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Finch's Beer Company is something of an anomaly in Chicago. For those of us who keep a close eye on the local beer scene, Finch's seems to be a brewery that appeared out of nowhere several years back. A brewery who's 16 oz four-packs have quickly become ubiquitous, both at your local bottle shop and and the Jewel-Osco down the street.
But what has driven this rapid expansion from a local micro to a booming brewery now found in twenty-two states? We'll admit that we knew very little about the people behind one of the city's fastest growing products. With an eye on changing that, we stopped into their Albany Park shop, cracked open their new Hardcore Chimera Imperial IPA, and sat down with Brewer Steven Slater and Brand Coordinator Bart Sakowski.
Thanks for having us guys, and – we have to say – this Hardcore Chimera is phenomenal.
Let's start from the beginning. How did Finch's get started?
Bart: Ben (Finch) was working for a design firm, and he'd teamed up with the original head brewer, Richard Grant. They came together and picked out the equipment together, and Richard hammered out some recipes and went from there. Distribution started a couple weeks after that.
Steven, so what's your background as a brewer?
Steven: I was a homebrewer for years, and I worked at Piece Brewery & Pizzeria in the kitchen, and waiting tables. But all I wanted to do was get back there in the brewery. They weren't really looking for anyone – but at the same time, Haymarket Brewery opened up. So I left Piece with the hope of trying to get into the brewery. I was volunteering with a couple breweries, including Ale Syndicate. Then I saw on Facebook that Finch's was looking for volunteers on their canning line. So I started here as a volunteer, and they moved me into brewing when the original night brewer, Charlie, left. And then I've just gone from there.
When was the first brew date at Finch's?
Bart: Sometime during the summer of 2011.
Homebrewing can allow you to be a lot more creative, but at this level, you often have to appeal to the masses. Do you feel you have to hold yourself back sometimes?
Steven: I definitely feel there are some constraints. I'd love to make something like Hardcore Chimera all the time, but that's not what everyone wants. There's the cost of doing something like that. I had to look at what we had, and decide where we could go with the recipes. There is always that creative piece to do something different every time, but the reality of it is I have to brew so much of this a week or so much of that a week to meet demand.
So you've been at this for just over three years now. What did the brewhouse look like on day one?
Bart: We had the same brewhouse, but only had five of these 30-barrel tanks. We've grown a lot since then.
Steven: The original plan was to have this many tanks in five years. It's only three years and we are at that point. We now have twenty-one 30-barrel fermentors, four 30-barrel bright tanks, and one two-vessel 15-barrel brewhouse. We sometimes turn them over three times a day. We crank out seven 30-barrel batches a week.
We've stopped in briefly once before and someone mentioned your canning line...and how big of a pain in the ass it was. Something about the instructions being in Chinese?
Steven: It was all in Chinese. It was all Chinese-manufactured so I had to use Google Translate on my phone to read it. It was not a great machine.
Bart: But you guys are coming in at a good time, because our brand new canning line came in four weeks ago. So we are still working out the kinks trying to figure it out. I mean it's pretty much apples to orange from what we had. More like a Pinto to a Ferrari...
There's a few other changes since our last visit. Those barrels are new and we don't see the huge pallets of cans and kegs we saw in the past. Presumably you have an off-site facility for storage now?
Bart: Yea, we're distributed in twenty-two states, including DC. With the need to produce and package at the scale we are doing in this space, without that warehouse...there is just no way.
Steven: For the barrel-aging, we are on our second or third release. We're doing our Secret Stache Stout, in Willett Distillery barrels, as well as Pig In The Wood, which is our barrel-aged Fascist Pig Imperial Red.
We weren't aware that you were distributing so widely. When you release a new beer like Hardcore Chimera, does it go to everyone evenly?
Bart: We definitely have markets that are stronger than others for us. Other than Chicago, Atlanta is one of our biggest.
Atlanta? Any reason why you're so big there?
Bart: I think craft beer has kind of blown up there, like Chicago was two, three years ago. Because I don't think they have many of their own breweries, they are just hungry for it. We went down there, and they just loved it. We were the beer of the month for Taco Mac in May, which is a huge chain that has like 50 taps.
Are you guys still doing a lot of tours, or the Brew Bus?
Steven: Brew Bus happens occasionally, tours are doing fantastic right now. We had a Groupon going on, and we went from doing two sessions of 20-25 people, to five sessions per Saturday, with upwards of 30 people per session. It has really exploded. You get to see where your beer is made. It's a good connection with the brewery, because driving by you just see a brown brick building. You don't know whats going on in here, unless you smell us mashing or brewing and see it yourself.
Speaking of the building, is there a reason you don't have signage out front?
Bart: Well if we had signage – and we still get this occasionally still – people would just pop in. Since we don't have a taproom, and can't sell straight to the public, it would be more of a problem. Especially when we are running machinery; it would become a safety issue.
Everyone loves a taproom. Any reason why Finch's hasn't explored that option yet?
Bart: When people ask me that out in the market, I always tell them we kind of need an office and a cooler. If we didn't have those things, then maybe. But those things are kind of essential. A taproom is definitely in our future, we just don't have the space right now, nothing else can fit in this location.
What's your take on collaborations? We haven't seen much of that from Finch's.
Bart: For the Threadless IPA, we did an open call for a design for a beer can. And then the public voted on the design they liked the best. The can we have now is the winning design. And, so, it was a collaboration in the sense that they came up with the artwork and made the beer. Actually, the runner-up artist is doing the artwork for our new Finch's Pale Ale.
Steven: We are definitely working on a few things for the future. Earlier this year we did Meeting of the Minds with Lake Effect Brewing, who are right down the street here. We did a collaboration with Hagen's Fish Market, which is right down Montrose. We did a smoked lager – a nice Northwest Side collaboration.
Bart: We would like to do another project with Lake Effect. And we are actually helping Vice District get started. So, we're looking to do a collaboration with them as well.
Where do you think Finch's fits into the Chicago craft beer scene?
Bart: I think as far as Chicagoland brewers, the brewery that is closest to us – as far as distribution – is Two Brothers. And they're in 10 states. So we're in more than double that, and we're focusing on other markets. But Chicago is still our home market; it's our best market right now. You also have to remember, we do not really have a flagship. I mean Threadless is a flagship, and a lot of people know it – but they might think first about Secret Stache Stout. So we have a lot more different styles widely available. Other brewers might have that one beer that is widely available, where their others might be harder to find.
Where do you see Finch's in a few years?
Steven: It has taken us three years to get into 22 states, so it would be nice to be nation-wide. I would love to see a new brewhouse. I would like to see a brewhouse as awesome as our new canning line; not that we don't do good beer on our current system. I would love to see a new facility with a new taproom. I love the neighborhood feel of a taproom. Where that will be in Chicago, I don't know...
Finally, if you're not drinking Finch's, what's in your glass?
Bart: Right now I am drinking a fair amount of Local Option. I live with two other roommates so there're usually a few cases of Old Milwaukee as well. Community beer, ya know.
Steven: Right now, I'd have a Half Acre Pony Pils or the Oktoberfest from Revolution. I also have some grapefruit radlers in the fridge...but those are my wife's.
A huge thank you to Steven and Bart for allowing us to stop in, share a brew, and talk shop. To find out more about Finch's Beer Co., stop by their Facebook and Twitter accounts, and look out for some of that barrel-aged stuff at your local bottle shop.
Photography by Tom White and Finch's Beer Company


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Staff disciplined after jailed Florida teen's death
For more than a decade, Florida juvenile justice administrators have been on notice: Children are not supposed to die in state custody for lack of the same medical care that non-delinquent kids readily receive.
But there was Andre Sheffield — Berlena Sheffield's grandson, the one she adopted and raised as her own child — in the Brevard County Juvenile Detention Center's East Module, complaining of a headache and stomach pain, soiling himself, limping, walking strangely sideways and falling over, as if he had no control over his 14-year-old body.
Registered nurse Karen Rainford gave him Tylenol. He died hours later.
Juvenile justice investigators completed a report late last month on Andre's death, concluding that guards at the 40-bed lockup routinely violated agency rules regarding the treatment of sick detainees, and ignored growing evidence of Andre's illness before he was found dead in his cell Feb. 19 around lunchtime. The 50-page report also faulted the lockup's top officer, Superintendent Vicki Alves, for "failing to ensure" that officers under her command were properly trained in agency sick-call procedures.
"We've got to hold staff accountable at the very highest level," DJJ Secretary Christy Daly told the Miami Herald in an interview Friday. "That goes all the way up to the superintendent of the facility. The leadership of the facility sets the tone."
"We've got to have that compassion across the board," Daly said. "We have gotten rid of a lot of people across the state who have not bought into what we're trying to do."
Discipline meted out to six staff members late last week was mild compared to similar incidents in the past: The lockup's superintendent, Vicki Alves, was suspended for five days for "poor performance" and "negligence." Her deputy received a written reprimand for poor performance. Three guards who were faulted for ignoring sick-call procedure or failing to seek medical care for a sick detainee were given written reprimands, as well.
Rainford, the Cocoa lockup's in-house nurse, was "immediately terminated" by DJJ administrators on Feb. 27 after she refused to be interviewed by investigators with the agency's Inspector General's Office. The report said she did not follow a medical protocol for the diagnosis of abdominal pain prior to Andre's death. Rainford could not be reached by the Herald.
"Andre was a fine, loving kid. He smiled all the time," his grandmother, Berlena Sheffield, said. He was supposed to be released in April, and told his grandmother he was looking forward to returning home, where the family dog, Roxy, a pit bull mix, had given birth to 14 puppies, one of which was going to be his.
"He was anxious to get home, and play with the puppies, said Sheffield, 75, of Jacksonville. "When he came back, he was already dead. It's so hard. I ain't quite got over it yet. I try not to think about it much. But when I think about it lately, I have to go into my own space."
Andre, who was sent to the detention center after running away from a youth corrections program — where he was held after breaking into a neighbor's home — is at least the third delinquent youth to die in Florida since 2003 of medical conditions that are not fatal with appropriate medical care. The Medical Examiner's Office determined that Andre died of bacterial meningitis, an inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain.
A "special needs child" diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder, Andre was adopted by Sheffield when he was 5, she said. His mother, who lost custody of all six of her children, had a severe drug problem, and the drugs she abused left Andre scarred at birth, she said. "He kept getting into trouble. It started young, like in kindergarten. He was thrown out of every program he was in."
Still, corrections officers quoted in the DJJ report generally described Andre as polite and respectful, seldom requiring attention.
Florida's youth corrections system has a history of failing to ensure that every child stays alive long enough to be rehabilitated.
Accusations of institutional callousness arose in the summer of 2003, after an Opa-locka teen, Omar Paisley, died a slow, agonizing death from appendicitis while at the Miami-Dade Juvenile Detention Center. Omar, 17, had been arrested on March 24, 2003, after he cut a neighbor with a soda can during an altercation. Beginning around noon on June 7, he began to complain that he was sick and in pain. For three days, guards and nurses ignored the teen's pleas for help, and he died amid his own waste in a cell just as guards arrived — handcuffs and leg shackles in hand — to take him to the hospital.
A Miami grand jury later charged two nurses with manslaughter and third-degree murder in Omar's death, calling the caregivers' actions callous and "outrageous." One of the nurses pleaded guilty, years later, to misdemeanor culpable negligence. Grand jurors also decried "the utter lack of humanity demonstrated" by officers at the lockup the week Omar died, concluding the 226-bed detention center was poorly administered, woefully underfunded and sometimes left in the hands of officers who showed little empathy or regard for the children in their care.
Starting with then-Secretary W.G. "Bill" Bankhead, 25 administrators and officers were allowed to resign or retire, or were fired. Shortly after his arrival, incoming Secretary George Denman adopted a new motto in April 2004: "Treat every child as if he were your own."
Four months later, Denman's replacement, Anthony Schembri, said "you can't teach compassion by modeling callousness, and you can't teach respect for the law if you are showing disrespect."
But more children died. On Jan. 6, 2006, 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson stopped breathing as guards at a Panama City military-style boot camp used physical force to coerce him to run a track — even as the teen complained he was having trouble breathing. One of two autopsies concluded Martin suffocated when guards shoved ammonia capsules up his nose. The half-hour restraint was captured on video, sparking a nationwide outcry. Seven guards and a nurse were charged on Nov. 28 of that year with aggravated manslaughter; they all were later acquitted.
Then, in July of 2011, 18-year-old Eric Perez died of a cerebral hemorrhage, records said, after a guard dropped him on his head during horseplay — and other staff failed to act as the teen's condition worsened. One guard, a report said, was convinced Perez was "faking it." He told a colleague it was not worth the required paperwork to send Perez to a hospital. Perez's death, like that of Omar Paisley, prompted an agency housecleaning: Nine employees were fired, including the lockup superintendent.
The report detailing Andre's demise reads like a kind of Rashomon tale: The guards entrusted with Andre's care generally insisted the youth displayed no signs of distress, and did not seek their help. "He never displayed any type of behavior to indicate that he was ill," the report quoted an officer as saying. Detainees who were interviewed told a dramatically different story, and surveillance video often was consistent with their account.
As many as six different detainees told the inspector general that Andre had complained that his leg, head and stomach hurt him, and that he had asked to be placed on sick-call. A youth on the sick call log must have his request reviewed by a lockup supervisor -- if no healthcare staff are on site -- within four hours "to determine if there is an immediate need for healthcare," according to procedure.
One youth said he explicitly asked a guard to "keep an eye on" Andre because the teen did not look well. He said the officer "responded that the youth would be fine."
Another youth detained at the lockup told investigators Andre had asked to be placed on sick-call as early as Feb. 15 — four days before he died. The guard denied receiving the request, which was never recorded. That detainee also said an unnamed nurse told him Andre "was lying about his complaints."
The report quoted another detainee as saying Andre had asked to have his name placed on sick-call to see the nurse on Wednesday, Feb. 18, "but was told he had to wait until the following morning."
That Wednesday, Andre began to have trouble walking. Detainees reported seeing Andre limping, and surveillance video confirmed he was walking unsteadily, and "suddenly fell sideways onto a chair." He also complained that he was very cold, though other youths insisted the temperature inside the module wasn't uncomfortable.
At 7:55 the following morning, records say, Andre told a female officer he "was not feeling good." He had defecated on himself, and had "begun to hyperventilate." Rainford "offered youth Sheffield two Tylenol and encouraged him to drink a lot of fluids."
When Andre was placed in "medical isolation" for better observation, "the staff who checked on him would sometimes open the door and ask him if he was okay or if he needed anything. Otherwise, most of the staff merely just looked inside the room to make sure he was there," the report said, quoting detainees.
At lunchtime, officers entered Andre's cell to deliver his lunch. He didn't reply when they called him name. "Youth Sheffield," the report said, "was ice cold."
The staff's reluctance to seek help for the teen was not an isolated event, the report said. DJJ's report quoted eight officers — including three supervisors — as saying staff routinely refused to enter sick-call requests at night because there was no nurse on duty to see them. "The reason the sick-call requests were delayed was to prevent the appearance that nothing was done for the youth," the report quoted one officer as saying. The lockup's assistant superintendent seemed "unaware" of sick-call rules, the report said.
Kelvin Lewis, who worked with Andre and his family as director of the Federation of Families of Northeast Florida, said sometimes youth corrections officers display a kind of "compassion fatigue," and forget that the detainees in their custody are, first and foremost, children.
"The onus is on the state to make sure it never plays out this way, never results in a death. That can never happen," Lewis said. "You have to do everything humanly possible, and everything medically possible, to make sure it never plays out this way."

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Information for health professionals
Roads and Maritime Services has a legal responsibility to ensure the safety of all road users and that licence holders are both medically fit and competent to drive a motor vehicle. Health professionals play a vital role in enabling Roads and Maritime to meet this obligation.
Online Fitness to Drive medical assessments
From 1 March 2017, a new online system is available to streamline the medical assessment process. The NSW Fitness to Drive Medical Assessment form can now be filled out and submitted directly to Roads and Maritime online. The online system can be used by medical practitioners, optometrists and specialists. This will enable faster and more efficient turnaround for customers and will mean more than 400,000 motorists in NSW will no longer need to visit a service centre or registry to complete their assessment. For more information, see the HealthLink website.
From 1 March 2017, a new online system is available to streamline the medical assessment process.
The NSW Fitness to Drive Medical Assessment form can now be filled out and submitted directly to Roads and Maritime online. The online system can be used by medical practitioners, optometrists and specialists.
This will enable faster and more efficient turnaround for customers and will mean more than 400,000 motorists in NSW will no longer need to visit a service centre or registry to complete their assessment.
For more information, see the HealthLink website.
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Assessing fitness to drive
The medical standards for licensing and clinical management guidelines, Assessing Fitness to Drive, have been developed by the National Transport Commission and Austroads in consultation with a wide range of medical experts, peak medical bodies and colleges, the road transport industry and State and Territory licensing authorities.
These guidelines have been adopted by all licensing authorities when assessing a licence holder's medical fitness to drive. The publication was last updated in October 2016 and can be viewed on the Austroads website.
Medical reports
Roads and Maritime has four different medical report forms that relate to assessing medical fitness to hold a driver licence:
- NSW Fitness to Drive Medical Assessment
- Medical Specialist Fitness Assessment Report for Driver Licences
- Medical Condition Notification
- Vision/Eyesight Disorder.
In most cases, Roads and Maritime will provide an appropriate medical form to the driver, who in turn provides it to you, the health professional.
The key role of the health professional with respect to fitness to drive is to assess the person's fitness to drive based on relevant clinical and functional information and on the relevant published medical standards.
Whether you're completing the form digitally or manually, you will need to report to the driver licensing authority on a person's fitness to drive, including their suitability to hold a conditional driver licence in accordance with legislated requirements and public safety and ethical considerations.
Medical information that is not relevant to the person's fitness to drive should not be included on a medical form.
Health professionals must adhere to the Assessing Fitness to Drive medical standards when recommending conditional licences. Recommendations that conflict with these standards and/or Roads and Maritime medical review and licensing schemes, may not be implemented.
Completed medical reports
From 1 March 2017, if a patient provides you with a NSW Fitness to Drive Medical Assessment form, you can now submit the medical assessment form online.
Submitting medical assessments to Roads and Maritime using the new online forms will be immediate, resulting in faster case reviews and completions.
The online medical tool will automatically populate existing customer information, saving you time.
Health professionals will save even more time through the ability to reference Australian medical driving standards for commercial and private vehicle drivers, while the form guides you through the process to ensure greater compliance with published rules.
Reporting a medical condition for the first time
During a consultation or treatment with a patient, if you find their ability to drive safely has been affected, and they do not have a Roads and Maritime medical form, you should encourage the patient to report their condition to Roads and Maritime.
You can also submit the Medical Condition Notification Form in this situation by submitting the Form online which will immediately send it direct to the Roads and Maritime Licence Review Unit.
Direct reporting to Roads and Maritime
You may feel obliged in some circumstances, to make a report directly to Roads and Maritime regarding a patient's medical fitness to drive. This may be in cases where the patient:
- Is unable to appreciate the impact of their condition
- Is unable to take notice of your recommendations, due to cognitive impairment
- Continues to drive despite your advice, and is likely to endanger the public.
You can submit the Medical Condition Notification Form online, which will immediately send it directly to the Roads and Maritime Licence Review Unit:
Even when making a direct report to Roads and Maritime, you should inform the patient that this is what you're doing.
Roads and Maritime will also accept a letter directly from you, regarding a patient under your care, provided the letter includes sufficient information to allow us to make a decision. Please include:
- The patient's full name, date of birth and address
- Any relevant medical conditions or concerns
- Whether the patient meets the relevant medical criteria in Assessing Fitness to Drive
- If appropriate, recommendations for the patient to undergo further assessment, such as a specialist review or driving assessment.
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In just a few short hours, 2016 will be over for anyone living in the Eastern Standard Time zone. For others, such as you lovely people basically anywhere east of me, 2016 is already over. For some of you, that's a very good thing indeed, because 2016 has been a pretty terrible year. From political hellfire to celebrity deaths to personal disasters, so many of us have felt stifled by 2016.
It wasn't all bad, though. Some of you published books or stories, fell in love or got married or had a child, discovered something super cool, read a lot of great books, made new friends, ate great food, got a new and better job, finished college, and on and on and on. I'm right there with you. A whole lot of bad sprinkled with some wonderful things.
Here's a look at the things that happened to me in 2016:
The Bad
- I went on the academic job market and didn't get a full time job (not unlike a lot of academics, actually).
- I hit peak depression in about April 2016 over a lot of things just not going my way.
- Speaking of depression: I've had a lot of back and forth "maybe I'm just a pile of worthless crap" feelings throughout the year. Part of that is my fault (failing at stuff) and part of that is just my brain being a jerk. I'm sure some of you know what that's like.
- My beautiful Brazilian rainbow boa, Max, passed away after the onset of a mysterious and sudden illness. It sucked, and I spent a good portion of an evening and a day disinfecting cages to make sure nobody else caught it.
- I struggled to keep my weight under 215 lbs, and I have been bouncing back and forth between 205 and 215 all year (we'll come back to that in a moment).
- I've been on the financial back foot since August. It's not been fun, and I'm trying to find ways to replace lost funds.
- I'm still single! Your mileage may vary on this one.
- Since everyone is supposed to have one truly awful dating experience, it seems 2016 gave me one. I won't go into specifics, but let's just say I almost went on a date with the liberal version of a giant walking cheetoh.
- I managed to get a little bit of editing work, but not nearly as much as I would have liked. It's complicated, but a big part of that comes down to what I'm willing to work for given my extensive education and experience.
- I haven't written fiction in years, but 2016 was particularly dry. Every attempt to write stalled.
- I've had repeated problems with my water company. They constantly fail to get my checks when mailed, issue me late fees, and then make me go through the hassle of having my apartment complex tell them to stop charging fees even though they know they have an agreement with the complex for this. This happens every few months.
- My rent went up…again.
The Good (because I want to end on a high note)
- I got to stay at the University of Florida for another year so I could take another stab at the job market.
- While I won't pretend I'm 100% emotionally sound, I will say that around May or June 2016, I decided to hell with just being bummed all the time. So I just changed my attitude. I have B, C, and D options, so why stress myself out over everything, right? It's not been easy, but I've felt better since.
- I went on the job market again and have a Skype interview in about 12 days. Woot!
- I completed another year of teaching nonstop!
- I got back into snakes! I've always loved reptiles, but I haven't kept snakes in a very long time. Since 2015, I've developed a real love for the slithering creatures, and I now share my home with 5 of them!
- My mom got sick, but she recovered just fine.
- My friends helped me pay to have Max cremated so I could send his ashes to my mother for burial in her garden. It certainly let me grieve more easily. My friends are amazing and I love them.
- I rode my first ever for-realz roller coaster: The Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at Disney's Hollywood Studios! Prior to that, the only roller coasters I had ridden were the "kid coasters" and Revenge of the Mummy (my favorite ride ever). I'm working up to riding bigger coasters, but based on my reaction below, that'll take a while.
- I got to go back to California this Spring, which was just lovely. I miss Cali so much.
- I went to the Miami Zoo for the first time. It was pretty cool!
- I mostly finished my dissertation. That's good, no?
- I managed to photograph a number of reptile and amphibian species this year that most people never see. It was cool.
- I named a few gopher tortoises that live on one of my hiking trails. They're pretty cool.
- I reached the point in my post-chemo checkups that my doctor basically said I don't have to see him anymore unless I want to. I chose to continue with the yearly appointments for one simple reason: the last time I got cancer, the medical world didn't catch it until I'd reached Stage 3. I don't think they could have known my "bronchitis" was actually cancer, but I'd feel better having my cancer doctor look at me every year, since his default response to "well, that's weird" will be "let's scan you."
- I got to go to the SEC Championship game! The Gators lost, but it was awesome to have that experience (the game, not necessarily the losing).
- I released 45 individual podcast episodes this year (on The Skiffy and Fanty Show, Totally Pretentious, and Shaun's Rambles). I also started a brand new podcast to fill my Star Wars geek purse: Thrawn and On and On (co-hosted with Alex Acks, Kate Sherrod, and Sarah Chorn).
- My cat is adorable.
I think that covers most of the stuff that happened to me, good or bad. It certainly looks like 2016 wasn't so personally disastrous for me, which is good.
Some of the things listed above are things I actually have some control over. As such, I've decided to set a few goals for myself during 2017. You might say they are…
New Year's Resolutions!
- I'm going to full detox off of "bad food": namely, soda, high-sugar food items, and other crap foods that I shouldn't eat anyway. I don't expect this to hold for the entire year, but I need to do something so I can feel like all my working out is actually doing something. Food, of course, is holding me back. Tonight will be my last day of eating like garbage!
- I'm going to create a new morning workout routine that I will stick to for the entire year (with exceptions for illness and the like). This new workout will be a modification of the "1000 Reps a Day" workout. It'll start out at around 500, with certain exercises replaced for things I can actually do. 50 pushups, 50 situps, 50 squats, 50 burpees, etc. This will be in addition to my normal workout routines. My hope is to shave off the fat and replace it with a more healthy body. I don't expect to look like Captain America; just a better version of me.
- Do what I'm already doing, but better.
It's a short list for a reason: I want to actually do this!
So that's it for me. What about you? Do you have any New Year's Resolutions? What were the good and bad things that happened in your life? Let me know in the comments!


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This project centered on the route oranges travel around the world inspired by a line from the Leonard Cohen song "Suzanne." In it he writes "and she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China" and it is a line that I have often associated with the market place and the movement of food but also romance and the exotification of other cultures. Oranges were each outfitted with a QR code sticker in place of its company sticker that linked viewers to Nina Simone singing "Suzanne", recent articles about migrant movements and their effect on the orange economy, folk tales, and artworks that take oranges as a point of departure. The collection of links become a "prismatic archive," a term used by Julian Yates who writes about the color orange in relationship to the arrival of the fruit. A clear glass globe hand etched with the paths oranges take around the world is filled with water and becomes a large lens.
Yates traces the origin of the color with the arrival of the fruit in London from Portugal and Spain in the beginning of the 15th century.
YATES, JULIAN, and Lawrence Buell. "Orange." Prismatic Ecology: Ecotheory beyond Green, edited by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, University of Minnesota Press, 2013, pp. 83–105, www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctt5hjk31.10.
Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit was published in 1985 and follows the life of the main character Jeanette through a mythic journey. Oranges are a recurring theme and are offered to Jeanette by her mother throughout the book and come to symbolize the status quo.
by Gary Soto
A medieval manuscript illustrates the Hesperides Golden Apple tree as guarded by a dragon until Hercules came along and slayed it.
excerpted from A Garden of Worldly Delights in Land of Sunshine
by Douglas C. Sackman
"This Chinese "still life" painting on silk at the Freer-Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum shows a pair of citrus fruits at the lower left of the blue bowl. The bumpy skin is a strong clue for a citron along with its color, distinctive leaves and thorn, and its yellow is presumably faded in the painting."
"This book on citrus fruit by Giovanni Battista Ferrari (1584–1655), published in Rome in 1646, belongs to one of the most splendid and scientifically precise botanical works of seventeenth-century Europe. Its illustrations, etched by Cornelis Bloemaert, were designed by the foremost artists of the day, including Nicolas Poussin and Guido Reni. The book reflects the author's own interest in gardening and collecting exotic plants, a pursuit facilitated by his position as Jesuit man-of-letters in the circle of scholars and natural scientists at the papal court."
London E 224, Attic red figure hydria, ca. 410-400 B.C.
Photograph courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum, London
(11.8 x 8 in.)
Gouache on Paperboard
20" x 14.75"
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For start, Brazil is a mining friendly country and it has a number of world class deposits of gold, spread through its vast territory. According to government data posted in the DNPM site (National department of mineral production), only 1,27% of its ore reserve was explored. Given the country's mining culture, its international standard and transparent mining code system, stable political and fiscal structure, Brazil is a first rate candidate for investment in mineral exploration! Brazil also has great quantities of other metals such as: iron ore, nickel, manganese, copper and bauxite, palladium and other rare earth compounds. Also note that Brazil was the World's leading gold producer since colonial times.
However, Brazil economy in 2015 has devaluated the national currency, the Real R$. This has devaluated many of the mining projects making them attractive for investors. Many of the mine claim owners have understood the reality of the mining business and have dropped their asking prices. Now is the best time to engage them and get all you can at the best terms possible.
However, there are some pitfalls to investing in Brazil. Brazil has a VERY currupt system that forces many companies to pay bribes in order to operate "within the law". To avoid this problem, investors are advised to take on projects with all the licenses pre-approved. Regardless of that, if you managed to get a project with all the licenses, once it starts operating, it will be worth your while.
Brazil has one of the largest gold reserve in the world. The majority of it is located in the north of Brazil, mainly in the Amazon region and in states such as Pará, Amazonas, Macapa, Minas gerais, Rondonia and Acre. Brazil has also huge reserve of tailing piles spread in various states. These tailings are still loaded with gold and can be recovered with a special mining process that does not require rock crushing or digging into rocks (which make the mining processing more expensive). Instead, the tailings can be loaded into a special plant and recover as much as 0,5-1 gram per ton. To know more about the gold mining opportunity of the tailings piles, read the executive summary of the Salinas project.
In 1958 a prospector found gold in one tributary of the Tapajos River. This discovery had triggered the largest gold rush in Brazil's history. In a few years the region was flooded with more than 250.000 gold prospectors. These men started a major gold exploration, panning most of the streams in the region. A second major gold rush occurred in the 1970s and 1980s when garimpeiros (artisan or informal miners) were producing gold from mainly alluvial sources. A legacy of this Colonial and garimpeiro activity has been the location of numerous auriferous systems, many of which remain untested for their potential for hard rock gold resources.
Although most of the major multinational mineral companies are operating in Brazil, there are comparatively few junior companies involved in Brazilian exploration. To see our current project see the "Executive Summaries" section of this site.


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E2 Northeast Motorsports is set to debut Field Florida-based driver, Scott Stenzel in the NextEra Energy Resources 250
The Public Relations Firm, Inc. is pleased to announce that Melissa Harville-Lebron, CEO of E2 Northeast Motorsports has inked a deal with NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) team, Copp Motorsports and it set to field Florida-based driver, Scott Stenzel in the NextEra Energy Resources 250 this month at the Daytona International Speedway.
E2 Northeast Motorsports, Inc. consists of 6 drivers of various professional licensed levels. "It's an honor to announce that Stenzel is now a part of this racing family. This team truly exemplifies diversity, that is sure to attract a younger multicultural fan base," stated Melissa Harville-Lebron, Team Owner of E2 Northeast Motorsports, Inc.
This will be Stenzel's first NCWTS, which takes place at the famed 2.5-mile tri-oval in the No. 83 E2 Northeast Motorsports Chevy. He will be the season opener at Daytona International Speedway.
In a recent interview, Stenzel admitted that starting a race in one of NASCAR's premier series at Daytona will be a dream come true. The introduction of E2 Northeast Motorsports is not only a great look for the company, but it gives opportunities to those chasing a dream.
E2 Northeast Motorsports, Inc. is a developmental race team based out of upstate New York, with interest in NASCAR's Whelen All-American Series and Camping World Trucks divisions. The historic team is owned by entrepreneur, Melissa Harville-Lebron, who is the first female African-American licensed team owner of a top tier Camping World Truck Series. Harville-Lebron is breaking barriers by filling the diversity gap within the organization.
Don't miss the live action on FS1 on Friday February 16th at 7:30 P.M. ET. Stay tuned for more big news.
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We know have a new colour for our caves: Chocolate Brown!
We believe that the new colour Chocolate Brown will blend perfectly into the interiors of most homes and also it is a very practical colour for the medium size dogs such as Jack Russels, as an example.
The Chocolate Brown Medium Dog Cave comes with a Animal Print cushion.


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Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship
The University of Colorado/Denver Health Fellowship in Global Emergency Medicine and Public Health is organized and supported by the University of Colorado/Denver Health Department of Emergency Medicine, in collaboration with the Colorado School of Public Health.
The purpose of the fellowship is to train emergency medicine physicians in global emergency medicine concepts, provide field experience in application of these concepts, and to provide research skills necessary to become an academic clinician with a specialty in global emergency medicine.
Our fellowship and department is committed to promotion and development of the specialty of emergency medicine in the global community. As such, fellows will receive comprehensive didactic training in core global emergency medicine topics, participate in bedside and non-clinical teaching opportunities both domestically and abroad, collaborate with fellows and faculty from our highly regarded toxicology, wilderness, EMS, ultrasound, and research fellowships, and participate in a variety of global EM projects, both domestically and internationally.
The University of Colorado/Denver Health Fellowship in Global Emergency Medicine and Public Health is a two-year program that includes completion of a Masters in Public Health (MPH). Consideration will be given to applicants seeking a one-year position if said applicant already holds a relevant advanced degree or has significant field experience within global emergency medicine. Applicants must be board eligible/certified in Emergency Medicine. Preference is given to graduates of four-year residency programs and graduates of three-year programs who have had some clinical experience after residency.
The application deadline is October 1st, 2018 and on a rolling basis thereafter until the position is filled.
Please submit a copy of your curriculum vitae, a letter of intent (1-2 pages in length), and three (3) reference letters. Please submit your application through the International Emergency Medicine website.
Thank you for your commitment to global emergency medicine!
Jennifer Whitfield Bellows, MD, MPH
Staff Physician, Denver Health Medical Center
Department of Emergency Medicine
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It was great to catch up with the FEP students at the end of last year as they reflected on the challenges and successes of 2017. Jeanne, Sue and Avril have been tracking their progress and providing them with a lot of support over the last 5 years.
The students have received stipends over the years which assisted them financially. They have also received food, mentoring, laptops, other devices and clothing – thanks to many of you who have donated these items on a regular basis.
Thank you to Catarina Stewen who facilitated a donation from Konecranes for R175 000 to the Further Education programme (FEP) at the end of last year. The timing of this donation was perfect for the start of a new academic year. This generous donation means that all the FEP studens currently enrolled at college or university will continue to receive financial support as well as a few new students who will be joining the programme this year.
Carolien and her team will resume with the health screening on Tuesday 30 January 2018.
Good News: Colgate has agreed to run dental hygiene workshops with children from Grade 0 to Grade 3 as well as provide children with dental check ups and toothbrushes and toothpaste for over 400 kids.
Great News: The team have raised sufficient funds to be able to pay for an eye operation for a Grade 11 student at DCS who has Keratoconus.
Please email Carolien on firstname.lastname@example.com if you would like more information.
The first lesson will be dedicated to conducting assessments with individual Grade 3 learners. I will send the assessment instructions with the next newsletter, but I will also explain the process at our briefing meeting at Piatto's on Monday 22 January at 9am.
Meet in the Parking lot outside Piatto's at Dainfern Valley Shopping Centre at 9am for a brief meeting to discuss the assessments.
Car pool to the school at 9:10am.
The assessment session will run from 9:30am to about 10:45am and we should be back at Dainfern Valley Shopping Centre soon after 11am.
The first lesson will be dedicated to conducting assessments with individual Grade 2 learners. I will send the assessment instructions with the next newsletter, but I will also explain the process at our briefing meeting at Piatto's on Tuesday 23 January at 8:30am.
Meet in the Parking lot outside Piatto's at Dainfern Valley Shopping Centre at 8:30am for a brief meeting to discuss the assessments.
Car pool to the school at 8:40am.
The assessment session will run from 9am to about 10:15 and we should be back at Dainfern Valley by or shortly after 10:30am.
There will be a baby clothes "Swap Shop" at the school on this day as well as a visit from a nutritionist who will offer the young moms some advice on what to be feeding their babies.
Term 1 will continue until Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th March 2018
Lessons will continue until Monday 12 March and Tuesday 13 March 2018. There will then be a break due to the public and Easter holidays and lessons will resume for the second term on Monday 16 April 2018.
Lessons resume on Monday 16 April and Tuesday 17 April 2018
SCHOOL CLOSED - Monday 30th April and Tuesday 1 May 2018
School continues from Monday 7 May until Tuesday 19 June 2018
Edu Fun, in Partnership with Read For Africa and St Peter's School will run the annual Holiday Programme from 8:30am to 1pm daily on Tuesday 26 June, Wednesday 27 June and Thursday 28 June 2018.
Lessons resume on Monday 23 July 2018 until Tuesday 18 September
International Literacy Week Celebrations - Week starting 3 September 2018
Zoo Trip - Monday 10 September 2018
Heritage Day theme and last day of term on Monday 17 September 2018
Grade 3 Year End Party - Monday 12 November 2018
Grade 2 Year End Party - Tuesday 13 November 2018
Please let me know if you have any queries, questions or suggestions.
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 January 2018.
Thank you for your continued support.
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By Staff Sgt. Megan GarciaJanuary 23, 2012
Their objectives are set and their ambitions are thriving for The Old Guard competitors of this year's Best Ranger Competition; this time it's all or nothing.
"Last year, our goals were to finish and hopefully have a good placement," said Staff Sgt. Sean McAlpine, infantryman, Delta Company, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard). "This year, a placement is just not going to be able to satisfy us now. We want to win."
The team will make its fourth appearance at the competition, April 13-16, in Fort Benning, Ga. Despite the grueling physical and mental requirements of the competition, McAlpine and his teammates are confident they are doing everything they can to prepare.
"This is largely the focus of what we're coming to work to do," said Cpt. Eric Hanft, Delta Company platoon leader. "Six days a week, it's all programmed out. This unit has a very deliberate approach to make the team successful."
Agreeing with Hanft, McAlpine said the team began assessments and training preparation in October 2011.
"We've been doing strength workouts in the gym. We've done bench, pull ups, push-ups, squats, dead lifts, dips. You name it, we've been doing it," said McAlpine.
Outside of the gym, the team runs extensively; running anywhere from four to 10 miles a day. Although strenuous to some, McAlpine sees this process as a mere stepping stone to the finish line.
" This is an endurance competition for 60 hours straight, so in order to meet the requirements of being able to complete a 60 hour competition that's not only physically but mentally challenging, you have to challenge your body during the train-up and almost surpass what the competition is going to be," said McAlpine.
McAlpine knows his team must focus on more than just the physical aspects of the competition and remains optimistic of what's in store.
"When it comes down to it, it's a big guessing game what they're going to be putting into it," said McAlpine. "We learned a lot from our mistakes we made last year. It's just better to be proficient at everything."


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Museum of Terror, Uzumaki, and Gyo by Junji Ito
Genre: Fiction, manga, gothic, horror, apocalyptic, not going to be able to sleep for weeks
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Summary: Suburban Japanese town has strange event that eventually pits its attractive main female character in the middle of a horrifying and unhappy conclusion. This could include being so beautiful that men can't help but chop her up into little pieces, an overabundance of a spiral shape that has disastrous consequences, and being stricken with a horrible disease that involves sea creatures overtaking land.
Contrary to popular belief (specifically what 4chan teaches you) manga is not just about tentacle rape, effeminate boys kissing each other, endless quests- not necessarily for jewel shards, and girls with penises.
One author who does not perpetuate this stereotype is Junji Ito, who writes some of the most entertaining gothic stories I have ever read (Japanese or otherwise). If Poe and HP Lovecraft had a baby, and that baby was inundated with Japanese culture and kept in a small box for a large majority of its childhood, that baby would be Junji Ito. As evidenced from my summary, all three of the manga series I will be discussing have the same basic format, but the plots are so different and strange that the basic structure is anything but tiring and repetitive. Suffice it to say, they're all fucked up in their own unique way.
Tomie, his first work collected in Museum of Terror volumes one and two, is what I consider to be the least frightening of Ito's work and is basically what would happen if the Japanese were asked to do a remake of The Heathers. Tomie is an incredibly beautiful, conceited girl who men cannot help but obsess over. This obsession inevitably turns to violence when the men chop her up into little pieces because they can no longer express their love for her in healthy ways like domestic violence. (If that comment offended you, go here.) Luckily, Tomie is like a starfish and the bits and pieces of her always reform into more Tomies.
This series is especially entertaining because it contains short stories focusing on the character of Tomie in various situations with various people. She always has the same face (recognizable by a beauty mark below her left eye) and the same horrible personality prevalent in most popular girls in fiction and real life, but you're never quite sure where the story is taking place or which Tomie is perpetuating the heinous acts you are reading. The series is also interesting because it allows you to see the evolution of Junji Ito from mediocre artist to creator of nightmares.
The next series (at least the next one published in English) is Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror and deals with the horror of the spiral shape, uzumaki itself meaning spiral in Japanese. I know what you're thinking, "Liek OMG, spirals, how are spirals scary!?!!!!1!!!!". Well they are in the context of the narrative, so nyah! The story centers around the town of Kurôzu-cho, which is cursed with an abundance of spirals, and the inhabitants obsession and possession with/from these spirals.
Like Tomie, Uzumaki is a series of different tales, but unlike Tomie they all revolve around the same town and have the same continuing characters, specifically pretty girl Kirie and her crazy handsome (in that he's handsome but also a little insane) boyfriend Shuichi. The story itself is a lot more visually terrifying than Tomie and more frightening in terms of plot and resolution. I thought my hometown with its three Quick Cheks and no bookstore was boring, but after reading about Kurôzu-cho, I truly know the meaning of dead end.
The final and most disturbing series I read was Gyo: The Death Stench Creeps, in which dead fish taken over by sentient metal legs created by the military arrive on land and terrorize the world. This plot by far was the most ridiculous and the most horrifying, with the beautiful main heroine Kaori being infected with a monstrous disease that results in her body spewing gas out of all orifices, bloating to an unhealthy level and getting covered in pus filled boils.
At first this series was incredibly frightening. Fish with legs walking on land, followed by Great Whites with legs walking on land, followed by giant squids and hammer head sharks, and swordfish, and whales, you guessed it, with legs walking on land. The visual imagery was terrifying, and then the legs that ran these sea creatures began taking over humanity, and attaching themselves to people and cuddly little puppies and the story got down right terrifying and down right nausea inducing.
The most striking and memorable feature of Junji Ito's work is the artwork he uses to tell his stories. While I was reading my way through the manga I would continually stop on a piece of artwork and pester my boyfriend until he would look at the frightening/disturbing/creepy/visually horrifying image I was showing him. These images often overshadow the text, and you'd be hard pressed to find one that didn't fascinate you. In Tomie it is an elderly couple sucking on the appendages of beautiful young girls to gain their youth. In Uzumaki it is Shuichi's father turning himself into a spiral, bouncing reanimated corpses, lovers twisting themselves into one being, boys turning into snails, and demon babies being resewn into their mothers. In Gyo, it is machines kidnapping diseased humans and shoving tubes in their orifices to run off the gas they are putting out.
Another theme, besides that of the repetitive format in his manga, is one which makes me extremely uncomfortable: claustrophobia. In each manga there are images and themes of claustrophobia running rampant. Tomie is encased alive in concrete for decades, people are squeezed into houses to the point where there bodies become entwined, and in a short story at the end of Gyo called The Enigma of Amigara Fault, people squeeze into holes in a rock face and get stuck inside, eventually becoming contorted in impossible positions as they continue walking through these holes they believe to be made just for them. As someone with an extreme fear of confined spaces, it was these oppressive scenes that frightened me the most. They are the buried alive scene in Kill Bill II meets Buried meets Buried Alive times ten.
-Absolutely terrifying artwork that will keep you awake at night
-Creepy story lines
-Twisted no hold bars author
-Unhappy endings give perfect finishes to gothic stories
-Snail people
-Plots have a tendency to get confusing and convoluted
-Some bits border on nausea inducing (I feel like this could also go in the good category)
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Join us on Monday 9 April at 12:30pm in MMCH 203 for the George W. Anderson, Jr. Award Pecha Kucha presentations.
Graduate students vying for the award will deliver their presentations in front of a live audience of their peers during a fun lunch event where pizza will be served. We look forward to seeing you there!
About the Award
The George W. Anderson, Jr. Award recognizes School of Architecture graduate students who demonstrate through their work an exceptional level of attention to detail and dedication to beneficially impacting the community through a completed project. Learn more.


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It's the last set of fixtures in the Group Stages of the Champions League and Michael Owen believes it will be a mixed set of results for our Premier League sides.
Once again our Brand Ambassador shared his thoughts on all the midweek action with BetVictor.
Barcelona vs Tottenham
Since the start of the 1975/76 season Barcelona have lost just one of their 30 home European ties against English sides (Liverpool 1-2 2007) but Spurs must equal, at worst, Inter's result (H PSV) if they are to qualify for the knockout stages.
Mauricio Pochettino rested Harry Kane at the King Power Stadium on Saturday, but the England skipper will be restored to the starting XI in the Nou Camp. Barcelona could rest some key players given they are already guaranteed to top the group, but I feel they will do enough to take a point against the Premier League outfit.
Michael's prediction: Barcelona 1 – 1 Tottenham
Liverpool vs Napoli
Liverpool have lost each of their away games in the Champions League this term but will still qualify for the knockout stages if they beat Napoli at Anfield 1-0 or by two goals or more granted PSG win at Crvena Zvezda.
Both sides warmed up for this massive tie with 4-0 wins at the weekend, but I feel the Reds will win what promises to be another wonderful European occasion at Anfield.
The Reds are unbeaten in 18 successive European home ties while Napoli have not won any of their last six away ties in the competition. It promises to be tense and one vital goal might be enough for Jurgen Klopp's side.
Michael's prediction: Liverpool 1 – 0 Napoli
Manchester City vs 1899 Hoffenheim
City have lost three of their four home Champions League ties in 2018 but I expect Pep Guardiola's side to bounce back after losing their unbeaten Premier League record at Chelsea on Saturday.
City need a point to top the Group while Hoffenheim have yet to win away from home in Europe (D3 L3). City to get back to winning ways.
Michael's prediction: Manchester City 2 – 0 1899 Hoffenheim
Valencia vs Manchester United
Valencia have failed to score in six of their last eight CL ties, but I feel the La Liga side can win in the Mestalla although United can still, mathematically, top the group if they win in Spain and Juventus fail to do so in Switzerland against Young Boys.
United are guaranteed a place in next Monday's draw for the last 16 and have won their two previous away games in the competition so far this season. They were, arguably, fortunate to win in Turin, however, and I feel Valencia will end their CL campaign with a win before embarking on a Europa league challenge in 2019.
Michael's prediction: Valencia 2 – 0 Manchester United
Michael's midweek Champions League treble: Liverpool, Manchester City and Valencia at 9/2
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This is the last post regarding my new eyesight until after the other eye get's done. That will be interesting to me, as I've always had a dominant right eye, which has caused some interesting ambidexterity, as I'm a lefty.
The effects of whatever they did to numb the right side of my face hadn't worn off when I posted last night, so, I thought I'd give a better description this morning.
I had no idea what I'd been missing. This morning, just after sunrise, I went out to my solarium, stood and gazed as the sun rose over Lagoon Pond, a salt water pond connected to the sound by a draw bridge.
I marveled as I could once again see the panorama of life unfolding on and above the rippled waters. A school of diving ducks were plying their trade about a hundred yards off shore. A flock of black ducks flew low over the water, streaking to wherever it is they know best they should be. I could clearly and distinctly see the herring gulls bobbing for scallops in the shallows, as their fellow flock-mates scoured the shallows from above. Watching them wheel and swoop, sharp and defined against the gray-blue-dawn-sky evoked sight memories that lay hostage to times gentle theft. As I scanned the pond, a view that encompasses many miles, I was able to see each buoy, each stick that's used as a buoy, and every waterfowl, as far away as a half mile, although I couldn't make out the sitting birds for sure, it did seem that I could recognize the difference in profile between ducks and gulls.
On my way to the store to buy raspberries and cereal, I was shocked to see the faces of the drivers of oncoming cars, and only then realized that I had long ago given up noticing who they may have been, out of practicality.
As I sit here typing, occasionally looking out the window to Vineyard Haven Harbor, the blueness of the water, the white mast tips of the wooden boats, the ability to see the individual ripples, delights my eyes.
As I drove past the Seeker, I was surprised to see the sharp edges of her lines.
All in all, I've received a great gift. One more thing. The doctor who performed the operation, Dr. Shingleton, is renowned. Some way he's the best in the world. I wouldn't know, but after my experience, I would recommend him and his clinic to everyone. It's easy to recognize being valued, and the staff there treated us all like we were family. I really mean that, except maybe I'll qualify that by saying the part of the family that loving. All in all, yesterday was a wonderful day.
This is the last post regarding my new eyesight until after the other eye get's done. That will be interesting to me, as I've always had a dominant right eye, which has caused some interesting ambidexterity, as I'm a lefty.


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My trip to Liverpool last month was my first time in the city and I absolutely loved it! only problem was that my reason for being there at all was to attend a 3 day art workshop led by the wonderful Orly Averini. The down side to this great opportunity was that there wasn't a lot of time to explore the city. But these were my highlights
I loved the docks with their mix of ancient and modern, topped by the original Liverbirds
no time to take a 'ferry cross the Mersey' though'
or even paddle ourselves across
We did make it to the Tate though!
Liverpool provided lots of great opportunities for Street photography
I loved that there were pianos provided for the public to play
One of the best things apart from the great food in some fabulous restaurants was our visit to the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.
We hit it at just the right time in early evening with the sun streaming though the windows and turning everything jewel coloured - just fabulous!
All just fabulous we were so sorry to go and definitely mean to come back!


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Stranger Things Season 2 may have ended on a tight, mostly happy note, but that doesn't mean it's the end of the show; like the Mind Flayer, Season 3 is coming. And while showrunners the Duffer Brothers have stated they didn't want to end the sequel with heavy setup for next year (unlike Season 1), that doesn't mean there aren't some clues.
Season 2 picked up a year after the events of the first, with Will struggling to fit back into everyday life. It was soon realized that this was not so much down to Zombie Boy, but more the fact that he was playing host to the Mind Flayer; a dark shadow monster from the Upside Down that wants to destroy everything in its path. Eleven was also struggling this season; now living with Sheriff Hopper, she was fighting to make a life for herself despite having to keep hidden without any contact with her friends. She took herself on a literal journey of discovery, first to find her mama, and then lost sister Eight - one of her lab siblings who also holds telekinetic powers. Ultimately though, Eleven realized she belongs in Hawkins, and headed back just in time to close the gate to the Upside Down, trapping the Shadow Monster once more.
Read More: Stranger Things 2's Ending Was Teased in the Opening of Season 1
For now, this means the Upside Down and the Mind Flayer have no way into Hawkins, but that doesn't mean they won't be back. Season 2 left plenty of open ends ready for season three, with the Shadow Monster looming over the Upside Down version of Hawkins Middle school in a final, lingering shot. Not only that, but the Duffers have more or less confirmed that the Mind Flayer will be back, highlighting how it's now aware of Eleven's existence. That sounds ominous for poor Jane, who had just found some stability in her life.
How Will The Mind Flayer Return?
The Duffer brothers have already said that there will be another time jump between seasons 2 and 3 due to the growing of their teenage cast, and the show nods to this. At the end of season 2, Dr. Owens presented Hopper with a falsified birth certificate for Jane/Eleven, and advised that she should lie low for a year. Therefore, when season 3 picks up (given the 15-month gap between the first two seasons), Eleven should be about ready to start ninth grade alongside Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas, and Max. That will also mean Steve is ready to graduate - although it's unclear if he'll be leaving Hawkins for college or not.
While having all the kids happy and settled sounds ideal, it can't stay that way. We've (at the very least) got that Mind Flayer lurking in the Upside Down, biding its time and looking for a new host. Who could that be? Will seems too obvious (and Noah Schnapp deserves more to do than be possessed). Fortunately for the writers, there's a wealth of possibilities. During Season 2, many characters entered the network of tunnels that ran under Hawkins where the vines of the Shadow Monster lurked. Hopper very nearly died in there, and he came into contact with some kind of liquid that the vines sprayed in his face. The same thing happened to Dustin and although he joked about it, it could well be an ominous sign of things to come.
Dustin seems to pure to be a host of something so dark, but then we thought the same of Will, too. Hopper, though, is struggling with a dark and turbulent past; among the boxes that Eleven found in the cellar were some marked 'Sara,' 'New York,' and 'Vietnam,' memories of his past life that we already know hasn't been easy. Surely it would be too simple to have everybody's favorite Sheriff adopt Eleven and eventually settle down with Joyce Byers? If we do see Hopper moving to the dark side it will certainly make for an interesting dynamic among the core group of characters who have all bonded closely.
Related: Stranger Things 2 Fixes Season 1's Biggest Problem
Who might finally get a chance to settle back into ordinary life - for a short time, at least - is Will. He's spent two seasons tied to the Upside Down, so can hopefully get some normality. Still, everything he's been through has got to affect him in some way. Will he find common ground with Eleven, who knows what it's like to feel like an outcast? That would be a smart way to tie together the two main threads of the show (Schnapp and Millie Bobby Brown have barely shared any screen time together) and means we move back to Eleven as the main focus - which we definitely know will be a big thing in Season 3.
Will Eight (Or Other Experiments) Return?
We know that Eight will be out for revenge on Brenner (now confirmed to be alive), and that could well mean death for the scientist. Eleven, on the other hand, doesn't want to kill unless it's for defense. If Eight and Eleven do reunite, there could well be strong disagreements to come. Of course, like true siblings, they share an unbreakable bond, so the question really is, how much of a threat will Brenner now pose to the girls?
The introduction of Eight could also be the lead into the discovery of the other nine children. Some will have died, no doubt, but while the Duffer brothers have said they're wary of introducing too many new characters, at the same time, it would be good to get an idea of the wider impact the Hawkins Lab experiments had on others.
Wherever Season 3 does decide to take us in terms of plot, it seems fair to expect it the series to begin building to a dramatic showdown between good and evil. It's not known how long the show will ultimately run for - Millie Bobby Brown wants five seasons - but, regardless, after the self-contained Season 2 it's safe to say Season 3 will tell its own, focused story while beginning to build to a dramatic showdown between good and evil. For now, the Mind Flayer is lying dormant, but it's only a matter of time before it stirs again. This time, will it be defeated once and for all?
Next: How Much is the Stranger Things Cast Paid?
Stranger Things is available for streaming now on Netflix.


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My Review:
I think this may be my new favorite book from this series. I loved this book!! Honestly, there are not any other two characters who need love and a good hug more than Felicia and Gideon.
Felicia built a bomb at age four, terrifying her parents with her extreme intelligence so they abandoned her to the educational system. Basically donating her like a thing to the university. Yes, she's incredibly intelligent, but she's paid for that intelligence in so many ways. She's NEVER had love and acceptance. She's so freakishly smart, she's socially awkward. At age 16, she forged documents and tried to lose herself within the military. They soon recognized her abilities and put her to work organizing the Spec Ops teams and that's how she met Justice, Angel, and Ford. She's in Fools Gold getting their new security business off the ground and organized. What she doesn't realize is that Gideon, the man she gave her virginity to, is also in Fools Gold...until she hears his sexy voice over the radio.
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text: NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Chemically etching a near-field optical fiber probe tip has enabled researchers at Yale University to improve the scanning rate of a near-field optical microscope. The etching technique, which produces near-field tips of about 70 nm in diameter, increases the tips' optical power to the microwatt range. This increase in optical efficiency has allowed the scientists to scan images at 10 fps with optical signal-to-noise ratios that portend video rate scanning. Better resolution The near-field optical microscope is important because it breaks the diffraction limit of classical optics. Piping illumination through an optical fiber tapered to a diameter smaller than one wavelength of the imaging light and scanning the sample at a distance less than one wavelength, the microscope skirts the diffraction that chains traditional microscopes. Increased throughput allows researchers to create near-field optical images of 100-nm lines and spaces at a rate of 10 fps. The scanning rates of these microscopes are dependent on the throughput of the optical fiber tips, which range in size from 50 to 100 nm. According to Scott Bukofsky, a PhD candidate in Robert Grober's lab at Yale, typical throughputs are about 1026. At this level, the scanning moves slowly to collect enough photons to make an image. "If you want to go faster," Bukofsky said, "you have to increase the amount of light coming from the probe." There are two methods of making the tiny probes from an optical fiber -- pulling or chemical etching. Pulling a fiber involves heating it and stretching it to the required size. Bukofsky said this method creates higher losses because it stretches both the fiber's cladding and core. "The core gets too small to support the optical mode propagating down it," he said. "This happens hundreds of microns before the tip's end, causing the light to leak out and interact with the metal coating the fiber. To make a more efficient probe you must maintain the core integrity right to the end." Chemical etching allows scientists to taper the fiber's cladding and leave the core intact until very close to the tip's end. To date, Bukofsky and Grober have etched tips to 70 nm and achieved optical throughputs in the area of 1022 or 1023. Bukofsky said that these throughputs have increased the optical signal-to-noise ratio so much that video rate scanning is soon to follow.


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House prices up around the globe led by annual growth of over 23% in Iceland
House prices in key countries around the world increased by an average of 5.6% in the year to June 2017, led by Iceland, the latest global property index shows.
Average prices increased by 23.2% in Iceland with the nation leading global growth for the third quarter in a row, according to the index report from international real estate firm Knight Frank.
Prices also increased steeply in Hong Kong with an annual rise of 21.1% in the second quarter, followed by a rise of 14.6% in Malta, 14.2% in Canada and 12.7% in both Turkey and the Czech Republic.
Overall prices increased in 49 countries out of the 55 covered by the index and the report says that economic fundamentals remain firm, unemployment is down and wages are rising, yet the number of homes for sale have declined for the past four years, indicating tighter housing markets.
The data from the index also shows that New Zealand slipped from third position in the rankings to tenth as annual price growth moderated to 10.4% and five of the top 10 rankings are occupied by European countries this quarter.
China's average price growth dipped marginally to 9.6% in the 12 months to June 2017 while a number of countries, including Japan, Morocco, Poland, Greece, Singapore and Ukraine saw prices fall and in Finland they were flat.
The report points out that both Iceland and Hong Kong have seen their annual rate of price growth accelerate over the last three months, in Iceland's case from 17.8% to 23.2% and for Hong Kong, from 14.4% to 21.1%.
Home to a population of 344,000 and with only 130,000 homes, Iceland attracted more than 1.7 million foreign visitors in 2016. Such demand for accommodation led to a new law being introduced in January which requires those renting their homes for longer than 90 days, or generating a rental income of more than US$9,500 per year, to obtain a special business licence.
The report suggests that Hong Kong's strong performance is perhaps counterintuitive given there have been three interest rate rises in the last year but like Iceland, strong demand and limited supply are behind its strengthening prices.
Local buyers in Hong Kong, along with mainland Chinese investors, are keen to hedge against the yuan's depreciation and Hong Kong remains Asia's strongest performing market over a 12 month period. However, an analysis over five years puts India out in front, recording average price growth of 70% compared to Hong Kong's comparable figure of 65%.
New Zealand and Canada, two countries whose housing markets have moved in tandem for the last few years, are now moving in opposite directions. New Zealand slipped from third position in the rankings to tenth.
China's average price growth dipped marginally to 9.6% in the 12 months to June. Reports suggest developers are raising their sales targets for 2017, undeterred by policymakers' efforts to rein in speculative demand and control price inflation via a series of cooling measures. The world's other heavyweight in housing market terms, the US, saw average prices climb 5.8% over the 12 month period.
The report also points out that while 20 European countries saw their overall market's direction improve in the first quarter when compared with the previous quarter, in the second quarter only nine fell into this bracket. The UK with annual growth of 2.8% is towards the bottom of the table.


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The Best Games of 2012
If the year 2012 is the end of the world, it has been a good year for gamers to go out on. Sequels to popular games were released with much fanfare and much well-deserved praise. A few new franchises arrived on the scene, and a wealth of indie games hit the market. So what are some of the best of 2012?
1. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Millions of gamers love the Elder Scrolls games, and Skyrim is no different. Skyrim is all about the world and the lore, with an expansive world full of hundreds of locations to explore.
2. Mass Effect 3
The long-awaited finale to the Mass Effect trilogy lived up to every ounce of the hype — except for the ending. Fan outcry was so intense that Bioware released a patch to re-do the ending, leaving many gamers satisfied. Many more, however, felt the series soured by the mishap.
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Black Ops 2 is the latest in the Call of Duty dynasty, and millions of gamers picked it up in the first night alone. It is positioned to be one of the best-selling games of all time, and with good reason. While the campaign is short, it is spectacular. The multiplayer is the real draw, and millions will be playing it a year from now when the next Call of Duty comes out.
4. Halo 4
Bungie might have claimed the Halo series was only a trilogy, and that may be true for them. Bungie themselves are moving on to a new project, but the spinoff development team 343 Industries has taken Halo onwards into the future.
5. Dishonored
It's rare these days for a new franchise to appear. Every other game on this list was a sequel, either directly or in an ongoing franchise. Dishonored brings a whole new player to the table. The setting, a steampunk dystopia, is the perfect atmosphere for well-engineered stealth mechanics that are a welcome change from the standard run and gun affairs.
Honorable Mention: Spec Ops: The Line
The Spec Ops series was largely a failed set of mediocre third-person shooters. The Line, however, brings the series into the new generation with a bang. The gameplay is standard for a third-person shooter, but the story is unparalleled in the genre today.


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LabCorp is a leading provider of histocompatibility (human leukocyte antigen, or HLA) testing for bone marrow, other transplant-related services, and disease association testing.
LabCorp performs testing for either HLA class I or class II using highly robust molecular methods. LabCorp's HLA testing is accredited by several agencies, including the American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) and the College of American Pathologists (CAP).
LabCorp is a contract lab for the National Marrow Donor Program. For more information about the National Marrow Donor Program and becoming a bone marrow donor, go to BeTheMatch.org.
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) testing is performed when trying to find a suitable organ, tissue (bone marrow), or cord blood donor for transplantation.
The results of either HLA class I or class II typing can be used for bone marrow transplant donor screening. This screening is coordinated with various agencies that conduct drives to assist people in need of a bone marrow transplant. LabCorp also performs post-transplant engraftment monitoring, which involves testing samples for donor and recipient markers.
You may request a collection kit or contact bone marrow customer service at 800-533-1037, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Eastern time.
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ViroMed Laboratories, a LabCorp specialty lab, has a national reputation for expertise in providing comprehensive laboratory services to meet the unique testing needs of the bone marrow industry.
ViroMed's CAP-accredited, CLIA-certified laboratory is FDA-registered for screening human cells, tissues, and cellular- and tissue-based products (HCT/Ps). ViroMed performs donor testing 7 days a week on multiple shifts, and provides customer support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
ViroMed incorporates quality assurance measures to monitor laboratory quality and customer satisfaction.
LabCorp's transplant testing service offers:
- Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)* methodology used for class I and class II alleles
- Double-blind testing performed routinely for class I and class II alleles
- Results reported in 7 to 10 days from receipt of specimen
- STAT testing (results within 24 to 48 hours) available upon request
- Specimens accepted 7 days a week
- Diverse specimen types, including buccal swabs, accepted
LabCorp offers multiple DNA-based methodologies for HLA typing:
- Testing of DNA sequences permits HLA typing at high resolution (intermediate resolution is also available at a lower price).
- DNA typing does not require live blood cells from the patient, permitting more flexible sample requirements. Therefore, LabCorp can perform DNA-based HLA typing on buccal swabs, liquid blood, frozen blood, dried blood stains, bone marrow, cultured cells, sorted cells, or any tissue containing intact DNA.
LabCorp utilizes a combination of powerful technologies to analyze DNA sequences at HLA class I and class II loci:
- The informative regions of the DNA are replicated using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). PCR amplification provides a large amount of DNA that is analyzed with a battery of DNA probes. LabCorp uses more than 100 probes to analyze the DNA coding for the HLA-A and HLA-B loci.
- A variety of additional procedures are available to obtain the resolution required by each client. These include sequence-specific primers (SSP), sequence-based typing (SBT), sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes (SSOP, Luminex, and sample array), and group-specific primers.
LabCorp's software requires double-blind data entry by two independent technologists with a final review by a third technologist. When any new, undescribed antigens are present, the program can help determine which known antigens are most similar to the type seen in the sample.
Loci are available at various levels of resolution, including:
- Class I: HLA-A, -B, and -C
- Class II: DRB, DQB, DQA, and DPB
High-resolution typing implements additional PCR reactions along with a larger panel of DNA probes to define the antigens present at the allele level. These methods are similar to those employed for class I HLA typing in which PCR is used to amplify the DNA of interest (DRB, DQB, DQA, or DPB gene sequences), and probes determine which sequences are present in the amplified DNA. SSP, SBT, and Luminex methodologies are available.
*Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is performed pursuant to an agreement with Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
Benefits of LabCorp's transplant engraftment monitoring services include:
- PCR / short tandem repeat (STR) methodology
- Turnaround time is generally 5 to 7 days after receipt of specimen
- Quantitative results reported
This test monitors the success of a bone marrow/stem cell transplant. The relative percentage of recipient and donor cells in post-transplant specimens is assessed.
Bone marrow engraftment monitoring is based on detection and comparison of STR DNA regions in the recipient and donor after transplantation.
Currently, LabCorp has 14 STR systems available for detecting genetic differences between recipient and donor. This test battery is useful in virtually all donor/recipient pairs except identical twins. The methodology is based on the PCR. The LabCorp procedures generally provide 3- to 7-day turnaround time and a higher sensitivity than other DNA tests historically used for engraftment monitoring.
Our PhD-level scientists are available to answer technical questions. For additional information, please call bone marrow customer service at 800-533-1037.
Healthcare providers often order HLA testing to aid in the diagnosis of a disease.
A disease association arises when an HLA type is more commonly seen in patients with a specific disease than in healthy patients. For example, the HLA allele B27 has a disease association with ankylosing spondylitis and certain forms of arthritis. Other disease associations commonly tested at LabCorp are the HLA disease associations for narcolepsy and celiac disease.
Since HLA is a key component of the immune system, it is becoming recognized that HLA types can affect drug sensitivity, vaccine effectiveness, and resistance to certain viruses. HLA typing is becoming an important aspect of personalized medicine.
LabCorp offers a number of specialized profiles to help with disease association:
- Celiac Disease Profile-HLA Linkage Disequilibrium: DQA/DQB (DQ2 and DQ8)
- B27 Profile: Testing reports for positive or negative
- HLA-B*5701 - Abacavir hypersensitivity: Testing reports for positive or negative (View the HLA-B*5701 Technical Review)
- HLA-B*1502 - Carbamazepine hypersensitivity: Testing reports for positive or negative
- Narcolepsy Profile (DRB1*15 and DQB1*0602): Testing reports for positive or negative
- HLA A, B, and C Disease Association: Testing reports for antigens present at A, B, and C loci
- DR Disease Association: Testing reports for antigens present at DRB1, DRB3, DRB4 and DRB5; also available: DQB1, DQA1, and DPB1
Additional LabCorp Specialty Testing
LabCorp, though its specialty laboratory ViroMed Laboratories, offers a comprehensive infectious disease test portfolio for the detection and confirmation of relevant communicable diseases. ViroMed has more than 15 years of experience in regulated testing with a knowledgeable staff and a dedicated quality assurance program.


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Amtrak Could Temporarily Move to Grand Central Terminal This Summer
The move would be in July and August while Amtrak performs maintenance on Penn Station.
Grand Central Terminal is a thriving, clean and safe terminal centered in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. However, the terminal sees 750,000 people a day already and rush hours can result in shoulder-to-shoulder experiences. Still, it is significantly nicer and more up to date than the aging Penn Station.
In light of the recent delays and derailments, Amtrak President and CEO Wick Moorman announced Penn Station will be receiving a series of Amtrak upgrades for three weeks in July and three weeks in August, according to DNAinfo. During that time no Amtrak trains will be able to arrive in the normally busy station, thus a solution is needed.
Assembly members Patricia Fahy and John McDonald along with Senator Neil Breslin proposed Amtrak temporarily use Grand Central Terminal as its New York City terminal, according to DNAinfo. Since Amtrak saw over 10.4 million riders go through Penn Station in 2016, this plan would definitely add stress on Grand Central Terminal, however, it might be the only option.
If Amtrak were to suspend service to New York during the construction time frame, that would cut away from tourism as well as business in the city. Using simple napkin math, Grand Central Terminal should see approximately 28,500 more patrons a day in Amtrak were to temporarily use the terminal. Another question to ask would be how this would effect Metro North train delays as well as the extremely systematic schedule currently in place.
Amtrak and Metro North have yet to make any solidifying statements regarding the proposal but Amtrak did state it will have a solution and schedule in the very near future.
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It's HOT in the UK. So why not refresh yourself under a shower of interesting reading matter from around the Web? Here's what caught our eye this week:
iPad publisher Inkling nabs $16M and partners with Pearson and Elsevier
Interesting reading in light of Laurie's post this week on e-textbooks:
Pearson — along with McGraw Hill — has already invested in Inkling a couple times, but now Inkling's cloud-based publishing platform, Habitat, will serve as both Pearson and Elsevier's primary digital content development platform, with all of their new digital content being constructed through it. Elsevier will also bring 650 existing medical textbooks to the platform. Right now, Inkling has around 550 titles available for iPhone, iPad and web.
Jobs go at Pearson Australia
More grim news in the publishing job market, with 75 potential redundancies.
eLearning Interviews – Jason Levine
The first in a promising series of interviews with ELT people working in e-learning:
First up is Jason Levine, Jase for short and @FluencyMC on twitter! He teaches via WizIQ as well as making videos and materials for use by learners online. A big advocate of the lexical approach and coiner of the term 'collo', Jase makes videos and activities that focus on learning chunks of language in relaxing and enjoyable ways.
12 Simple Writing Tips Everyone Should Know
Writing's hard! Here are a few ways to make yourself better at it, courtesy of Edudemic.
How ELT publishing works
OK, we admit that we haven't read this yet. But it's going on the Kindle for my upcoming holiday. ELT Publishing Director Janet Aitchison 'draws on her experience of working at a senior level for several ELT publishers, and with many ELT writers, to give a comprehensive account of how ELT publishing works'. From the excellent ELT Teacher 2 Writer stable.
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