WN: Technology can make everyone an artist. As you said, video is an easy medium to work with. Do you think this cheapens media artwork as a genre?
PAIK: Everyone can make computer graphics or videos. I think anybody can do it. Lots of people have talent. They just don't sell it to the market. I wonder why there is no bestseller concept in the art world, like the bestseller concept in publication. In the art world, you make fewer works, and then you become more famous. There is an absurd hierarchy in the art world. I am trying to make a bestseller of art, but I don't think I have the talent for it. I am trying to make a mass-market video art for DVD players. I might also buy a cable channel in New York. I think one will open up in the year 2020 – there will be an empty channel here then. I have a few SoHo studios, and I might sell them and buy a cable channel and broadcast art.
WN: Do you think that you will create work for the Web?
PAIK: The Web is actually too limited. There is no good real-time, live video pictures. You have to depend on telephone lines, so-called broadband access. I am waiting for the technology to catch up to me. But it will come.
WN: Do you enjoy seeing so many people being creative with technology in today's world?
PAIK: To be happy, you have to be creative. Now there are people making hundreds of millions of dollars from technology. It is wonderful, because creative uses of technology now give hope to young people. Everyone thinks they can make an IPO. I never heard that term IPO until three or four months ago. But I will stay an artist. In the art world, a good brain can knock down walls. But in the business world, there are a thousand good brains that surface with great ideas each year.
WN: So what do you think is next?
PAIK: I try to use laser lights at this time. They are very effective. I am going after new applications of lasers and new applications of architecture and these types of things. This is a new century, and people have been asking me to give a taste of this new century. I didn't want to give an apple or an orange. No, I want to give a mango or a kiwi. So that's what made me find lasers.


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Choosing a New Seat Cover for Your Vehicle
If you are looking for a great way to spruce up the interior of your vehicle at a minimal cost, seat cover replacement is a great way to do just that! However, the type of seat cover that is best for your particular vehicle might be very different from the type of seat cover that suits a much larger or smaller make and model, so it does pay to know what you are looking for and what you can afford to spend ahead of time.
Once you have determined your budget for any seat cover you buy, as well as articulating to yourself any preferred colors and materials you might like, search the web for a seat cover that will fit your particular vehicle make and model. If the results of this query are too vast to pare down effectively, add a few extra keywords to your search that describe the colors or materials you have in mind. Once you have a more manageable list to work with, determine which seat cover options can give you the appearance that you want at a price you can afford.
Once you have pared down your list of seat cover options accordingly, do your research on any vendor that you are considering thus far. Search the web for reviews of specific retailers that you are considering purchasing any seat cover from, and see what others have had to say about their experiences overall. Eliminate any seat cover vendors from your list that have a bad reputation, and determine which of the remaining seat cover options best fit your tastes and budget. Order your seat cover of choice accordingly, and your purchase should prove to be a wise one indeed! You might be surprised at how far a little research can take you!
Choosing a Venue for Roofing Dallas Texas Has to Offer
If you are looking for a contractor that can help you with roofing Dallas Texas is a city with many different and excellent options available. However, as with the various types of major contractors in any city, not every professional in the business of roofing Dallas Texas might have to offer is necessarily as reliable, highly skilled, or affordable as you might like, so it does pay to do your research on the various available options before going forward. Hiring a reliable and skilled professional in roofing dallas Texas has to offer in the first place can prove to be far less costly and stressful than hiring a lousy contractor that submitted an unrealistically low bid.
To begin, ask yourself what exactly you are looking for any roofing Dallas Texas based contractor to do for you. Are you looking for a professional who can simply fix a few leaks for you, or are you looking for a more extensive repair? Do you need to replace the entire roof? And how much can you realistically afford to spend on the entire affair? Once you have these points in mind, search the web for reviews of any contractors specializing in roofing Dallas Texas might have to offer.
Once you have the results of your aforementioned query, search through the various contractors offering their skills for roofing Dallas Texas has to offer, and see what other people in the area have had to say about their experiences with each. Compile a list of the most promising and well-reviewed contractors in roofing Dallas Texas might have to offer, and then contact each viable candidate in turn for a written estimate on their services. Choose the best candidate for roofing Dallas Texas might have to offer based on your criteria and budget, and you should be all set!

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Have a great idea for a book you'd like to write and sell? Creating an ebook is a great way to self-publish your writing and generate some passive income by selling it to consumers.
Plus, ebooks have been steadily rising in popularity over the past few years. It can take quite a bit of work to create and market an ebook. The worst-case scenario would be launching a book that doesn't sell.
To avoid this and create a solid stream of passive income, be sure to implement these steps when creating your next ebook for profit.
Establish Some Credibility
Selling an ebook is just like selling any other product. You not only have to sell the item, but you also have to sell yourself and your credibility as well.
You want customers to become familiar with you so they know, like and trust you. When this happens, people will be more willing to go through with a purchase.
To establish this relationship and trust with your customers, it helps to have some credibility. Be sure to define in your bio and marketing for the book what makes you qualified to discuss the particular topic.
If you have a blog, have been mentioned in the media, or have some important experience or research to back up your claims, you can do a better job of persuading people to buy your book.
This is especially true if you're trying to sell a non-fiction or self-help book. Think about it this way. Would you buy a self-help product from just anyone without seeing credentials or a proven track record? Probably not, so don't ask others to do it either.
Focus on Solving a Problem
If you're writing a non-fiction book or self-help book, it can still be entertaining and easy-to-read but you also want it to solve a core problem.
It's important to get into your audience's head and perform detailed market research in order to determine what they actually struggle with.
If your experience and credentials have led you to come up with the right solution, you'll be able to successfully sell your book to a specific audience.
Finding your problem to solve may be easy or difficult. If you're a busy mom who has mastered the art of organization and structure and want to show others how to do the same, that's a clear problem you can solve with your ebook.
Make It Professional
The next thing you want to do is make your ebook as professional as possible. Even if it's not under a fancy publishing company, you still want to provide customers with a quality product.
Make sure the content is proofread and edited by a professional. You also may want to talk to a graphic designer about coming up with a cover page design.
Another great thing about writing an ebook is that you can offer downloadable material for readers as well. Would printable worksheets or checklists help enhance the reader experience? Don't be afraid to go the extra mile.
Build Up a Following
Before you finish your ebook, it will be helpful to work on building up your following and building trust among your target audience.
After completing market research, explore platforms you can establish to share your expertise or build a following. You may want to start a blog and share weekly tips while building an email list, or start offering value on various different social media platforms to engage with and encourage your audience.
While building up a following is not necessary, it's highly recommended and will help you have a built-in audience to market your book to from the start.
Work on Your Sales Copy and Marketing Strategy
Once you've completed your ebook and established a target audience, it's time to start working on your marketing plan and sales copy. Ideally, you'll want to choose a platform to sell your book on. You can choose a product site like Gumroad, or sell your book through Amazon Direct Publishing for example.
It's a good idea to develop some solid sales copy to explain what your book is about and persuade people to buy it. You can write the sales copy yourself or you can hire someone to do it. When developing your copy consider:
- What key takeaways readers will have after completing your book
- What problem your book solves
- What makes your book different from other books on similar topics
- What makes you qualified to give this information
- What's at stake for people if they don't buy your book (what are some setbacks associated with not buying your book and reading about your expertise?)
- What bonus content you can provide with the purchase (people love freebies)
Your sales copy be placed on a landing page used to entice people to buy your product and create a better, user-friendly experience.
When it comes to marketing your book, determine which channels you'll use to promote it. You can use free options like promoting the launch on social media, to your email list, or even on podcasts or in guest posts that will allow it.
You can also consider spending a little money to create buzz with Facebook ads. It's key that you set a marketing budget and measure ROI. Use your market research to determine which channels are going to be best for reaching your audience.
Record an Audiobook Version
Audiobooks are super popular these days. Many people want to read, but just don't have the time so they're signing up for services like Audible.
Why not record your own audio version of your book and offer it with the original ebook purchase? This is a genius idea that will help your book sell and you can record MP3 files right on your computer. You may want to invest in a basic microphone from Amazon to improve the quality.
Creating an ebook can be a great way to generate long-term passive income when done effectively. Plus, it's great to help others with purposeful content.
Have you ever thought about creating an ebook?


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The Just Plain Folks Music Awards — what started as an informal way to recognize our best member submissions has grown into the largest Music Awards program in the world! We've screened more than 1,400,000+ songs and 111,000+ albums in 100+ genres from over 185 countries to honor the very best works of our members. Our volunteer judges include industry professionals, peers and music fans. Our sole criteria for judging is "Does it move you?
Here you'll find news and updates on the current Awards proceedings, and of course details on how to enter yourself. You'll also find a comprehensive list of all our winners, past and present. Check out the archives for the songs, albums, lyrics and video's that moved us the most!
The JPF Awards were started in 1999 as a simple way to recognize the best music submitted by members. JPF Founder Brian Austin Whitney felt the music made by the "other 98%" of the music world often ignored by the mainstream televised music awards shows deserved its own recognition.
Preparations are under way for this year's Music Awards. Please watch the website and JPF email newsletter "Just Plain Notes" for updates and details. You can sign up for that newsletter via the button on the top left of this page.


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The way things work nowadays, remakes and reboots tend to clog the multiplexes. When Hollywood tries something original, like The Nice Guys for example, audiences basically overlook it in favor of the familiar – from another X-Men movie to the latest Marvel blockbuster. So you can understand why legendary producer Joel Silver was asked if one of his most successful film series, The Matrix trilogy, could ever extend, or even be remade. His answer gives me hope that the Wachowski's vision will be left untouched.
As you likely recall, 1999's The Matrix was such an inventive, genre-bending piece of science-fiction, the Wachowski Sisters immediately were tasked with creating a sequel. They took it one step further and crafted a trilogy, delivering The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. The sequels didn't quite live up to the original film, but it doesn't sound like anyone is going to get another crack at it. When asked by Loaded if more Matrix movies were on the table, Silver said:
We haven't talked about it yet. I hope there'll be a time we can do that at some point. That was very seriously designed as three stories and that was it, but we'll see what happens.
Joel Silver doesn't close the door on ever revisiting the world of Neo (Keanu Reeves) and the Matrix. But in saying that the narrative was "seriously designed" as three movies makes it pretty clear that there's no reason to try and add a fourth Matrix movie. That, naturally, leaves the idea open to a remake. However, seeing as how far ahead of the curve the first Matrix movie was – and continues to be – it would be decades before a young, still-undiscovered director would, could or should come around to try and reinterpret what Lana and Lilly Wachowski accomplished in that groundbreaking feature film.
All of this is EXACTLY what I want the producer of a trilogy like The Matrix to say. Not every franchise needs to extend its story for the benefit of a cash grab. And not every original idea needs to be remade again and again, because a brand has name recognition. Keanu Reeves is happy reinventing other genres with movies like John Wick and Man of Tai Chi. And the Wachowskis push the envelope in movies like Jupiter Ascending and Cloud Atlas. You might not love what they're delivering, but at least they are trying. What do you think? Should The Matrix be remade? Should Reeves comes back for The Matrix Part 4? Weigh in below!


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Tweeting Comments About Blog Items and Web Pages in General
Inspired by Faruk Ateş's The Killing of the Comments (Well, Almost), I've set up Deflexion.com so that you can now use Twitter to comment on a blog item. You can also still comment via the Blogger comment form or a backlink. The advantages of Twitter are that it's short & sweet, it isn't as intimidating as posting on my site, and it's easier to have an ongoing conversation on Twitter than on my site. If you use Twitter to comment, make sure that you include the following in your tweet:
@nm #item-hashtag #Re
So a tweet about this blog item should include:
@nm #tweeting-com #Re
This will make it possible to search Twitter for tweets about my
pages. For example, to find tweets about this blog item,
search Twitter for
@nm #tweeting-com. To find tweets about any of my web pages,
search Twitter for
@nm #Re.
It's not perfect, but I'm hoping it will make it easier for people to comment on my writing. I get a lot of private email comments about my writing and almost all of these should be public. I'm still working on this and here are some of my plans:
- To Do
- avoid unintended hashtag collisions
- save my Twitter timeline
- display relevant Twitter comments on the page that's being commented on
- do this for my Infinite Ink pages
- add the relevant Comment at Twitter link in my blog feed (I'm not sure if this is possible with Blogger)
- maybe use these hashtags to create my own tiny urls (requires a solution to #1 above)
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Before joining Norwest, Zach was an analyst in the healthcare software practice at Raymond James & Associates in Denver, CO. In this role, he analyzed and executed mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, financings and other business development opportunities. Prior to that, Zach held positions at MBH Enterprises and FTI Consulting.
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A week ago today Cambodian police shot and killed five protesting garment factory employees. In Phnom Penh, workers, activists and labor groups are still struggling to make sense of the violence
GRASSROOTS protestors, folk songs and labor rights activists converged at Canadia Industrial Park in Phnom Penh last week as garment workers campaigned to raise their minimum wage from $80 a month to $160. After the Ministry of Labor approved a wage increase to $95 a month, trade unions and workers took to the streets, demanding $160. According to rights activists, the approved $95 wage is simply not enough to live on. So the campaign continued, galvanized by the support of Cambodia's opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which had joined the protest in support.
Yet the peaceful protest ended in riots as the military closed in, shot and killed five garment factory workers and injured over 30 others on January 3. A ban on gatherings of groups larger than 10 has been put in place. Twenty-three protesters and labor leaders were missing for a week after their arrest.
"Garment workers and sex workers are blamed as causing public disorder and social insecurity when they organize and protest for better working conditions," Kun Sothary, of the Messenger Band, told Asian Correspondent. The Messenger Band is an all-woman group made up of six former garment workers which collects the oral histories of garment workers, farmers and sex workers.
"We are all the same victims of a free trade system and development that is not ethical. We learned of the common problems of garment workers, sex workers and farmers through our field visits… poverty, exploitation and human right violation," Kun explained.
Kun said the Messenger Band had supported garment workers by joining them in front of the Ministry of Labor. They distributed printed lyrics of songs and sang with them.
Chrek Sophea, interim coordinator for the Worker's Information Centre, a group which helps garment workers organize, said they had witnessed peaceful protests and singing and dancing when they visited the site Thursday morning, the day before violence broke out. "I was so shocked when I got several calls from a few workers telling about the violence happening in the evening of January 2 and continued until midnight."
Police had stormed another protest in Phnom Penh at a different factory, violently beating labor leaders and monks and arresting them. The oppressive tactics were swiftly shared on social media through smart phones, which has become the preferred source for information for Cambodia's youth as the government owns over 90 percent of media outlets. Chinese-made smart phones cost as little as $30, making accessing Facebook on the go more affordable.
Chrek said: "This turned into serious violence the next day. It is very hard to know who is who under this chaotic situation. I don't agree with any actions involving violence. Violence is not the solution, instead it just causes more trouble. I believe in non-violent actions as the only way to succeed."
By Friday morning last week, the previously peaceful protest at Canadia Industrial Park had become, according to the authorities, become violent, with protesters armed with Molotov cocktails and machetes.
While organizers and activists struggle to understand what happened, the government has labeled those shot, arrested and killed as "extremists." One thing activists are certain of is that the garment workers had a legitimate concern.
Chrek said the current wage violates Cambodia's labor law, citing research. The 1997 law states that minimum wage "must ensure every worker of a decent standard of living compatible with human dignity."
Tola Moeun, head of the Community Legal Education Centre (CLEC), said the $80 monthly minimum wage is for eight hours of work, six days a week, with overtime required so garment workers can make enough to rent a simple room near the factories which shared with other workers.
The song 'Problems at Our Rented Rooms' from the Messenger Band describe these difficulties. The lyrics note, "At the end of the month, if we do not pay all our rent, the owner notes it and charges us interest. As interest they double what we cannot pay, we can't complain and next month they demand it all."
In order to eat on their wages, four women will share a meal meant for one person using rice to stretch it. Fainting at factories is common due to long hours and lack of food.
Tola said, "After we complained about mass fainting and short contracts, after we started to document this, they started to reduce the contract, while the suppliers have said they don't have control over this. Then they agreed to short-term contracts which are in violation of labor laws."
Prior to the violence, Swedish clothing giant H&M stated that it would work with labor leaders to improve labor conditions but had not yet put a timeline on the changes.
"We are pushing H&M to provide free meals through a healthy meal program," said Tola. "We are still not 100 percent satisfied with H&M because of low pay and the short-term contracts for the factories."
Many women are now migrating to Malaysia and Thailand for better pay, which leaves factories short of workers. "We also notice there is an increase in under-age workers so we want restrictions on the hours worked and the work environment, a 6-hour limit maybe," added Tola.
Workers also pile into trucks filled dangerously full to commute to the factory from the outskirts of the city because they can't afford to travel safely.
"Overtime work keeps us busy because we need this money to pay our families," laments another Messenger Band song called 'The Suffering of Workers.'
Garment workers struggle to send money home to their families in the countryside, who are often in debt. Most workers themselves are in debt at about $50 each, according to Tola's research, and often just manage to make the monthly interest payments which are $10 due to unregulated interest rates. If they find out they are pregnant, they usually opt to get abortions, fearing that they will lose their work contracts.
The lyrics to the Messenger Band's song, 'Suffer from Privatization,' deftly described this impact without criticizing the government.
"Oh private companies please allow us to survive… The loans look good but in fact they are a chain around our necks. We must stand up for our freedom."
While Tola, Chrek and Kun understand the misery that garment workers face, they are unclear how the violence and riots started.
Some activists allege agitators were used to stir up violence in protestors as a reason to shoot at them. Mysterious men without uniforms have used sling shots and tazors on protesters at previous demonstrations.
Thida Khus, Director for SILAKA civil society organization, has organized human rights observers at previous protests. She said her team had noticed these agitators before.
Also called Prime Minister Hun Sen's "Third Hand," the theory has been passed around on social media. Mu Sochua mentioned it on her public facebook page as well after the shootings.
While agitators are blamed for stirring up violence, foreign interests are tied to the crackdown. South Korean owners of garment factories were said to have asked for military intervention against protestors, according to Asian TNCs Monitoring Network. In an email, the group wrote that Yakjin (Cambodia) Inc. had used their connections to break the strike. This was confirmed in a media report that translated the South Korean Embassy's website, saved in a screen shot.
However, Asian TNCs Monitoring Network pointed out Yakjin is 70 percent owned by the U.S.-based Carlyle Group, a private equity firm. The Carlyle Group acquired majority ownership of Yakjin Trading Group December 24, 2013, according to a press release.
In explaining the challenge of achieving justice for factory workers, Tola said, "All garment industries have links with high ranking officials. Because of the culture of impunity that is why they can do as they like without thinking. The root cause is the corrupted government. If you change this it can get better, not only for workers but also for business."


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Mori J. Krantz, MD; Judith Martin, MD; Barry Stimmel, MD; Davendra Mehta, MD; Mark C.P. Haigney, MD
An independent panel developed cardiac safety recommendations for physicians prescribing methadone.
Expert panel members reviewed and discussed the following sources regarding methadone: pertinent English-language literature identified from MEDLINE and EMBASE searches (1966 to June 2008), national substance abuse guidelines from the United States and other countries, information from regulatory authorities, and physician awareness of adverse cardiac effects.
Clinicians should inform patients of arrhythmia risk when they prescribe methadone.
Clinicians should ask patients about any history of structural heart disease, arrhythmia, and syncope.
Obtain a pretreatment electrocardiogram for all patients to measure the QTc interval and a follow-up electrocardiogram within 30 days and annually. Additional electrocardiography is recommended if the methadone dosage exceeds 100 mg/d or if patients have unexplained syncope or seizures.
If the QTc interval is greater than 450 ms but less than 500 ms, discuss the potential risks and benefits with patients and monitor them more frequently. If the QTc interval exceeds 500 ms, consider discontinuing or reducing the methadone dose; eliminating contributing factors, such as drugs that promote hypokalemia; or using an alternative therapy.
Clinicians should be aware of interactions between methadone and other drugs that possess QT interval–prolonging properties or slow the elimination of methadone.
Editor's Note: Some members of an expert panel proposed the recommendations presented in this publication. Two panel members declined acknowledgment for the publication. This publication is not a federal guideline. A government agency has recently forwarded draft recommendations related to QTc interval screening in methadone treatment for field review prior to finalization.
CSAT = Center for Substance Abuse and Treatment; QTc = rate- corrected QT interval.
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Twenty20 2003
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Building a Deck
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I picked up a little book at the Lismore University bookshop called "Acceptable Standards of Domestic Construction by the Acceptable Standards of Construction Committee (NSW) Incorporated" and goes into the details about what building codes relate to what kinds of building work and their specifications. I have found it to be a valuable reference.
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The ground wasn't excavated flat so there was a bit of shuffling of the footings to dig in the easiest spots. We didn't think this would be a problem and it was able to be worked around years later when it came time to line the beams up in the roof!
Working out the volume of concrete required. Roof Pole Supporting foundations:
.45*.45*1 (length * width * height) = .2025*5 (volume * number of roof foundations) = 1.0125 (cubic meter volume)
Stump Supporting Foundations .45*.45*.6 =.1215 * 10 =1.215
total foundation volume 2.2275 = ~2.3 cubic meters
I did a bit of internet research and found that when the ingredients were delivered they were going to be dry and loose, and would compact when wet. This dry to wet factor could be as high as 1:1.6 Meaning we actually needed 3.8 cubic meters of material.
Concrete ratio (by volume) for footings. This ratio is for weak concrete, but that is ok for our solid block footings. It would not be suitable for a high wear area or floating slab.
Cement : Sand : Gravel 1 : 3 : 6 1+3+6 = 10
Cement bags 3.8 * 1/10 (total volume of materials by the fraction that is cement) = .38 cu m / .0166 (volume of cement divided by the cubic meters per 25kg bag) 22.89 bags, use 23 bags.
Sand 3.8 * 3/10 1.14 cubic meters of sand
Gravel 3.8 * 6/10 2.28 cubic meters of gravel
As we were making concrete for the composting toilet at the same time, I ordered a cubic meter of sand, but this turned out to not be enough for both the toilet and the deck projects, that were occurring side by side so I decided to order way too much with another 4 cubic meters.
I ordered a 6 cubic meter truckload of 20 mm"blue metal" gravel, which is the capacity of a 9 ton truck. It has many other uses such as a high quality road base, paths and drains.
Concrete is made up of cement, sand, gravel, water & air. The cement is the most expensive component and it is made up of limestone that has been ground up to a very fine powder and then baked at very high temperature. When the cement is mixed with water again it causes a chemical reaction called hydration and begins to harden. From when you mix the cement with water the clock begins to tick to get all the ingredients mixed and the resulting mix where you want it.
In our humid subtropical environment, cement that is not used quickly will absorb moisture from the ambient air and go off "in the bag". It is very important to only buy as much as you need, and if you do have too much, to use it all anyway and make things like pavers, steps or small slabs under washing machines.
Termite Control
We are quite biased against poisoning the soil and water around our house so elected to use steel stirrups that keep the poles out of the ground and act as a physical barrier for termites. Termites will not go out into the light. Their bodies are translucent and their gut flora that breaks down the lignin and cellulose in the wood can not survive the awesome power of the sun.
They will build tunnels out of mud though and make their way to a feed. So it is important to check the crawlspace under the deck annually (at least) for any sign of attack.
Timber for the Posts
The posts were sourced from another share on the community. They were tallowwood trees.
Tallowwood is a hard durable timber rated as Class 1 but the sapwood is susceptible to powder borer so it isn't recommended for internal use, that's no problem under the deck though. We found some of the sapwood in the wet parts of the deck also developed a dry rot, this stopped at the solid wood though.
The posts were all put in at least 30 cm too tall, then we ran string lines and cut them to the right height with a chainsaw.
Then notches were cut out for the bearers. We used 12 mm galvanised threaded rod to tie the posts to the footings.
Subfloor Timber
We sourced the green rough sawn timber from the Kyogle Saw mill, it is the closest supplier as well as offering the best price. I found them to be very easy to deal with and continued to use them for our other projects.
They couldn't tell me the particular species of the timber however we identified a softer yellow timber, which we suspect is either Yellow Stringybark or Tallowwood and a harder red timber which we suspect is Sydney Blue Gum.
The bearers were 4×3 (100×75) hardwood, for the short spans this seems to be fine. It is more common to use 6×2's for floor bearing and I would use those instead next time for additional weight bearing capacity.
Ideally 12 mm threaded rod is used to tie the bearers to the posts. In our situation there was no power and boring big 12 mm holes through all that hard wood was quickly draining the cordless drill we were using to drive the bit.
So we decided to save that extra step of putting the rod through the bearers to later and used coach bolts which we could drill short holes and fasten in by hand.
The joists are 4×2 (100 x 50). We used low-cost length limit is 4.5 m so we ordered the span of the deck in two pieces. We took a bit of a punt, often when timber comes from the mill it is a bit longer than you ordered so you can cut the ends property. Sometimes it is a lot longer.
Due to the unusual spacings of the foundations one side needed 3765 mm lengths and the other 3200 mm. We ordered 25 x 3600 mm pieces. Thankfully it worked out well and we had so much extra that we could place them side by side over the centre bearer for maximum strength.
Once everything was up we oiled it with linseed oil and turpentine.
We shopped around for decking. There are quite a few options depending on the fit and finish. We decided to go for a 250 m pack of kiln dried dressed spotted gum seconds from the Nimbin Building Supplies. We used every piece!
Putting the deck together is something of a giant jigsaw. This job is best done in a team, with a couple of people lining up the boards and someone attaching them to the joists. The person doing the pre-drilling and nailing is on their knees for hours at a time so it is best to have knee pads.
There are a few tricks to remember. Decking is not end matched, so you have to meet the ends over a joist to prevent spongy spots. Try not join pieces on the same joist side by side. The eye doesn't see the joins if they are randomly dispersed around the floor but if there is a continuous line of joins it is quite obvious and looks bad.
I try to use galvanised everything, it lasts longer and isn't that much more expensive.
We used a non-toxic milk based stain called Cooee timber treat on the deck surface. There are several different brands available in this area, even one made locally in Byron Bay.


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Started back in 1998, Lucky Nugget is among the oldest online casinos, and one with a reputation of high RTP rates in the market. The casino is licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority, and Canada's Kahnawake Gaming Commission. Bayton Ltd. is the company that operates the casino while eCOGRA is the regulator.
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Mr Green Casino began operating in 2008, and since that time they have been offering a wide variety of exciting gaming opportunities that include a fully operational online casino and sports betting services. Regulated by The Malta Gaming Authority, this casino holds gaming licenses in a wide variety of countries globally.
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Play Grand Casino is an online casino venture established in 2015 and operated by White Hat Gaming Ltd. The company is licensed by the Maltese Gaming Authority, UK Gambling Commission, Swedish Gambling Commission, and the Curaçao jurisdiction. Currently, the casino is publicly audited by eCOGRA to meet fair play standards.
Established in 2000, Royal Vegas Casino is among the oldest online casinos in the industry. It is owned and run by DigiMedia; a household name in the gambling industry which also owns Euro Palace, Platinum Play, Vegas Palms, and Sultans Casino, among other online casinos. However, unconfirmed reports indicate that the platform is under new management.
Established in 2014, SlotsMagic is an online casino operated by SkillOnNet Ltd. It is regulated by the Malta Gaming Authority as well as the UK Gambling Commission. The sister companies include DrueckGlueck Casino, QueenVegas, EUcasino, and Vegas Winner. The wide range of gaming options, excellent banking services, and customer support have made SlotsMagic a success.
Spin Casino has been operating since 2001 and is one of the pioneers in the online casino business. They claim to be the First-choice Global Online Gambling Hub and promise their players a "better-than-good" time. Spin Casino is operated by Bayton Ltd and Baytree Ltd, which are members of the CityViews Group and registered in Malta.
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Casino-X online casino was established in 2011. Secured by eCogra and licensed in Curacao. Most casinos in Europe holds a Maltese license but not Casino-X. But the certificate from eCogra makes us comfortable. Casino-X is a welcoming brand that accepts players from all markets where it is legal with online casino.
CasinoRoom online casino was established in 1999. That makes CasinoRoom one of the oldest online casinos in the gambling industry. It is owned by Ellmount Gaming and have licenses in Curacao, Malta and the United Kingdom. CasinoRoom has everything a casino player could wish for and does always have a good bonus to enjoy.
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Vera & John is a online casino that started in 2010 and at the beginning targeting the scandinavian market, mainly Sweden but has then grown into offer their casino services to Asia as well as South America. The company was founded by Jörgen Nordlund and Dan Andersson, two swedish entrepreneurs, that previously founded and expaned another online gambling company Maria Bingo. That company was then later sold to Unibet for 700 million SEK. Their motto is being a more fun casino. IN 2015 the company was bought by Intertain Group for 800 million SEK (roughly $100 mil).