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Ralph Senensky information Edit
On Ralph Senensky you added the line:
- "Mr. Senensky was fired midway through shooting ["The Tholian Web"], and although some of the footage he shot remains in the episode, he is not credited."
What is the source of this information? --Bp 01:08, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
If I remember correctly, it was a late 1980's book by Allan Asherman titled "The Star Trek Interview Book." It's been a long time since I've picked it up, but that tidbit stuck with me. -- Adambomb1701 21:13, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- Ah, I see. That imformation about Senensky is certainly interesting and should be kept if possible. We have and article about Allan Asherman that mentions the book, but the article for the book is not yet written. Anyway, there needs to be a more solid source than a far-but-sticky memory, I think. ;) I am trying to find a eBook version of the Star Trek Interview Book on the internet, but so far no luck. --Bp 08:52, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
I must still have my copy of "The Star Trek Interview Book," my then-wife gave it to me as a Christmas present in 1988. But, I've moved five times since then, and I'd have to look for it. If I find my copy, and I have the time, I may attempt to write, or at least start, the article. By the way, all the sequences shot with the fish-eye lens in "The Tholian Web" were done by Mr. Senensky. But...I can't precisely remember where I heard that from (possibly the book "Inside Star Trek: The Real Story"). -- Adambomb1701 20:49, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
I see someone beat me on writing the article on "The Star Trek Interview Book." Oh well. Cest la vie. - Adambomb1701 20:09, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
- Heh, I made that stub back when this first came up, it definitely could use more information if you have the book around and can describe it better, even add the blurb from the back. --Bp 22:39, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
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Is the Webmaster going to update the information on "Re-Mastered" episodes? The re-mastered run is into its second year now, and episodes such as "Metamorphosis", which have had a re-mastered version aired, are still listed as "Unscheduled." - Adambomb1701 15:29, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
- Webmaster? For where? And if someone's got the schedule... feel free to share it, and the various pages can be updated rather easily. -- Sulfur 15:33, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
I really thought that this site had a Webmaster. Guess I still have a lot to learn. Anyway, the latest schedule for the re-mastered episodes has been at StarTrek.com for some time. Here it is: [1](X) - Adambomb1701 15:38, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
STVI on HBO Edit
I noticed on the discussion page for "Star Trek VI", that you mention that the extended version was broadcast on HBO in January 1993.
I've been looking for an airdate for this for a while, do you have any idea of the actual date it was first shown?
Failing that I'm looking to place it in context with the other episodes transmitted in that month, I've included a list here in case it jogs your memory:
Emissary 401 & 402 (DS9, 01.03.93)
Past Prologue 404 (DS9, 01.10.93)
A Man Alone 403 (DS9, 01.17.93)
Babel 405 (DS9, 01.24.93)
Ship In A Bottle 238 (TNG, 01.25.93)
Captive Pursuit 406 (DS9, 01.31.93)
Hello Dave,
I can't remember the exact date that "Star Trek VI" was first broadcast by HBO. It was probably the second Saturday that month, but I don't have a 1993 calendar handy, so I can't pin down a specific date. HBO, for years, has premiered their movies on Saturday nights. They still do.
Adambomb1701 13:46, March 17, 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for responding. I checked [2], which is great if you to find what day a particular date was nineteen years on...
And the second Saturday in January was the 9th, which would place HBO's broadcast between Emissary & Past Prologue. Does that sound likely to you? I only ask since I suppose that since your memory of seeing it was very maybe you'd remember if DS9 had just premiered?
Either way thank you for your help.


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The tip was a surprise when it arrived on the desk of Ted Wasky. Had it not come, the former FBI agent fears five Muslim men in northwest Ohio might have pulled off a plot to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq. The source of the tip? A fellow group of Muslims living in Toledo.
The tip was a surprise when it arrived on the desk of Ted Wasky. Had it not come, the former FBI agent fears five Muslim men in northwest Ohio might have pulled off a plot to kill U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
The source of the tip? A fellow group of Muslims living in Toledo.
"They were talking about Jihad and wanting to defend their ... brothers in the Middle East against American aggression," Wasky said. "The community understood the freedoms they enjoyed in the U.S., were concerned, and they reported it to the joint task force."
The tipsters trusted the police enough to help the FBI infiltrate the group with an informant, and Wasky said that relationship was the "best thing that ever happened" to the local joint terrorism task force when he was the special agent in charge of the FBI's Cleveland office.
That's what police investigators, prosecutors and mayors in cities nationwide say the New York Police Department is putting at risk by conducting clandestine surveillance of Muslims in the city and across the Northeast. All cite their experience in serving communities that are home to large Muslim communities and other minority populations that have become isolated by events.
"It only takes one perceived mistake, whether it's a mistake or not, where the confidence of the community will be temporarily shattered or damaged," Wasky said.
Others said the NYPD's secret spying, and the voracious defense against suggestions it might be a mistake, is a misguided approach that will hinder the department's efforts to uncover potential attacks for years, if not decades.
That critique has been forcefully rejected by the NYPD and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has praised the department's tactics as ones that have kept the city safe in the decade since the Sept. 11 attacks. The department's spokesman this week said the NYPD retains "strong ongoing relations in the Muslim community" and pointed to successful anti-terror arrests he said have resulted from its intelligence operations.
For months, the surveillance of Muslims by the NYPD, detailed in a series of stories by The Associated Press, has been harshly criticized by some Muslim, civic and university leaders as an unconstitutional invasion of privacy.
But the most striking criticism came Wednesday from the head of the FBI's office in Newark, N.J., where the NYPD photographed mosques and eavesdropped on Muslim businesses in 2007. While taking care to say he did not want to "pile on," Special Agent in Charge Michael Ward said the spying program had already started to erode communication between the Joint Terrorism Task Force and Muslims in northern New Jersey and had created additional risks.
"People are concerned that they're being followed. They're concerned that they can't trust law enforcement, and it's having a negative impact," Ward said. "No matter what kind of operation you do, nothing is going to compare to your ability to have the confidence of the public and go out and sit down and conduct interviews and get their assistance."
Ward's boss, FBI Director Robert Mueller, has declined to comment on whether the NYPD's surveillance activities were legal, proper or effective, and earlier this week he praised New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly for doing "a remarkable job of protecting New York." However, Mueller did not interfere with or object to Ward's remarkable public and pointed criticisms of the NYPD's spying programs.
Likewise, while the Obama administration has refused to comment on the NYPD's actions, it has made outreach to Muslims a cornerstone of its effort to fight terrorism, and specifically cited the abilities of local police to connect with communities in ways that federal agents cannot.
Muslim activists in New York, upset with the NYPD's actions, have intensified in recent days their efforts to discourage people from going directly to police with concerns. Former Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon said that's what happened in his city after Arizona passed legislation in 2010 that aggressively targets illegal immigrants and requires police to question whether people are living in the country legally while enforcing other laws.
Not only did police notice that Hispanic residents who once waved to them started looking away when they drove by, Gordon said, but the officers widely believed immigrants didn't speak up when they saw a crime — or were even crime victims themselves — out of fear it would lead to their deportation.
"It's working within the community that prevents the problems," Gordon said. "Who better knows somebody that is a terrorist or a criminal than the community where they are hiding."
Ron Haddad, the chief of police in Dearborn, Mich., where close to 40 percent of the city's nearly 100,000 residents are Arab- and Muslim-Americans, said there are limits to the value of surveillance. "The intelligence people tell you the only thing they can give you are indicators, and the indicators are very limited and nothing is absolute," Haddad said.
And so, police in Dearborn focus on building a relationship with city's Arab- and Muslim-Americans. They have asked Islamic leaders for advice and continually train officers to recognize the customs of various ethnic groups, including Muslims, to avoid offending members of those communities. Haddad said they have also taken care to openly and meticulously explain general police practices and, on occasion, even the specific details of ongoing investigations.
"If you can tell them, you need to tell them," Haddad said. He added, "The danger in not making the appropriate disclosure is they are going to be more suspicious of you."
The NYPD's spying in Newark came at a time when Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy was that city's police director. Following its disclosure, both he and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel reached out to reassure Muslims living in Chicago that the city's police will not conduct such surveillance or profile any single community.
Such surveillance has the potential to erode a community trust in law enforcement that extends far beyond the police, said the top prosecutor in Chicago, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez.
"We get lumped in with the police," she said. "The distrust starts with police and goes right to us as well."
The break can last for decades, Alvarez said. Chicago authorities are still trying to recover from the fracture with the black residents that stems from the actions of police Lt. Jon Burge, whose South Side unit tortured dozens of African-Americans into confessing to crimes they did not commit in the 1970s and 80s.
Despite widely publicized changes aimed at increasing the transparency of police interrogations, such as requiring police to videotape the interviews of murder suspects, some black Chicago residents still question whether confessions obtained by the city's cops are legitimate.
"Sometimes you wonder can we ever get past Burge," Alvarez said.
Such scars can even pass from parent to child. After the Sept. 11 terror attacks, Japanese Americans in California, still stung by the internment of more than 120,000 members of their community during World War II, were among the loudest is cautioning the nation not to blame all Muslims for the actions of al-Qaida.
U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., who as an infant was sent with his parents to an internment camp, has compared that action to the NYPD's treatment of Muslims and pressed Attorney General Eric Holder and the Justice Department to investigate.
Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, who was 11 when his family was forced to move from San Jose to a camp, said he can still recall the vivid details of what happened, including the memory of wearing his Cub Scout uniform on his way to the camp and of a prized baseball bat soldiers took because they said it could be used as a weapon.
"I always think I could be the subject of that surveillance just because of a suspicion," Mineta said. "I keep wondering how many generations you have to be living in this country to be fully treated as an American."


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Demi Lovato enters treatment for 'issues,' quits Jonas Brothers tour
Teen star Demi Lovato has left a gig opening for the Jonas Brothers to seek help at a professional treatment center.
Lovato "left her tour early this weekend in order to seek medical treatment for emotional and physical issues she has dealt with for some time" reps for the singer said in Monday.
"Demi has decided to take personal responsibility for her actions ... she is doing just that. Demi and her family ask that the media please respect their privacy during this difficult time," the statement continued.
A fight with a female dancer on the tour was the "catalyst" that lead Lovato to seek help, TMZ says. The website also cites a source as saying drug addiction is not an issue on the table for the 18-year-old.
Lovato broke out in the Disney franchise "Camp Rock" where she starred alongside the Jonases. She's most recently led the sitcom "Sonny With a Chance" in addition to her solo musical efforts.
What do you think of Demi's situation? Tell us in comments below.
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Two weeks ago I wrote about the 15th Congressional district campaign between 20-term incumbent Pete Stark and a relatively unknown challenger Eric Swalwell.
"On paper," the race should be a cakewalk for Stark, given his long tenure and long-standing record on liberal causes which have fit well with his district's values.
Still, Stark put himself in a bit of trouble in a debate by accusing Swalwell of taking bribes and a faulty voting record. Both claims were without evidence, leading an embarrassed Stark to apologize.
Fair enough. Mistakes happen in politics, even with seasoned veterans like Stark.
Now Stark finds himself on the hot seat again, this time with on the record remarks he made to the editorial board of the San Francisco Chronicle on May 2nd. In the interview, Stark showed little understanding of his district's issues.
At one point, he confused Solyndra, the now-bankrupt solar panel company with Tesla, the
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Okay, anyone can be confused, even elected officials. But on something as big as that?
But Stark lost it altogether when he accused Debra Saunders, a conservative Chronicle columnist, of contributing to his opponent's campaign.
When asked to substantiate, Stark shuffled through some papers and backed off again, sheepishly blaming his 16-year old son for sloppy research.
Either Stark has lost it or has become incredibly sloppy in his work. Regardless, he has become an embarrassment to his supporters, his political party, his institution, and himself.
The sad thing is that Pete Stark is a liberal icon. He has opposed America's involvement in ill-conceived wars, come down hard on irresponsible financial institutions, supported health care and a slew of social programs, and fought for the poor.
Yet, all the goodwill that Stark has accumulated over the years is now threatened. Moreover, his vulnerability is accented by a district that has been reapportioned to the point that more than half of the residents are meeting Stark for the first time.
And the new district's composition is not as liberal as previous district.
Talk about the meaning of a "first impression."
The end result is that the June 5th election now looms more a referendum on Stark than a contest between two candidates with different values and aspirations for the district. All Eric Swalwell has to do is keep quiet, leaving the self-inflicted wounds to his opponent.
Even if Stark prevails on June 5th, he'll have to face Swalwell again in November, courtesy of California's "top two" primary system.
Meanwhile, the voters are left with an uneasy choice: to reward Stark with re-election for his glorious past performances or replace Stark for his present behavior. Regardless, while they won't win the district,
Republicans can expect lots of mileage from a Democratic meltdown.
Larry Gerston teaches political science at San Jose State University and is the political analyst at NBC Bay Area.
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WRIGHT, Arthur, of Germiston, Johannesburg, South Africa, about 1921
Arthur Wright was born in Yorkshire about 1880.
Arthur Wright came out to South Africa from Birmingham in 1900 as a cabinet maker on the railways - to the C.S.A.R,that is the Central South African Railways. He was also in Kimberley for a short time.
Arthur Wright married Eva Lina about 1910 Germiston, South Africa.
They had one daughter Edna May Wright born 1910.
Arthur Wright died 16 March 1921 aged 40 years.
The family were living at Kings Hotel, Germiston, Johannesburg, South Africa at the time of his death in 1921.
What happened to Edna May? Did she marry and have a family in South Africa?
Please contact me as I am related to Arthur Wright. I also have good photographs of him when he belonged to the first motor cycle club in South Africa about 1905
Best wishes,
WRIGHT, Arthur; Richard and Sally about 1880 Yorkshire or Birmingham.
ARTHUR WRIGHT went to South Africa from Birmingham around 1900 as a coach builder to work for the Central South African Railwasy (CSAR)
According to an old birthday book, Richard Wright had a birthday on 13 February and Sally Wright on 19 June - unfortunately no years are given.
On 31 August 1847 "father" had a birthday - I don't know whose "father"
An entry in the same handwriting records Charles Highet 1 December 1867. What was he to Arthur Wright??
His first wife was Eleanor May Baikie, issue two daughters. His second wife was Eva Lina, issue one daughter, Edna May Wright born 1909, who was aged 12 when he died in Johannesburg, South Africa, 16 March 1921
I believe he was of a very pleasant dispositon and had red hair, was a memeber of the first motorcyclie club in SA (1902?) He was in Kimberley 1910. He was a chauffeur, a motor mechanic, and a cabinet maker.
ANY information welcome, especially who were his parents and who were Richard and Sally, and what happened to all his daughters born in South Africa between 1907 and 1910?
Arthur Wright was my grandfather.
Looking for family of Robert J Pilcher and Jemima Wigmore married 1846 in Dover, Kent.
Robert J Pilcher and his wife Jemima had 7 surviving children. Most of them were in South Africa at one time or another, between 1880 and 1890, but returned to Kent. Only the eldest daughter Florence Rose Marion (born 1848) who married Jasper Nicols Anderson, and Ernest Edward Pilcher (born 1852) who Married Emma Ann Coulter, remained in south Africa.
Does any one have information about:-
Arthur Leigh Pilcher (born 1850) married Emma.
Cecil Eugene Pilcher (born 1854) bachelor?
Marion Maud (born 1856) married twice. A. Thomas Chandler and B.Tomalin.
Claude Percival(born 1859)Photographer in Castle Street, Dover. Spouse unknown. There were 4 children, Hugh Reginald (1888), Marion Maud (1874) and twins Daisy Florence and Dorothy May (1893)
William Billinghurst (Born 9 March 1866)bachelor or died young?
Marian Jennifer Pilcher
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Clobazam chemical structure
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Clobazam, (marketed under the brand names Frisium and Urbanol), is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It has been marketed as an anxiolytic since 1975[2] and an anticonvulsant since 1984.[3]
As of 2005, clobazam (Frisium) is approved in Canada for adjunctive use in tonic-clonic, complex partial, and myoclonic seizures.[4] Clobazam (Urbanyl[5]) is approved for adjunctive therapy in complex partial seizures[6] certain types of status epilepticus, specifically the myoclonic, myoclonic-absent, simple partial, complex partial, and tonic varieties,[7] and non-status absence seizures.[8] It is also approved for treatment of anxiety. In India, clobazam (Frisium, Aventis Pharma India, Ltd.) is approved for use as an adjunctive therapy in epilepsy and in acute and chronic anxiety.[9] In Japan, clobazam (Mystan[10]) is approved for adjunctive therapy in treatment-resistant epilepsy featuring complex partial seizures.[11] In New Zealand, clobazam is marketed as Frisium[12] In the United Kingdom clobazam (Frisium) is approved for short-term (2–4 weeks) relief of acute anxiety in patients who have not responded to other drugs, with or without insomnia and without uncontrolled clinical depression.[13]
It is also approved for adjunctive therapy for epilepsy in patients who have not responded to first-line drugs and in children who are refractory to first-line drugs. It is not recommended for use in children between the ages of six months and three years, unless there is a compelling need.[13] In addition to epilepsy and severe anxiety, clobazam is also approved as a short term (2–4 weeks) adjunctive agent in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders to manage anxiety or agitation.[13]
Clobazam is sometimes used for refractory epilepsies. However, long-term prophylactic treatment of epilepsy has considerable drawbacks, most importantly loss of antiepileptic effects due to tolerance which may render long-term therapy ineffective.[14] Other antiepileptic drugs may therefore be preferred for the long term management of epilepsy. Furthermore, benzodiazepines have the drawback, particularly after long-term use, of causing rebound seizures upon abrupt or over-rapid discontinuation of therapy forming part of the benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome.
Clobazam is available in oral form only, due to its insolubility in water.
Side effectsEdit
Clobazam should be used with great care in patients with the following disorders:
- Myasthenia gravis
- Sleep apnea
- Severe liver diseases such as cirrhosis and hepatitis[16]
- Respiratory problems, including hypoventilation
Special cautionEdit
Benzodiazepines require special precaution if used in the elderly, during pregnancy, in children, alcohol or drug-dependent individuals and individuals with comorbid psychiatric disorders.[17]
Tolerance and dependenceEdit
In humans tolerance to the anticonvulsant effects of clobazam frequently occurs[18] and withdrawal seizures can occur during abrupt or overrapid withdrawal.[19]
Clobazam as with other benzodiazepine drugs can lead to physical dependence, addiction and what is known as the benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome. Withdrawal from clobazam or other benzodiazepines after regular use often leads to withdrawal symptoms which are similar to those seen during alcohol and barbiturate withdrawal. The higher the dose and the longer the drug is taken for, the greater the risk of experiencing unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms can however occur from standard dosages and also after short term use. Benzodiazepine treatment should be discontinued as soon as possible via a slow and gradual dose reduction regime.[20]
Clobazam is an anticonvulsant.[21] Clobazam is a 1,5-benzodiazepine, meaning that its diazepine ring has nitrogen atoms at the 1 and 5 positions (instead of the usual 1 and 4). Like other 1,5-benzodiazepines (e.g., arfendazam, lofendazam), it has less affinity for the ω1-allosteric binding site on the GABAA receptor compared to the 1,4-benzodiazepines. It has selective affinity for the ω2 site, where it has agonistic activity.[10]
In a double-blind placebo-controlled trial published in 1990 comparing it to clonazepam, 10 mg or 20 mg of clobazam was shown to be much less sedating than either 0.5 mg or 1 mg of clonazepam.[22]
The ω1-receptor, which is found on the α1 subtype of the GABAA receptor, was shown to be responsible for the sedative effects of diazepam by McKernan et al. in 2000, who also showed that its anxiolytic and anticonvulsant properties could still be seen in mice whose α1 receptors were insensitive to diazepam.[23] It would seem, then, that the anticonvulsant properties of clobazam are due to its selective affinity for ω2.
In 1996, Nakamura et al. reported that clobazam and its active metabolite, N-desmethylclobazam (norclobazam), work by enhancing GABA-activated chloride currents at GABAA-receptor-coupled Cl- channels. It was also reported that these effects were inhibited by the GABA antagonist flumazenil, and that clobazam acts most efficiently in GABA-deficient brain tissue.[24]
Clobazam has two major metabolites: N-desmethyl-clobazam and 4'-hydroxyclobazam, the former of which is active.[25] The demethylation is facilitated by CYP2C19, CYP3A4, and CYP2B6 and the 4'-hydroxyclobazam by CYP2C18 and CYP2C19.[26]
Drug InteractionsEdit
- Alcohol increases bioavailability by 50%
- Cimetidine increases the effects of clobazam
- valproates
- See also: Benzodiazepine overdose
Benzodiazepines usually are not fatal when taken alone in overdose but those with underlying health conditions for example respiratory disease or when benzodiazepines are taken in combination with other CNS depressant drugs can result in death.[27]
Abuse potentialEdit
- See also: Benzodiazepine drug misuse
Clobazam in animal studies has been shown to increase reward seeking behaviours which may suggest an increased risk of addictive behavioural patterns.[28]
See alsoEdit
- Benzodiazepine
- Benzodiazepine dependence
- Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome
- Long term effects of benzodiazepines
- Ochoa, Juan G. (2005). GABA Receptor Agonists. Antiepileptic Drugs: An Overview. eMedicine.com, Inc. URL accessed on 10 July 2005.
End NotesEdit
- ↑ MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1975. URL accessed on 28 September 2005.
- ↑ Freche, C. (1975). [Study of an anxiolytic, clobazam, in otorhinolaryngology in psychosomatic pharyngeal manifestations]. Semaine des Hopitaux. Therapeutique 51 (4): 261–3. [Article in French] [No abstract] List of Library Holdings Worldwide
- ↑ No authors listed (1991). Clobazam in treatment of refractory epilepsy: the Canadian experience. A retrospective study. Canadian Clobazam Cooperative Group. Epilepsia 32 (3): 407–16. List of Library Holdings
- ↑ Epilepsy Ontario (2005). Clobazam. Medications. URL accessed on 2006-03-04.
- ↑ Liste des médicaments contenant la substance: Clobazam. URL accessed on 2005-09-28. Vidal.
- ↑ Larrieu JL, Lagueny A, Ferrer X, Julien J (1986). [Epilepsy with continuous discharges during slow-wave sleep. Treatment with clobazam]. Revue d'Electroencephalographie et de Neurophysiologie Clinique 16 (4): 383–94. [Article in French] PMID 3103177 List of Library Holdings Worldwide
- ↑ Gastaut, Henri, Tinuper P, Aguglia U, Lugaresi E (1984). [Treatment of certain forms of status epilepticus by means of a single oral dose of clobazam]. Revue d'Electroencephalographie et de Neurophysiologie Clinique 14 (3): 203–6.
- ↑ Biam Database (2001). CLOBAZAM. Classes Chimiques: BENZODIAZEPINE. URL accessed on 2005-09-28.
- ↑ Frisium Press Kit. Aventis Pharma India. URL accessed on 2006-08-02.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Nakajima H (2001). [A pharmacological profile of clobazam (Mystan), a new antiepileptic drug]. Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi 118 (2): 117–22. [Article in Japanese]
- ↑ Shimizu, Hisako, Kawasaki Jun, Yuasa Shoji, Tarao Yoko, Kumagai Sachiyo, Kanemoto Kousuke (2003). Use of clobazam for the treatment of refractory complex partial seizures. Seizure 12 (5): 282–6. List of Library Holdings Worldwide
- ↑ Epilepsy New Zealand (2000). Antiepileptic Medication. URL accessed on 11 July 2005.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 sanofi-aventis (2002). Frisium Tablets 10 mg, Summary of Product Characteristics from eMC. electronic Medicines Compendium. Medicines.org.uk. URL accessed on 11 July 2005.
- ↑ Isojärvi, JI, Tokola RA. (December 1998). Benzodiazepines in the treatment of epilepsy in people with intellectual disability.. J Intellect Disabil Res. 42 (1): 80–92.
- ↑ Iwasaki T, Miura H, Sunaoshi W, Hosoda N, Takei K, Katayama F (2003). [A case of intractable epilepsy showing frequent gelastic seizures by administration of clobazam]. No to Hattatsu 35 (5): 406–10. [Article in Japanese] PMID 13677950 List of Library Holdings Worldwide
- ↑ Monjanel-Mouterde S, Antoni M, Bun H, Botta-Frindlund D, Gauthier A, Durand A, Cano JP (1994). Pharmacokinetics of a single oral dose of clobazam in patients with liver disease. Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology 74 (6): 345–50. List of Library Holdings Worldwide
- ↑ (Nov 2009). Benzodiazepine dependence: focus on withdrawal syndrome.. Ann Pharm Fr 67 (6): 408–13.
- ↑ Loiseau P (1983). [Benzodiazepines in the treatment of epilepsy]. Encephale 9 (4 Suppl 2): 287B–292B.
- ↑ Robertson MM (1986). Current status of the 1,4- and 1,5-benzodiazepines in the treatment of epilepsy: the place of clobazam. Epilepsia 27 Suppl 1: S27–41.
- ↑ MacKinnon GL, Parker WA. (1982). Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome: a literature review and evaluation.. The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse. 9 (1): 19–33.
- ↑ Chweh AY, Swinyard EA, Wolf HH, Kupferberg HJ (25 February 1985). Effect of GABA agonists on the neurotoxicity and anticonvulsant activity of benzodiazepines. Life Sci 36 (8): 737–44.
- ↑ Wildin JD, Pleuvry BJ, Mawer GE, Onon T, Millington L (1990). Respiratory and sedative effects of clobazam and clonazepam in volunteers. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 29 (2): 169–77.List of Library Holdings Worldwide
- ↑ McKernan RM, Rosahl TW, Reynolds DS, Sur C, Wafford KA, Atack JR, Farrar S, Myers J, Cook G, Ferris P, Garrett L, Bristow L, Marshall G, Macaulay A, Brown N, Howell O, Moore KW, Carling RW, Street LJ, Castro JL, Ragan CI, Dawson GR, Whiting PJ (2000). Sedative but not anxiolytic properties of benzodiazepines are mediated by the GABA(A) receptor alpha1 subtype. Nature Neuroscience 3 (6): 587–92.
- ↑ Nakamura, Fumihiro, Suzuki Setsuo, Nishimura Shigeko, Yagi Kazuichi, and Seino Masakazu (1996). Effects of clobazam and its active metabolite on GABA-activated currents in rat cerebral neurons in culture. Epilepsia 37 (8): 728–35.
- ↑ Contin M, Sangiorgi S, Riva R, Parmeggiani A, Albani F, Baruzzi A (2002). Evidence of polymorphic CYP2C19 involvement in the human metabolism of N-desmethylclobazam. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring 24 (6): 737–41. List of Library Holdings Worldwide
- ↑ Giraud C, Tran A, Rey E, Vincent J, Treluyer JM, Pons G (2004). In vitro characterization of clobazam metabolism by recombinant cytochrome P450 enzymes: importance of CYP2C19. Drug Metabolism and Disposition 32 (11): 1279–86. List of Library Holdings Worldwide
- ↑ Proença P, Teixeira H, Pinheiro J, Marques EP, Vieira DN (July 2004). Forensic intoxication with clobazam: HPLC/DAD/MSD analysis. Forensic Sci. Int. 143 (2-3): 205–9.
- ↑ Thiébot MH, Le Bihan C, Soubrié P, Simon P. (1985). Benzodiazepines reduce the tolerance to reward delay in rats.. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 86 (1-2): 147–52.
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Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains are known for their speed demons. The moonshiners of old tore over country roads in 1940 Ford coupes, executing 180-degree "bootleg turns" and using bright lights to blind the revenue officers shooting at their tires. Legend has it that many of Nascar's original drivers cut their teeth here, and modern stock car design is almost certainly indebted to the "liquor cars" dreamed up in local garages, modified for speed and for hauling brimful loads of "that good old mountain dew," as the country song goes.
Even now, it is tempting to barrel down Shooting Creek Road, near Floyd, Virginia, the most treacherous racing stretch of all, where the remains of old stills decay beside a rushing stream. But instead I proceed at a snail's pace, windows down, listening to the burble of the creek, the gossip of cicadas in the dense summer woods, and the slosh of a Mason jar full of bona fide moonshine in the back seat—a gift from one of the new friends I met along the road.
Slow is almost always better in this part of the world, I was learning. A traveler should be sure to leave time to savor another ready-to-levitate biscuit or a melting sunset or a stranger's drawling tale—and especially, to linger at the mountain banjo-and-fiddle jams that the region is known for. This music cannot be heard with half an ear—it has 400 years of history behind it, and listening to it properly takes time.
The Crooked Road, Virginia's heritage music trail, winds for some 300 miles through the southwest corner of the state, from the Blue Ridge into deeper Appalachia, home to some of the rawest and most arresting sounds around. Most of the trail runs along U.S. 58, a straightforward multilane highway in some spots and a harrowing slalom course in others. But the Crooked Road—a state designation originally conceived in 2003—is shaped by several much older routes. Woodland buffalo and the Indians who hunted them wore the first paths in this part of the world. Then, in the 1700s, settlers came in search of new homes in the South, following the Great Wagon Road from Germantown, Pennsylvania, to Augusta, Georgia. Other pioneers headed west on the Wilderness Road that Daniel Boone hacked through the mountains of Kentucky. Some rode on wagons, but many walked—one woman told me the story of her great-grandfather, who as a child hiked with his parents into western Virginia with the family pewter tied in a sack around his waist and his chair on his back. And, of course, some fled into the mountains, long a refuge for escaped slaves.
The diversity of settlers funneled into the region gave rise to its unique musical style. Today the "old-time" Virginia music—the forerunner of American country—is still performed not just at legendary venues such as the Carter Family Fold near Hiltons, Virginia, but at Dairy Queens, community centers, coon hunting clubs, barber shops, local rescue squads and VFW halls. A fiddle tune may be played three different ways in one county; the sound is markedly modified as you travel deeper into the mountains toward the coalfields. Some of the oldest, loveliest songs are known as "crooked tunes," for their irregular measures; they lead the listener in unexpected directions, and give the music trail its name.
Except for a few sites, including a park near the town of Rocky Mount, where a surviving fragment of the Great Wagon Road wanders off into shadow, the older pathways have virtually disappeared. But the music's journey continues, slowly.
Cheick Hamala Diabate smiled angelically at the small, bewildered crowd gathered in a breezeway at the Blue Ridge Music Center near Galax, Virginia. They had come expecting to hear Mid-Day Mountain Music with local guitar players, but here instead was a beaming African musician in pointy-toed boots and dark sunglasses, cradling an alien string instrument called a ngoni. Small and oblong, it is made of goatskin stretched over hollowed wood. "Old in form but very sophisticated," whispered folklorist Joe Wilson, a co-founder of the center, a partnership between the National Park Service and the National Council for the Traditional Arts. "Looks like it wouldn't have much music in it, but the music's in his hands."
Wilson is one of the Crooked Road's creators and the author of the indispensable Guide to the Crooked Road. He had invited Diabate for a recording session, not only because the musician is a virtuoso performer nominated for a Grammy, but because the ngoni is an ancient ancestor of the banjo, often described as the most American of instruments. The ngoni's shortened drone string, tied off with a piece of rawhide, is the giveaway—it's a predecessor of the modern banjo's signature abbreviated fifth string.
"This is a tune to bless people—very, very important," Diabate told the audience as he strummed the ngoni. Later he would perform a tune on the banjo, an instrument he'd never heard of before immigrating to this country from Mali 15 years ago but has since embraced like a long-lost relative.
Captured Africans were being shipped to coastal Virginia as early as 1619; by 1710, slaves constituted one-quarter of the colony's population. They brought sophisticated musical and instrument-building skills across the Atlantic and, in some cases, actual instruments—one banjo-like device from a slave ship still survives in a Dutch museum. Slaves performed for themselves (a late 1700s American folk painting, The Old Plantation, depicts a black musician plucking a gourd banjo) and also at dances for whites, where, it was quickly discovered, "the banjar"—as Thomas Jefferson called his slaves' version—was much more fun to groove to than the tabor or the harp. Constantly altered in shape and construction, banjos were frequently paired with a European import, the fiddle, and the unlikely duo became country music's bedrock.
In the 1700s, when the younger sons of Tidewater Virginia's plantation owners began crowding west toward the Blue Ridge Mountains—then considered the end of the civilized world—they took their slaves with them, and some whites began picking up the banjo themselves. In the mountains, the new sound was shaped by other migratory populations—Anabaptist German farmers from Pennsylvania, who toted their church hymnals and harmonies along the Great Wagon Road as they searched for new fields to plow, and Scots-Irish, newly arrived from northern Ireland,who brought lively Celtic ballads.
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/A-Musical-Tour-Along-the-Crooked-Road.html#ixzz1VVufI04s


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"Our girls played good doubles," women's assistant coach Jamie Aid said. "We came out of the gate strong; however, we did not close on some games late in the doubles match. Our girls were down about the doubles point, and, unfortunately, we played with a lot of emotion in singles, which led to some very fast first sets.
"Although JU is a good team, our biggest opponent was ourselves. We hope to learn from this match, move on and play solid tennis this coming week against USC Upstate and Campbell."
The Lady Bisons came up just shy of the doubles point, posting two disappointing losses that fell by only a couple games.
At No. 1, senior Kara Jackson and freshman Alyssa Bellini lost to Castaingo and Bartos 8-3. Juniors Danielle Hansen and Elizabeth Keevil were just shy of a victory at No. 2 when they fell 9-7 to Nayayama and MeliBeu.
No. 3 doubles posed the most disappointing loss for the Lady Bisons as sophomore Carlina Jow and senior Julianne McMeen lost to Iwinski and Spencer in a tiebreaker, 9-8(9-7).
After losing the hard-fought doubles match, the Lady Bisons went into singles play with a 1-0 deficit and a great deal of frustration.
The disappointment of the doubles loss continued into the singes matches, causing the Lady Bisons to drop five of their six matches.
Their lone win came at No. 6, where Jow picked up a win on her 20th birthday. Jow handily defeated Spencer 6-2, 6-3 to record the only point of the day for Lipscomb.
Jackson fell at No. 1 to Castaingo 6-1, 6-1, while Keevil was defeated at No. 2 6-2, 6-1 by Bartos.
At No. 3, Bellini lost to Nayayama 6-0, 6-2, and Hansen fell at No. 4 to MeliBeu 6-2, 6-3. McMeen record the final los for the Lady Bisons at No. 5, falling to Iwinski 6-1, 6-2.
The Lady Bisons will next travel to Spartanburg, S.C., to face A-Sun opponent USC-Upstate on Friday, April 1 at 2 p.m.
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#2 Nayayama & MeliBeu def. Hansen & Keevil (9-7)
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#3 Nayayama (JU) def. Bellini (LU) 6-0;6-2
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#5 Iwinski (JU) def. McMeen (LU) 6-1;6-2
#6 Jow (LU) def. Spencer (JU) 6-2; 6-3
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I was looking at the comments section of a blog about Zen recently and I saw something that said something like, "Brad Warner tends to give the impression that his personal idiosyncrasies are supported by Zen." I thought that was a really weird statement. But I think it's important to talk about because it tends to give the impression of certain things about Zen that are not supported by reality.
It took me a while to really get what was being said. I mean, I understand the intention, of course. The writer wanted to point out that Brad was a misleading, or perhaps just deluded, guy and we should all be careful about believing that what he says is really Zen. I totally agree that everyone should be careful about believing what I say, though I would never deliberately mislead anyone. I think the average person reading such a statement might tend to think, "Oh that darn Brad! Always trying to make people believe what he says is supported by Zen when it's really just his own oddball behavior!"
What's weird about the statement isn't its implications about me, but its implications that there are statements, attitudes, modes of behavior and so on — by me or by anyone else — that are supported by Zen and those that are not. But what does "supported by Zen" mean?
The implication is that there is something out there that we can call "Zen" that exists apart from the individual people who have been sanctioned by various lineages to teach Zen. There isn't. Which is not to say that there are not a lot of people who would like there to be.
In the West lately there has been an unstated movement to try and define and solidify what this nebulous thing that can be called "Zen" and that exists apart from those of us who teach and practice it is. What that something is tends to be a mishmosh of ideas gleaned from DT Suzuki, Alan Watts and a load of scholars who've written books about Zen, as well as what publications like Tricycle and Shambala Sun say Zen is, and the stuff we've seen on the old Kung Fu TV series and in Star Wars and what Richard Gere says Zen is and so on and on. A loosely defined but generally accepted picture is emerging in the West these days of what is and is not "Zen." But I wonder if this picture is really true. Even so, we tend to compare what we hear from actual teachers of Zen to our image of what Zen ought to be. When there is a discrpency, we tend to want to go with our own ideas about what Zen should be.
We have a long tradition of trying to codify our religions and philosophies. This is what the fathers of what became the Catholic church tried to do when they chose which gospels were orthodox and which were not. The Catholic church has a governing body whose job it is to examine and authorize particular statements to be officially made on behalf of the church. Governments and corporations work the same way. I can't just say any old thing I want about the rights to the movies my company produces without passing it by the management.
Truth be told, though, even in these instances there really is not any nebulous something we can really call "Catholicism" or "the United States Government" or "the Oscar Meyer Corporation" that exists apart from the men and women who make up these organizations. We just pretend there is. The difference in Zen is that we try not to pretend about anything, and when we find ourselves doing so, we stop. So nobody ought to pretend there is any Zen or Buddhism that exists apart from Zen practitioners and Buddhists themselves.
And yet Buddhist philosphy (or Zen, whatever) is only one. A long-time practitioner can recognize Buddhism and can recognize what is not Buddhism. But that recognition is a rather subtle thing. It's not definable in words and no set of rules could ever contain it. Buddhism is balance. What is out of balance is not Buddhism. You can know what is Buddhism the same way you can balance a pencil on your finger and can know that you've lost that balance when the pencil falls to the floor.
If I've ever given the impression that the things I say and do are somehow supported by some nebulous thing out there in the ozone called "Zen," I apologize. I've never deliberately set out to do so. Ain't no such thang anyhow.


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Guess who is having a birthday today?!?
Little ol', sweet ol', sassy ol', 22-year old ME!
This little chickadee turns 22 years old today. I can't even believe I'm 22. Some days, I feel like I'm 80 with my 9pm bedtime and my occasional hip problems. Other days, I feel like I'm 15, dressing like a cartoon character with absolutely zero trace of 'adult' in my blood .. or wardrobe.
I mean, in 8 years, I'll be THIRTY. And 8 years ago, I was FOURTEEN. How does that happen, people?!
Anyway. Since today is an undeclared national holiday (go ahead, call in sick and tell your boss it's for a very important reason and he/she is callous for not celebrating Hayley Day), I'm going to do whatever I please. This will probably consist of an inordinate amount of shopping (because that appears to be my favorite pasttime), maybe painting my nails (because freshly manicured nails equal birthday success in my neurotic head), and chowing down on food since calories are negated due to the birthday celebration (I'm looking at you, freebie Krispy Kreme donut. Get in my mouthhole ASAP).
Because of my national holiday, I decided to make a cake sure to please me and probably only me. Unless you're A) addicted to sprinkles; B) obsessed with bubblegum; or C) Hayley Parker, you probably want nothing to do with this obnoxiously bubblegummy cake smothered in sugar. Otherwise, welcome aboard. You're in for a tasty ride, friend.
Okay, so I'm no Sprinklebakes, but I tried to make a prettiful four-tiered cake for my birthday festivities. I frosted it with Cool Whip icing because whipped cream frosting > buttercream. Yeah, I went there, homie. Whipped cream icing rules my face.
Of course, said frosting is flavored BUBBLEGUM because bubblegum makes everything better and literally makes my soul smile. That icing not only frosts this miniature four-tiered cake, but also provides a sliver of frosting in between layers for an extra bubblicious punch. And since I also happen to be all thumbs when it comes to cake decorating (read: I'm awful), I smothered everything in sprinkles. If that isn't obnoxiously but beautifully distracting, I don't know what is.
Behold, my birthday cake. Happy Birthday, indeed!
- 1 box Funfetti cake mix
- 4 egg whites
- 1 & ¼ cup water
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 small box sugar free/fat free vanilla instant pudding mix
- 1 tub Cool Whip Lite (or you could use the Cool Whip Frosting in Vanilla--I did!), thawed
- 1 pkt Duncan Hines Bubblegum Frosting Creations
- Sprinkles and non-pareils
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Liberally grease two 6" cake pans (the small circular ones, available at Michael's) with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat together the cake mix, egg whites, water and applesauce with an electric mixer for 2 minutes. Stir in the pudding mix to combine. Pour the batter evenly between the two greased pans. Place the pans on top of a rimmed baking sheet to catch any spillover.
- Bake for approx. 25 minutes or until lightly golden and a toothpick inserted near the center comes out mostly clean. Cool the cakes about 30 minutes before gently inverting onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Very carefully, saw each cake in half evenly. Place one half on your cake stand or plate. Meanwhile, gently combine the bubblegum flavor packet into the Cool Whip to blend. Slather a generous Tablespoon or so on top of the layer. Cover with another layer, then frost. Repeat two more times until you have four tiers with frosting in between three of them.
- Frost the remainder of the cake in an even layer. Smother immediately with sprinkles. The more, the freaking merrier, y'all. Eat up! Store this puppy airtight, in the fridge, for a couple days or so... assuming it lasts that long, which would kinda be criminal.
This cake is SO amazing; definitely my dream cake. The actual Funfetti cake is super moist and light, thanks to the egg whites (which also lighten it up calorie-wise), and the pudding mixed in. And that bubblegum whipped cream frosting is TO DIE FOR! When smothered in sprinkles and sandwiched between each buttery layer of cake, each bite is simply heavenly. Serve it with some bubblegum ice cream and call it a helluva birthday!
Can't get enough bubblegum? Me either (it's kinda serious). Here's some more bubblicious treats for you:
3 Ingredient Bubblegum Ice Cream
Bubblegum Vodka (oh yes I did)
Bubblegum Sugar Cookies
See ya soon!
xo, Hayley


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CU road win over Texas Tech a confidence boost, players say
BOULDER — Wednesday night's 71-68 victory at Texas Tech "was big" for Colorado's psyche, CU junior forward Austin Dufault said Thursday prior to practice.
"We had been struggling on the road lately. It was nice to go in there and get a win," Dufault said. "We gave up a lead a little bit in the second half. But we fought through that, fought through some adversity. It was big to fight through all that and get a win."
Unlike in the Jan. 29 game at Baylor, when the Buffs let a 14-point halftime lead get away, Colorado quickly regained the lead against Texas Tech and then withstood several potential spurts by the Red Raiders.
"We definitely kept our composure a little more," Dufault said. "We stuck to the game plan and what we wanted to do. And we executed a lot better down the stretch than we did previously on the road."
CU sophomore guard Alec Burks said gaining a second conference road victory to go along with the Jan. 12 win at Kansas State "helps our confidence."
"It shows us that we can beat a team on the road that was playing good (Texas Tech was coming off a win at Baylor), so it's a great confidence boost," Burks said.