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Dr Des O'Rawe
- School of Creative Arts - Lecturer
- Film
Direct phone: +44 (0)28 9097 3677
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Current Modules
FLM1002: Introduction to Film
FLM2012: Documentary Film
FLM2015: Cinema and Modernism
FLM7012: Political Cinema: Form and Conflict
Research Statement
I work chiefly on comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of film.
My recent publications include Regarding the Real: Cinema, Documentary, and the Visual Arts; and Post-Conflict Performance, Film, and Visual Arts: Cities of Memory (with Mark Phelan). I have published in journals such as Film Quarterly, Studies in Documentary Film, Screen, Quarterly Review of Film and Video, Kinema, Literature/Film Quarterly, and Screening the Past. I currently co-edit the Cinema Aesthetics series, and continue to publish on aspects of Irish film, visual culture, and contemporary literature.
I am currently involved in co-ordinating the following funded research projects:
Achievements and Distinctions
2014: Wellcome Trust Small Grant (PI)
2013: Leverhulme Research Fellowship (PI)
2012: British Academy Small Grant (PI)
1. Regarding the Real: Cinema, Documentary, and the Visual Arts (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2016) 224p.
Journal Articles
1. 'Eclectic Dialectics: William Klein's Documentary Method,' Film Quarterly. 66.1. (2012), pp. 60-69.
2. '(Pro)Motion Pictures: Len Lye in the Thirties,' Quarterly Review of Film and Video. 29.1, 2012. pp. 64-75.
3. 'New York City: 12 December, 1980,' Studies in Documentary Film. 5. 1 (2011), pp. 31-44.
4. 'Towards a Poetics of the Cinematographic Frame,' Journal of Aesthetics and Culture. 3 (1) (2011), pp. 1-13.
5. 'Cinema Lucida: Johan van der Keuken and the Meaning of Loss,' Screening the Past. 29 (2010).
6. 'The Fraternity of Metaphors: Jean-Luc Godard's Film Socialisme,' Kinema: Journal of Film and Media. 34.2 (2010), pp. 5-18.
7. 'Inviolable Attachments: Kitano Takeshi's Dolls (2002),' Screening the Past. 21. 2007.
8. 'Ten Minutes for John Lennon,' Film Studies: An International Review, 9 (2007).
9. 'The Great Secret: Silence, Cinema and Modernism,' Screen. 47 (4) (2006), pp. 395-405.
10. 'Venice in Film: The Postcard and the Palimpsest,' Literature Film Quarterly.33 (3) (2005), pp. 224-232.
11. 'Beyond Representation: I Could Read the Sky and Irish Cinema,' Canadian Journal of Irish Studies. 28.2/29.1 (2003), pp. 84-97.
12. 'At Home with Horror: Neil Jordan's Gothic Variations,' Irish Studies Review. 11.2 (2003), pp. 189-198.
1. 'Voyage(s) to Sarajevo: Jean Luc-Godard', Post-Conflict Performance, Film and Visual Arts: Cities of Memory, O'Rawe, D. & Phelan, M. (eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
2. 'Irish Cinema and Adaptation,' Blackwell Companion to British and Irish Cinema, Hill, J. (ed), Oxford: Blackwell, 2016)
3. 'Film Sound and the Poetics of Silence,' Sound and Music in Film and Visual Media: A Critical Overview. Harper, G. (ed.). Continuum Press. 2009. pp. 68-81.
4. 'Cinema of Masks: Commedia dell'Arte and Jean Renoir's The Golden Coach,' in Clowns, Fools and Picaros: Popular Forms in Theatre, Fiction and Film. Robb, D. (ed.). Rodopi Press (Amsterdam), 2007. pp. 147-161.
5. 'The Northern Other: (Southern) Irish Cinema and the Troubles,' Representing the Troubles: Texts and Images. Walshe, E. & Cliff, B. (eds.). Four Courts Press, 2004 pp. 93-105.
6. 'Language and the Irish Cinema Question,' Towards our Goals: Broadcasting, the Press, the Performing Arts and the Economy. Kirk, J. M. & Baoill, D. Ó. (eds.). Cló Ollscoil na Banríona/Queen's University, 2003, p. 143-148.
7. 'Film Forms and Folklore Tales: Timothy Neat's Play Me Something,' Ireland (Ulster) Scotland: Concepts, Contexts and Comparisons. Longley, E., Hughes, E. & O'Rawe, D. (eds.). Queen's University/Cló Ollscoil na Banríonap. 2003. pp. 157-163.
8. 'Dissidence and Desire in Frank McGuinness's Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme and Carthaginians,' New Voices in Irish Criticism, Mathews, P. J. (ed.). Four Courts, 2000, pp. 155-164.
9. '(Mis)Translating Tragedy: Irish Poets and Greek Plays,' Theatre: Ancient and Modern. Hardwick, L., Easterling, P., Ireland, S., Lowe, N. & Macintosh, F. (eds.). Milton: Keynes: Open University, 1999, p. 109-124.
1. Post-Conflict Performance, Film and Visual Arts: Cities of Memory. O'Rawe, D. & Phelan, M. (eds.), (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015 ) 336p
2. Screening the Past: Special Issue: Cinema/Photography, 29 (2010).
3. Cinema-Italy by Stefania Parigia, S. Rohdie (trans.), D O'Rawe (ed.) (Manchester University Press, 2009)
4. Screening the Past: Special Issue: Cinema/Theatre, 21 (2007)
5. Ireland (Ulster) Scotland: Concepts, Contexts, Comparisons: Proceedings of ISAI 2002, 20-22 September 2002, Longley, E., Hughes, E. & O'Rawe, D. (eds.) Cló Ollscoil na Banríona. 2003.
Shorter Essays, Reviews, and Interviews have appeared in: Fortnight, Screening the Past, Irish Review, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, Causeway, Irish Studies Review, HU, Contemporary Philosophy and Film, Encyclopaedia of Ireland, Film and Film Culture.
- Forthcoming
Regarding the Real: Cinema, Documentary, and the Visual Arts
Research output: Book/Report › Book
- Forthcoming
Voyage(s) to Sarajevo: Jean-Luc Godard
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
- Published
Eclectic Dialectics: William Klein's Documentary Method
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Frequent Journals
The Irish Review
ISSNs: 0790-7850
Canadian Journal of Irish Studies
ISSNs: 0703-1459
Screening the Past
ISSNs (Electronic): 1328-9756
Irish Studies Review
ISSNs: 0967-0882
ISSNs (Electronic): 14699303
Literature Film Quarterly
ISSNs: 0090-4260
Framing Trauma: Mental Illness and the Documentary Image
Project: Research
Documentary Film and the Visual Arts: Questioning the Frame
Project: Research
European Cinemas, Intercultural Meetings: Aesthetics, Politics, Industry, History An ECREA Film Studies Section Conference 13–14 November 2015 University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Activity: Conference participation › Participation in conference
External Assessor
Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Work on advisory panels for social community and cultural engagement
Framing Trauma: Mental Illness and the Documentary Image
Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Public lecture/debate/seminar
Contribution to conference papers, events and activities


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Located inside a World War II Quonset hut at 600 S. Dirksen Parkway is a business that belies its exterior. Thanks to the ingenuity of Mandy McCormick-Tomlinson, folks who love Western wear and the modern bling that goes with it can shop at Horse Creek Outfitters.
Located inside a World War II Quonset hut at 600 S. Dirksen Parkway is a business that belies its exterior.
Thanks to the ingenuity of Mandy McCormick-Tomlinson, folks who love Western wear and the modern bling that goes with it can shop at Horse Creek Outfitters.
To borrow a phrase, don't judge a book by its cover — and leave yourself plenty of time to look around, because you're going to need it. Once inside Horse Creek Outfitters, you'll be immersed in a world that's pure country.
It's in the music playing over the speakers, the merchandise and the posters of cowboy hat- and jeans-wearing stars like George Strait and Jason Aldean.
Dressed in jeans, a Horse Creek Outfitters T-shirt, bling-embellished flip-flops and some equally flashy sunglasses pushed up on her head, McCormick-Tomlinson is a walking advertisement for the fun yet serviceable style that is Western wear. A woman with a longtime interest in horses, she was an employee at Horse Creek Outfitters before she owned it.
Boots to bling
"I started working at Horse Creek in 1992, when I was still in high school. I shopped there a lot since I was involved in high school rodeo, 4H and FFA and very much interested in the Western lifestyle and look," she says.
"Gordan Duke started this business in Rochester in 1988 as a small tack shop, and he moved it to its current location in 1989," she says. "During college I worked in different Western stores and occasionally when I was home I was at Horse Creek for special events.
"After graduating college from Kansas State, I ran into Gordan and figuring that it never hurts to ask, I asked him about buying the store. One thing led to another and soon I was a business owner. I was fortunate that he always took my calls and was willing to help me with everything from buying to budgeting. I occasionally still call him with random questions."
Since 2002, McCormick-Tomlinson and her staff have done their best to assure that customers find what they need and a few more things to pick up for fun. Horse Creek offers a plethora of attractive and functional boots, cowboy hats, silver belt buckles, bling-embellished belts and jeans, bolo ties, silver and turquoise jewelry and more.
"Boots, boots and boots have always been our best-sellers," McCormick-Tomlinson says. "We keep over 2,500 pair in stock year round. Sizes range from toddler size 4 to men's 16."
Yes, boots are big business, even in Springfield, and they come in various leather patterns and shades, including brown, black, red, yellow, pink and even floral designs. Parents of pint-sized rodeo lovers shop in the children's section where itty-bitty boots are lined up — including some that feature a color very popular with little boys, John Deere green.
Page 2 of 3 - "We stock a huge selection of denim from ladies' embellished Miss Me's and Rock and Roll Cowgirl to basic men's Wranglers," she says. "We also keep a nice selection of shirts and belts for the entire family. We sell a lot of home decor, purses and jewelry which includes Brighton, Montana Silversmiths and fun fashion stuff, too. In January, I usually go to a (merchandise) show in Denver, and that's where I pick up the turquoise."
Regional draw
As in any business, some seasons are busier than others.
"Thanksgiving to Christmas is by far our busiest time of the year, but we are also quite busy during the Beef Expo, the Horse Fair, the Sangamon County Fair and the Illinois State Fair. We get a lot of people who are visiting the Lincoln sites and Route 66."
McCormick-Tomlinson has a theory about Western wear. There are people who participate in rodeos and horse shows who will always be looking for the right attire, but music plays a part in it, too.
"I think the mainstream country artists really help businesses like ours, especially the way they dress now. This summer, when Luke Bryan was at the Sangamon County Fair, we did an insane amount of business."
With so much merchandise to choose from, how do people decide what to buy?
"Some people come in and look around a lot, but some come in here on a mission, especially during the holidays," she says. "At Christmas we have a wish list box we keep here in the store. Husbands will come in to buy the Brighton jewelry for their wives — it is kind of a higher-end jewelry and comes in sets. We also sell a lot of gift certificates and then send them home with a boot box to wrap it up in."
McCormick-Tomlinson works at the store between 30 to 40 hours a week, traveling back and forth from her home in Athens nearly every day. In October, she'll be opening another Horse Creek Outfitters in Macomb.
"That one is in a new building," she says.
Livin' the life
On the home front, she and her husband Will Tomlinson have three sons: Brodee, 11; Britt, 4; and Cash, who was born this summer.
"My husband is a horseshoer. Will and Brodee team rope, and Brodee also junior rodeos. Our summers are pretty busy between rodeos, roping and showing Hereford cattle and Boer goats and the local fairs."
As she looks forward to a busy fall season, McCormick-Tomlinson knows she'll have her work cut out for her. And that's OK, she says, adding that even when the general economy is down, Western wear continues to sell.
"Business has been very good and has grown a lot over the past couple of years," she says. "The store inventory has more than doubled, and we add new items and companies on a regular basis. We try to keep a fresh selection of items so there's always something new in stock."
Page 3 of 3 - Of course, as in any business, success is based on the people who run the store and those who buy from the store.
"I have a good staff and we have a great customer base — a lot of wonderful customers," says McCormick-Tomlinson. "Believe me; we appreciate each and every one of them."
Horse Creek Outfitters
600 S. Dirksen Parkway
Phone: 544-2740
Website: www.horsecreekspringfield.com
Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; noon-4 p.m. Sunday
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Danny Brown
The Detroit rapper on how Radiohead and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" inspired his forthcoming follow-up to XXX, and why Chief Keef reminds him of the Sex Pistols.
By Larry Fitzmaurice , January 28, 2013
Photo by Colin Kerrigan
In the two years since Danny Brown's breakthrough mixtape, XXX, the Detroit MC has become a ubiquitous figure, a go-to for artists of any stripe-- from A$AP Rocky to Purity Ring to A-Trak-- looking to goose their tracks with an instant spike of adrenaline. And while the self-effacing Brown admits to overextending himself-- "I'm sometimes guilty of rushing through certain feature spots," he tells me-- he's not slowing down. He's set to appear on Schoolboy Q's forthcoming album, and he's clocked in not one but two recording sessions with Australian cut-and-paste enigmas the Avalanches-- though he's as in the dark as the rest of us when it comes to the release of that group's long, long, long-delayed follow-up to 1999's Since I Left You. "I don't know what's up with those guys-- they're very secretive," says Brown. "They treated me great, though."
When I catch up with him on the phone in December, Brown is relaxing in his Detroit home, having just returned from London, where he hung out with Trash Talk and the Streets' Mike Skinner (who he is "a big fan of, obviously"). He's currently wrapping up his next proper full-length, Old, which will see release through Fool's Gold later this year. It's set to feature contributions from A$AP Rocky, Rustie, Schoolboy Q, Kitty, Ab-Soul, Purity Ring, and Oh No, among others. Talking about the record's title, the 32-year-old says, "People are always like, 'Danny, you old', or, 'I liked your old shit better.' I didn't want to just continue where I left off with XXX, because I got a lot of younger fans now that don't know nothing about the hip-hop shit. If people are just looking for dick-sucking jokes, there isn't too many of them."
"I thought that if XXX was my OK Computer,
then I'd have to make my Kid A next."
Pitchfork: XXX sounded very specifically and consciously sequenced to form a narrative, did you approach the making of Old in the same way?
Danny Brown: I always try to act like I'm some old school artist from the 1960s, so I approached this album like I was making it for vinyl: There's a side A and a side B. The way I look at it, I've always been two different artists anyway; I do that underground hip-hop shit and that turned-up trap shit. XXX told a story, so I wanted this one to be like "Curb Your Enthusiasm"-- it's random and all over the place, but by the end it comes together.
Danny Brown: "XXX" (via SoundCloud)
Pitchfork: You've said that while you were making XXX you were listening to a lot of Joy Division. Were there any specific artists you looked to for this album?
DB: I made XXX with the aim of getting great reviews. And when I started making Old, I was trying to think of artists that came back from getting great reviews and made an album that was just as good-- or better! The only group I could really come up with was Radiohead. So if XXX was my OK Computer, then I'd have to make my Kid A next. So I studied Kid A, and I took away that it's not so much about the lyrics as it is about the way the beats feel, so what drives this album is the production. I wanted to have the most amazing beats, but I still want them to sound minimal-- it's still gotta sound like a Danny Brown beat. It can't sound like no fucking Kanye orchestra shit. That ain't me. That's why I took so long with making this album. I was waiting for the perfect beats. And I got 'em.
Pitchfork: Would you consider yourself a perfectionist?
DB: A perfectionist is someone like Dr. Dre or Kanye-- they'll take one song and do 50 takes. I go with my first take for every song. I want to capture a feeling. If I say a word wrong, fuck it. I am a perfectionist as far as listening to it, though. If I'm over a song two weeks after I made it, I'm not going to put it out. It has to last months.
Pitchfork: You're known for your punchlines-- do you worry about not being taken seriously?
DB: You can only go so far with those. I think I'm funny when I'm just talking-- I don't have to make a dick joke to be funny. I might just say something that's not funny to me, but the way it sounded could make a person laugh. It goes along with my vocal range. Anyway, the album is called Old, and I'm 32, so it's time to grow up a little bit.
Danny Brown: "Fields" (via SoundCloud)
Pitchfork: You recently said that Old would be "less funny" than XXX-- but a good deal of XXX isn't very funny.
DB: With XXX, I was trying to make a comedy that also had a lot of drama. This one is just like mad drama [laughs]-- to the point where shit is so fucked up that you need a release. You can't just keep dwelling on how fucked up shit is because that ain't going to do nothing but make you feel depressed, so you gotta just say "fuck it" and take drugs and party.
Photo by Erez Avissar
Pitchfork: Who are some of your favorite rappers out right now?
DB: Kendrick Lamar and everyone from TDE. I love what A$AP Rocky's doing. And, of course, Chief Keef. I listen to him the most. [laughs] I like his older mixtapes a little better though, because old Chief Keef scared me-- I thought he was about to pop up out of nowhere with a hoodie on and shoot me. But I'm not really scared of Finally Rich.
My favorite song of his is "Laughing to the Bank" [laughs]. That's some Sex Pistols-type shit. Remember when everybody said that Odd Future was punk rock? To me, Chief Keef is totally punk rock. Like, the melodies he uses on his album-- it's like he's not even rapping no more, he's just singing. You could swap those synths and keyboards with guitars and fucking crazy drums and he'll be a rock star.
The Alchemist: "Flight Confirmation" [ft. Danny Brown and Schoolboy Q] (via SoundCloud)
Pitchfork: You once tweeted that "Black Hippy are the new Beatles and I'm Harry Nilsson." How would you match up the Beatles to the Black Hippy crew?
DB: Kendrick would be Paul McCartney, Schoolboy Q would be John Lennon, Ab-Soul would be George Harrison-- and [laughs] Jay Rock would be Ringo. I'm like the unofficial fifth member of Black Hippy.
Pitchfork: You seem to be everywhere all the time-- do you ever worry about overexposure?
DB: No, because I don't really feel famous. I'm just an internet guy. I walk down the street and people don't really mess with me too much. I still have my life.
Pitchfork: Are there any downsides to being on the road so much?
DB: I mean, while you're touring, you can't take a shit on a bus. [laughs] But there's no downside to traveling the world and making money. I'm doing something I love. A lot of people have sucky jobs, but I have a good one, and I'm not trying to lose it any time soon. This was one of the best years of my life.
Danny Brown / AraabMuzik: "Molly Ringwald" (via SoundCloud)
Pitchfork: Your music talks a lot about various illicit substances-- are you using any particular drugs regularly?
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COVINGTON -- Covington Police were alerted by Jasper County authorities about 4 a.m. Monday that an ongoing incidence of child molestation had occurred in the city over the past several years.
According to CPD Lt. Paul Daily, the matter came to light after Jasper County Sheriff's Office deputies became involved in what turned out to be a bizarre incident at Alcovy Shores subdivision on Jackson Lake.
CPD detectives were told that an 11-year-old girl told her mother that her stepfather had molested her. When confronted by the mother, the 41-year-old stepfather allegedly admitted the allegations were true.
The family had moved from Covington to Jackson Lake a week ago.
After learning what had happened to her daughter, Dailey said the mother then called for her pastor and his wife, who arrived at the Jackson Lake home about 1 a.m.
"Apparently all five of them are in the living room talking about this when the daddy announces he's going to take a long swim in Jackson Lake," Dailey said.
At that time, the Sheriff's Office was called and deputies arrived, but were unable to locate the man.
"About two hours later, the husband comes back and knocks on the door, but the wife won't let him in," Dailey said. "He then goes out to a shed and supposedly stabs himself in the foot."
Daily said his wife described the wound as having been made with a knife and a hammer. The man allegedly hammered the knife into his heel, saying he was trying to hit his "femur artery." Daily said it is assumed he was trying for his "femoral artery," which is located in the upper thigh.
The man was transported by ambulance to Newton Medical Center "where he was treated medically and mentally and is currently being evaluated," Daily said.
The investigation into the child molestation is continuing, including a forensic examination of the victim. Daily said, based on what the preacher, the mom and the daughter have told detectives, he is confident charges will be filed.
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[embed]262766:50720:0[/embed] Super Mario 3D World (Wii U)Developer: Nintendo EAD TokyoPublisher: NintendoRelease: November 21, 2013 (JP) / November 22, 2013 (NA) / November 29, 2013 (EU) / November 30, 2013 (AU) First, watch the trailer above that was released the other day showing off a ton of gameplay. It's impossible to not feel happy after watching it. There's so many new power-ups! In fact, that's what developer Nintendo EAD wanted to really push with this latest Mario. Power-ups, power-ups, power-ups! How many power-ups are there? Let's count it off: Mushroom Fire flower Tanooki suit Super star Cat suit! Meow meow meow! Cherry cloner Boomerang suit Missile launcher hat thing Propeller Block ? Block hat HOLLOWED OUT GOOMBA CORPSE! Kuribo's shoe as an ice skate! Bombs Baseballs?! Potted Piranha Plant Explosive soccer balls Not all are technically power-ups, but they are all weapons Mario can use. And I'm sure there are more that haven't been revealed yet. 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AJR:181, September 2003
"Ex Vacuo" Pneumothorax
Newborn infants who have undergone sur-
gical repair of congenital diaphragmatic her-
nias manifest an ipsilateral hypoplastic lung
surrounded by a potential space above the neo-
diaphragm. Sometimes in the literature, this
finding is described as a pneumothorax [1, 2].
However, we believe that a more appropri-
ate term would be "ex vacuo" pneumothorax
by analogy to the condition in the brain called
"ex vacuo hydrocephalus." The use of the
term "ex vacuo pneumothorax" would make
it clear that the space around the infant's hy-
poplastic lung is a potential space that exists
because the hypoplastic lung has not yet ex-
panded. The space is more accurately de-
scribed as ex vacuo rather than pneumotho-
rax, which has a much different implication
to most people. Certainly, the phrase "ex
vacuo pneumothorax" would describe a tem-
porary phenomenon because in a short time,
gradual expansion of the hypoplastic lung
and fluid would fill this space.
Ashley Aiken
Charles Gooding
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-0628
1. Saifuddin A, Arthur RJ. Congenital diaphrag-
matic hernia: a review of pre- and postoperative
chest radiology.
Clin Radiol
2. Skarsgard ED, Harrison MR. Congenital dia-
phragmatic hernia: the surgeon's perspective.
Pediatr Rev
Medical terminology is often complex and
cumbersome and can detract from rather than
enhance medical education, communication,
and understanding. Half of the battle in medi-
cine is understanding the language. Because of
such issues, I am always leery of newly pro-
posed terms, particularly when they contain
words that might be of Latin origin. We have
so many as it is. In my opinion, for a proposed
term to be considered, it should be simple and
clear and enhance communication between
health care providers.
Drs. Aiken and Gooding have proposed the
term "ex vacuo pneumothorax" to describe the
air-filled space created when a congenital dia-
phragmatic hernia is repaired. This air-filled
space certainly does not have the same signifi-
cance as a typical pneumothorax and is in no
way an indication for chest tube placement.
Although most pediatric surgeons and pediat-
ric radiologists who care for such infants rec-
ognize this difference, I have personally
witnessed confusion concerning this issue
among rotating radiology residents and pediat-
ric house staff. It is conceivable that such con-
fusion could result in suboptimal patient care.
The term "ex vacuo pneumothorax" may fos-
ter better communication and understanding in
this particular scenario and therefore improve
patient care. The term is descriptive and im-
plies and helps explain the mechanism by
which the space exists. Therefore, I think the
proposed term is reasonable and its use should
be entertained.
Lane F. Donnelly
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039
Hydatid Cyst of the Pancreas as a
Cause of Pancreatic Cystic Lesions
I read with interest the excellent pictorial re-
view by Demos et al. [1] on cystic lesions of
the pancreas. The gamut of pancreatic and
parapancreatic cystic lesions (PPCL) is quite
broad; the researchers briefly discussed para-
sites of the pancreas as a rare cause of PPCL.
Other researchers have omitted hydatid cyst
from the differential diagnosis in a review on
cystic diseases of the pancreas [2].
Hydatid cyst may develop in almost any or-
gan of the body. Hydatid cyst of the pancreas
(Fig. 1) is rare: it has been reported to affect the
pancreas in 0.25% of patients with hydatid dis-
ease [3, 4]. It is important to consider hydatid
cyst in the differential diagnosis of PPCL. This
is particularly true for patients living in regions
where the disease is endemic, but it may be
also encountered in immigrants to developed
countries where the disease may not be preva-
lent or may not exist. In this category of pa-
tients, serologic tests and a search for scolices
and hooklets by an alerted cytologist at micro-
Fig. 1.—45-year-old man with hydatid cyst of pancreas. (Courtesy of Huwaijah S, Damascus, Syria)
A, Transverse sonogram of pancreas shows cystic lesion in tail of pancreas.
B, Sonogram shows cystic lesion containing daughter cysts (arrows).
C, Contrast-enhanced CT scan shows pancreatic cystic lesion with internal daughter cysts (arrows).
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scopic analysis of the fine-needle aspirate may
be added to the diagnostic workup of PPCL
with atypical imaging features.
Maurice C. Haddad
American University of Beirut Medical Center
Beirut, Lebanon
1. Demos TC, Posniak HV, Harmath C, Olson MC,
Aranha G. Cystic lesions of the pancreas.
2. Hammond N, Miller FH, Sica GT, Gore RM.
Imaging of cystic diseases of the pancreas.
Clin North Am
3. Dahniya MH, Hanna RM, Ashebu S, et al. The
imaging appearances of hydatid disease at some
unusual sites.
Br J Radiol
4. Kattan YB. Hydatid cysts in the pancreas.
Br Med
Thank you for your interest in our review ar-
ticle [1]. We did, as you indicated, include para-
sitic infections in the discussion of the
differential diagnosis of infections that can
cause cystic pancreatic lesions. A case report of
Echinococcus granulosis
have not encountered any patient with hydatid
disease of the pancreas to illustrate the disease.
We appreciate the contribution of your imaging
studies and your admonition to consider the
possibility of a hydatid cyst when a cystic pan-
creatic lesion is discovered on an imaging study.
Primary hydatid disease of the pancreas is
indeed rare, accounting for only 1 of 357 cases
of hydatid disease seen over a 20-year period
in a report from Kuwait [2], as you cited in
your letter. Hydatid disease, however, is a
common condition worldwide and continues
to be a high-incidence societal problem in
many countries of all continents [3]. This is
concretely indicated by the ongoing efforts of
the World Health Organization Informal
Working Group on Echinococcosis that was
founded in 1985. This Working Group plays a
central role in acting as an information ex-
change for research regarding the diagnosis,
was referenced but we
treatment, and prevention of disease caused by
organisms [4].
Radiologists in any part of the world may
encounter patients with this disease because of
the large number of infected patients and the
ever-increasing mobility of the world popula-
tion. The case illustrated here further empha-
sizes the necessity for the radiologist to be a
true consultant, confer with the referring phy-
sician, and obtain a history as well as other
clinical and laboratory data when a patient is
found to have a cystic lesion of the pancreas.
Terrence C. Demos
Harold V. Posniak
Mary Olson
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL 60153
1. Demos TC, Posniak HV, Harmath C, Olson MC,
Aranha G. Cystic lesions of the pancreas.
2. Dahniya MH, Hanna RM, Ashebu S, et al. The
imaging appearances of hydatid disease at some
unusual sites.
Br J Radiol
3. Eckert J, Conraths FJ, Tackmann K. Echinococ-
cosis: an emerging or re-emerging zoonosis?
4. Vuitton DA. The WHO Informal Working Group
on Echinococcosis: Coordinating Board of the
Int J
Rupture of Ureteropelvic
Junction–Obstructed Kidney
We read with interest the excellent trauma
case presentation by Smith et al. [1], in which
the authors describe a case of rupture of a ure-
teropelvic junction–obstructed kidney in a 15-
year-old male football player. The case is well
presented with a useful discussion. The au-
thors correctly indicate the clinical and radio-
logic features, which may predict the need for
urgent surgery by nephrectomy or radiologic
intervention by nephrostomy decompression.
We would like to add to their discussion, the
possible role of urgent radiologic emboliza-
tion in such cases by means of describing a
similar case we recently encountered.
A 20-year-old male soccer player sustained a
direct elbow blow to his right flank. He devel-
oped acute pain and gross hematuria. CT of his
abdomen showed findings suggestive of a right
ureteropelvic obstruction with rupture (Fig. 2A).
Over the next 12 hr the patient's gross hematuria
persisted. He became increasingly hypotensive
and had a significant drop in his blood hemoglo-
bin levels. Urgent nephrectomy was considered,
but we instead decided to embolize the kidney.
The right kidney was selectively embolized us-
ing the embolyzing material Embospheres
m, BioSphere Medical, Rockland,
MA). The patient stabilized immediately after
the procedure and made an uneventful recovery.
CT performed 3 months after the procedure
showed an atrophied right kidney (Fig. 2B). This
case supports the role of renal embolization in
unstable patients with traumatic rupture of ure-
teropelvic junction–obstructed kidneys.
T. Geoghegan
W. Benfayed
W. C. Torreggiani
Adelaide and Meath Hospital
Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland
1. Smith M, Johnston B, Wessells H, Talner L. Rupture
of a ureteropelvic junction–obstructed kidney in a
15-year-old football player.
"Fish" or "Fish Mouth" Vertebrae?
Debate was recently sparked after a case
conference during which the case of an elderly
woman with osteoporosis was shown to have
multilevel biconcavities of the superior and in-
ferior end plates of her lower thoracic spine.
One group of residents characterized the find-
ing as "fish mouth" vertebrae and a second
group of residents noted the finding to be
"fish" vertebrae. A search of the literature and
of several radiology textbooks revealed the use
of both terms, with essentially the same defini-
tion given in each case (biconcave vertebrae).
Fig. 2.—20-year-old male soccer player with acute
flank pain.
A, Unenhanced transverse CT scan shows markedly dis-
tended pelvis of right kidney, suggesting ureteropelvic ob-
struction. Note high-attenuation material in pelvis of
kidney. Other CT scans (not shown) revealed retroperito-
neal and intraperitoneal fluid.
B, Transverse CT scan obtained with IV contrast agent 3
months after embolization shows small atrophied right
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By way of further investigation, we obtained
a salmon spine at a local fish market and
brought to the radiology department for evalua-
tion. We submit two radiographs, the first taken
from the lateral chest radiograph of a young pa-
tient with sickle cell disease (Fig. 3) and the sec-
ond that shows the appearance of the salmon
spine (Fig. 4). The biconcavity seen at the supe-
rior and inferior end plates of the patient's os-
teoporotic vertebral bodies most closely
resembles the normal appearance of the fish
spine and not the appearance of the fish mouth.
Dr. Resnick's paper makes similar observations
using radiographs of the tuna spine [2].
Finally, some residents have pointed out
that their use of fish mouth refers to the bi-
convex appearance of the patient's interverte-
bral disk spaces. In these instances, then, we
recommend consideration of phrases such as
fish mouth disk spaces or fish mouth spine
because the use of fish mouth vertebrae im-
plies a description of the shape of the verte-
bral bodies as opposed to the configuration of
the intervertebral disks.
Jason T. Rexroad
Richard P. Moser III
Jeffrey D. Georgia
National Naval Medical Center,
Bethesda, MD 20889
Walter Reed Army Medical Center,
Washington, DC 20307
1. Chan KK, Sartoris DJ, Haghighi P, et al. Cupid's
bow contour of the vertebral body: evaluation of
pathogenesis with bone densitometry and imag-
ing-histopathologic correlation.
2. Resnick D. Fish vertebrae.
Arthritis Rheum
Editor's Note.—Personally, I have long re-
ferred to this vertebral deformity as a "codfish
vertebra." The origin for the "codfish" desig-
nation is not known. However, the addition of
the word "cod" makes the phrase not only
more rhythmic but more memorable.
In the article "Intrathoracic Stomach Revis-
ited" (
2003;181:403–414), the images in
Figure 8 are the authors' originals and were
not reprinted as stated in the legend.
We regret the mistake. This change has been
made in
Fig. 3.—12-year-old boy with sickle cell disease. Coned-
down view of lateral chest radiograph reveals mid and
lower thoracic spine as fish vertebrae. Note smooth and
symmetric biconcavities of superior and inferior verte-
bral end plates at multiple levels.
Fig. 4.—Salmon fish. Specimen radiograph of spine of
salmon reveals normal multilevel biconcavity extending
through superior and inferior vertebral end plates.
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Also does anyone know the max res a 360 can play back from a network?
Mkv Files With 5.1 Sound On Xbox360?
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- Vescent is 2015 Prism Award Finalist
Vescent Photonics is proud to announce that we have been selected as a finalist for the 2015 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation. The Prism Awards, sponsored by SPIE, honor the best new photonics products on the market. We have been nominated to the Optics and Components category for our SEEOR laser scanner.
The SEEOR (Steerable Electro-Evanescent Optical Refractor) is a completely non-mechanical beam steering device which features low SWaP and will allow the laser to interrogate a 35×8° field of regard. Unlike resonant MEMS scanners, the SEEOR will allow you to not only rapidly scan a field, but will also allow zooming to specific portions of the field, point and hold capability, and tracking. With no moving parts, it is not subject to inertial effects and the liquid crystal-based technology does not require the high power consumption of ao modulators.
See you in San Francisco!
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That's Vescent's very own Senior Scientist Ben Luey being profiled on the Denver Philharmonic's web page, the Buzz. Ben has been with Vescent Photonics for 9 years and he has been playing the viola for the Denver Philharmonic all this time. We are proud that Ben has found time to lead our Electrical and Optical Engineering teams through many successful product launches and SBIR grants as well as to enhance the Denver cultural environment. Thanks, Ben.
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- JILA Atomic Clock Hits New Level of Accuracy… and Mainstream Media
A JILA team at Boulder, CO headed by Jun Ye has published their results on a new Strontium-based atomic clock demonstrating accuracy on the order of 1 second for the lifetime of the earth. The clock, as reported in Nature1, has an accuracy of 6.4×10-18 and is based on a lattice of Strontium atoms. The clock surpasses the accuracy of the previous record holders, clocks based on single ions2,3,4.
Though the results were only released as an advanced online publication on 22 January (three days ago at the publication of this post), the clock has already been reported on in the mainstream media, including NPR, Nature World News, and the Daily Mail, demonstrating a widespread interest in atomic physics.
Congratulations to the group for their efforts and results.
1Bloom, B.J., Nicholson, T.L., Williams, J.R., Campbell, S.L., Bishof, M., Zhang, X., Zhang, W., Bromely, S.L., Ye, J. An optical lattice clock with accuracy and stability at the 10-18 level. Nature online.
2Chou, C. W., Hume, D. B., Koelemeij, J. C. J., Wineland, D. J. & Rosenband, T. Frequency comparison of two high-accuracy Al+ optical clocks. Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 070802 (2010)
3Huntemann, N. et al. High-accuracy optical clock based on the octupole transition in 171Yb+.Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 090801 (2012)
4Madej, A. A., Dubé, P., Zhou, Z., Bernard, J. E. & Gertsvolf, M. 88Sr+ 445-THz single-ion reference at the 10−17 level via control and cancellation of systematic uncertainties and its measurement against the SI second. Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 203002 (2012)
- 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to François Englert and Peter W. Higgs
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Bajatey Raho: Much ado about nothing
Shashant Shah's "Bajatey Raho" is a comedy about a motley group of people who try to con a businessman out of the millions he made by cheating gullible clients.
Ravi Kishan plays evil businessman Sabharwal, who owns everything from schools to dairy farms and treats his staff like dirt.
Hollywood primed for film on Indian math genius Ramanujan
MUMBAI (Reuters) – A new Hollywood film starring Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan will put the spotlight on the Indian math genius best known for his work on the theory of prime numbers.
Ramanujan, who died in 1920, was considered one of the brightest minds in mathematics, despite his lack of a formal education.
Ship of Theseus: Looking for the right answers
During an interview about his 2012 film "Shanghai", director Dibakar Banerjee spoke about the difficulty of asking existential questions and portraying them coherently on the big screen.
Anand Gandhi, director of "Ship of Theseus", has the same problem but is able to execute it almost perfectly, a task most filmmakers would have found difficult.
D-Day: Gripping enough
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The search for India's most wanted criminal and a fictitious operation to capture him in Pakistan is a great idea for a Bollywood movie. Filmmaker Nikhil Advani uses this premise in "D-Day" and exploits it to maximum effect.
Advani builds a gripping tale that chronicles a covert operation to bring back Goldman, a fictional mafia don undoubtedly based on Dawood Ibrahim. He lives in Pakistan, masterminds terrorist attacks in India, is protected by the government of the country and speaks to his henchmen in Marathi (The real-life Dawood Ibrahim is from Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra).
'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' a rare sports film from Bollywood
MUMBAI (Reuters) – A new Bollywood film brings to life the story of one of India's greatest track athletes in a rare sports movie from a country obsessed with cricket.
"Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" (Run Milkha Run) is a three-hour biopic on Milkha Singh, known as the Flying Sikh, who finished fourth in the 400 metres at the 1960 Rome Olympics, missing the bronze medal by a hair's-breadth.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag: The game is over
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's biopic of Milkha Singh is one of the few sports movies to come out of the Indian film industry. It is also a perfect example of how not to make a sports biopic, and a telling comment on the compulsion of most filmmakers to "Bollywoodise" what starts off as an unusual subject and premise.
It seems Mehra and writer Prasoon Joshi started off with the noble intention of making a gritty film on India's most successful athlete, but fell back to their Bollywood ways. They added a bit of romance here, a song there, topped off with over-the-top melodrama, and convinced themselves that this was the heart-wrenching story of a man who fought against all odds to succeed at the international level.
Bollywood star Shah Rukh welcomes new baby with surrogate
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan announced on Tuesday that he and wife Gauri were parents of a baby boy born with a surrogate, putting to rest rumours swirling around the latest addition to the actor's family.
"Amidst all the noise that has been going around, the sweetest is the one made by our new-born baby, AbRam," Khan said in a statement.
Bollywood adapts O. Henry's 'Last Leaf' for 'Lootera'
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Vikramaditya Motwane first caught the attention of Bollywood in 2010 when his debut film made it to the Cannes film festival, competing in the "Un Certain Regard" category for emerging directors.
"Udaan" was a small-budget film about teenage angst and three years later, Motwane is wooing audiences with a big-ticket period romance inspired by "The Last Leaf", a short story by American writer O.Henry published in 1907.
Lootera: This one steals your heart
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If there is one thing to be said about Vikramaditya Motwane's craft, it is that he makes melancholy look beautiful. In his debut film "Udaan", and now in "Lootera", the filmmaker depicts angst-ridden and tormented characters and creates the perfect environment for them. The lighting is muted, the setting is an isolated house, the music is haunting and you cannot help but feel as tormented as the characters in the film.
Motwane is undoubtedly one of the few Indian directors who has mastery over the craft of filmmaking. Everything in "Lootera", the detailing, sound design and pretty much every aspect is picture perfect. From a small village in the Bengali countryside in the first half to the quaint hill station of Dalhousie for the more sombre part of the movie, Motwane chooses his locations well.
A Minute With: Vikramaditya Motwane on O. Henry in Bollywood
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Vikramaditya Motwane first caught the attention of Bollywood in 2010 when his debut film – a small-budget tale of teenage angst – made it to competition at the Cannes Film Festival in the category for emerging directors.
Three years after the success of that movie, "Udaan", or "Flight", Motwane is back with a big-ticket period romance inspired by "The Last Leaf", a short story by U.S. writer O. Henry in which a leaf painted on a wall saves the life of an ill young woman.


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Chicago Maritime: An Illustrated History
Todd, Daniel, The Journal of Transport History
David M. Young, Chicago Maritime: an illustrated history, Northern Illinois University Press, DeKalb IL (2001), 260 pp., US$39.95.
Under the pretext of furnishing an `illustrated' history Young gives us a sound, comprehensive survey of all matters nautical which have had the remotest bearing on transport in and around Chicago. As a matter of course he also strays farther afield, both geographically (down the Mississippi to New Orleans) and across the modes to embrace road and rail cartage. Central to Chicago's importance is its strategic position, occupying the pivot between the eastward-tending Great Lakes and the southward-flowing Mississippi. Much of Young's story revolves round the issue of overcoming this awkward `land gap' and thus linking two natural inland waterways.
To begin with, he sketches the canoe routes, touching on the fur trade and the penetration of the continent by the voyageurs. A minor trading post, Chicago established its value as a portage point between Lake Michigan and the northernmost tributaries of the riverine system controlled from St Louis. Riverboats eclipsed canoes in the early nineteenth century, the 12-15 ton carrying capacity of the bateau proving more alluring than the five tons carried by the largest canoe. By mid-century the rivers were thick with flatboats and keelboats; the former lifted loads up to 100 tons while the latter typically hauled forty-ton cargoes along the shallower streams. Young now shifts his attention to canals, providing a discourse on the crucial Erie and the 'mania' which followed it. The frenetic canal building instituted by the states threw up several cities - Pittsburgh, Louisville, Cincinnati and St Louis - each vying for a commanding role. All would present challenges to a neophyte Chicago, but it was St Louis which mounted the most potent threat. Overreliance on river transport proved St Louis's undoing, for Chicago, aided by the inception in 1848 of both the Illinois & Michigan Canal and its first railroad, was able to push out its hinterland over 100 miles to garner the headwaters of the Mississippi. By 1865 Chicago had become the country's `railroad capital', a vital junction on the route connecting prairie farmers and ranchers with northeastern consumers. A few years later, in 1873, the Illinois Central was running through trains to New Orleans, offering a north-south artery in opposition to the river services controlled from St Louis.
At this juncture Young focuses on Chicago itself, specifically its advantages and disadvantages - and the latter seem to have predominated - as a budding port. Reminiscent of aspiring ports the world over, Chicago was hampered by both landside space restrictions and severe draught limitations. Deepening of the mouths of the two rivers (the Chicago and the Calumet) constituting the port, together with pier building, involved the usual funding problems (and, interestingly, federal help was not forthcoming until the end of the century). Shallows notwithstanding, the port successively handled swarms of schooners and steamers, the latter evolving into the giant ore boats ('boat' is the preferred term) of the twentieth century which achieved lengths of 1,000 ft. …


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Ford Expedition
I have a 98 Ford Expedition, 5.4, 4WD, auto with 170000. It developed a clunk about 2 months ago when you first start accelerating - after about 100 feet or so between 10-15 mph. You can feel it in the floor board a little bit. Here's the catch - it only happens in 2WD, when I put it in AWD it goes away. Sometime one clunk sometimes 2 or 3. I've replaced the left ball joint, shocks, checked the axle, sway bar brace, CV joint. The car has been gone over by 3 mechanics and they can't find it. Help!
May 22, 2007.
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