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QUEER MTL THINGS TO DO: December 2023

As the year comes to an end, Montréal’s LGBTQ+ community gathers together. This month, Montréal is stuffed to the brim with events, parties and unique experiences painted in all the colours of the LGBTQ+ rainbow. From drag to community, circuit to underground, here’s some of our picks for the best LGBTQ+ things to do in the city. For further announcements, including those not announced at time of publication, follow QueerMTL on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr! Got an event coming up? DM it our way!

En français : https://www.mtl.org/fr/experience/queer-mtl-quoi-faire

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🎥 Cinema 👑 Drag 🥳 Parties 🎶 Concert ✊ Activism 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans 🏳️‍🌈 Community 😆 Comedy 🎭 Performance 💪 Sports and Dance 👯‍♀️ Dance 🎤 Karaoke 🎨 Arts 📚 Literary / Educational 👠 Ballroom / Vogue

Vendredi 1 décembre / Friday, December 1

🎥 VisualAIDS and Concordia Queer Film Club presents Day With(out) Art: Everyone I Know is Sick film screening with Carlos Soriano, Concordia University

🏳️‍🌈 Ellelui presents Holiday Night Market, La Sala Rossa

🥳 Butt Buddies Montréal, Cabaret Berlin

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

🎶 Jonas Brothers with Lawrence, Centre Bell

🥳 Bisous’ 1 Year Anniversary with Afem Syko, Bittercaress, K657, Esme, Lapa XII, Casa Kobrae, Meen Moreen and Mic Rob, Venue TBA

🥳 The Item Number, A Queer South Asian and Diaspora Dance Party with DJ Deep, Notre Dame des Quilles

💪 From the Ground Up: Strength Training for Newbs, Punks and Weirdos with Nadine Forde runs November 18-December 2, 2023, StudioEd

🤠 Club Bolo—Danse Country Montréal meet on Fridays at the Association sportive et communautaire du Centre-Sud

Samedi 2 décembre / Saturday, December 2

🥳 Love Dumpster with Vicki Powell, Taylor & Twan, Cabaret Berlin

🥳 Queer Cuffing SZN with DJ Simulat3human, Notre Dame des Quilles

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Jimmy Moore does Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas & All the Hits, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail

🥳 HOMOHOP and Super Taste presents West End Gays [Vol. 5], Riverside St-Henri

🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke, Café Cléopatra

😆 Roast France vs Québec with Beurguy and Kathy-Ann Giguère, Café Tuyo

🥳 Homegrown Harvest with Noncompliant, anabasine, Hellgrammite, Jade and Fantasy, Venue TBA

🥳 Céline est very amazing with DJ Phillippe, Ausgang Plaza

📚 Expozine 2023, 1025 rue Bélanger

🥳 Comité Queer Pointe-Saint-Charles hosts Queer Party sur Glace, 1050 rue d’Hibernia

👑 Jackbox Games with Uma Gahd and Selma Gahd, Bar Le Cocktail

💪 Rollerville MTL hosts the Rollerville's Roll Out—Roller Disco, Arena St-Louis

💪 From the Ground Up: Strength Training for Newbs, Punks and Weirdos with Nadine Forde runs November 18-December 2, 2023, StudioEd

👯 Tango/Salsa Queer holds lessons every Saturday, visit queertangomtl.com for information or contact tango.queer@hotmail.com or call +1 (438) 930-8529 for prices and signup information.

Dimanche 3 décembre / Sunday, December 3

👑 Bingo du Temps des Fêtes, Cabaret Mado

🎭 La gailaxie ligue d’improvisation, Cabaret Mado

👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash, Kiara, Bobépine, Pétula Claque and Kitana, Cabaret Mado

📚 Expozine 2023, 1025 rue Bélanger

Lundi 4 décembre / Monday, December 4

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Slow Dating, Bar MINĒRAL

🎥 Cinema Politica Concordia presents Queer Cinema for Palestine, Cinema Politics Concordia

📚 Trivia Mondays hosted by Bambi Dextrous, Diving Bell Social Club

Mardi 5 décembre / Tuesday, December 5

🎥 REEL GAY screens The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Diving Bell Social Club

👑 Full Gisèle : Full Céline with Gisèle Lullaby, Nana, Bobépine, Crystal Stars and Crystal Slippers, Cabaret Mado

😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal

Mercredi 6 décembre / Wednesday, December 6

👑 Lé-gen-daires with Nicky Doll, Keoina and Sara Forever, Cabaret Mado

💪 Soirée Queer, Horizon Roc

🎨 HommeHomo presents Drink & Draw, Bar Le Cocktail

🎨 Queer Sip & Draw, Blue Dog Motel

Jeudi 7 décembre / Thursday, December 7

👑 Armado with Pétula Claque, Laura Zepam, Vera Satile, Daya Rita, Paulette Pantoute, Bixi Bareback and Twinkerbell, Cabaret Mado

👑 Butterfly de nuit with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail

👑  Canada’s Drag Race Season 4 Viewing Party with Uma Gahd, Bar Le Cocktail

🎶 Pierre Lapointe, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts 

📚 Violet Hour presents Celebrating RM Vaughan and the launch of his final novel Purvatory, Stock Bar

👑 BMP DRAG Workshop and Show, BMP Co-op

Vendredi 8 décembre / Friday, December 8

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

🏳️‍🌈 Puces POP—Édition hivernale 2023, Église Saint-Denis

🥳 Cerise Noire goth night with DJ Elizabeth Leslie and UN, Notre Dame des Quilles

🤠 Club Bolo—Danse Country Montréal meet on Fridays at the Association sportive et communautaire du Centre-Sud

Samedi 9 décembre / Saturday, December 9

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Jimmy Moore does Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas & All the Hits, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail

👑 Lady Gaga—Art Pop with Démone and Esirenna, Bar Le Cocktail

🥳 Queen & Queer—Édition Nuit Afro 2 with Ms. Baby, San Farafina and DJ Sam, La Sala Rossa

📚 The Violet Hour Book Club reads Armistead Maupin’s Michael Tolliver Lives, Archives gaies du Québec

🏳️‍🌈 Puces POP—Édition hivernale 2023, Église Saint-Denis

👯 Tango/Salsa Queer holds lessons every Saturday, visit queertangomtl.com for information or contact tango.queer@hotmail.com or call +1 (438) 930-8529 for prices and signup information.

👠 Bring It! and Ballroom4Community present The Naughty List Kiki Ball, Ausgang Plaza

Dimanche 10 décembre / Sunday, December 10

🎭 La gailaxie ligue d’improvisation, Cabaret Mado

👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash, Lady Boom Boom, Sasha Baga, Krystella Fame and Marla Deer, Cabaret Mado

🏳️‍🌈 Puces POP—Édition hivernale 2023, Église Saint-Denis

😆 A Very Pretentious Comedy Show—One year anniversary with Eve Parker Finley, Maxime Ève Gagnon, Dan Carin, Yumi Blake, Trevor Thompson, Elie Gill, Molly Brisebois, Steve Patrick Adams, Elspeth Wright, Lauren Mallory, Florence Trépanier and Raquel Maestre, Diving Bell Social Club

Lundi 11 décembre / Monday, December 11

👑 Daisy Wood presents Le Noël de Dolly Parton with Lady Boom Boom, Prudence, Clay Thorris, Mister Daniels and Mimi Mosa, Cabaret Mado

📚 Trivia Mondays hosted by Bambi Dextrous, Diving Bell Social Club

Mardi 12 décembre / Tuesday, December 12

👑 Full Gisèle : Party de bureau with Gisèle Lullaby, Pétula Claque, Jessie Precieuse, Lady Boom Boom and Victoire de Rockwell, Cabaret Mado

👑 Garden of Shade: Christmas with Lily Shade, Sarah Winters, Prudence, Spiked Corona, Soleil Levant and Enigma, Bar Le Cocktail

😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal

👠 Twice a month on every second Tuesday, Bring It! hosts an OTA night of ballroom and vogue with commentator and DJ. Follow their Instagram for dates and details.

Mercredi 13 décembre / Wednesday, December 13

👑 Le coeur a ses raisons … en chanson, Cabaret Mado

🎨 Queer Sip & Draw, Blue Dog Motel

Jeudi 14 décembre / Thursday, December 14

👑 Sashalicious : Spécial Noël with Sasha Baga, RV Métal, Esirena and Augusta Wind, Cabaret Mado

👑 Butterfly de nuit with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail

👑  Canada’s Drag Race Season 4 Viewing Party with Uma Gahd, Bar Le Cocktail

🎶 Debby Friday with Backxwash, Bar Le Ritz PDB

😆 Sleazy Christmas with Abby Stonehouse, Naghmeh, Mina Minou, Tara McGowan-Ross, Morgan O’Shea, Alo Azimov, Avery Jane and Andrew Jamieson, Bar Biftek

😆 Le Show Queer—Spécial des Fêtes with Joëlle Prudhomme, Anne-Sarah Charbonneau, Andy St-Louis and Marla Deer, Place des Arts

Vendredi 15 décembre / Friday, December 15

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

🏳️‍🌈 Puces POP—Édition hivernale 2023, Église Saint-Denis

👑 COVEN Drag Show—Last Breath Edition with Selma Gahd, Uma Gahd, Seyoncé, Infernal Desires, Charli DeVille, Korra Anarchy, La Freak du Show, Esirena, BiG SiSSY, Anaconda LaSabrosa, Niko Lubie, Demone LaStrange and Moxxi Hollow, Diving Bell Social Club

🏳️‍🌈 Souper des fêtes du Centre de solidarité lesbienne, Centre St-Pierre

🏳️‍🌈 (P)réparer le solstice // (P)reparing the solstice, feminist open mic and poetry night, URSA

🤠 Club Bolo—Danse Country Montréal meet on Fridays at the Association sportive et communautaire du Centre-Sud

Samedi 16 décembre / Saturday, December 16

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Jimmy Moore personnifie Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Cabaret Mado

👑 Jimmy Moore does Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas & All the Hits Souper/Spectacle, Complexe Sky

👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail

🎤 Bareoke: Strip Karaoke, Café Cléopatra

🏳️‍🌈 Puces POP—Édition hivernale 2023, Église Saint-Denis

👑 Miss Butterfly! Il était une fois with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail

👯 Tango/Salsa Queer holds lessons every Saturday, visit queertangomtl.com for information or contact tango.queer@hotmail.com or call +1 (438) 930-8529 for prices and signup information.

🤠 Club Bolo—Danse Country Montréal's Christmas Party, Association sportive et communautaire du Centre-Sud

Dimanche 17 décembre / Sunday, December 17

👑 La Revue Drag 2023 with Rock Bière, RV Métal, Crystal Starz, EmmÖtional Damage, Érica, Eva Moist, Lisa Santana, Tracy Trash and surprise guests, Cabaret Mado

👑 Le Tracy Show with Tracy Trash, Pétula Claque, Kelly Torrieli, Jessie Précieuse and Victoire de Rockwell, Cabaret Mado

👑 Les succès oubliés de Noël 2023, Bar Le Cocktail

🏳️‍🌈 Puces POP—Édition hivernale 2023, Église Saint-Denis

Mardi 19 décembre / Tuesday, December 19

👑 Full Gisèle : Joyeux Noël with Gisèle Lullaby, Sasha Baga, Ruby Doll, Serge Ladrag and RV Métal, Cabaret Mado

🥳 Staff party de Noël du Cocktail with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

📚 Club de lecture queer discuss Lou Lubie and Manon Desveaux’s La fille dans l’écran and Obom’s J’aime les filles, Bibliothèque Saint-Charles

😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal

Mercredi 20 décembre / Wednesday, December 20

🎶 Fleece, La Sala Rossa

🥳 L Nights / Holiday Bash with DJ Marina Gallant, Le Saint Édouard Bar de quartier

🎨 Queer Sip & Draw, Blue Dog Motel

Jeudi 21 décembre / Thursday, December 21

🎭 Les Folies Draglesques with Miami Minx, Uma Gahd, Banana Splitz, Roxy Torpedo, Scarlett Fever, Yikes Macaroni, Zero Lee Vanity, Cabaret Mado

👑 Butterfly de nuit with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail

👑  Canada’s Drag Race Season 4 Viewing Party with Uma Gahd, Bar Le Cocktail

Vendredi 22 décembre / Friday, December 22

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

Samedi 23 décembre / Saturday, December 23

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail

👯 Tango/Salsa Queer holds lessons every Saturday, visit queertangomtl.com for information or contact tango.queer@hotmail.com or call +1 (438) 930-8529 for prices and signup information. 💃

Mardi 26 décembre / Tuesday, December 26

👑 Full Gisèle : Jour de l'an with Gisèle Lullaby, Marla Deer, Tracy Trash, Lady Guidoune and Lana Dalida, Cabaret Mado

😆 Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians, Impro Montréal

👠 Twice a month on every second Tuesday, Bring It! hosts an OTA night of ballroom and vogue with commentator and DJ. Follow their Instagram for dates and details.

Mercredi 27 décembre / Wednesday, December 27

👑 Jimmy Moore personnifie Lady Gaga, Cabaret Mado

🎨 Queer Sip & Draw, Blue Dog Motel

Jeudi 28 décembre / Thursday, December 28

👑 Bingo Disco with Rainbow, Cabaret Mado

👑 Butterfly de nuit with Miss Butterfly, Bar Le Cocktail

👑  Canada’s Drag Race Season 4 Viewing Party with Uma Gahd, Bar Le Cocktail

Vendredi 29 décembre / Friday, December 29

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion, Bar Le Cocktail

🥳 District presents Frosty: New Year Party with Las Bibas and Ben Bakson, Bain Matthieu

Samedi 30 décembre / Saturday, December 30

👑 Mado Reçoit with Mado Lamotte, Cabaret Mado

👑 Jimmy Moore personnifie Britney Spears, Cabaret Mado

👑 Drôles de Drags with Miss Butterfly, Ciathanight, Crystal Starz or Emma Déjàvu in rotation, Bar Le Cocktail

👯‍♀️ Tango/Salsa Queer holds lessons every Saturday, visit queertangomtl.com for information or contact tango.queer@hotmail.com or call +1 (438) 930-8529 for prices and signup information.

Dimanche 31 décembre / Sunday, December 31

👑 Bonne Année 2024! with Mado Lamotte, Nana, Marla Deer, Tracy Trash, Rainbow, Peggy Sue, Manny, Ruby Doll, Bobépine, Kitana and Johnny Jones, Cabaret Mado

🥳 The Dark Eighties NYE Party, Church of St. John the Evangelist

OTHERS / LES AUTRES

🏐 Les Ratons-Chasseurs (Montréal’s LGBTA dodgeball group) holds regular events. Keep an eye on their Facebook for upcoming opportunities to join in and play. 

🕹Montréal Gaymers hosts regular gatherings including board game nights and gaming gatherings. Check their Facebook for what’s next!

🏃🏾Join the Out-Run run and workout club for people relating to the queer / sapphic experience. Details on their Instagram!

🐦 Bird lovers should keep their eye on Queer Birders' regularly scheduled birdwatching events and excursions. Join the Facebook group and get those binoculars at the ready.

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People in what is now Washington State were smoking Rhus glabra, a plant commonly known as smooth sumac, more than 1,400 years ago.

The discovery, made by a team of Washington State University researchers, marks the first-time scientists have identified residue from a non-tobacco plant in an archeological pipe.

Unearthed in central Washington, the Native American pipe also contained residue from N. quadrivalvis, a species of tobacco not currently grown in the region but that is thought to have been widely cultivated in the past. Until now, the use of specific smoking plant mixtures by ancient people in the American Northwest had only been speculated about.

"Smoking often played a religious or ceremonial role for Native American tribes and our research shows these specific plants were important to these communities in the past," said Korey Brownstein, a former WSU Ph.D. student now at the University of Chicago and lead author of a study on the research in the journal Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. "We think the Rhus glabra may have been mixed with tobacco for its medicinal qualities and to improve the flavor of smoke."

The discovery was made possible by a new metabolomics-based analysis method that can detect thousands of plant compounds or metabolites in residue collected from pipes, bowls and other archeological artifacts. The compounds can then be used to identify which plants were smoked or consumed.

"Not only does it tell you, yes, you found the plant you're interested in, but it also can tell you what else was being smoked," said David Gang, a professor in WSU's Institute of Biological Chemistry and a co-author of the study. "It wouldn't be hyperbole to say that this technology represents a new frontier in archaeo-chemistry."

Previously, the identification of ancient plant residues relied on the detection of a limited number of biomarkers, such as nicotine, anabasine, cotinine and caffeine. Gang said the issue with this approach is while the presence of a biomarker like nicotine shows tobacco was smoked it doesn't distinguish which species it was.

David Gang and Shannon Tushingham Credit: WSU

"Also, if you are only looking for a few specific biomarkers, you aren't going to be able to tell what else was consumed in the artifact," Gang said.

In addition to identifying the first non-tobacco plant smoked in an archaeological pipe, the WSU researchers' work also helps elucidate the complex evolution of tobacco trade in the American Northwest.

Analysis of a second pipe that was used by people living in Central Washington after Euro-American contact revealed the presence of a different tobacco species, N. rustica, which was grown by native peoples on the east coast of what is now the United States.

"Our findings show Native American communities interacted widely with one another within and between ecological regions, including the trade of tobacco seeds and materials," said Shannon Tushingham, an assistant professor of anthropology at WSU and co-author of the study. "The research also casts doubt on the commonly held view that trade tobacco grown by Europeans overtook the use of natively-grown smoke plants after Euro-American contact."

Korey Brownstein Credit: WSU

Moving forward, the WSU researchers' work could ultimately help scientists studying ancient societies in the Americas and elsewhere around the globe identify which plant species ancient people were consuming, providing important information about the evolution of drug use and similar plant-human dynamics.

Closer to home, the WSU team is also putting their work to use helping confirm connections between ancient plant management practices from before the arrival of Western settlers with cultural traditions of modern indigenous communities such as the Nez Perce. The researchers shared their work with members of the tribe who also used some of the seeds from the study to grow some of the pre-contact tobacco. The smoking of tobacco is a sacred tradition for Native American groups including the Nez Perce, Colville and other northwest Tribes and before now it was impossible to tell which kind of tobacco their ancestors smoked.

"We took over an entire greenhouse to grow these plants and collected millions of seeds so that the Nez Perce people could reintroduce these native plants back onto their land," Brownstein said. "I think these kinds of projects are so important because they help build trust between us and tribal communities and show that we can work together to make discoveries."

[pinnaclehealthblog]

When nicotine does enter your body, it breaks down into more than 20 different substances that include anabasine, nornicotine, and cotinine. These by-products are eventually excreted out of your body through urine. According to medical research, it can take over 2 weeks for a person’s blood to reach the same cotinine levels as someone as compared to someone who does not use tobacco. Also, the more you smoke, the longer it takes for nicotine to leave your body. The exact amount of time for the nicotine to clear varies from person to person.

[biophytopharm]

Principal Chinese Herb Types

Principal Chinese Herb Types

Anyone who has walked into a Chinese herbal shop and experienced the aromas, and the impressive number of herbs available, can tell you the depth of knowledge and the tradition of medicinal herbs is unparalleled in Western culture. Gaining popularity In modern times Chinese herbal medicine has been an increasingly interesting area of study for contemporary scientific investigators. The surge in popularity in Holistic approaches to health and lifestyle has put Chinese herbal practice into the middle of our new look at what it means to get and stay healthy. The literally thousands of years of experience, organization, and observation of the positive effects of herbs, herb essential oils, and other herbal combinations offers an intriguing alternative to today’s health-conscious individual. Holistic health It should always be remembered that Chinese medicinal herbology does not exist in a vacuum. That is, there are no herbs that by themselves, will make you thinner or cure any digestive problem, or miraculously increase your basic energy level. Chinese herbs and their use are but one part of a philosophy of life that includes diet, lifestyle, and spiritual well being. The use of herbal preparations and remedies must always be considered as part of this larger picture of a balanced life. One of the basic understandings that Chinese herbal practitioners have discovered is that herbs should be approached not only as occasionally utilized medicines or cures but also as part of a regular well thought out diet. Herbs are thought of as highly concentrated foods, essential to life and a sense of well-being. Many Chinese herbs are used in cooking and are important ingredients in recipes. Popular herbs One of the most well known Chinese herbs now days is Gin Seng – known as an energy enhancer. Ginseng has enjoyed a surge in popularity. 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[lookchem]

1006-64-0 Direct α-C-H bond functionalization of unprotected cyclic amines

Cyclic amines are ubiquitous core structures of bioactive natural products and pharmaceutical drugs. Although the site-selective abstraction of C-H bonds is an attractive strategy for preparing valuable functionalized amines from their readily available parent heterocycles, this approach has largely been limited to substrates that require protection of the amine nitrogen atom. In addition, most methods rely on transition metals and are incompatible with the presence of amine N-H bonds. Here we introduce a protecting-group-free approach for the α-functionalization of cyclic secondary amines. An operationally simple one-pot procedure generates products via a process that involves intermolecular hydride transfer to generate an imine intermediate that is subsequently captured by a nucleophile, such as an alkyl or aryl lithium compound. Reactions are regioselective and stereospecific and enable the rapid preparation of bioactive amines, as exemplified by the facile synthesis of anabasine and (-)-solenopsin A.

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Artists support Palestinian refugee Omar Ben Ali’s struggle for status in Montréal

Saturday, April 21st, 2018, Tiohtiá:ke (Montréal)

Omar Ben Ali is a Palestinian father, worker and community activist who has been living in Montréal for nearly a decade. Successive Canadian governments have failed to live up to their responsibilities to address the question of Omar's status and statelessness.

Arriving in Canada in 2008, from the Jenin region in the occupied West Bank, Omar applied for refugee status and was refused. At the time, the Canadian government demonstrated little consideration of the well-documented reality of the systemic violence faced by Palestinians in the Israeli occupied West Bank on a daily basis. A recent Human Rights Watch report notes :

“Israel enforces severe and discriminatory restrictions on Palestinians’ human rights, and it builds and supports unlawful settlements in the occupied West Bank. Its security forces appear to use excessive force against Palestinian demonstrators and suspected attackers, raising the spectre of extra-judicial killings. It has renewed the practice of punitive home demolitions.”

Despite this refusal, Canada has never fairly addressed Omar’s case- leaving him without status, but unable to return to Palestine. Instead, Omar has been living in stateless limbo for close to a decade.

Today, Omar is working hard in the city as a low-wage worker, unable to travel or visit his family in occupied Palestine and without the full rights of a permanent resident or a Canadian citizen. Given the governing Liberal Party of Canada’s rhetoric of supporting the rights of refugees and the fact that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau literally campaigned in support of the rights of Syrian refugees in the last election, we point to the fact that today Trudeau’s policies are failing many refugees.

A father of seven children, he has been separated from his wife and family for nearly a decade. Despite these obstacles, Omar has built a meaningful and important life in Montréal. A member of the Palestinian community, he has participated in many community events and is a well-known fixture in larger networks supporting struggles for justice in this city.

As artists living in Montréal, the well being and dignity of all people living in this city is central to our spirit. Today, we write this letter because we can’t remain silent as Omar Ben Ali continues to suffer and we call on the Canadian government to take action to grant Omar status. Just the simple fact that Omar is unable to return to occupied Palestine, due to the restrictions and controls of the Israeli military occupation, illustrates to us clearly that Omar urgently needs status in Canada, for the Canadian government to allow him to live in stateless limbo is irresponsible and inhumane.

As artists, we feel it is important to express our support and to speak out in solidarity with Omar Ben Ali. Our work is rooted in expressing the spirit of life and beautiful moments, but also the struggles we all face to overcome adversity and injustice. Within this context, we extend our solidarity, our hearts and our love to Omar Ben Ali.

Omar’s current campaign for status is something that we support. Tadamon! has been working with Omar and has full information on Omar’s case at : tadamon.ca/omar

Des artistes soutiennent le combat du réfugié Omar Ben Ali pour l’obtention de son statut à Montréal

Samedi 21 avril 2018, Tiohtiá:ke (Montréal)

Omar Ben Ali est un père, un travailleur et un activiste communautaire Palestinien qui vit à Montréal depuis près d’une décennie. Les gouvernements canadiens successifs ont failli à leurs responsabilités pour régler la question du statut et de l'apatridie d'Omar.

Arrivé au Canada en août 2008 de la région de Jenin en Cisjordanie occupée, Omar voit sa demande de statut de réfugié refusée. À l’époque, Immigration Canada démontra peu de considération à l’égard de la violence systémique et quotidienne – pourtant bien documentée – subie par les Palestiniens vivant sous l’occupation israélienne en Cisjordanie occupée. En effet, selon un rapport de 2017 par Human Rights Watch :

« Israël applique des restrictions sévères et discriminatoires sur les droits humains des Palestiniens, en plus de construire et de soutenir des colonies illégales en Cisjordanie occupée. Les forces de sécurité israéliennes semblent utiliser une force excessive à l’encontre des manifestants et des présumés attaquants, ce qui soulève le spectre des meurtres extrajudiciaires. Israël a renouvelé la pratique de démolitions punitives des maisons . »

Malgré ce refus, le Canada n'a jamais traité équitablement le cas d'Omar : le laissant sans statut, mais incapable de retourner en Palestine. Ainsi, Omar vit dans les limbes apatrides depuis près d'une décennie.

Aujourd'hui, Omar travaille fort dans la ville de Montréal en tant que travailleur à faible revenu –  incapable de voyager ou de rendre visite à sa famille en Palestine occupée – et sans les pleins droits d'un-e résident-e permanent-e ou d'un citoyen-ne canadien-ne. Compte tenu de la rhétorique du Parti libéral du Canada sur son soi-disant soutien aux droits des réfugié-e-s et compte tenu que le premier ministre Justin Trudeau a littéralement fait campagne en faveur des droits des réfugié-e-s syrien-ne-s lors des dernières élections, nous soulignons que les politiques de Trudeau échouent à beaucoup de réfugié-e-s aujourd'hui.

Père de sept enfants, Omar est maintenant séparé de sa femme et de sa famille depuis près d’une décennie. Malgré tous ces obstacles, Omar a su développer une vie impliquée, significative et importante à Montréal. Membre précieux de la communauté Palestinienne, il a participé à plusieurs évènements communautaires et est bien connu au sein des réseaux plus larges soutenant les luttes pour la justice à Montréal.

En tant qu'artistes vivant à Montréal, le bien-être et la dignité de tous les habitant-e-s de cette ville sont au cœur de notre esprit. Aujourd'hui, nous écrivons cette lettre parce que nous ne pouvons pas rester silencieux-ses alors qu’Omar Ben Ali continue de souffrir : nous demandons au gouvernement canadien d'agir pour obtenir le statut d'Omar. Le simple fait qu'Omar soit incapable de retourner en Palestine occupée, en raison des restrictions et des contrôles de l'occupation militaire israélienne, nous démontre clairement qu'Omar a un besoin urgent de statut au Canada et qu’il est irresponsable et inhumain de le maintenir dans les limbes apatrides.

En tant qu'artistes, nous croyons qu'il est important d'exprimer notre soutien et de nous exprimer en solidarité avec Omar Ben Ali. Notre travail est enraciné dans l'expression de l'esprit de la vie et des beaux moments, mais aussi dans les luttes auxquelles nous sommes tous et toutes confronté-e-s pour surmonter l'adversité et l'injustice. Dans ce contexte, nous étendons notre solidarité, nos coeurs et notre amour à Omar Ben Ali.

Nous soutenons la présente campagne d'Omar pour obtenir son statut. Tadamon! travaille avec Omar et a des informations complètes sur le cas d'Omar au : tadamon.ca/omar

Faiz Abhuani, Brique par brique

Claire Abraham

Hadi Adel

Hoda Adra

Lubo Alexandrov

Nawar Al Rufaie, Sandhill

Thierry Amar, Godspeed You! Black Emperor & Silver Mt. Zion

Jordan Arseneault, mediaqueer.ca

Shahrzad Arshadi

Amber Berson

Ricardo Lamour-Blaise, Emrical

Hubert Gendron-Blais, Ce qui nous traverse

Rana Bose

David Bryant, Godspeed You! Black Emperor & Set Fire to Flames

Ky Brooks, Lungbutter + Nag

Peter Burton, Suoni per il Popolo festival

Antoine Bustros

Jesse Chase

Dolores Chew, Third World Studies Certificate coordinator @ Marianopolis

Stefan Christoff

Moe Clark

Mary-Ellen Davis

Tanya Davis

Étienne Dupré

Julia Dyck, Platitudes + XX Files Radio

Yves Engler

Ian Ferrier, Wired on Words

Tamara Filyavich, Moose Terrific + CKUT Radio

Rebecca Foon, Saltland + Esmerine

Jesse Freeston

Daniel Áñez García

Aidan Girt, Godspeed You ! Black Emperor

Jason Gillingham

Isis Giraldo, Chiquita Magic

James Goddard, Skin Tone + Platitudes

Avraham Grenadier

Alex Guimond

Freda Guttman

Malcolm Guy

Noa Haran

Bryan Highbloom

Sheena Hoszko

Lucas Huang, Old Haunt

Lawrence Joseph, Jazz Euphorium

Saeed Kamjoo

Nick Kuepfer

Maya Khamala

Nadia Koromyslova

Edith Lafrenière

Samuel Laundry, Le Berger

Kevin Yuen Kit Lo, LOKI

Franklin López, subMedia

Marjolaine Lord, La salière

Amy Macdonald, Nennen

Emmanuel Madan

Parker Mah, Tumbao Montréal + CKUT Radio

Sarah Mangle

Mariana Marcassa

Efrim Manuel Menuck, Godspeed You ! Black Emperor

Zahra Moloo

Melissa Mongiat, Daily tous les jours

Émilie Monnet, Productions Onishka

Danji Buck-Moore, anabasine

Alexander Moskos, CKUT Radio

Radwan Moumneh, Jerusalem In My Heart

Norman Nawrocki

Kelly Nunes

Hermine Ortega, KABANE77

Sarah Pagé

Mauro Pezzente, Godspeed You ! Black Emperor

Deanna Radford, The Atwater Poetry Project

Julie Ricard, Black Ark + Gypsy Kumbia Orchestra

Nika Khanjani Rosadiuk

Amanda Ruiz

Tamara Sandor

Nick Schofield, rêves sonores + Best Fern

Jason Blackbird Selman, Kalmunity Vibe Collective

Sam Shalabi, Land of Kush + The Dwarfs of East Agouza

Maïté Simard

Philippe Teixeira St. Cyr

Endrick Tremblay, Endrick & The Sandwiches

Kiva Stimac, Popolo Press

Ari Swan

Shaun Weadick

Lamia Yared, l'Ensemble Zaman

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Tobacco

(Nicotiana tabacum)

Family: Solanaceae 
Habitat: Warm, tropical and subtropical, mild-winter areas. Native to: South America Common Names: Henbane of Peru

A leaf so toxic that it has taken the lives of ninety million people worldwide; so potent that it can kill through skin contact alone; so addictive that it fueled a war against Native Americans; so powerful that it led to the establishment of slavery in the American South; and so lucrative that it spawned a global industry worth over $300 billion.

This opportunistic little plant contains the alkaloid nicotine that wards off insects. Nicotine has an even more useful function from the plant’s perspective: it is so addictive that humans have been persuaded to group it in mass quantity. Today tobacco occupies 9.8 million acres around the globe and continues to take 5 million lives a year, making it one of the world’s most powerful and deadly plants. Some 1.3 billion people around the world hold this plant between their trembling fingers each day.

Nicotiana cultivation began in the Americas and dates back to 5000 BC. There is evidence that Native Americans were smoking the leaves two thousand years ago, but it did not spread to the rest of the world until Europeans discovered the practice when the arrived in America. Within a century, tobacco had migrated to India, Japan, Africa, China, Europe, and the Middle East. The leaves themselves, and later “tobacco notes” attesting to the quality of the crop, were used as legal tender in Virginia. American’s slave trade was born out of a need for more field hands to bring in a profitable tobacco harvest. People didn’t just smoke it; they also believed it could cure migraines, ward off the plague, and ironically, treat coughs and cancer.

But smoking wasn’t embraced by everyone, even in the early days. In 1604 King James I called it “loathsome” and said that it was “harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs.” His statement was proven correct time and again over the next four hundred years, but tobacco use only grew.

Nicotine is such a powerful neurotoxin that it’s used as an ingredient in insecticides. Ingesting a leaf is much more harmful than smoking a cigarette because a good deal of the nicotine in cigarettes is destroyed as the cigarette is burned. Nibbling just a few leaves, or making a tea out of the leaves, can quickly bring on stomach cramps, sweating, difficulty breathing, severe weakness, seizures, and death. Prolonged skin contact can also be dangerous: “green tobacco sickness” is an occupational hazard among fieldworkers who must walk through the fields of wet tobacco plants in summer.

Nicotine is not the only weapon possessed by plants in this genus. N. glauca, or tree tobacco, grows to twenty-five feet tall and is widespread in California and throughout the Southwest. It is notable for the presence of another toxic alkaloid, anabasine. Ingestion of just a few leaves has caused paralysis and death. A man was found dead in a field in Texas several years ago; the cause of death could not be determined until a mass spectrometry analysis showed the tree tobacco’s poison in his blood stream.

In spite of its harmful effects, tobacco continues its death march. Enough cigarettes are produced every year to put a thousand smokes into the hands of every man, woman, and child in the world. Other offerings include snuff, chewing tobacco, and the traditional betel quid, which combines Nicotiana with another habit-forming plant, the betel nut. Among some Alaska native tribes, a product called punk ash or iqmik is popular; it is made by mixing tobacco with the ash of a burned mushroom the grows on birch trees. Some tribal members believe it to be safer than cigarettes because it is a “natural” product, and it is used by pregnant women and given to children and teething babies. However, the level of nicotine is much higher, and the ash helps deliver it straight to the brain, causing some public health officials to describe it as “freebasing nicotine.”

In India creamy stuff is popular among women. It is sold in a tube like toothpaste and contains not just tobacco, but also cloves, spearmint, and other tasty ingredients. The manufacturer recommends brushing with it morning and night, and “whenever you need,” including when you are “in a state of despair or depressed.” They suggest that you “let it linger before rinsing your mouth.” One satisfied customer testified that she used it eight to ten times a day.

(from Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart)


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WHY SMOKING IS ADDICTIVE?

Smoking cigarettes causes addiction, but it’s not just the nicotine involved in that addiction. Cigarette smoke contains a cocktail of chemicals. In addiction to nicotine to nicotine, there’s ammonia, the mild MAO inhibitors, Harman and norharman, and there’s the minor Alkaloids, anabasine, anatabine, cotinine and mysomine (that’s a lot of chemical). Pure nicotine ( diluted of course) is only…

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Archaeology information: Specialists establish contents of Maya drug container Scientists from the Washington State College (WSU) have analysed the contents of 14 miniature Maya ceramic vessels to realize an perception into the civilisations’ drug use. The crew discovered traces of a “non-tobacco” plant referred to as Mexican marigold. The container was initially buried greater than 1,000 years in the past, and in addition include traces of dried and cured tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum and N. rustica. The researchers imagine the marigold was blended with common tobacco to make smoking “extra fulfilling”, WSU mentioned. Anthropology postdoc Mario Zimmermann, lead creator of the examine, mentioned the analysis paves the way in which future research investigating different varieties of psychoactive and non-psychoactive vegetation that had been consumed by the Maya civilisation and different historical societies. Dr Zimmerman mentioned: “Whereas it has been established that tobacco was generally used all through the Americas earlier than and after contact, proof of different vegetation used for medicinal or non secular functions has remained largely unexplored. “The evaluation strategies developed in collaboration between the Division of Anthropology and the Institute of Organic Chemistry give us the flexibility to research drug use within the historical world like by no means earlier than. “Once you discover one thing actually attention-grabbing like an intact container it provides you a way of pleasure. “Usually, you’re fortunate if you happen to discover a jade bead. There are actually tons of pottery sherds however full vessels are scarce and supply plenty of attention-grabbing analysis potential.” Archaeologists first found the vessels in 2012, when digging on the outskirts of Mérida, Mexico. Nevertheless, the crew had been solely now in a position to detect what was inside extra precisely due to developments within the discipline. READ MORE: Historical cash amongst extraordinary artefacts recovered by Israel police Now, the researchers analysed metabolomics – small molecules that are present in cells, biofluids, tissues or organisms – to find the vegetation. Beforehand, researchers had been solely in a position to establish historical plans based mostly on the detection of a restricted variety of biomarkers, akin to nicotine, anabasine, cotinine and caffeine. David Gang, a professor in WSU’s Institute of Organic Chemistry and a co-author of the examine, mentioned: “The difficulty with that is that whereas the presence of a biomarker like nicotine reveals tobacco was smoked, it doesn’t inform you what else was consumed or saved within the artifact. “Our method not solely tells you, sure, you discovered the plant you’re excited by, however it can also inform you what else was being consumed.” DON’T MISSArchaeology discover ‘rewriting’ English historical past proved 1,000-year-oldHistorical cash discovered by archaeologists in 2,000-year-old Roman treasureArchaeology information: Farmers uncover 6FT thriller feminine statue  The crew are actually in negotiations with a number of establishments in Mexico as they want to discover extra areas to realize a larger perception into Maya drug use. One other venture they’re presently pursuing is taking a look at natural residues preserved within the dental plaque of historical human stays, WSU mentioned. Shannon Tushingham, a professor of Anthropology at WSU and a co-author of the examine, mentioned: “We’re increasing frontiers in archaeological science in order that we will higher examine the deep time relationships individuals have had with a variety of psychoactive vegetation, which had been (and proceed to be) consumed by people all around the world. “There are a lot of ingenious methods during which individuals handle, use, manipulate and put together native vegetation and plant mixtures, and archaeologists are solely starting to scratch the floor of how historical these practices had been.” if(typeof utag_data.ads.fb_pixel!=="undefined"&&utag_data.ads.fb_pixel==!0)!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments);if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)(window,document,'script','https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js');fbq('init','568781449942811');fbq('track','PageView') Supply hyperlink #Archaeology #container #contents #Drug #experts #identify #Maya #news

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自種野菜不一定最安全！　搞不清楚這件事就會食物中毒 【健康醫療網／記者林怡亭報導】小心！吃自己栽種的不明植物也會中毒！食藥署日前接獲通報，有4位民眾疑似誤食自己栽種的不明植物，引發食品中毒的案例，對此，食藥署也特別提醒，一般民眾不易分辨植物是否具有毒性，因此不要自行種植來歷不明的植物食用，以免引發食品中毒。 餽贈不明種子　卻是有毒植物 有民眾將親友餽贈的植物種子，誤以為是以色列芥菜，在栽種後食用，出現嘔吐、全身無力及視力模糊等症狀，食餘檢體經食藥署進行DNA物種鑑別，結果為「樹菸草」（Nicotianaglauca），又稱「粉藍菸草」，並檢驗出具毒性的生物鹼—毒藜鹼（anabasine），確認是誤食了有毒植物而引發中毒。 食藥署指出，樹菸草原生於南美洲、墨西哥及西印度群島，植株含有毒藜鹼等生物鹼，誤食者可能產生身體不適症狀。 食物中毒頻傳　就醫前先做這件事 臺灣近年來常發生民眾誤食有毒野菇、野菜引起食品中毒案例。食藥署呼籲，路邊的野菜別亂採摘食用，更不要自行栽種來路不明的植物後食用，也不要把連自己都不太了解的動植物送給親友吃，以免對身體健康造成無法挽回的傷害。 萬一不慎食用不明動植物，出現生理不適等症狀時，應儘速就醫並保留剩餘的食物檢體，好讓醫師做出正確診斷和治療，以儘快恢復健康。【延伸閱讀】 心律不整不用「燒」的　冷凍消融導管新選擇！ 求職季到來　打造人見人愛好外型 晚期卵巢癌做基因檢測　找對藥拚存活 台灣製藥團隊！抗疫期間藥品不中斷　民眾用藥堅強後盾 資料來源：健康醫療網 游勝鈞;游胜钧;指動傳播科技;指动传播科技;指傳媒;指传媒;華民通訊社;华民通讯社;民生新聞網;民生新闻网,健康醫療網,資料來源：健康醫療網新聞

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Club Matryoshka x Likido x Spoonin Boys x Para://Site Projects

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a contemporary art exhibit happening in Minecraft

alongside and within Club Matryoshka's Infinite Summer (a 24hr Online Music Festival) a fundraiser for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO

FEATURING ARTWORKS AND INSTALLATIONS BY

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Mariano Batocabe

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Mirjam Dalire

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read more about the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO:

https://covid19responsefund.org/

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[English version here.]

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How Long Does Nicotine Stay in Your System? [Tutorial]

There are some companies and federal and state employers that test their employees for nicotine. A nicotine test looks for cotinine in your blood, which is the predominant metabolite of nicotine. In addition, there are two types of nicotine tests: qualitative and quantitative test.

Reasons to take a Nicotine test

There are many reasons why a test to detect nicotine is requested. For example, a nicotine test is ordered for child custody cases, smoking cessation programs, insurance companies, before some types of surgery, to confirm or discard suspicions of a nicotine overdose or for employment.  

When a nicotine test is ordered, there are two types of test:

Quantitative test: this test looks for nicotine concentrations in your body.

Qualitative test: it’s a blood test that looks for nicotine and cotinine in your blood.

What’s cotinine?

Cotinine is a metabolite of nicotine, which means that it forms after nicotine enters your body. A nicotine test usually looks for cotinine because it stays in your body for a longer time than nicotine.  Cotinine is found in both tobacco and nicotine replacement therapies. A urine or a blood test will show cotinine in blood.  

How Long Does Nicotine Stay in Your System?

Nicotine has a short half-life (approximately 1 to 4 hours) while cotinine has a longer half-life (7 to 40 hours). In some occasions, other nicotine metabolites are tested such as anabasine. Anabasine, another tobacco metabolite, is present in tobacco but not in nicotine replacement products.

Normally, nicotine will leave your blood in 1 to 3 days while cotinine stays in your blood from 1 to 10 days.

There are other methods to detect cotinine. Generally, a saliva test is the most accurate to detect cotinine and it can be detected for up to 4 days.

Nicotine stays longer in people over 65 and in people who are regular smokers. Moreover, women usually process nicotine faster than men, especially if they are taking birth control pills.

A cigarette has on average about 12 mg of nicotine. Usually, about 1 mg of nicotine enter in our bloodstream.

Nicotine is measured in nanograms per milliliter (ng/ml). A nonsmoker has less than 1 ng/ml levels while a regular smoker has levels higher than 10ng/ml with some cases even higher than 500 ng/ml.

Why Test for Nicotine?

Nicotine testing for employment is the most common reason for a nicotine test. In many occasions, it’s because insurance companies have higher rates for people who are smokers. Therefore, many companies request nicotine tests for their employees.

Sometimes, these policies might sound unfair, but it depends if companies request a test for cotinine or for anabasine (the metabolite that it’s not present in nicotine replacement therapies).

Basically, as previously mentioned, there are four methods for testing nicotine and its metabolites:

Blood: it’s a common method, but more expensive than a saliva or a urine test. It’s very accurate. However, cotinine will leave your blood after 1 to 3 days.

a blood test is a common test for nicotine.

Saliva: It is the most sensitive test of the three most common tests (urine, blood and saliva). In addition, it’s cheaper and easier to do as generally a swab is enough to take the sample.

a saliva test is a very sensitive test for nicotine.

Urine: urine test is better to detect cotinine as it is found in higher concentrations in urine.

Urine test is better to detect cotinine as it is found in higher concentrations in urine .

Hair: this is the most accurate test of all because cotinine can be found in hair for as long as three months. However, it’s much slower and more expensive than the other methods. Usually, it’s only used if tests are doubted or for medical or scientific studies.

Hair test is the most accurate one. However, it takes more time and it’s more expensive.

Conclusion: How Long Does Nicotine Stay in Your System?

Usually, cotinine will be detected for about 1 to 4 days. It’s very uncommon that an employer or insurance company requests hair tests for nicotine (with this test nicotine can be detected for up to three months).

Sometimes, a nicotine test is required for other purposes, such as child custody cases or smoking cessation programs.

Furthermore, nicotine levels vary from person to person, age, sex or if the person is a nonsmoker or a regular smoker.

Nicotine testing for employment is not common. However, there are some companies that request nicotine testing for employment.

How long does nicotine stay in your system? Remember that usually it stays in your system for approximately 1 to 4 days and sometimes a bit longer.

How Long Does Nicotine Stay in Your System? [Tutorial] was originally posted by E-Sigaret Nieuws

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