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Pop-Up Video
|Pop-Up Video
|Created by
|Woody Thompson
Tad Low
|Various singers/groups
|Country of origin
|United States
|No. of seasons
|Original series: 6
Revived series: 2
|No. of episodes
|Running time
|22 minutes (per episode)
|Original network
|VH1 and VH1 Classic
|Original release
Pop Up Video is a VH1 television show that shows music videos annotated via "pop-up" bubbles — officially called "info nuggets" — containing trivia and witticisms relating to the video in question. The show was created by Woody Thompson and Tad Low and premiered October 27, 1996. For a time, it was the highest-rated program on VH1, though Behind the Music overtook it by 1998.[1] It was originally produced by Spin the Bottle Inc., and later by Eyeboogie Inc. during its original run.
In October 2011, Pop Up Video was revived by VH1, featuring new videos with new trivia and commentary. The revived production was continued by Eyeboogie Inc.
The show's pioneering use of pop-up bubbles to provide additional information about what is happening onscreen has seen many imitators and parodies, as well as some official licensed spinoffs, including Pop Up Video UK.
Most episodes of Pop Up Video play four or five music videos each, selected to include new, older, "classic", and "campy" videos. The bubbles that pop up in each video generally appear about every 10–15 seconds; their content is divided between information about the recording artist featured, the production of the video, and random facts inspired by the theme or content of the video. One of the show's staff writers is assigned to each video.[2] Production costs for each episode total about $30,000.[1]
The "random" information presented in bubbles frequently included statistics and demographics, medical, scientific, and historical trivia, definitions, and lists of a wide range of subjects.[3] Gary Burns, in the Journal of Popular Film and Television, also notes as a recurring theme "the producers' attempt to turn practically every popped-up video into a dirty joke."[1]
Often the film crew for the video in question would be interviewed in the research process; everyone from the director to make-up artists, choreographers, models, and extras might be used as sources.[4] In addition, the producers solicited information by means of a phone line (displayed during the closing credits) and web site page.[2] General facts are double- or triple-sourced, according to the producers.[1]
Thompson and Low previously worked together on Brandon Tartikoff's late night talk show Last Call, before it was cancelled in 1994. They spent the next two years making pitches of ideas for television shows to various networks;[5] in late 1995, the original iteration of the show concept, titled Pop Up Videos, was sent to VH1 executives, alongside a number of other concepts making use of aspects of songs or music videos. The pilot episode cost $3000 to produce; the first video to be played on the show was Tina Turner's "Missing You".[6]
1997 saw Pop Up Video's profile expand as popular news publications such as The New York Times, Newsweek, and Entertainment Weekly all produced articles about the show.[7]
In 2000, Entertainment Weekly reported that Low was no longer involved with the production of the show.[8]
Specials and other versions[edit]
Special episodes of Pop Up Video aired throughout the series' run. Many focused on specific artists, including VH1 staples Madonna, Culture Club, U2, Prince, and Elton John. Others ran on different themes, such as "Women First," "Road Trip," "Movies," and "Duets". There were also several holiday specials, including Halloween and several Christmas episodes. Some theme episodes broke with the show's format by including a montage of clips from many videos.[9]
During a week of 1980s-themed programming on VH1 in March 1998, Pop Up Video became Pop Up '80s.[1] These episodes featured additional clips of 1980s news events and pop culture tidbits between music videos.
The 1996 VH1 Fashion Awards, Divas Live, The Oprah Winfrey Show (aired in syndication), several episodes of the Brady Bunch (aired on Nick at Nite in 2001, effectively named "Pop Up Brady"),[1] ABC's Original TGIF 1998 and 1999 line-up's season premieres and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (December 2000)[1] also got the Pop Up treatment. Other proposals, such as a Pop Up Video edition of the entirety of Grease during its 1998 theatrical re-release, were never realized.[10] It was also used in a second version of the remake of the original 1974 Meow Mix commercial in 2002, which lacks the lyrics.
A United Kingdom-specific version entitled Pop Up Video UK, aired on Channel 4, and still occasionally airs on VH1 UK and Europe. This version featured music videos by British artists such as Robbie Williams, Spice Girls, and Elvis Costello.
In January 2000, the spinoff program Pop Up Quiz debuted on VH1. Utilizing the same format as Pop Up Video, the show presented trivia questions inspired by the content of each music video shown;[11] for example, the game "Phil in the blank" was played over the video for "Sussudio" by Phil Collins.[12] Launched at a time when the Pop Up Video brand had become a "veritable franchise",[13] the show was called a "weak spin-off" among several "duds" launched by the network at the time.[11]
The 25th anniversary DVD release of The Rocky Horror Picture Show features a Pop Up video clip of one of the film's musical numbers, "Hot Patootie – Bless My Soul", as an extra on the second disc.
MSG Network currently airs a show called TXT MSG, which gives the "pop up" treatment to classic sporting events from MSG's library. This is an official Spin the Bottle production, and Low is credited as an executive producer.
Artists such as Billy Joel, Jakob Dylan of The Wallflowers, and The Police, as well as others such as director Mark Pellington and Sony Music Entertainment president Tommy Mottola complained about what they perceived as harsh treatment on the show and the videos in which they were featured were pulled. The show's creators called these the "Pops They Stopped."[14] In contrast, some artists, including Joan Osborne and Paula Abdul, made appearances on the show to provide further information on their popped videos.
Reception and commentary[edit]
Pop Up Video is most frequently compared to the contemporaneous television programs Beavis and Butt-head and Mystery Science Theater 3000, which were known for their on-screen commentary ridiculing, respectively, music videos and films.[1][15][16][17] As these shows were described as "TV-for-people-who-are-sick-of-TV",[17] Pop Up Video has been called "a show for people who hate videos".[16]
VH1 ordered 60 new half-hour episodes of Pop Up Video that started airing on October 3, 2011.[18][19] In addition to the traditional music video format, five of the most popular episodes from season one of Jersey Shore were given the pop-up treatment in spring of 2012.[20] A second season aired starting on August 6, 2012.[21] The series was not renewed for a third season.
Derivatives and parodies[edit]
Early on, the show's popularity led to several copycats, most notably on an episode of the ABC television series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (September 19, 1997)[22] and a series of Bell Atlantic commercials.[23] Spin The Bottle, the creators of Pop Up Video, publicly derided these Pop Up imitators on its website.[24] Some series, such as NewsRadio, Family Guy, The Drew Carey Show, Bill Nye the Science Guy, High School Musical (and its sequels), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Cake Boss and Kate Plus 8 also featured special or repeat episodes that employed pop-up facts.
The History channel's series Pawn Stars and its spinoff, Cajun Pawn Stars, also employ the use of pop-up style notes when explaining the item being sold or pawned.
At the height of the show's popularity, MAD Magazine ran a series of Pop-Off Video takeoffs which mocked the artists, their fashions, their songs, and their music videos.
The North American anime distributor A.D. Vision (ADV Films) incorporated a feature on some of its DVD releases called "AD Vid-Notes," which provided trivia and cultural notes in pop-up bubbles when the feature was turned on. ADV-released shows incorporating the feature included Excel Saga and Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi.
A similar show is aired on the Argentine TV channel I.Sat. It is called Video Maní (peanut video), because the pop-ups are a 3-D rotating peanut. It features a series of true/false questions on things regarding the theme of the video, and after a few seconds it shows "true" or "false". As I.Sat is a movie channel, the videos are used as fill between movies.
Disney Channel occasionally uses Pop-Up styled videos during special airings of DCOMs, such as High School Musical 2 and Jump In!. These are referred to as the "What's What Edition".
During the ending of the movie Music and Lyrics, the conclusion of the film is revealed through a Pop-Up Video of "PoP! Goes My Heart".[25]
In 2001, Nick at Nite created Pop-Up Brady, which took select episodes of The Brady Bunch and added pop-up trivia notes collected by Woody Thompson from interviews with cast members.[26] The NickMom series What Was Carol Brady Thinking? featured a Pop-Up Video-style format to show satirical thoughts of how Carol Brady regarded scenes during episodes of The Brady Bunch; this was a non-Spin the Bottle production and had no involvement from anyone with the Brady Bunch series, including Florence Henderson.
At the end of the 2007 romantic comedy Music and Lyrics, the love story of characters Alex Fletcher and Sophie Fisher is epilogued in Pop-Up Video style, over the video for Alex and his old band's first hit, "Pop! Goes My Heart".
In 2010, NickToons released a Pop-Up Video style format for all 61 episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender entitled "Avatar Extras".
In 2014, HGTV released House Hunters Pop'd featuring families looking to purchase a home while trivia questions and facts pop up on the screen.
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Burns, Gary (2004), "Pop Up Video: the new historicism", Journal of Popular Film and Television, 32 (2): 74–83, doi:10.3200/jpft.32.2.74-96, ISSN 0195-6051, S2CID 191579784, archived from the original on 2005-01-11
- ^ a b "Coming soon". Spin the Bottle at the Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 1999-05-05. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ "All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned From Watching Pop Up Video". Mandi's Weird Web Page. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
- ^ Lineberger, Kathy. "Back Street Gossip". Spin the Bottle at the Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 1999-05-05. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ Hubbard, John D. (November 1997). "Pop". The Colgate Scene. Archived from the original on 2007-02-06. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ "History". Spin the Bottle at the Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 1998-12-02. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
- ^ O'Brien, Carrie (September 2, 1998). "Prospectus". Saint Mary's College. Archived from the original on April 5, 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-04. A number of published articles are described here as mirrored on the official Pop Up Video web site at the time; however, the Internet Archive apparently did not archive these URLs.
- ^ Brown, Scott; Morgan, Laura (June 23, 2000), "Monitor", Entertainment Weekly, no. 546, p. 16
- ^ The "Madonna III" episode included 15 different videos.
- ^ Jacobs, A. J. (December 19, 1997), "Pop Up Culture", Entertainment Weekly, no. 410 However, The music video for the 1998 single "The Grease Megamix" was featured on the "Movies III" episode.
- ^ a b Wallenstein, Andrew (January 2000). "VH1's long flow of smart ideas at last may be slowing to a dribble". Media Life. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
- ^ "Louise's Phil Collins & Genesis Video Lists". Retrieved 2007-01-03.
- ^ Tiffany, Laura (August 1999). "Laughing All The Way". Entrepreneur.com. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
- ^ "Pops They Stopped". Spin the Bottle at the Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 1999-02-03. Retrieved 2007-01-03. Pellington was involved as the director of Jon Bon Jovi's "Midnight in Chelsea", while Mottola was referenced in the treatment of Mariah Carey's "Honey". The artists in question were still featured on later episodes, such as The Wallflowers with "Heroes" (Episode 108) and "6th Avenue Heartache" (Episode 135), and The Police with "Wrapped Around Your Finger" (Episode 122) and "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" (Episode 138).
- ^ Rutsky, R. L. (2002), "Pop up theory: distraction and consumption in the age of meta-information", Journal of Visual Culture, 1 (3): 279–294, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.489.6601, doi:10.1177/147041290200100302, ISSN 1470-4129, S2CID 42972859
- ^ a b Vowell, Sarah (October 3, 1997). "Playing the "Air Guitar"". Sound Salvation. Salon.com. Archived from the original on February 3, 2008. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ^ a b Beato, Greg (October 13, 1997). "A Fan's Footnotes". Suck.com. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
- ^ Guthrie, Marisa (2011-05-25). "VH1 Rebooting 'Pop Up Video' With 60-Episode Order (Exclusive) - The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
After a 10-year hiatus, VH1 is resurrecting Pop Up Video with co-creator Woody Thompson on board as executive producer. The network has ordered 60 half-hour episodes set to bow as a strip in the fall.
- ^ "Coming Soon: Pop Up Video". VH1. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ "Pop Up Video Jersey Shore | Show Cast, Episodes, Guides, Trailers, Web Exclusives, Previews". VH1.com. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
- ^ "Pop Up Video | Weekday Afternoons at 12/11c | Watch Videos and Create Your Own". VH1.com. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
- ^ "Sabrina Fiasco!". Spin the Bottle at the Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 1999-02-09. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
- ^ "Bell Atlantic Ad Voted "Worst of the Year"". Spin the Bottle at the Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 1998-12-02. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
- ^ "Pop Up Bell Atlantic". Spin the Bottle at the Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 1999-02-20. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
- ^ Hung, Mindy (March 23, 2012). "Lone Great Features of Six Otherwise Terrible Movies". The Awl. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
- ^ LINAN, STEVEN (18 July 2001). "'Brady Bunch' Trivia Is Popping Up" – via LA Times.
External links[edit]
- Pop Up Video on VH1
- Spin the Bottle, Inc., Pop Up Video's original production company
- Eyeboogie, Inc., Pop Up Video's subsequent production company
- Pop Up Video at IMDb
- 1990s American music television series
- 1996 American television series debuts
- 2000s American music television series
- 2002 American television series endings
- 2010s American music television series
- 2011 American television series debuts
- 2012 American television series endings
- English-language television shows
- Pop music television series
- American television series revived after cancellation
- VH1 music shows
- VH1 original programming
- MTV original programming


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Kellogg's is pledging $1 million to breakfast programs to help the one in five U.S. children who start each day without breakfast. This is national breakfast week and Diggs comes to "Early Start" to share more on the campaign.
A staggering 16.7 million children currently struggle with hunger in United States. "People don't realize that this is an issue we are dealing with in our own country," Diggs says. "So I teamed up with Kellogg's and we are participating in the Share Breakfast program, which is focusing on getting over a million breakfasts out to kids that otherwise would go without." He says their ultimate goal is to end childhood hunger.

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Parties are worlds apart on how to fix economy
WASHINGTON – Millions of Americans are desperate for work, runaway government spending clouds the future and Democratic and Republican candidates are busy making one thing clear: They're light years apart on what to do about it.
They do agree that in this election, the economy is everything. President Barack Obama calls it "the defining issue of our time." But for voters wishing Washington would come together in a time of crisis, Obama, his Republican rival Mitt Romney and their congressional allies don't offer much hope
Instead, they've taken to describing the gulf on economic policy in galactic terms. Romney must be "on a different planet," an Obama adviser declares. The president is "living in an alternative universe," the Republican Party chief says.
On planet Republican: The economy is backsliding, and the president is to blame. His stimulus spending did more harm than good, and his big-government rules are strangling businesses. The answer is repealing health care, energy and financial regulations and cutting taxes. That should spark investment and create jobs. Tackling the deficit requires huge spending cuts, just not at the Pentagon. The unsustainable guarantee of Medicare and Medicaid must change.
In the Democratic universe: The economy's slowly improving, thanks to government spending that helped fend off a depression. Another dose of targeted spending will help. Republican policies in the Bush administration — cutting taxes and eliminating rules — brought on the financial crisis and budget deficits. The rich should help dig us out by paying higher taxes. The Pentagon's budget must be cut, but entitlement spending can be controlled without drastically altering the social safety net.
"These two positions are almost diametrically opposed to each other," said Sung Won Sohn, a California State University economics professor. "And there's no common ground it seems."
They can't both be right.
How do voters decide which economic world they're living in?
You could try asking an economist.
Republicans and Democrats alike offer up prominent names — many still arguing the supply-siders versus Keynesian debates that heated up during the Reagan administration. Did President George W. Bush's tax cuts boost the economy or just pile up more debt? Was Obama's $831 billion stimulus worthwhile or wasted money?
"Our economy is too complex, too complicated. No one knows for sure what the right answer is," Sohn said. "Economists are the first ones to admit we've been wrong many, many times."
This time, the stakes are high.
Recovery from the financial meltdown and 2007-2009 recession has been slow. Not even half of the 8.8 million jobs that were lost have come back. States and cities are still laying off workers. Unemployment hovers at 8.2 percent. Even for those with jobs, wages and net worth haven't recovered. Europe's troubles pose new threats.
More problems are ahead: Annual deficits of more than a trillion dollars per year have piled up $15.7 trillion in national debt. The crush of baby boomer retirees over the next two decades threatens to ruin the nation's finances, unless politicians slow spending on Medicare and Social Security.
Anxiety about the mushrooming national debt, exacerbated by bank bailouts and stimulus spending, fueled the tea party movement that helped Republicans win control of the House in 2010. That set off a series of showdowns with Obama over taxes, spending and the federal debt ceiling.
The ongoing brinkmanship has unsettled Wall Street investors, business owners timid about hiring and plenty of voters, too. Three-quarters of Americans say the federal government is too divided along party lines. Only 20 percent think it can usually work together to get things done, according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted in April.
A glimmer of Washington cooperation would make a big difference for the economy right now, said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics.
"If they could signal that they would be willing to work together to do something substantive and helpful," he said, "it could ease the collective psyche and help soothe nerves."
So far, no one's signaling a congressional kumbaya to come after the November elections.
Instead, Obama is telling voters they can break the stalemate by electing Democrats. That's a longshot — an Obama win would be unlikely to sweep Democrats into control of the House. If elected, Romney is considered more likely to enjoy a kindred Congress. But Democrats would probably hold onto enough Senate seats to impede Romney's agenda under that chamber's rules.
Times of war bring the nation together; maybe economic peril can do the same. Are voters scared enough to push for action?
"People like low taxes. People like small government," said David Wyss, former chief economist for Standard & Poor's. "But then they want their Social Security and Medicare, and a strong Defense Department, and getting the airport and the roads built in their city. Nobody's willing to tell them they can't have it both ways."
Sohn, who's been following these debates since serving as an economist for Richard Nixon's White House, said the problems are too dire this time to allow politicians to hide behind their partisan differences.
"In this situation, the worst thing you can do is to cause gridlock by trying to stick to your economic philosophy," he said. "We want to make sure the economic ship stays afloat. If the ship sinks, all this argument is for naught."


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Skills Laboratory: How to perform a positive contrast gastrointestinal study
Add a little contrast to help you find your diagnosis.
Step 1 >
Positive contrast gastrointestinal (GI) studies are performed to help diagnose suspected GI disease after a negative or questionable preliminary radiographic examination. GI contrast studies can be difficult to interpret, so to increase the probability of an accurate diagnosis, it is important to perform the procedure correctly, with a properly prepared patient, the correct amount of contrast agent, and the correct positioning, radiographic technique, and radiographic views. A positive contrast GI study should be performed in patients in which radiographs, additional imaging, and the clinical assessment do not yield a sufficient diagnosis.
Many positive contrast GI studies have been replaced with ultrasonography and endoscopy when these tools are available. While ultrasonography is useful in many GI studies, it is very user-dependent and can be challenging for individuals who are not thoroughly trained, making a positive contrast GI study more practical in many situations.
A positive contrast GI study is commonly used to evaluate GI transit time, GI motility, the mucosal surface, GI content, GI strictures, and GI obstruction including foreign bodies and masses.
Specific indications include:
- Acute and continual or recurrent vomiting (including hematemesis) without related findings on survey radiographs
- A suspected GI obstruction or history of foreign body ingestion
- A palpable abdominal mass without an obstructive GI pattern on survey films
- An unexplained organ displacement
- An abnormal appearance of the stomach or small intestines on survey radiographs
- Weight loss with associated diarrhea
- Melena
- Acute abdominal pain with questionable abnormalities seen on survey radiographs.
Contraindications include:
- Intractable vomiting, because it causes an increased risk of aspiration
- Suspected perforation with or without evidence of free peritoneal gas or loss of serosal detail (use nonionic iodinated contrast medium)
- An evident need for surgery on the survey radiographs
- A fractious and unmanageable patient, making administration of the contrast agent impossible without heavy sedation or anesthesia.
Why do contrast radiography?
Performing a positive contrast GI study is an important diagnostic procedure, especially when advanced imaging such as ultrasonography is not available or there are financial limitations. When performed correctly, a positive contrast GI study can provide supportive diagnostic information that may be useful to a client in making a decision on whether or not to proceed with an invasive or expensive procedure. These studies are minimally invasive and have minimal risk when performed correctly. But be sure to explain to clients the benefits and limitations of a positive contrast GI study.
Keep in mind that the results can be difficult to interpret. To increase the probability of a correct diagnosis, you must perform a complete study. If the study is incomplete, multiple artifacts can be created, decreasing the probability of an accurate diagnosis by increasing the probability of false negative and false positive results.
Step 1: Initially prepare the patient
For an elective positive contrast GI study, patients should be fasted for 12 to 24 hours, and water should be withheld for at least two hours before the contrast study. The ideal prepared patient has a completely empty stomach so that a true transit time can be evaluated. Some emergency situations or time-sensitive clinical signs do not allow for patient preparation.
Step 2: Take survey images
Obtain survey radiographs to make a tentative diagnosis and determine whether a contrast study is necessary, determine whether the patient is properly prepared, and make the necessary corrections to the radiographic technique to optimize a diagnosis.
Properly position the patient for an upper GI study. Obtain survey radiographs of the abdomen with at least two orthogonal views that include the entire abdomen from the diaphragm to the femoral heads (Figures 1A & 1B).
Figure 1A
Figure 1B
If gastric content is present and it is not an emergency, delay the study. A warm water enema may be necessary if there is fecal content within the colon obscuring visualization of the stomach; the patient should be re-evaluated at least one hour later if time permits. If a pyloric abnormality is suspected, obtain a left lateral image for evaluation.
Step 3: Prepare the patient for contrast agent administration
To prepare the patient, sedation is not desirable and should be avoided because there are few drugs that do not have a side effect on GI transit time. If sedation is a necessity, certain drugs and doses are recommended that have minimal effects on the GI system.
- Dogs-Acepromazine: 0.025 to 0.2 mg/kg intravenously (maximum 3 mg) or 0.1 to 0.25 mg/kg intramuscularly1
- Cats-Ketamine: 5 mg/kg and diazepam: 0.2 mg/kg intravenously1; or ketamine: 2.7 mg/kg and diazepam: 0.09 mg/kg intramuscularly in separate syringes.2
Next, decide whether to use barium or an iodinated contrast agent (e.g. iohexol).
Use an iodinated contrast agent when perforation is suspected. Barium leakage within the peritoneal cavity can cause foreign body granulomas, peritonitis, and adhesions. Iodinated contrast agents are satisfactory to look for obstruction, but they do not adhere to the mucosal surface, so they are poor contrast agents to evaluate the GI surface.
There are two types of iodinated contrast agents-nonionic and ionic. Nonionic iodinated contrast agents such as iohexol are safer than ionic iodinated contrast agents such as iothalamate because ionic iodinated contrast agents are more hypertonic, which can cause an influx of fluid into the GI tract that dilutes the contrast agent and can cause electrolyte imbalances and worsen dehydration.
Calculate the dose of the contrast agent, and pull it up into an appropriate syringe for oral administration (Table 1). It is important to give the patient the complete dose of the contrast agent, so oral administration by an orogastric tube is recommended.
Table 1: Correct Dosage of Contrast Agents for Dogs and Cats
Micropulverized barium solution 30% to 60% weight/volume
- <20 kg: 8 to 12 ml/kg
- >20 kg: 5 to 7 ml/kg
Iodinated contrast agent: Iohexol diluted
- Dehydration should be corrected before administration
- 700 to 875 mg of iodine/kg diluted with water to obtain a whole volume of 10 ml/kg
Micropulverized barium solution 30% to 60% weight/volume
- 12 to 20 ml/kg
Iodinated contrast agent: Iohexol diluted
- Dehydration should be corrected before administration
- 600 to 800 mg of iodine/kg diluted with water to obtain a whole volume of 10 ml/kg
Step 3 cont'd
Figure 2A shows the supplies needed for administration of contrast agents by stomach tube. Contrast can be given orally by syringe, but it increases the likelihood of leakage out of the mouth and an incomplete dose of contrast agent being given. An incomplete dose affects transit time and complete distention of the intestinal structures.
Figure 2A
Step 3 cont'd
An incomplete dose of contrast media is the most frequent cause of a nondiagnostic positive contrast GI study. Figure 2B is an example of a radiograph with a complete dose of contrast agent that distends the stomach and intestinal structures.
Figure 2B
Figure 2C is an example of a radiograph showing minimal contrast agent in the stomach and intestines, making it unclear whether the filling defect is the result of lack of distention (incomplete dose) or pathology.
Figure 2C
Step 4: Place an orogastric tube
Use a well-lubricated tube. Measure from the end of the patient's nose to the last rib with the tube, and mark the tube appropriately with a marker or tape (Figure 3A). Measuring the tube will help avoid passage of the tube too far, which can lead to damage or perforation of a diseased gastric wall.
Figure 3A
Step 4 cont'd
After the tube is measured, place a mouth gag in the patient's mouth that is safe in an animal that is awake. A commonly used economical mouth gag is a 0.5-in or 1-in roll of tape (Figure 3B). For cats you may use a 0.5-in roll of tape (with some of the tape previously used so the roll is smaller) and smaller orogastric tubing.
Figure 3B
Step 4 cont'd
Advance the orogastric tube into the mouth and down the esophagus to the measured and marked area on the tubing (Figure 3C). Once the tubing is passed, the patient is ready for contrast agent administration. Depending on the size of the tubing, a regular tipped syringe with or without a Christmas tree adapter or a catheter-tipped syringe can be used.
Figure 3C
If you want to be sure the tube has passed into the esophagus, you can palpate the neck and feel for two discrete tubes (the trachea and the orogastric tube), obtain a radiograph, or pass a small amount water into the tube to ensure the patient does not cough, which would be suggestive of the fluid entering the bronchial tree. The probability of your passing an orogastric tube into the trachea when it is the proper length and there is no resistance is very low.
Step 5: Administer the contrast agent, and take the radiographic images
Administer the contrast agent. Add a small amount of air or water into the orogastric tube after administration to ensure that the entire dose is received and no contrast agent is left within the tubing. Figures 4A & 4B were obtained immediately after contrast agent administration.
Figure 4A
Figure 4B
Step 5 cont'd
Table 2 lists the sequence of images to be obtained. Be sure to mark all images with a time and R/L marker.
Table 2: Sequence of Image Acquisition in Dogs and Cats
Barium administration*
- Immediate right lateral, left lateral, ventrodorsal, and dorsoventral images
- Right lateral and ventrodorsal images every 30 minutes until the contrast agent reaches the colon and completely leaves the stomach or an obstruction is identified
Iodinated contrast agent administration
- Immediate right lateral, left lateral, ventrodorsal, and dorsoventral images
- Right lateral and ventrodorsal images at 15, 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 minutes and every 20 minutes until the contrast reaches the colon and leaves the stomach or an obstruction is identified
Barium administration*
- Immediate right lateral, left lateral, ventrodorsal, and dorsoventral images
- Right lateral and ventrodorsal images at 15, 30, 60 minutes and every 30 minutes until the contrast reaches the colon and completely leaves the stomach or an obstruction is identified
Iodinated contrast agent administration
- Immediate right lateral, left lateral, ventrodorsal, and dorsoventral images
- Right lateral and ventrodorsal images at 15, 30, 45, 60, 75, and 90 minutes and every 15 minutes until the contrast agent reaches the colon and leaves the stomach or an obstruction is identified
*Source: Wallack ST. Handbook of veterinary contrast radiography. San Diego, Calif: San Diego Veterinary Imaging, 2003.
Step 6: Make a diagnosis
Figures 5A-5F are from a normal upper GI study in a dog, which you can use as a comparison for your patients.
Figures 5A & 5B: Thirty minutes after administration, the contrast agent has traveled through most of the small intestines, and a portion of the contrast agent still remains in the stomach.
Figure 5A
Figure 5B
Step 6 cont'd
Figures 5C and 5D: One hour after administration, less contrast agent is in the stomach. The contrast agent has still not reached the large intestines, and most of the contrast agent remains in the small intestines, showing normal GI passage of the contrast agent and a normal transit time.
Figure 5C
Figure 5D
Step 6 cont'd
Figures 5E and 5F: Two and a half hours after administration, the contrast agent has reached the colon, and the stomach is empty (normal transit time).
Figure 5E
Figure 5F
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Tips to help make an accurate diagnosis
- Evaluate the size, shape, and location of the GI structures.
- Evaluate transit times and use references for normal times (see Suggested Reading).
- Evaluate intestinal patency.
- Look for repeatable focal narrowing of the lumen or contrast agent column.
- Look for a space-occupying lesion.
- Evaluate whether the rugal folds or the mucosal surfaces are abnormal.
- Evaluate whether a smooth interface between the contrast and mucosal surface is present.
- Evaluate the wall of the bowel.
- Determine whether the pylorus opens to permit expulsion of the contrast.
- Note if you document a suspicious finding on multiple radiographs over time.
- When in doubt, send it out. If you are unfamiliar with interpreting GI studies or unsure about the results, send the images to a radiologist or a radiology reading service.
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2. Thrall DE. The small bowel. In: Textbook of veterinary diagnostic radiology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier, 2007;771-775.
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4. Agut A, Sanchez-Valverde MA, Lasaosa JM, et al. Use of iohexol as a gastrointestinal contrast medium in the dog. Vet Radiol 1993;34(3):171-177.
5. Williams J, Biller DS, Miyabayashi T, et al. Evaluation of iohexol as a gastrointestinal contrast medium in normal cats. Vet Radiol 1993;34(5):310-314.


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Educational online resources
Under this section several educational online resources can be found. We have included some links to websites that offer up-to-date online information about the basics of DNA and its forensic applications. Please find below a brief description about the contents or offers that can be found using a particular link.
LRmix Studio is an open-source, free of charge software dedicated to the interpretation of complex forensic DNA profiles. It can be downloaded here:
LRmix Studio is the successor to Forensim/LRmix. Both programs implement the same model, however LRmix Studio is a more flexible, faster version of LRmix.
The Familias program may be used to compute probabilities and likelihoods in cases where DNA profiles of some people are known, but their family relationship is in doubt. Given several alternative family trees (or pedigrees) for a group of people, given DNA profiles from some of these people, and given a data base of DNA observations (allele frequencies) in the relevant population, the program may compute which pedigree is most likely, and how much more likely it is than others. Obviously, there are several other programs performing similar tasks. As far we know a distinguishing feature of Familias is its ability to handle complex cases where potential mutations are accounted for, together with its ability to handle multiple pedigrees simultaneously.
Familias does not do computations for linked markers; for such computations, you may consider FamLink, as well as FamLinkX for X-linked markers. See details below.
Familias 2.0 (same as 1.97, http://familias.name/ ), program developed by Mostad and Egeland
Familias 3.0: http://familias.no/english/ with extended functions, including updates and further documentation (developer: D. Kling)
FamLink (http://www.famlink.se/) (developer: D. Kling)
FamLinkX (http://www.famlink.se/fx_index.html) (developer: D. Kling)
DNA from the beginning
This website is a good starting point for anyone looking to better understand heredity and genetics. This online resource is structured in 41 topics grouped in three main areas: Classical Genetics, Molecules of Genetics and Genetic Organization and Control. This website includes animations, image galleries, video interviews, problems, biographies, and links.
A simplified guide to DNA evidence
A short description of the principles, methods and applications of forensic DNA analysis, including a glossary and FAQs, maintained by the US National Forensic Science Technology Center (NFSTC).
DNA Learning Center
An online science center devoted entirely to genetics education aimed at students and the general public. It covers broad topics, including basic heredity, genetic disorders, the discovery of the structure of DNA, DNA sequencing, and some other topics.
Forensic DNA, Office of Justice Programs of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
A general description of forensic DNA analysis and its crucial role in the investigation and resolution of crimes is provided on this website. The main topics are: DNA Evidence Basics, Collecting DNA from Arrestees, Research, Evidence Backlogs, Postconviction Testing and Wrongful Convictions, Solving Cold Cases with DNA, and DNA and Property Crimes.
Visible Proofs: Forensic views of the body DNA - a Molecular Identity
Training materials suitable for student courses and self-learning with numerous examples (originally designed for an exhibition at the National Library of Medicine). Provides information about the nature of DNA, different DNA typing techniques, the evaluation of different uses of DNA typing, its possible benefits and misuses.
Free Online Training of National Forensic Science Technology Centre (NFSTC)
Free Online Training of National Forensic Science Technology Centre (NFSTC)
NFSTC provides a wealth of free forensic training materials. The resources and training available include seminars, workshops and courses designed to provide a greater understanding of forensic science principles and practices for law enforcement, forensic science practitioners and other investigators. Some training material can be found in different languages. Several seminars and workshops are available
- Biological Screening Workshop
- DNA Analyst Training
- Principles of Forensic DNA for Officers of the Court
- Collecting DNA Evidence at Property Crime Scenes
Mixture Interpretation Workshop: in addition to this training material, several presentations and video lectures from a Mixture Interpretation Workshop can be found within the NFSTC website. Some of the topics included are:
- Evolution of DNA Mixture Interpretation
- Current SWGDAM Guidelines
- Design and Execution of Validation Studies for Establishing DNA Mixture Interpretation Procedures
- Deconvoluting Mixtures
- Statistical Approaches
- Reporting DNA Mixture Results and Statistics
- Practical Exercises
Free Online Events: NIST
Upcoming af previous events arranged by The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). These event pages offer the final agendas, presentations, abstracts, registration lists, and videos of the completed events. Videos are only available if the event was previously distributed via live webcast.
Online Training by Boston University, Biomedical forensic sciences
Online lessons are offred regarding STR analysis. The user needs to register, so that he/she will be able to save the learning process. There is a large amount of sample epg files with mixtures as well as a software tool called NOCit that can be used to determine the number of contributors to a mixture.


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Celeb-Approved Outfit Ideas To Try Now
Sometimes all it takes is a swap of the hat (January Jones), an interesting mix of textures (Jessica Biel), or a pretty pastel hue (Olivia Wilde) to make your cold weather wardrobe feel new again. And there's more wear that came from just beyond this slide.
Tip: Mix rich textures for an all-black look that is anything but basic.
While promoting her latest film, The Truth About Emanuel, Biel proved all-black doesn't have to be boring by simply combing different fabrics and textures. The actress paired AllSaints' Belmont Leather Jacket ($525) with an eyelet skirt from Giambattista Valli's Resort 14 collection, Fendi's Borderline Clutch ($860), and Bionda Castana's Daphne Bis Pumps ($939).
Get The Look:
Topshop Quilted Shoulder Biker Jacket ($110); Diane von Furstenberg Radella Paneled Lace Skirt ($285).
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Tip: Hit on two major fall trends with a turtleneck and plaid pants.
Spotted outside the No. 11 Downing Street Christmas party in London, singer-songwriter Vickers assured us wearing two trends—in this case, Topshop's Plaid Crop Trousers ($80) and a black turtleneck—is always better than one.
Get The Look:
Joe Fresh Cropped Plaid Pants ($34); Uniqlo Alpaca Blend Turtle Neck Sweater ($20) in Black.
Tip: Swap a slouchy beanie for a more polished beret.
Jones bundled up Parisian-style for a lunch trip to Pasadena earlier this month, teaming a black beret with Leon Max's Doubleweave Wool Coat ($498), MiH's Ellsworth Jeans ($209) in Sugarblue, Loewe's Cruz Bag ($2600), and Coye Nokes black suede booties.
Get The Look:
Bop Basics Wool Beret ($48)
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Tip: In lieu of a dress, go for a fancy jumpsuit.
The actress made a stylish case for the evening jumpsuit at the British Independent Film Awards in Stella McCartney's Black One Shoulder Lace Overlay Jumpsuit ($4200).
Get The Look:
Parker Sienna Lace Jumpsuit ($297); Sea Lace Jumpsuit ($565).
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Tip: Style a crisp button-down under a graphic sweater.
At the announcement of the BORNFREE Campaign in New York last month, J.Crew's President and Creative Director was perfectly polished in a J.Crew sweater worn over an Ascot Chang white shirt and paired with J.Crew trousers and Manolo Blahnik Suede BB Heels ($595).
Get The Look:
Tibi Nelio Jacquard Easy Pullover ($198); Ann Taylor Perfect Long Sleeve Button Down Shirt ($70).
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Tip: Balance a fancy midi skirt with a t-shirt and flats.
To celebrate the opening of PAMM (Perez Art Museum Miami) during Art Basel earlier this month, model Kylie Kuhn grounded her Preen floral midi skirt with low-key pieces, including a vintage t-shirt and loafers.
Get The Look:
Mango Striped Chiffon Panel T-Shirt ($40); MSGM Floral-Print Gazar Midi Skirt ($520).
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Tip: Add edge to your look with tough-luxe jewellery.
With jewellery that cool—namely Eddie Borgo's Pharaoh Ring ($300) and Small Cone Bracelet ($525)—Lezark gets an A+ in our books.
Get The Look:
Joomi Lim Luxe Spike Bracelet ($128); Mixology NYC Small Horn Double-Finger Ring ($100).
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Tip: Break up multiple shades of grey with a punchy pop of red.
Heading to a concert in London, Refaeli let her Stella McCartney Beckett Envelope Clutch ($770) steal the spotlight against a mix of grey hues, specifically a Kenzo sweatshirt, Stella McCartney's Velez Trousers ($620) and Zara's Snakeskin Leather High Heel Court Shoes ($119).
Get The Look:
Kenzo Embroidered Tiger Marl Sweatshirt ($294); Linea Pelle Grayson Clutch ($215).
Tip: Make a denim dress winter-appropriate with opaque tights.
Cotton didn't let London's chilly temps prevent her from wearing her Topshop denim mini dress. The BBC 1 Radio host gave it a cold weather update by styling it over a Gap t-shirt and opaque tights and finishing with a Theory coat.
Get The Look:
Topshop Moto Dip Dye Pini Dress ($76); Zara Coat with Leather Sleeves ($239).
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Tip: Forgo the standard black and navy pantsuit for a winter pastel style.
Wilde said bye to the black pantsuit and hello to a refreshing mint green version—paired with Coye Nokes sandals—while running errands in downtown Los Angeles.
Get The Look:
T by Alexander Wang Shawl Collar Blazer ($485) in Rose and Drape Suiting Tapered Trousers ($295) in Rose.
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Winans Scion Fails To Get Fraud Sentence Delayed
A judge won't extend the deadline for Michael Winans Jr. to report to federal prison for financial fraud.
Winans is a member of the gospel music Winans family. He's due to start a nearly 14-year prison term on May 9, but he wants 60 days to clear up what he considers to be "major errors" in the case.
Detroit federal Judge Sean Cox said no Thursday.
In a court filing, Winans says he should be held responsible for $1.2 million in losses, not $8 million.
He blames his former attorney for wrong calculations. He says some money paid to investors was kept by "middlemen."
Winans pleaded guilty to selling bogus Saudi Arabian oil bonds. In February, prosecutors said about 600 people still were owed more than $4 million.


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"Team Genuis: The New Science of High-Performing Organizations" by Richard Karlgaard and Michael Malone. The latest Scientific perspective on high performing team, his Microsoft example is very interesting. And the Hypothesis used to
His presentation at Google
"Since software is about learning, and we rarely, if ever, do the same project twice, we are always estimating the unknown." Johanna Rothman author of "Predicting the Unpredictable: Pragmatic Approaches to Estimating Cost or Schedule"
Science Heroes: An amazing analysis on the impact of innovation that has benefited us all.
Freakonomics Failure is your Friend Stephen Dubner interviews Steve Levitt his coAuthor on "Think Like a Freak", Allan McDonald from Morton Thiokol Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor Project and Gary Klien a cognitive psychologist about Go fever. You can read the transcript or listen via YouTube.
Architecture Stuff:
Making Architecture Matter: A brief but great presentation by Martin Fowler of ThoughtWorks about Software Architecture and a reference to his design stamina hypothesis.
"The Leprechauns of Software Engineering" by Laurent Bossavit looks to be an interesting read dealing with Folklore in software development that is widely believed to be fact. I will add it to the pile to read or at least a quick scan.
A good resource with articles explaining SAP CIF. I wanted to brush up on CIF a bit.


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Stuffed Portobello Mushroom Caps
Serves 8
This dish substitutes goat or sheep milk cheese for cow's milk cheese. If your problem is lactose intolerance, you may want to omit the cheese altogether. However, most people who are truly allergic to cow's milk are able to tolerate milk of sheep and goats with no adverse reactions.
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
1 package long-grain and wild rice pilaf
1 10 oz. package fresh spinach, chopped
1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
1-2 large tomatoes, thinly sliced in rounds
4 large portobello mushrooms, stems removed
1/2 cup feta cheese (made from goat or sheep milk)
Salt to taste
1. Prepare the rice according to package instructions.
2. Steam the spinach until just wilted. Mix in the garlic.
3. Place the mushroom caps upside down on a nonstick baking sheet or in a lightly oiled shallow baking dish.
4. Spoon 1/4 to 1/2 cup of rice onto each mushroom. Divide the spinach into four servings and place atop the rice. Cover the spinach with tomato slices. Top with 2 tablespoons crumbled feta cheese.
5. Bake in a preheated oven at 350° for 20 minutes. Serve hot or cold.


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Someone needs to put this power hungry greedy orginization in bankrupcy. Who si going to be the person that sues them into oblivion?
Music Publishers Join In The Fun Of Suing XM
from the let's-all-sing-along dept
The Audio Home Recordings Act of 1992 makes it pretty clear that it's perfectly legal for consumers to make digital recordings of music for noncommercial use, and that companies that make and sell equipment allowing them to do so can't be sued for copyright violations. In spite of this, the RIAA sued satellite-radio company XM because it was marketing devices that let users record songs from XM broadcasts. Despite arguments from XM that the case shouldn't be allowed to move forward because of the AHRA, a judge disagreed, because the RIAA alleges XM is distributing music without a license, that somehow the ability to record its streams is legally different than a kid recording songs from FM radio onto a cassette tape. Now, music publishers are piling on by adding their own similar suit against XM, despite previous promises in the past from the recording industry that it wouldn't file suits over devices which allowed private, non-commercial recording — but it's now splitting hairs by not suing over the device, but alleging XM isn't paying enough royalties to allow for recording. All of this comes amid attempts by the RIAA to get XM and Sirius to pay higher royalties, as well as efforts to get their buddies in Congress to enact a new law that would force them to do so. Do we have to pay royalties on the sound of the RIAA and its cronies trying to chip away at fair use, and other legally enshrined protections?


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Last night House Majority Leader John Boehner withdrew his "Plan B" proposal for the budget. He had no choice: conservative Republicans in the House made it clear that would not vote for a plan that raises taxes for ANYONE—even millionaires.
Many in Washington believe this makes a bungee-jump over the "fiscal cliff" inevitable. As I have explained, that is not as scary as it sounds. The precipice is an imaginary line drawn in the sand and dated "January 1." Any damage done if we miss the deadline can easily be reversed. Early in January Congress would, no doubt, extend tax cuts for 98% of all Americans while voting down Draconian across- the- board spending cuts scheduled to kick in the first of the year.
But today, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said "there is still a chance for a deal" before year-end. In fact, Pelosi probably knows that House Democrats and Republicans have more than enough votes to extend tax cuts for the 98% now. The Senate has already passed a bill that would do just that. And in the House few Republicans are eager to stand up and vote to hike taxes for the vast majority of Americans. Conservatives just want to give the same break to the wealthiest 2%. But by now, most Republicans recognize that some tax increases are inevitable.
Pelosi's optimism makes me hopeful. She's a superb vote-counter, and she knows what's happening on the other side of the aisle.
CEOs Urge Republicans to Compromise
As Bloomberg reported yesterday, corporate chieftains have begun to lobby Republicans to give way on tax increases: CEOs such as Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Robert Iger of Walt Disney Co. and Randall Stephenson of AT&T Inc. have been meeting with White House officials and their "support for Obama's tax stance has split the Republican business alliance, driving a wedge between CEOs urging compromise and the nation's most prominent small-business group.


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Pricing your property may be a tricky process. However, there is a general guide for home sellers who wish to learn, at the very least, the basics of the process. Ultimately, if you are going to sell your property, you will most likely hire a real estate agent, who will be able to aid you in this.
Look at similar homes
As with anything to do in the property, whether you are a buyer or a seller, you will need to do your homework. You should find out what similar homes are going for in your neighbourhood, which means that you should plow through property listings online and in the newspapers to get a good, general idea.
You should look at both homes which are currently listed and which have already been sold. Although homes which have not yet been sold leave the question hanging, of whether they are worth the price their sellers are asking for, it is always useful to know what the active competition is like.
Use the strategy of square foot pricing
In square foot pricing, you will need to measure the interior area of your property. To do this, you may have to make an estimate for the size of hallways and similar spaces but for rooms, this can be relatively straightforward. For example, if a room is 10 feet by 10 feet, then the area of the room is 100 square feet.
Once you have calculated the total area of your property, you need to take the cost of the property and divide it by the area to get the price per square foot. This is one way in which home buyers compare property prices – by comparing the price per square foot of one property to another, buyers can see for themselves which is the more expensive property.
This strategy is also useful in the event that you are unable to find a similar property to compare with, perhaps because you live in a neighbourhood where the properties differ in architecture, size, and style.
In this case, you should pick a number of homes, preferably about five properties, which are as similar to yours as possible, and add up the area of each home before dividing it by the number of homes to get the average square feet.
Once you have done that, do the same for the prices of the homes you have chosen in order to get the average price. Then take the average price and divide it by the average square feet to get the average price per square foot. To estimate the price of your property, take the average price per square foot and multiply it by the area of your property.
You should note that this is only an estimate, however. If you want to be as accurate as possible, you should get an appraiser to look at your property.
Consider the amenities available
You should factor in the amenities in your neighbourhood. Close proximity to MRT, BTS and BRT stations and bus interchanges is always an advantage, as is the presence of grocery shops, shopping malls and other facilities such as clinics and sports complexes.
It may be difficult to gain an estimate simply from looking at the amenities available, however, the general consensus is that the more convenience you enjoy while staying in your property, the more value it has.
Get a comparative market analysis
If you need reassurance, approach a real estate agent and request for comparative market analysis sometimes referred to as a CMA. CMAs are essentially reports containing data on listings which are active, pending, sold, withdrawn or expired.
Get your property appraised
If you still require additional reassurance, you may hire an appraiser. The cost of hiring an appraiser, however, depends on the size and unique features of your property.
Appraisers will review your property, the market and other properties which they deem comparable to yours, after which, they will provide you with an appraisal, which can be deduced as a professional estimation of your property's market value.
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Scola and Suns take down Lakers
Phoenix, AZ – Luis Scola scored all 14 of his points in a one-sided fourth quarter as the Phoenix Suns took care of the Kobe Bryant-less Los Angeles Lakers, 99-76, at US Airways Center.
Wesley Johnson added 14 points and nine rebounds, while Goran Dragic had 12 points and 10 assists for Phoenix, which snapped a four-game slide by winning the final stanza by a 28-10 margin.
Jared Dudley chipped in 13 points for a Suns bench that outscored Los Angeles' reserves, 52-17.
The Lakers were without Bryant (ankle) for both games of a back-to-back and were unable to find much offense, as they made just 33 percent of their shots in their lowest scoring output of the season.
Steve Nash scored a team-high 19 points for Los Angeles, while Dwight Howard totaled 16 points and 11 boards in the setback, just the club's fourth in 15 games since the All-Star break.
Trailing 25-21 entering the second, the Suns went to their bench, which scored 22 of the team's 26 points in the frame.
The effort helped Phoenix enter the locker room with a 47-44 lead, and a Dragic-led 11-2 run in the third gave the Suns a 69-58 cushion. Dragic scored two points and had three assists during the run, including a perfect skip pass to Dudley that went through Nash's legs.
Antawn Jamison, one day after netting 27 points in a win over the Kings, scored his only points on a 3-pointer in the final minute of the third to pull Los Angeles within 71-66.
Phoenix scored the first five points of the fourth and pulled away for good midway through the frame with a 9-0 spurt that made it an 87-70 game.
Scola put the finishing touches on the rout with a rare 3-pointer to beat the shot clock. It was his third triple in 30 career tries from long range.
Game Notes
The home team has won nine straight in this series ... The Lakers have lost four straight in Phoenix ... The Suns had 11 more second-chance and fastbreak points ... Howard shot 6-of-18 from the field, while Nash was 6-of-17.


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President George Bush and first lady Laura Bush pose with daughters Jenna and Barbara. (White House Photo)
WASHINGTON (CNN) - Against the backdrop of a stunning Texas sunset, near a lake on the Bush family's 1,600-acre ranch, President Bush walked his daughter, Jenna, down the aisle to her groom, the White House said.
Jenna, 26, married Henry Hager, the son of a well-connected Virginia Republican.
"The wedding was spectacular. It was all we could have hoped for," the president said Sunday before boarding Air Force One.
"We're mighty blessed."
Wearing a white silk organza Oscar de la Renta gown, the bride stood with the groom before a beige-colored cross and altar made of Texas limestone.
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Congratulations on your special day and to your family as well. You all look really nice.
the only thing that gives the bush adminstration some credibility iz laura and the her girls
It seems only fitting to join in on the toasts.
May you never have to suffer the pain and loss of a son or daughter in a worthless war for oil and profit.
May you never have to endure the sadness and turmoil of seeing your children come home from war, mentally and physically scared for the rest of their lives because of lie.
My thoughts are with 4075 American mothers who have lost their sons and daughters and those added mothers that will be going through this hell next year.
Great. While Americans Bush has sent into war are getting killed, he celeberates his daughter's wedding. How cold is that? This act alone should cost McCain the presidency. Bush and McCain are cut from the same filthy cloth.
Congrats Jenna and Henry. They have nothing to do with the Politics, and seems like a nice couple.
Bush and his family look great. How many iraqis and americans would have dream to celebrate with the lovely one but instead have died because of you.
Outside you look great but inside many lost life are preparing your hell.
Big Congratulations to the new Mr. & Mrs Hager. Although I'm a Barack Obama fan...I trully wish Jenna and her new husband all the happiness and good health the universe has to offer.
Well Done!
I think people look at this wedding and say geez isnt it ncie how the president gets to have a "spectacular" wedding for his little girl while there are parents of fallen soldiers both men and women who will never have that experience.
Please just go away Mr Bush.
I love attending or watching weddings no matter who the bride and groom are. But this wedding brings a very special meaning to me. The smartest of the Bush family knows when to drop that God forsaken name. Is she not the same daughter who is undecided about McCain? Go figure.
Who cares!
Some spoiled girl got a nice wedding and now needs the attention of the media
I thought our economy was top issue,... I guess not!
This is a joke!
This reminds me that the man is human. But just barely!
Nice photo. But what of the 4,000 American families who will never see their beloved daughters and sons again due to his choice to use fear and deceipt to lead America into a needless war? What about the weddings that will never happen? What about the millions of Iraqi mothers sobbing today as he beams for the camera on a SIXTEEN HUNDRED acre ranch? Is there a soul at all behind that smile of his?
Congratulations to Jenna Bush! Best wishes for a happy life!
Wonder if Barbara will take civics lesson while she's home and vote her conscience and vote Democrat? She seems to have more sense than the rest of them.
Congrats from a father that had this 2000 with his only daughter. It is a special day and it dont matter what we think of the Pres. it is a big deal for the bride and the old man
what a shameless family.
Jenna congrats..make sure you vote Obama 08
Wow. W doesn't even know which camera to look into. Can he do anything right?
I am sure some Iraqi fathers and mothers would love to be attending the weddings of their children; I am sure a lot of American soldiers would like to be attending their own weddings; I am sure that the mothers and fathers of the American soldiers would love to be attending the weddings of their children; I'm sorry, but for all the havoc that George Bush has brought to this world – celebrating his daughter's wedding is the furthest thing from my mind that should be published. Why don't you run a story of the latest American to get killed in Iraq and show his "possible" wedding. Run a real human interest story.
Congrats to Jenna Bush I wish her happiness in marriage as well as other publicly known celebrities and etc. that muddle the news!
But seriously, who cares! Nowadays everything Bush......kinda makes me cringe! A Bush marries a highly connected republican boy too bad its too late to take a job in his administration but then again......who would!
looks like a picture of the 1ST NEW WORLD ORDER FAMILY GET TOGETHER
Obama-Edwards for President first Tuesday of November this year, vote.


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If 'Assault Weapons' Are Bad…Why Does DHS Want to Buy 7,000 of Them for 'Personal Defense'?
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking to acquire 7,000 5.56x45mm NATO "personal defense weapons" (PDW) — also known as "assault weapons" when owned by civilians. The solicitation, originally posted on June 7, 2012, comes to light as the Obama administration is calling for a ban on semi-automatic rifles and high capacity magazines.
Citing a General Service Administration (GSA) request for proposal (RFP), Steve McGough of RadioViceOnline.com reports that DHS is asking for the 7,000 "select-fire" firearms because they are "suitable for personal defense use in close quarters." The term select-fire means the weapon can be both semi-automatic and automatic. Civilians are prohibited from obtaining these kinds of weapons.
The RFP describes the firearm as "Personal Defense Weapon (PDW) – 5.56x45mm NATO, select-fire Read more…


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Tree can increase the value of your home by $243
Trees in Warminster have been vital to the existence of humans. From the beginning until the present times, trees have always furnished us with two of life's essentials, food, and oxygen. As we continuously evolved with the world, trees became more and more useful to us. Through time, trees provided us with shelter, medicine etc. As the earth struggles to survive the evolution and technological innovation, the value of trees has significantly increased. As people became more progressive in reaping the benefits of trees, they became more in demand. Warminster trees improved the quality of our life by taking natural elements and wildlife habitats into urban settings. The main reason we love trees is their beauty. Different species showcase a seemingly infinite variety of shapes, forms, textures, and vibrant colors.
Fair price breakdown
Tree planting is a distinct task that can significantly add value and increase the curb appeal of the property. It can also provide more privacy from the prying eyes of neighbors. The cost of planting a tree in Warminster varies on the kind and type of tree to be planted. Planting five small trees that have a size of 6 feet can cost $528, inclusive of preparation, equipment, miscellaneous supplies, and cost of labor per hour amounting to $152 for a team of 4. 5 medium trees on the other hand cost around $1300, inclusive of the same package and cost of labor amounting to $304 for a team of 8. Planting 5 large trees, each 14 feet can cost $12000, inclusive of the same package with a labor cost of $1520 for a team of 40.
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Other contributors to the cost of obtaining a tree in Warminster are the taxes, permit fees, and the contractor bonds that normally amounts to $500. The cost to plant a tree differs greatly by region. If planning to get one, make sure to check first with the nearest contractors.
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West Virginia's best storytellers competed today for prizes in the Liars
Contest during the 30th annual Vandalia Gathering with the GOLDENSEAL magazine
Golden Shovel award going to the best tall tale.
The winners were:
Biggest Liar (first place): Adam Booth, Huntington
Bigger Liar (second place): Rich Knoblich, Wheeling
Big Liar (third place): Dallas Jude, Huntington
Youth Award: Karl Smakula, Montrose
The Liars Contest regularly draws standing room-only crowds. GOLDENSEAL, West Virginia's magazine of traditional life, hosts the event and publishes the winning stories each year.
The lies must be short stories—humorous, dramatic, supernatural, etc.—of two to three minutes in length. Ribbons and cash prizes are awarded, along with an official Golden Shovel "trophy" for the first place winner.
The annual Vandalia Gathering is a FREE celebration of the traditional arts, music, dance, stories, crafts and foods of West Virginia. The Cultural Center and State Capitol Complex grounds plays host to this expanding family-style gathering each year on Memorial Day weekend. The unique blending of ethnic and cultural heritage combines an atmosphere as comfortable as a family reunion with the excitement of a state fair.
The statewide folk festival, named for the proposed 14th colony, creates new memories for the thousands of visitors who flock from across the Mountain State and the entire country to celebrate traditions passed from generation to generation. In addition to offering a sampling of West Virginia's traditional mountain culture by showcasing craftspeople and performers, the Vandalia Gathering pays tribute to the state's ethnic heritage through a variety of exhibitions and programs.
Vandalia Gathering is a program of the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History. For more information call Ginny Painter at (304) 558-0220, ext. 120. Visit the Division's web site at www.wvculture.org for more information about the programs of the Division.
The Department of Arts, Culture and History is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
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Ginny Painter
Deputy Commissioner/Communications Manager
West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History
The Cultural Center
1900 Kanawha Blvd., East
Charleston, WV 25305
Phone (304) 558-0220, ext. 120
Fax (304) 558-2779
Email [email protected]


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Posts Tagged 'Sicily'
A Minor Angevin
For my own amusement, I keep track of Longfellow sightings, especially those from modern authors; and I keep track of Sicily references too, having family there. I note, then, the following from Mary McCarthy, her late memoir How I Grew (1987):
I am not sure where I found Longfellow's Tales of a Wayside Inn, containing as one chapter "The Saga of King Olaf"; I had hated "Hiawatha," all too reminiscent of the civics of Minnehaha Park and Minnehaha Falls, but I loved those tales, and they are the main reason I know something of European history — Normans, popes, and German emperors. It was a shock, then, to discover rather recently that "Robert of Sicily, brother of Pope Urbane and Valmond, Emperor of Allemaine," who learned the lesson of humility one Easter Sunday in Palermo, who was not an historical figure; all my life, from the age of twelve on, I had been taking him for a minor Angevin.
The Great Rejected
"The Great Rejected" is a poem I discovered in an old literary magazine while seeking out the original printing of another text, Fitz-Greene Halleck's "Connecticut, Part 2." It leapt out at me because of the subject: Mount Etna. My wife is from Catania, which sits at the mountain's foot; and my sister-in-law lives directly on the mountain. Further, a good friend of mine in Sicily is a vulcanologist in love with the mountain, which he knows through and through — as native son, hiker, and geologist.
Needless to say, "The Great Neglected" is a fairly forgettable bit of doggerel (unlike Halleck's "Connecticut, Part 2," a neglected masterpiece), and under other circumstances I would have let it disintegrate in the acid bath of my restless attention, which eats away at page after page and retains very little, just a word or two here or there. As it happened, however, a suitable occasion arose several years ago, which gave me a reason print the poem anew, as a present for my friend the vulcanologist.
Friendship aside, I have to admit it tickled me to be rescuing so negligible a bit of writing from oblivion. One shouldn't confuse artists with their artworks, but it does feel at times that one is dealing with the person when dealing with the work, the more so the more awful the work may be. Great works survive their creators, who are nonetheless remembered as a consequence of their creations; bad art dies with its creator. As a consequence, in the latter case, rediscovery is a resurrection of memory in the broadest sense: the artist as well as the artwork is retrieved from limbo.
Below is a copy of the poem as published by "porci con le ali" ("pigs with wings"), an imprint I've often used for self-published chapbooks.
Or How Mount Ætna Courted an Iceberg, and Got "The Mitten"
Originally published in The Knickerbocker, May 1852
This edition, prepared by his friends,
is affectionately inscribed to
Carmelo Ferlito
in honor of his admission to the faculty
of the Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche,
Università di Catania
As Mount Ætna sat smoking his pipe t'other day,
With his head in the clouds and his foot in the bay,
He began to think over the course he had run;
The fields he had wasted, (not fields he had won;)
And he thought it was time that an old man like he
Should have sowed his wild oats, should have finished his spree.
He resolved to be steady the rest of his life,
And quietly settle—first taking a wife.
But who should he get, which way should he go,
And how to begin, he didn't quite know.
He must have some tall mountain or hill for his bride:
Or some prominent object to stand by his side
He thought of the Ural Mountains or Andes:
He was too old for them; they were partial to dandies.
Then he thought of the Pyramids down at Cairo:
Them he didn't quite fancy—he couldn't tell why, though:
He knew they were "bricks," as the phrase is, but then
He looked somewhat at beauty, like most other men;
And they were no beauties, though well built and trim:
They were rather too peaked, he thought, to suit him.
Mount of Olives he thought of, and was strongly inclined
To see her at once, and to tell her his mind;
But then he was fearful of subsequent wars,
For Olives, he'd heard, were always in jars.
Then he thought for a while of Miss Mount Moriah,
And once almost concluded to step up and try her;
But he "wasn't acquainted;" didn't know her face:
He had heard of her goodness, her talent and grace,
But he wished a "perfectly beautiful creature,"
And her temple, 't was said, was her only fine feature.
He then sighed for Mont Blanc; she was too far in-land,
And, beside, he much doubted if she'd give him her hand:
If he wrote her a note, or if even he went,
It was doubtful indeed if she yielded assent;
For many had heard, to their sorrow and pain,
The ascent of Mont Blanc not so easy to gain.
Mount Tabor, Mount Ida, and Ararat, too
With old Mount Parnassus, all passed in review:
The first were old maids, and all of a piece,
And Parnassus, the slattern was always in Greece.
No, these none of them suited; 't was really too bad:
Old Ætna in earnest began to feel sad.
He sat himself down, scalding tears did he shed,
And he sprinkled hot ashes all over his head.
At last, when his thoughts were most dismal and drear,
There shot through his head the most brilliant idea:
He'd make love to an Iceberg, so stately and trim,
So tall and majestic, so blue and so slim;
There were crowds of them floating up in the north seas,
And an Iceberg, he thought, would be easy to please.
He at once laid his plans; to the cold frigid zone
He would go the next morning, afoot and alone:
He would call on old Hecla, that sturdy old hero,
Whose heart was so warm in that climate of zero:
Old Hecla would show him the way it was done,
And perhaps tie the knot when the Iceberg was won.
The next morning, as good as his plan, he was there,
Somewhat nipped, to be sure, with the cold frosty air;
But Hecla was cordial: he at once spread the cloth,
And served him up, hot, some delightful snow-broth.
The meeting was happy; the greeting was warm;
And Ætna forgot soon the cold and the storm.
When the table was cleared, he took Hecla aside,
And in confidence told him he had come for a bride;
That he had an idea it would be very nice
In his warm southern home to have one made of ice:
In short, that if Hecla would give him a lift,
He would take the first Iceberg found floating adrift.
Old Hecla looked wise, and then he looked queer,
And he gazed at his guest with a comical leer.
Said he: "Mister Ætna, the idea may be pleasing
To a hot-head like you, but to me it is freezing.
You will find it cold work, and I rather guess
It won't be so easy to make one say 'Yes.'
These damsels, you know, are afloat far and wide,
And though always at sea, they hate to be tied.
Experience taught me, I'll own to the truth;
I had just such a flame, myself, early in youth.
We met at a dance in the Arctic ball-room,
And we whirled through a waltz in the mighty Maëlstrom:
I fell deeply in love, and Cupid's swift dart,
In the form of an icicle, cut to my heart:
I proposed on the spot; I made vows by the score,
And used very freely the phrase, 'I adore;'
But 't was all of no use; she plainly said 'No!'
Was surprised at the offer: (they always say so:)
'She liked me,' she said, 'very well as a friend,'
But there all my hopes and my wishes must end.
By this answer so cold I was badly frost-bitten,
And in kindness, at parting, she gave me a mitten."
This story of Hecla's made Ætna feel glum;
It chilled his young ardor, and set him back some:
But he would go ahead; he wasn't the man
To turn short about in the midst of a plan;
So he told his kind host he was bound to propose
To the next passing Iceberg, if it thoroughly froze
The lava within him; and as to the "nay,"
He would risk getting that;—'t wasn't often the way
That young ladies answered a positive "catch,"
Such as himself was: (the conceited young wretch!)
Hecla urged him no more; for he saw with regret
That on having an Iceberg his mind was firm set:
He fell in with his plan; and to best lend his aid,
The very next night a large party he made,
To which all the belles from the pole he invited.
As well as some others, that none might feel slighted.
For beaux they had glaciers and men of that class—
Ice glaciers, I mean; not glaziers of glass.
The party was splendid; the invited all came:
There were Bergs from the north, of all nations and name:
Some came from the pole; some from quite the north-west,
Where they say there's a passage for which they're in quest:
Some came from the east; and some, no wise inferior,
Came all the way down from the coast of Siberia:
Some glittered with jewels from the head to the heels,
And some, like our dandies, were loaded with seals.
Mount Ætna, of course, was presented to all:
Some names he forgot, some he could not recall;
But he got along well, take all things together,
And, 't was noticed by all, was in very high feather.
Well! the party broke up, as all parties do,
And then was the strife who should go home with who.
Our hero, of course, succeeded quite well,
For he cut them all out, and went home with the belle.
She lived at the axis: 't was quite a long walk;
But the longer the road, of course longer the talk.
She put on her things, and muffled up warm;
He carried her slippers and she took his arm;
They chatted awhile as they walked on together;
They talked of the moon and remarked of the weather.
A silence ensued: then Ætna began
To make desperate love like a desperate man:
He told her his love with a heart-felt out-pouring,
And, as all lovers do, he fell to adoring:
He told her he loved her when first they had met,
And his love was enduring, for he loved her well yet:
He loved her, he said, as he did his own life;
He offered, in short, to make her his wife.
Just as Hecla predicted, the beauty was cold;
She gave him the sack, and poor Ætna was "sold."
She answered him "no," and was really unkind,
For she seasoned the dose with a piece of her mind.
She told him she knew nothing of him, except
That he came from the south, and was quite an adept
At burning rich fields, and such youthful corruptions,
And she'd heard he was troubled with awful eruptions.
This last was a damper; it froze him clear through:
He was cut to the quick; but what could he do?
His eyes were glare ice; his tongue could not speak;
He tried, but could only just gibber and squeak:
For the rest of the walk he said nothing more,
But saw her in silence quite home to her door;
Then he turned on his heel: with a bound and a whistle, he
Struck a bee-line for the island of Sicily.
Springfield, Mass.
A Vast Extent of Brine
I'm a big fan of the University of Michigan's digital library, Making of America. MOA gives page images for some 10,000 nineteenth-century American books. The format is far from ideal — for online reading I prefer the Internet Archive — and the images are poorly formatted for printing (which may be due to Michigan's proprietary interest in selling bound reprints), but the material itself is invaluable. I've spent many hours there browsing, finding incredible things. Incredibly useful, important, memorable, and delightful. Also: incredibly strange, amusing, dreadful, and dull.
The item below falls somewhere in the latter camp. To me, it's dreadful amusing; to you, perhaps, dreadful dull.
Choice rhymes follow, with thumbnails that open onto larger views; click on the title page for a link to the complete text.


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Bachelorette Contestants Homophobic?
I've never seen this show, or The Bachelor. I'm not a huge fan of reality TV because it's all staged and there's very little reality associated with it…unless the reality is a homophobic content. You know the kind of comments that people make like, "That's so Gay." Evidently, because they think gay is so funny…or whatever.
Cue the disappointment. And the outrage.
It turns out Clint Arlis and JJ Lane, the two straight Bachelorette contestants who claimed they'd fallen in love with each other while taping the ABC reality show, were only "doing it for the cameras" and that "nothing gay ever happened."
You can read more here. On Twitter there's a hashtag that I love…#thatssostraight. People on Twitter have taken to using it whenever they see this kind of passive aggressive homophobia. I've done it more than a few times because I see this kind of thing almost two or three times every single day.
Ian Reisner and Ted Cruz
Now they've found out that the wealthy gay hotelier, Ian Reisner, donated money to Ted Cruz. For some reason, it feels as if Reisner is being targeted.
Afterwards, Reisner claimed the dinner wasn't a fundraiser and that he didn't give Cruz any money, telling New York magazine: "There were no checks given. It was nothing like that."
Well, it turns out that was a bunch of Bologna with a capital B.
The New York Times has just learned that Reisner wrote a personal check to Mr. Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign in the amount of $2,700, the maximum allowed by law, right around the time the dinner took place.
The rest is here, with the entire history of this Ian Reisner situation. I would never donate money to Ted Cruz, however, I'm not all that fond of the way some are taking such pleasure in all this. Could it be that the liberal gay press is targeting a gay conservative? I don't know enough about it to answer that question, but I have seen that done before.
I have a feeling Reisner will respond to this and I'll be posting about it yet again before next week is over.
Lesbian Catfishing Married Gay Man
I don't know what to make of this one either. A young guy named David Messerschmitt who is married to a woman hooked up with someone through a Craigslist ad, thinking it was a hot gay man. Unfortunately, Messerschmitt found out he'd been catfished by two young gay women when he met them at a Washington D. C. hotel.
Gallmon entered Messerschmitt's room at the unnamed hotel and attempted to rob him. We'd say "that's when things went wrong," but this whole mess was clearly wrong from the very beginning.
The young woman claims that Messerschmitt trapped her in the room, triggering a previous trauma from a past assault.
At least that's the argument she's using in court to try and explain how she came to stab Messerschmitt seven times in the abdomen, groin and heart, killing him.
She made it out of the room with $40 cash and Messerschmitt's metro card, and walked hand-in-hand with Johnson to a bus stop. Housekeeping found Messerschmitt's body the next day, his arms bound in rainbow-colored zip ties.
The rest is here. I know I say this all the time, but I think it shows how many more gay people there are out there posing as straight. And it goes without saying how dangerous online hook ups can be.


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Nestled in an intimate room in the Art of the Americas Buildings is a small installation of twenty-five images by Edward Weston that explore tensions between subject/form and light/shadow. The organic spontaneity of the different connections and comparisons in the show encourage engagement beyond the four walls of the exhibition space.
Indeed, Weston's articulation of the painterly, the sculptural, and the architectural through the camera points to both the uniqueness of the photographic medium and the infinite possibilities contained in vacant shells, eroded boulders, and smooth expanses of uncovered skin. Weston's Modernism stands out as an exhibition that is as much about the artist's personal connection to his work as it is about the viewer's experience. Not unlike Tim Burton, Weston's intense focus, immersion into his practice, and aesthetic ethics make for work that is sensitive, personal, and inspiring.
While helping to finish the installation of the show, several pieces especially exemplified modernist perspectives. In particular, I was drawn to Eroded Rock. The weary lines on the surface, merging, crossing, and diverging evokes the passage of time, the endurance of nature, and most compellingly, the beautiful quietude of pure form. Eroded Rock and many more like it in the show are a must-see in their undefinable capacity for contemplation and appreciation. Michael Heizer's Levitated Mass and Eroded Rock, though different in their dimensionality, share a perfect timelessness through their stolid yet fluid presentation.
With many new projects coming up on LACMA's campus, such as Levitated Mass' arrival this fall, there will be many new things to see. But to see what has always been around us in new ways continually revives and enriches Los Angeles' diverse and vibrant art scene.
Kelly C. Tang, Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Intern, Wallis Annenberg Photography Department