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Road Atlases
For many years the Rand McNally Road Atlas has been ubiquitous (sometimes under other titles). It is reasonably good, with clear highway maps, some features of interest, and is kept commendably up to date. But the topography is almost nonexistent and the maps are just not very attractive. Rand McNally also offers a Compact Road Atlas and City Guide.
But now there is something similar but better, The National Geographic Road Atlas - Adventure Edition, produced in conjunction with MapQuest.
Why is it better? First of all, it is spiral bound, so it won't keep closing up on you, and the back cover flap folds in to keep your place. The maps are attractive, with clearly shown topography. It has an interesting series of climate maps, then a section with 36 scenic drives, from Alaska to Puerto Rico, each with a map and photograph. A gazetteer at the end lists all cities and towns, with population and map reference (though other map features such as mountains, parks, and lakes are not included). There is also a special RV and Camping Edition.
World Atlases
If your general reference world atlas is more than a couple of years old, you need a new one! Teachers and geographers have always favored Goode's World Atlas, now in its 22nd edition. I have a whole series of them, going back to 1968 when I took a class in economic geography at Berkeley. It has a well thought-out set of basic reference maps and a great number of thematic maps on world environment, resources, and human geography. This is the atlas universally recommended for college world geography classes and is appropriate for home schooling at the high school level. It is a reasonable size and a very reasonable price, even in hardcover.
If what you want is a large format traditional atlas I wish I could still recommend the Rand McNally International Atlas. Unfortunately it appears that they have abandoned the series and not revised it since 1994. But there is a worthy successor - the Great World Atlas from Dorling Kindersley (DK Publishing). It makes good use of satellite imagery and is very detailed and up to date. An excellent choice for a school or public library, or if you really love maps.
The Benchmark Atlas Series
My favorite atlases of western states are the ones by Benchmark - and not just because some of my former students helped produce them. They are a co-production by Allan Cartography of Medford, Oregon (who make Raven Maps, see below) and Eureka Cartography of Berkeley, California.
The maps have beautifully rendered topography and meticulously researched cultural features such as roads. They show land ownership clearly (very important in many areas, especially the desert) and an intelligent selection of features of interest.
The scale is too small to use for hiking, but they are the all-around best maps to plan driving trips in the west. Most importantly, they will help you to understand the landscape around you as you travel. I always have one with me and consult it frequently on my long trips.
The Benchmark Road and Recreation Atlas series now covers eleven states, essentially the entire west from the Rockies to the Pacific coast. I would love to see them add Alaska, Hawaii, western Canada, and Baja California, but that seems unlikely. I also think California should be offered in two volumes at a larger scale (also not likely - DeLorme recently combined their two volumes into one).
All Benchmark Atlases highly recomended
De Lorme Atlases
De Lorme, based in Maine, has an atlas for every state. They are at a larger scale (i.e. features on the map are larger) than the Benchmark series, and they show tremendous detail.
The DeLorme atlases are excellent for back road exploring, they show everything that is on the large scale USGS topo maps. Early editions had crudely drawn contours, but now they feature shaded relief and accurate contours. The gazetteer is useful, listing all the place names on the maps, plus points of interest such as parks, boat ramps, and information centers.
The DeLorme maps don't show the attention to detail, field checking, and careful design of the Benchmark products. Nonetheless I have bought all of their western states editions and use them as a backup for the Benchmark Atlases. They are the only atlases available for some states.
Tom Harrison Maps
This is the premier series of topographic maps of popular recreation areas in California. They are waterproof and tear proof. The relief is artistically hand shaded, supplemented by contours. Trails are carefully researched, often verified on the ground and measured with a bicycle-wheel odometer. All features of the maps are intelligently thought out and clearly presented. They show both latitude/longitude and UTM, making them ideal for use with gps.
Tom and Barbara Harrison make all these maps themselves, and in my opinion (as a former cartography instructor) they are the best available. When I need something more detailed than the Benchmark Atlas I switch to the relevant Tom Harrison map (if there is one, California only). His "recreation maps" series cover large areas that you may be exploring mostly by road (such as Death Valley). His "trail maps" are for areas where you are more likely to be hiking (for example Point Reyes or the Yosemite high country).
The Tom Harrison Maps website has a full listing (30 maps), with a locator map of California. You can even view pdf versions (for example, see Point Reyes National Seashore). Tom has recently started making certain maps available as posters ("maps as artwork") and in digital form for viewing on an iPhone.
National Geographic / Trails Illustrated Maps
This is a series of maps of national parks and other major recreation areas. They are based on the U.S. Geological Survey topographic series, with contours and other base map features. Some have shaded relief. Most have clearly and accurately marked trails (a shortcoming of the USGS topos) and other features important for travellers. Cartographic quality varies from excellent to poor.
Raven Maps
These are wall maps, large and dramatic. The elevation coloring and topographic shading is beautiful (credit to Allen Cartogaphy of Medford, Oregon). I have seen them framed in people's living rooms - they are that good. My only quibble is that they are all at slightly different scales, so they cannot be mosaicked together to make a huge map of the west. There is however, a map of the 48 states.
The large Raven map of California (43 by 65 inches) hangs on my wall at home and I consult it frequently. Other good choices (if you have the wall space) are the United States Topographic Wall Map of the conterminous 48 states, or the one of Mexico, or all of North America,. The map of Hawaii is particularly striking.
To see the complete line and to buy other Raven maps visit their website: www.ravenmaps.com
US National Park Service Maps
Every American national park has a standard brochure with an excellent map. They are not intended to be used for serious hiking, though they are often good enough for day hikes. Their main purpose is to help visitors understand the geography of the parks, and for this they can't be beat. The cartographic standards are high, the research and content impeccable. I keep a shoebox of them, filed alphabetically, on the shelf in my office and refer to them constantly.
Unfortunately these maps/brochures are usually only available from the park itself, at the entrance station when you pay, or at the visitor center. But since these government publications are considered to be public domain resources, pdf versions (and editable Adobe Illustrator and jpeg files) are available on-line from the National Park Service Cartographic Resources Home Page. Download and print your own! I just wish other countries had as enlightened a policy on government map data.
National Forest Maps
The U.S. Forest Service produces a standard series of maps, one for each national forest. They are fairly ugly, with crude symbology and no topography. But they do show every road (many national forests are a veritable maze of logging roads) and land ownership (much land within national forests is privately owned). Campgrounds and other facilities are shown with standard symbols, and there is usually some general information about the forest on the back. If you want to explore back roads in the national forests you absolutely must have one (or more) of these maps.
There are also forest service maps of many wilderness areas, with contours, trails, and special use restrictions (on grazing, fishing, campfires). These are better looking than the entire forest maps, and often the best map for hiking in the areas they cover (USGS topos are notorious for inaccurate and out of date trail information).
Forest maps are usually for sale at USFS offices and visitor centers in the national forests, I have even seen them in coin-operated vending machines. They are also sometimes available from outdoor equipment dealers, or directly from the USGS Store web site.
USGS Topo Maps
The topographic maps produced by the US Geologic Survey are definitive - they are what most other maps, both public and private, are based on. But important as their role is, the agency has been starved of funds and poorly administered for decades. At one time everyone you met on a backcountry trail had a USGS "quad" in their pocket, now they are more likely to have a Tom Harrison or Trails Illustrated map.
But if you find that the area you are interested in has no detailed maps available from the private sector, you may still fall back on the USGS series. They are available at a range of scales and cover the entire country. Order online from The USGS Store.
Or even better, buy the same maps on CD-ROM from the National Geographic USGS TOPO! series and print your own. The interface is a bit unpolished but what you actually have is a seamless map at multiple scales. Zoom in and out, scroll around, then capture the area of interest to a jpeg file. You can also make notations, measurements and create elevation profiles. The main drawback is the price - $89.99 per state.
Automobile Club Maps
The AAA (American Automobile Association) provides free road maps to its members. There is nothing very outstanding about them, but the price is right and every state is covered, plus Canada and Mexico. They also provide well researched and up to date travel guides (lodgings and restaurants) and camping guides.
CSAA (California State Automobile Club, the AAA for northern California) has produced an excellent series of regional maps for decades. But recently it was announced that they will no longer be making their own maps. This would really be a shame, there are no equivalents to many of their titles. Stock up now in case it really happens. (If the maps disappear I will take my insurance business to GEICO.)
ACSC (Automobile Club of Southern California) on the other hand seems to have a continuing strong commitment to their mapping program. They create and publish a series of county maps of unrivalled detail and reliability, especially valuable when traveling back roads in the desert. They make these available free to their members and sell them at their offices. You can also usually get them through affiliated AAA offices.
ACSC publish several really exceptional maps in their Explore! series. Premier among these is the Indian Country Guide Map. It is mentioned in just about every one of Tony Hillerman's mysteries - it hangs on the wall of Joe Leaphorn's tribal police office in Window Rock, covered with pins representing unsolved crimes.
Equally valuable is the AAA (ACSC) map of Baja California (where almost every road is a back road), the most complete and accurate by far. I also make heavy use of the Eastern Sierra Guide Map and the Death Valley National Park Explore! Guide Map.
Maps of Canada
The best travelers' maps of British Columbia used to come from the BC Parks department, available free at Info Centres and the parks themselves. But the beautiful color maps of parks by region no longer seem to be available, just the monochrome brochure maps of single parks or clusters of parks.
University of Hawaii Maps
There is a wonderful series of maps of the Hawaiian islands by James A. Bier, published by the University of Hawaii.


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On Wednesday, in many locations around the world, people will get to see not only the blue moon but a super moon, along with a spectacular total lunar eclipse. This triple lineup of lunar events hasn't been seen together since 1982, making it a historic occasion and well worth remembering for all the family.
Those living in the western half of the US will get the best view when it occurs, while those on the East Coast will struggle to see anything as the moon will be setting just as the eclipse begins.
However, those who do get to witness it will be able to cherish the memories for years to come. Each of the three events is a rarity in itself, as a blue moon is a second full moon in a single month. A super moon is where the moon appears bigger and brighter, while a total eclipse, with its infamous blood colored hue, is where the moon completely bathes in the earth's shadow.
A wide range of products is available on the SolarEclipseEarth website to help commemorate the occasion. There are different categories for visitors to browse through, including women's apparel, men's items, kids' clothes, T-shirts, tote bags, pillows, coffee mugs, iPhone cases, maps, and more.
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Just a little something for your day! I'll be posting about the hankie soon! It's going splendid!
Luke 1:30-33
"Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end."


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She never sat me down and told me how to survive it. We never even talked about it. There was no formal lesson. No teaching. No preaching. She just lived her life, and from it I learned one of my greatest lessons...
At around the age of two, her mother died leaving her father with two young children. Her dad decided to keep her brother. He didn't want her. Girls on a ranch or farm are of no use. At least, that was the thought back then. She would be raised by family...but not by her father.
{Grandma Jessie}
How did she survive the rejection of a parent who didn't want her? How did she overcome those icky feelings of not being wanted? What do you do when the ones that are supposed to love you walk out the door or simply don't know how to love? My grandma Jessie would tell you...
There are always gap fillers. There were people in my grandma's life that filled in the gaps. Relatives that stepped in and raised her. People that loved on her. What she lacked in a father and a mother was filled with others. I, myself, have had gap fillers. While I have experienced loss of relationship and rejection by others, there have been still others who come along side and fill my love tank. Rejection is rarely "TOTAL". While one may not love you there are others that will.
Know that you are loved. I never sensed in my grandma that she believed that she was unloved. Sure, there is the strong possibility that I was too young to see it. Not wise enough. But I didn't see the struggle. I am sure it was there, but I only saw a vibrant woman full of joy. Sure, there were hard times, but for the most part my grandma lived as if she were loved. Because she was. Her self-esteem was intact. One of the greatest ways to overcome the pain of rejection is to know you are loved. For me, it was going to God and understanding that no matter what others did to me it wasn't a reflection of what He thought of me. He loves me like crazy.
Love conquers all, even rejection. How do I know that my grandma felt loved even though she never really talked about it? You could see it in the way she treated others. Was she perfect? No. Who is? But the one big takeaway from watching her life was how she loved on others. She didn't care what your background was or how you got to her doorstep. She was gracious and open to all. All those growing up years watching her love on others knowing full well there had been times in her life she wasn't loved had a profound effect on me. She taught me that love is stronger than the hurt dealt you. Overcoming rejection means you have the strength to give what wasn't given to you. You dole out love. It gushes because you know the pain of the opposite scenario.


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we are home!
the boys and I had the most wonderful trip.
thanks Mia and Pappy for so much fun...we already miss you!!
I feel like I've been gone forever and I've missed all of you too.
I have TONS of catching up to do. Pages and pages of emails
and lots of work to catch up on. Oodles of pictures to upload...
way too much unpacking to tackle...and a very special 5th birthday
coming up this weekend!!! **hint...that's the b-day boy in the picture;)**
so, we're off to settle in to our day!
Can't wait to see what you've all been up to!!
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Africa has always called to me, since I was a little girl I dreamed of traveling to where my father was born. I spent three amazing weeks chasing the light across the Namib Desert, through Etosha National Park and into Koakoveld. This is my journey and photography in Nambia.
The Dunes of Sossusvlei are enormous, some reaching up to 300 meters high! The light reflecting off these beautiful red dunes both in the morning and evening was worth the entire trip. Hiking into Deadvlei at 3:30 in the morning, the cold, frigid desert air literally freezing my fingertips, I put up my tripod to catch the sun rise glinting off the dead acacia trees. Also known as "The Graveyard", the acacia trees of Deadvlei have been standing in the saltpan valley for over 1200 years. Sitting there, waiting patiently for the light, I could almost hear the ancient trees of Deadvlei whispering secrets of the many wanderers who traveled near and far to reach these desert dunes.
(epic selfie in Deadvlei!)
Etosha National Park
You know you are truly alive when you awake to the roar of lions in the morning. Shivering in my tent, I listened to the chilling yet magical sound of a mother lion calling to her cubs. I wondered how far away they were from my campground they were as I suddenly felt the need to use the toilet! I suppressed this sudden call of mother nature, and rolled around for hours trying to get back to sleep to no avail. Just before sunrise, I emerged from my tent. Jackals scattered as we lit the breakfast fire to prepare coffee and biscuits before beginning our journey to the waterhole.
A leopard fell asleep under our car! We sat there for about an hour waiting for her to wake up. I had half of my body out of the window trying to take photographs, as she suddenly looked up at me with pure wild eyes, burning holes right through me! Apparently leopards are extremely rare to see, we were so lucky!
The Spitzkoppe
The Spitzkoppe is an ancient volcano in Africa, enough said.
Actually, this was one of my favorite spots to photograph. Watching the sunset below an ancient volcano, as the sky changed from blue to pink, orange, red, and finally, a deep shade of purple. We stayed awake all night, gazing up at the stars and painting with light from our torches. Looking up into the vast heavens, I never felt so alive or my mind so clear that this is what it is to Live; to experience the raw beauty of nature and marvel in all of it's power and mystery.
The Skeleton Coast
We found this shipwreck right on the edge of the Skeleton Coast, marveling at the magnificent power of the waves crashing onto shore. It was pretty epic, but I seriously don't know how anybody in their right mind would paddle out there willingly for a surf!
The Himba Tribe
My night with the Himba tribe is one that I will never forget, and an experience that I am eternally grateful for. Staying with these nomadic goat herders, learning about their beautiful culture, and even getting bare-naked in front of the whole tribe to dress in the traditional Himba dress, was both exhilarating and peaceful. Village life is simple, but also incredibly beautiful and real.
Traveling through Namibia was a dream, and one I hope to return to in years to come. But the end of one adventure is the beginning of another. Namibia will always hold a place in my heart, it's light shining through every part of me when I look back and remember my time there. This is my photography in Namibia, but also a journey that has changed me in every way possible for the rest of my days.
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DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. is planning to sell its stake in Ally Financial Inc., the auto lender majority owned by U.S. taxpayers, a person with knowledge of the transaction told Bloomberg.
Selling now would allow GM to avoid a months-long lockup tied to Ally's initial public offering, according to the person, who asked to remain anonymous because the deal isn't public. The automaker also may seek to tap demand for Ally's shares after the lender's private placement that raised $1.3 billion earlier this year was oversubscribed, the person said. That deal diluted GM's stake from about 9.9 percent to 8.5 percent, according to data from regulatory filings.
Ally, formerly known as GMAC, was once the in-house financing arm of GM. The pending sale was reported by The Wall Street Journal, which described the deal as a private placement valued at about $900 million.
GM's stake is held indirectly in an independent trust, according to the automaker's quarterly securities filing. The stake was required to be sold by Dec. 24 before the Federal Reserve granted a two-year extension in October.
Gina Proia, an Ally spokeswoman, and GM's Tom Henderson said their companies had no comment on the sale.
Ally has been rebuilding its finance operations since selling a controlling stake in GMAC to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management in 2006.
In November 2012, GM agreed to pay $4.2 billion for Ally's European and Latin American auto lending operations as it moved to expand its in-house financing at its GM Financial unit as a way to boost sales. GM closed on those deals in April and October this year.
Last month, Ally bought back $5.9 billion worth of its shares from the U.S. Treasury and has repaid more than 70 percent of the total aid provided by the government.
Ally received a $17.2 billion bailout during the financial crisis. Last month, the Federal Reserve approved the company's 2013 capital plan, clearing the way for repayment to Treasury.
Ally has struggled to recover from the mortgage meltdown. Last year, it put its troubled home loan subsidiary Residential Capital LLC into bankruptcy to stanch the bleeding from bad mortgages.
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Got myself a gee-tar!
Originally posted 29/12/2008
Always wanted to get back into music, and fancied doing it by way of a saxophone. But they're a bit expensive. And difficult to sing with at the same time…
So as we go to open mic nights, and friends have guitars, and I sing, the only way to go was with the same. So bought an acoustic-electric + amp courtesy of Santa.
Two weeks later and my fingertips are calloused, most chords are under my belt, and I've almost managed the f'ing F chord.
And it's all very therapeutic.
National (now International) Novel Writing Month
Originally posted 30/10/2008
WTF? Fifty thousand words between 1 – 30 November. Seventeen hundred a day (2000 to be safe) every day for 30 days.
And the point? Although it's quantity over quality, the aim is to get writing a first draft and discipline oneself. Amendments can come later. Many wish to write: few get on and do it. This is a personal challenge to meet an output target and produce the basics of a novel.
View the web site to get the full lowdown.
So I'm going for it.
– word count verifcation 50466.
And here's the winner's badge as confirmation.
Chuffed? You bet. And the name of the novel? Coincidence.
Talpa europaea – moles to you and me
Originally posted 30/10/2008
A French neighbour lent me a home-made blaster – a lever operating a hammer which dropped onto a 12-bore cartridge. Four times the little blighter pushed up underneath the lever and spread the earth sideways. Four times he blocked tunnel traps and passed underneath. But then he must have got a bit cocky, because at 6 am there was a bang, and the little blighter copped it.
I couldn't help feeling sad – after all, he was only doing what moles do. But there comes a time… Getting fed up with hills and stones everywhere, and ankles cockling over sideways walking on ruts and collapsed runs.
I've now ordered three tunnel traps should another mole take over his patch.
That damned flag again!
I had a blogger type blog, but for some reason deleted it (perhaps got fed up with widgets not working.) Anyway, as I had backed it up, I thought I'd post here my earlier musings.
Originally posted 31/8/2008
Heart-warming sight to see the Olympic athletes posed on the steps of the Jumbo at Heathrow.
But I knew it would happen. I just bloody knew it. At the top of the steps the large Union flag… upside down. Why, in view of the world, do so many people in the UK not know the orientation of their own flag?
On so many occasions, especially when there are hordes of kids and families at special events, all waving their flags, every last bloody one is upside-down. What is it with that damned flag and the unknowing populace? Why can't they get it right?
And why is it upside-down? The hoist (the edge of the flag nearest the flagpole/mast and held by the stewardess) is on the left in the pic. The hoist dictates orientation and it is upside-down. The diagonal red cross of St. Patrick appears to have been rotated slightly clockwise against its white background. Turn the flag over and it will appear to be rotated slightly anti-clockwise – the correct position in relation to the hoist. Does it matter? That's up to you.


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Drug-Free Tennessee Circulating Truth
Nashville, TN- With drug-related crimes being a weekly occurrence, Drug-Free Tennessee (DFT) is working out ways to combat usage rates by spreading truth. "We need to spread a positive drug-free message and educate as many people as possible and as fast as possible," says Brian Fesler, regional coordinator for Drug-Free Tennessee.
DFT uses The Truth About Drugs booklets, which empower youth and adults with factual information about drugs so they can make informed decisions to live drug-free.
Volunteers are out in the community, handing out information and giving talks to students in schools. "This program works with anyone of any race or creed, as drugs don't discriminate," according to Fesler.
DFT is the local chapter of the Foundation for a Drug-Free World (FDFW), an international organization based in Los Angeles, and has as its mission to educate people about the dangerous effects of drugs so they understand and can make informed choices on the subject. At the heart of the campaign are the Truth About Drugs booklets, 13 fact-filled booklets that, without scare tactics, inform about drugs, empowering young people to make their own decisions to live drug-free.
Fesler says, "There is a need in our communities to educate everyone on drugs—drugs impact all our lives in one way or another. That's why it is important for all of us to work together to end this epidemic." For more information on Drug-Free Tennessee, visit drugfreetn.org.
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Imagine you are a 16-year-old pitcher, settling in for another mundane day at school, only to have the monotony shattered by the knowledge that your school's baseball and softball teams will be receiving $5,000 in assistance. This was a reality at Pershing High School in Detroit.
The money was presented by Comerica Bank and the Detroit Tigers as part of Comerica's Grand Slam Grant to aid baseball and softball programs.
The Tiger's own Rajai Davis acted as a celebrity judge for the program's committee. Davis participation does not end there, he will be part of a check presentation before the April 18 game against the (as we Cubs fans say) hated Chicago White Sox.
Joining Davis in the ceremony will be representation from recipients of the Grand Slam Grant's aid in previous years.
Started in 2011, The Grand Slam Grant was founded to help high schools in Michigan who needed to expand, improve, or even create baseball or softball programs. Previous winners include Cass Technical High School, Lincoln Park High School, Detroit Renaissance High School, Holland High School, Kalamazoo Central High School, Mona Shores High School and Robichaud High School.
The diamonds of America's pass time will not go abandoned within the Great Lakes State, especially in Detroit so long as groups keep breathing life into the youth's passion for it.


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bubble & squeak day
I realized today that we do actually have a Thanksgiving tradition -- or rather, we have a tradition that follows every Thanksgiving and Christmas. The day after both of these major feast days, Marcus always makes Bubble & Squeak. For those who are unfamiliar, Bubble & Squeak is a traditional English meal made primarily by taking every savoury part of a roast dinner (or a Thanksgiving or Christmas meal) -- the turkey, the potatoes, the stuffing, the green beans, the brussel sprouts, whatever -- and frying it all up with tons of bacon until it's sort of golden and crispy on the outside.
It is as delicious and devoid of any sort of redeeming health benefit as it sounds.
Marcus has been making this for as long as we've been married, and at some point many years ago, our friends Trish and Carl came over to share one of his Bubble & Squeak meals. That made it official: now, no matter what we do with our separate families on Thanksgiving and Christmas, we always get our families together the day or two after each of those holidays and have Bubble & Squeak together.
Today was that day. Because of our kitchen-less state, we packed up the Thanksgiving meal leftovers that my mom and dad gave us on Thursday, and headed over to Trish & Carl's kitchen. Together with their leftovers, Marcus made a huge pot of Bubble & Squeak, and after, we sat and had dessert and coffee in their family room, lit by the glow from their newly erected Christmas tree. And it was lovely.
Today, I realized that the holidays don't feel complete until our Bubble & Squeak day happens. It's a wonderful way to make sure we celebrate not just with our blood relatives, but also our "heart relatives" as well.
Song: Raisin' the stakes, by Groove Armada (tonight's après-Bubble-and-Squeak music)


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Tucked away on the Internet Archive is a rather pretty little pdf that seems to give guidelines on how to build a Japanese temple. (It says it's from the year 1200, but I don't know if they had bound books in those days. Wouldn't it have been a scroll?) It mostly seems to concern itself with ratios and measurements. I'm sure it would be more instructive if I could actually read the cursive script next to the illustrations.
But I was especially impressed by the illustration of the torii gate, which shows which angles should be used on the ends of the top cross-beam (or kasagi, according to Wikipedia) and how to make sure they're correct. Now that I know this, whenever I see one in a photo or film, I find myself checking to see if they've got the angles right.


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Hats off to all my fellow millenials out there who spent most of their teenage years over plucking eyebrows within an inch of their life. It was the done thing, so many of us did it and now live to regret the aftermath 10 years later while feeling bushy in all the wrong places when it comes to the eyebrow department. Hells yeah I can grow little caterpillar brows! They grow down the way, and out the way, and slap bang in the middle... but never enough to merit a good, long shape. Just an interrupted monobrow of sorts. Alas, earlier this year I finally bit the bullet and decided to invest in a tattooed pair of brows. I say invest, because the money I would spend getting them tinted and waxed and buying products to fill them in would probably equate to the same amount of money over the same amount of time. However, I know it's a slightly bigger commitment than your average HD brow appointment, which is why I thought I'd share my experience so far.
Good Morning, Vietnam
Ayden Millar 11:41
Vietnam was the last place I expected to fall head over heels in love with on our south east asian adventure. We knew we wanted to add a bit of a beach escape to our busy Singapore sling, and we most definitely almost had a week in Bali on the cards. However after speaking to my Uncle and his wife, and hearing about the various places they had visited on long weekends and public holidays, we ended up settling on 5 days in Hoi An instead. It blew our expectations and hope for a tropical paradise right out of the water.


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Robert Pattinson's latest project (sans Vampires) soundtrack was released this week. Since I'm a bit of a vampire fan and uh obviously I write this blog I thought I'd check it out. I was also privy to a screening of the film in November which had only some temp tracks and I couldn't wait to see what they were going to use in the final cut of the movie. I knew if Alex Patsavas and Chop Shop were attached we'd end up with something pretty awesome, as if their usual M.O. And I think for the most part the soundtrack for Remember Me is no different minus a few tracks I could have left off just from personal taste alone.
Most of this music and these bands were popular in the late 90s early 00s when this movie takes place. Which made me really have to dig to find these songs on the interwebs to share, so listen to the video or open the link in a new window to listen. BUUUTTT I gotta say some of these are kinda painful to listen to because they're so perfect for that time frame while others make me want to hug my ipod because of the memories. Ya win some, ya lose some right?
So let's get to it, shall we?
1. Alien Lover – Luscious Jackson
The lyrics seem appropriate as they're pretty alien to each other for a while. All I can picture when I listen to this is college dorm rooms in the late 90s which I guess is pretty much perfect for this movie.
2. Play On – Kottonmouth Kings
(Video NSFW)
Kottonmouth Kings, named the "Band of the Year" by "High Times Magazine" I'm sure you can see why after you listen. I can see this being put in the jail scene or maybe walking in the alley before the rumble/fight.
3. Kandles (iTunes link) – National Skyline
This is definitely more in my wheel house, late 90s shoe gaze, dream pop!? Yes, please! And of course this means this song is no where (legal) online that I can link to besides it's iTunes link. This definitely fits brooding Tyler way more than that rap-rock stuff. Imagine the Tyler riding his bicycle in the rain scene.
4. Soft Shoulder – Ani Difranco
This will probably most definitely be a song for Emilie's character, Ally. Ani Defrano was like every stereotypical English Lit/Women's Studies major college girls music, this soundtrack wouldn't have been complete without it, for reals. It's too bad there's no Ally going to Lillith Fair scene, this would have ruled.
Follow the cut, trust me it gets really good. I swear!
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MEMBERS OF the Central Florida Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America have closely followed Jay Hamburg's series about the trials of Debbie Dokelsky of Orlando, who was the victim of a hit-and-run driver. The coverage was sensitive and human without being maudlin. We have experienced her terrible frustrations and anger. The Sentinel has done a genuine service in helping the public understand our special problems.
Our organization is active in serving the handicapped, such as providing comfort and a rewarding life to the paralyzed whether they had military service or not.


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We have had hot, really hot days here, over 30.3Celsius, and almost as hot at night. Then a slight change, cooler days, welcome rain, and lawns looking greener. The One Block Wonder layout continues to be decided, will I leave it all blue, or add sashing in the purple and black fan fabric, or the green fern fabric???
I had to lay the design boards on the floor to get a decent photo, well half-way OK at least.This is the original layout from Cheryl at Meadow Mist Designs. This needs to be at least sewn together by the end of February.I would like it all done and quilted by then.
BUT, although blue is one of my fav colours, I think there is too much blue. And there are different blues, as I could not match up any one of them.Options are to add some sashings.I don't have enough purple fabric to try sashings on all the blocks, and the same for the green fern fabric,But I can so easily get more of either one of these. I know which layout I prefer. What do you think is better or best??? Original, or the purple, or the green?
This morning, for those fleeting minutes, a glorious sunrise appeared
Mrs Thrush continues to wait for her meals. Mr Blackbird, Mr Sparrow, a silvereye and chaffinch have joined the group.
In a pittosporum tree at our back fence, there are 4 birds' nests, all having been well used, and now empty.I wonder if they were parents from the same species, same family, and wish I had noticed them when the baby birds were in them.
Quotation of the day, from Amit Ray
" A bird is safe in its nest-
but that is not what its wings are made for"
Greetings from Jean


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California company provides outsourced medical evaluation, other services
Lockheed Martin Corp. has expanded its health care services for the federal government, having completed its acquisition of QTC Holdings Inc., a provider of outsourced medical evaluation services to the Veterans Affairs Department.
Terms of the transaction, which was announced Aug. 22, were not disclosed in the company announcement dated Sept. 27.
Founded in 1981, QTC also provides IT-enabled case management services and health care expertise to the VA, the Defense Department and other U.S. government agencies.
The company, based in Diamond Bar, Calif., processed more than 450,000 evaluations last year for the VA, the announcement states.
Lockheed Martin Corp., of Bethesda, Md., ranks No. 1 on Washington Technology's 2011 Top 100 list of the largest federal government contractors.
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Lisa Congdon: The Joy of Swimming
With an introduction from Hall of Fame Swimmer Lynne Cox, this charming book invites readers to dip into the many joys of swimming. Congdon brings her personal passion as a lifelong swimmer to this thoughtful celebration of getting in water. Hand-lettered inspirational quotes, watercolor portraits paired with personal stories, and illustrated collections of vintage objects evoke the beauty and inspiration of the subject. An emphasis on swimming as a way of life -- taking the leap, going with the flow -- makes this delightful volume one that will speak to serious swimmers, vacation paddlers, and anyone pondering their next high dive.
Fine artist and illustrator Lisa Congdon is best known for her colorful abstract paintings, intricate line drawings, pattern design, and hand lettering. She works for clients around the world including the Museum of Modern Art, Martha Stewart Living, Chronicle Books, The Land of Nod, Simon & Schuster, and Cloud9 Fabrics, among many others. She is the author of five books, including the starving-artist-myth-smashing Art Inc: The Essential Guide to Building Your Career as an Artist and the illustrated books Fortune Favors the Brave; Whatever You Are, Be a Good One; Twenty Ways to Draw a Tulip; and A Collection a Day. In 2015 she was named one of the "Forty over 40 Women to Watch." Congdon lives and works in Portland.


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My interest in fitness comes in sporadic bursts. For a few months, two years ago, I got myself a personal trainer. I enjoyed the workouts, but the minute work got too busy they fell by the wayside.Similarly when I started going to the gym a few months after that it lasted for a couple of weeks, but I just couldnt stick it out. Even getting married couldnt spur me into becoming a fitness addict.My rationale was: I eat healthily, Im a size 8/10. So Ive still got a few wobbly bits around the edge Im happy. I simply studiously ignored the fact I got breathless running for the bus.Then, finally, after five years of being disturbed at 5.45am by my husbands alarm (THREE TIMES A WEEK!) to get him up for his 8k run, I cracked. I didnt want to head into middle age unfit.Signing up to a week-long bootcamp in Ibiza was a little extreme, but I figured that if I wanted to start incorporating exercise into my daily life there was no better way than this.
My husband (who I dragged along for the moral support and endless enthusiasm) couldnt wait I, on the other hand not so much.But I stand here four weeks later a convert while Im not running marathons every week, I am doing at least 15 minutes exercise a day: be it sit ups, squats or short runs (that are definitely getting longer and easier each time). It really is amazing what you can do, even if you arent a member of a gym.
So what does a bootcamp or No 1 Bootcamp in Ibiza entail? Well, for one, while their UK HQ may be more of a military experience, the Ibiza residence is more luxury villa. Think infinity pool, stunning views into the valley of San Joan (where the two guest houses are based), en-suite bathrooms and posh bed linen.
However tough the daily regime may be, you are meant to enjoy every moment of downtime you get.Upon arrival (on the Saturday) into Ibiza airport (book the earliest flight you can so you can enjoy a full day of relaxation trust me, youll be thankful for it), we were met by the camps driver, who took us on the short 30 minute drive to the main house. We arrived late, just in time for dinner
Ill be honest, while absolutely delicious (a courgette spaghetti Bolognese), I was silently horrified by the tiny portion boys get a bit more than girls, but hardly! That evening our trainer Ricky (a former Navy trainer lovely, but tough) talked us through the week ahead basically hours and hours of exercise and the rules. No booze, no sugar, and only small amounts of the right kind of carbs: grains, broccoli, spinach).That night I went to bed starving, terrified of the 6am wake up call. Pre breakfast (porridge, heart sinks) we were sent on a run as many times as we could around the block for 30 minutes, perfect for every person (i.e. the running obsessed husband) to set their own level
Then the rest of the day consisted of a 10k hike through the Ibizan hills, a cool off in the sea, a break for lunch (soup, no bread) and to get out of the heat of the day (it was over 25 degrees, so tough going), before an afternoon of circuit training. Dinner, a genuinely delicious Thai chicken curry - that there just wasnt enough of - and then bed.The thing about exercising for ten hours a day you sleep like a baby.
By day two (sadly our last, as we were only able to escape for a weekend, but the camp does cater for that with a few people popping in from their holidays around the island for one class or the whole day), Id started to feed off the endorphins. Forget the pain and there was a lot, although nothing as bad as day three, wincing with every step as we lugged our suitcases through the airport I just wanted to exercise.
For the first time I understood how people get addicted and it was fascinating to watch the group evolve. Possibly unusually, our camp was really fit. Mainly filled with people whod slightly fallen off the wagon and wanted that shove to get back on. But it meant that a real camaraderie evolved people urging each other on when they saw another team member flagging (particularly during the steps task one hour running up and down a truly endless mountain of steps built into a mountainside by Benniras beach).By the time day three came, and we had to head to the airport, I was genuinely sad to leave behind the group a few of whom had met on a previous camp and decided to come back together.
And as for the weight loss? Well, for me, it wasnt about that and in two days there wasnt much of a difference. Plus, the trainer said that for people looking simply to improve their fitness, they usually up the portion sizes and add in protein shakes. However, the exercise well, Id never have believed it if youd told me before, but every morning Im still doing it. Not huge sessions, but tiny noticeable amounts which will hopefully have me sprinting to the bus stop well into old age.


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I love browsing the "As Is" section of stores. Most flaws are either not noticeable or easily fixable.
For instance:
At Bed Bath & Beyond, I found these two matching stools:
Both were in the "As Is" section.
One was marked $12.98 because the pieces didn't align up properly, as in "Manufacturer's Defect," but in fact it was just the store personnel's fault. They put it together wrong. I fixed it.
The matching stool was marked $2.98 (Not a typo!) because it was missing the wooden plugs to go over the screws.
That's a 98 cent fix from Menards.
They were originally $39.99
So...instead of paying $60 for the pair, I paid $17.
Moral of the Story:
Someone else's opinion of "broken" (whether it be objects or people) may be "perfect" in your opinion.


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"Madness is rare in individuals, but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
August 05, 2005
Religion and Science are Identical
Religion and Science are of the same process and this process is the manifestation of Man.
Cause and Effect: Where 'cause' is Unity and Effect is
existence, in multiplicity
Where 'effect' is the manifestation process of the
emergent phenomenon, in this case man. The process has an end; the point of return
where this point is akin to royalty as gold; redundant and final.
Effect innately intuits itself as belonging to Unity - this is Religion - it is an innate evocation
It is Intuition. It is the Esoteric - the spirit
Whereas Effect also emerges and manifests to know itself! "Know Thyself"
Function (of man) which is functional Intellect is about enquiry of "Thyself". This process is Science. This is Science! The enquiry into ourself!
It is also the Osirian Cycle!
Intuition guides Intellect while Intellect drives Intuition or Science & Religion are of the same process. It has been said that they are Twin Sisters!
That is, on the path between Cause and Effect or between Unity and Manifestation (at that point of the finality phase of the Effect) the active agents of this process are the esoteric knowledge or the intuitive or the innate experiential knowledge of origin or of Unity - that is, from whence one comes - and the exoteric knowledge which is Science, or the activity of enquiry upon ourself - in complicit and therefore experiential process.
Hence we have the irrational or the contradictory complementaries of emergent phenomenon as evidence of this equation.
All else is of the 'right; hand and is 'technology" that is a recursive stratgy for existence. Technology is not Science!
I say right hand as opposed to left hand as Right hand is controlled by the left hemisphere of the
brain where the Left hand is controlled by the Right hemisphere.
The Right hand represents the 'technological' aspect of man or the 'exoteric' whereas the left hand represents the 'esoteric' or 'spiritual' nature of man.
This was called by the Egyptians the 'crossing' or the 'irrational' and by the Buddhists was represented by their symbol cadeceus whereby every emergent phenomenon in the Universe is of 'duality' which means consiting of contradictory complementataries.
Gender is not duality but yet another aspect whereby two unique entities both consisting of contradictory complementaries, where one has more of one aspect while the other the opposite, such as acid and alkaline -
both being acids, can interchange in coagulation and seperate in coalescence,
it is the same with male and female.
And in "electricity" where there is positive charge and negative charge, and
in plasma - positive and negative ions differ mainly by the number of electrons.
The objective being "polarity". But polarity signifies achievement; the end; the point of return, redundancy as so represented by gold.
Science therefore is a path towards becoming 'effect' that is, manifested 'cause' or the achievement of purpose. You become what your mind intereacts in complicity with, and hence the Cycle of Osiris - the science of the ancient Egyptians left us millenia ago, ignored and forgotten.
Unity --> Multiplicity --> Unity --> Multiplicity -->
Simplicity --> Complexity --> Simplicity -->
ad infinitum,
Science is of the esoteric whereby technology is of the exoteric.
Make no mistake science is of the left hand the spiritual aspect of man whereby technology is of the right hand or the mechanical aspect of man.
Is this not irrational?
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- I am now considered too old to be of further threat but I have survived three institutional attempts to prematurely end my life during my career. The current Global Systemic Collapse (GSC), better described as a 'global leadership collapse' (GLC), is a socio-economic phase-transition brought about by the total failure of global "leadership", to find even the most basic of foresight and compassionate sensitivities to balance the imbalances and injustices that they have wrought on the World. Governments' are now attempting to create an exclusive risk-free corporate environment. This delusional ideology of pure insanity, cannot sustain. This sought "risk-free' corporate banking environment is to be achieved by transferring all risk and all financial losses to the tax-payers ("Main Street") while maintaining a highly secretive cabal of global elites and ruling politician and bankers. The simple truth is that our "Economic Theory" is a fatally flawed, faith-based farce, and "leadership" do not have the necessary intelligence nor intellect to confront the issues du jour. There are now only Heretics and Fools, but, there is always a "choice".


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A Death In Toronto
Wolfgang Droege, 56, was shot this afternoon at about 2:55 e.s.t. at his 2 North Drive Toronto apartment. His alleged killer was known to him and, to our knowledge, had no political involvement.
Mr. Droege was the founder of the the White Nationalist Heritage Front, which flourished from 1988 to 1994 and had branches in a number of Canadian cities, including Toronto, Niagara Falls, Ottawa and Montreal.
Droege, born in Germany, was fiercely proud of his German heritage and deeply resented the relentless hate propaganda directed at his people in the mass media.
He was strongly influenced by his friend David Duke and Duke's efforts to bring the White Nationalist movement into closer touch with young people. Like Duke, Droege was personable and a great communicator.
A natural "people person", he mixed easily with young and old, well off and those of modest means. The Heritage Front was highly successful in attracting people in their teens and 20s. It held music concerts which drew out a new generation.
Mr. Droege sacrificed his own well being and financial position for the cause for almost 20 years. At times his involvement brought him into conflict with the law; for instance, an attempt in the 1980s to back a sympathetic black politician in Dominica in exchange for financial concessions that might have helped fund the White Nationalist movement in North America. The planned invasion of Dominica, a small Caribbean island, was aborted by the intervention of U.S. agents. Mr. Droege was imprisoned for these activities.
On his release, he was offered a large sum of money by U.S. authorities. He turned down their offer.
He returned to Canada in 1988 and founded the Heritage Front, as a non-violent White rights organization, striving to fight such anti-White measures as "employment equity" (affirmative action).
Almost from the beginning, the non-violent Heritage Front, in contravention of the definition of "threat to national security" in the CSIS Act, was targetted by Canada's spooks. CSIS infiltrated a well paid agent, Grant Bristow into the Heritage Front. He funneled money to the HF and constantly urged violence and confrontational tactics, gradually leading the HF in a direction which destroyed it.
In 1993, after the terrorist Anti-Racist Action (ARA) trashed the house of Gary Schipper, the "hotline" voice of the Heritage Front, Bristow urged a violent response. When asked, Ernst Zundel warned Mr. Droege that a visit to the ARA's sleazy watering hole, Sneaky Dee's, was a trap. While Bristow jetted off the New York with his girlfriend, Wolfgang and some other HF members visited Sneaky Dee's. A fight ensued and Wolfgang came to the rescue of a young HF member being beaten on the ground. Mr. Droege's selfless courage got him arrested.
As Mr. Zundel had predicted, it had been a trap. With his previous criminal record, Mr. Droege was slapped with brutal bail conditions, including a prohibition from speaking to the press -- part of the state's efforts to gag opposition. He was sentenced to four months in jail. When he emerged, he found employment almost impossible to get and, although he was a proud man and would never circulate this story, even found himself cut off public assistance. Jamaican welfare mommas, yes; Wolfgang Droege, no!
The arrests and the revelation that a key HF leader had been a CSIS agent sent the Heritage Front into decline.
Mr. Droege withdrew from active politics to very successfully pursue business interests.
He was a kind and generous man and a magnificent raconteur. Many friends, young and old, were the recipients of his generosity and frequent dinner invitations.
I first met Wolgang Droege at a dinner to honour author and journalist, Doug Collins in Toronto, likely in 1988. While I was never a member of the Heritage Front, I saw him occasionally. He still held the views he always did, but had grown cynical about Canadians. He believed that Canadians had become a weak and broken people, who would continue to tolerate the massive immigration invasion and the systematic stripping of their rights UNTIL they were hit with a massive economic downturn. Things would not get better, in his view, until they got worse.
My condolences to his gracious mother, his old comrades and his many friends. His personal courage is a model.
- Paul Fromm
I would also like to add that I met Wolf during the Dominica incident in 1981, and he was without question one of the more impressive, intelligent, and dedicated people we've ever had on our side. I always regretted it when he finally got burned out and had had enough. We lost one of the good ones, folks. - HAC


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Free and open-ended improvisation and amplified sound work from Mats Gustaffson with the duo of Gennaro and Newman AKA Wrist Error.
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Catalog ID: SPL110
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Released: 1999
Country: Canada
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Recorded at Airwave Studio, in Chicago, Illinois, on May 17th, 1999.
Mats Gustafsson-soprano & baritone sax, flute, flutephone
Kurt Newman-electric guitar
Mike Gennaro-drums, percussion
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"Born 1964 in Umeå, Northern Sweden.Saxplayer, improviser and composer. Solo artist and international tours and projects with a.o. Sonic Youth, Merzbow, Jim O´Rourke, Barry Guy, Otomo Yoshihide, Yoshimi, Ken Vandermark and in working groups The Thing, FIRE!, Gush, Boots Brown, Swedish Azz and Fake (the facts). Large ensemble work with Barry Guy New Orchestra,FIRE! Orchestra and the NU - ensemble.over 1800 concerts and over 200 record productions in Europe, Australia, Africa, North & South America and Asia.Collaborations with contemporary dance, theater, art, poetry as well as projects with noise, electronica, contemporary rock and free jazz.Discaholic - running the discaholic corner website.Producer of international festivals and concert tours as well as work with own record labels Slottet, OlofBright Editions and Blue Tower Records."-Mats Gustafsson Website (http://matsgus.com/archives/category/bio)
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1. Port Huron 7:55
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"A flickering evanescent set featuring Swedish reed maestro Mats Gustaffson with the promising young Canadian duo of Gennaro and Newman also known as Wrist Error. The latter give credence to the reality of a new improvisation scene in Toronto. There is an appreciation of space and listening that belies the relative youth of this trio. Despite it being the meeting of a veteran improviser and two newcomers, the music is realized as though the three were already a long standing group."-Spool
"This is music existing in a relatively steady state of density. It is leaning forward music. Its energy level somehow resists translation into volume of textual surliness. ... This isn't a narrative or telling. It's a sequence of events you can narrate if you so desire."-David Grubbs, from the liner notes
"For those who favor Derek Bailey, the amplified sound of insects rustling through leaves, and other events sped up or manipulated, there is Mats Gustafsson, Kurt Newman, Mike Gennaro. Their Port Huron Picnic has them grabbing a sound, shaking it around for what it's worth, and moving on to more of the same. P.H.P. makes sound, not music -- this is the nature of their sound explorations. Kurt Newman's guitar, for instance, becomes a percussion instrument and a tonal one only in that it produces harmonics, overtones and the occasional, tempered, scalar utterance. This is well executed with great attention to detail and will appeal to a certain contingent which champions small group, spontaneous sound events."-Charles Winokoor, Cadence
"Newman and Gennaro may not be breaking new ground with each improvisation, but they give facility a good name, and they pose some real challenges to Gustafsson. Deprived for the most part of his power tools in this relatively low volume context, Gustafsson responds well, deftly deploying his baritone saxophone, flute and fluteophone (a flute fitted with a saxophone mouthpiece), particularly in mid-programme, to vary the timbral palette. Restraint is not always Gustafsson's strong suit, but here he is acutely deliberate in his interactions with Newman and Gennaro, who often have the scene well established by the time he makes his entrance."-Bill Shoemaker, The Wire
Improvised Music
Electro-Acoustic Improv
European Improv, Free Jazz & Related
Mats Gustafsson
Free Improvisation
Gustafsson / Newman / Gennaro
Port Huron Picnic


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Montelukast (trade name Singulair) is a leukotriene receptor antagonist (LTRA) used for the maintenance treatment of asthma and to relieve symptoms of seasonal allergies.[2][3] Montelukast comes as a tablet, a chewable tablet, flash tablet and granules to take by mouth.[4] Montelukast is usually taken once a day with or without food.[4] Montelukast is a CysLT1 antagonist; it blocks the action of leukotriene D4 (and secondary ligands LTC4 and LTE4) on the cysteinyl leukotriene receptor CysLT1 in the lungs and bronchial tubes by binding to it. This reduces the bronchoconstriction otherwise caused by the leukotriene and results in less inflammation.
Because of its mechanism of action, it is not useful in the treatment of acute asthma attacks.
Another leukotriene receptor antagonist is zafirlukast (Accolate). Zileuton (Zyflo), an asthma drug, blocks leukotriene synthesis by inhibiting 5-lipoxygenase, an enzyme of the eicosanoid synthesis pathway.[5]
The Mont in Montelukast stands for Montreal, the place where Merck developed the drug.[6]
Medical uses
Montelukast is used for a number of conditions including asthma, exercise induced bronchospasm, allergic rhinitis, primary dysmenorrhoea (i.e. dysmenorrhoea not associated with known causes; see dysmenorrhea causes), and urticaria.[7] It is mainly used as a complementary therapy in adults in addition to inhaled corticosteroids, if they alone do not bring the desired effect. It is also used to prevent allergic reactions and asthma flare-ups during the administration of intravenous immunoglobulin.
Montelukast is administered as montelukast sodium, with 5.2 mg of montelukast sodium being equivalent to 5 mg of montelukast.[8]
Adverse effects
Side effects include gastrointestinal disturbances, headaches, and hypersensitivity reactions, in addition to other generic adverse reactions. Eosinophilia has also been documented as well as edema in post-marketing. There is no exact statement connecting the two events in the FDA label information, however it is known that the drug Valproic acid which has an adverse effect of eosinophilia is directly linked with lymphadenopathy which is known to lead to edema.
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2014/020829Orig1s068,020830Orig1s070,021409Orig1s045lbl.pdf http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2016/018081s064,018082s047lbl.pdf
FDA investigation
In March 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it would investigate whether mood changes and suicidal thoughts are possible side effects of drugs in this class, including the popular drug Singulair, which currently lists these side effects.[9]
On June 12, 2009, the FDA concluded their review into the possibility of neuropsychiatric side effects with leukotriene modulator drugs. Although clinical trials only revealed an increased risk of insomnia, post-marketing surveillance showed that the drugs are associated with a possible increase in suicidal behavior and other side effects such as agitation, aggression, anxiousness, dream abnormalities and hallucinations, depression, irritability, restlessness, and tremor.[10]
Drug interactions
Montelukast, unlike many drugs, has very few drug-drug interactions. This is due to the lack of off-target affinity towards other targets in the body where it might exert an effect. However, it is important to note that montelukast is an inhibitor of the drug metabolizing enzyme CYP2C8. Therefore, it is theoretically possible that the combination of montelukast with a CYP2C8 substrate (e.g. amodiaquine, an anti-malarial drug) could increase the plasma concentrations of the substrate.[11][12]
Two genes of interest are ALOX5 and LCT4S.
Use with loratadine
Schering-Plough and Merck sought permission to market a combined tablet with loratadine (Claritin) and montelukast (Singulair), as many patients combine the two themselves. However, the FDA has found no benefit from a combined pill for seasonal allergies over taking the two drugs in combination,[13] and on April 25, 2008, issued a "not approvable" letter for the combination.[14]
Uses under study
Ludwig Aigner from Paracelsus Medical University in Austria presented findings at the October 2015 meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Chicago which showed that administration of Montelukast to older rats rejuvenated their brains, returning the same functionality as that of young rats. Human trials are planned, starting with Parkinsons patients.[15] The researchers conducted the experiment with montelukast because it reduces inflammation in the lungs and they thought it might also reduce inflammation in the brain. Some research has suggested that decline in memory skills may be associated with inflammation in the brain.[16]
Dosage and administration
The usual dose of Montelukast in adults and teenagers is one 10 mg tablet taken orally a day. In children 6 to 14 years of age the usual dosage is one 5 mg chewable tablet a day.
Singulair was covered by U.S. Patent No. 5,565,473[17] which expired on August 3, 2012.[18] The same day, the FDA approved several generic versions of montelukast.[19]
The United States Patent and Trademark Office launched a reexamination of the patent covering Singulair on May 28, 2009. The decision was driven by the discovery of references that were not included in the original patent application process. The references were submitted through Article One Partners, an online research community focused on finding literature relating to existing patents. The references included a scientific article produced by a Merck employee on the active ingredient in Singulair. A previously filed patent had been submitted in the same technology area.[20] Seven months later the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office determined that the patent in question was valid based on the initial reexamination and new information provided, submitting their decision on December 17, 2009.[21]
Brand names
Montelukast is sold under a variety of brand names including Montair-10,Montelo-10, Monteflo, and Tukast L in India, Montril, Lumona, Lumenta, and Arokast in Bangladesh, Monkast in Nepal, Respicare in Pakistan, Montelair in Brazil and AirOn in Venezuela .
- ↑ "EMC-Montelukast 10 mg film coated tablets".
- ↑ Lipkowitz, Myron A. and Navarra, Tova (2001) The Encyclopedia of Allergies (2nd ed.) Facts on File, New York, p. 178, ISBN 0-8160-4404-X
- ↑ "Asthma / Allergy ". Mascothealth.com. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- 1 2 Montelukast article on Medline Plus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a600014.html "Montelukast comes as a tablet, a chewable tablet, and granules to take by mouth. Montelukast is usually taken once a day with or without food."
- ↑ Chen, Chao; Lv, Yan; Zhang, Hong; Wang, Gang (2014). "Does zafirlukast reduce future risk of asthma exacerbations in adults? Systematic review and meta-analysis". Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine. 9 (1): 30. doi:10.1186/2049-6958-9-30. ISSN 2049-6958.
- ↑ http://www.merckfrosst.ca/mfcl/en/corporate/research/accomplishments/singulair.html
- ↑ "Montelukast Sodium". The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ↑ Soni, Rajeev; Sagar, Gali Vidya; Sharma, Pankaj (2012). "Formulation, development and in-vitro evaluation of mucoadhesive bilayered buccal patches of montelukast sodium" (PDF). International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Studies. 4 (2).
- ↑ FDA Investigates Merck Drug-Suicide Link
- ↑ Updated Information on Leukotriene Inhibitors: Montelukast (marketed as Singulair), Zafirlukast (marketed as Accolate), and Zileuton (marketed as Zyflo and Zyflo CR). Food and Drug Administration. Published June 12, 2009. Accessed June 13, 2009.
- ↑ Artesunate Amodiaquine Winthrop (artesunate, amodiaquine) [summary of product characteristics]. Gentilly, France: Sanofi-aventis; August 2010. http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/research/en/data/sanofi/marketed_products/Artesunate_and_Amodiquine.pdf
- ↑ German P, Greenhouse B, Coates C, et al. Hepatotoxicity due to a drug interaction between amodiaquine plus artesunate and efavirenz. Clin Infect Dis. 2007;44(6):889-891. PID: 17304470
- ↑ Rubenstein, Sarah (April 28, 2008). "FDA Sneezes at Claritin-Singulair Combo Pill". The Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ Schering-Plough press release - Schering-Plough/MERCK Pharmaceuticals Receives Not-Approvable Letter from FDA for Loratadine/Montelukast
- ↑ Hamzelou, Jessica (23 October 2015). "Old rat brains rejuvenated and new neurons grown by asthma drug". New Scientist. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ↑ Yirka, Bob. "Asthma drug found to rejuvenate older rat brains". medicalxpress.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ↑ 5,565,473
- ↑ Singular patent details
- ↑ "FDA approves first generic versions of Singulair to treat asthma, allergies". 3 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ "U.S. Reexamines Merck's Singulair Patent". Thompson Reuters. May 28, 2009.
- ↑ "Merck Says U.S. Agency Upholds Singulair Patent". Thompson Reuters. December 17, 2009.