jims_hip_cancer

2008-02-11T13:13:00.000-08:00

Books being read:
Odd Thomas by Ken Follett, a ghost story like Stephen King and X Files
Bleak House by Charles Dickens, being a template for so many TV miniseries, if they only copy the humorous ironies Dickens incorporates into his minor characters.
An Introduction to Medieval Europe: 300 - 1500 by James Westphal Thompson and Edgar Nathaniel Johnson one of Mom's many tomes.

Immediate plans to visit Fran later this month. Many preparations need to be under gone:

Packing

new blog entries moved

2008-02-02T11:15:00.000-08:00

I'm not blogging here anymore. It will remain as an archive for 2007. My new blogging is done on http://thoreausautumn.blogspot.com

What is the mathematical equation of an orbit or falling down?

2007-12-30T20:39:00.000-08:00

by jim m Member since:
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Points earned this week: 30 For a 6400 km radius Earth, and g force of 10 meter/second^2, if you shot your self straight from a cannon
to a distance of 1km then by the curvature of the Earth that means you would be √(6400^2 +1)-6400 or 7.83 e-5km or 7.83cm
above the horizon. Your time of flight falling through 7.83 cm would be √(.1566m/10m/s^2)
or 1/8 of a second. Approximating a cruise missile type orbit,
of 40000 km around the Earth, you would complete that in
1 hour, 23-1/2 minutes. 8km /sec. Compare that with rotation
of the Earth which corresponds to 40000km/86,400s or .463
km/sec at the Equator. So if Earth spun itself about 17 times
faster, we and everything would float weightless at the
Equator

Just wanted to edit my answer and add a couple of things.
(First of all Newton saw that the apple and bodies in freefall are a special case of
bodies in orbit, since attraction is directed toward the center of mass and were all the mass of earth to be concentrated in one central point falling bodies would have orbits as well, which would describe elliptical orbits with the top of trajectory being the apogee. It's just that surface of the planet is in the way, and bodies describe parabolas instead).
If you use the centrifugal definition of acceleration V^2/R=a=g=10m/s^2,
V=√(10*6.4e6)=8km/s for a circular orbit
Since 6400km is an altitude of 30 km, you can calculate
intercontinental ballistic ranges for a variety of suborbital
velocities, resulting radial and tangential accelerations.

radial a = v^2/R - GM./R^2; G=6.67e-11, M=6.0e24
A missile horizontally inserted at 30km altitude with velocity
< 8km/s will range out by resultant of
a = V^2/R-10.
t=sqrt(2*3e4/a)
RangeDown=V*t
If the missile as inserted to the horizontal entry point by
artillery shot, then double to get the ballistic range..

If the missile is boosted at the insertion point to > 8km/s
the missile enters an elliptical orbit. Perigee, or Ro, is the insertion point, or 6400 km (more later)

Because we are starting with velocity and perigee, the complex differential equations are reduced so one obtains the semimajor axis and eccentricity as a function of initial velocity and distance:

semimajor axis a=
R*(2-R*V^2*(GM)^-1)
eccentricity e=
sqrt(M*a-(RV)^2/G)*(M*a)^-1)
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The first 1000 digits of π

2007-12-30T20:29:00.000-08:00

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cycle 3

2007-12-21T09:22:00.000-08:00

Day 4-7 of Cyclacel 116 cycle 3.

No untoward events to report. My blood panel last clinic was good. The doctors loved it. I feel fine except for the usual weakness and soreness in my hip. The weakness peaked on Friday evening when the pain of hobbling to set up my recliner and then struggle to get in it was enough to bring tears to my eyes, especially with pugs jumping on my lap.
After dosing I sleep until noon. I notice a bone spur on my hip backside at the amputation site and an eruption of itch; might be telling me not to lay flat, but to elevate the back at an angle and take weight off of that spot. Recalling my severed nerve which makes my leg feel like a leaden appendage, I can only wonder what the pain would be like with normal nerves, or whether a rerouting of synapses has occurred, leading to the sensations I now feel in my hip when I overdo it

Dosage times T, W, Th, F, S, Su, M
=12 pm, 6:30 am, 6 am, 8am, 8:42am, 9am, 8:15am.

Murphyjrocks most played

2007-12-14T19:57:00.000-08:00

Off portion of Cycle 2 sum-up

2007-12-12T10:06:00.000-08:00

If I had doubts about continuing on this therapy in the darkest night of pain and discomfort, those doubts have vanished. Only the vaguest memory remains of those awful times. My impression of the experience is that my body is taken aback by the insult of the pills the first two or three days culminating in sick days on Thursday and Friday night. This sickness finds its way into certain areas of my hip, leg and abdominal muscles. I get these gout-like symptoms in my feet, arms, different joints once in a while. Its been concurrent with my cardiomyopathy. So on top of the culmination, I get gout to, making me totally debilitated.

By Saturday the spell is broken and little by little, through pain medication, extra hydrocodone, Lidocaine patches, and ibuprofen for unusual pain, I get through it. Remarkably I breeze through the last two doses.

Knowing the course of my sickness through the seven days I ready for next time.

Day 4

2007-12-08T20:27:00.000-08:00

Well, I think I made it through with another Lidocaine patch. I can recline comfortably. Lingering pain in that same groin region, as well as tightness on the right side. This was relieved some when I passed some gas. Must remember to get
examined for hernias next time. Anyway, I took all my medications today and it looks like I can do the 24 pills again tomorrow morning.

Day 4

2007-12-08T08:44:00.000-08:00

This is what happened last night. I have a Lidoderm patch on my frontal hip area left side. I took an extra two hydrocodones and a Motrin. as of 7 am. Couldn't get comfortable. My leg is in pain in every position. I ended up with a pillow support underneath. I took my pills at 7:17 am and went back to sleep. My interpretation of this event is it is a gout-like attack similar to events in my
past on other joints. It peaked last night and should be on the wane. If it was related to the treatment, it would be progressive or plateau. Indeed weakness is my response to chemo and it worsens towards the end.

Cycle 2, day 3

2007-12-07T16:23:00.000-08:00

This phase 1 drug is making me weak. I can't even stand without solid hand grip support. I get hip pains at night. I am hobbled by groin pain in my good leg.
The only thing i can say about this drug is I still have my hair and my skin is still good. I'm going to have a real bad weekend. It will end on tuesday, the day of my last dose of the cycle.

Let me tell you something. When they say to take the pills one hour before breakfast, they mean breaking the fast of the night's sleep because you have to have an empty stomach when you take it!! The DSMT gave me my pills in the afternoon, yet scheduled a dose that morning. Either have me dose in the morning or tell me not to take them until Wednesday an hour before breakfast. I took mine an hour after supper, and later had some instant breakfast and I upchucked everything from midnight until six the next morning. I lay in bed all night, my head pounding with migraines afraid to take anything. Needless to say I skipped Wednesday's dose. And I will not take them on the day I receive them again.

From "The Proposition" soundtrack

2007-12-02T17:23:00.000-08:00

When, said the moon to the stars in the sky
Soon, said the wind that followed him home
Who, said the cloud that started to cry
Me, said the rider as dry as a bone

How, said sun that melted the ground
Why, said the river that refused to run
Where, said the thunder without a sound
Here, said the rider and took up his gun

No, said the stars to the moon in the sky
No, said the trees that started to moan
No, said dust that blinded his eyes
Yes, said the rider as white as a bone
No, said the moon that rose in his sleep
No, said the cry of the dying sun
No, said the planets what started to weep
Yes, said the rider and he laid down his gun

Music Like Groundhogs

2007-11-28T18:17:00.000-08:00

mms://winstreamer.doit.wisc.edu/physics103/saunders.wmv

2007-11-28T10:02:00.000-08:00

mms://winstreamer.doit.wisc.edu/physics103/saunders.wmv

A link to amuse and educate.
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Open URL pulldown under < click >File in your media player

Day 7

2007-11-27T15:09:00.000-08:00

It is hard to believe what I read on this past week, how much pain in my hip.
I rated it a 7 on the scale of 10. But that is the nature of pain and trauma. The body is trained to forget when the crisis is over and things return to normal. So
journalistic records play an important role in communicating in the examining room
what can be hard to recall. Now that my 24-7 pill taking is over for the cycle, I can sum up some of my experience.

One thing is what i could call sedentary fatigue. Very hard to move after a night of TV or session on the computer. Likewise getting up in the morning.

Getting up late has been an ongoing problem. But the fatigue associated with my Phase I may be contributing to it. I wanted to have an early morning rise to do my dose, so the best way I found was to take a hydrocodone some hours before rising.
Then having breakfast an hour later. A later nap is optional, or I can start my chores early, or reading.

The stomach pain is a concern which is influenced by taking the pills. My pill taking is now as high as it has ever been. Hydrocodone has to be chased with colase and pepsid. Now I'm starting on Zocor for cholesterol. So I have to take 32 to 48 ounces of water

Cycle 1 day 6

2007-11-26T13:30:00.000-08:00

Oh, what pains in my hip I am having in the morning. Very difficult to get out of bed, while laying down is very uncomfortable. I think since I seem to be relying on Loritab for pain management, that I should try something new for a new pain, such as Ibuprofen. Also tell Sandy about it tomorrow, since this difficulty getting out of bed has worsened with Cycle 1.

Cycle 1 day 4

2007-11-24T06:46:00.000-08:00

Today`I took Lortab before bed. I felt glowing with wide awakeness and good feeling so I got up and took my capsule dose at 4:30. Stayed up for an hour and had breakfast of Sugar Puffs and milk. Stayed up some more, went to bed at 6:30
One thing happened to me was I got a case of the hiccups afterr dosing. Another thing was when I got up the second time at 9:00 and had come down stairs to fetch my
barking dog, I got a case of flushing. It went away after i drank some milk. No other symtoms. I feel fine.

CYC116 Update

2007-11-23T10:12:00.000-08:00

No plans today yet on this Black Friday, the day
after Thanksgiving. I will walk Odin and maybe
go to the library in my new walker.

I am now into the Phase 1 Cyclacel study.
I take 24 capsules before breakfast.
So far no untoward effects.It leaves a slight peppery
taste in my throat, which goes away. Generally,
I am very tired and stiff in the morning and reluctant
to get out of bed. This condition improves with
medication.

I will dose Saturday, Sunday and Monday next. On
Tuesday, I will take the last dose of Cycle 1 in
the Chemo clinic at Roswell for periodic blood sampling.
Then a week off to close the cycle.

Sep 30 Jake's Sleepover Adventure

2007-11-15T23:27:00.000-08:00

From Crackle: Jakes sleepover sept 30

Jake Oct 28 no like Cream of Wheat

2007-11-15T23:26:00.000-08:00

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Jake Oct 28

2007-11-15T23:19:00.000-08:00

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New MADD member

2007-11-15T22:59:00.000-08:00

Ok, Ok, one more somber blog and I promise they will be on cheerier topics from here on out.
REMARKS OF CAROL LEVIN
ON THE SENTENCING OF
MY NGUYEN
You took someone who was more precious to me than life. Todd was my youngest son and he was my best friend. He was the kindest, sweetest, and the most selfless person that I knew.

The pain that you caused our family and the many, many other families that knew Todd or our family is unimaginable and so very senseless. Todd just started a new job- the best opportunity ever and he was with the love of his life when he died. I want you to know that you took away my son, the family that he will never have, and a future he will never realize.

When you go to prison, think of what you’ve done. I pray that you will never drink and drive ever again.

I will be helping MADD to get new and stronger laws passed and to keep drunk drivers off the road.

VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT
OF
STUART IAN LEVIN
ON THE SENTENCING OF
MY NGUYEN

I give to you this day a small portion of the private pain and grief that I feel. You have wrongfully taken the lives of two very special people and left all of us with an immeasurable amount of pain and hurt. Out of my respect for Raylynn Healy’s family, I will let them speak to you about her and their tamily’s grief. I wish to use this occasion to speak about our family and my feelings.

The autopsy report listed Todd’s major causes of death as two fractures to the skull and a ruptured heart. You did more than break Todd’s heart last year, you broke each of his family’s hearts as well. Todd assumed the entire responsibility for his life and actions. Todd was a strong, honest, and intelligent man, a loyal friend, a lover of sports and music, a person who was going places in his personal life and career. He was a loving son and there is not a day that will ever go by, that I will not be thankful for the brief time that I had to share with him.

The tears I shed for my son Todd start from within the hole in my heart, well up in my soul, and cascade from my eyes. I feel so sorry that Todd will no longer experience the fullness of existence and the richness of life. He deserved so much better. He simply deserved the right to live.

I do not seek your apology and I am uninterested in your regrets. In time, I would be pleased to receive some true sense of your remorse. When the tears that you shed, are not tears for yourself but are tears for Todd and Raylynn, then you may begin to start feeling some of this kind of remorse. When you begin to live your life by taking full responsibility for your own actions, you may begin to start feeling this kind of remorse. When you dedicate a portion of your life to unselfishly helping others, then may begin to start feeling this kind of remorse. And, when you are able to stand at Todd’s grave and tell him some of the good you have done for others, you may begin to start feeling this kind of remorse.

Our family’s reaction to Todd’s death was initially one of utmost sorrow, but has evolved into a strong feeling of how each of us could honor Todd’s memory by helping others. We have endeavored to find ways to continue to do just that. This has been our path and in time it may well be yours.

Honoring the memories of Todd Levin and Raylynn Healy are now your responsibility as well as those of us who loved them, and you must now assume that responsibility as well. While few will remember these remarks, I urge you to take responsibility for yourself and your actions hereafter in order to make the balance of your life a blessing and not a curse.

My comment: Stu Levin was an alum of Acacia when I was a brother. As you see gruesomely, his son and daughter-in-law were killed by a drunk driver.

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2007-11-14T18:27:00.000-08:00

2007-11-14T13:02:00.000-08:00

I was out with Odin this afternoon, walking for 50 minutes
and I noticed a change in my mood as time went on.
Perhaps this was brought on by the stress of controlling
the dog or the uphill climb. But my thoughts were wandering
too, and I was recalling as I approached the vicinity of
Lackawanna Library an incident last week.

I had him tied out near the elevator entrance, but nearer the
driveway, and went in. A few minutes later the librarian asked
me if that was my dog out there and he was scaring the patrons.
Idon't k now what to do with him when I use a public facility.
Usually I leave him outside the door. He attracts the attention
of passersby. So what? And the librarian said she didn't
want patrons afraid to go in. I took it at that with a sigh and
took my leave and restored public access to the library.

All this having to suck in my emotions and feelings of being
discriminated against returned to me on my walk and I could
feel the serotonin coursing through me trying to calm me
down.So the last part of my walk was sort of somber.

Walks are still important though, what with the Seasonally
Affected Disorder season coming on. It is dark now by six
o'clock, the sun is at its fastest meridian, 12 noon, the
earliest for our longitude. But, as if to counteract the
diminishing daylight hours, the sun,in declining toward the
Tropic of Capricorn from here on out and causing earth to
move faster in approach to perihelion, will, for a given delta of
decline require passage through a denser concentration of
longitude hour lines and hence take longer to reach meridian,
blessing us with later sunsets, and delaying the onset of gloom.

A recent death in my little circle

2007-11-14T00:04:00.000-08:00

I find myself thinking of death and passages lately, recent and goneby, hence the
funeral pictures below. Recently witnessed passage was by my fraternity brother
6 years my senior, Chet Ambler last week. Found some comfort watching the movie "Elizabethville"
as well as a tape I made of the funeral of Princess Diana Sept. 6, 1997, which leaves
me with the sense of importance of carrying out the good works on earth of those departed whom we love and respect.

Chet passed away after managing a 6.5 year battle with terminal myeloma, in life surprising his doctors, and being there for his family and friends. He was 60.
Ambler was at Syracuse University from 1966-69; He is fondly remembered by myself
as one of those alums whose influence extended far beyond his active days when he served as President of the Syracuse chapter of Acacia. In the early 70's, when I
was a brother, there was quite a cadre of these alumni, Ron Hopkins, Pete Baskin,
Ira Dubnoff, Stu Levin, Mike Krebs, Curt Carson, Bill Wrobel, who were brothers
with Chet, who brought their kind of spirit into our house, infusing it with tradition that bonded us more one with another. Many memories are lost by the myriads of parties, socials and nights at the Aynsley Inn, but a lot of good ones still remain

2007-11-04T18:07:00.000-08:00

More from Dad's Funeral Weekend

2007-11-04T17:37:00.000-08:00

Funeral Brunch

2007-11-04T17:30:00.000-08:00

Dad's funeral brunch at K of C

2007-11-04T17:26:00.000-08:00

Groundhog's

2007-10-31T21:35:00.000-07:00

VEGFR2 blockade in patients with solid tumors: Mechanism of hypertension and effects on vascular function.

2007-10-31T17:32:00.000-07:00

VEGFR2 blockade in patients with solid tumors: Mechanism of hypertension and effects on vascular function.
Sub-category: Vascular Targeting
Category: Developmental Therapeutics: Molecular Therapeutics
Meeting: 2006 ASCO Annual Meeting
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Abstract No: 3037
Citation: Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2006 ASCO Annual Meeting Proceedings Part I. Vol 24, No. 18S (June 20 Supplement), 2006: 3037
Author(s): N. Steeghs, M. M. Hovens, A. J. Rabelink, J. Op 't Roodt, A. Matthys, O. Christensen, H. Gelderblom
Abstract: Background: Hypertension is the most common side effect in trials with inhibitors of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling, although the underlying pathophysiology is unclear. As the use of anti-VEGF therapy is increasing, hypertension and related serious adverse events are likely to become more important. Methods: To better understand this pathophysiology, blood pressure and vascular function parameters were assessed in this substudy of a phase I trial in patients with advanced solid tumours treated with BAY 57-9352, an oral VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2) inhibitor. Blood pressure, flow-mediated dilatation (FMD), nitroglycerin-mediated dilatation (NMD) and pulse-wave velocity (PWV) were measured at baseline and after 5 weeks of daily treatment in 10 patients. Patients were spread out over different cohorts, taking different dosages of study drug. Results: Mean systolic blood pressure increased from 129.0 mm Hg to 139.4 mm Hg after 5 weeks of treatment (difference 10.4 mm Hg; 95% confidence interval (CI) 5.0-15.7 mm Hg; p=0.002). Mean diastolic blood pressure increased from 80.9 to 87.4 mm Hg (difference 6.5 mm Hg; 95% CI 1.7-11.3; p=0.013). Endothelium-dependent vasodilatation (FMD) decreased from 5.6% to 3.0% (95% CI 1.1-3.9%; p=0.003). NMD, indicating endothelium-independent vasodilatation, also decreased from 12.9% to 7.7% (95% CI 2.7-7.6%; p=0.001). Arterial stiffness (PWV), increased from 9.4 m/s to 10.3 m/s (p=0.07). Conclusions: Inhibition of VEGFR2 significantly increases systolic and diastolic blood pressure. As VEGF enhances endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthetase activity, the clear decrease in FMD could be explained by reduced bioavailability of NO. The decrease in NMD may be a direct effect of VEGFR2 inhibition on vascular smooth muscle cells. However, a more likely hypothesis for these profound vascular effects is a reduced number of microvessels (i.e. rarefaction). As the microcirculation is largely responsible for peripheral resistance, the rarefaction associated with VEGFR2 inhibition is likely to increase peripheral resistance and lead to hypertension.

Associated Presentation(s):
1. VEGFR2 blockade in patients with solid tumors: Mechanism of hypertension and effects on vascular function.
Meeting: 2006 ASCO Annual Meeting
Presenter: Neeltje Steeghs
Session: Developmental Therapeutics: Molecular Therapeutics (Poster Discussion)

Other Abstracts in this Sub-Category
1. Differential circulation kinetics during antiangiogenic therapy of four distinct blood cell populations expressing endothelial markers.
Meeting: 2006 ASCO Annual Meeting Abstract No: 3038 First Author: D. G. Duda
Category: Developmental Therapeutics: Molecular Therapeutics - Vascular Targeting
2. A phase I pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) study of MN-029, a novel vascular disrupting agent (VDA), in patients (pts) with advanced solid tumors.
Meeting: 2006 ASCO Annual Meeting Abstract No: 3096 First Author: A. D. Ricart
Category: Developmental Therapeutics: Molecular Therapeutics - Vascular Targeting
3. Preliminary results of a phase I study of bevacizumab (BV) in combination with everolimus (E) in patients with advanced solid tumors.
Meeting: 2006 ASCO Annual Meeting Abstract No: 3097 First Author: Y. Zafar
Category: Developmental Therapeutics: Molecular Therapeutics - Vascular Targeting
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Abstracts by N. Steeghs
1. Phase I, safety, pharmacokinetic and biomarker study of BAY 57-9352, an oral VEGFR-2 inhibitor, in a continuous schedule in patients with advanced solid tumors.
Meeting: 2006 ASCO Annual Meeting Abstract No: 3040 First Author: H. Gelderblom
Category: Developmental Therapeutics: Molecular Therapeutics - Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors
2. VEGFR2 blockade in patients with solid tumors: Mechanism of hypertension and effects on vascular function.
Meeting: 2006 ASCO Annual Meeting Abstract No: 3037 First Author: N. Steeghs
Category: Developmental Therapeutics: Molecular Therapeutics - Vascular Targeting
3. Incidence of thrombosis in gastro-esophageal cancer; a cohort study of 761 patients.
Meeting: 2004 ASCO Annual Meeting Abstract No: 8218 First Author: M. Tesselaar
Category: Patient Care - Cancer-Related Complications
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1. VEGFR2 blockade in patients with solid tumors: Mechanism of hypertension and effects on vascular function.
Meeting: 2006 ASCO Annual Meeting
Presenter: Neeltje Steeghs
Session: Developmental Therapeutics: Molecular Therapeutics (Poster Discussion)

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PubMed Articles by N Steeghs

1. Small Molecule Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in the Treatment of Solid Tumors: An Update of Recent Developments.
Ann Surg Oncol,
Vol , No (11/15/2006): pp.
PMID: 17103252 [PubMed - in process]
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Experimental Therapeutics

2007-10-31T17:30:00.000-07:00

Experimental Therapeutics

British Journal of Cancer (2004) 91, 1391-1398.
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602109 Published online 24 August 2004

Antitumour efficacy of VEGFR2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor correlates with expression of VEGF and its receptor VEGFR2 in tumour models

I K Dev1, R E Dornsife1, T M Hopper1, J A Onori1, C G Miller1, L E Harrington1, K M Dold1, R J Mullin1, J H Johnson1, R M Crosby1, A T Truesdale1, A H Epperly1, K W Hinkle1, M Cheung1, J A Stafford1,2, D K Luttrell1 and R Kumar1

1GlaxoSmithKline, Five Moore Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA

Correspondence to: Dr R Kumar, Department of Oncology Biology, RCII.405, GlaxoSmithKline R&D, PO Box 13398, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. E-mail: rakesh.2.kumar@gsk.com

2Current address: Syrrx, Inc., 10410 Science Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA

Received 5 May 2004; revised 30 June 2004; accepted 2 July 2004; published online 24 August 2004

During the development of indazolylpyrimidines as novel and potent inhibitors of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-2 (VEGFR2) tyrosine kinase, we observed that some human tumour xenografts are more sensitive to VEGFR2 kinase inhibitors than others. A better understanding of the basis for this differential response may help to identify a predictive marker that would greatly aid in the identification of a suitable patient population for treatment. One representative compound from the indazolylpyrimidine series is GW654652 that inhibited all three VEGFRs with similar potency. The inhibition of VEGFR2 kinase by GW654652 was about 150 to >8800 more potent than the inhibition of eight other kinases tested. GW654652 inhibited VEGF- and bFGF-induced proliferation in endothelial cells with an IC50 of 110 and 1980 nM, respectively, and has good pharmacokinetic profile in mouse and dog. We investigated the association between VEGF and VEGFR2 expression and the antitumour efficacy of GW654652, in various xenograft models. Statistically significant associations were observed between the antitumour efficacy of GW654652 in xenografts and VEGF protein (P=0.005) and VEGFR2 expression (P=0.041). The oral dose of GW654652 producing 50% inhibition of tumour growth (ED50) decreased with increasing levels of VEGF (r=-0.94); and, in contrast, the ED50 increased with the increased expression of VEGFR2 (r=0.82). These results are consistent with the observed inverse correlation between VEGF and VEGFR2 expression in tumours. These findings support the hypothesis that VEGF and VEGFR2 expression by tumours may predict the therapeutic outcome of VEGFR kinase inhibitors.

Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) expression in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck

2007-10-31T17:21:00.000-07:00

Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) expression in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck.Neuchrist C, Erovic BM, Handisurya A, Steiner GE, Rockwell P, Gedlicka C, Burian M.
Ear, Nose and Throat Department, University of Vienna, Austria. csilla.neuchrist@univie.ac.at

OBJECTIVES: Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2; Flk-1 [fetal liver kinase]/KDR [kinase insert domain containing receptor]) has been identified as a high affinity receptor for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on vascular endothelium. Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) have already been shown to produce substantial amounts of VEGF. VEGFR2 is supposed to play a major role in tumor-neoangiogenesis. METHODS: We investigated 24 tumor specimens and 4 HNSCC cultured tumor cell lines for the incidence and distribution of VEGFR2 by immunohistochemistry using monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and RT-PCR. RESULTS: Analysis of frozen sections by immunohistochemistry showed that in 90% of tumor specimens VEGFR2-positive cells were found which were associated with vascular endothelium. VEGFR2 was also expressed on tumor cells and vessels, which was confirmed by double immunolabeling of tumor cells with an a-cytokeratin mAb. Furthermore, 2 (JPPA, SCC9) of 4 HNSCC cultured tumor cell lines revealed positive VEGFR2 immunoreactivity. Synthesis of VEGFR2 mRNA on all 4 HNSCC cultured tumor cell lines (JPPA, SCC9, SCC25, and LFFR) and in 6 tumor specimens was confirmed by RT-PCR. In conclusion, our results showed that VEGFR2 is expressed in HNSCCs on tumor cells. VEGFR2 expression is associated with the beginning of vasculogenesis represented by accumulation of VEGFR2-positive cells budding into new vessels ("hot spots"). The focal expression pattern of VEGFR2 on tumor cells suggests an autocrine loop for VEGF in tumor cell growth

CYC116

2007-10-31T17:14:00.000-07:00

Aurora Kinase
Aurora kinases are a family of serine/threonine protein kinases that are only expressed in actively dividing cells and are crucial for the process of cell division or mitosis. These kinases are often found to be over expressed in many solid tumors, including breast, colon, pancreatic and bladder tumors. Recent genetic evidence suggests that the human Aurora A kinase gene is linked to cancer susceptibility. Aurora B is over expressed in a wide range of tumors, and it has also been shown that its inhibition leads to ‘catastrophic’ (failed) mitosis and rapid cell death. Aurora kinases A & B were discovered by Cyclacel’s Professor David Glover.

As important regulators of both genomic integrity and cell cycle progression in cancer cells, the Aurora kinases represent an attractive target for anticancer drug development. Cyclacel has identified a series of compounds acting through inhibition of Aurora kinases which are being developed for oncology therapeutic applications. Several compounds have demonstrated efficacy by oral administration in hematological and solid tumor models with a mechanism consistent with inhibition of the target.

The lead compound in the Aurora kinase inhibitor program, CYC116, is an orally-active inhibitor of Aurora kinases A & B and VEGFR2. The program is currently in a Phase I study in patients with advanced solid tumors.

Aurora kinase inhibitors

2007-10-31T14:59:00.000-07:00

Aurora kinase inhibitors
January 18th, 2007 · No Comments
Attached is a link to a new analysis that I have done on Aurora Kinase inhibitors. The Aurora kinase is one of the hottest kinase targets around at the moment, inhibitors having the potential as anti-cancer drugs. Most advanced in this area is Vertex with it’s drug VX-680 in Phase II trials for colorectal cancer. Hot on Vertex’s heels are Nerviano, Astex and AstraZeneca, all with promising compounds in clinical development.

In terms of intellectual property Vertex leads the pack with AstraZeneca and Cyclacel also having impressing aurora kinase inhibitor portfolios. It’s important to note however that there are many potential patents out there that probably do not mention aurora kinase specificity - so judgements based on the number of patents listed needed to be made with caution.

Information for this table has been found by searching the internet; WIPO and USPTO patent sites; and PubMed. Please do feel free to let me know if you find this table usefuel, have any further information to add or have any other suggestions about how the information could be displayed.

Cyclacel applies for Aurora Kinase inhibitor IND

2007-10-31T14:58:00.000-07:00

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10/11/2005 - A small molecule drug, which has been developed to treat solid tumour and haematological cancer, has entered an Investigational New Drug (IND) application that represents the emergence of aurora kinase inhibitors as a viable cancer treatment.

As important regulators of both genomic integrity and cell cycle progression in cancer cells the Aurora kinases represent an attractive target for anticancer drug development.
Aurora kinases are enzymes that help dividing cells share their materials between two daughter cells. In many people with cancer Aurora kinase malfunctions and normal control of cell division is lost resulting in abnormal growth.

Small molecule drugs that inhibit Aurora kinase may slow down the growth of cancer cells and lead to their death by apoptosis.

Cyclacel's small molecule investigational drug, CYC116, is the third orally-available Cyclacel drug to enter development, which demonstrated anticancer activity with a mechanism consistent with inhibition of Aurora kinase.

The company plans to file an Investigational New Drug (IND) application for CYC116 with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2006.

"Together with seliciclib and sapacitabine, our two clinical development candidates, advancement of CYC116 demonstrates our strategy of building a novel oncology-focused pipeline of drugs acting on the cancer cell cycle," said Cyclacel's CEO, Spiro Rombotis.

The company is currently evaluating seliciclib (CYC202), an orally-available Cyclin Dependent Kinase inhibitor, in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer and B-cell hematological malignancies.

Sapacitabine (CYC682) is an orally available, cell cycle modulating nucleoside analog in Phase I clinical trials for the treatment of cancer.

Proof of the Aurora kinase's potential was demonstrated back in June with Merck & Co's decision to invest up to $350 million (€288m) in a license for the lead compound in the class.

Aurora kinases are overexpressed in various tumour types such as leukaemia and colon and breast cancer, and are thought to play multiple roles in the development of cancer.

In addition to acting as regulators of cell proliferation, they have been shown to convert normal cells to cancer cells and inhibiting p53, a natural tumour suppressor protein.

One other company working in this area is AstraZeneca, which presented preclinical data on one of its Aurora kinase inhibitors, AZD1152, at the American Association of Cancer Research meeting earlier this year.

Aurora Kinase Inhibitor Shows Activity in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

2007-10-31T14:49:00.000-07:00

Aurora Kinase Inhibitor Shows Activity in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

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December 12, 2006 (Orlando) — A new aurora kinase inhibitor is the first to show clinical activity in a population of treatment-resistant leukemia patients with a poor prognosis. The new Merck and Vertex Pharmaceuticals product, dubbed MK-0457, has been proposed as a targeted approach to address refractory forms of blood cancer.

"We really are focused on disease elimination," lead investigator Francis Giles, MD, from the MD Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, Texas, told reporters attending the American Society of Hematology 48th Annual Meeting and Exposition. "In regulatory terms, the advantage of the drug is that you are alive. This is an exciting new agent, and there's a great need because there is currently no alternative for these patients."

Patients with refractory chronic myelogenous leukemia often develop resistance to anticancer therapies such as imatinib, dasatinib, and nilotinib. One of the most common mutations that can occur is T3151. The new product is said to address this problem by targeting aurora kinases and BCR-ABL, a gene that when altered promotes uncontrolled cell growth and disease progression in leukemia.

The investigators conducted a phase 1 study in 15 patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia and a history of accelerated or blastic phase disease. Of these, 11 patients carried the T3151 BCR-ABL mutation. Participants received treatment by continuous 5-day intravenous infusions every 2 to 3 weeks for an average of 3 months of therapy to date. The researchers experimented with 8 different doses, ranging from 8 to 40 mg/m2 per hour. They used a standard dose-escalation scheme, with 3 patients per dose level until dose-limiting toxicity, followed by 6 patients per level. Toxicity was defined as a grade 3 or higher nonhematologic adverse event during cycle 1.

Presenting the findings at the meeting, Jamie Freedman, MD, from Merck in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, told attendees that the new aurora kinase inhibitor was "very well tolerated in this phase 1 study." Some patients had apparent myelosuppression, which the researchers say is an expected mechanism-based side effect of aurora kinase inhibition. One patient received 15 cycles of therapy and continues to receive treatment.

Patients with T3151 Mutation Responded to Therapy

All 11 patients with the T315I mutation showed clinical signals of antileukemic activity. There was 1 major hematological response, 4 minor, 1 complete cytogenetic response, 2 partial cytogenetic responses, and 1 minimal cytogenetic response. None of the patients without the T315I mutation showed responses.

Investigators are moving forward on new studies of MK-0457. "There will be a pivotal international study of as many centers around the world as we can manage," Dr. Giles said in a news conference. He told Medscape there will be many challenges ahead. "We are looking to initiate distribution for a product with an unknown clinical benefit in a rare subset of leukemia patients." And questions remain about dosing. "If we find that long term all of the dosing levels are safe, it will be difficult to select which to pursue."

Scientists are also investigating whether the product can be offered as an oral tablet. "This is a really exciting area," vice president of the American Society of Hematology, Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, from the University of California, San Diego, told reporters. "Hematology is moving very rapidly from biochemical and molecular study to clinic, and we have the very privileged opportunity of observing these benefits with developments such as this."

ASH 48th Annual Meeting and Exposition: Abstract 163. Presented December 11, 2006.

2007-10-31T09:45:00.000-07:00

Here's what's been going on I have an opportunity to participate in a Phase I study of a new unapproved cancer drug. First the background. Dr Wong is pretty stymied by
my presentation on the catscans. Since the course of standard chemo which I finished in April two areas, a millimeter spot in my lung and a area of shredding in that vague region in my hip where the surgery was, which is pretty well healed up. Dr Wang interprets their persistence as "nudging" that is growing very slowly or not going away with time.
Spread spectrum chemo will bring every thing down but then the tumors have the opportunity to grow some more when I'm off chemo, like I have been for the past six months. So the strategy of on again off again, seems to Dr Wong to entail unacceptable quality-of-life prospects for me.

What the Phase I study (first time in humans) involves is a drug called CYC116 a drug
being tested by the Cyclacel Corporation. It is known as a auroral kinase inhibitor.
Aurora kinase is an enzyme which facillitates transfer of chromosomal material from
parent to daughter cells at a particular phase of mitosis or cell division.

Jean has been my rock as my proxy. She's always there in the Doctor's face asking the right questions. Right now we know very little about this new treatment, I'm trying to get secured web sites to her so she can look them up at work on her account, so we can see some real research. But to me it seems like a hair of the dog treatment, since my cancers probably started by some similarly inhibited chromosomal translocation Jean gets annoyed with the pros when they don't show you the catscans or the things they look at, but hey, what would it mean to a layman.
Maybe that's naive trusting of the doctor. I don't think the doctor's going to tell you when he's tossing the dice and when he's making a chess move or what exactly his thoughts are.

Anyway, the advantages of the targeted treatment are fewer side effects, possibly some nausea from having to swallow so many pills a day (up to 24) because the company hasn't worked out the maximum dosage yet, so the Phase I tests gradually increase the drug in individual subjects.

Below are some emails between Jean and myself: which will also help bring everyone up to speed.

----- Original Message ----
From: "Veith, Jean"
To: jim murphy
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:29:06 AM
Subject: My thoughts on our visit to Roswell

Hi Jim,
I have had a couple of days to digest what transpired the other day, and thought I would let you know what is going on in my head...
I cannot find anything in the literature regarding the two drugs they are thinking of putting you on. Most drugs are tested extensively in animals and published in peer reviewed journals, so the research is all out in the open for review by scientists and medical community. I am puzzled as to why I am finding it so difficult to find even one journal article on either of these compounds.
My advice is to hold off until I can find out more. These are first in human drugs, and you shouldn't just jump into it without a lot of thought, it should be a well informed decision and I do not think that they have given us enough information to make a decision. I also think it would be helpful if they would show us the actual scans and reports. Everytime we have gone in for a consultation, there was always some vagarity, the report was too preliminary and they needed to study it further & etc. I would like to see them after they have studied it, instead of just after the first look.

So, I think that at minimum we should have another consult with Dr Wong, with scans and complete reports not first impressions.
What is going on in your head?
Jean

Dear Jean,
Dr Wong is reaching because my cancer is somewhat unresponsive, however it is slow-developing and he feels in the short term
it's a good time to try the phase one stuff. I think we have an obligation and opportunity to "add to the sum of human knowledge", as Dad used to say. I understand your concern with the meiosis-type drugs vs the non-
aggressive tumors, however these are targeting drugs done state of the art. Maybe they can find their mark, as
opposed to spread spectrum.

I'm sorry, I haven't looked for any of these. Obviously this is proprietary research. Did you try Cyclacel or
Dr Nithya Ranmash? I will try Oral Aurora Kinase Inhibitor just to educate myself. More comments when I know more.
Jim
Jean I'll tell you if Sandy michel calls. it is a waiting list, so it's liable to be a few weeks any way before we can get on board. So it's our responsibility to inform ourselves in that time frame.

jim

----- Original Message ----
From: "Veith, Jean"
To: jim murphy
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 9:37:33 AM
Subject: RE: My thoughts on our visit to Roswell

OK, Jim I see your point, but I think that you should hold off for at least a few weeks..and please keep me in the loop..
Jean

From: jim murphy [mailto:murphyjrocks@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tue 10/30/2007 5:15 PM
To: Veith, Jean
Subject: Phase I visit

Hi Jean, Here's my first date for the Phase I

My date is Nov 13: on Tuesday
EKG at 12:30
Bloodwork
Wang at 1:30

MORE LATER

Thanks Jim,
Sandy Michel the nurse called me to let me know about the phase one..she said it was going to be the aurora kinase inhibitor..I was glad to hear that because she said it has not caused any nausea or anything..and I am very suspicious of the src inhibitor...I am very sad about that and hope that my suspicions are wrong, but I have learned to listen to my instincts just the same. Are you sure you want to do this though? You are feeling well and time might be better spent on doing things you enjoy, than sitting around for 10 hours at Roswell.
Do you think you might be up to a trip to Letchworth this weekend? I have been wanting to go leaf peeping and I think they are at peak right about now..we could get some nice pictures I bet.
Let me know..
Jean

Answers

2007-10-28T05:08:00.000-07:00

Dropkick Murphys

2007-10-27T15:04:00.000-07:00

Fates Warning - Fata Morgana - lyrics

2007-10-25T21:19:00.001-07:00

Fates Warning - Fata Morgana lyrics

Morrigan you come again
Morgan La Fay, raven on my sill of frost
Far away from the sea of the setting sun
Island of fire and albatross
Taught so well magic merlin the wizard
Maiden of beauty dressed in rainbow
Come to me

Damon girl daughter of saul queen of the
Under world . . . she'll have us all
Damon girl foul temptress of lust
Peasants to kings your heart surely turn to dust
Damian she's the mortal of man
Lives in your dreams in darkness, reaches out her hand
Come to me

Fata Morgana . . . She will take you
Hungry scarred harlot hunting another heart
Morrigan fallen angel queen of magic
Kneeling at the widows altar, temptress
Of my . . .
She's the widow of my dreams

Far beyond the realm of dream, your wildest dream
Ascend to the plane, an imaginary game to play
Past the golden pillars of the lore to Lemuria
Imagine your queen . . .
Take her she's yours
Damian upon her throne mirrored mirage
Of your desire
Of my desire
Passion slave, her life I gave
Jump into her fire

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2007-10-25T21:12:00.000-07:00

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Gaussian Elimination

2007-10-19T16:34:00.000-07:00

100 REM: SIMEQN
110 REM(C) 1981, PHIL FELDMAN AND TOM RUGG
150 CLEAR 100
200 CLS
210 PRINT @ 1, “A SIMULTANEOUS”
220 PRINT @ 16, “LINEAR EQUATION”
230 PRINT@ 45, “SOLVER”
240 PRINT
250 INPUT “NUMBER OF EQUATIONS”;N
260 IF N >0 THEN 400
270 PRINT:PRINT”** ERROR! **
280 PRINT “THERE MUST BE AT “
290 PRINT “LEAST 1”: GOSUB 6000
300 GOTO 240
400 DIM A(N,N), R(N),V(N)
410 PRINT
420 PRINT”THE”;N;”UNKNOWNS”;
430 PRINT” WILL BE DENOTED”
440 PRINT “X1 THROUGH X;
450 PRINT MID$(STR$(N),2)
460 GOSUB 900:FOR J=1 TO N
470 PRINT “ENTER VALUES FOR”;
480 PRINT “EQUATION“;J
490 PRINT: FOR K=1 TO N
500 PRINT “COEFFICIENT OF X”;
510 PRINT MID$(STR$(K), 2);
520 INPUT A(J,K):NEXT
530 INPUT “RIGHT HAND SIDE”;R(J)
540 GOSUB 900:NEXT
550 GOSUB 2000
600 PRINT “THE SOLUTION IS”
610 PRINT:FOR J = 1 TO N
620 PRINT” X”;MID$(STR$(J), 2);
630 PRINT “=“;V(J)
640 NEXT:END
900 PRINT FOR L = 1 TO 31
910 PRINT “-”;:NEXT:PRINT:RETURN
2000 IF N>1 THEN 2020
2010 V(1)=R(1)/A(1,1):RETURN
2020 FOR K=1 TO N-1:I=K+1
2030 L=K
2040 Q=ABS(A(I,K))-ABS(A(L,K))
2050 IF Q>0 THEN L=I
2060 if i less than n then i=i+1:goto 2040
2070 IF L=K THEN 2110
2080 FOR J=K TO N:Q=A(K,J)
2090 A(K,J)=A(L,J):A(L,J)=Q:NEXT
2100 Q = R(K):R(K)=R(L):R(L)=Q
2110 I=K+1
2120 Q = A(I,K)/A(K,K):A(I,K)=0
2130 FOR J=K+1 TO N
2140 A(I,J)=A(I,J)-Q*A(K,J):NEXT
2150 R(I)=R(I)-Q*R(K)
2160 if i less than n then i =i+1: goto 2120
2170 NEXT
2180 V(N)=R(N)/A(N,N)
2190 FOR I=N-1 TO 1 STEP-1
2200 Q=0:FOR J=I+1 TO N
2210 Q=Q+A(I,J)*V(J)
2220 V(I)=(R(I)-Q)/A(I,I):NEXT
2230 NEXT:RETURN
6000 SOUND 8,8:RETURN
Main Routines
200- 240 Clears screen and displays program title.
250- 550 Gets input from user and calculates the solution
600- 640 Displays the solution
900-910 Subroutine to space and separate the output
2000- 2230 Subroutine to calculate the solution; consisting of the following parts:
2000- 2010 Forms solution if N=1
2020- 2170 Gaussian elimination
2030- 2110 Interchanges rows to achieve pivotal condensation.
2180-2230 Back substitution
6000 Sound generation subroutine

Main variables

I,J,K,L Loop indices and subscripts.
N Number of equations (thus number of unknowns also).
A Doubly dimensioned array of coefficients.
R Array of right-hand-sides.
V Array of the solution.
Q Work variable

Plans

2007-10-12T09:28:00.000-07:00

The girls have Home Interior parties to prepare, so I'm spending the weekend
with Cathy, hopefully take some time off from all the cyber-activity
and see some of the fall sights. Nothing new except to remind myself or
Dr. appointments coming up the week of the 21st, which is the next Bills game.
Saw the Sabres kast night. They looked good.

dmi3000's radio

2007-10-07T14:15:00.000-07:00

TALK TO ME!

2007-09-22T19:48:00.000-07:00

GUYSSSS,

I'm playing to the crickets here!
If you're looking at this comment. let me know.

Stroke my ego! Don't be afraid of the keyboard.

m92 nailed

2007-09-22T19:04:00.000-07:00

Can't contain my excitement. Used my xy system to pull in another
faint object, M92, a globular cluster in Hercules. The actual triad
is eta-pi-M92 hercules. 51,31,56. These are the settings calculated
at 10:20pm at latitude 42.83N and 78.83W
The first number is the azimuth of the slew axis; second is the elevation
angle of the axis; the third the slew angle above the horizon from NW.
eta Herculis is boring down the aperture. The x's and y's of M92
are 2 and 6 degrees, respectively.

The key here is I was able to just rough it in. Once the 3 numbers are
dialed in, just getting eta herculis in the sights, the x's and y's
fall quickly into place. M92 is a 6.5 magnitude fuzzball, pretty hard to
miss at this point.

Thesis data

2007-09-22T00:13:00.000-07:00

Dear Reader,
Please pardon this blog for all the FORTRAN gibberish.
I'm taking a bunch of computer cards and spreadsheeting
their formulas,probably a couple hundred CARDS.

SUBROUTINE WATSON (DATA,N,NUMDATA)
C
C***** ROUTINE CALCULATES WATSON'S STATISTICS OF ORIENTA
TION DATA.
C**** REFERENCE
C**** WATSON, G.S.(1966) THE STATISTICS OF ORIENTATION DATA
C**** JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY, VOL. 74, NO.5, PT 5, PP. 786-797
C
REAL DATA(N,2), MATRIX(3,3),LTOTAL,MTOTAL,NTOTAL,RSQR,LB
1AR,MBAR,NBAR,R,COS1,COS2,SIN1,SIN2,LL,MM,NN,LM,LN,MN
INTEGER NUMDATA
COMMON /RESULTS/ STAT2(11),STAT3(9)
C
IF (NUMDATA.GT.N) CALL ERROR (3.38)
STAT3(1)=NUMDATA
C
C**** SUM TOTALS FOR MATRIX SUBSCRIPTS
C
LTOTAL = 0.0
MTOTAL = 0.0
NTOTAL = 0.0
LL = 0.0
MM = 0.0
NN = 0.0
LM = 0.0
LN = 0.0
MN = 0.0
DO I = 1,NUMDATA
COS1=COS(RADIANS(DATA(I,1)))
COS2=COS(RADIANS(DATA(I,2)))
SIN1=SIN(RADIANS(DATA(I,1)))
SIN2=SIN(RADIANS(DATA(I,2)))
LTOTAL=LTOTAL+COS1*COS2
MTOTAL=MTOTAL+SIN1*COS2
NTOTAL=NTOTAL+COS1*SIN2
LL=LL+COS1*COS2*COS1*COS2
MM=MM+SIN1*COS2*SIN1*COS2
NN=NN+SIN2*SIN2
LM=LM+COS1*COS2*SIN1*COS2
LN=LN+COS1*COS2*SIN2
MN=MN+SIN1*COS2*SIN2
1 CONTINUE
R=HYPO(LTOTAL,MTOTAL,NTOTAL)
RSQR=R*R
LBAR=LTOTAL/R
MBAR=MTOTAL/R
NBAR=NTOTAL/R
C
C**** ASSIGN MATRIX SUBSCRIPTS
C
MATRIX(1,1)=LL
MATRIX(1,2)=LM
MATRIX(1,3)=LN
MATRIX(2,1)=LM
MATRIX(2,2)=MM
MATRIX(2,3)=MN
MATRIX(3,1)=LN
MATRIX(3,2)=MN
MATRIX(3,3)=NN
C
WRITE (6,1001)
1001 FORMAT (1H1,136(1H*),/,,51X,SPHERICAL STATISTICS FOR CLUSTER,/,
11X,136(1H*),/)
WRITE (6,1002)
1002 FORMAT (1X,20(1H*),8X,16HWATSON'S MATRIX:,72X,20(1H*),/,1X,20(1H*)
1,96X,20(1H*))
DO 2 I=1,3
WRITE (6,1003) MATRIX(I,1),MATRIX(I,2),MATRIX(I,3)
2 CONTINUE
1003 FORMAT (1X,20(1H*),24X,3F15.6,27X,20(1H*))
C
C**** COMPUTE EIGENVALUES AND EIGENVECTORS
C
CALL EIGEN (MATRIX,STORE,3)
C
IF (STORE(1,1).EQ.0.0OR.STORE(3,1).EQ.0.0) CALL ERROR (14.0)
WRITE (6,1004) MATRIX(1,1),MATRIX(2,2),MATRIX(3,3)
1004 FORMAT (1X,20(2H*),96X,20(1H*),8X,37HEIGENVALUES 1,2,
13 OF WATSON'S MATRIX:,61X,20(1H*),24X,3F15.6,27X,20(1
2H*),/,1X,20(1H*),96X,20(1H*))
DO 3 I=1,3
WRITE (6,1005) I,STORE(1,I),STORE(2,I),STORE(3,I)
3 CONTINUE
1005 FORMAT (1X,20(1H*),8X,11HEIGENVECTOR,1X,I1,1H:,3F15.6,29X,20(1H*))
C
C**** MEAN AZIMUTH
C STAT3(2)=DEGROT(DEGREES(ATAN2(MBAR,LBAR)))
WRITE (6,1006) STAT3(2)
1006 FORMAT (1X,20(1H*),96X,20(1H*),/,1X,20(1H*),8X,23HSPATIAL MEAN DIR
1ECTION:,1X,F9.4,54X,,20(1X,20(1H*),96X,20(1H*))
C
C**** MEAN DIP
C
STAT3(3)=DEGREES(ASIN(NBAR))
WRITE (6,1007) STAT3(3)
1007 FORMAT (1X,20(1H*),8X,20HSPATIAL MEAN DIP ANGLE:,1X,F9.4,55X,20(1H
1*),/,1X,20(1H*),96X,20(1H*))
C
C**** ESTIMATE OF PRECISION
C
STAT3(4)=RSQR
WRITE (6,1008) STAT3(4)
1008 FORMAT (1X,20(1H*),8X,22HESTIMATE OF PRECISION:,1X,F9.4,56X,20(1H*
1),/,1X,20(1H*),96X,20(1H*))
C
C**** FISHER'S CONE OF CONFIDENCE
C
STAT3(5)=DEGREES(ASIN(1.0-(FLOAT(NUMDATA)-R)/R*FISH(NUMDATA)))
WRITE (6,1009) STAT3(5)
1009 FORMAT (1X,20(1H*),8X,23HFISHER'S CONE OF CONFIDENCE:,1X,F9.4,50X,
120(1H*),/,96X,20(1H*))
C
C**** MEAN CLUSTER ORIENTATION
C
STAT3(6)=DEGROT(DEGREES(ATAN2(STORE(2,1),STORE(1,1))))
WRITE (6,1010) STAT3(6)
1010 FORMAT (1X,20(1H*),8X,MEAN CLUSTER AZIMUTH ORIENTATION:,1X,F9.4
1,45X,20(1H*),/,96X,20(1H*))
STAT3(7)=DEGREES(ASIN(STORE(3,1)))
WRITE (6,1011) STAT3(7)
1011 FORMAT (1X,20(1H*),8X,23HMEAN CLUSTER OF DIP ANGLE:,1X,F9.4,55X,20
1(1H*),/,1X,20(1H*),96X,20(1H*))
C
C**** MEAN GIRDLE POLE ORIENTATION
C
STAT3(8)=DEGROT(DEGREES(ATAN2(STORE(2,3),STORE(1,3))))
WRITE (6,1012) STAT3(8)
1012 FORMAT (1X,20(1H*),8X,30HMEAN GIRDLE AZIMUTH DIRECTION:,1X,F9.4,48
1X,20(1H*),/,1X,20(1H*),96X,20(1H*))
STAT3(9)=DEGREES(ASIN(STORE(3,3)))
WRITE (6,1013) STAT3(9)
1012 FORMAT (1X,20(1H*),8X,22HMEAN GIRDLE DIP ANGLE:,1X,F9.4,56X,20(1H*
1),/,1X,20(1H*),96X,20(1H*))
RETURN
END

FUNCTION FISH (NUMDATA)
C
C**** ROUTINE RETURNS A POWER VALUE FOR USE IN FISHER'S CONE OF
C**** CONFIDENCE.
C
INTEGER NUMDATA
C
C**** 0.9 IS THE PROBABILITY THAT THE MEAN WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN THE
C**** CONE OF CONFIDENCE.
C
FISH=((1.0/(1.0-0.9))**(1.0/FLOAT(NUMDATA-1)))-1.0
C
RETURN
END

FUNCTION HYPO (X,Y,Z)
C
C**** ROUTINE FO CALCULATE THE LENGTH OF THE HYPOTENUSE OF A RIGHT
C**** TRIANGLE DEFINED BY X AND Y
C
REAL X,Y,Z
C
HYPO=DSQRT(DBLE(X)*DBLE(X)+DBLE(Y)*DBLE(Y)+DBLE(Z)*DBLE(Z))
C
RETURN
END

SUBROUTINE EIGEN (MATRIX,STORE,N)
C
C**** ROUTINE TO CALCULATE THE EIGENVALUES AND EIGENVECTORS FOR A
C**** N x N MATRIX
C**** UPON COMPLETION OF THE ROUTINE THE EIGENVALUSE ARE STORED AS THE
C**** DIAGONAL ELEMENTS OF THE ARRAY MATRIX (IN DESCENDING ORDER).
C**** THE EIGENVECTORS ARE STORED BY COLUMNS IN THE ARRAY STORE
C**** REFERENCE:
C**** DAVIS, J.C.(1973) STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS IN GEOLOGY.
C**** JOHN WILEY AND SONS, NEW YORK,NY. 550 P.
C
REAL MATRIX(N,N),STORE(N,N),ANORM,FNORM,THRES,AL,AM,AO,SINX,COSX,S
1INX2,COSX2,ATEMP,BTEMP
INTEGER INDICAT
C
C**** CALCULATE INITIAL AND FINAL NORMS; SET STORE TO IDENTITY MATRIX
C
ANORM=O.0
DO 2 I=1,N
DO 1 I=1,N
IF (I-J.EQ.O) STORE(I,J)=1.0
IF (I-J.NE.O) STORE(I,J)=0.0
IF (I-J.NE.0) ANORM=ANORM+MATRIX(I,J)*MATRIX(I,J)
1 CONTINUE
2 CONTINUE
ANORM=SQRT(ANORM)
FNORM=ANORM*1E-09/FLOAT(FNORM)
C
C**** INITIALIZE INDICATORS AND COMPUTE THRESHOLD
C
THRES=ANORM
3 THRES=THRES/FLOAT(N)
4 INDICAT=0
C
C**** SCAN DOWN COLUMNS FOR OFF-DIAGONAL ELEMENTS GREATER THAN
C**** OR EQUAL TO THRESHOLD
C
DO 10 I=2,N
I1=I=1
DO 9 J=1,I1
IF (ABS(MATRIX(J,I))-THRES.LT.0.0)GO TO 9
INDICAT=1
AL=-MATRIX(J,I)
AM=(MATRIX(J,J)-MATRIX(I,I))/2.0
AO=AL/HYPO (AL,AM,0)
IF (AM.GE.0.0) GOTO 5
AO=-AO
5 SINX=AO/SQRT(2.0*(1.0+SQRT(1.0-AO*AO)))
SINX2=SINX*SINX
COSX=SQRT(1.0=SINX2)
COSX2=COSX*COSX
C
C**** ROTATE COLUMNS I AND J
C
DO 7 K=1,N
IF (K-J.EQ.0) GOTO 6
IF (K-I.EQ.0) GOTO 6
ATEMP=MATRIX(K,J)
MATRIX(K,J)=ATEMP*COSX-MATRIX(K,I)*SINX
MATRIX(K,I)=ATEMP*SINX+MATRIX(K,I)*COSX
BTEMP=STORE(K,J)
STORE(K,J)=BTEMP*COSX-STORE(K,I)*SINX
STORE(K,I)=BTEMP*SINX+STORE9K,I)*COSX
7 CONTINUE
XTEMP=2.0*MATRIX9J,I)*SINX*COSX
ATEMP=MATRIX(J,J)
BTEMP=MATRIX(I,I)
MATRIX(J,J)=ATEMP*COSX2+BTEMP*SINX2-XTEMP
MATRIX(I,I)=ATEMP*SINX2+BTEMP*COSX2+XTEMP
MATRIX(J,I)=(ATEMP-BTEMP)*SINX*COSX+MATRIX(J,I)*(COSX2-SINX2)
MATRIX(I,J)=MATRIX(J,I)
DO 8 K=1,N
MATRIX(J,K)=MATRIX(K,J)
MATRIX(I,K)=MATRIX(K,I)
8 CONTINUE
9 CONTINUE
10 CONTINUE
IF (INDICAT.GT.O) GO TO 4
IF (THRES-FNORM.GT.0.0) GO TO 3
C
C**** SORT EIGENVALUES AND EIGENVECTORS
C
DO 13 I=2,N
J=I
11 IF (MATRIX(J-1,J-1-MATRIX(J,J0.GE.O.O)GO TO 13
CALL INTCHG (MATRIX(J-1,J-1),MATRIX(J,J))
DO 12 K=1,N
CALL INTCHG (STORE(K,J-1),STORE(K,J))
12 CONTINUE
J=J-1
IF (J-1.GT.0)GO TO 11
13 CONTINUE
C
RETURN
END

SUBROUTINE INTCHG (A,B)
REAL A,B,SAVE
SAVE=A
A=B
B=SAVE
RETURN
END

It's hard to imagine the time graduate students wasted trying to
crunch their numbers through punching the cards. Imagine the frus-
tration when the computer operator tells them the reader ate their
cards or they were too warped to go through and they have to type them
over!!

This is all that is left of two boxes of cards that I used to run routinely
to process my joint data. Now, I can get my sum-of-squares and cross-prod-
ucts matrix from a spreadsheet and send it to an applet online for my
eigenvectors and eigenvalues.

What I would like now is a way to make contoured stereograms of the
data populations.

Groundhog's Playlist

2007-09-10T14:48:00.000-07:00

Official Point Count Bridge Tips

2007-09-08T13:59:00.000-07:00

Here in what is a keyboarding exercise for me, in hopes of starting someday a Murphy
Family bridge tournament, are the rules from a little 25c pamphlet of mine that has
been kicking around. In memory of Dad and Mom, No yelling at partner!

POINT COUNT TABLE

Ace --- 4 points
King --- 3 points
Queen --- 2 points
Jack --- 1 point
Add 1 point for all Four Aces
Quick Tricks -- AK = 2 AQ = 1 - 1/2
KQ = 1 Kx = 1/2
______________________
26 points will normally produce game
For a minor suit game, 29 points required
33 points normally produces a small slam
37 points normally produces a grand slam

DISTRIBUTION POINTSFor OPENING BIDS count
a)
3 points for void
2 points for singleton
1 point for doubleton
When RAISING partner's bid count
b)
5 points for void
3 points for singleton
1 point for doubleton

NOTE: Add above points under (a) and (b) to value
of High cards. Increase, or promote each honor in partner's bid suit by 1 point (unless those honors already total 4 pts). Deduct 1 point from total distributional values, if hand contains only three trumps, or if haind is distributed 4-3-3-3.

REQUIREMENTS FOR OPENING BIDS OF

One in a suit -
a. 14 point hands must be opened.
b. 13 point hands may be opened if a good rebid is
available.
c. All openings must contain 2 quick tricks.
d. A third position opening with 11 points, if hand
contains a good suit.
Two in a suit -
25 points with good 5-card suit
23 points with good 6-card suit
21 points with good 7-card suit
(1 point less with 2nd good 5-card suit)
NO TRUMP (Count high card values only)
1 NT --- 16 to 18 points
2 NT --- 22 to 24 points
3 NT --- 25 to 27 points
With 19 to 21 points --- open 1 of a suit. Over
partnes's response, jump in NT.

PRE-EMPTIVE BIDSDo not preempt on any hand containing 10 or more high
card points.
TO RAISE your partner's opening preemptive: You must
have 3 or 4 quick tricks or ruffing winners. One or two
trumps is sufficient support.

RESPONSES TO OPENING BIDS

RESPOMSE to bid of 1 in a suit with balanced hand: BID -
1 NT with 6 to 10 points
2 NT with 13 to 15 points
3 NT with 16 to 18 points
WITH UNBALANCED HAND :
Raise partner's suit bid -
To 2 with 7 - 10 points and trump support
To 2 with 13 - 16 points aned good trump support (4 trumps)
to 4 with no more than 9 points, exclusive of distributional
values, and 5 trumps
Make a jump shift with 19 points

SHOW A NEW SUIT:
At 1 level with 6 poinbts
At 2 level with 10 points
With 11-12 points find two progressive bids without forcing
to game

RESPONSES TO BID of 2 in Suits
With 6 points or less, bid 2 NT
With 7 points and 1 quick trick --OR 9 points and 1/2 quick
trick, make a possible response

SUIT RESPONSE TO 1 NT UNBALANCED HAND: With less than 8 points plus a 5-card suit, bid 2 diamonds,
2 hearts or 2 spades.
With 8 points or more and a 4-card major, bid 2 clubs.
With 10 points and a good suit, bid 3 of any suit.
Bid 4 of major with long suit and less than 10 points

SUIT RESPONSE TO 2 NT Bid 5-card major suit headed by honor , plus 4 points
Show any 6-card major suit
Bid 3 clubs with 4 points or more, and a 4-card major

SUIT RESPONSE TO 3 NT Bid any 5-card suit if hand contains 5 points in high cards
Bid 4 diamonds (artificial) and then 6 NT with 10 - 11 points

NO TRUMP RESPONSE TO 1 NT 2 NT with 8 - 9 points (in NT bidding, only high cards points
Are counted
3 NT with 10-14 points
4 NT with 15-16 points
6 NT with 17-18 points
7 NT with 21 points

NO TRUMP RESPONSE TO 2 NT3 NT with 4-8 points
4 NT with 9 points
6 NT with 11-12 points

NO TRUMP RESPONSE TO 3 NT
4 NT with 7 points
6 NT with 8-9 points
7 NT with 12 points

REBIDS BY OPENING BIDDER OF ONE IN A SUIT
(after Partner’s Response)

13 -16 Points - Minimum Hand
PASS 1NT response (unless hand is unbalanced ) or single raise
By partner
Rebid opening suit
Rebid One No Trump
Rebid of New Suit at One Level
Rebid new suit at Two Level , if lower in rank to original bid.
Single raise of partner’s suit (14 - 16 points)

16 - 19 Points (Good hand, make constructive, not forcing rebid)
Single jump in opening bid suit (6-card Trump Suit)
Single jump in partner’s Response (must have 4 trumps)
2 NT over partners 2-over-1 Response
Reverse Bid (18 - 19 points)
Raise partner’s 2-over-1 Response to 3-level
19 - 21 POINTS - Very good hand. Slam possibilities
Jump to Game in partner’s major suit Response (must have
4 trumps)
Jump to Game in own major suit (6-or 7-card suit)
19 - 20 Points ---Jump to 2 NT over partner’s 1-over-1
Response
22 Points and up---Excellent hand----Jump shift in new suit
---forcing to Game and suggesting Slam

REBIDS BY OPENING NT BIDDER
The 2-Club Convention
When responder bids 2-clubs, the opening bidder must show a
4-card biddable major suit, if he has one
With 4 spades he bids 2-spades
With 4 hearts he bids 2-hearts
With both majors he bids 2-spades
With no major he bids 2-diamonds

Opening NT bidder must pass
When responder raises to 2 NT and opener has a minimum
Of 16 points
When responder bids 2 diamonds, 2 hearts, or 2 spades and
Opener has only 16-17 points and no good fit for responder’s
Suit
When responder bids 3 NT, 4 spades or 4 hearts

REBIDS BY RESPONDER
6 to 10 points - Minimum hand
If you have responded with 6 points, do not act again
Unless partner forces. With 8 - 10 points, you should
Act if partner offers some inducement
10 - 13 points - Good Hand
Worth two bids. Make a bid in a suit which forces
Partner for one round
13 - 16 points - Very Good Hand
Make a Game-Forcing Bid or bid one or two in a new
Suit which partner may not pass until you find where
The hands fit.
16 - 18 Points - Powerful Hand
Bid 3 NT with a balanced hand or bid a new suit and
Then jump the bid on the next round. These bids show
More than an opening bid.
19 points and up - Slam Zone
Make a Jump Shift at once by bidding one more than
Necessary in a new suit

OVERCALLS
An overcall is a bid made in competition with opponents
Who have opened the bidding.
Overcalls are based on holding a good suit, rather than
Specific points or quick tricks. They also indicate your
Partner’s opening lead.
To bid 1 NT, must have 16 points, with NT distribution,
And opponent’s suit well stopped.
Do Not Overcall at the 2-level without the promise that you
Will not lose more than 2 trump tricks.
A Jump Overcall is a preemptive bid showing a maximum of
8 high card points based on a hand that can produce within
3 tricks of the bid Not Vulnerable, or 2 tricks Vulnerable

RESPONSES BY PARTNER OF OVERCALLER
---Raise only when you think there is a chance for Game
---Less than normal trump support is needed to raise an
Overcall
---Prefer helping partner’s major suit overcall, rather than show
Your own suit
---Take overcaller right to Game if values warrant. A jump raise
May be passed out
---Unless doubled---don’t try to rescue partner’s overcall
---Bid NT ONLY if there is good chance for Game, not to show
Stoppers in opponent’s suit

The immediate cue bid
Is the strongest of all defensive bids. It is absolutely forcing to
Game, practically assures an opening demand bid

THE TAKEOUT DOUBLE

The takeout double should be based on a hand equal to an opening
Bid---13 points for a double of a bid suit
An immediate double of 1 NT should be based on 16 points, and is
Usually a penalty double
When partner responds in a suit for which you have good support,
Revalue your hand as dummy
As Responder in a takeout double: with 6 points you have fair hand,
9 points, a good hand, and 11 points a probable game
As Partner of the opening bidder, after a takeout double---pass with a
Poor hand, redouble with a good hand and bid immediately with a
Moderate hand

DEFENSIVE SIGNALS
After the opening lead, the defense may utilize these means of
Communication
ENCOURAGING CARD---Whether following suit, or discarding---
The play of the higher card you can afford in that suit is a “come-on”
To your partner
DISCOURAGING SIGNALS Whether following suit or discarding, the
Play of the lowest card is negative, to discourage partner in continuation
SUIT PREFERENCE---When you are about to give partner a ruff and you
Wish to tell him which suit to return, a low card asks him to switch to the
Lower ranking side suit (not trumps). A high card asks for the higher
Ranking suit
HIGH LOW SIGNAL---The signaler indicates a desire for his
Partner to continue the suit led by playing first a high card, then
A lower one. This is also called the ECHO
IN A SUIT BID---The ECHO shows control of the suit or a desire
To trump the next lead
AT NO TRUMP---The ECHO shows length or strength

RULE OF ELEVEN---When the card led is the fourth from the
top, subtract the card led from ELEVEN. The difference is the
Number of cards higher than the card led. HELD IN THE OTHER
THREE HANDS. This calculation helps third hand in deciding
Which card to play on partner’s opening lead

On the bottom of the 2nd panel is written “C McClunky - 1/15/64”

HEINES PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minn.

My lp collection

2007-09-08T12:05:00.000-07:00

Here's the first two batches of my lp's, a 60 in shelf full I will edit more in as I go

AC/DC Highway to Hell
AC/DC Back in Black
Aerosmith Aerosmith, "Dream on
Al Di Meola Land of the Midnight Sun
Alexander's Timeless Bloozband For Sale, 60's psych, Big Bill Broonzy style
Alice Cooper Alice Cooper Greatest Hits
Angelz On Earth as It is in Heaven, 1977
Aorta Aorta, bubblegum psych, 1968
Arlo Guthrie Alice's Restaurant
Asleep At the Wheel Framed
Atlanta Rhythm Section Champagne Jam
Bachman,Turner Overdrive Not Fragile
Bad Company Desolation Angels
Bad Company Burnin' Sky
Bad Company Bad Company
Badger One Live Badger
Beebop Deluxe Sunburst Finish
Beebop Deluxe Live!! In the Air Age
Beebop Deluxe Axe Victim
Beebop Deluxe The Bestof ans the Rest of Beebop Deluxe
Beebop Deluxe Drastic Plastic
Big Brother and the Holding Company Cheap Thrills
Big Country Peace in our Time
Bill Haley and His Comets Rock 'n Roll Stage Show
Billy Cobham Spectrum
Black Sabbath Master of Reality
Black Sabbath We Sold Our Soul for Rock and Roll
Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell
Black Sabbath Sabotage
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath Vol 4
Black Sabbath Sabbath bloody Sabbath
Blood, Sweat and Tears Child is Father to the Mam
Blood, Sweat and Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears
Bloodrock Bloodrock 2
Bloodrock Passage
Blue Oyster Cult Agents of Fortune
Bob Dylan Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol II, side 1 & 2
Bob Dylan Desire
Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline
Bob Dylan Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
Boston Boston (picture disc)
Boston Third Stage
Brian Auger The Best of Brian Auger
Brian Eno Before and After Science
Budgie In for the Kill!
Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield, 2 disc compilation
Canned Heat Boogie With Canned Heat
Canned Heat Collage
Canned Heat Hallelujah
Canned Heat and John Lee Hooker Hooker and Heat
Cat Mother and the All-Night Newsboys The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away
Charlie Parker, Dizzie Gillespie, Miles Davis A Handful of Modern Jazz
Cheap Trick Heaven Tonight
Chicago Chicago
Chocolate Watch Band Let's Talk about Girls (compilation)
City Boy The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Climax Blues Band Sense of Direction
Climax Blues Band FM / Live
Cockney Rebel The Human Menagerie
Colosseum II Strange New Flesh
Country Joe and the Fish Country Joe and the Fish
Country Joe and the Fish I Feel Like I'm Fixin To Die"
Country Joe and the Fish Here We Are Again
Country Joe and the Fish CJ Fish
Country Joe and the Fish Reunion
Cream Fresh Cream
Cream Disraeli Gears
Cream Wheels of Fire
Cream Live Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival More Creedence Gold
David Bowie Stage
David Bowie Heroes
David Bowie Young Americans
David Bowie Lodger
David Bowie Die Weisse Serie David Bowie
David Bowie Pinups
David Bowie Diamond Dogs
David Bowie Scary Monsters
David Bowie 10-20-72 Santa Monica Ballroom
David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie Space Oddity
David Bowie Station to Station
David Bowie Low
David Bowie David Bowie in BertoldtBrecht'sBaal
David Bowie David Bowie narrates Peter and the Wolf
David Crosby If Only I Could Remember My Name
Derek and the Dominoes Layla
Dino,Desi, and Billy I'm A Fool
Dio The Last in Line
Dion and the Belmonts Together on Records
Dire Straits aLCHEMY
Donovan Donovan's Greatest Hits
Duane and Greg Allman Duane and Greg Allman, 1968 demo based on music and themes
Eagles One of These Nights
Earth, Wind and Fire All N All
Electric Light Orchestra Face the Music
Electric Light Orchestra Eldorado: A Symphony by the Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra A New World Record
Elvis Costello and the Attractions Armed Forces
Emerson,Lake and Palmer Tarkus
Eric Burdon and the Animals The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and the Animals
Fats Domino Fats Domino Sings Million Record Hits
Fats Domino The Complete Fats Domino
Fever Tree Fever Tree
Fever Tree Another Time, Another Place
Finch Glory of the Inner Force
Finnigan and Wood Crazed Hipsters
Flash and the Pan Flash and the Pan
Fleetwood Mac Vintage Years
Fleetwood Mac Black Magic Woman
Fleetwood Mac Future Games
Fleetwood Mac Bare Trees
Fleetwood Mac Rumours
FM Black Noise
FM City of Fear
Foghat Rock and Roll
Fotomaker Fotomaker
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Silver Anniversary Collection
Gang of Four Songs of the Free
Geils Monkey Island
Genesis Wind and Wuthering
Genesis A Trick of the Tail
Gentle Giant Giant for a Day
Gentle Giant Civilian
Gentle Giant Gentle Giant Live Playing the Fool
Gentle Giant In a Glass House
Gentle Giant The Missing Piece
Gentle Giant Giant for a Day
Grand Funk Closer To Home
Grand Funk Grand Funk Railroad
Grateful Dead Workingman's Dead
Grateful Dead American Beauty
Hagar, Schon, Aaronson, and Schrieve Through the Fire
Heart Dreamboat Annie
Herman's Hermits Their Second Album ! Herman's Hermits On Tour
Horses Horses
Humble Pie Humble Pie Performance Rockin' The Fillmore
Humble Pie Thunderbox
Humble Pie Street Rats
Humble Pie Street Rats
Iron Butterfly Evolution: The Best of Iron Butterfly
Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly Ball
J. Geils Band Ladies Invited
Jan and Dean Command Performance:Jan and Dean Live in Person
Janis Ian Janis Ian
Janis Joplin Pearl
Janis Joplin I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues
Jeff Beck, Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice Beck, Bogert and Appice
Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow
Jerry Garcia Garcia
Joan Baez Farewell, Angelina
Joe Cocker Mad Dogs and Englishmen
John Coltrane Coltrane Live at Birdland
Johnny Cash Johnny Cash at San Quentin
Johnny Cash Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two Original Golden Hits Volume II
Keef Hartley Band Overdog
Kevin Ayers, John Cale,Eno,Nico collaboration June 1, 1974
Kevin Coyne Matching Head and Feet
Marvin Gaye What's Going On
Marvin Gaye Trouble Man
Neil Diamond Neil Diamond's Greatest Hits
Peter Frampton Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Frampton I'm In You
Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel
Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Richard Harris A Tramp Shining
Rick James Reflections
Roberta Flack First Take
Rory Gallagher Top Priority
Rory Gallagher Photo-Finish
Roy Buchanan Your Not Alone
Sammy Hagar Live All night Long
Steve Harley Face to Face
Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel A Closer Look
Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel The Best Years of Our Lives
Steve Hillage Motivation Radio
Steve Hillage L
Ten years After Goin' Home: Ten Years After Their Greatest Hits
Ten Years After Undead
Ten Years After Stonedhenge
The Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore East
The Allman Brothers Brothers and Sisters
The Allman Brothers Eat A Peach
The Allman Brothers Eat A Peach
The Allman Brothers Band Beginnings
The Animals Best of the Animals
The Appletree Theatre Playback
The Association Insight Out
The Band Music From Big Pink
The Band The Band
The Band The Band
The Band Stagefright
The Band Cahoots
The Band The Best of the Band
The Beach Boys Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys 15 Big Ones
The Beastie Boys Licence to Ill
The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles Rare Beatles
The Beatles Something New
The Beatles Sgt Pepper
The Beatles Sgt Pepper
The Beatles Sgt Pepper
The Beatles White Album
The Beatles Abbey Road
The Beatles Abbey Road
The Beatles The Amazing Beatles
The BeeGees Spirits Having Flown
The BeeGees Beegees 1st
The BeeGees Best of Beegees vol 2
The BeeGees Children of the World
The Byrds The Byrds Greatest Hits
The Byrds Younger Than Yesterday
The Chambers Brothers The Time Has Come
The Clash The Clash
The Clash London Calling
The Clash Sandinista !
The Commodores Natural High
The Commodores All the Great Hits
The Dave Clark Five The Dave Clark Five's Greatest Hits
The Dave Clark Five Weekend in London
The Dooby Brothers Taking It to the Streets
The Doors The Doors
The Doors Absolutely Live
The Doors Morrisbn Hotel
The Drones Further Temptations
The Fixx Reach the Beach
The Flying Lizards Money
The Foundations The Foundations "Baby, Now That I've Found You
The Four Seasons 2nd Vault of Golden Hits
The Four Seasons Gold Vault of Hits
The Four Seasons Genuine Imitation Life Gazette
The Four Tops The Four Tops Greatest Hits
The Good Rats Ratcity in Blue
The Grassroots The Best of the Grassroots
The Guess Who American Woman
The Guess Who The Best of the Guess Who
The James Gang Thirds
The James Gang 16 Greatest Hits
The Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys
The Jimi Hendrix The Cry of Love
The Jimi Hendrix Moods
The Jimi Hendrix Rainbow Bridge Soundtrack
The Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix In Concert
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland, sides B & C
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Band of Gypsys
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Smash Hits
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold as Love
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band The Impossible Dream
Tommy James and the Shondells Hanky Panky
Various American Gigolo Soundtrack
Various Easy Rider Soundtrack
Various Goofy Greats KTel 20 Original Stars 20 Original Hits 1 Funky Album
Various, 1972 Ronco Good Vibrations,22 Original Hits 22 Original Artists

my playlist

2007-09-07T20:24:00.000-07:00

my tape collection

2007-09-07T08:39:00.000-07:00

247 DX Club / Shortwave Religious, Ham radio operators / religious
311 311 self--titled nu rock
Various, Christmas A very Special Christmas "Do They Know It's Christmas Time?
Abbey Lincoln You Gotta Pay the Band
Aerosmith / Goo Goo Dolls singles from City of Angels/Armageddon soundtracks I Don't Want to Sleep / Iris
Al Green / Charlie Parker et al Get Back / A Handful of Jazz
Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill
Alexander's Timeless Bloos Band / Lord Sutch Self-titled / Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends
Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope Concert / Miscellaneous
Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope Concert / Miscellaneous
Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope Concert / Miscellaneous
Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope Concert / Miscellaneous
Amnesty International / Headphones Only Conspiracy of Hope Concert / Miscellaneous
Aorta self-titled, 60's psychedelic
Asia Alpha
Asia / Steve Winwood Self- titled / Taking Back The Night
BB King The Thrill Is Gone
Beach Boys Live
Beatles / Quicksilver Messenger Service Abbey Road / 1st "Pride of Man"
Beatles / Tim Buckley Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band /
Blue Murder Self-titled Hair Metal
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band Stranger in Town / Night Moves
Bobby Charles Hits: Take It Easy Greasy, 50's R & B
Christmas, Brenda Lee Brenda Lee Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
Bruce Springsteen Greetings From Asbury Park
Bruce Springsteen The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle
Bruce Springsteen And the E Street Band Live 1975-1985
Buffalo Springfield / Country Joe and the Fish For What It's Worth / Not So Sweet Lorraine
Buster Poindexter Buster Goes Berserk
Carly Simon Carly Simon's Greatest Hits Live
Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys / Led Zeppelin The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away / Led Zeppelin 2
Cat Stevens / Jim Croce Catch Bull At Four / Best Of Jim Croce
Cheryl Crow Tuesday Nite Music Club
Chicago Toronto Rock N Roll Revival1969, vol. 1 Chicago
Chicago /The Cake Chicago 2 / self-titled "Mockingbird Song
Coolio Gangsta's Paradise single
Cream Live Cream I / Disraeli Gears sample
Cream Fresh Cream
Cream Live Cream Vol. II
Cream Goodbye
Cream Fresh Cream
Cream Wheels of Fire
Creedence Clearwater Revival/The Invictas Bayou Country / Invictas Au Go Go!!! "Do The Hulk
Crosby, Stills,Nash and Young So Far:Greatest Hits
Dan Fogelberg Innocent Age
Deep Purple / Eagles Live / The Long Run
Dire Straits Twisting By The Pool
Dire Straits LoveOver Gold
Dire Straits Makin' Movies
Eagles Live
Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians / Blind Melon self-titled / self-titled
Elton John / Arlo Guthrie The Fox / Arlo Guthrie
Elton John / Charlie Parker et al self titled / A Handful of Jazz
Emerson, Lake and Palmer Tarkus / Trilogy
Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Blvd "I Shot the Sheriff
Eric Clapton Time Pieces: The Best of Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton self-titled "After Midnight
Eric Clapton / Genesis Another Ticket / Nursery Crymes
Fats Domino Blue Monday, 50's rock n roll
Fleetwood Mac-Lindsay Buckingham Rumours
Fleetwood Mac Early Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac-Bob Welch Future Games / Bare Trees
Gene Pitney / The Four Seasons Greatest Hits / Golden Hits
Genesis Three Sides Live
Genesis Abacab
Genesis Live / Trespass
Genesis ...And Then There Were Three
Genesis Swelled and Spent 1975 Hippodrome, Birmingham
Genesis Live : The Felt Forum
Genesis Foxtrot
Genesis / Phil Collins A Trick of the Tail / Hello, I Must Be Going
George Carlin Words, comedy
George Harrison / Dream Academy Cloud Nine / Remembrance Days
Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan's Greatest Hits
Gordon Lightfoot / Bruce Hornsby and the Range Shadows / Scenes From the South Side
Gorky Park Single: Action / Bang, Hair Metal
Gov't Mule compilation
Grand Funk Live 1970
Grand Funk / Ten Years Afterr Paranoid, Winter and My Soul / Shhhh!!!
Grateful Dead Rochester, 1980
Grateful Dead Miscellaneous
Grateful Dead Hartford
Grateful Dead Miscellaneous
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
Guonod / Humperdink / Mahler Symphonics from Mom
Guy Mitchell Guy Mitchell's 16 Most Requested Songs, 50's rock n roll
Heart Dog and Butterfly
Hooters Nervous Night
Iggy Pop Compilation
Ike and Tina Turner Skin Deep
InXS / Bruce Springsteen Kick / Tunnel of Love
Iron Butterfly / Led Zeppelin In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida / Led Zeppelin I
Isle of Dreams Concert Aug 29, 1986-Sep2, 1986 Miscellaneous
Isle of Dreams Concert Aug 29, 1986-Sep2, 1986 Miscellaneous
Isle of Dreams Concert Aug 29, 1986-Sep2, 1986 Miscellaneous
Isle of Dreams Concert Aug 29, 1986-Sep2, 1986 Miscellaneous
Isle of Dreams Concert Aug 29, 1986-Sep2, 1986 Miscellaneous
It's A Beautiful Day / Various II "Soapstone Mountain / Last Days of the Fillmore
Jackson Brown Hold Out
James Taylor / Vangellis Never Die Young / Invisible Connections
Jeff Beck Truth
Jefferson Airplane Bless Its Pointed Little Head
Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow
Jet / the Headstones self-titled roots rock albums
Jethro Tull MU - the Best of Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull Stand Up "My Sunday Feeling
Jethro Tull This Was "Dharma for One, 1st
Jethro Tull Benefit "Teacher
Jethro Tull Aqualung
Jim Croce Photographs and Memories: His Greatest Hits
Jim Croce Jim Croce's Greatest Hits
Jim Murray Singers / Mary Hopkins Songs of Ireland / Those Were the Days
Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland
Jimmy Rodgers / Kenny Rodgers & Dolly Parton / Various Miscellaneous / Once Upon a Christmas / Christmas America
Jim's Ipod Miscellaneous vol 1
Jim's Ipod Miscellaneous vol 2
Jim's Ipod Miscellaneous vol 3
Jim's Ipod Miscellaneous vol 4
Joannie Mitchell Ladies of the Canyon
John Hiatt Bring the Family
John Prine Sweet Revenge / Common Sense
John Prine self-titled 1st / 2nd album
John Sebastian / The Scorpions Real Live John Sebastian / Taken By Force
Johnny Cash Hello I'm Johnny Cash / Southwind
Johnny Cash Live At San Quentin / Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash Johnny Cash compilation
Johnny Taylor / James Taylor That's Why I'm Here / Gorilla
Journey Journey's Greatest Hits
Journey Frontiers / Escape
Journey / REM Departure, Next / Document
Kazenatz Katz Kazenatz Katz Singing Orchestral Circus "Shake", "Quick Joey Small
Keef Hartley Band / Johnny Winter And Overdog, British Blues / Johnny Winter And Live
Kenny Rogers / Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Greatest Hits / Christmas Album
King's X Gretchen Goes To Nebraska, Hair metal
KISS / David Lee Roth Crazy Nights / Eat 'Em and Smile
KISS 98.5 Janet and Nick July, 1999 "THE POKEMON SONG"
Led Zeppelin IV Zoso
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin / Genesis Houses of the Holy / Duke
Led Zeppelin / The Status Quo Led Zeppelin III / Pictures of Matchstick Men
Les McCann and Eddie Harris / Les McCann Swiss Movement / Live at Montreux
Various, Garage, Little Steven's Underground Garage 2002 Miscellaneous Garage Bands
Lou Reed Rock n Roll Animal "Sweet Jane jam
Love and Rockets / The Feelies both self titled
Love/Hate Blackout In the Red Room
Loverboy Wild Side
Mamas and Papas / Four Seasons 16 of Their Greatest Hits / Golden Hits
Man Man (self-titled), 60's British blues
Max Webster / Gentle Giant A Million Vacations / Civilian
MC5 Living In the USA
Merill Bainbridge Mouth
Metallica Load
Metallica / Guns N Roses The Black Album (most) / Appetite For Destruction (most)
Miscellaneous Miscellaneous
Modern Lovers, Lyres / The Alarm miscellaneous compilations
Various, Black Metal, 1999,Rock Radio Network via Merlin Network One Mortification, Whithering Surface,Night Wing
Motley Crue / Kansas Girls, Girls, Girls / Power
Napalm Death Greed Killing
Nat King Cole Unforgettable Collection vol 1
Nazz Nazz Nazz
Nazz / Various Nazz Nazz / Easy Rider: The Original Soundrack
Neil Young and the Bluenotes /Bobby McFerrin This Note's For You / Simple Pleasures
Next self-titled "Your Makin It Hard For Me
Nick Lowe Party of One
Nickleback The Long Road
Nirvana Nevermind
No Doubt Tragic Kingdom
Ozzy Osbourne Randy Rhoadds Tribute Album
Pat Benatar Mix
Pat Boone Remember Pat Boone, 60's rock n roll,"Moody River
Patti Smith Dream of Life
Paul McCarthy Nebworth 1990
Paul McCartney Liverpoot Oratorio Performance (Mom's)
Paul McCartney Liverpool Oratorio tape 2
Paul Simon / Simon and Garfunkle Greatest Hits
Peter Frampton Frampton Comes Alive
Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett Gabacabriel October 2, 1982
Phil Spector Girl Groups Phil Spector's Christmas Album
PIL self titled, with John Lydon of Sex Pistols
Pink Floyd The Wall
Point Blank / Sniff N The Tears Walk Across The Fire / Driver's Seat
Prince and the Revolution Around the World In a Day "Raspberry Beret
Prince and the Revolution, The Tyme / Chicago Purple Rain Soundtrack / ChicagoVIII
Radio Havana shortwave broadcast
Rammstein Sehnsucht, Metal
Ramones / Eric Burdon and the Animals Rocket to Russia / Greatest Hits Sky Pilot
REM Bootleg Concert Boston 1985
REM Reckoning
REM Life's Rich Pageant / Fables of the Reconstruction
REM Life's Rich Pageant / Eponymous
REM Murmur
REM Out of Time
Renaissance Madrigal songs
Richard Marx single Right Here Waiting / Wait for the Sunrise
Robert Cray Strong Persuader / Midnight Stroll, 80's Blues
Robert Plant The Principle of Moments
Rod Stewart Downtown Train
Sammy Hagar Cruisin' and Boozin'
Sara McLaughlin Compilation, "Aidia, "Arms of the Angels
Sass Jordan / 7yketto Racine / self-titled
Scheherezade, Capriccio Espagnole, Night On Bald Mountain, Danse Macabre, Polyvetzian Dances, Miscellaneous, Symphonic
Screaming Trees Sweet Oblivion, alternative
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 The Fool On The Hill, pop
Simon and Garfunkle Wednesday Morning, 9 o'clock, Sound of Silence, Parsley,Sage,Rosemary and Thyme
Small Faces "Lazy Sunday, "Itchycoo Park
Snow single Informer / Lonely Monday morning
Soundgarden Badmotorfinger, grunge
Spirit Self-titled "I Got a Line on You"
Sprung self-titled, rap
Steely Dan Aja
Steely Dan Katy Lied
Steppenwolf The Best of Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf / Ray Charles Early Steppenwolf - The Pusher / Greatest Hits
Steve Perry Street Talk
Steve Winwood Chronicles
Steve Winwood / Elton John Roll With It / Reg Strikes Back
Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble In Step
Sting / Aha The Dream of the Blue Turtles / Hunting High and Low
Stryper single: Keep The Fire Burning / The World of You and I
Stryper Against The Law, Christian Hair Metal
Stryper Soldiers Under Command
Styx Pieces of Eight
Styx The Grand Ilusion
Styx Kilroy Was Here
Styx Paradise Theatre / Kilroy Was Here
Sugar Hill / Van Morrisom Rapper's Delight / Tupelo Honey
Survivor Didn't Know It Was Love
System of a Down self-titled, nu rock
Various,60's, Garage Texas Punk Bands 60's / Chocolate Watch Band / Love
Various Punk and New Wave The Alarm /
The Allman Brothers Live-Whipping Post, You Don't Love Me, Mountain Jam, Eat a Peach 3&4
The Allman Brothers Live-1 & 3 / Eat A Peach 1 & 2
The Allman Brothers / The Moody Blues Beginnings / In Search of the Lost Chord
The Band Self titled 2nd "The Night They Drove Ol Dixie Down
The Band Stagefright
The Band Cahoots
The Beach Boys Merry Christmas from the Beach Boys
The Beatles The White Album
The Beatles Anthology 3
The Black Crows / The Tragically Hip Shake Yer Moneymaker / Road Apples
The Bob Seger System Ramblin', Gamblin' Man
The Cardigans The First Band on the Moon
The Clash Black Market Clash
The Clash Give 'Em Enough Rope / London Calling
The Clash White Riot / Sandinista Sides 1 & 2
The Clash Sandista Sides 3,4,5& 6
The Doors Waiting for the Sun
The Doors / The Honeydrippers 13 / Good rockin At Midnight
The Eagles / Robert Plant The Long Run / Shakin' and Stirred
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Hot Number
The Firm / Roger Waters Self Titled / Live
The Flamin' Groovies Groovies Greatest Grooves
The Gang of Four A Brief History of the Twentieth Century
The Grateful Dead American Beauty / Workingman's Dead
The Headstones / The Hives self-titled albums, roots rock
The Jeff Healey Band Hell To Pay
The Kinks Kronikles
The Kinks Live At Kelvin Hall / Give The People What They Want
The Kinks / Uriah Heep Arthur / Live
The Lion King Soundtrack Miscellaneous
The London Symphony Orchestra Beethoven's 5th and 8th Symphonies
The Moody Blues Early Moody Blues / The Compleat Collection
The Moody Blues To Our Children's Children's Children / last album
The Moody Blues Voices In the Sky / The Other Side Of Life
The Moody Blues / Emerson, Lake and Powell The Present / self titled
The Moody Blues / Journey In Search of the Lost Chord / Raised on Radio
Various Punk, New Wave Blank Generation:The New Yorik Scene 1975- '78
The Platters Golden Hits Collection
The Police Ghost In The Machine / Zenyatta Mondatta
The Police Regatta De Blanc / Outlandos D'Amour
The Police Ghost In the Machine
The Rolling Stones Big Hits: High Tide and Green Grass
The Rolling Stones 40 Licks
The Rolling Stones 40 Licks
The Romantics The Romantics (Self-titled) "What I Like About You
The Stray Cats The Stray Cat Strut
The Stray Cats Rant and Rave
The Who Tommy
The Who Miscellaneous, Glue's Choice
The Who Tommy
The Who The Story of the Who, compilation
The Who compilation
The Who / Foreigner It's Hard / Four
Three Doors Down / Nickleback Sophmore albums: The Long Road
Timbuk 3 Eden Alley
Todd Rundgren's Utopia Utopia Theme / The IKON
Tommy Roe / The Captain and Tennille Tommy Roe's Greatest Hits / "Love Will Keep Us Together "Disney Girls
Tora!Tora! Surprise Attack
Tracy Chapman Give Me One Reason / The Rape of the World (single)
Travelling Wilburys Volume 1
Triumph/Jimi Hendrix / Judas Priest Rock and Roll Machine / Axis Bold As love /
U2 / Yes Boy / The Yes Album
UFO Obsession / No Heavy Petting
Ultraspank self-titled, Nu rock
Uriah Heep Live / Magician's Birthday
Various, roots Working Class Hero-a Tribute to John Lennon
Various, Children's Wee Sing Around the Campfire
Various, top 40, 60's rock More Rockin' Sixties
Various,Pop, 60's The Original Broadway Soundtrack of Hair
Various, 80's Pop Taking Pride In Buffalo
Various Svensk Musik / Provlektion Tyska Linguaphone
Jim Murray Singers Songs of Ireland
Various, Pop, Folk All The Best From Ireland: 20 Great Favorites
Various Taking Pride In Buffalo
Various, Christmas Christmas Tape from Doris' records 1993
Various, wedding Wedding March
Various, Nu Rock MTV Buzz Bin Vol 1 1996
Various, rap Puff Daddy, Mace, Little Kim, Biggie's Family
Various, Christmas Christmas Music
Various, reggae Miscellaneous Reggae
Various, Christmas Christmas Music
Various, Christmas Christmas Music
Various, Christmas / Spike Jones Twas the Night Before Christmas / Sing A Song of Christmas
Various, 50's and pre-British Invasion KB Klassics with Tom Donohue, November 6, 1985, vol 1
Various, 50's and pre-British Invasion KB Klassics with Tom Donohue, November 6, 1985, vol 2
Various, top 40, 60s rock More Electric Sixties
Various, 60's Garage Bands Boulders v. 7 and 4, Texas Punk Bands from 60's
Various, Punk, New Wave DIY: Mass Ave: The Boston Scene 1975-83
Various, Christmas Christmas Down Home
Various, Christmas A Renaissance Christmas
Various, 50's and Up Miscellaneous 45 rpm records, vol 1
Various, 50's and Up Miscellaneous 45 rpm records, vol 2
Various, 50's and Up Miscellaneous 45 rpm records, vol 3
Various, 50's and Up Miscellaneous 45 rpm records, vol 4
Various, 50's and Up Miscellaneous 45 rpm records, vol 5
Various, 1965-6, top 40 Miscellaneous 45 rpm records, vol 1
Various, 1966, top 40 Miscellaneous 45 rpm records
Various, 1968, top 40 Miscellaneous 45 rpm records
Various, Metal Double Shot compilation
Various, Rap RAGE Momma Said Knock You Out
Various, Rap Jackie's compilation
Various, Soul, Christmas The Little Drummer Boy
Various, 60's, Soul Every Great Motown Song V.1: the 1960's
VAST Visual Audio Sensory Theatre, nu rock
Violent Femmes self-titled "Blister In the Sun
Vixen self titled, Hair metal
WPYX, Christmas, comedy Christmas '84 / Cheech and Chong
Various,1987, WPYX 106, Headphones Only
Wu Tang Clan Compilation, rap
Various, late 60's, WYSL XXI Rock Classics
The Hives / The Headstones roots rock garage
Yes Miscellaneous Compilation
Yes Going For The One / Relayer
Yes BBC In the Round 1971 &1978
Yes Tales From Topographic Oceans / Close To The Edge
Yes / Emerson,Lake, and Palmer Fragile / Tarkus
Yes / Genesis 90125 / Abacab
ZZ Top / Lynyrd Skynyrd / Paul McCartney Miscellaneous compilations
ZZ Top / Various Eliminator / Footloose: Soundtrack from the Movie

Proterozoic Tectonic Evolution of the ... - Google Book Search

2007-09-04T15:44:00.000-07:00

Proterozoic Tectonic Evolution of the ... - Google Book Search

fun with the telescope, summer reading

2007-09-03T19:35:00.000-07:00

I've been working on simpler ways to use the equatorial mount on my telescope, the
mount being kind of a pain to use. Many times I have just wanted to chuck it in the
garbage, being particularly unfriendly to my disability. Fortunately star plotting software have come to the rescue. With both turning circles set to perpendicular x,y great circles, the focusing tube and spotter are well away from the mechanics, and northern hemisphere and zenithal objects are accessible, relieving one from struggle with an aperture tube that turns a narrow circle about the Pole.

With the star software (Ciel, freeware from Google) I look up RA and DEC's for the guide stars and Messier galaxies. time and sidereal time, then put them in a spreadsheet to handle calculating a pole and AZ EL's

Then I just have to line up two stars along the x slew track with the elevation locked down with C-clamps and the correct azimuth of the turret set. A good example is M13, which is 2.46 degrees of x and -.125 degrees of y
Just put eta Herculis outside the field of view and slew 2.46 or 3 quarter turns of
the x knob takes you to M13.

My reading this summer started out with modern histories of Julius and Augustus
Caesar. Then took a turn to fantasy literature, with Eragon and Eldest a notable
trilogy by Chris Paolini the young prodigy, a trilogy
by Philip Pullman: , The Golden Compass,The Subtle Knife, and the Amber Spyglass;
and Tolkien's The Hobbit and Children of Hurin--a cobbling together of his notes by
Christopher Tolkien. I'm ready now for The Lord of the Rings. Finally something
geological, I read a biography Strange Genius: The Life of Ferdinand Hayden, he of the noted Hayden surveys (one of four in the 1870's)
of the West, Roadside Geology of Colorado, and some reports of the Western surveys
by Hayden, John Wesley Powell and others, which I downloaded from Google. Right now I am catching up on research in my old master's thesis field area, certainly a lot of progress having been made in my absence.

jim_at_roswell

2007-08-27T21:06:00.000-07:00

Two-Handed Pinochle

2007-08-27T16:40:00.000-07:00

Two-Handed Pinochle

The game, once very popular, has lost out almost entirely to Gin Rummy, two-handed
Canasta, and to a lesser extent, Russian Bank.
Cards. The 48-card Pinochle pack; more often, however, 64-Card pack, duplicates of
A, 10, K,Q,J,9,8,7 in each suit. When the 64-card pack is used, the game is often
called Goulash; the seven instead of the nine is the dix; a 9,8, or 7 won in a trick
has no scoring value.
Preliminaries. Each player draws a card from the shuffled pck spread face down. Lower card deals first. Dealer has the right to shuffle last. His opponent cuts the pack. The cut must leave at least five cards in each packet. If the game is for 1,000 (or other number)points, the deal alternates. If each deal is settled as a separate game, the winner of each hand deals next.
The deal. Each player receives twelve cards, dealt three at a time, four at a time if the 64-card pack is used. The rest of the pack is placed face down in the center of the table as the stock; Dealer turns the top card of the stock face up and puts it partly underneath the stock; this trump card fixes the trump suit for that deal.
The Play. Nondealer makes the opening lead. The hands are plyed out in tricks. The winner of a trick draws the top card of the stock; his opponent draws the next; thus
the hands are maintained at twelve cards until the stock is exhausted

Rules of Pinochle

2007-08-17T17:53:00.001-07:00

Source: Hoyle's Rules of Games

Cards. The Pinochle pack is 48 cards--two cards, duplicates, of each rank in each of the four suits. In one two hand form a 64-card pack is used.

Rank of cards.. In each suit the rank is A (high), 10,K,Q,J,9 (8,7, if used in 64 pack). When duplicates are played to the same trick (as two aces
of spades) the first-played ranks as higher.

Card values. The higher cards have scoring value when won in tricks
original count simplified count
Each ace 11 10
Each ten 10 10
Each king 4 5
Each queen 3 5
Each jack 2 0
(no count for lower cards)
Winning last trick usually counts 10 points. Under either the original or the simplified count, the total points at stake in the play are thus 250.

Melds. Certain combinations of cards (melds) have scoring value:

Sequences:A-K-Q-J-10 of trumps (flush) 150
K-Q of trumps (royal marriage) 40
K-Q of any other suit (simple marriage) 20

Groups:A-A-A-A 100 aces
K-K-K-K 80 kings
Q-Q-Q-Q 60 Queens
J-J-J-J 40 jacks

Special:
Queen of Spades-Jack of diamonds "pinochle" 40
9 of trumps (dix, pronounced "deece" 10

A card may be used in two or three melds, provided they are of different classes. For example, the same heart queen may be used in a marriage, sixty queens and pinochle. But when a flush is melded, the K-Q do not count separately as a royal
marriage.
Additional rules of melding and additional melds are met in some Pinochle games.

Chicken Barbecue Supper

2007-08-16T16:33:00.000-07:00

Chicken Barbecue Supper

Source: Farm Journal's Country Cookbook, Nell B. Nichols (Food Editor, Farm Journal), editor. 1959, New York: Doubleday, Trade
paperbound, 420 p.

Menu

Charcoal-broiled Chicken
Picnic Potato Salad
Sliced Tomatoes
Watermelon Pickles
French Bread
Butter-Pecan Ice Cream
Bar Cookies
Hot Coffee
Milk
Lemonade Cooler

Charcoal-broiled Chicken

4 broilers (not over 2-1/2 lbs each, ready-to-cook weight)
Golden Ember Sauce

Split chickens in half lengthwise.
Brush generously on both sides with Golden Ember Sauce (recipe follows). Let flavors
penetrate for several hours or overnight. (Store in refrigerator.)
Place on grill, hollow side down, over coals white with ash (intense heat must have
subsided). Cook for 20 to 25 minutes; brush with sauce and turn. Cook 20 or more
minutes until chicken is tender. Another method is to brush with sauce often and turn chicken every ten minutes. The exact time depends on size of the broiler and
amount of heat. To test for doneness, grasp end of leg. If lef joint moves easily,
meat is done. Too hot a fire will give a charred coating before the chicken is done.
Each half shoud serve one adult or two children.

Golden Ember Sauce:

3/4 cup oil
1/4 cup melted butter or margarine
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tbsp prepared mustard
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp salt
1 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp pepper
2 tsp grated onion
2 cloves garlic, cut in half
1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/4 tsp tabasco sauce
1/4 cup ketchup

Combine in a jar or bottle. Shake thoroughly. Let stand several hours before using.
Stir well before brushing on chicken.

Lemonade Cooler

2 envelopes lemon-lime flavor summer drink powder (Wyler's)
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 quarts water
3 (6 oz) cans lemonade concentrate
2 oranges or limes, sliced

Combine summer drink powder, sugar and water. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
Pour into ice cube trays. Freeze. Add water to lemonade concentrate according to directions on can.
Place 2 or 3 green cubes in tall glasses or jumbo paper cups. Fill with lemonade.
Garnish with a slice of orange or lime. Makes 3 quarts.

Picnic Potato Salad

6 cups cubed cooked potatoes
1 lb cooked green beans
3/4 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
1/4 cup French dressing
1 tsp prepared mustard
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
4 hard-cooked eggs, sliced
1 cup sliced radishes
1 cup diced celery
1/4 cup chopped sweet pickle
1/4 cup minced onion

Cook unpeeled potatoes until just done. Cool. Peel and cube.
Cut beans in short lengths. Cook in boiling salted water until tender.
Blend mayonnaise, French dressing, mustard, salt and pepper in large bowl.
Add cool potatoes, green beans, eggs(leave a few slices for garnish), radishes, celery, sweet pickle and onion. Toss lightly. Chill. Makes 3 quarts.

Watermelon Pickles

These take a 3-day period to make

7 lbs watermelon rind
Salt water (1/4 cup salt to 1 qt water)
7 cups sugar
2 cups white vinegar
1/2 tsp oil of cloves
1/2 tsp oil of cinnamon
Red food color (optional)

Use rind from firm, preferably under-ripe melon; trim off dark green skin and pink
section. Cut into 1" cubes or circles with small biscuit cutter or inside of doughnut cutter.
Soak bout 2 hours in salt water to cover. Drain; rinse and cover with cold water.
Bring to boil; cook until tender, but not soft (about 10 minutes); drain.
Combine sugar, vinegar and spices; heat to boiling. Addcolor ifr desired. Pour over rind in large glss or pottery bowl; let stand overnight at room temperature covered with waxed paper.
In the morning drain off syrup; heat seal in hot sterilized jars. Makes 8 pints.

2007-08-15T15:02:00.000-07:00

Visit with Wong today discussing last week’s CATSCAN. He discussed an “enhanced area in my
Pelvis “ possibly because a different marker flush was used. Lung was good. To explain about
The marker flush: Right before the last pass through the donut ring the tech pushed a die through
A HEP trap and the timing with the pulsing of the dye in and then fading out is what brings out the
Enhanced area.

Wong wants to know if there is a trend. Wants another picture at the end of round 4. He doesn’t
Know if things are growing or winking in and out, or even if the chemo is effective. He does say
Continue to round 4

Jeannie says inconclusive is good; I agree.

Summer berry crisp

2007-08-10T07:21:00.000-07:00

Summer berry crisp

Here's a recipe that Molly found just in time because we had just been berry picking
in the blackberry patches in South Park Lake

Source: Parade Magazine, July 15, 2007

2 cups blueberries
2 cups blackberries
2 cups raspberries
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp cinnamon

Crisp Topping:

1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
pinch salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, for serving

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. butter a 9-inch Pyrex pie plate.
2. Gently combine the berries with the sugar, flour and cinnamon. Place in the prepared pie plate.
3. Prepare the topping: Combine the oats, flour, both sugars and salt in a bowl. Use a pastry blender or 2 knives to work in the butter until topping resembles coarse
meal. Sprinkle evenly over the berries.
4. Place the pie plate on a baking sheet. Bake in the center of theoven until the fruit is bubbling and the topping is golden brown, about 1 hour. Remove the crisp
to a rack to cool slightly. Serve in dessert bowls with whipped cream or ice cream.

Midnight Over Rooftops--Edgar Broughton Band

2007-08-02T05:29:00.000-07:00

Evening Over Rooftops
- Edgar Broughton Band -
The air was thick like honey
Looking from a room
The room had open windows
To let this springtime through
Evening stood by watching
At the side of summer's promise
The flowers in her garden
Were the envy of her friends

How far are we from dying
Is it nearly at an end?
How far are we from dying
Is it nearly at an end?

The smoke hung on the skyline
The city fell in silence
The sunset, ripe and mellow
Was the light to write some thoughts by
Her children watched for father
From a window in the wall
Said a prayer for grand papa
And maybe many more

Somewhere in the distance
On the road so far away
I heard the sound of life
With all the people left for home
Three birds flew off a building
Standing proud against the sky
Many more flew with them
Spiraled upward like laughter

Faster, harder
They rose up in a column
Hundreds upon hundreds
And twice that many wing speed
Four miles across
Stretched a million miles high
The living pulsing column
In the lady of the sky

Feathers thrashed together
Blocked in that huge swarm
I knew no one could see it
And now that it was gone
I rubbed my eyes and tried to find
A reason for the flight
Exodus escape
Or was it just for me to see?
Like the mating of the earth and air
Like water is to flowers
The envy of her friends

How far are we from dying
Is it nearly at an end?
How far are we from dying
Is it nearly at an end?
How far are we from dying
Is it nearly at an end?

Encyclopedia Britannica article on lunar calendars

2007-08-02T05:24:00.000-07:00

From Encyclopedia Britannica article on calendars

The fact that neither months nor years occupied a whole number of days was recognized quite early in all the great civilizations. Some observers also realized that the difference between calendar dates and celestial
phenomena due to occur on them would first increase then diminish until the two were once more in coincidence (as year, e.g.). The succession of differences and coincidences would by cyclic, recurring time
And again as the years passed. An early recognition of this was the Egyptian Sothic cycle, based on the star
Sirius (called Sothis by ancient Egyptians). The error with respect to the 365 day year and the heliacal risings of Sirius amounted to one day every four tropical years, or one whole Egyptian calendar year every
1,460 tropical years (4 x 365), which is equivalent to 1,461 Egyptian calendar years. After this period the
Heliacal rising and setting of Sothis would again coincide with the calendar dates (see below the Egyptian
Calendar).

The main use of cycles was to try to find some commensurable basis for lunar and solar calendars, and the best known of all the early attempts was the octoeteris, usually attributed to Cleostrates of Tenedas
(c. 500 BC) and Eudoxeus of Cnibus (390 - c. 340 BC). The cycle covered eight years, as its name implies,
And so the octoeteris amounted to 8 x 365, or 2,920 days. This is very close to the total of 99 lunations
(99 x 29.5 = 2,920.5days), so this cycle gave a worthwhile link between lunar and solar calendars. When in the fourth century BC, the accepted length of the solar year became 365.25 days, the total number of solar calendar days involved became 2,922, and it was then realized that the octoeteris was not as satisfactory a cycle as supposed.

Another early and important cycle was the saros, essentially an eclipse cycle. There has been some confusion over its precise nature because the name is deriveed from the Babylonian word shar or sharu,
Which could mean either “universe” or the number 3,600 (ie, 60 x 60). In the latter sense it was used by Berosus (c. 290 BC) and a few later authors refer to a period of 3,600 years. What is now known as the saros and appears as such in astronomical textbooks (still usually credited to the Babylonians) is a period of 18 years 11- 1/3 days (or with one day more or less, depending on how many leap years are involved), after which a series of eclipses is repeated.

In Central America an independent system of cycles was established (see below Ancient and religious calendar systems of the Americas) The most significant of all the early attempts to provide some commensurability between a religious lunar calendar and the tropical year was the Metonic cycle. This was first devised about 432 BC by the astronomer Meton of Athens. Meton worked with another Athenian astronomer Euctemon and made a series of observations of he solstice, when the Sun’s noonday shadow cast by a vertical pillar, or gnomon, reaches its annual maximum or minimum, to determine the length of the tropical year. Taking a synodic month to be 29.5 days, they then computed the difference between 12 of these lunations and their tropical year, which amounted to 11 days. It could then be removed by intercalating a month of 33 days every third year. But Meton and euctemon wanted a long-term rule that would be as accurate as they could make it, and they therefore settled on a 19 year cycle. This cycle consisted of twelve years of twelve lunar months each and seven years each of thirteen lunar months, a total of 235 lunar months. If this total of 235 lunations mistaken contain 110 hollow months of 29 days and 125 full months of 30 days, the total comes to (110 x 29) + (125 x 30), or 6,940 days. The difference betweeen this lunar calendar and a solar calendar of 365 days amounted to only 5 days in 19 years, and in addition, gave an average length for the tropical year of 365.25 days, a much improved value that was, however, allowed to make no difference to daily reckoning in the civil calendar. But the greatest advantages of this cycle was that it laid down a lunar calendar that possessed a definite rule for inserting intercalary months and kept in step with a cycle of tropical years. It also gives a more accurate average value for the tropical year and was so successful that it formed the basis of the calendar used in the Seleucid Empire (Mesopotamia) and was used in the Jewish calendar and the calendar of the Christian Church; it also influenced Indian astronomical teaching.

The Metonic cycle was improved by both Callipus and Hyparchus. Callipus of Cyzicus (c. 370-300 BC)
Was perhaps the foremost astronomer of his day. He formed what has been called the Callipic period,
Essentially a cycle of four Metonic periods. It was more accurate than the original Metonic cycle and made use of the fact that 365.25 days is a more precise value for the tropical year than 365 days. The Callipic period consisted ot 4 x 235 or 940 lunar months, but the distribution of hollow and full months was different from Meton’s Instead of having a total of 440 hollow and 500 full months, Callipus adopted
441 hollow and 499 full, thus reducing the length of four Metonic cycles by one day. The total day involved therefore became (441 x 29 + 499 x 30), or 27, 759, and 27,259/(19 x 4) gives 365.25 exactly.
Then the Callipus cycle fitted 940 lunar months precisely to 76 tropical years of 365.25 days.

Hipparchus, who flourished in Rhodes about 150 BC and was probably the greatest observational astronomer of antiquity, discovered from his own observations and those of others made over the previous 150 years, that the equinoxes, where the ecliptic (the Sun’s apparent path) crosses the celestial equator (the celestial equivalent of the terrestrial Equator), were not fixed in space but moved slowly in a westerly direction. The movement is small, amounting to no more than 2 degrees in 150 years, and it is known as the precession of the equinoxes. Calendrically it was an important discovery because the tropical year is measured with reference to the equinox es and precession reduced the value accepted by Callipus. Hipparchus calculated the tropical year to have a length of 365.242 days, which was very close to the present calculation of 365.24199 days; he also computed the precise length of a lunation, using a “great year” of four Callipic cycles. He arrived at the value of 29.53058 days, for a lunation which , again, is comparable with the present-day figure, 29.5359 days.

Julian

calculating x and y

2007-08-01T06:54:00.000-07:00

As noted before, use of the equatorial mounts perpendicular turning axes would simplify the sighting of faint sky objects if they could be aligned to coincide
perpendicularly with pairs of bright stars to which the faints are located via
a city block or x,y fashion.

Consider this example from Canis Major:
α = δ CMa = RA: 7h08m42.01s DE:-26°24'20.8
β = ε CMa = RA: 6h58m55.39s DE:-28°58'58.5
γ = Cr 121 = RA: 6h54m30.80s DE:-24°38'35.7

New Coordinates for γ

y=3.581337794
x=0.722866863

obtained from vector cross product and the cosine
law for spherical triangles and Napier's Rules for
right spherical triangles

star reckoning algorithm

2007-07-29T10:33:00.000-07:00

I propose herein a way to triangulate sky objects with reference to a given triad of
known, visible stars.

Three given stars within a specified rdis, or size of circle, form a triangle .
with 2 bright stars forming the base, and the object at the vertex.
Rdis is a way for a computer program to search the database for bright stars near
a faint object that fall reasonably near the aperture angle of the telescope.
Let us call the stars, in order of magnitude, α, β, and γ.

Then faint object γ projects y units of sky angle to join αβ at x.

Once the two numbers x and y are known, finding an object is just a question of
dialing these numbers in.

Directions:

Calculate POLE(αβ), using the vector cross product; obtain Euler angles
S,D amd P from cross product matrix elements; alternatively locate it stereographically. A great circle is formed as follows:
a geographic angle S rotating the horizontal counterbalance bar from North.
a vertical angle D elevating the scope tube to D from horizontal
finally, rotation by pitch P on the RA circle coinciding the scope tube in turn with stars α amd β.

With counterbalance bar horizontal turn the mount to S, the complement of AZ(POLE(α,β)), so that equatorial axis points to POLE(αβ) meridian. Set EL on LAT adjuster to equatorial axis--POLE(α,β) coincidence. Turn RA adjuster to stars α, β.

RA Slew to α. Slew to x. DEC Slew y units to γ. All that remains is to solve
for x and y. X and y are independent of what time of day, so it's OK to solve for
object γ in equitorial RA--DEC system, then rotate the system to any time of sky

SSI and SSID Glossary

2007-07-24T08:15:00.001-07:00

LIST OF ACRONYMS
AWIC.......................................Area Work Incentive Coordinators
BPAO.......................................Benefit Planning, Assistance and Outreach
BWE.........................................Blind Work Expenses
CMS.........................................Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
CDB ........................................Childhood Disability Benefits
DDS........................................ Disability Determination Services
DOL........................................ Department of Labor
EARN..................................... Employer Assistance Referral Network
EN.......................................... Employment Network
EPE........................................ Extended Period of Eligibility
EXR....................................... Expedited Reinstatement
FBR....................................... Federal Benefit Rate
FICA..................................... Federal Insurance Contributions Act
IRS........................................ Internal Revenue Service
IRWE.................................... Impairment-Related Work Expenses
LGHP.................................... Large Group Health Plan
P&A .......................................Protection and Advocacy
PABSS................................... Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of
Social Security
PASS .....................................Plan to Achieve Self-Support
PESS .....................................Property Essential for Self-Support
SGA....................................... Substantial Gainful Activity
SSA........................................ Social Security Administration
SSDI...................................... Social Security Disability Insurance
SSI........................................ Supplemental Security Income
TTW..................................... Ticket to Work
TWP...................................... Trial Work Period
UWA..................................... Unsuccessful Work Attempt
VR......................................... Vocational Rehabilitation

2007-07-24T07:46:00.000-07:00

Accelerated Benefits
demonstration project will provide immediate health benefits and
employment supports to certain newly entitled SSDI beneficiaries who have medical conditions
that are expected to improve or could possibly improve with access to appropriate medical care.
Under current law most SSDI beneficiaries must wait 24 months after cash benefits begin before
they become eligible for Medicare. Thus, many have no health insurance and limited access to
medical care during a period of time when access to those resources might help improve their
medical condition. By accelerating benefits and receiving treatment earlier, beneficiaries may
improve their ability to remain at work or the probability of returning to work. We hope to begin
enrolling participants in 2006.
National Benefit Offset
demonstration project (also known as the $1 for $2 Benefit Offset) will
test the effects of allowing SSDI beneficiaries to work without total loss of benefits. Participants
in this project will have their monthly benefits reduced one dollar for every two dollars of
earnings above a specified level. While the contractor for the national demonstration project is
designing the project, we are operating a smaller four-State benefit offset demonstration that
includes Connecticut, Utah, Wisconsin, and Vermont. Information gained from the four-State
project will help guide the national demonstration project. These projects began enrolling
participants in August 2005. As part of our National Benefit Offset project, we also plan to test
the impact of early intervention on certain disability applicants. This project will provide
immediate medical and cash benefits as well as employment supports to SSDI applicants with
certain impairments that we presume to be disabling and who pursue work rather than proceed
through the disability determination process. This project is currently in the design phase.
Will You Get Health Insurance Coverage?
SSDI You will receive Medicare coverage if you are eligible for SSDI benefits.
However, you may need to wait for your Medicare coverage to begin. (See
page 24.) (If you are a former Federal, State or local government employee,
you may be eligible for Medicare coverage without being eligible for SSDI.)
Medicare consists of hospital insurance (Part A) and supplementary medical
insurance (Part B), and starting in 2006, voluntary prescription drug benefits
(Part D). Title XVIII of the Social Security Act authorizes Medicare. The
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administers Medicare.
You can get more information from CMS by calling 1-800-MEDICARE or by
visiting their web site at http://www.cms.gov.
For everyone else, the first 24 months of disability benefit entitlement is the
waiting period for Medicare coverage. During this qualifying period for
Medicare, you may be eligible for health insurance through a former employer.
You should contact the employer for information about health insurance
coverage.
When Will Your Benefits Stop?
SSDI If we find you no longer have a disabling impairment due either to work at the
SGA level or medical improvement, we say that your disability "ceased.” Our
decision is effective in the month shown by the evidence, or the month we give
you written notice, if later. However, we pay SSDI benefits for this month and
the following two months. We call these 3 months the "grace period."
Your SSDI benefits may continue:
• During the extended period of eligibility, if we cease your disability due to
your work at the SGA level (see page 39), or
• If we ceased your disability due to medical improvement, your benefits may
be continued if you are participating in a program of vocational
rehabilitation, or similar, services, employment services or other support
services. (See page 35.)
Impairment-Related Work Expenses (IRWE)
SSDI
SSI
How do IRWE help you?
We deduct the cost of certain impairment-related items and services that you
need to work from your gross earnings when we decide if your "countable
earnings" demonstrate performance of SGA. It does not matter if you also use
these items and services for non-work activities.
SSI How do we use IRWE to figure your SSI monthly payments?
We also exclude IRWE from your earned income when we figure your SSI
monthly payment amount.
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SSDI
SSI
When will we deduct your IRWE?
We deduct IRWE for SGA purposes when:
1. The item or service enables you to work;
2. You need the item or service because of your disabling impairment;
3. You paid the cost and are not reimbursed by another source, for example
Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurance;
4. The cost is "reasonable"—that is, it represents the standard charge for the
item or service in your community; and
5. You paid the expense in a month that you are or were working.
Occasionally, an impairment-related work expense may be used before
the first or after the last month of work activity.
SSI We deduct IRWE when we figure SSI payment amounts when:
• You meet requirements 1 through 4 above, and
• You paid the expense in a month that you received earned income or
performed work while you used the impairment-related item or service.
Note: In certain situations, we can deduct IRWE amounts for expenses paid
before you start or after you stop work.
Examples Of Deductible And Non-Deductible Expenses
DEDUCTIBLE NOT DEDUCTIBLE
1. Attendant Care Services 1. Attendant Care Services
• Performed in the work setting. • Performed on non-workdays or helping youwith
• Performed to help you prepare for work,
the trip to and from work, and after work,
for example bathing, dressing, cooking,
and eating.
• Services that incidentally also benefit your
family, for example meals shared by you
and your family.
• Services performed by your family member shopping or general homemaking, forexample cleaning, and laundry.• Performed for someone else in your family,for example babysitting.• Services performed by your family memberfor a cash fee where he/she suffers noeconomic loss. This includes servicesprovided by your non-working spouse.32for a cash fee where he/she suffers aneconomic loss by reducing or endinghis/her work in order to help you. Thisincludes your spouse reducing work hoursto help you get ready for work.• Services performed by your family memberfor payment "in-kind," for example roomand board (even if the family membersuffers economic loss).
2. Transportation Costs
• The cost of structural or operational
modifications to your vehicle that you need
in order to travel to work, even if you also
use the vehicle for non-work purposes.
• The cost of driver assistance or taxicabs
that is required because of your disability
rather than the lack of public
transportation.
• Mileage expenses at a rate determined by
us for an approved vehicle and limited to
travel to and from employment.
2. Transportation Costs
• The cost of your vehicle whether modified
or not.
• The cost of modification to your vehicle
not directly related to your impairment or
critical to your operation of the vehicle, for
example paint or pin striping.
• Your travel expenses related to obtaining
medical items or services.
3. Medical Devices
Wheelchairs, hemodialysis equipment,
pacemakers, respirators, traction equipment,
and braces.
3. Medical Devices
Any device you do not use for a medical
purpose.
4. Work-Related Equipment and Assistants
All impairment-related work-assistive devices,
services, methods, or systems, including
service animals.
4. Work-Related Equipment and Assistants
If you are self-employed, any specific items
that were deducted as a business expense.
5. Prosthesis
Artificial hip, artificial replacement of an arm,
leg, or other parts of the body.
5. Prosthesis
Any prosthetic device that is primarily for
cosmetic purposes.
6. Residential Modifications
• If you are employed outside of home --
Modifications to the exterior of your house
that permit access to the street or to
transportation, for example exterior ramps,
railings, and pathways.
• If you are self-employed at home --
6. Residential Modifications
• If you are employed outside of home --
Modifications to your house to help you in
your home, for example enlarging interior
doorframes, lowering kitchen appliances
and bathroom facilities, and installing
interior railings or stairway chair lift.
• If you are self-employed at home --
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Modifications made inside your home in
order to create a workspace to
accommodate your impairment. This
includes enlarging doorway into an office
or workroom, modifying office space to
accommodate your problems in dexterity.
Any modification expenses you previously
deducted as a business expense in
determining SGA.
7. Routine Drugs and Routine Medical
Services
Regularly prescribed medical treatment or
therapy that is necessary to control your
disabling condition, even if control is not
achieved. This includes: anti-convulsant
drugs, blood level monitoring, radiation
treatment, chemotherapy, corrective surgery
for spinal disorders, and anti-depressant
medication. Your physician's fee relating to
these services is deductible.
7. Routine Drugs and Routine Medical
Services
Drugs and/or medical services used for your
minor physical or mental problems, for
example routine physical examinations, allergy
treatment, dental examinations, and optician
services.
8. Diagnostic Procedures
Any procedure related to the control, treatment,
or evaluation of your disabling condition, for
example brain scans and
electroencephalograms.
8. Diagnostic Procedures
Procedures not related to your disabling
condition, for example allergy testing.
9. Non-Medical Appliances and Devices
In unusual circumstances, devices or
appliances are essential for the control of your
disabling condition either at home or at work,
for example an electric air cleaner if you have
severe respiratory disease. Your physician
must verify this need.
9. Non-Medical Appliance and Devices
Devices you use at home or at the office that
are not ordinarily for medical purposes. These
include: portable room heaters, air
conditioners, dehumidifiers, and humidifiers
for which your doctor has not verified a
medical work-related need.
10. Other Items and Services
• Expendable medical supplies, for example
incontinence pads, elastic stockings, and
catheters.
• The cost of a service animal including
food, licenses, and veterinary services.
Unsuccessful Work Attempt
SSDI
SSI
An unsuccessful work attempt is an effort to do substantial work, in
employment or self-employment, that you stopped or reduced to below the SGA
level after a short time (6 months or less) because of:
• Your impairment; or
• Removal of special conditions (see page 34) related to your impairment and
essential to the further performance of your work.
When we make a SGA decision for initial eligibility for SSDI or SSI, we do not
count earnings during an unsuccessful work attempt that occurred prior to your
award.
SSDI
When we make a SGA decision to determine if your disability continues or
ceases because of your work, we do not count earnings during an unsuccessful
work attempt.
During the extended period of eligibility, we consider unsuccessful work
attempt(s) as part of our SGA decision(s) for months up to and including the
month (if any) in which we cease your disability.
During the trial work period, or after the month (if any) in which we cease your
disability, we do not consider unsuccessful work attempts because they only
have effect when we make a SGA decision.
Neighborhood Legal Services

716) 847-0655x262
Jim Shelden
Community Work Incentive Coordinator

mid July Update

2007-07-23T06:52:00.000-07:00

Just got back from a week at the cottage. Man, you can't underestimate the value of the cottage
for getting stronger. I walked to the beach, took my own chair, and swam; it was such good ex-
ercise, especially for working those long unused hip and groin muscles. Getting around the
cottage is way easier than at home, except the storm doors all have lousy door closers that make
exiting difficult. Anyway I hope to get back there soon.

Odin's hair is a real problem. I'm going to clipping him today.

Oh, and I went to Dr McGrath last week, had an MRI done and he said I can go back to work on
light duty. So I'm looking forward to getting back to work, maybe supplement my Social Security, which I can do according to a certain Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency program.

Next doctor visit is August 8 at Roswell, a three months update.

Potato Salad

2007-07-09T21:44:00.000-07:00

Potato Salad

2 lb potatoes
1 - ½ cups Hellman’s mayonnaise
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 Tbsp prepared mustard
1 tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
2 stalks celery, chopped (about 1 cup yield)
4 hard boiled eggs, chopped

Boil water first, then add potatoes; boil for 30 to 35 minutes
Until tender.
Add remaining ingredients in order

Prune nut bread

2007-07-09T21:43:00.000-07:00

Prune nut bread

Prep 19 minutes, cook 55 minutes
¾ cup prune juice
¼ cup water
¾ cup coarsely chopped pitted prunes
3 Tbsp butter or margarine
1 large egg, beaten
¾ tsp vanilla extract
1 - ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/8 tsp salt
½ cup sugar
½ cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Combine prune juice and waterr in a small saucepan. Bring to a
Boil. Remove from heat, and stir in prunes and butter. Cool
Mixture to lukewarm. Stir in egg and vanilla.
Combine flour and remaining 4 ingredients in a large bowl; add
Prune mixture, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened.
Spoon batter into a greased and floured 9 x 5 inch loaf pan.
Bake at 325 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes or until a wooden pick
Inserted in the center comes out clean; cool in pan on a wire rack
10 minutes; remove from pan and cool on a wire rack.
Yield 1 loaf

Whole wheat bread

2007-07-09T21:39:00.000-07:00

Whole wheat bread

Makes 1 loaf serves 12 to 16
½ cup very warm water
½ tsp sugar
1 pkg. active dry yeast
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 to 1 - ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp salt
½ cup water
2 Tbsp honey
2 Tbsp molasses
2 Tbsp vegetable oil

1. In a glass measuring cup stir together the warm water and sugar.
Stir in the yeast and let it proof.
2. In a large bowl, combine the whole wheat flour and the salt,
Half of the all-purpose flour. Stir the yeast mixture, ½ cup of water,
The honey, molasses and oil into the flour mixture. Stir in ½ cup more
Flour to make a dough that is firm enough to handle.
3. Turn dough onto a well-floured surface and knead in enough of
Remaining flour to make a dough that is manageable and no longer
Sticky.
4. Place dough in a large, greased bowl and cover with greased
Plastic wrap. Set in a warm, draft-free spot until doubled in bulk.
5. Punch dough down and form into a loaf. Place in a greased
9 x 5 x 3 loaf pan. Cover with greased plastic wrap and let rise
Until doubled in bulk.
6. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Bake for 45 minutes or until
Loaf is browned on top and bottom and sounds hollow when
Tapped. Cool on wire rack.

Whole Wheat Apricot Bread

2007-07-09T21:37:00.002-07:00

Whole Wheat Apricot Bread

Vegetable oil spray
1 cup chopped, dried apricots
¼ cup acceptable vegetable oil
½ cup honey
2/3 cup boiling water
2 cups whole wheat flour
¼ tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup chopped, unsalted, dry-roasted pecans
1 egg
½ cup evaporated skim milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray three 6 x 3 inch
Loaf pans with vegetable oil. Put apricots in a bowl. Add
Oil, honey and boiling water. Set aside to cool.
In a large bowl, mix together dry ingredients and nuts.
Set aside.
Place egg and milk in a small bowl and stir to mix well. Add
To apricot mixture and stir until well-blended.
Add liquid mixture to dry ingredients all at once. Mix just
Until dry ingredients are dampened, then stir 10 more strokes.
Pour batter equally into three prepared loaf pans. Let stand at
Room temperature 10 to 20 minutes.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes. Cool thoroughly. Wrap in foil and
Store overnight before slicing.

Peanut Butter Cookies

2007-07-09T21:37:00.001-07:00

Peanut Butter Cookies

Vegetable oil spray
½ cup acceptable margarine, room temperature
½ cup sugar
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
½ cup creamy peanut butter
½ tsp baking soda
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray cookie sheet
With vegetable oil. In a large mixing bowl, cream
Margarine until soft. Add sugar gradually and beat until
Creamy. Beat in eggs, peanut butter and soda. Add
Flour slowly to batter, mixing constantly. Add vanilla
And mix well.
Roll dough into small balls about the size of a pecan.
Place on prepared cookie sheet. Flatten balls lightly
With back of tines of a floured fork. Bake 10 to 12
Minutes.

Irish Soda Bread

2007-07-09T21:33:00.000-07:00

Irish Soda Bread

1 cup raisins
1 Tbsp rum or water
4 cups flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
¾ cup margarine, softened
1 - ¾ cups buttermilk
1 Tbsp caraway seeds

Combine the raisin and rum in microwave-safe dish.
Microwave on High for 30 seconds to plump.
Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
Cut in the margarine until crumbly. Stir in buttermilk.
Add raisins and caraway seeds, stirring just until mixed.
Knead on a lightly floured surface about 20 times or
Until well-mixed. Divide the dough into 2 equal
Portions. Shape each into a small, round loaf.
Place on an un-greased baking sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes or until
Loaves test done. Serve warm with lots of butter.
Makes 2 small loaves.

Greek Olive and Tomato Focaccia

2007-07-09T21:30:00.000-07:00

Greek Olive and Tomato Focaccia

3 - ½ tsp dry yeast
1 tsp sugar
1 - ¾ cups lukewarm water
5 - ½ cups flour
5 Tbsp olive oil
1 tsp salt
12 oz Greek olives, pitted and chopped
5 - 1/3 oz Roma tomatoes, sliced
1 - ½ Tbsp olive oil
1 tsp marjoram
½ tsp basil
Salt to taste
1 - ½ Tbsp olive oil
2 cups crumbled feta cheese

Combine the yeast, sugar and lukewarm Water in a bowl and mix well..
Let stand for 5 minutes or until foamy. Stir in the flour, 5 Tbsp olive
Oil and 1 tsp salt.
Knead on a lightly floured surface for 3 minutes or until dough is
Sticky. Place in a greased bowl, turning to coat the surface.
Let rise, covered in a warm place for 1 - ½ hours. Punch the dough
Down. Pat into a greased 10 x 15 inch baking pan.
Let rise for 1 hour.
Combine the olives, tomatoes, ½ Tbsp olive oil, marjoram, basil and
Salt to taste in a bowl and mix gently. Spread on a baking sheet.
Bake at 450 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes or until juices evaporate from
The tomatoes, turning once. Remove from oven. Reduce the oven
Temperature to 400 degrees.
Make indentations in the dough; drizzle with the remaining 1 - ½ Tbsp
Olive oil. Sprinkle with the cheese. Top with the tomato mixture.
Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Tent with foil if topping browns before
Dough. Makes 10 to 12 servings.

Banana Bread

2007-07-09T21:26:00.000-07:00

Banana Bread

½ cup cooking oil
1 cup sugar
2 eggs, beaten
3 ripe bananas, mashed
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
3 Tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
½ cup chopped nuts

Mix all by hand

Beat sugar and oil. Add eggs and bananas. Beat well by hand.
Add sifted dry ingredients. Add milk and vanilla.
Mix well. Stir in nuts. Pour in greased and floured
Loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour

Whole Wheat Bread

2007-07-09T21:21:00.000-07:00

Whole Wheat Bread

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 package active dry yeast
1 - ¾ cups water
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
3 Tbsp vegetable shortening
2 tsp salt
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 to 1-½ cups all-purpose flour

In a large mixer bowl combine 2 cups all-purpose flour
And 1 package active dry yeast. Heat 1 - ¾ cups water,
1/3 cup packed brown sugar, 3 Tbsp shortening, and
2 teaspoons salt, just till warm (115 to 120 degrees) ,
Stirring constantly. Add flour mixture. Beat at low
Speed of electric mixer ½ minute, scraping bowl. Beat
3 minutes at high speed. Stir in 2 cups whole wheat flour
And as much of 1 to 1 - ½ cups all-purpose flour as
You can mix with a spoon.
On a lightly floured surface knead in enough remaining
All-purpose flour to make a moderately stiff dough
(6 to 8 minutes total). Shape into a ball in a lightly greased
Bowl; turn once . Cover. Let rise in a warm place till double
Bulk (1 to 1 - ½ hours).
Punch down dough. Turn out onto lightly floured surface.
Divide in half. Cover. Let rest 10 minutes. Shape into
Loaves. Place in 2 greased 8 x 4 x 2 inch loaf pans. Let
Rise till nearly double (about 1 hour). Bake in a 375
Degree oven about 45 minutes. Cover the loaves with
Foil the last 20 minutes to prevent over-browning.
Makes 2 loaves.
Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook,

Spaghetti Sauce

2007-07-08T20:12:00.000-07:00

Spaghetti Sauce

1/2 cup olive oil
1 cup onion, chopped
1 - 1/2 cups of celery, chopped
5 cups tomatoes
12 oz tomato paste
dash cayenne pepper
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 cup parsley, minced
sugar to taste

Heat oil in a heavy skillet or sauce pan. Add onion, garlic,

peppers and celery. Cook until soft, about 10 minutes,

stirring frequently.

Add tomatoes, paste, seasonings and parsley. Mix well,

simmer on medium-low heat until thickened.

Note: Meatballs or Italian sausage can be added to sauce

during cooking for added flavor.

Balsamic Vinaigrette

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Balsamic Vinaigrette

3 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 Tbsp red onion, finely chopped
1 Tbsp honey
1/2 cup olive oil
salt and pepper

In a blender add vinegar, onion and honey. Puree`.

With motor running, slowly add the oil until emulsified.

Season to taste with salt and pepper and pour into a

squeeze bottle.

May be prepared one day ahead and refrigerated.

Bring to room temperature before using.

Ginger Bread

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Ginger Bread

vegetable oil spray
1 cup dark molasses
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup acceptable vegetable oil
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp ground ginger
1 cup boiling water
2 - 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 Tbsp hot water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray an 8-inch

square baking pan with vegetable oil.

In a large bowl blend together molasses, brown sugar, oil

and spices. Stir in boiling water. Mix in flour. Set aside.

In small bowl, dissolve baking soda in 2 Tbsp hot water.

Stir to mix well and add to batter.

Bake in prepared pan 30 minutes. Remove from oven

and slice into twelve equal portions. Serve warm.

Serve with orange sauce if desired.

Banana Bread

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Banana Bread

vegetable oil spray
1 - 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup wheat germ
3 medium-size very ripe bananas, mashed, about 1 cup
1/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
1/4 cup acceptable vegetable oil
4 egg whites

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray an 8 x 4 inch loaf

with vegetable oil.

In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking

soda and salt. Mix in wheat germ. Add all remaining ingredients

and beat until well-blended.

Place in loaf pan. Bake 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center

comes out clean.

Irish Soda Bread

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Irish Soda Bread

3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/3 cup acceptable margarine
1 - 1/3 cup low-fat buttermilk
1/3 cup currants

Preheat ov en to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a cookie sheet

with vegetable oil.

In a large bowl, sift together the first six dry ingredients, cut in

margarine with a pastry blender until mixture resembles corn

meal.

Add buttermilk and stir only until moistened. Mix currants lightly.

Shape into a ball and knead about 15 seconds.

Place dough on prepared cookie sheet. With the palm of the hand

flatten the dough into a circle about 7 inches in diameter and 1 - 1/2

inches thick. With a sharp knife cut a cross on the top about 1/4

inch deep and 5 inches long, to prevent cracking during baking.

Bake 45 to 50 minutes. Cool on wire rack

Pumpkin Pecan Bread

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Pumpkin Pecan Bread

Vegetable oil spray
4 eggs (or 8 egg whites or egg substitute
...........equivalent to 4 eggs
2 cups canned pumpkin
1 cup acceptable vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
3 - 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 - 1/2 tsp salt
1 - 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 cup sugar
1 cup unsalted dry-roasted chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray four 8 x 4 inch

loaf pans with vegetable oil.

In a bowl, beat eggs slightly. Add pumpkin, oil and water.
Stir to mix well. Set aside. In a large bowl, sift together

flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add sugar and stir to

mix thoroughly.

Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Add pumpkin

mixture all at once. Mix well and add nuts. Stur to mix well.

Pour batter into four prepared loaf pans, filling each half full.

Bake 1 hour, or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the

center of the loaf comes out clean. Remove from pans and cool

on a wire rack.

July update

2007-07-08T16:40:00.000-07:00

We're well into July so it's time for a break from all these recipes for an update. I feel really good. I was at the cottage the week before the fourth with Mary, John and their brood.
It was a wonderful break from the routine i n lackawanna; I got to try my walking
in a nice peaceful setting. I gradually expanded my radius until I could walk to the beach.
I also worked out with the walker and crutches so that I could swim finally. The kids are
wonderful. Gene in particular has taken a shine to me and enjoys going for walks. And we
went on more walks at Jean's on the Fourth. (Didn't go down the stairs).

Walking is a little rough at home however, because of Odin. I was walking him and he lunges
at other dogs and he can knock me down easily, especially since I'm leaning on a walker
which is easily pulled over. Maybe with training, but not now. Also I need to limit walking
time. The constant pressure of the palms on the walker for support has them all calloused
and there is developing nerve damage in my baby fingers. Also my right big toe gets
hyperextended for some reason.

Coming up is a meeting with McGrath and MRI of the hip.

Cream Puffs

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Cream Puffs

1/2 pkg (1 cup) Clover Farm Pie Crust Mix
2/3 cup boiling water
2 eggs

Pour pie crust mix all at once into sauce pan containing

boiling water. Quickly stir until mixture forms a ball around

the spoon. Remove from heat. Add 2 eggs, one at a time,

beating in each very well until mixture is smooth and stiff.

Drop by tablespoonfulls onto ungreased cookie sheet forming

8 mounds. bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes or until

browned to your taste. Cool. Cut off tops with sharp knife

and fill with vanilla cream mix.

Make vanilla pudding from a package mix. Cool. Whip a half

pint of whipping cream until it holds up firmly then fold into the

cooled pudding. Refrigerate until ready to fill pastry puffs.

Put xxxx sugar on top

Betty Crocker Buttercup Cake

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Betty Crocker Buttercup Cake

1/2 cup shortening; part butter for flavor
1 - 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 - 1/4 cups sifted Gold Medal "kitchen tested"
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp almond extract
1/4 tsp lemon extract
1/4 tsp orange extract

Cream shortening, add sugar gradually, and cream until

fluffy. Blend in well beaten eggs. Sift flour, baking soda

and salt together...and stir into creamed mixture

alternatively with the buttermilk. Blend in the flavorings.

Pour into two well greased and floured 8 or 9-inch round

layer cake pans. Then bake for 30 to 35 minutes in a

moderate oven (350 degrees).

Icing sufficient for 8 inch...just enough for 9-inch

2 egg whites
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp water
1/2 tsp vanilla
Other flavorings: 1/2 tsp, a combination of almond,
.............lemon and orange extract
3 Tbsp butter

Combine in top of double boiler the egg whites, sugar and

water and beat together just enough to completely blend the

ingredients. Place over rapidly boiling water, and beat with

rotary beater until mixture is white and very light. (Icing is done

when it holds its shape as beater is pulled out.) This takes 4

to 9 minutes depending on size of boiler and vigor of beating.

Remove from over boiling water, beat in flavorings...then

beat occasionally until cool. When icing is thoroughly cool,

carefully fold in butter.

NOTE: You can decorate the edge of the cake by sprinkling

the top with finely grated lemon or orangte rind so that it

resembles a border of flowers

Walnut Coffee Cake

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Walnut Coffee Cake

1 small yeast
1/4 cup lukewarm water
3 eggs
1 cup margarine or Crisco
1 cup milk warm
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup sugar
4 cups all-purpose flour

dissolve yeast in lukewarm water beat eggs add margarine

and milk sift flour, salt, and sugar 3 times add dry ingredients

to the yeast beart until dough is smooth then place into a

buttered bowl & cover place in refrigerator over night.

Next day roll like for pie crust.

1 lb shelled, grinded walnuts with brown sugar. Divide dough

in 4 spread with nuts or poppy seed roll like for jelly roll put on

greased cookie sheet let rise `1 - 1/2 hours or 2 hours.

Bake 325 degrees 30 min to 45 min.

Alternative:

Substitute 1 cup blanched almondmix with 1/2 cup sugar, 4 eggs

Diet Cheesecake?

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Diet Cheesecake?

2 level tsp gelatin
1/4 cup cold water
18 Sucaryl tablets
1/3 cup cold waterr
1/2 cup skimmed milk powder
1 cup cottage cheese
1 Tbsp oil
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp grated lemon rind

Soak the gelatin in cold water, add theSucaryl tablets

(crushed) and place over heat until gelatin and Sucaryl are

dissolved. Beat together the cheese, oil, and lemon juice

and rind until smooth. Add 1/3 cup cold water and 1/2

cup skimmed milk powder and beat with electric mixer at

high speed, until stiff. Next fold this into the blended

cheese mixture. Cover bottom of pie pan with graham cracker

crust. Spread cheese cake mixture over crust and place in

refrigerator until set

Chocolate Cake from Lee Danson's cusin (sic)

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Chocolate Cake from Lee Danson's cusin (sic)

5 Tbsp cocoa dissolved in hot water
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup spry (Crisco)
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour milk
2 level tsp soda
2 cups flour
1 cup boiling water
1 tsp vanilla

No directions.

Pineapple Refrigerator Cake

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Pineapple Refrigerator Cake

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
3 tsp cream
1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup crushed pineapple
1 egg
2 - 1/4 cups graham crackers, finely crushed

1, Cream butter and sugar together

2,Add egg (beaten until light), cream and pineapple

3,Line an oblong bread pan with heavy waxed paper

and place a layer of fine cracker crumbs about one-half

inch deep on the bottom

4,Over this pour three or 4 tablespoons of pineapple

mixture.

5,Sprinkle with walnuts.

6,Add second layer of gracker crumbs, pineapple mixture

and nuts.

7,Complete with a third layer.

8,Coverr with wax paper and let stand in refrigerator for

at least 24 hours, Cut in thick slices and serve with cream

Honey Refrigerator Cookies

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Honey Refrigerator Cookies

1/2 cup honey
1 egg
2 - 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup nut meats
1/2 tsp salt

1 Cream honey, sugar, shortening, and eggs.

2 Add the dry ingredients, sifted together.

3 Add chopped nut meats.

4 Shape in rolls and wrap in waxed paper.

5 Place in refrigerator three or four days to ripen.

6 Slice off as desired and bake in 400 oven for ten to

twelve minutes

Golden Refrigerator Cookies

2007-07-03T13:51:00.000-07:00

Golden Refrigerator Cookies

1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 cups flour
grated rind of one lemon
grated rind of one orange
2 Tbsp orange juice
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt

1 Cream butter and sugar gradually and thoroughly

2 Add beaten eggs and beat hard

3 Add the grated rinds and fruit juice.

4 Sift the dry ingredients together and add to the

other mixture

5 Shape in rolls two inches in diameter.

6 Wrap in waxed paper and chill.

7 Slice very thin and bake on oiled sheets ten to twelve

minutes in 375 oven.

Newspaper Sponge Cake

2007-07-03T13:34:00.000-07:00

Newspaper Sponge Cake

3 eggs
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sifted cake flour
8 Tbsp hot water

Place cake pan in oven, turn on heat and bring temperature

to 425 degrees. Beat eggs and cream of tartar together until

mixture is light snd fluffy. Add sugar gradually, continuing to

beat until thoroughly blended. Add vanilla, then flour, salt and

baking powder sifted three times, alternately with water. (Fold

flour into mixture, do not use beater.) Pour into ungreased

8 inch tube pan and bake in a 425 degree oven for 25 minutes.

Remove and invert pan to allow cake to cool, then before cake

is entirely cold, remove from pan

Recipe find from Sally Squire

2007-07-03T13:24:00.000-07:00

I managed to get a neighbor's recipe collection from the 1940's and 50's. Her name was Sally
Squire. She was in her nineties; her husband worked at Bethlehem Steel. Theresa and I 4 years ago weeded and cleaned up her property
which provided us lots of moon flowers. Her family had stories about the old Crescent street
Lackawanna neighborhood and the fear that Sally struck whenever her children were caught
bicycling down Electric Avenue!

The children moved her out 2 years ago and cleared out the house, including this recipe collection.

Any way this blog will post some of her recipes; many are
newspaper and package clippings, others are private recipes, mostly cakes, pies and cookies,
but also fruit salads, main dishes and sides.

Wikipedia Cookbook:Yorkshire Pudding

2007-07-03T13:19:00.000-07:00

Cookbook:Yorkshire Pudding
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This tasty dish is usually baked under meat, and is thus made.
Beat 4 large spoonful of flour, 2 eggs, and a little salt for fifteen minutes, add in small increments, 1500ml (3 pints) of milk, and mix them well together. If you add the milk all at once, the mixture may curdle. Butter a dripping-pan, and set it on an oven shelf below the beef, mutton, or veal, while roasting. When it is brown, cut it into square pieces, and turn it over, and, when the under side is browned also, send it to the table on a dish.

[edit] Ingredients
A more modern recipe, to make 4 individual Yorkshire puddings.
4 oz (110g) plain flour
1 large egg
1/2 British pint (10 fl oz = 284 ml) milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
dripping from roast meat or sunflower oils
bun or large muffin tin

[edit] Procedure
Sift the flour into a bowl and add the salt. Mix the egg into the milk, then add this mix piecewise to the flour, beating with a balloon whisk until all the milk is added and the mixture is well beaten. For best results refrigerate the batter for 1 hour.
Place a little of the dripping or oil into each division of the tin and place the tin in the oven to heat (usually the roast joint will still be in the oven), but if cooking separately heat the oven to 200 to 220 degrees Centigrade / Gas mark 7. Once the tin is smoking hot, fill each division with the batter and return to the oven. Remove and serve when risen, firm and brown.
Note: If your egg is small use two eggs and less milk otherwise the pudding will not rise.
This page incorporates text from the public domain 1881 Household Cyclopedia.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Yorkshire_Pudding"
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2007-07-03T12:23:00.000-07:00

Grilled Chicken Breasts With Lemon and Rosemary

2007-07-03T12:14:00.000-07:00

Grilled Chicken Breasts With Lemon and Rosemary

4 whole boneless-skinless chicken breasts, halved
Salt and pepper
½ cup fresh lemon juice
½ cup olive oil
2 large cloves garlic, minced
2 Tbsp fresh rosemary, coarsely chopped

Place chicken in shallow dish; sprinkle on salt and pepper
In a pan whisk the lemon juice, oil, garlic and rosemary.
Pour the marinade over chicken breasts. Marinate in
Refrigerator for 4 hours, turning over once.
Prepare the grill.
Grill chicken breasts 4 - 6 minutes per side

Ground Beef Stroganoff for 4

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Ground Beef Stroganoff for 4

1 lb lean ground beef
½ cup onions, chopped
1 clove garlic
½ cup mushrooms, pepper to taste, chopped
¾ cup warm water
1 Tbsp tomato paste
2 Tbsp cooking sherry
1 cup low fat vanilla yogurt

Brown beef in skillet with onion and garlic
Add mushrooms; stir in tomato paste and water.
Cook over high heat for 5 minutes,
Stirring occasionally. Turn burner to low heat and
Cook for 10 more minutes Serve over ½ cup of
Egg noodles

barbecue sauce

2007-07-03T07:49:00.000-07:00

Barbecue Sauce

1 cup ketchup
½ cup onion, finely chopped
1/3 cup water
¼ cup butter or margarine
1 Tbsp paprika
1 cup brown sugar, packed
¼ tsp pepper
2 Tbsp real lemon
1 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce

Heat all ingredients except lemon juice and W’sauce
To boiling over medium heat.
Stir in lemon juice and W‘sauce.
Heat until hot

Chicken Rice Casserole

2007-07-03T07:48:00.000-07:00

Chicken Rice Casserole

¼ cup margarine or butter
1/3 cup all-purpose flour1 - ½ tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1 cup chicken broth
1 - ½ cups milk
1 - ½ cups cooked white or wild rice
2 cups cut up cooked chicken or turkey
1 can (4 oz) mushroom stems and buttons pieces, drained
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
2 Tbsp chopped pimento
¼ cup slivered almonds

Heat margarine(butter) in a 2 quart saucepan, stirring constantly
Until bubbly; Remove from heat. Stir in broth and milk .
Heat to boiling, stirring constantly . Boil and stir 1 minute.
Stir in remaining ingredients. Pour into ungreased 2 quart
Casserole or oblong baking dish 10 x 6 x 1-½ inches. Cook
Uncovered in 350 degree oven until bubbly 40 to 45 minutes.
Garnish with parsley if desired.

Grapefruit Diet

2007-07-03T07:45:00.000-07:00

Grapefruit Diet

Breakfast
½ grapefruit or 4 oz of unsweetened juice
2 eggs cooked, any style
2 slices of cooked bacon

Lunch
½ grapefruit or 4 oz of unsweetened juice
Salad with any dressing
Meat, any kind or amount

Dinner
½ grapefruit or 4 oz of unsweetened juice
Meat (chicken or fish substituted)
Vegetable or salad
Coffee, tea or cold diet drinks

Eat until you are full.

Don’t eliminate anything from this diet, particularly

The bacon at breakfast or salad (It’s the combination of
Foods that caused fat burning).

Grapefruit is important because it acts as a catalyst for
The fat burning process.

Cut down on coffee; don’t eat between meals. Sugars and
Starches are completely eliminated with this diet. Stay
away from desserts, breads, white vegetables or sweet

Potatoes; white beans, celery, rice and pinto beans.

OK: Red onions, bell peppers, radishes, cucumbers,
Broccoli, lettuce, cabbage, tomatoes, green beans and