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Pathologic skin picking (PSP) is characterized by repetitive and compulsive picking of skin which causes tissue damage. Although there have been no population-wide epidemiological studies of PSP, it has an estimated prevalence rates of 2.0%–5.4% in the general population (1–2). Individuals with PSP report that picking behavior causes scarring and infections, impairment in daily functioning, and significant distress stemming from their inability to control the behavior (3–6).
Treatment research for PSP is sparse. There has been only one randomized controlled study of psychotherapy for PSP (habit reversal compared to wait list) (7), and only two placebo-controlled, double-blind pharmacotherapy studies published to date (8–9). In the first pharmacotherapy study, 20 subjects were randomized to either fluoxetine or placebo for 10 weeks (n=10 per treatment arm). Fluoxetine demonstrated significant reduction in PSP symptoms on only one of three measures used to rate improvement (a self-report visual analog scale assessing change in skin-picking behavior with a Cohen's d effect size of 1.31) (8). The lack of significant active treatment benefits across other outcome measures may have been due to actual non-significance from the medication or possible due to type II error and limited statistical power. The other study consisted of 45 subjects treated with citalopram 20mg/day for 4 weeks (n=23 in citalopram group; n=22 in placebo group). In that study, citalopram failed to produce a greater benefit than placebo on the primary outcome measure although a secondary measure of quality of life found some additional improvement for medication (9).
Because data on the treatment response of PSP to pharmacotherapy are limited, the primary aim of the proposed study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of lamotrigine in PSP. The rationale for the use of lamotrigine was twofold: first, glutamatergic dysfunction has been implicated in the pathophysiology of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) (10–11), a disorder with some phenomenological and possible neurobiological links to PSP (for example, both PSP and OCD have similar ages of onset, individuals with both disorders spend excessive amount of time engaged in behaviors that are intended to reduce tension or anxiety, rates of co-occurring OCD are elevated in PSP samples and vice versa, and PSP is more common in first-degree relatives on OCD patients compared to controls (12–13)); and second, clinical reports supported possible efficacy of glutamatergic modulators in the treatment of both impulse control and obsessive compulsive disorders (14–16). Lamotrigine is thought to act via inactivation of voltage-sensitive Na+ and possibly Ca2+ channels, leading to suppression of abnormally increased neuronal firing and thus inhibiting excessive release of glutamate (17–18).
Because lamotrigine may target medial prefrontal glutamatergic drive to the nucleus accumbens (19), it may correct the underlying pathophysiology and symptoms of PSP. In fact, an earlier open-label study of lamotrigine in 24 subjects with PSP found that 67% had significant improvement in picking symptoms after 12 weeks of treatment (20). Therefore, our hypothesis was that lamotrigine would be more effective than placebo in treating individuals with PSP. The secondary aim of this study was to evaluate whether treatment responders and non-responders differed in terms of baseline cognitive flexibility and inhibitory control. Because cognitive flexibility appears dependent upon prefrontal cortical integrity (21), and because lamotrigine should modulate prefrontal glutamate functioning, we hypothesized that PSP subjects with impaired cognitive flexibility at baseline would respond preferentially to treatment in this study.
Men and women aged 18 to 65 with a primary diagnosis of PSP were recruited by newspaper advertisements for medication treatment. The diagnostic criteria for PSP, based on DSM-IV criteria for other impulse control disorders, has been previously reported (20, 22) and include the following: 1) Recurrent picking at or otherwise manipulating the skin that results in noticeable damage to the skin; 2) an increasing sense of tension, or an unpleasant emotional or physical state, immediately before picking the skin, or when trying to resist picking; 3) pleasure, gratification or relief at the time of picking; 4) the disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of function; 5) the skin picking is not due to a general medical condition; and 6) the skin picking is not better accounted for by another mental disorder (e.g., body dysmorphic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, delusion disorder, substance use disorder). Although several studies have not included criteria 3 and 4 into their definition of PSP (7, 9), we have done so to keep it consistent with the current DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for trichotillomania with which it shares phenomenological features (6, 10).
All subjects were required to have picked their skin during the week prior to enrollment and to have picked on average at least once per week for the past 3 months. Women's participation required negative results on a beta-human chorionic gonadotropin pregnancy test and stable use of a medically accepted form of contraception.
Exclusion criteria included: 1) unstable medical illness or clinically significant abnormalities on laboratory tests, or physical examination; 2) myocardial infarction within 6 months; 3) current pregnancy or lactation, or inadequate contraception in women of childbearing potential; 4) use of psychotropic medication; 5) any thoughts of suicide; 6) current Axis I disorder determined by the Structured Clinical Interview of DSM-IV (SCID) (23) and by SCID-compatible modules for impulse control disorders (24); 7) lifetime history of bipolar disorder type I or II, dementia, schizophrenia, or any psychotic disorder determined by SCID; 8) positive urine drug screen at screening; 9) initiation of psychotherapy or behavior therapy specifically for PSP within 3 months prior to study baseline; or 10) previous treatment with lamotrigine.
The institutional review board for the University of Minnesota approved the study and the informed consent. One investigator discussed potential risks of the study, as well as alternative treatments, with subjects. After complete description of the study, subjects provided written informed consent. This study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Data were collected from August, 2007 to September, 2009.
After screening, eligible subjects were randomized to either lamotrigine or matching placebo (in block sizes of eight, using computer-generated randomization with no clinical information). Randomization was done by the investigational drug pharmacy at the University of Minnesota and random numbers were assigned to each pill bottle dispensed to subjects. Consequently, the investigators, subjects, and research staff were blind to which arm of the study subjects were assigned.
Dose range selection was based on lamotrigine's clinical data in PSP. The previous open-label study of lamotrigine in individuals with PSP suggested efficacy with daily doses up to 300mg (20). Subjects began lamotrigine at 25mg/day every other day for 1 week. At week 1, the dose was raised to 25mg/day. At week 2, the dose was raised to 50mg/day for two weeks. Thereafter, all visits were scheduled every two weeks at which times the dose could be increased to 100mg/day, then 200mg/day, and finally 300mg/day unless clinical improvement was attained at a lower dose (clinical improvement was assessed by the investigator with respect to skin picking behavior, thoughts, and urges). If clinically necessary (e.g., because of side effects or an adequate response to a lower dose), the dose was raised more slowly or the target dose of 300mg/day was not reached. Subjects could not take other psychotropic medications during the study, and psychotherapy of any form (including cognitive-behavioral therapy) was not allowed during the study. Subjects who were not compliant with their use of study medication (i.e. failing to take medication for three or more consecutive days) were discontinued from the study.
Subjects were evaluated at entry into the study by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) (23) and SCID-compatible modules for impulse control disorders (24). Medical history, physical examination, and routine laboratory testing were performed. Skin picking symptoms were assessed using the clinician-administered Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Modified for Neurotic Excoriation (NE-YBOCS) (25). Subjects reported severity of skin picking using the self-rated Skin Picking Scale (26) and the Skin Picking Symptom Assessment Scale (SP-SAS) (20). Anxiety symptoms were rated with the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) (27). Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) (28). Psychosocial functioning was evaluated using the self-report version of the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) (29).
Subjects were seen weekly for two weeks, every two weeks for the next 6 weeks, and then one final visit after the last 4 weeks of the 12-week study. The primary outcome measure was the change from baseline using the Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Modified for Neurotic Excoriation (NE-YBOCS) (25). The NE-YBOCS is a modification of the Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, a reliable and valid, clinician-administered scale for OCD. This modified measure is a 10-item scale that rates picking symptoms during the last seven days on a severity scale from 0 to 4 for each item (total scores range from 0 to 40 with higher scores reflecting greater illness severity). The first five items of the NE-YBOCS comprise the picking urge/thought subscale (time occupied with urges/thoughts; interference and distress due to urges/thoughts; resistance against and control over urges/thoughts), and items 6–10 comprise the picking behavior subscale (time spent picking; interference and distress due to picking; ability to resist and control picking behavior). This modification of the Y-BOCS has previously been used in treatment studies of PSP (20, 25, 30) and demonstrated good psychometric properties in the current study (test–retest reliability showed a good correlation (n = 32; r = .747; p<.001) and the NE-YBOCS showed a good convergent validity when compared with the CGI Severity at visits 1 through 7 (n = 32, r = .698–.851; p<.001)).
Both NE-YBOCS subscales were evaluated as secondary efficacy measures. Other secondary outcome measures consisted of:
The Skin Picking Scale is a 6-item, self-report measure for the assessment of skin picking. Individual scale items range from 0 to 4 with a total score range of 0 to 24. The scale has demonstrated moderate internal consistency and good construct validity when correlated with self-reported average duration of skin picking episodes. Sensitivity and specificity analyses suggest that a cut-off score of 7 differentiates severe self-injurious and non-self-injurious skin pickers (26).
The SP-SAS is a modification of a reliable and valid self-report scale used for other impulse control disorders such as pathological gambling (31) and kleptomania (32). Subjects completed the SP-SAS at each study visit. The SP-SAS is a 12-item, reliable and valid, self-rated scale assessing picking urges, thoughts, and behaviors during the previous seven days (20). Each item is rated 0 to 4 with a possible total score of 48.
The CGI consists of two reliable and valid 7-item Likert scales used to assess severity and change in clinical symptoms. The improvement scale was used every visit after the screening visit. The scale ranges from 1 = "very much improved" to 7 = "very much worse." CGI-Improvement was rated by the clinician at each visit. The CGI severity scale was used at each visit and ranges from 1 = "not ill at all" to 7 = "among the most extremely ill." The CGI improvement was used to rate only changes in symptoms of skin picking.
The SDS is a three-item, reliable and valid self-report scale that assesses functioning in three areas of life: work, social or leisure activities, and home and family life.
The HAM-A is a reliable and valid, clinician-administered, 14-item scale that provides an overall measure of global anxiety.
The HAM-D is a valid and reliable, 17-item, clinician-administered rating scale assessing severity of depressive symptoms.
Safety assessments at each visit included evaluations of sitting blood pressure, heart rate, and weight. Adverse effects were documented and included time of onset and resolution, severity, action taken and outcome. Subjects reporting a rash of any kind were discontinued from the study immediately for safety reasons. The investigator recorded use of concomitant medications in terms of daily dosage, start and stop dates, and reason for use. Laboratory assessments (e.g., clinical chemistry, hematology, and urine toxicology) and urine pregnancy tests were performed only at screening. Compliance was monitored by pill count.
Cognitive testing was conducted using two previously validated tests taken from CANTABeclipse software (34). The choice of cognitive challenges was based on the clinical features of PSP. The compulsive and repetitive behaviors seen in PSP resemble those seen in trichotillomania (TTM) and possibly obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). The overwhelming urges to pick coupled with a sense of relief or calm after engaging in the behavior reported by those with PSP are very similar to the urges to engage in compulsive acts reported by those with TTM or OCD. Tests of neurocognitive functioning have been examined in TTM and OCD (35). Significant deficits of motor inhibition (Stop-signal task) were noted in both the TTM and OCD groups but only the OCD group showed deficits in extra-dimensional set-shifting (35). Due to the clinical similarities of PSP to TTM, we chose cognitive tasks that would best reflect the underlying impulsivity and cognitive flexibility of PSP. All testing was conducted in the same controlled environment to minimize confounding variables across subjects. The order of the tasks was fixed.
The stop-signal task was used to assess motor inhibition (36–37). On this test, subjects were instructed to respond to a left- or right-facing arrow which appeared on a computer screen in a rapid fashion. Corresponding motor responses were measured as were the subjects' ability to inhibit responses when an auditory "beep" (stop-signal) sound occurred on a subset of trials. Through an algorithm, the time taken to internally suppress prepotent motor responses was measured, i.e. Stop-Signal Reaction Times (SSRT). Key outcome variables were SSRT, mean reaction time on 'go' trials, and the total number of directional errors made. Inhibitory control on this task, as indexed by SSRT, has been shown to be dependent on distributed neural circuitry including the right inferior frontal gyrus (38).
Cognitive flexibility, i.e. set-shifting, was measured using the using the Intra-dimensional/Extra-dimensional Shift Task (ID/ED task), developed from the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test assessing frontal lobe integrity (39). This test involved nine stages using multidimensional stimuli presented as a visual discrimination task. On the task, subjects were presented with two stimuli on-screen for each trial, and attempted to learn an underlying 'rule' about which stimulus was correct. After each choice, the task provided the subject with feedback (right/wrong). After meeting learning criterion (6 consecutive correct choices), the rule was changed by the computer. Where learning criterion was not obtained within 50 trials, the task terminated. Key outcome variables were the number of errors made on the task overall (total errors, and total corrected errors) along with total errors for the Intra-dimensional (ID) and Extra-dimensional (ED) stages of the task. The 'total corrected errors' measure accounted for errors that would have been made had the subject completed all stages of the task. Cognitive flexibility, as measured by this task, has been found to be dependent on prefrontal cortex integrity (e.g. 21).
Sample size calculation, using baseline NE-YBOCS total scores reported in a previous study (mean score of 19.5 (SD 6.2)), was based on a simple test of mean differences. For this study, we assumed 15% and 40% decreases for placebo and for lamotrigine groups, respectively, by week 12, leading to mean scores of 17.8 and 11.7. Normal distribution was assumed. To detect a mean difference of 6.1 with 80% power and 5% significance level in a two-sided test, 36 subjects would be needed.
All randomized subjects were included in the analyses of baseline demographics and safety according to an intent-to-treat principle. In all efficacy analyses, only subjects who returned for one visit after starting medication were included. All tests of hypotheses were performed using a two-sided significance level of .05.
Primary analysis used the last observation carried forward (LOCF). Baseline and subsequent scores were compared with paired t-tests, two-tailed, Fisher's exact test, and Mann-Whitney. General linear models were used to explore the relationship of treatment assignment, time, and interaction between scores at baseline and endpoint.
Cognitive testing was examined as a possible predictor of treatment response. Subjects were grouped into "responders" (i.e. ≥35% reduction on the NE-YBOCS at last visit compared to baseline) or non-responders at study endpoint. Although there is no agreed upon definition of "response" in the treatment of PSP, we used a reduction of 35% on the NE-YBOCS to define "response in this study for several reasons: our previous open-label study of lamotrigine in PSP found that subjects overall demonstrated a 42% reduction on the NE-YBOCS (20) and to reduce possible placebo response, we wanted a more stringent definition of response than found in treatment studies of OCD where 25% reduction is the standard (40). Scores on baseline cognitive tasks were examined with the rater (SRC) blind to group assignment. Responders were compared to non-responders using one-tailed unpaired t-tests, assuming equal variance.
Of 41 subjects screened, 35 subjects with a current diagnosis of PSP met inclusion/exclusion criteria and were enrolled. Thirty-two subjects (mean age = 32.8 ± 13.3 years [range 18–65]; 29 females [90.6%]) returned for at least one post-baseline assessment. Sixteen subjects were randomly assigned to lamotrigine and 16 were assigned to placebo. Demographics characteristics at baseline are presented (Table 1). There were no statistically significant imbalances regarding age, gender, employment, living status, or measures of symptom severity between treatment groups at baseline.
PSP symptoms at baseline were generally moderate for the entire group. The mean score on the NE-YBOCS was 19.5 ± 4.1 [range 11 – 28]. Mean baseline score for the CGI-Severity scale was 4.2 ± 0.5, corresponding to moderate severity. Mean Sheehan Disability scale score at baseline was 13.3 ± 6.9 which corresponds to moderate social and occupational disability.
Mean age at onset of skin picking was 13 ± 9.18 years (range 4–58). Twenty-four subjects (75%) reported picking at more than one body part, and 17 (53.1%) picked at more than two. Fifteen subjects (46.9%) reported picking primarily at the face or head, 13 (40.6%) at the feet or hands, 3 (9.4%) at the arms or legs, and 1 (3.1%) at their torso. 30 (93.8%) were aware of beginning their picking behavior at least 50% of the time, whereas 2 (6.3%) were aware of picking less than 50% of the time and therefore were picking "automatically" most of the time.
Premature discontinuation (defined by categories in the study protocol and assigned by investigators to explain a subject's termination from the study – Adverse Events, Lack of Efficacy, Loss to Follow-up, Subject Withdrawal, or Other) was fairly common in both groups, with 7 (21.9%) of the 32 randomized subjects dropping out before week 12. Four (25%) of 16 subjects assigned to lamotrigine and 3 (18.8%) of 16 subjects assigned to placebo discontinued the study prior to 12 weeks. The most common reasons for discontinuation in subjects taking lamotrigine were an inability to meet the study schedule (n=3 [18.8%)]) and an adverse event of feeling disoriented (n=1 [6.3%]). Although no subjects on lamotrigine experienced a rash, two subjects in the placebo group reported a rash and were discontinued from the study for safety reasons.
Treatment with lamotrigine did not yield significantly greater efficacy than placebo at study end-point as assessed by the NE-YBOCS total score (Table 2 and and33).
Secondary outcome measures were consistent with the NE-YBOCS total score. In fact, there were no significant differences between treatment groups on any secondary measure (Table 2 and and3).3). The numerical improvement on all secondary measures for those on lamotrigine was greater than for those on placebo, but this difference never reached statistical significance (Table 2). In addition, of the 32 subjects, 7 of the 16 subjects (43.8%) of those assigned to lamotrigine were responders (defined as ≥35% reduction on the NE-YBOCS) at study endpoint compared to 5 of the 16 (31.3%) assigned to placebo.
Table 3 shows that there was significant improvement over time independent of treatment on several PSP scales. Total scores on the NE-YBOCS (p=.014), the behavior subscale of the NE-YBOCS (p=.005), the Skin Picking Scale (p=.001), and the SP-SAS (p=.001) all demonstrated significant improvement over time. Additionally, the SDS demonstrated significant functional improvement over time (<.001).
For those subjects assigned to lamotrigine, responders were compared to non-responders on cognitive tasks and significant baseline between-group differences were found (Table 4). Those who responded to lamotrigine exhibited significantly more ID/ED total errors at baseline (23 vs 11, > p=0.017) and more ID/ED total errors corrected (34 vs 11, p=0.017). This finding was driven by responders exhibiting worse ED-shifting (15 vs 5 errors, p=0.023).
In addition, lamotrigine responders showed longer (impaired) stop-signal reaction times at baseline (212 vs 164ms, p=0.008). For those who were assigned to placebo, placebo responders also demonstrated significantly longer (impaired) stop-signal reaction times at baseline compared to non-responders (294ms vs 167ms, p=0.022)
The incidence and severity of adverse experiences in lamotrigine-treated subjects were consistent with prior studies (20), and no unusual experiences were reported. Most adverse experiences were of mild to moderate intensity and most commonly occurred during the first week of drug treatment. Mean values in HAM-D and HAM-A scores remained at low levels throughout the study in all treatment groups, with no statistically significant differences between groups.
This randomized, double-blind, clinical trial failed to find lamotrigine superior to placebo in the treatment of PSP based on either the primary outcome measure or any secondary outcome measure. This study, the first to examine the efficacy of a possible glutamatergic agent (41–42) in individuals with PSP, found that skin picking symptoms failed to improve more in those assigned to active treatment than placebo. This finding appears to be inconsistent with an earlier open-label study which found a robust lamotrigine treatment response (20). One possible interpretation of these apparent "inconsistent" results with the earlier open-label study is that the earlier study did not include a placebo comparison. The results of this study demonstrate significant improvement over time in subjects independent of treatment. Future studies may need to use longer studies to see if time alone is associated with sustained improvement.
Another possible explanation for the overall negative results of this study could be that PSP is more heterogeneous than initially thought. That is, although many individuals will meet PSP criteria, there could be distinct pathophysiologies in any group of individuals with PSP with each giving rise to the same symptoms. Support for this explanation can be found in the analyses of the baseline cognitive tasks. Impaired flexibility (ED shifting) seems to be a marker of subsequent treatment response for those assigned to lamotrigine but not to placebo. Because impairments on this task are likely associated with deficiencies in the prefrontal cortex, this may suggest that only certain individuals with PSP prefrontal cortical dysfunction will respond to lamotrigine. Because lamotrigine appears to modulate glutamate from the medial prefrontal cortex to the nucleus accumbens, it would make sense that only PSP individuals with dysfunction of the medial prefrontal cortex would respond to this medication. The cognitive task therefore suggests that a certain sub-group of PSP subjects may have a particular pathophysiology and that knowing that pathology can improve treatment approaches. Future trials with lamotrigine and other glutamatergic agents could selectively enroll patients with impaired cognitive flexibility, since such impairment appears to be predictive of beneficial treatment response.
This study demonstrated that both lamotrigine-treated and placebo-treated subjects improved over a 12-week period, but unlike the open-label study of lamotrigine, the improvement seen here was much less. The primary outcome measure, the NE-YBOCS, saw a decrease of approximately of three or four points when compared to baseline. This is markedly less than the mean decrease of eight to nine points seen in the open-label study (20). Similarly the SP-SAS demonstrated a mean decrease of approximately 5 to 7 points in this study whereas the same scale witnessed a mean decrease of 10 points in the open-label study (20). The overall baseline measures for subjects in this study did not differ from those enrolled in the previous study and so baseline severity does not seem to explain these differences in treatment response. One explanation might be that expectancy dampens the results for both groups. In an open-label study, everyone knows they are receiving actual medication, but in a double-blind design, both groups may be less convinced that they are receiving medication and this may result in a more attenuated response. Support for this explanation can be found in alcohol research where those who believed they had been taking active medication consumed fewer alcoholic drinks and reported less alcohol dependence and cravings, independent of actual treatment assignment (43).
This pilot study represents only the third double-blind, placebo-controlled pharmacological study for PSP, and the only one to examine a non-serotonergic medication and to use cognitive tasks as predictors of treatment response. There exist, however, several limitations. First, the sample size for this study was small and may have precluded the identification of treatment outcomes between groups. The question of whether a larger sample would have detected differences between lamotrigine and placebo deserves further examination. In addition, the small sample sizes in each arm of the neurocognitive assessments suggest a need for larger replication studies to determine if one or more outliers may be responsible for these findings. Second, the study enrolled subjects seeking pharmacological treatment, not psychotherapy. These results, therefore, may not generalize completely to the larger population of people with PSP. Third, this study did not include behavioral therapy. Effective behavioral treatments (e.g., habit reversal and acceptance and commitment therapy) for PSP have been published (7, 44) and should be considered in conjunction with pharmacotherapies. It is possible that pharmacotherapy may have greater benefit when used in conjunction with psychotherapy and not when used as monotherapy. Finally, the study was only 12 weeks in duration. It is possible that more time was needed for response and that a longer trial might have demonstrated benefit from lamotrigine.
There are currently no Food and Drug Administration approved treatments for PSP. In this study, lamotrigine- and placebo-treated groups demonstrated comparable overall improvement. Further studies are needed to determine effective pharmacotherapies for this problem. Given that PSP, however, may be heterogeneous, future research should incorporate cognitive measures that reflect distinct pathophysiologies to determine differences in people who meet diagnostic criteria for PSP and thereby lead to more targeted pharmacotherapies.
GlaxoSmithKline donated medication and matching placebos. GlaxoSmithKline provided no funding for this study. Funding for the trial was provided by departmental funds. This research is supported in part by a Career Development Award by the National Institute of Mental Health (K23 MH069754-01A1) to Dr. Grant. Dr. Grant has received research grants from Forest Pharmaceuticals and GlaxoSmithKline. Dr. Chamberlain has consulted for Cambridge Cognition, P1Vital, and Shire Pharmaceuticals.
All work completed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Mr. Odlaug and Dr. Kim and report no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.
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Music for Kenneth Anger is the first chapter in a trilogy of performances dedicated to the American avant-garde cinema.
The performance was held at Milan's LOFT 21 on February 26th 2011 and hosted by the Inlandempire Project.
During the performance the movie "Inaguration of the Pleasure Dome" was screened.
Kenneth Anger (born Kenneth Wilbur Anglemeyer; February 3, 1927) is an American underground experimental filmmaker, actor and author of two controversial Hollywood Babylon books. Working exclusively in short films, he has produced almost forty works since 1937, nine of which have been grouped together as the "Magick Lantern Cycle", and form the basis of Anger's reputation as one of the most influential independent filmmakers in cinema history. His films variously merge surrealism with homoeroticism and the occult, and have been described as containing "elements of erotica, documentary, psychodrama, and spectacle." Anger himself has been described as "one of America's first openly gay filmmakers, and certainly the first whose work addressed homosexuality in an undisguised, self-implicating manner", and his "role in rendering gay culture visible within American cinema, commercial or otherwise, is impossible to overestimate", with several being released prior to the legalisation of homosexuality in the United States. He has also focused upon occult themes in many of his films, being fascinated by the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley, and is a follower of Crowley's religion, Thelema.
Born to a middle-class family in Santa Monica, California, Anger would later claim to have been a child actor who appeared in the film A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935); the accuracy of this claim has come under dispute. He began making short films when he was ten years old, although his first film to gain any recognition, the homoerotic Fireworks (1947), would only be produced a decade later. The controversial nature of the work led to him being put on trial on obscenity charges, but he was acquitted. A friendship and working relationship began subsequently with pioneering sexologist Alfred Kinsey. Moving to Europe, Anger produced a number of other shorts inspired by the artistic avant-garde scene on the continent, such as Rabbit's Moon (released 1970) and Eaux d'Artifice (1953).
Returning to the United States in 1953, he set about working on several new projects, including the films Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954), Scorpio Rising (1964), Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965), and the gossip book Hollywood Babylon (1965). Getting to know several notable countercultural figures of the time, including Tennessee Williams, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, Marianne Faithfull and Anton LaVey, Anger involved them in his subsequent Thelemite-themed works, Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969) and Lucifer Rising (1972). Following his failure to produce a sequel to Lucifer Rising, Anger retired from filmmaking in the early 1980s, instead publishing the book Hollywood Babylon II (1982). At the dawn of the 21st century he once more returned to filmmaking, producing shorts for various film festivals and events.
Anger has described filmmakers such as Auguste and Louis Lumière, Georges Méliès, and Maya Deren as influences,[4] and has been cited as an important influence on later film directors like Martin Scorsese, David Lynch
and John Waters. He has also been described as having "a profound impact on the work of many other filmmakers and artists, as well as on music video as an emergent art form using dream sequence, dance, fantasy, and narrative.
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
Anger created two other versions of this film in 1966 and the late 1970s. According to Anger, the film takes the name "pleasure dome" from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's atmospheric poem Kubla Khan. Anger was inspired to make the film after attending a Halloween party called "Come as your Madness."
Early prints of the film had sequences that were meant to be projected on three different screens. Anger subsequently re-edited the film to layer the images. The film – primarily the 2nd and 3rd revisions – was often shown in American universities and art galleries during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
The film reflects Anger's deep interest in Thelema, the philosophy of Aleister Crowley and his followers, as indicated by Cameron's role as "The Scarlet Woman" (an honorific Crowley bestowed on certain of his important magical partners).
The film uses some footage of the Hell sequence from the 1911 Italian silent film L'Inferno. Near the end, scenes from Anger's earlier film Puce Moment are interpolated into the layered images and faces.
Setp. 5th 2012, happy birthday Mr Cage!
Yesterday the prestigious Triennale Design Museum of Milan hosted us for a whole John Cage day and evening of lectures and performances (see previous post). A massive crowd attended
My contribute was an interpretation of Variations VI (1966)
Many thanks to
Sandro Mussida
Elio Marchesini
Alessandra Novaga
HurlaJanus Ensemble
Inkyung Hwang
Christian Schmitz
Luca Rullo
Lorenzo Villa
Triennale staff and everybody who attended (especially my students)
17.00 – 18.00 Guida all'Ascolto "Empty Words"- Elio Marchesini
18.00 – 18.45 Dialogo tra Inkyung Hwang, autrice del "Lungo treno di John Cage" e Michele Porzio, autore della "Metafisica del Silenzio, John Cage"
18.45 – 19.30 Concerto per pianoforte preparato, Christian Schmitz
20.00 – 22.00 Concerto e Performances a cura di HurlaJanus Ensemble, elettronica a cura di Giorgio Sancristoforo (AGON).
· Imaginary Landscape IV (1951)
· Sonata for Clarinet (1933)
· Telephones and Birds (Buskers) (1977)
· Suite For Toy Piano (1948)
· Variations VI (1966)
· The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs (1942)
· Dream (1948)
· Composed Improvisation For Snare Drum Alone (1987)
· Living Room Music (1940)
· 4'33" (1952)
MAY 4th, 2012 BASEL, SWITZERLAND
Again I've been invited to collaborate with the Composer Francesco Maria Paradiso, this time is a piece for percussions and fixed electronic media called "Taran Tam!"
I've worked with Francesco creating for him electronic sounds with Max/MSP and the Buchla Synthesizer. The composition will be performed by the Basel Symphony Orchestra Percussionists.
The premiere will be held at the prestigious Dreispitzhalle in Basel (CH)
Das sprengt sämtliche Horizonte: In einem spektakulären Konzerthappening begibt sich ein 14köpfiges Schlagzeugensemble auf eine Passage entlang bedeutender Stationen der neueren Musikgeschichte, unterstützt von handverlesenen Gästen und Live-Elektronik.
Werke von Edgar Varèse, Anthony Pateras, Luigi Nono, Francesco Maria Paradiso, Keitaro Takahashi, Jacopo Baboni Schilingi, Achim Christian Bornhöft, Pietro Luca Congedo, John Cage, Iannis Xenakis und Alex Buess.
Schlagzeuger des Sinfonieorchesters Basel und Gäste
Domenico Melchiorre, Konzeption und künstlerische Leitung
In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Haus für elektronische Künste, dem Elektronischen Studio der Hochschule für Musik Basel und der Christoph Merian Stiftung
20.00 Uhr – ca. 24.00 Uhr
Türöffnung: 19.00 Uhr
Dreispitzhalle Basel, Helsinki-Strasse 5, Münchenstein
Eintritt: CHF 35 / 20 (Schüler, Studenten, Lehrlinge)
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– energies collisions transformations-
Ionisation – Edgar Varèse (1883-1965)
for twelve percussionists and piano, (1931)
Refractions – Anthony Pateras (*1979)
for percussion sextet, (2009)
Con Luigi Dallapiccola – Luigi Nono (1924-1990)
for six percussionists and electronics, (1979)
"Taran Tàm!" – Francesco Maria Paradiso (*1960)
for twelve percussionists and digital soundfile, (2012) world premiere
– 30 Minuten Pause –
– in time and space –
Bricolage – Keitaro Takahashi (*1986)
for six percussionists and live electronics, (2012) world premiere
Igitur Semper – Jacopo Baboni Schilingi (*1971)
for solo trombone, percussiontrio and live electronics, (2011)
Infrarot – Vision Impossible – Achim Christian Bornhöft (*1966)
für 4 Schlagzeuger und Stereotonband, (1999)
Clinamen – Pietro Luca Congedo (*1977)
for 6 percussionists, mechanical drum, automata, and live electronics, (2012) world premiere
Imaginary Landscape No.5 – John Cage (1912-1992)
for any 42 phonograph records, (1952)
– 30 Minuten Pause –
– out of order I out of border –
Orient Occident – Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001)
for tape, (1957)
Mind Machine – Alex Buess (*1954)
für Schlagzeugtrio, Tonband und Live-Elektronik, (1990/91) world premiere
Visit M° Francesco Paradiso here
Inside the synthesizer a white noise is processed with three narrow bandwidth band pass filters connected in serial configuration so to obtain quasi-sinusoids sounds. Both the sources are further transformed by a balanced modulator, a frequency shifter and the four Low Pass Gate (Vactrol Amplifiers/Filters); the whole sound system is stochastically controlled by the Source of Uncertainty 266e module.
My latest work was a collaboration with the Italian composer Francesco Paradiso. Together with Massimo Marchi at AGON and the actress Adele Pellegatta, we have created a very singular performance of words and sounds based on a Finnegans Wake extract.
Adele Pellegatta read a chapter of Finnegans, while a 9 channels PA system is filled with delays and live electronics constantly moving in space and interacting with the voice. As a matter of fact each electronic event is controlled by the voice. The text itself is music, it has a vast number of onomatopeic sounds trough all the lyrics. Located across a river with an incredible number of words (or segments of words) that refer to rivers' names, it is very clear that Finnegans Wake has an aquatic soundscape. For this reason the synthesis section and the delays were all imagined as "pictures" of water, or allegories to better say.
The performance was premiered at the San Fedele Auditorium of Feb 27th, 2012
Unexpected Word Space by Francesco Paradiso
Excerpt from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake
Concept and direction by Francesco Paradiso
Voice: Adele Pellegatta
Programming, sound design, live electronics: Giorgio Sancristoforo
Sound direction: Massimo Marchi
An AGON production
Centering around two free New York City concerts, on June 28th and July 7th, the series is a collaborative initiative of New York-based curatorial organizations, Harvestworks and ((audience)), and takes place as part of the River to River festival. The first event will feature a modular synth fair and we will be interviewing Buchla musicians for a program on Art on Air. See bios, exhibitors, links below.
Thurs June 28th // South Street Seaport // 210 Front Street NYC
Control Voltage Faire 3-8pm
Buchla Recital ft Alessandro Cortini, Carlos Giffoni, Mark Verbos 8-10
Late concert ft Xeno & Oaklander and Loud Objects
Sat July 7 // Schimmel Arts Center // 3 Spruce Street NYC
Richard Lainhart tape piece
Morton Subotnick premiers "Energy Shapes"
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Where's Obama's Encryption Policy?
The news has been flooded with reactions to Apple's principled stance in defense of user privacy. But even as Apple opposes the FBI's demands to undermine the security of its operating system, where is President Obama on the issue of strong encryption?
On Wednesday, the President's press secretary said that "the F.B.I. can count on the full support of the White House." Does that mean President Obama is going to turn his back on strong security for modern tech?
EFF, Access Now, and a coalition of nonprofit and industry groups launched a public petition calling on President Obama to defend strong encryption and oppose backdoors in September. We used the We The People API, Obama's preferred petition tool, and quickly surpassed 100,000 signatures.
President Obama has promised to respond to any We the People petition that receives at least 100,000 signatures. But so far, we've gotten only nonresponses.
The We the People site shows a brief message from White House staff dated December 8, 2015, stating that the White House "wants to hear from you on encryption" and encouraging people to send more feedback on the issue. Then on December 24, 2015, the White House acknowledged it had received over 5,000 responses and asked for even more feedback.
The White House ends its message with "Thanks, and we'll be in touch soon."
It's been nearly two months without an update. With the FBI pressuring Apple to break the security of the iPhone, the stakes are higher than ever.
Remember, this isn't just about one phone. If Apple caves to government demands, it creates a key that could potentially be exploited by other government agencies—including those outside the United States—and may be a tempting target for hackers.
As Apple explained in its recent FAQ, "Law enforcement agents around the country have already said they have hundreds of iPhones they want Apple to unlock if the FBI wins this case. In the physical world, it would be the equivalent of a master key, capable of opening hundreds of millions of locks."
That means all Apple users will be less secure, including those in the White House.
This is an issue that President Obama should care about personally. After all, he posted his first tweet using an iPhone, he uses an Apple iPad 3 and a 2013 MacBook Pro at his Oval Office desk, his assistants are Mac enthusiasts, and he even gave Queen Elizabeth an iPod.
It's time for President Obama to show leadership and courage on encryption. We're calling on the President to stand with human rights organizations, tech companies, and over 100,000 concerned technology users and defend encryption.
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Recently, our office initiated a new initiative we're calling the "Keep the Neighborhood Clean Campaign" to help clean up the streets of our home: Greenwich Village.
As a small company that literally hits the streets with our customers every single day, we're in a unique position to receive feedback from visitors to the neighborhood. In the past 14 years, we've toured thousands of hungry tourists and New Yorkers through the picturesque and historic Greenwich Village, and recently we've been receiving comments from our guests about the garbage on the streets and sidewalks. "This is New York; we expect it!"
But we expect more from New York. This is not the reputation we want for our great city or one of our favorite neighborhoods, so we officially began the Keep the Neighborhood Clean Campaign.
|Director of Operations Amy Bandolik gets hands on.
Our campaign inclues the following:
- We've asked all local shops and restaurants to clean up in front of their establishments by 10:15am (picking up garbage, sweeping, hosing down the sidewalk).
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- If a shop is having trouble accommodating our requests, we're going to work with them to come up with a solution that will work for everyone.
- We'll also be working in conjunction with the ACE clean up crews.
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We realize that keeping streets that accommodate thousands of visitors a day is no small task, especially for the smaller businesses that have only one or two people working at a time. But with our direct help and the entire neighborhood working in this concerted effort, we know that keeping Greenwich Village beautiful will have a direct positive impact on the businesses, as well. Additionally, we'll be reducing the amount of waste that ends up in the sewage system and our waterways as a result of runoff when it rains.
It's not a glamorous effort that will have any kind of fancy one-time payout, but it's one that we find well worth our time. Many of the businesses in the neighborhood are already great stewards of the space outside their storefronts, so it is our hope that we'll do an even better job when we are all working together to keep the streets clean.
|It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it!
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For every student who's ever worried about spending a lifetime in the third grade and for every teacher who's faced a class where nobody remembered to bring milk money, these thirty-eight poems capture the excitement, challenge, heartbreak, and wonder of life in elementary school. Through her fresh, lively word pictures, Dakos manages to find surprises in every corner of the school.
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- January 3, 2017
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New year 2017 is beginning! It's time again to take account of where we stand in our life's dreams and goals. What can we check off the list? And, what is still in progress? And, maybe there's something new to add. But first, let me count my blessings. I'm filled with gratitude, thankful for you! What a JOY it is to have friends like you to walk through this weaving journey with me.
Here's what you'll find on my looms right now:
Thank you for joining me through 2016!
May you have joy in the journey.
Happy Weaving New Year,
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I love the "Year in Review" and see so many favorites. Your work is simply beautiful and inspiring. You are brimming with talent!
Happy New Year, Karen!
A lovely and inspiring post! I enjoyed the video of your weaving year.
Truly Blessed, thanks for all you share.
Thanks for sharing. Seeing the Faro piece bring to mind a question. I am working on a Whig Rose scarf. Trying to weave according to tradition and the warp is 8/2, weft is Faro and 16/2 for tabby. Just wondered if you had used cotton and wool and how you wet fingers she'd it ? Thanks
A year of accomplishing lots! You do black and white especially well. I enjoy your posts.
I just joined in on your posts! It's part of my goals for 2017 to surround myself with others who love weaving, and to be inspired and motivated to continue learning from them. Thanks for having this blog!
Hi Karen,
I enjoyed seeing your transparency, because I have used the same 16/2 linen to weave pictorial transparencies for the last 10 years or so. Is your sett 12 epi? How many selvedge warps are doubled on each side? I have never tried using chenille for the inlay, but this gives me a new idea to try!
Happy New Year, and God bless you and your family!
Hi Karen, Happy New Year! Thank you so much for all the work you do for us, your posts are always beautiful and informative. I have been sick for a bit but I can't wait to get back to my loom soon.
Happy weaving,
The year in review is so Inspiring Karen!
Sometimes we don't look back to view where we've come from. We just keep plowing forward. The past gives us a much needed perspective on where we're going. Your video reminded me of that simple face. And the music was perfect for that reflection.
Thank you Karen. Keep up the 'good' work.
Happy weaving new year!
Tom Z in IL
I love your web page. I look forward to each one. I have learned a lot from you even tho I have been weaving for about 12 years.
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Two Long Alpaca Scarves
- By Karen
- November 22, 2016
- 15 Comments
The end is near. I can see the end of the pre-measured tape. These two long scarves could be named "too long" scarves. The repeating pattern of this eight-shaft twill is very…repetitive. And the color is very…monotone. Soft and warm, they will certainly be beautiful scarves…eventually. Can you tell I am ready to be finished?
I don't always have patience. I want things to hurry up; I want to be finished now. And I don't want trouble along the way. Obstacles make me lose my patience; and my attitude becomes unattractive. As much as I try to stay positive, the negative thoughts can get the best of me. When we're at our worst we need kindness the most. Kindness changes us. Kindness reminds us to look at what is being woven.
We all need and desire kindness, even when we don't deserve it. Grace is pure kindness toward the unworthy. God gives great grace. He takes an unworthy subject like me and pours on kindness. In that grace I find the patience I need for today. Oh, how lovely that scarf will be!
May you give and receive generous amounts of kindness.
Giving thanks,
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These scarves are beautiful. Your selvages are impressive. I can almost feel the softness of these alpaca scarves. Lovely, lovely work. I'm curious to know how you do these hem stitching. I need to go back and look through your tutorials. I'm not a new weaver but an inexperienced one for sure and I'm very much enjoying your blog.
Very ice they will be, but i know what you mean about repetition .
Beautiful Karen! I love that pattern.
Santa is coming early for me this year (tomorrow) my sweet husband got me a 8 shaft Baby Wolf! I'm so excited! Can't wait to get going on it and try some new patterns!
Interested in the packing on the cloth beam….if you were not having fringe on the scarves and were weaving the entire warp, would you pack the cloth beam?
On a different topic…
Have you used this technique (there are many different sumac designs) as an edge on any scarf, blanket, etc.?
You are a jewel 🙂
I shared your post to my FB page and said "One of my favorite blogs that I follow. Karen is a jewel that sparkles even on a dark cold winter day <3 "
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Wavy Twill Rythym
- By Karen
- October 21, 2016
- 17 Comments
I'm happy when I find my weaving rhythm, and I'm almost there with this scarf. This alpaca yarn is a weaver's dream. No warp ends are breaking, and the weft compliantly scoots into place. That means I can put most of my attention on other details.
This wavy 8-shaft twill has straight twill threading, which means the pattern is in the treadling. It's not difficult treadling…once you get the hang of it. But, as usual, it takes practice. It is tricky to find and correct errors because of the subtle curve in the pattern. The more practice I get, the smoother the weaving goes, and the fewer errors I make. There is no shortcut to the kind of confidence that comes from attentive practice.
Did you know you are gifted? There are skills and insights that come easier for you than for other people. The gifts that God put in you, that are in your DNA, set you apart. Practice them to gain confidence. Put your attention on using your gifts. You may be surprised how much your gifts bless others. Finding your rhythm is worth the effort it takes. (And, on the subject of DNA, here's an interesting perspective from Sarah H. Jackson, Textile Artist.)
May you unwrap your gifts.
With you,
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Oooo! Undulating twill. When I was a relatively new weaver, I was delighted to learn I could weave something so complex looking on my four harness loom. Yours is gorgeous and the alpaca yarn must feel so soft and delicious. I love the gentle color of your yarn.
Karen, I enjoy so much reading your posts. It helps me in my weaving skills and gives me neat ideas to try. It also is encouraging to me in my walk with God. I recently got an older Glimakra standard loom I'm having fun getting acquainted with. What is the easiest way to move the beater back (and then forward again) on the notches? Do you use both hands, and put one under he beater and one on the upper cross bar to hoist it back? Mine weaves 52″ so is a rather heavy beater. I don't want to have to get up to do it, because that is why I'm moving it – to avoid having to get up as often to release the ratchet. Just wondering how to do it with the least amount of body strain.
Hi Karen, Looking forward to seeing the Alpaca scarf when finished…too bad we won't be able to feel it…soft and cuddly, I'm sure, not to mention beautiful. I'm really curious about the breast beam on the loom, can you tell us about it.
Happy weaving and thank you,
Would you explain how you are using the tape/ribbon as a measuring device? I REALLY need to improve my system! Enjoying your posts very much. Nanette
New reader of your blog here, thanks for your interesting projects! Are you willing to share your draft for this turned undulating twill? I fiddled around on the weaving software and couldn't quite get mine to look like yours. Thanks!
Yes! I'm always telling people that everyone has a gift. You just have to find it. Then when you do, you should respect it by putting in the hours to develop it into something great.
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Autumn Alpaca
- By Karen
- October 7, 2016
- 4 Comments
Autumn is the perfect time of year to plan alpaca scarves. This three-ply alpaca yarn is dreamy. The thing I love about winding a warp like this is the feel of the soft yarn as it goes through my fingers. This warp is going on the big loom for an eight-shaft wavy twill.
The first pass around the warping reel must be correct, which is why I measure the distance first with a guide string. After the first pass, I simply follow the correct path around until all 136 alpaca ends have been included. I am already starting to dream about the eventual soft and cozy scarves.
Following the path of the guide string is like having faith to follow Christ. Faith grows in good soil. And there is no better soil than Christ himself. I don't yet see the scarves, but it's not hard for me to imagine what they will be like. I have touched the yarn, and the completed warp chain is a sweet preview. When we see what Christ has completed, faith takes root and gives us reason to trust him for everything else.
May your roots grow down into good soil.
The Three Rosepath Rag Rugs For Now have been hemmed and are listed in my Etsy shop. Take a look!
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I hope to see your alpaca scarves in your Etsy shop!
Like you, I have some alpaca waiting to be used. But as a new weaver, I have hesitated. Could you share what your plans are for the sett and also the weft? The alpaca is so beautiful, I want to be sure I use it correctly. Thank you for the help.
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Quiet Friday: Eight-Shaft Block Twill Rugs and More
- By Karen
- September 23, 2016
- 20 Comments
The sample piece, a long rug and a short rug with string yarn, and a short rag rug. I look on these results with fondness. A challenge and a joy to weave! The two string yarn rugs will have bound hems when I get a chance to do that. I have world map fabric for the hems. The sample piece and the rag rug piece are destined to become cute bags. I have all the supplies–band loom-woven strap, and yarn to make a band loom-woven strap, lining material, and a handwoven remnant to use as inside pockets. Now, all I need is time. And we all have as much as we need of that.
May you have all the time you need.
All the best to you, my dear friends,
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That is one beautiful Lucia Annabella! And some delightful weaving. My mother use to tell me, "You have all the time there is."
Thank you, Karen. So lovely.
We all have time for what is important. I can choose what to put first in my life. You have placed God first and it shows in every other aspect of your life.
I'm hoping you can help me, again, by giving me an idea of how much string garn it might take for a lovely rug such as the pink one shown here. Thanks in advance for your help–especially as you have other things on your mind.
From one grandma to another…
Although everything you make is just beautiful, little Lucia Annabella shines even brighter 🙂
Love, Elisabeth
Pictures speak a thousand words! I really enjoy seeing your weaving process and all the lovely items you make, and the beautiful grandbaby.
As you are a weaver that gets good use from your Glimakra, may I ask where you rest your feet when not pressing a treadle? I'm almost ready to bring one into my home and while I've sat at one I haven't woven more than a pass or two on it. I have a Norwood Jack loom and just slide my feet to the base of the treadle when switching. Of course, a Standard is set up differently. Thanks for your advice and any tips you may have for my Glimakra contemplation.
Your photos including all of your finishing ideas are very helpful! Would you tell me what part of the world you are in? Just curious–since you use meters, etc.!! Grand babies are beautiful everywhere–even when they grow up.
Thank you, Karen, for all the clear pictures and inspiration. Now I am keeping my fingers crossed that there will be pictures (or even a video) of the process of binding a rug with fabric. I wonder how you reinforce the rug before sewing the binding on, and how long a cloth binding would last on a rug. It is not a quilt, after all. Every one of your posts teaches me things and leads me to ask questions I had not anticipated. The mark of a true teacher! Looking forward to seeing the finished products (on Etsy?). Greetings from France, Gerda


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The 18-year-old midfield player has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association and suspended immediately pending his appearance before a disciplinary commission.
Notley, a first-year professional, is the first player to provide a positive sample in around 300 tests conducted already this season, a sign that the authorities are winning the war against drugs.
However, the results of the doping control unit's visit to the London club's training ground on 4 November, two days after he returned from a month on loan with the Icis Premier League club Dagenham and Redbridge will have serious results for the youngster.
Both Ecstasy and cocaine are Class A substances and the latter is regarded as a performance enhancer. The last player caught taking cocaine, Roger Stanislaus of Leyton Orient, was banned from football for a year and sacked by his club.
Notley is the third Charlton player caught by the random tests. Teenagers Dean Chandler and Lee Bowyer, who is now an England Under-21 player with Leeds, were given counselling when they were among the first detected, although their offence was cannabis use.
A fourth Charlton player, Craig Sloan, has confessed in the tabloid press on several occasions to drug use, but was never charged by the FA.
Alan Curbishley, the Charlton manager, said yesterday: "We are very disappointed. No other football club has worked as hard as we have. After the Lee Bowyer situation we have worked very closely with the FA and the police.
"We have had drug awareness talks here for everyone and we have been doing in-house drug testing. The players at this football club know they are going to be tested. If someone is going to take drugs after all the information we have given out, they only have themselves to blame. I knew about this three weeks ago. The player has now got to put his mind on rehabilitation.
"We have been very successful with our youngsters and this comes as a blow for us. Other football clubs have got the same problem. It is perhaps no coincidence the players caught here are all 17-year-old players. Perhaps it is a sign of the times.
"Jay has not featured in the first team and barely played for the reserves here. He has lost his way on the field lately as well as off it. Perhaps that is connected, I don't know. It is going to be a tough couple of months for him.
"I hope and wish that he does the rehab and comes out of it successfully. The stuff he has been taking is not conducive to healthy living and I hope he sorts himself out. Essentially, if people want to take drugs, though, they can do. What can you do to stop them?"
An FA spokesman, Steve Double, said: "It is the first time we have come across a cocktail of drugs like this, so it is obviously a serious matter." However, he insisted football was winning the fight to clean up the game. "Two seasons ago, there were 12 positive results from 272 tests. Last season, there were seven from the same number of tests.
"This season we have stepped up our testing to around 500 and this is the first positive result from around 300 already carried out, which is encouraging. But we cannot afford to be complacent.
"Our aim is to focus on the professionals and in particular the younger players, who are the most likely to be at risk from drugs."
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Old-timers battle it out for 'Calcutta Cup'
If they were a number plate, the Rhinos Rugby Football Club who will turn out this Friday would be worth a pretty penny.
The total age of the starting XV who will run out against the Hong Kong Police team is 888.
It couldn't have been choreographed better. But 888 it is as the 15 players battle it out against their arch-rivals in a traditional fixture celebrating its 25th anniversary.
'It is purely by chance the ages add up to 888: we didn't plan this,' said Rhinos chairman Les Bird.
'The replacements are a little younger.'
The trip down memory lane will be one full of Kodak moments, with the Rhinos boasting six former Hong Kong internationals - four in the starting line-up including tighthead prop Steve Tarrant (age 58), locks Allan Payne (61) and Mark Turner (53), open-side flanker Bill Mason (53) and two more on the bench, Rick Field (52) and Rob Bulloch (52). Payne and Field are former Hong Kong captains.
Formed in 1985, the Rhinos have played the Police on the Friday of the Sevens for the past 25 years and, come rain or shine, this fixture will go ahead into the future, Bird says.
'I was a founder member and am the current chairman of the club,' Bird said. 'The Rhinos are predominantly an Asian barbarian touring club that, these days, focuses on charitable work, spreading the word of rugby and hosting coaching clinics for underprivileged children in the venues we tour to.'
In 1988, the Rhinos challenged the then Royal Hong Kong Police rugby club to a match in the week before the Sevens. It has always been held at the Police Club at Boundary Street.
'One of our members was in Calcutta in the weeks before that first Police versus Rhinos match and he picked up a silver cup in a Calcutta market,' Bird said. 'He presented the cup to the two teams before this first fixture and we have been playing for our Calcutta Cup every year on the Friday of the Sevens since then.'
In order to commemorate the 25th anniversary, Bird (60) rummaged in his old belongings to unearth his boots so he could once again be on the park.
'The fact I was the captain of the Rhinos in that first fixture 25 years ago and, as I have just turned 60, I thought it would be the thing to do,' said Bird, a bustling No8 in his heyday. 'I e-mailed all our members and asked if any other 'originals' would like to do the same, and pull on the shirt one more time. To my absolute amazement we have actually managed to attract all 15 Rhinos who played in 1988 and will kick off this year's fixture with exactly the same starting XV as we did in 1988.
'Rhinos from all over Asia, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and many other countries are flying into Hong Kong to play in the match and celebrate the 25th anniversary of our Calcutta Cup.'
To add spice, their opponents will also feature a number of old-timers.
'We are pleased to hear the Police team will include some of the players from 1988 such as their former captain and Hong Kong international John Heptonstall,' Bird said. 'I know Lynn Edwards and Nori Ray will be at the match, although I am not sure they will be on the park.'
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