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Physical and Chemical Properties Resources
- AHFS Drug Information Annually updated by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, AHFS (American Hospital Formulary Service) Drug Information is the only drug information reference compendium published by a non-profit scientific association.
- ChemIDplus This database maintained by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides information on more than 390,000 chemicals, including synonyms and structures. Search by registry number, name, molecular formula, structure, physical and toxicological properties.
- DrugBank This unique bioinformatics and chem-informatics resource combines detailed drug (i.e. chemical, pharmacological and pharmaceutical) data with comprehensive drug target (i.e. sequence, structure, and pathway) information. The database contains 6811 drug entries including 1528 FDA-approved small molecule drugs, 150 FDA-approved biotech (protein/peptide) drugs, 87 nutraceuticals and 5080 experimental drugs and includes information on drug targets and drug-drug interactions. Maintained by Genome Alberta, Genome Canada, and GenomeQuest, Inc., an enterprise genomic information company serving the life science community.
- Martin's Physical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences: Physical Chemical and Biopharmaceutical Principles in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Reference book provides information on the application of the physical, chemical and biological principles in the pharmaceutical sciences, with content on drug delivery, solid oral dosage forms, pharmaceutical polymers and pharmaceutical biotechnology, and updated sections on nanotechnology.
- The Merck Index Contains over 10,000 monographs with information relating to compounds of significance in research, commerce and environmental impact. Molecular weights have been recalculated with the latest IUPAC standards and there are revised periodic table and atomic weight tables. Made available by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
- PubChem This National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) resource provides information on the biological activities of small molecules and a fast chemical structure similarity search tool.
- USP-NF Online The USP-NF (United States Pharmacopeia and National Formulary) Online contains standards for medicines, dosage forms, drug substances, excipients, biologics, compounded preparations, medical devices, dietary supplements, and other therapeutics manufactured and marketed in the United States. Its monographs provide specifications for identity, strength, quality, purity, packaging, and labeling for substances and dosage forms. There are currently five essential compounding General Chapters in the USP–NF (To search for chapters in USP-NF Online, select the Advanced Search option and then the Chapters tab.)
- [chapter] <795> Pharmaceutical Compounding—Nonsterile Preparations
- [chapter] <797> Pharmaceutical Compounding—Sterile Preparations
- [chapter] <1160> Pharmaceutical Calculations in Prescription Compounding
- [chapter] <1163> Quality Assurance in Pharmaceutical Compounding
- [chapter] <1176> Prescription Balances & Volumetric Apparatus
- USP's Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) USP's FCC includes more than 1,200 ingredient-specific standards, including monographs, provisional monographs, and FCC identity standards. It also contains more than 150 General Tests and Assays, providing procedures frequently cited in ingredient-specific standards, sometimes with acceptance criteria, in order to avoid repetition of this text. Additionally, FCC includes a General Information section with up-to-date relevant informational materials on method validation and various analytical techniques, reference tables, information on current Good Manufacturing Practices, and a complete reprint of USP's Food Fraud Database.
Compounding Reference Resources
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Toronto's Formulas More than thirty recipes are provided from CHEO, in PDF.
- GI Cocktail/Pink Lady Formulas Four formulas linked from RPhWorld.com.
- [Trissel's] Handbook on Injectable Drugs This e-book includes more than 330 monographs with information on the compatibility, stability, storage and preparation of parenteral drugs. Through the STAT!Ref e-book database.
- Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Compounding Recipes Index Site lists SickKids liquid formulations and instructions to make the ones most commonly requested from the hospital.
- IWK Compounding Formulas More than seventy formulas published by the IWK Health Centre in Nova Scotia.
- Magic Mouthwash Formulas From Randy Otterholt, DDS.
- Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference* This e-book is searchable within MicroMedex®Solutions. The academic license for this database limits its consultation to demonstration purposes only, for training students in the use of its licensed content.
- Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)* These safety sheets are a data set searchable within MicroMedex®Solutions. The academic license for this database limits its consultation to demonstration purposes only, for training students in the use of its licensed content.
- Nationwide Children's Hospital's Compounding Formulas Consult from more than 125 compounding formulas, in downloadable PDF, from Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
- Pharmaceutical Calculations E-book with calculations for compounding. In LWW's Health Library database.
- Secundum Artem Secundum Artem (SA) is a source of information for pharmacists on techniques and procedures for extemporaneous compounding, both traditional and high technology and is an ongoing CE program provided for by a grant from Perrigo Pharmaceuticals.
- UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Pharmlab Compounding & Lab Exercises Nearly thirty exercises and videos available from UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
- UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Pharmlab's Listing of Formulation Records More than forty formulations, in PDF, from UNC-ESP's Pharmacy and Compounding Laboratory.
Resources on Compounding Practices
- Ansel's Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems This edition includes updated drug information and has an increased focus on physical pharmacy. Coverage incorporates all new dosage forms on the market as well as those in the current US Pharmacopoeia-National Formulary.
- The Art, Science and Technology of Pharmaceutical Compounding This e-book addresses all aspects of good manufacturing practices for compounded medications. The compounding of each dosage form, from powders and granules to injectables, is addressed, with additional chapters covering veterinary compounding, compounding for special populations, compounding for specific procedures, compounding for clinical studies, compounding cosmetics, compounding with hazardous drugs, and compounding in the event of a natural disaster or terrorist attack. Nine appendices provide essential information on the compounding process and examples of standard operating procedures.
- A Practical Guide to Contemporary Pharmacy Practice This handbook details the steps of receiving the prescription, preparing it, and completing a compound. The book includes expanded information on sterile dosage forms and their preparation; medication errors; processing tools for improving compounded preparations and reducing errors; a new chapter on systems of measurement and basic pharmaceutical calculations; and a new section on veterinary pharmacy practice. Patient cases with the sample compounded prescription orders and parenteral preparation medication orders show typical situations and problem-solving to meet special therapy and patient needs.
Secondary Literature
- International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA) indexes unique content from 850 specialty pharmacy journals dating from 1970 through the present and includes citations from all state pharmacy journals and presentation abstracts from major pharmacy meetings. Produced in cooperation with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).
- PubMed This index, maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), contains more than 24 million article citations from over 5,500 biomedical journals and links out to full text articles when available on other sites. Click the ACP Library blue button on citation-level pages to link to full text articles in ACP's Full Text E-Library or request items via interlibrary loan. PubMed includes the MEDLINE® index, in addition to indexing other life sciences journals and books.
Primary Literature
- Conway JM, Brown MC. A Flowchart for Selecting an Ointment Base. Am J Pharm Educ. 2014;78(1):16. doi:10.5688/ajpe78116.
- American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (AJHP) (articles from 2002-present) AJHP, with full text articles available through EBSCO's MEDLINE Complete, periodically publishes new formulations with stability data.
- International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding (IJPC) (articles from 1997-present) The IJPC includes peer-reviewed scientific articles, articles on pertinent topics, informational and professional articles, calculations, and other departments relevant to the practice of compounding. Articles and manuscripts are reviewed by pharmacy practitioners, academicians and scientists, as well as by others with expertise in various specialties. The editor-in-chief is Loyd V. Allen, Jr. To search issues from 1997-present, click on Store in the taskbar.
*Click on View to open an article in PDF. Clicking on a hyperlinked article title will prompt for payment.*
- US Pharmacist - Contemporary Compounding Regular column published in the monthly journal US Pharmacist on compounding issues.
Print Materials
- Allen's Compounded Formulations Published in 2003, this print volume presents 168 of Loyd V. Allen Jr.'s "Contemporary Compounding" columns reprinted from U.S. Pharmacist, organized by therapeutic category. The basic formulas offered in this collection provide for some uniformity of preparation, as well as a starting point for further modification for specific patients.An introduction to good compounding practices, tables presenting equivalent values for compounding calculations, a directory of suppliers of compounding chemicals, a glossary of terms, and a dosage form index and drug index supplement the columns. Call number: QV 778 A427 2003, Main Collection
- Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients More than 350 monographs state the physical properties of excipients and information on their safe use and potential toxicity. Monographs include: pharmacopoeial information from the United Kingdom, Europe, Japan and the United States where relevant; non-proprietary names and synonyms; chemical name, CAS Registry number, empirical formula, molecular weight; functional category, applications and incompatibilities; material description and typical properties; safety, stability, storage and handling information; and method of manufacture. All monographs are thoroughly cross-referenced and indexed to allow their identification by chemical, non-proprietary or trade names. Call number: QV 735 H236 2012, multiple copies.
- Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference Also searchable as a database within MicroMedex® Solutions, Martindale's contains over 6000 monographs, including 200 new monographs, on drugs and ancillary substances such as herbals, pharmaceutical excipients, and toxins and poisons. There are over 180,000 preparations giving details of preparation name, manufacturer, ingredients, and uses for proprietary preparations and now covering over 40 countries and regions, including China. The content is evidence-based and extensively referenced with links to the published literature. Call number: QC 738.1 M3, multiple editions.
- Pediatric Drug Formulations Contains more than 360 extemporaneous formulations for pediatric patients, for both parenteral and oral use, with documented stability data. Copy available for checkout in the Main Collection, Call Number: QV 735 N14p 2011.
- Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy This reference material covers the entire scope of pharmacy education from the history of pharmacy and ethics to the particulars of industrial pharmacy and pharmacy practice. (A very limited preview of the 21st edition of Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy is available through Google Books Multiple print editions are available in the library, Call number: QV 704 R388.)
- Trissel's Stability of Compounded Formulations This compilation provides all currently available stability information on drugs in compounded oral, enteral, topical, ophthalmic, and other specialized preparations. Based on data published over the past 55 years, the reference summarizes specific formulations and stability studies. It helps readers (a) determine whether formulated compounds will be stable for the anticipated duration of use, (b) properly store and repackage compounded formulations, (c) formulate in accordance with documented standards, and (d) counsel patients on the use and storage of compounded medications.
Monographs are available on 510 products, including 77 new monographs and 433 updated from the previous edition arranged alphabetically by non-proprietary name. Call number: QV 735 T837t
Web Sites
- ASHP's Sterile Compounding Resource Center The American Society of Health-System Pharmacist's resource center on sterile compounding.
- Inactive Ingredient Database This FDA database provides information on inactive ingredients present in FDA-approved drug products. This information can be used by industry as an aid in developing drug products. For new drug development purposes, once an inactive ingredient has appeared in an approved drug product for a particular route of administration, the inactive ingredient is not considered new and may require a less extensive review the next time it is included in a new drug product. Database is updated quarterly.
- International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists (IACP) This association represents more than 3,600 pharmacists, technicians, students, and members of the compounding community who focus upon the specialty practice of pharmacy compounding.
- Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board PCAB Accreditation gives patients, prescribers and payers a way to select a pharmacy that meets or exceeds USP's high quality standards.
- Pharmacy Compounding Resource Center Check the FDA's resource center for news, updates, regulatory and policy information, and other resources on compounding for health care providers and consumers
- PharmacyTimes® Compounding Hotline A monthly Q&A column published in the magazine Pharmacy Times®.
- Professional Compounding Centers of America (PCCA) PCCA's mission is to strengthen the role, position and skills of its member compounding pharmacists.
- USP Compounding Standards & Resources Selective chapters from the more complete USP-NF (link under first section) with standards on compounding to help compounding practitioners adhere to widely acknowledged, scientifically sound procedures and practices, and facilitate the delivery of consistent and good-quality prepared medicines to patients.
Legislative Information
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21: Food and Drugs, Part 58 Good Laboratory Practice for Non Clinical Laboratory Studies
- Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21: Food and Drugs, Part 110 current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs)
- Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA) Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) with respect to the regulation of compounding drugs. Exempts compounded drugs from new drug requirements, labeling requirements, and track and trace requirements if the drug is compounded by or under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist in a registered outsourcing facility and meets applicable requirements.
- FDA Compounding Guidances Procedurals, based on the DQSA, were issued by the FDA in December 2013 for drug and pharmacy compounding.
- State of Disarray: How States' Inability to Oversee Compounding Pharmacies Puts Public Health at Risk April 2013 report prepared and released by the office of former House representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA).
- Compounding Pharmacies, Compounding Risk October 2012 report prepared and released by the office of former House representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA).
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No don't worry… this isn't turning into a wedding blog, but I am getting married soon (YAY! So excited) and I"'ve been looking to pinterest for some inspiration.
I love the look of feathers and burlap. Not sure if Mule would wear one like this… but I'm just might make it and see.
I ADORE this banner! You'll definitely be seeing something like this in my wedding pictures :)
These cup cake toppers are super sweet.. but I am not sure how you'd sanitize them and keep bits of wood out of the cup cakes and icing. Thoughts?
I've already started making heirloom paper roses out of book pages for my bouquet. So far I am in love!
Its going to be a small wedding, but there will be jars and candles! A must have!!
In case you didn't notice, I'll be using a lot of burlap :) Our colors are cream, blue, grey and (burlap) brown. I'm going for a country/vintage/rustic feel. Any one else have any ideas for me?

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The most surprising thing lately, in a month of surprises, is the climate. Not the actual climate mind you, which is of course still warming at an alarming rate (DON'T LOOK AT THE DATA!) No, I mean the civil climate, the pulse of our communities, is shocking. More shocking, I posit, than the intrusion by the IRS, NSA, DHS, etc. into the sanctity of our private lives. On some level, we know that we're constantly under surveillance. We laugh and joke about it, attempting to denigrate the competence of Big Brother's bureaucracy, but an awareness of surveillance is a nerve which runs through the brain-stem of the American psyche.
Look no further than the success of films like The Matrix, Enemy of the State, The Hunger Games, and The Conversation to catch a glimpse of this tacit acknowledgment. We get a thrill from the thought of being singled out by a malevolent and omnipotent government. Of course, we breathe a sigh of relief when we leave the theater, thankful that it wasn't us in the cross-hairs, but we never really doubt that these plot-lines are at least plausible. Okay, the thought of Keanu Reeves being a software programmer is absurd, but the rest…
So I don't think that anyone was truly surprised about the past month's revelations. If you're a conservative, you have known for years that the government has a bone to pick with you and your small-government ideals, and these new revelations were just confirmation of long-held beliefs. If you're a liberal, you have divorced yourself from reality at least five years ago and these "allegations" about the IRS and NSA are just attempts by a racist minority to subvert the agenda of a truly visionary, progressive leader (man, it hurts to even type that).
But the truly surprising thing about the whole situation is the climate in America today. The complete lack of outrage from the American people is disconcerting. Yes, the usual stalwarts are outraged and (rightfully) calling for heads to roll. Beck, Limbaugh, Levin, Palin, you, and I have likely never felt more vindicated than we have during the past month.
But the average American seems to be taking the news in stride. I have yet to read about any widespread protests against the Obama Administration's egregious intrusion in the lives of law-abiding Americans. There has been no civil disobedience planned (or community organizing, for that matter). No massive, spontaneous, organic, outraged unrest over the fact that our government has "forced" our service providers to divulge our private correspondence and communication.
In fact a WaPo-Pew poll released this week indicates that 56% of Americans believe it is "acceptable" for the spy agency to collect phone records of Americans and 45% believe that the government should be able to go further to monitor all online activity, if it would prevent future terrorist attacks. So the tepid response to the myriad scandals has a simple answer: fear. A large portion of Americans are willing to trade their liberty for an empty promise of safety from an overbearing and intrusive bureaucracy. Is this a good trade? Is this a responsible reaction to very real possibilities which exist in the world today?
Our intelligence agencies have recently abandoned traditional schools and techniques of spy-craft to focus on "big data", which is the aggregation of as much data as possible in the hopes of gleaning nuggets of useful information from the large haul. It is essentially the difference between mining and gold-panning. Sure, you can find an occasional gold nugget, sifting through the silt and river sediment, but not as much gold as when you send a trained crew of miners where you know gold can be found.


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Sunday, June 11, 2017
Bow to Her Majesty
While it is not really her birthday, there seems a distinct lack of will in Australia to get rid of Queens birthday long weekend, with Monday off for many, not for me. I think the public holiday day we have was King George's birthday date.
I will miss our friend's Queen's birthday annual bash, which I regret but, that is why I will receive double time plus one half for working. That is, to compensate me for missed social gatherings.
Money comes and goes. Social gatherings become limited as you age. I would rather attend than have the money.
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Every public holiday can be problematic. Queen's birthday irritates Republicans, Cup Day is too Melbourne-focused, Australia Day is read as anti Aboriginal, Guy Fawkes night is illegal now and young people don't know what ANZAC Day stands for.ReplyDelete
I think she's marvelous! Such a shame you can't go to the party Andrew.. will R go?ReplyDelete
Are your penalty rates to be cut back, like so many others? I hope not. I really hope not.ReplyDelete
If they are, it sounds like the perfect excuse/reason to attend next year's festivities.
At least Little Jo knows what each occasion is. There would be many who didn't know.ReplyDelete
Penalty rates - don't they go soon for some?
I think maybe we should just de-frock all these holidays and make them generic so they do not upset all the people. :)ReplyDelete


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I demand so much from my four year old (FOUR YEAR OLD)! These are things I cannot do either (and I don't need to tell you how old I am...older than he is and that is all that matters). God has been showing me these things through Jacob's behavior because I was too blind to see it in myself. Was I too blind? Or was I too unwilling? I have excuses. Reasons to act that way. Entitlement, right? I have three little ones! Of course I'm allowed to lose my patience, raise my voice, and get all grumpy toward the world in my frustration and annoyance! Right?
Being a mom isn't about convenience. Nothing is convenient. They don't ever need correction, hugs, kisses, discipline, etc. at a time that is convenient. Spills always happen right after you mopped. Boo boos always need kisses when you're elbow deep in raw meat for dinner. Sibling problems always happen when you're trying to fold laundry. Discipline is always needed when you're on the phone. Sickness always comes when your calendar demands you to stay on track with the schedule all week. Questions always require answers the minute the restroom door clicks shut. No, it isn't convenient.
When I think about God, my heavenly Father, I can't say I've ever thought of Him as an impatient parent. He doesn't sigh with exasperation and slam down the raw chicken and storm over to a sibling squabble to rip the treasured toy out of the hands of all parties involved or half-heartedly kiss a boo-boo and send me on my way. He doesn't get "fed up". No phone call is too important when discipline is required. Sickness is a blessing because it is a time to draw near. Questions are welcomed, regardless of the deep desire for a quick moment of peace. I mean, God is busy running the world, but nothing, nothing (!!) is too inconvenient for Him.
God has called me to be a mom. It is a high and important calling. My job is to point my children toward the gospel in all things. All things! That includes how I respond to them when I'm tired, frustrated, fed up, folding laundry, on the phone, in the restroom... I should expect to seem them mimic the way I act. How I wish they could see more of the Holy Spirit in me!
Lord, I pray you will fill me to the brim with your Holy Spirit. Only You can empower me to love my children in a way that points them toward you in all things. This, Lord, is the deepest longing of my heart. Father, let them not be inconveniences. Let them be great opportunities to point them yet again to your cross and to their need to one day come to know you as Savior. I cannot do this alone. I cannot do this by my own strength. Lord, help me to see all those minor inconveniences as blessings--blessed opportunities to talk more of our dependence on you! Amen.
I'll leave you with a picture of what God says our love should look like. My prayer is for the Holy Spirit to empower me to love my children in light of His word:
Love is patient and kind;
love does not envy or boast;
it is not arrogant or rude.
It does not insist on its own way;
it is not irritable or resentful;
it does not rejoice at wrongdoing,
but rejoices with the truth.
Love bears all things,
believes all things,
hopes all things,
endures all things.
Love never ends.
~1 Corinthians 13:4-8~


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An unusual sight greeted travelers on the University of Minnesota Transitway in Minneapolis a few weekends back.
A photographer sat on a trailer faced backwards, staring intently through his video rig at a young Somali man getting ready to run.
"So this is what we are going to do," said video-maker Jefferson Pinder, who sat on a bike attached to the trailer. "We are going to go down here to that silo. Off you go."
Pinder was shooting the video for the Northern Spark Festival this weekend in Minneapolis. It will be shown on the side of a building at 5th Street and Hennepin Avenue.
The Chicago-based artist makes videos of African-American people working, aiming to show how physical effort changes them. For him, running is work that involves expending energy. He tries to capture those moments when exhaustion hits.
But for the video shot in Minneapolis, he wanted to add an extra layer and explore the tradition of long-distance running among Somalis.
"I think there are a lot of really rich associations with endurance and East Africans in general," he said.
The video, which Pinder calls "Relay," features about a dozen Somalis of all ages, running hard. The huge images will be shown on a downtown building Saturday night through Sunday morning.
Pinder said the video amounts to a series of portraits that have allowed him to learn about Somalis.
"Their experience is very different than mine as a black man, you know?" he said. "And when I was putting together my ideas for this project, I thought it would be really wonderful to do an honest piece about a population of black people that I feel I have a connection with but culturally are very different from me."
Planning the video shoot took months of presentations and meetings in which he explained the process to the Somali community. That's when Pinder heard their stories.
For Sarah Peters, Northern Spark's associate director, the project is well worth the effort.
"The idea that we would be able to engage a different segment of the population than maybe is normally engaged with Northern Spark was exciting to us," she said.
The video generated excitement among runners.
"I'm about to run for the first time, that's all I know," Abdirizak Bihi said with a laugh as he waited his turn.
At first, Bihi denied being a runner. Then he recalled how when he was a young man back in Somalia, he and friends went for long runs several times a week. On Sundays they ran along the beach in Mogadishu.
Bihi is one of the people who worked with Pinder on the project, which he sees as good for Minnesota Somalis.
"After we have so many big time issues, it is difficult for the community to perceive us as good neighbors, sometimes," he said. "So this will help our image."
After a weekend of shooting, Pinder took his tape to Washington D.C., where he spent the last month editing. Reached there by phone, he said he is pleased with the way it's turning out.
It's not the kind of quick cutting video seen on television, he said, but more of a meditation on people and movement.
Pinder hopes seeing the images of Somali faces projected across a downtown building will encourage Minnesotans to learn more about their neighbors — as he has.
"Quite frankly it was a huge learning curve, and I feel like I am still learning a lot about the plight of Somali-Americans," he said.
Pinder believes he has a lot more work to do with his Somali material after Northern Spark. He's planning a multi-screen museum presentation, with sound, which he promises to bring back to Minneapolis next year.


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Inspirational Eco-Friendly Pioneers
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The world is full of extraordinary people achieving some mind-blowing feats of nature, but a surprising number of those hitting the record books are also unknowing champions for eco-friendly travel. Whether they were in it for the personal challenge, to raise money for charity, or simply because opportunity presented itself, these 7 pioneering travelers rode across countries on horseback, sailed the seven seas, cycled the globe, or clocked up some impressive distances on foot, becoming an inspiration not only for those of us who dream about expanding our travel horizons, but for everyone who frets that the only way to bear the weight of their carbon footprints is to stay home.
1. Peter Jenkins
There are few better ways to turn your back on modern technology and go back to basics, than to set out on a mammoth cross-country hiking expedition, but few would manage the extremes reached by Peter Jenkins on his trailblazing walk across America. Recently graduated from Alfred University and disillusioned by the Watergate generation, Jenkins' started out from New York in October 1973, undertaking a journey that took him an incredible 5 and a half years to complete, finally culminating in Oregon in 1979. The mind-blowing journey traversed the country, seeing Jenkins taken in by a black family in North Carolina, experiencing a commune in Tennessee, working on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, reconnecting with God as he trekked through the South and even getting married along route (his wife finished the journey with him). Oh, and working his way through around 40 pairs of shoes. The first part of his journey was chronicled in the 1970's bestseller 'A Walk Across America', which remains one of history's greatest travel memoirs – an ode not only to the determination and perseverance of Jenkins himself, but to his beloved country in all its vast and varied glory.
2. Evliya Çelebi
A revolutionary traveler far ahead of his time, Evliya Çelebi's extensive cross-country travels throughout the Ottoman Empire were remarkable not only for their vast scope and impressive distance covered, but for the detailed accounts he provided of his accomplishments – no mean feat when you consider this was back in the 17th Century. Trailblazing routes atop his trusty Arab steeds, Evliya Çelebi inspired a group of modern-day adventurers to follow in his footsteps back in 2009, waymarking the 'Evliya Çelebi Way', which covers the early stages of the legendary traveler's 1671 journey to Mecca (covered in the Evliya Çelebi Way guidebook by Caroline Finkel and Kate Clow). The trekking route is a 621 miles (1000km) long route best undertaken by horseback, beginning in Hersek in the in Altınova district and running through Afyon, Uşak, Eski Gediz, and Simav, through many villages and country roads little-visited by tourists. It's not just about the route itself though – Turkey's long-standing equestrian traditions, acclaimed horse breeds and its modern day renaissance as a popular horseback riding destination make it a great place to rediscover one of the oldest methods of eco-friendly travel available. As historian Professor Gerald MacLean puts it: "Turkey is a land that asks to be traveled on horseback" and with its acres of still-undiscovered landscapes and incredibly varied terrain, it's easy to see what he means.
3. Ed Stafford
Sweltering temperatures, deadly tropical diseases, and unforgiving terrain; the Amazon might be one of the world's most incredible natural landscapes, but its not without its potential hazards. While most of us are content to drift downstream on a passenger boat or spend a few days wildlife spotting in the jungle beneath a haze of mosquito repellent, English adventurer Ed Stafford took his journey of the region to the extremes, becoming the first person to walk the entire length of the Amazon River. A former British Army Captain and expedition leader for conservation company Trekforce, Stafford undertook the challenge for several charities, setting out on 2nd April 2008 and taking over 2 years to complete the journey from the southern coast of Peru to the Brazilian Atlantic coast where he arrived on 9th August 2010. The popular TV series 'Walking the Amazon' aired the following year, documenting the expedition, which also won Stafford the 2011 European Adventurer of the Year title, as well as a place in the Guinness Book of Records. Whilst Stafford remains insouciant about his eco-warrior status, his epic trek served not only to draw the world's attention to the area's immense beauty, but to highlight the fragility of the natural ecosystems and the need to encourage preservation efforts and prevent deforestation.
4. Jessica Watson
In the days when most of us have foregone sailing boats and cross-channel ferries for budget flights and stopover packages, Jessica Watson is one of a new generation of sailors proving that the elements are all you need to get you from point A to point B. A modern Australian heroine of the seas, the 16 year old sailed around the world in a remarkable 210-day journey setting out on October 18th 2009. Sadly, the trip fell short of the World Sailing Speed Record Council's criteria for circumnavigation of the globe, meaning that the record-breaking trip was not officially recognized (Jessica would have been the youngest person to sail non-stop and unassisted around the world), but her trip hit headlines nonetheless, proving that age and gender pose no boundaries when it comes to wanderlust. Jessica's boat, 'Ella's Pink Lady', now housed in Sydney's National Maritime museum, employed a self-steering windvane system, harnessing wind power to help propel the boat across the seven seas.
5. Annie Londonderry
Not only did Annie Londonderry snap up the title of the first woman to cycle around the world, but she pioneered a new wave of feminist thinking along with it. "I am a 'new woman' if that term means that I believe I can do anything that any man can do," she is famously quoted as having said, and she certainly proved critics wrong after completing her 15-month journey. 25 years old, a mother of 3, and having never ridden a bike before, Annie might have been a unlikely candidate for such an undertaking, but never one to shy away from a challenge (supposedly the idea was first posed to her as a bet), she set out from Boston in 1894. Cycling through Europe, across the Mediterranean to Egypt, sailing to Singapore and crossing much of Asia before returning to San Francisco and cycling back across the United States to her family in Boston, the journey cemented Londonderry not only as one of the most remarkable women of her generation, but one of the most entrepreneurial – she made around $5000 on her travels, using her bicycle as 'billboard' space, undertaking numerous interviews and photo opportunities on route and writing about her journey on her return. She even gained a sponsorship deal from the Londonderry Lithia Spring Water Company of Nashua – from whom she took her name.
6. Ewart Grogan
History is full of tales of the insurmountable lengths people have gone for love, but few are quite as extraordinary as that of Ewart Grogan, a British explorer who became the first person to walk across Africa, in an effort to prove his worthiness and strength of character to his love interest's disapproving stepfather. Assumedly his incredible show of perseverance was convincing enough, as after a 2 ½ year, 4,500 mile journey from Cape Town to Cairo, being made a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and being granted an audience with Queen Victoria, Grogan finally got to marry his sweetheart. Fast forward 100 years and American journalist Julian Smith immortalized the journey in print with his book Crossing the Heart of Africa, following in the footsteps of Grogan to prove his sincerity to his fiancée's family. It seems flowers and diamonds just don't cut it these days.
7. Robert Garside
Forest Gump might be the cross-country runner that first springs to mind, but his real life counterpart, Robert Garside, didn't just run across America, he became the first person to run around the world. Dubbing himself the "Runningman," the British athlete started out from New Delhi, India on 20 October 1997 and completed the route nearly 6 years later. Along the way he racked up 5 days in a Chinese prison (due to visa issues), crossed 29 countries on six different continents, covered around 35,000 miles (56,000 kilometers) and even met his future wife along the way. The expedition wasn't without its share of controversy though, with a vocal group of naysayers insisting that his claims didn't ring true – accusations that were thoroughly investigated and dismissed by Guinness before he finally made it into the Guinness World Record book in 2007.
Read more about ecotourism around the world:
- 6 Ways to Stop the Excuses and & Make Eco-friendly Travel Easy
- 8 of the Best "Live Like a Local" Experiences
- 10 Festivals that Celebrate Local Produce
- Paradise on a Budget: Eco Retreats that Won't Break the Bank
- 10 Tips for More Eco-Friendly Travel
- How to Plan an Eco-Friendly RTW Trip: 9 Destinations to Go Green
- 6 Things You Didn't Know About Ecotourism
- 8 Green Ways to Experience Belize
- 10 of Europe's Most Eco-Friendly Cities
Every traveler is free to create their own story. Whether or not your journey is written of hundreds of years later, your travels can still employ the principles of ecological responsibility and cultural sustainability. Global Basecamps specializes in creating custom Tanzania safaris, and sustainable Galapagos cruises, among many other featured destinations. Call one of our travel specialists today to begin planning your adventure!
Photo credits: Wandering the world, girolame, rickz, Sheba_Also, Michael Neubert, delayed gratification, mrtruebeliever


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My stamp-n-play date was yesterday and this is one of the two projects I did! Glenda did an entirely different Christmas card. I tried out the new shimmer paint Stampin Up is carrying in the new mini catalogue. I mixed 10 drops of paint with 1 oz of 70% rubbing alcohol. It sprays great but with my large piece of paper ( I sprayed the large soft suede) it warped it sooo on the smaller pieces (2 soft suede scalloped squares) after I sprayed I put a heavy book on top. I'll redo the card and see if it works on the larger piece of cardstock. IRL is shimmers so nicely! I've never used glimmer mist but I imagine this is what its like, a gentle glitter. I'm thinking that next time I mix up a batch of mist I'll try to find 99% rubbing alcohol, it'll dry faster and perhaps won't warp paper!I did this challenge for the Flourishes challenge "A season that sparkles!" found here.
Stamps: Christmas village by stamp barn, stampin up snow swirled
Paper: whisper white, soft suede
Ink: soft suede
Other: scallop square punch, kaleidoscope embossing powder, shimmer paint, MS snowflake punch
I also wanted to say I was spotlighted in the first ever Saturday Spotlight with hidden potential!! Yippee. My not Halloween card was one of three spotlighted. You can go here and have a look at the winners! Have a great Thanksgiving weekend!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Christmas Village
Posted by Dawn Frost at 7:47 AM
3 comments:
- AnonymousOctober 10, 2009 at 9:22 AM
Hi Dawn!! What a realy beautiful creation hun!! LOVE that color and the image is so pretty!! :) Congrats on being spotlighted hun...everyone thought your card was awesome! I'm so glad they voted for you!! HUGSReplyDelete
Your card turned out so good!!!! It's really beautiful.ReplyDelete
Oh, I am so pleased you were chosen for a Saturday Spotlight(and very well deserved, I might add). Keep it up, I am truly in awe of your work. I learn daily from you......
Hi Dawn, Congrats on being Spotlighted!!ReplyDelete
this card is absolutely gorgeous!!!!
Blessings, Maria
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Sunday News Round-Up, Attacks on Reproductive Rights Edition
Three things this week that I think are important to focus on for advocates of reproductive rights and justice: HR3, HR358, and proposed cuts to Title X family planning funding and other women's health services. I wrote about HR3 and HR358 at Our Bodies Our Blog this week. There, I note that I particularly appreciated the succinct explanations provided by Jennifer Steinhauer in the New York Times, excerpted below.
1) On HR3:
One bill, the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act," would eliminate tax breaks for private employers who provide health coverage if their plans offer abortion services, and would forbid women who use a flexible spending plan to use pre-tax dollars for abortions. Those restrictions would go well beyond current law prohibiting the use of federal money for abortion services.
The Hyde Act already forbids taxpayer funding for abortion except for in limited circumstances (often rape or incest; this is the bill that had/has the "forcible" rape language). This law would make that permanent, and would perpetuate the injustices of Hyde, which specifically makes it harder for poor women and women of color to exercise this right.
As so clearly expressed alongside a recent report on the issue:
As long as these unjust provisions remain a part of our laws, the rights of women in this country will continue to be treated according to two different standards whether you can afford to pay for your rights or not. That is not equality.
Hyde currently has to be renewed on a regular basis. HR3 would make these inequalities permanent, in addition to potentially affecting issues such as whether employers who provide abortion coverage through their health insurance plans would be financially penalized through the loss of tax breaks.
Related Posts:
Meet the HR3 Ten – RHRC is calling attention to Democrats who cosponsored HR3
Kudos to Senators Gillibrand, Boxer, Franken, Murray, Lautenberg, Blumenthal speak out against HR3 (silver ribbon blog)
House Committees Press On with "Stupak on Steroids" Attacks on Women's Health (Blog for Choice)
The "Stupak on Steroids" Agenda: A Multi-Pronged Attack (Blog for Choice)
Hr3/Smith Bill Toolkit for Action (National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health)
2) On HR 358:
Another bill, sponsored by Mr. Pitts, addresses the health care overhaul head-on by prohibiting Americans who receive insurance through state exchanges from purchasing abortion coverage, even with their own money. The bill is essentially a resurrection of a provision in the House version of the health care law but was not in the Senate version.
The bill would also permit hospitals to refuse abortions to women, even in emergency situations, if such care would offend the conscience of the health care providers.
The thinking about this bill is that it would effectively override EMTALA provisions that require emergency departments to treat patients regardless of ability to pay. Existing rules already protect the right of individual providers to choose not to perform abortions, but EMTALA requires that if the patient can't be safely stabilized and transferred (in other words, if the patient might die if the procedure is not performed), an emergency department *must* provide that care.
Related Posts:
Waxman and Pallone Ask "Where's the Constitutional Authority" on H.R. 358? (RHRC)
After 'forcible rape,' another abortion restriction (PostPartisan)
Anti-Choice Politicians Propose Eliminating Funding for Birth Control and Cancer Screenings (Blog for Choice)
PRCH Board Chair Submits Testimony on Pitts and Smith Bills (Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, on both bills)
3) A third item of concern is the Continuing Resolution from the House Appropriations Committee for funding throughout the fiscal year which proposes to completely eliminate the funding the President has requested for family planning services. The CR proposes a number of reductions, including the following decreases in women's and reproductive health:
- Community Health Centers -$1.3B
- Maternal and Child Health Block Grants -$210M
- Family Planning -$327M
That $327 million reduction proposed for family planning is the *entire requested family planning budget* from the President, who requested:
$327,356,000 shall be for the program under title X of the PHS Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects: Provided further, That amounts provided to said projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective…
This move is intended in part to achieve the Republican wet dream of "defunding Planned Parenthood." So not only are they attempting to block women from accessing necessary and legal abortion procedures through HR 3 and HR 358, they are attempting to block women's access to the kind of medical care and contraception that would help them prevent pregnancy and achieve healthy pregnancies. Awesome.
Related Posts:
House GOP Declares War on Planned Parenthood (Mother Jones)
GOP Spending Plan: X-ing Out Title X Family Planning Funds (Wall Street Journal blog)
Congress's Latest Fiscal Strategy: Cutting Programs that Save Money and Protect Women's Health (National Women's Law Center)
February 15, 2011 3:55 pm
Have you heard about that business over in South Dakota? Southern Beale had a post on it today.


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Before this process could get started, I had to deal with some gelcoat bubbles on the aft deck. These are places where there was a small void between the gelcoat and the first layer of glass - sloppy wetting out of the first layer during construction. Over the years, these bubbles have been cracked open, and allowed water intrusion. Then, during the winter months, the freeze/thaw cycle has opened the bubbles up bigger.
After chipping back to sound gelcoat (creating, in one case, a 6" diameter crater 1/4" deep), I made up some straight epoxy and poured it into each of the exposed voids. Because of the tilt of the deck areas, it was not possible to completely fill the voids with runny epoxy, but I wanted it runny so that it would penetrate. Next I made up a batch of epoxy which was filled with an easy-sanding additive and topped off the voids. After sanding, it looks bad, but is pretty smooth. Unfortunately, I failed to take any pictures at this stage.
Next, I applied a coat of EasyPoxy and sprinkled white 80 grit sand (thanks to Jane and JoAnn Fabric!) over it while wet. The sprinkling was made more even by pouring the sand thru a screen pasta strainer (another thanks, Jane!), which spread out the stream and slowed it down. When the paint had cured, I vacuumed off the sand which had not been incorporated, and then finally applied an overcoat of slightly thinned Easypoxy, with enough flatting agent added to kill the gloss.
Well, after looking at the finished product, the repairs were completely invisible, but the color was not right. Although it matched the original pretty well, it was too light, and too pink. And the original color had been too pink to go well with the light grey deck/hull, teak and the green trim anyway. So an excursion into paint colors began. I tried Interlux Dusk Gray and compared it to the EasyPoxy Sandtone by painting over the badly stained cockpit seating, one color to each side. Nope. Neither color was right, but the cockpit seats, which were badly stained by all manner of foreign substances, sure looked better! Finally, I tried Interlux Grand Banks Beige. Perfect!
And by the way, having had cans of both paint brands open one right after the other, I can say that the Interlux is significantly the superior paint. The pigment stays mixed (is it ground finer?), and it goes on smoother. And in the configuration used, with a flatting agent, it is actually cheaper ($30/qt vs $41/qt). Here's a picture of the quarter deck showing some of the old color and some new sections completed: The two sections on either side of the hatch with the green weather cover are the ones that had the gelcoat bubble repair work done.
Now, it was just a case of masking sections and painting them. There was a lot of tricky masking, but painting cars has given me lots of practice with this.
It is done. Not only does it look sharp and clean, but the new overcoat of paint should stop the sand loss, and should stop the chalk deposition on the big side windows when it rains.


text: One advantage of working so close to Grand Central is going to the Grand Central Market. I found sea beans (Salicornia) there. Not knowing what they were, I looked them up and found that they are succulent plants that grow in salt marshes and beaches. It looks like a cross between a tiny asparagus and a cactus. Known for having a high salt content, indeed, they are extremely salty. After running under water, I ate a few of them but couldn't eat more because it was way too salty for me. I would try cooking them and see if that decreases some of the saltiness.


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Saturday night I dragged B. and Baby K. with me to Chase Field (which will always be B.O.B. to me!) to watch the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the St. Louis Cardinals, and to be a part of TNNA's Stitch-n-Pitch event. Reports are that over 1000 knitters were there!! (Probably closer to 500 when you subtract spouses) It was really cool to look around and see so many hands working on so many projects! Unfortunately, there weren't any announcements during the game...I kept a close eye on the Jumbo-tron waiting for them to highlight all these crazy knitters. But, they did find Baby K right before the game and broadcast her cute little face. My dad was holding her so his hand was across her adorable D-backs outfit...I'm sure they would have lingered if they saw that she was a true fan!
South West Trading Company was a partner for the SnP event and they donated the yarn you see in the picture. All the women got the cool pink bag, which is a great size for knitting projects! (Notice the awesome grommet handle.) Plus, if you had purchased your game ticket specifically for the SnP event, you could claim a yarn goodie bag. Of course, I redeemed B's bag as well, so now I have THREE pink bags, and two sets of yarn giveaways. (There may be a contest in the future..I'll get Chris to mention it when I work out the details!)
Photo details, from left. After the game, they gave everyone a team hat. Nice touch! I started a new pair of socks. The goodie bag contained an issue of Creative Knitting and Crochet!, plus some soysilk ribbon/ladder yarn, purple fuzzy stuff, and Skacel Fuego, a mohair/wool blend. My yarn stash is growing and I have NO IDEA what to make with these things!! Scarves, most likely, but it would be fun to work some of the funky yarns into a sweater. (No, not all in the same sweater! I like to color-coordinate!) Actually, the purple fuzzy stuff could go in Baby K's log cabin...that would make a neat border!
I'm up against a quilting deadline again...I need to get the Christmas Strip Club quilt finished for class this Saturday. Yikes! Especially since I need to order thread, which will be delivered on Thursday. I'll have to use that in the border and get the main part done with the colors I have on hand! I have a solid backing so it should be easier to take pictures.
Tony thanks all of you who have visited. He is enjoying the morning outside under the tangelo tree. He has been unsupervised for a couple hours and is behaving so well! We usually don't let the cats stay outside unless we are sitting out on the patio, and Tony has a bad habit of jumping up on the cinder block wall and exploring the neighborhood. Scary thought because you never know who has their dogs outside, and he doesn't have claws or a collar. So, we keep a close eye on him!
And in honor of the extraordinary, ordinary Americans who died five years ago, I say a prayer for their families and a huge thank you to all service men and women who are fighting terrorism and preserving the ideals of democracy and freedom throughout the world.


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I have no idea if I get in, if I will go, or what I will think of myself if I get in or if I do not get in.
Work is ... promising. Like, I might even be perceived as an adult there. I just had my six-year anniversary. Now, if only I could get my ass out of bed and on time. You'd think I would have this down by 28.
It was the day before Labor Day when Paul Ryan asked if I wanted to go to his house and cavort with his frat bro friends. While that sounded lovely, I already decided I was going to head to The Slutoon (shocking!). Jared decided he wasn't going out, and Joey reluctantly agreed to ride in the Uber with me provided he got shotgun, and we would Uber to pick up Paul Ryan -- who lives near the University of St. Thomas -- and then head to The Saloon.
Um, y'know how Uber has "peak rates"? I have never paid more than $10 for an Uber, although I have admittedly only taken it as far as Northeast Minneapolis from Loring Park. Apparently, everyone and their dog wanted an Uber to celebrate Labor Day, because it would have cost $100 round trip to pick up Paul Ryan in one and have us be delivered to The Saloon. And let's not get started on the ridiculousness of the fact that I would be paying for the Uber despite the fact that Paul Ryan had just told me how much he made last month and it is more than I make in a year. Stay in school, kids.
Since I hadn't started drinking yet, I decided I would pick up Paul Ryan myself and then the three of us would walk to The Saloon together.
"I can't believe you're doing this," Joey kept saying as I was getting dressed.
"I know," I said. "But think of it as me being Mommy and I am trying to find a good stepdad for you."
It was raining, and I was already wet when I walked up Lasalle Avenue in my usual parking spot (right next to an always-empty commercial parking lot -- so Mona, my tina Toyota Yaris, usually scoots in. I used to park across from there but I got a $35 parking ticket once). I put music on and ventured to St. Paul, where I am sure I made a fool of myself trying to park and nearly causing a three-vehicle crash (seriously, there were at least three different frat boys standing in their yards amidst the commotion).
I walked into Paul's house and lamented that I didn't have an umbrella. "I have one," he said.
"Good," I said. "Now put on your pants. We are leaving."
"Jakey," he grinned. "Don't you want a cocktail first?"
"No," I said. "I am driving. And I'm all wet. Do you have a hoodie I can steal?" I used to do this when I went to Kevin's house all the time. Kleptomania is part of my charm.
"You can have my Cambridge one," Paul Ryan offered.
"Oh, that looks too expensive," I said. Even Kleptomaniacs have morals. "I'll just take this one." I chose a waterproof blue reversible Billabong zip-up hoodie. Paul Ryan chose a Polo button-up, shorts, and Boss suede shoes.
"Suede?" I asked. "It's raining."
"They're already ruined anyway," he laughed. "I don't care. Why aren't you parked in front of the house?"
"Because I got disoriented and I can't parallel park to save my life," I said. "Now walk fast."
"We're walking by my car," Paul Ryan shared. "I have a Toyota Escalade."
"I have a Toyota Yaris," I said. "Her name is Mona."
"Aww," he said. "We both have Toyotas. We have so much in common, Jakey."
Interestingly enough, a Toyota Yaris is compact and frisky while a Toyota Escalade is large and ostentatious. Sometimes, we are what we drive.
We entered the car, and Paul Ryan, as the tallest person to ever ride shotgun with me, looked absolutely cramped.
"I'm sorry," I said. "It's not really a tall-person car."
"You drive like a white person," Paul Ryan said.
"I still haven't finished my college application," I said.
"Finish it, bro," he said. "That place needs people like you. Everyone there is so ... sheltered. You would have a unique perspective."
We drove up to Lasalle Avenue and my spot was taken! Curses! To Clifton it was.
"Paul, I am very bad at parking," I explained. "You have to do what Jared does and look back and tell me if I have room."
"Remember when I fucked you?" he asked.
"Paul!" I cried as I almost hit a construction cone. "Now is not the time."
"Jakey," he laughed. "Your leg is brushing up against mine. You're getting me hard right now."
"Paul Ryan!" I cried as Mona brushed up against the curb. "Focus!"
"I was pretty intoxicated when we had sex," he said.
"Yes, well," I said as I felt my face get hot. "You clearly knew what you were doing."
"Really?" Paul Ryan asked. "Cool." Boys are soooooooo stupid.
We got out of the car and stood across of a house for sale. "Why would you want a house downtown?" he asked. "Especially Minneapolis. I would never want to live here."
"I want that house," I said.
"Of course it's a Corbett Realty property," Paul scoffed.
"I would like a house for my thirtieth birthday," I said as we walked arm-in-arm, prom-style.
"Really? Not like a trip or something?""
"I just think it would be nice to have a house," I said. "That isn't my parents'."
We arrived back at my apartment and pre-gamed. Paul Ryan was incredulous that Jared was not going and cajoled him to join us. By cajole, I mean he told Jared he would pay for his cover, and Jared got dressed in 45 seconds. Paul Ryan passed the time by trying to show me and Joey his nudie pics, but I would have none of it.
On the walk there, Paul Ryan and I shared an umbrella. I always fake date boys who are rather masculine. This makes me feel guilty for a variety of reasons. As a result, every now and then I have an intense need to demonstrate that I can be "the boy" when needed. Therefore, I insisted on holding the umbrella. However, this did not really work because Paul Ryan is seven or eight inches taller than me.
"Jakey," he scoffed. "I'm getting wet."
"Then you hold the umbrella," I said. "God damn."
We arrived and Paul Ryan took back his offer on paying Jared's cover. Jared started walking home in the rain. I got him to come back.
"I want to go shake my thing," Paul Ryan said. He and Jared did so while I mingled and gossiped. Paul went home with a twink and Joey was outraged the next morning.
"What an asshole!" Joey cried. "I can't believe he would do that."
"I wasn't even mad about it," I said.
"Why not?!" Joey cried.
"Because we never made plans for after," I said. "And I have his hoodie."
I still do, by the way. It is comfortable as all hell and I am not giving it back.
I went to the State Fair! I would post pictures but I have temporarily de-activated my Facebook. I will explain this later.
It was lovely to spend time with my extended family, even though the bus ride was horrendous. The driver begged me to wait for the next bus, but I said "I'm little" and stood between a group of mean seventh-graders. I hung on for dear life.
I had the opportunity to meet Detox at The Saloon a few Thursdays ago. I further recapped it here. She didn't get on stage until 11:40 (doors opened at 10) ,but she was beyond gracious and genuine during her Meet and Greet, and I felt The Saloon had things organized much better than when DWV appeared last April. I gushed about how when she performed with Battle of the Seasons at the Varsity Theater in December, she was the only queen who gave a genuine, heartfelt speech about being there for the fans. I knew at least two people who went to her after party, so she is a friend in my head. Special thank you to Liam for taking the picture of us, because I am an excellent photojournalist and therefore my phone was dead by the time I got to go up in the line.
Also, Christ, I am getting old and fat.
And when I am older and fatter, I will look at that picture and think of myself as gorgeous, because life is like that.
I had the most "Jakey"-ish night on a Thursday, when I did stand-up comedy at Nye's Polonaise Lounge! It is a great room that they run on Thursdays, where you are in the basement and it feels like an old-timey club. A really cute boy that I used to work with was there. I went up first, which is always difficult, and the way the light is run there, you can't see for shit when you're onstage, an aspect I have yet to get used to. This was the day after the news of Adrian Peterson allegedly beating his 2-year-old was released.
"I'm going first and there's, like, 17 of us tonight," I told the audience. "And we're all gonna want to be cutting-edge and ahead of everything when it comes to current events. So, I thought of a game. Just drink every time someone makes an Adrian Peterson joke. And hopefully you have a sober cab, because you are going to be flat on your ass. Much like you would be if you were dating an NFL player. That counts. Drink!" I had fun.
I stayed until the show ended, as is the polite thing to do (and it's not like I was in a hurry! Afterward I was going to Honey, which was just across the street). As I mingled, a comedian who I had never seen before came up to me.
"You're awesome," she said.
"I did okay," I said. I need to read Lean In.
"No, I'm serious," she said. "If you work hard, you're going to be a star. Even your voice is funny. And your material is smart."
Well, shmuck.
But isn't that a novel concept? That you will be a success ... if you work hard. I lost that somewhere. I dropped out of school at 21, was still furious with my mother for ruining my life and was still furious with myself for thinking she had ruined it, and I just kinda gave up, but I also thought that I would somehow still become rich and famous.
The evening was marred because Joey and Jared were feuding, but I fixed it when we got home. Joey saves his emotions for when he can no longer accept them, and Jared is constantly on a stealth audition for The Bad Girls Club. I suppose this is the best dramatic re-enactment of it all:
The three of us, along with my best friend Erin McCloskey and my reading-to-filth mother, will be going to Miami together at the end of the month. Thoughts and prayers are appreciated.
There is a new boy in our group named Steve who just turned 21 and is smooth-skinned and babyfaced and therefore everyone is in love with him. I haven't decided yet, so I just hug him more than is appropriate. I don't think he has it figured out.
We like Owen, too. He works at The Saloon and is kind of a dork trapped in a hot model's body. Some people are just cursed that way.
Cordero brought me too many drinks at The 19 but then Dollface showed up so I spent all night flirting with him like an asshole. And then I didn't even go home with him! I don't know what I am doing.
I did get a parking spot now, so there's that. I pay $75 to a former Marine named Lowell who is approximately 100 years old and as many pounds. He has a tiny flip phone. I love him.
Speaking of not knowing what I'm doing, I went from being an MTV alcoholic to an A&E alcoholic. It was time to dial it back, as the kids say.
The kids don't really say that, Jakey.
Shut up! I am hip!
On a Friday, I was supposed to meet everyone at LUSH, but Jared left without me, so I pouted at The 19, and then I took an Uber to Sean's, and I pre-gamed at his place and then met the kids at The Saloon. Paul Ryan was there and could barely stand up. He travels with an entourage, so they walked him out in one piece.
Then Kevin was there.
"Jakey, we need to go home," said Jared. "We work early."
"Go away!" I cried. "It's Kevin!"
In my head I was all
But instead I was probably all
I had not seen him in four months and did not know what I was expecting.
"You should go home," he told me.
"My family doesn't ask about you anymore," he added. "And I lost weight, which I know you cared so much about."
He did look very much like the 'old Kevin' (well, young Kevin, if you know what I mean). I wasn't going to go home with him anyway, but it would have been nice to be asked. And I get why he said what he did, because it is human nature to want to win. I've done the same thing with other people.
But why was he so standoffish with me? I wasn't that drunk and sloppy.
My Facebook at 3:30 AM said I AM SO SAD.
Okay. Maybe I was.
Sunday was an even bigger shitshow!
I met up with Jared and Joey at The Eagle and we received applause by re-enacting the lift during "(I Have Had) The Time Of My Life". My Uber driver was new to the job and did not listen to directions. When I got there, Joey and Jared were talking to Ricky! The nerve! I acted like a wife who had walked into her husband banging the secretary on the desk.
"It wasn't like that," they promised. "He just came up to us."
"Whatever!" I cried. "This is a betrayal!"
I went to order my drink and was even more horrified when the bartender called me Ricky!
"Um, what?" I asked.
"Do you know Ricky?" the bartender said.
"Yes, but I'm not him," I said.
"He spilled his drink," the bartender said.
I get that The Eagle staff is not fond of the twinks and the twink-adjacent, and I was an odd mix of offended and flattered. Ricky and I are both blond, but he is tan and buff and can have his shirt off in public without people averting their eyes. I wasn't sure what to think.
We tried running to The Saloon but we got there at 9:59 and the bouncers claimed it was ten and made us pay cover. The nerve!
Oh, it went from bad to worse, children. Because Sunday is 2-4-1's night. And Sunday is football day. And boys were wearing Vikings jerseys. And one boy was wearing an Adrian Peterson jersey.
I immediately went to Facebook and typed that there was a hot guy in an AP jersey and I wasn't sure how I felt about it. Then I drank some more. Then I went on the patio and told everyone.
"Oh my god!" cried my friend Doug. My friend Doug is, like a biochemist or something that requires 130% of your brain power, so when he parties, he parties hard. "You should spank him!" he cried.
"THAT SOUNDS HILARIOUS!" I cried. In my vodka-soaked stupor, this would be my finest hour. I'd spank him on the ass, he'd be all "What was that for?', I'd be like "You're wearing an AP jersey!" and we would all laugh and be merry.
Let's go to Wikipedia, which never lies:
Short-term effects of alcohol include the risk of injuries, violence and fetal damage.[11] Alcohol has also been linked with lowered inhibitions, though it is unclear to what degree this is chemical versus psychological as studies with placebos can often duplicate the social effects of alcohol at low to moderate doses. Some studies have suggested that intoxicated people have much greater control over their behavior than is generally recognized, though they have a reduced ability to evaluate the consequences of their behavior.
Now imagine you are a young and attractive gay man -- for some of you this may be a stretch -- and you are at The Saloon with a group of your peers. You are there to have a good time. You are not there to get spanked on the ass by an old, intoxicated skinny dude who thinks his assaulting you is hilarious.
Of course, one understands this the next day. When they're sober.
So I spanked the kid. And he did the best and worst thing he could have done, which was not respond to it at all. I walked back to the patio with my proverbial tail between my legs. My joke completely bombed.
A boy who looked like he could be on Teen Wolf came up to me moments later. "Hey," he said calmly. "I just want you to know, next time you feel like spanking my boyfriend again, you're gonna have to go through me first. Fuck off."
It was really the perfect thing a boyfriend could have done. He wasn't all machismo about it -- he never raised his voice or his hand -- but he let the point be clear. Even though I told Facebook that I spanked the kid and he was trying to get me out (and it had 13 likes! In one hour!), I deleted the whole thing when I got home. By protesting what I thought was a perceived acceptance of violence with violence, I had solved nothing, I had likely ruined someone's night, and I had made a complete ass of myself in the process.
The next day I realized that I still had not finished my college application, I still had not launched JakeyEmmert.com despite going to a former high school classmate's house for a gracious offering of Weebly 101, and in general, I was just becoming super obnoxious.
I de-activated my Facebook.
Which is super stupid to do for my "comedy" "career", but that's going about as well as spanking strangers at the bar.
It will be back up when the website is up.
It's strangely freeing not being on Facebook. Now every time my phone dings, I think it's something important. Then I find out that it's spam from Twitter or my friend Chuck telling me he has gas, but still! It's better than compulsively checking Facebook, right? I would post, like, eight things a day. And then You-Know-Who would be "online", with a green dot next to his name, and I would just sit and stare at it but never think of talking to him because I had nothing to say, and then the green dot would disappear, and I would just get sad about the whole thing. STILL.
I should apologize to the dude I hit, but I don't know his name. Maybe it's best to let sleeping dogs lie. Maybe he's not really that mad about it. Maybe he'll throw a drink on me the next time I go to The Saloon. Maybe his boyfriend will bash my skull in. Maybe I'll send them both matching Bridgewater jerseys.
Next week: Will Jakey really get his website done? Will he really stay in during all of October because he wants to look like a human when he goes to Miami?


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I saw this idea online and just had to try it. This lesson was a great way to teach sculpture and was easy enough for the little ones to do. We cut the top of brown paper bags in strips. (I told the kids to use their thumb as a guide to the width of each strip). We opened the bottom of the bag and twisted into a trunk. Then twisted the top strips into branches. I hot glued the trees to a small piece of cardboard to help them stand up and students tore paper leaves to glue to the branches.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Community Collage
We have been working on an architecture unit in 2nd grade based on the book Roberto the Insect Architect. We did a lot of brainstorming about the types of buildings needed in a community and then students created a collage. I loved their creativity on the buildings! This project also made a great display on a bulletin board!
Monday, October 20, 2014
Tints & shades ice cream collage
I found this lesson while on Pinterest & just had to try it. The kids did a great job & the Art turned out fabulous! We spent our 1st lesson learning about mixing tints & shades. I had students fold a 12x18 paper into 8 sections. Then they painted each section a different tint or shade. Each table had a different color & black & white to mix with. The 2nd class was spent cutting their painted paper into scoops. They stacked the scoops & some added toppings from our scrap paper. Kids always love dessert as the subject for their artwork & they had a lot of fun with this project
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Kindergarten cat hat
In kindergarten classes we are reading cat books of all kinds...Pete the cat, & bad kitty seem to be the favorites. students created a 3-D cat"hat". Some used the paper cat sculptures as puppets, or just pals to set next to them on the tables.
This is always a fun project, but does require a little prep work on the teachers end. I pre-draw white lines for the body, tail, feet, & head. Students decorate their cat using construction paper crayons & metallic crayons & then practice those cutting skills!
I prefer to staple the cat together & can do it pretty quick as students complete their cutting. They can glue pieces instead of stapling but with staples there's no drying time.
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Happy Valentine's Day
If I could have given these to you in person, I would've.
While we're on this topic…
How much do you know about this little guy?
Most people like myself recognize that this image is Cupid. He is an angel and he makes people fall in love. But, that is about all I knew. That was until I read the February 3, 2015 edition of the Buyer's Guide. Here I will share most of the article, "What is Cupid's connection to love?", with you.
God of love and desire
Ancient Greeks and Romans were prolific storytellers and used mythology to explain many of the mysteries of life. Certain feelings and happenings on Earth were attributed to the moods and actions of gods who presided over the people.
In Roman mythology, Cupid was the god of desire, erotic love, attraction, and affection. His Greek counterpart was Eros, while in Latin Cupid was known as Amor. According to myth, Cupid was the son of the winged messenger Mercury and Venus, the goddess of love. Cupid's machinations were often guided by his mother's hand, and matchmaking remained his most well-known trait.
As time went on and Christian influences pushed out ancient Greek and Roman beliefs, Cupid was seen as angel of heavenly and earthly love. Cupid could easily be mistaken for many other angelic cherubim portrayed in artwork during the Renaissance period. Eventually Cupid became a popular icon of Valentine's Day.
Cupid's Appearance
Cupid has appeared in different ways in illustrations and other artwork throughout history. Sometimes he is depicted as a winged, chubby infant carrying a bow and a quiver of arrows.
Classical Greek art depicts Cupid as a slender, winged youth.
The reason Cupid has wings is because lovers are known to be flighty and change their moods and minds with some frequency. He is boyish because love is irrational, and he carries arrows and a torch because love can both wound but also inflame the heart.
Cupid has traditionally been portrayed as benevolent, if not mischievous. After all, his goal is to bring two lovers together. His arsenal was equipped with two different kinds of arrows. People pierced by gold tipped arrows would succumb to uncontrollable desire. Those afflicted by an arrow with a blunt tip of lead desired only to flee.
"Cupid and Psyche"
Cupid may have been responsible for bringing many people together with his special arrows, but he was also granted the opportunity to experience love himself. According to the myth of "Cupid and Psyche," Psyche was a beautiful woman whose appearance rivaled even that of Venus. People grew enchanted by her beauty and started to neglect the worship of Venus. Jealous of this attention, Venus asked Cupid to make Psyche fall in love with a monster. But when Cupid saw how beautiful Psyche was, he accidentally dropped the arrow meant for her and pricked himself instead. The immediately became enamored with her.
Psyche who had not been able to marry like her other sisters, feared she had been cursed by the gods in some way. She was sent away to avoid the premonition of marrying a monster, but Cupid hidden from sight, ended up visiting Psyche and gaining her trust and affection. The pair them married, although Psyche had never seen her husband in the light of the day because he forbade her to look up him. After all, he was a god and she was a mortal.
One night Psyche disobeyed Cupid's edict and snuck a peek by candlelight. She was amazed by his beauty and became startled, wounding herself on one of his arrows. Psyche ended up dropping hot wax on Cupid, which woke him up and he ran off.
Psyche wandered endlessly trying to find her lost husband and had to go through trials established by a still-jealous Venus. In one of her trials, she ended up getting put to sleep, but Cupid revived her and pleaded with Jupiter to make Psyche immortal and let her be his true love. Jupiter ultimately granted that wish.
Well, there you have it. I hope you enjoyed that article as much as I did.


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Sunday, January 28, 2007
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Posted by Jodie at 7:44 PM 0 comments made my day.
new things happening..
Hi everyone, things are moving along here at a rapid pace at the moment. Tyler is working on his second tooth and I have my first day back at work tomorrow. I managed to get a part time job in pathology working 3 nights a week at Dougls Hanly Moir in Calvary Hospital. Uni stuff arrived yesterday and unfortunatley for me there is an exam for this subject. So things are going to have to get organised soon! Luckily mum is able to look after the kids for the next few days as I am going to be working full time for the next 6 days! that should be really interesting. We came through the storm last night ok no damage and only a couple of power surges at around 6 last night and another at midnight. I think there was a bit of damage around town but didnt seem to be much in our area. Caden had a good day at school (daycare) today and is getting abit better at goin in the mornings .. maybe this might have been a good day. we'll se what it is like tomorrow when he is a bit more tired! The first of the artwork arrived home today in his bag.. a lovely little texta drawing. I'm sure the first of many.
Anyway bye for now
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Sunday, January 14, 2007
A new year to come...
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A new Rush Limbaugh book has been released, 'Army of One' authored by Zev Chayets who you may recall managed the rare cover-story profile of Limbaugh for New York Times Magazine.
Matt Lewis' interest in the comparison is not surprising as he once used a wrestling analogy to describe the political episode of Arlen Specter's defection to the Democrats - TownHall's Matt Lewis: "Arlen Specter as Hulk Hogan"
Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One (Hardcover)Matt Lewis recently hosted Zev on his 'Matt Lewis Show' podcast to discuss the book. They spoke of Rush Limbaugh's braggadocio and how it was seemingly patterned after charismatic boxer and famed talker, Muhammad Ali.
... But there was much more to say, especially after Limbaugh became Public Enemy Number One of the Obama Administration. At first Limbaugh resisted the idea of a full-length portrait, but he eventually invited Chafets back to Florida and exchanged more than a hundred emails full of his personal history, thoughts, fears and ambitions. What has emerged is an uniquely personal look at the man who is not only the most popular voice on the radio, but the leader of the conservative movement and one of the most influential figures in the Republican Party...
Chafets paints a compelling portrait of Limbaugh as a master entertainer, a public intellectual, a political force, and a fascinating man.
Rush Limbaugh Biographer Zev Chafets on the Podcast- Listen to the Matt Lewis/ Zev Chafets discussion here
MATT LEWIS: How did you learn he was emulating Ali?
ZEV CHAFETS: I didn't say he was emulating Ali, I would say he was very influenced by him and particularly I'm talking about his style. The notion that you can take the curl of your personality and blow it up to gargantuan proportions and become braggadocious. Predict the round you opponent is gonna fall, have nicknames for the guys you're gonna fight and all the other things Rush does. And draw big crowds that way. Of course that only works if you can actually fight.
MATT LEWIS: I guess my question is, that comparison was that only your observation or did Rush tell you he looked to Ali
ZEV CHAFETS: When I said that to Rush, he looked at me and said that's very shrewd observation
MATT LEWIS: Haha, I love it.
Matt Lewis' interest in the comparison is not surprising as he once used a wrestling analogy to describe the political episode of Arlen Specter's defection to the Democrats - TownHall's Matt Lewis: "Arlen Specter as Hulk Hogan"


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There are multiple ways to check for open ports in Ubuntu or in general – any Linux based operating system. Let me describe two of the most commonly used methods (at least by myself) in this article.
Method 1: Using the 'netstat' command
We can utilize the 'netstat' command as illustrated below to check for open ports in Ubuntu or in general any Linux based operating system.
netstat –lp --inet
For example:
When I executed the above mentioned command on my machine, it displayed the below list of open ports.
user@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo netstat -lp --inet Active Internet connections (only servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 localhost.localdo:50001 *:* LISTEN 3738/firefox-bin tcp 0 0 localhost.localdoma:ipp *:* LISTEN 1243/cupsd udp 0 0 192.168.1.2:ntp *:* 2655/ntpd udp 0 0 localhost.localdoma:ntp *:* 2655/ntpd udp 0 0 *:ntp *:* 2655/ntpd
Method 2: Using 'nmap'
Nmap is an abbreviated name for 'Network Mapper'. It supports both CLI and GUI front end. In this article, I will show you how to check for open ports utilizing the nmap CLI and will allow you to research further on other possibilities of this beautiful multi-purpose utility.
sudo apt-get install nmap
The command listed above allows you to install 'nmap' in a Ubuntu based operating system. Let us start with a simple scan option of 'nmap'.
nmap -v <hostname>
Be sure to substitute the right host name of the machine against the
<hostname> attribute above. The above command scans all the reserved TCP ports on the machine pointed by the
<hostname> value and displays verbose output (due to the usage of the '-v' option).
nmap -sS -O myhost.com/24
The above command launches a stealth SYN scan (due to the usage of '-sS' option) against 256 IP's (Class C network) where myhost.com resides. The usage of '-O' option enables operating system detection on each of those machines.
nmap -sS -O -p 2000-3000 myhost.com
The above command scans ports from 2000 to 3000 on the machine that hosts myhost.com. The '-p' option used above allows us to specify either a single port or a range of ports or distinct individual ports separated by commas.
Note: You can always consider specifying the '-v' option for verbose output.
- Nmap (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nmap)
- Ubuntu Geek – How to identify Open Ports in ubuntu server with nmap
- Go2Linux – nmap – how to scan hosts of networks for open ports


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Luv U and and Eduardo too". It even rhyms, LOL!
Monday, 7 July 2008
Maria's birthday party last year.
Maria, you are cool. "No wonder my heart beats faster when I think of you.
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I'm going to share some of the details of the kitchen makeover up close and personal and then, you can join in the fun by linking up your thrifty projects. Remember, first one to link up gets a $10 gift certificate to my store.
Here's the accessories on top of the cupboard.
Aren't those poppies great? Here's the shelf details.
And finally, here's my favorite grater.
It's my favorite because it has a curved body. It gives it a nice architectural quality to it. Kitchen utensils as art. It doesn't get much better than that!
Link up your thrifty projects below. Remember, first link gets a $10 gift certificate. All other links get entered into a fabulous drawing for a prize package (seen here) at the end of Makeover Month!
Happy Crafting!