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Illinois' largest psychiatric hospital left sexual predators unguarded despite allegations that at least 10 mentally disabled children were assaulted during the last three years.
The youngest victim was an 8-year-old state ward admitted for evaluation after expressing suicidal thoughts.
Administrators at west suburban Riveredge Hospital and government authorities failed to share basic information as the savage violence left some youth worse off than when they arrived, a Tribune investigation found.
After the newspaper asked about the series of assault reports, the state Department of Children and Family Services last week stopped admitting wards to Riveredge -- a punishment imposed on just three other psychiatric hospitals since 2004, records show.
On Wednesday, agency officials announced that the Tribune's findings had prompted them to immediately impose changes, including new training for child-protection workers and better reporting of assault allegations.
In one incident last year, Riveredge workers noted drops of blood in the bathroom where a psychotic 19-year-old said another teen raped him. But records show hospital officials didn't send the victim to a local emergency room for a trauma evaluation and didn't report the allegations to local police.
That young man's alleged attacker had been admitted with "special precautions" to protect other patients from sexual assault. Yet even after that rape report, inspectors found, Riveredge failed to assign an aide to maintain the required one-on-one observation.
The attacker struck the same victim again the next day, government records show.
Riveredge executives said patient confidentiality laws bar them from discussing specific incidents, but said they protect youth while providing top-notch care to some of Illinois' most damaged and dangerous patients.
"I can't speak knowledgeably about incidents from the past, but the current team has a dedication to excellence," said Carey Carlock, who became the hospital's new chief executive officer last month.
On a recent tour of Riveredge, paint crews could be seen applying soothing garden murals. Tucked between the Des Plaines River and a Forest Park cemetery, the warren of locked two-story dorms is a flagship facility of Psychiatric Solutions Inc., or PSI, the nation's largest for-profit behavioral health firm.
Authorities turned to PSI several years ago amid the collapse of big state- and church-run facilities that promised to treat the same daunting population: DCFS wards whose misbehavior and mental disabilities overwhelm foster-care guardians and group-home managers.
State agencies last year paid Riveredge $32.4 million to treat public aid recipients. About 80 of the hospital's beds go to adults, and the other 130 hold youth, including children placed in DCFS custody after enduring abuse or neglect.
Some of the patients have violent histories while the mental disabilities of others render them vulnerable. Six of the 10 reported victims allegedly were attacked by fellow youth, the other four by adults.
The Tribune pieced together accounts by examining thousands of pages of records from local police, state and federal agencies, and court filings. Some government records were redacted to protect the privacy of hospital patients and workers, so it wasn't always possible to determine the precise outcome of each case.
An alphabet soup of local, state and federal agencies have piecemeal responsibility for monitoring the facility. But they often don't cooperate, the Tribune found, and DCFS has cut back on thorough investigations of such hospitals.
The newspaper uncovered instances in which hospital administrators shooed away police. In other cases, police didn't send their reports to state inspectors. In yet another example, the state Department of Public Health cited River-edge for 22 patient-safety deficiencies last year and Forest Park police were called to the units. But the Tribune found that DCFS did not have records pertaining to many of those incidents.
Until 2003, DCFS conducted broad investigations of the psychiatric hospitals where state wards are shuttled for short stints, sometimes pulling clinical files and interviewing youth and staff during unannounced midnight visits. Today, DCFS spokesman Kendall Marlowe said, the agency focuses on reports of harm to individual wards, but "there are not formal inspections, investigations, evaluations of the facilities as a whole."
DCFS Director Erwin McEwen said he was surprised to learn from a reporter that his agency no longer conducted the investigations, known as Independent Utilization Reviews.
"I have not been able to find out specifically when and why we discontinued that practice," McEwen said in a recent interview. "Do you think kids are being hurt?"
Gaps in the law
One reason youth were left vulnerable is the lack of communication among the agencies that are supposed to help protect them.
Like all hospitals, Riveredge is legally obligated to report suspicions of mistreatment to an official DCFS division called the Child Abuse Hotline. Riveredge spokesman John Van Mol said it does so.
"The hospital's strict policy as mandated reporter is to notify through the DCFS hot line," he said.
But DCFS, which fielded about 266,000 hot line calls last year, examined only three allegations that a child was harmed at Riveredge in 2007, records show.
The agency marked those three cases "unfounded" and examined none of the serious assault reports documented by the Tribune. It is unclear from available records whether Riveredge didn't report those incidents or DCFS failed to investigate them.
Gaps in the law exacerbate the problem. While hot line calls are mandated when young patients are assaulted or harmed, state and federal laws do not require hospitals to call police or the state Department of Public Health, which licenses hospitals. "Illinois is currently looking at legislation requiring hospitals to report abuse and neglect," said Melaney Arnold, spokeswoman for the state Health Department.
Even when authorities independently learn of an incident, they often face roadblocks. Riveredge administrators say they restrict police from the units because their presence can upset patients and disrupt therapy.
For their part, DCFS hot line workers don't automatically pass along abuse allegations to local police or the state Health Department.
And the hot line doesn't always share abuse reports with DCFS officials who monitor psychiatric facilities, according to Michael Jones, the DCFS associate deputy director who runs the agency's psychiatric hospitalization unit.
Jones said his unit sometimes conducts unannounced inspections. But "most times I let hospitals know I am coming."
"I'm not out to come with a heavy hammer or stop admissions," he added. "My goal is to work with you."
Profitable business
Children placed in state custody develop mental disabilities more frequently than those from intact families, largely because they are more likely to have endured abuse and neglect or have been exposed in utero to alcohol and drugs.
Last year, 1,284 Illinois wards were admitted to psychiatric hospitals, nearly 8 percent of DCFS' total caseload. These mentally disabled young people represent one of the largest and fastest-growing line items on DCFS's budget: The agency last year spent more than a half-billion dollars to treat and house youngsters at psychiatric hospitals, residential centers and specialized foster homes. That was more than a third of the agency's budget.
PSI, which operates 90 facilities nationwide and 10 in Illinois, has found a steady market in treating such kids. The firm's profits surged from $5 million in 2003 to $76 million in 2007.
With a spurt of recent acquisitions and construction, the company now dominates Illinois' youth treatment market, serving roughly 700 youth a day at Riveredge, five other juvenile psychiatric hospitals, a residential treatment center and three special-education schools. Last year, PSI facilities accounted for roughly 45 percent of the $51 million the state Department of Healthcare and Family Services spent on psychiatric treatment for wards at the hospitals most used by DCFS, records show.
Public aid programs cover more than 90 percent of Riveredge patients, according to PSI. The state allows such firms to maximize their government reimbursements.
Last year, for example, DCFS paid PSI at least $650,000 to hold empty beds at PSI's Streamwood residential treatment center for 38 wards who were being treated next door at the company's youth psychiatric hospital, a Tribune analysis of government records found.
Those records show some wards were shuttled repeatedly between the Streamwood center and the adjacent hospital. One boy was transferred seven times between the two facilities last year, and DCFS paid PSI about $35,000 to hold his residential bed for the 91 days he spent at the company's hospital.
Riveredge said the transfers were made in consultation with social service agencies hired by the state.
McEwen, the director of DCFS, said his agency pays such residential centers to hold empty beds so wards will have someplace to go after they're discharged by psychiatric hospitals. But DCFS officials are working to end such serial short-term psychiatric hospitalizations because they drain tax funds and put children through chaotic therapeutic regimes.
"I know it appears like they're getting paid twice for the same kid," McEwen said. "I understand why you find that disturbing."
Lax monitoring
While Riveredge last year treated 341 wards -- more than any psychiatric hospital in Illinois -- allegations of harm mounted amid haphazard monitoring.
State Health Department surveyors last year cited the hospital 22 times for deficiencies that threatened the safety or legal rights of patients, a Tribune analysis found. (Some deficiencies cover several incidents, and some incidents prompt several citations.)
By comparison, during the same period the department cited a total of 31 such deficiencies at the dozen other private psychiatric hospitals or hospital units frequently serving DCFS wards. Riveredge had the highest rate of deficiencies per patient day, the Tribune found.
In March 2007, after the 19-year-old patient allegedly was raped twice, federal regulators placed Riveredge under "immediate jeopardy" of losing Medicaid and Medicare funding, saying the hospital hadn't ensured "the protection of patients from sexual abuse."
That sort of "immediate jeopardy" watch is put in place when a facility's failure to comply with Medicaid requirements has caused, or is likely to cause, serious injury or death to a patient.
Riveredge's owners say the company quickly corrected the deficiencies.
"We deal with a very acute population, and there are instances in all facilities where something will happen," said Jeff Bergren, PSI's Midwest division president.
Bergren said PSI tries to be open "and to say, 'You know what, this happened, this is what we're doing about it, these are the corrective action plans.'" In the case of that rape allegation, "we did just that," he added. "They came out and investigated, and we responded to their findings with a corrective action plan that was fully accepted."
But the hospital slid in and out of compliance with Medicaid requirements until Dec. 17, 2007, records show.
And in a sign of continued problems, DCFS said this week that Riveredge had failed to promptly notify the agency of a July 5 fight in the adolescent boys unit.
Such fights were not uncommon. Between 2005 and 2007, police and state surveyors investigated reports that eight young patients were injured in non-sexual assaults.
Riveredge staff or contract employees were accused in four of those alleged attacks.
Six youth escaped from Riveredge during those three years. Three were found, state and police records show.
And in at least four cases since 2006, government inspectors cited Riveredge for improperly sedating children with powerful psychotropic drugs.
In 2006 Riveredge administered forced medication to a bipolar 12-year-old three times without notifying a guardian actively involved in his care, an Illinois Human Rights Authority report stated.
Fates unclear
The hospital's new management team said it is improving such conditions.
"There have been issues, but they've got new leadership and have beefed up psychiatric staff and are still making changes to try and get better," said Van Mol, the Riveredge spokesman.
In incidents large and small, incomplete government and hospital investigations make it impossible to determine what actually happened when children were harmed.
In the case of the youngest victim, the 8-year-old ward's foster mother visited two days after his 2005 admission.
When she did, a nurse told her the child had been sodomized and sexually assaulted by his 9-year-old roommate.
The foster mother went straight to Forest Park police, who opened an investigation.
A Riveredge worker told police he was doing rounds, chanced upon two half-naked boys, separated them and called in a counselor.
Police telephoned a third Riveredge employee who revealed "a past incident involving sexual activity" by one of the two boys but said "she could not go into detail about the incident because she was driving children in her auto."
With that, the police file ends.
Police did not interview either child but concluded that no criminal complaints would be filed because "there was no penetration and the sex was consensual."
According to reports released to the Tribune under the Freedom of Information Act, the state Health Department did not investigate the assault allegations.


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Separate Threads or a Single Woven Piece? A Phenomenology of the Integration of Faith and Learning
April 2008
Fernando L. Garzon
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This phenomenology investigated integration of faith and learning among eight Liberty University faculty members. Criterion sampling was used by asking 150 randomly selected graduate students to nominate the professor from whom they had learned integration the most. All participants described their holistic, existential, faith-praxis integration. Themes pertinent to their understanding of integration included the inseparability of faith from their being and a sense of calling. The outworking of their faith was seen in two main themes: teaching practices that included Biblical truth, and the humility and deliberate actions that develop relationships with students, colleagues and staff. Counseling and generalist participants showed similarities in all major areas. Implications for faculty and schools are presented, and suggestions for further research.


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I work for a digital agency that tends to deal with multi-market sites a lot. Most of the sites aren't particularly high traffic and sit quite happily together on a large EC2 instance with nginx. However, a persistent problem for us was deployment. In our day to day work we generally use Capistrano to deploy sites to both staging and production (very few of our projects warrant build servers) and for the most part it works quite happily, except for when we need to deploy the same repository multiple times to a single server.
For example, one of the sites we manage currently exists in 10 markets and is planning on adding more. They are all served from different domains using separate databases but use the same repository and are hosted on the same server, (config files differ of course). Unfortunately, and after a lot of research, we discovered there is no easy way to do this in Capistrano, indeed it's talked about quite a lot but there doesn't seem to be an accepted solution, so we put our thinking caps on and came up with one.
The goal
We decided that in an ideal world we'd like to be able to achieve the following:
- Deploy all sites in an environment at the same time, (the most important).
- Deploy a single site in an environment, (we may want to update just one site, no point in re-deploying all of them).
So not only can we deploy all of them but we still retain the ability to re-deploy an individual one should the need arise. Simple!!
The Solution
Firstly create your Capistrano setup as normal. I don't really want to get into how to do that here but there are loads of guides available on google, this one for example.
Once Capistrano is installed, setup and configured ensure that the config/staging.rb and config/production.rb (or whatever environments you use) files exist. The content isn't that important (note: it will be ignored) but they do have to be there. Now for each market/site/locale you wish to deploy for create new environment files for with the naming convention "{environment},{identifier}.rb". So for example we have:
- staging.rb
- staging.us.rb
- staging.fr.rb
- production.rb
- production.us.rb
- production.fr.rb
In each file you set the stage, branch, deploy_to, role, server and anything else specific to that , anything you wish to be globally set can be put in your config/deploy.rb file.
set :stage, :staging role :web, %firstname.lastname@example.com} ask :branch, 'develop' set :deploy_to, "/var/www/uk.site.com" server 'xx.xx.xx.xxx', user: 'deploy', roles: %w{web}
Now at the bottom of your config/deploy.rb file add the following task:
namespace :deploy_all do task :deploy do on roles(:all) do files = Dir.glob("config/deploy/#{fetch(:stage)}.*.rb") files.each do | file | file = file.sub('config/deploy/', '').sub('.rb', '') info "Deploying #{file} to #{:stage}" system("cap #{file} deploy") end end end end task :deploy_all => 'deploy_all:deploy'
This globs the deploy directory looking for config files depending on the environment variable passed, it then executes Capistrano for each file found. You can now deploy every site with a single command:
cap staging deploy_all
Or to deploy an individual site do:
cap staging.us deploy
Things to improve
This is were we've got to so far though we admit it isn't perfect. Given time we'd quite like to add the following improvements:
- A slightly better way of managing the Capistrano settings so they're a bit DRY-er not repeated in each config file, but I haven't dug into it any further.
- This method is also annoyingly synchronous. I'm fairly sure that with a bit of time and Ruby knowledge the each loop could be re-written to make asynchronous calls, though this may convolute the terminal output somewhat.


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On Hinkshay Road, just before the White Hart football field, there is a track to the right which goes down hill, curving left until it is roughly parallel with the road as it passes the top of Hinkshay Pools. It crosses the line of the former incline which linked Old Wharf, Malinslee, with the canal (see here for more about that), and on the corner is a disused brick building. It continues for another hundred yards or so, ending at a point on the Silkin Way just above where it leaves the line of the old railway. In the woods beyond that is clear evidence that there was a fairly extensive works here, whilst three brick arches and the start of a tunnel can be seen above the path to the left, shown here:
So what was all this then? The tunnel is the most interesting, yet most perplexing feature. It heads horizontally into the hillside, but is blocked after about 75 yards. It is brick-built, and unusually, seems to have been brick-floored. It was not part of the canal, being too high up, and seems too small to have been part of any railway system. The ground rises behind the entrance for some distance and assuming it was approximately straight and level, it would have had to be around 1.5 miles long in order to emerge near Hollinswood. Such a tunnel would be world-famous!
Sue Powell kindly emailed me that
The arches ... were part of the Hinkshay Forge. The tunnel was, I think, used for the transport of iron goods via a plateway. I spent a lot of time as a child at Hinkshay, in the houses above (literally) the arches. My Nan lived there, as did her parents before, and their parents. My ancestors first came to the Hinkshay Rows circa 1860. My great-grandfather, his father and a number of his male siblings worked there.
However, this does not explain the brick floor or the destination of such a tunnel. Canals were not floored with brick, which is porous, but with "puddle" - clay kneaded with water to the consistency of putty. Neither were railways or trackways, which ran on wooden supports, or later, transverse sleepers. Why the brick?
Ian Thomas sent another explanation:
I have recently found an excellent web site (http://www.old-maps.co.uk/) which I am sure will help you a great deal.The old map which covers the Hinkshay area clearly shows a large ironworks filling the area between the tunnels you mention & the railway (Silkin way). The tunnels may be limekilns associated with the ironworks.
Opposite where the track mentioned above starts, is a mine spoil heap. There is another east of it. Was this ironworks connected with the mine? The brick building might be the works lodge (it looks very like one, dating from the middle of the 20th century).
"Gordon" recently (March 2002) sent an explanation which goes a long way to reconciling these versions:
The [tunnel] you refer to as blocked up about 75 yards along (I presume) is the one that runs undeneath the old Ever Ready factory. It now has an iron gate over it to stop any one going in it.
I have been told that the blockage you refer to was waste dumped there conveniently by workers at the Ever Ready, as there was a drain or manhole leading upwards from the tunnel to the factory.
These tunnels were mapped some years ago by the Shropshire cave rescue team but are now too dangerous to venture into, hence the reason they are blocked up.
Apparently they were tunnels dug for the movement of coal by rail out of the mines and they went all the way under Dawley to roughly where Matlock Ave is now, which could explain the big pit mound adjacent to the now demolished Telford Rd flats.
The alignment of what he suggests works well, but the snag is, that Matlock Avenue is at a considerably higher level than the mouth of the tunnel. There is, in fact, a track which I believe to be an old tramway or railway from the gate of the Hinkshay Colliery to the primary school at the end of Matlock Avenue, which climbs steadily all the way.
It always bothered me that there was a tunnel to nowhere; and its being used as a waste dump by Ever Ready makes good logistical sense (if environmentally worrying!), and might even explain the brick floor - firm footing for workers and porter's trucks. It would not have been remarkably long if it were an adit bringing coal out horizontally to a convenient place for the railway near Hinkshay; and/or waste from Hinkshay could have been carried in and lifted up a shaft to the pit mound at Matlock Avenue. It could even have been, as Sue Powell suggests, a route out for iron goods, if a shaft at Old Wharf were used to raise them to the higher level.
Yet more, very detailed, information came from Keith Oakley (Jan 2003):
My father, George Oakley, was born in Hinkshay in 1921. His grandfather was an Iron Puddler in the Ironworks we knew as the Hinkshay Forge. His mother was one of the last to leave Hinkshay when it was demolished around 1970 (we need to check exact date). She lived at 9 Single Row from around 1920.
Hinkshay was built for the workers at the Forge Ironworks. The Single Row and Double Row (back to back houses) were for the workers, the New Row (known as Ladies Row) for the management and office workers. New Row houses were larger and had cellars.
My father remembers the forge as derelict when he was a child in the 1920s. He remembers two tunnels but doesn't know what purpose they served. He remembers the east tunnel (E) as having a dirt floor and the west (W) as brick floored. He doesn't remember either being very long. He remembers the east tunnel being used by illegal card gamblers between the wars and as an air raid shelter in WW2. It was about 50 yards away from the family home at 9 Single Row.
I've blown up a section of the 1889 map. It appears to show what might be two short tunnels (I've marked them in yellow) passing under the New Row houses to what might be vertical shafts in the field behind the houses. The field served as the village football and cricket pitch until the Ever Ready (battery) factory was built on it (I believe in the early 1960s - I can remember football there in the 50s). The backs of the New Row houses were directly onto the field. The fronts of the houses led directly onto the dirt road and the gardens were across the road. He remembers the tunnels emerging below the brick boundary wall at the ends of the gardens. Like most of Hinkshay, New Row houses had brick 'privies' (toilets) half way down the garden which may be some of the blobs shown on the map. However my father can't remember any evidence of any shafts in the football field.
Bill Pearson sent another interesting idea (Nov 2007):
Richard, I've recently been rummaging through the past copies of Wellington News, deposited in the Wellington Library, and I came across an article page 16 of May 2003, which was written by a Ken Oakley, most likely the brother of Keith Oakley who contributed to your request for information, as the address, 9 Single Row, is the same. He stated that he ' used to explore the chimney air tunnels around the forge, but they were blocked off after a short distance'. So maybe that is what they are - chimney air tunnels. Another interesting article which I found was in the Shropshire Magazine, page 24 of the Jan.1966 issue, concerning Beriah Botfield II's wranglings with the Cheneys over renewal of leases, the last para. on this page states: 'Botfield complained that the Old Park Iron Co. had knowingly mined ironstone under his Stirchley Iron-works, and in doing so they had done considerable damage to the tunnel by which he conveyed cinder from his ironworks to his tip at Hinkshay furnaces.' Neither of these articles may have anything to do with the tunnels you can see, but it's a possibility!.
Here's a link to an exploration of the tunnel by "Ybsirf" and others:
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Trigger May Be Uncovered For Lupus, Other Autoimmune Diseases
Scientists at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York, in collaboration with Greek researchers, may have identified a trigger for autoimmune disorders that could shed light on how many diseases develop, including lupus.
The investigators found virus-like components of the human genome that seem to be associated with both lupus and Sjogren's syndrome.
The report, "Long interspersed nuclear element-1 retroelements are expressed in patients with systemic autoimmune disease and induce type I interferon," appeared recently in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatology.
The result came after more than decade of research.
About 80 forms of autoimmune disorders affect nearly 22 million people in the United States, based on National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates. Causes remain largely unknown, although combined environmental and genetic factors could play a role.
In the current study, the researchers aimed to understand whether abnormal genetic markers called LINE-1 ( L1) retroelements act in a manner similar to viruses to trigger an autoimmune response and disease.
L1 could be responsible by causing an over-production of interferons – immune-system molecules. Interferons can be helpful for combating infection, but at high levels may cause autoimmune diseases.
"In a number of these diseases, such as lupus and Sjogren's syndrome, a class of interferon known as type 1 interferon is made in abundance and plays a key role, contributing to the immune dysfunction," said Dr. Mary K. Crow, physician-in-chief at Hospital for Special Surgery and senior study author.
Crow said the researchers hypothesized that virus-like DNA sequences inherent in human genomes or the RNA transcripts they produce, might drive the production of interferon and contribute to disease.
"Our genomes are packed with sequences derived from viruses that were inserted many thousands of years ago, and these virus-like sequences can move around, causing genetic mutations and contributing to the evolution of our genomes," Crow said.
The scientists studied tissue samples from 24 people with lupus nephritis, and salivary gland biopsies taken from 31 patients with Sjogren's syndrome. They compared the biological samples to healthy samples.
"Our findings support the hypothesis that L1 retroelements, perhaps along with other virus-derived genomic elements, may contribute to the development of autoimmune disorders characterized by high levels of type 1 interferon," said Crow. "Although it may not be the only cause, it's intriguing to think that virus-derived elements in our own genome are either quiet and don't cause any trouble, or they get stirred up and contribute to disease."
Researchers concluded that more work is needed to understand how viruses can contribute to autoimmune disease, but the study provides a crucial stepping-stone for further research and potential treatments.


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Fiction Reviews
Girl Factory by Jim Krusoe
- Girl Factory
- Tin House Books, 208 pp.
Factory of the Strange
Jim Krusoe's novel Girl Factory begins with the rather quotidian line, "It was early on a Saturday morning." This innocuous opener is so at odds with the rest of the book that it seems to lure in the reader before the sucker punch of oddities. And, in true Krusoeian fashion, the oddities are delightful. Jonathan, the adult narrator with a childlike perspective who has a penchant for endangered animals, attempts to free a genetically modified dog named Buck who might or might not be recreating Boris Spassky's game against Anatoly Karpov during the 1973 Soviet Chess Championship. That's before Jonathan discovers women cryogenically frozen in yogurt (would that be yogurgenically frozen?) in a basement. It's the acidophilus in the yogurt that makes things work, apparently—using the type of wink, wink logic that would make slavish devotees to realism queasy.
The bulk of this short novel chronicles Jonathan's attempts to free the women suspended in the vats of yogurt without killing them. He methodically moves through a scientific process of trial and error, using solutions as equally absurd as the problem of suspended animation vis-à-vis yogurt, but the solution techniques really aren't the point—the point is examining Jonathan's psychologically strange hyper-focus to save these women, coupled with his desire to have a partner. In case the link between freeing these women and Jonathan's own attempts to woo women could be missed, one of the women in yogurt appears to resemble his first girlfriend. By way of this metaphor that exposes his loneliness, Jonathan generates some sympathy for his befuddled state, and this sympathy is heightened by his ham-fisted social attempts and his inability to conceal his actions using anything more than childish lies.
Although the tight structure of the novel might help readers disoriented by the quirks of the novel, it ends up as a liability. The plot line of the beginning of the novel, with the genetically modified smart-dog, disappears until the end, provoking too many questions in the middle about what happened to that dog, and finally wrapping up with a Jonathan-dog connection that seems so laughably unbelievable (even for a novel in this hyper-realist vein) that it must have been conceived as a joke. And the middle of the novel begins to bog down in Jonathan's sequential, escalating attempts to revive the yogurt-immersed women. Each attempt gets him further yet still doesn't lead him to the holy grail of his goal, and after so many similar disasters, the narrative tension begins to peter out.
That said, the novel inspires an avid desire to read to the end. It's short enough to finish in one long sitting, and despite my modicum of resistance to Krusoe's methods, he did embed a number two hook deep enough into my skull that it was impossible to shake free. This is at least partially due to his dark humor, which he slips in without drawing attention to it. The book doesn't contain knee-slapping jokes as much as it contains a number of chuckle-eliciting lines. For instance, when an apartment manager discovers a certain character's body lying underneath the table, he is quoted in the newspaper: "At first I thought he was just taking a quick nap . . . because he used to brag about how seamen learn to take quick naps at any time and in any place. But when I let myself into his apartment and poked him with my foot he didn't move. He was a real gentleman, and I'm certain his death could not possibly be attributed to any apartment-related injury." The juxtaposition of the rather morbid event of finding a corpse with absurd reasonings and silly defenses about apartment maintenance is typical of Krusoe's humor, which he also demonstrates with names, such as a group named "Criminal Republicans for Jesus."
But finally, the story sticks due to Krusoe's creation of Jonathan, a character that doesn't seem constructed with quirks that have been pegged on like donkey's tails, but rather who organically exists as a socially aloof oddball who perceives the world in a somewhat solipsistic way. For instance, in the first chapter, Krusoe does a remarkable job describing a fight between Jonathan and a guard:
Suddenly at my side, the man grabbed a sleeve of my jacket and began to tug . . . "Stop," I said, and gave him a slight shove to remind him that he should keep his distance. But it was this very gesture more than anything else that seemed to infuriate him. He lifted the scooping thing he had brought with him and began to wave it in the air, as if he were going to launch an attack from the sky. And then all at once he did: as swift as an eagle the scoop plunged down, narrowly missing my shoulder. Fearful for my safety, I whipped out the crowbar (which I'd almost forgotten about) and motioned that he should stay away. Incredibly, he still chose to ignore me, and when he raised his ludicrous weapon a second time, I was forced to give him a tap across the forehead, rather harder than I'd intended, I'm afraid, at which point he slumped in total silence to the ground, his legs twitching just a little.
Throughout this passage, Krusoe doesn't deviate from Jonathan's perspective but yet shows that his perspective is likely not how others would perceive the situation. Krusoe floodlights Jonathan's attempts at self-justification with phrases like "slight shove," "fearful for my safety," "forced to give him a tap" and "I'm afraid," and also Jonathan's inability to perceive how his actions might be seen by someone else: "But it was this very gesture more than anything else than seemed to infuriate him." All of this demonstrates Jonathan's psychological distance from normal folk, and his possible unreliability as a narrator. Yet despite all that—or rather, because of it—the journey through this yogurt-saturated landscape with a kooky protagonist offers a kind of perverse satisfaction.
John Matthew Fox is a writer and professor living in Los Angeles. He has an MPW (Master of Professional Writing) degree from the University of Southern California and an MA in literary theory from New York University. Aside from schooling, he's also been educated by the road, traveling through more than 35 countries on six continents in the past decade. His fiction has been published in "Tampa Review," "Los Angeles Review," and "Connecticut Review," and his nonfiction in "Rain Taxi," "Bold type," "The Short Review," and "The Quarterly Conversation." He currently is the Managing Editor of the "Southern California Review."
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Float REST Research
In 1987, the University of British Columbia performed a research study on psychology professors who self-reported their own creativity. The tests were performed before and after floating, and they rated their ideas in a blind sampling 6 months later. The study found that professors came up with more ideas after floating, and that those ideas were generally more creative (Suedfeld, P., 1987).
Into the 90s, while commercial floating was on the decline, research was still analyzing the benefits of flotation therapy, including improved memory (Peter Suedfeld & Eric Eich, 1995) and critical thinking skills (Norlander, T., Bergman, H., & Archer, T., 1995).
Studies were done with improved methodology at the Swedish Research Center in 2001, showing a marked change in post-float brains in the areas of consciousness, cognition, imagination, and personality (Norlander, T., Kjellgren, A., & Archer, T., 2001). These were exciting findings that corroborated the earlier study results.
In 2011, a study looking into the effects of flotation REST on jazz improvisation was conducted by Drs. Vartanian and Suedfeld. They found, in a controlled double blind study on music students, that technical skill in jazz improvisation showed a significant improvement in post-float versus pre-float environments (Vartanian,Oshin & Suedfeld, Peter, 2011).
Chamber REST Research
At the onset of REST research, there was a host of tests done on cognitive abilities and creative problem solving. Using early sensory isolation chambers, studies were done to see how participants performed on a variety of tasks before and after being exposed to the REST environment. Many tests found mixed results, with decreases, increases, and no changes as a result of chamber REST experiments on cognitive abilities. This is likely due to the poor testing conditions and uncontrolled variables (Fuerst, K. and Zubek, J. P., 1968) (Zubek, 1973).
Anecdotal Evidence Supported
In addition to the studies done on enhanced creativity, there have been many personal experiences from floaters and artists who have used the practice to help with their creative process. Many have used it to overcome writer's block, to find inspiration, or work through a difficult aspect to their work.


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Apr 4, 2019
Trump drops Ron Vitiello, nominee for director of ICE
The White House has retracted its nomination of 30-year border official Ron Vitiello to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the AP reports.
Details: The announcement was delivered to members of Congress on Thursday. Vitiello was expected to join President Trump on a planned trip to the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday, but will no longer attend, according to AP sources. Details are unclear as to why Trump pulled the nomination, however, the news comes after a week of warnings that he would shut the border entirely. Three sources with direct knowledge were unauthorized to speak on the record, per the AP.


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The sweet fragrance of pink hydrangeas fills the clean air, towering above them are the sky-high pine trees lining the winding roads of Nainital. The journey through the hills in the summer is permeated with alluring scenic beauty that one simply cannot take their eyes off. The hill station, a favorite amongst the tourists, is a must-visit in the summer months, with its picnic spots, attractions and adventurous activities that beckon all.
Here are a few must-visit places in the enthralling town of Nainital-
The Nainital Lake
The Nainital Lake forms the crux of the splendor of the lake city. It acquires its flows from the catchments, which include hill slopes and springs. The lake is within a vast perimeter of 2 miles, dotted with tiny cottages and swans swimming in its waters. One will be left spellbound by the glistening reflection of the sky and lofty hills on its surface. The lake is especially stunning at night with a myriad of twinkling lights bouncing of its waters. If you visit the beautiful hill station during your summer vacation, be sure to stay in one of the cottages in Nainital for rent. You can book your stay at Himalaica, a beautiful location situated in the Kumaon hills for a peaceful sojourn.
The Nainital Zoo
The Nainital Zoo is a high altitude zoo, which was established in 1984 and opened its doors to the public in 1995. The zoo, also known by the name Pt. G.B. High Altitude Zoo, is located on the Sher Ka Danda hill at a height of a whopping 6,900 ft above sea level. The zoo is spread over 11 acres and houses animals not found in other parts of the country. The zoo prides itself in being able to protect endangered species within its doors and is amongst the well-maintained zoos in India – a must-see for families with children as well as wildlife enthusiasts.
The Naina Devi Temple
The Naina Devi Temple is a widely known sacred place of worship for Hindus. Naina Devi is a town in the Bilaspur District of Himachal Pradesh, where the temple is situated. People come from lands far and wide to worship Shri Naina Devi, one of the forms of Maa Shakti. Devotees have to cover a minimum distance of 2 km on foot before they can pay their respects to the goddess.
The Tiffin Top
If there is one point from which you can view the picturesque beauty of the Himalayas, it is from the 'Tiffin Top'. One can reach its apex on the back of the horse, which is the preferred mode of transport for most tourists. The elevated area found in the Ayarpatta region is also favorite picnic spot of tourists and locals alike.
Make sure to add these four places to your list when you are staying at a resort in Uttarakhand, so that you have wonderful memories to take back home with you.


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STEM + Art = STEAM
The pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence.
The use of both physical tools and software to facilitate learning and improving performance.
The process of creating and building structures, products, and systems by using math and science.
The purposeful expression of an idea that is created with imagination and skill.
The use of numbers, shapes and patterns to solve problems and construct arguments.
An Integrated Approach to Learning through a Science Lens
MOSAICS Public School will provide a comprehensive STEAM education to our students. A key component will be cross-curricular, project-based learning centered around the Idaho Science Standards and the Design Thinking Process. Students will solve authentic, real world problems where multiple solutions exist. We believe in the power of students' creativity and interests to propel the learning in our school. As often as possible our curricular program will integrate multiple subject areas, which maximizes our students' time in the classroom and provides opportunities for students to transfer their learning to multiple contexts and tap into their natural curiosities.
"MOSAICS has become a great option for students who thrive in a project-based learning environment that allows them to pursue their own passions and curiosity. MOSAICS brings a strong culture to build a growth mindset and an excitement for learning along with a commitment to the success of every student."
Jim Everett
Co-President, College of Idaho
"MOSAICS Public School, whose project-based curriculum will teach students the value of contributing to their community through service-learning and collaboration. I strongly support MOSAICS Public School and look forward to witnessing its success as it implements innovation, creativity, and diversity."
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Director, Treasure Valley Community College Caldwell Center
"MOSAICS is meeting the needs of the community by listening and being engaged with the community in order to provide the best educational experience for all."
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"As a City, we are excited to welcome MOSAICS Public School to our wonderful school system and look forward to new opportunities MOSAICS will bring to Caldwell. Every student deserves the chance to harness their creative energy and indulge in their natural curiosity, and we can't wait to see where MOSAICS and our students lead us."
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Apple announced yesterday that they will soon be making some changes to the podcast categories in their directory. We explain what this means for Podigee customers.
At the annual developers conference WWDC, Apple announced changes to its podcast directory "Apple Podcasts". The following things are going to change about the categories:
We at Podigee will soon integrate these changes into our system and make them public as soon as the new categories are displayed in Apple Podcasts. Apple says "late summer", so we expect them to roll out the changes with the release of iOS 13 and macOS Catalina in September.
Specifically, we will implement the changes as follows:
As soon as Apple has rolled out the changes and you are able to select the new categories in the backend, we will inform you again. By the way, Apple has listed all future top-level and subcategories on this website.
In addition to the category changes, Apple also introduced a new "Podcasts" app for the Mac at its developer conference, and announced that it will automatically create transcripts of podcast episodes to make them more searchable. Initially, this feature will be reserved for selected "top shows in English; more shows will be added later this year."


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This mouth has a really bad habit. It smokes. Your job is to help it stop. How do you do that? You punch out the cigarettes as they attack the mouth. Use your space bar to smack the cigarettes, then your left and right arrows to pick up bonuses. Use your up key to jump and grab health as it floats by. Have a magical time playing Mouth!
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By Anirban Ghoshal
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Sony India's smartphone arm will look at consolidating its existing sales and marketing infrastructure but will continue to add more products to its portfolio to expand its customer-base, a top official of the Japanese company's Xperia arm has said.
"We are not looking to expand right now, nor are we opening any new store at the moment. We will consolidate our business at present," Mukesh Srivastava, head of product marketing with Sony's Xperia devices division, told IANS.
Sony, which has again shifted its headquarters, this time from Sweden to Tokyo after a similar move in 2011 out of London, unveiled two mid-range smartphones this week. It faces competition from Xiaomi, Honor, YU that have come out with flagship-like products at low prices.
But Srivastava sought to brush off the competition and even said e-commerce was not an option the company was looking to go into to cut its loses in recent years.
"We are not looking to compete with brands like YU or Xiaomi. Our devices will come in the mid-range and premium range category. We are not even looking at electronic sales. We will focus on securing our distribution channels," he added.
At a mid-term corporate strategy meet in the middle of February this year, Sony revealed that it is going to try and position return on equity as its primary key performance indicator and will set a target for more than 10 percent.
The company also said it will also target a consolidated operating profit of more than 500 billion yen ($4 billion )for the Sony Group in financial year 2016-17.
Asked about plans to boost sales of its Xperia devices, Srivastava said: "We are focussing on the integration of our Bravia engine, CMOS image sensors, sound engine and the PlayStation Network. We will launch devices that will really please the customers."
Sony in February had also revealed that it will seek to further bolster its competitive edge in the area of CMOS image sensors by investing to increase the production capacity and enhance research and development.
In the games and network services, it wants to expand the user-base for the PlayStation platform and the PlayStation Network.
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Book Review: I decided to listen to this book while I was doing some work on the computer one day over the weekend. I wanted something that wouldn't require a lot of intense concentration and Bad for You was one of the audiobooks that I had that fit the bill. I hadn't read ...
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Want more on this topic? Listen to Episode 30 of the Food Smarts podcast.
I believe everyone should take part in growing some of what they eat. Why? Because:
- Taking part in the raising of our food gives it value. Of course, the value is already there, but it is invisible to us. It's easy to cruise through the grocery store. Food just magically appears before us. When we don't understand the work that went into (or should have gone into) our food, we don't see the true value of healthy food. I remember a friend once complaining about the prices of raspberries at the farmers market. It is easy to see fresh berries as expensive–even overpriced. As a farmer who was then spending hours every-other-day meticulously and carefully harvesting raspberries under the hot sun (with the scratches and occasional stings to prove it,) the monetary value I assigned to those berries was a lot different. I would have charged more. Those berries took real labor. I had also planted, weeded, and pruned those raspberries. They were infused with my time and sweat. Food has value.
- We eat what we grow. Likely, you have all heard the statistic that 40% of food in the US gets thrown away. When we plant, grow, and harvest our food, we don't want to waste it. We worked for that food. We planted it, weeded it, and watched it ripen. We waited. Instead of the instant gratification of any food we want being available all the time, we watched, worked, and built our appetite. Kids who grow vegetables are 5 times more likely to eat them. I saw this first hand when I taught K-3 kids gardening and nutrition. I got kids to eat things that they never had before. They were adventurous and excited.
- We value farmers. When we begin to see and experience the work that goes into our food, we automatically start valuing farmers and good, regenerative agriculture. Small, local farmers are working very hard right in your community. They are the guardians of our health and our planet. That's not hyperbole. Small, regenerative farmers should have rock star status. Support them.
- We realize we've been duped. As you start to produce some of your own food, you will quickly realize 2 things. One, there is more flavor in homegrown than you will ever find at the grocery store. Try a "pink cardboard" grocery store tomato and taste it alongside your homegrown heirloom tomato. You will be mad about your life full of bad tomatoes. SO many people think they don't like a particular food because they have never had a good version of it. Most of us have grown up with bland, overcooked produce with little nutrition and even less flavor. Second, there is an entire Willy Wonka-esque world of food diversity. How about blue tomatoes? Yep, they exist. Black carrots? Those too! Cucumbers that look like teeny tiny watermelons? Yep! Hens that lay turquoise eggs? Uh-huh! Pink celery? Sure! For generations, we have been presented with an anemic, tiny fraction of the foods that naturally exist in the world. If you don't believe me, peruse the online offerings of Baker Creek Seeds. When you grow and buy off the beaten path, you have access to all this food that has been hidden from you.
By now, I have you super-motivated to plant your first garden, right? I am going to lay out a plan for a first-time easy summer garden. Most importantly, just do it! I so often see people that just get overwhelmed and don't jump in. It's just some soil and plants. Plants want to grow. Whatever happens, you will get something, and you will learn a lot.
- Location. Sun, sun, sun is what you want. A little shade is ok, but you want a nice sunny location. The other thing to consider is water availability. You need to be able to get a hose there. Also, look for a nice level spot that is not prone to flooding. Hopefully, the ground you are going to use has not been sprayed with chemicals. If you or a company are spraying in your yard, please stop.
- Buy or build a raised bed. A raised bed makes so many things easy. You just need one. Drainage will be better, weeds will be greatly reduced, and harvesting will be easier. And, because you are using a raised bed, you don't have to break up your ground–at all! If you have the skills, build your raised bed yourself. If not, go to a local home center and buy a kit or order this one. Gardener's Supply has an amazing array of raised beds to spark your own creations or to purchase. Make your raised bed however big you want, but not wider than 4 feet. You need to be able to reach in there to work and harvest. Do not plan on walking in your bed. That compacts your soil.
- Fill your raised bed. Place your raised bed on the location you have chosen. Line the inside of the bed with a thick layer (8 or so sheets) of wet newspaper. So, if you are putting your garden on top of grass–lay the wet newspaper on top of the grass. Then, fill with soil. The grass will be killed, and the newspaper will decompose. If you don't have newspaper, you can use cardboard. The soil you use is important. Very important. Plants can't absorb nutrients that don't exist. Unless you have some amazing soil available on your property, you will be bringing this soil in from somewhere. You can go to home and garden centers and buy garden soil, but you will be better off finding a soil/compost business or large greenhouse that sells in bulk. Locally, I recommend Soilmaker. Do not buy potting soil. You want good garden soil with compost. Fill to the top.
- Plan. The biggest mistake I made my first year growing on a large scale was not having realistic expectations for what kind of space different plants would need. That first summer I worked in a jungle of vines. I harvested a lot, but it was mayhem. We are all constantly learning, so know from the outset that it's not all going to follow your plan. Here is a nice chart that gives you spacing guidelines.
- Some plants are vines and take up some serious space. This means you need more space for them. You are either going to have a large and strong trellis to keep them off the ground or you need to be ok with them trailing across the ground. Commonly planted vines are cucumbers, winter squashes, and melons. My recommendation for your first-time garden is to skip the vines.
- Skip starting your own plants with seeds (with one exception.) Seed starting is its own art. For your first garden, go to a local greenhouse and buy plants that are ready to go. They have already done the work of babying that tomato seedling for 6-8 weeks. If you're local, I highly recommend Hamilton's Greenhouse in Westpoint. The only plant I recommend you starting with seeds is green beans. These are direct-sown (meaning you will plant the seed directly in your garden.) If you want to grow green beans, direct seeding is the way to do it.
- Here are the plants I recommend you consider for your first summer garden:
- Tomatoes. Tomato plants need support. A hybrid plant will usually do ok with a sturdy tomato cage, but an heirloom will grow much taller and really needs something more substantial, like this.
- A DETERMINATE tomato will have tomatoes that ripen about the same time. An INDETERMINATE will provide tomatoes throughout the growing season. You will probably want the indeterminate so you get tomatoes all summer long.
- Peppers
- Kale
- Zucchini or yellow squash
- Green Beans (plant seeds directly in the garden)
- Okra
- Basil
- Parsley
- Other herbs as desired (cilantro won't hold up to summer heat)
- Tomatoes. Tomato plants need support. A hybrid plant will usually do ok with a sturdy tomato cage, but an heirloom will grow much taller and really needs something more substantial, like this.
- Plant. This is a summer garden so you need to plant after the frost-free date in your area. For me, that means early to mid-May. Mother's Day is the hallmark date folks use in my area. Planting is easy! Pay attention to your spacing needs and plant your transplants at the same depth that they were growing in the pot.
- Here's the exception. Prune off lower branches on your tomatoes and plant them deep. This will make for a stronger plant.
- Water. Water your plants right after planting. Without rain, you will need to water daily for several days. Your plants are just getting acclimated. They have to extend roots into the soil so they can be more self-sufficient. Of course, you will have to monitor watering throughout the season. You need to plan for about an inch a rain or water a week. Look at your plants daily and notice if they are stressed and need water. Note: many plants will "wilt" a bit at the zenith of the day. Look at plants in the morning and evening to see how they are doing. A long, deep watering is better than a little water every day. Deep, occasional watering promotes root growth.
- Mulch. Consider mulching your garden. This means spreading a layer of compost/grass clippings/mulch on top of the soil. It's like putting on a bedspread. This will help feed your soil and plants, maintain moisture in the soil, suppress weeds, and regulate soil temps. I find it to be invaluable. I skip the fertilizer and use a good compost-rich garden mulch. Mulch SHOULD NOT be dyed bark chips sold to spread around manicured landscapes. That's junk.
- Weed. Keep your garden weeded. This is important in the beginning and is easily done by hand or with a simple tool like the one listed below. Don't worry. Once your plants really get growing and you are harvesting heavily, weeds won't be much of an issue. Your plants will have outcompeted them.
- Insects? Seeing insects is not a problem. Not seeing any is! If you have insects that are absolutely destroying your plants, do some research into natural and organic ways to control for them. The best controls for insect problems are good soil and a diverse landscape. Look around you, are you surrounded by an artificial, sterile landscape? Do you spray your lawn with chemicals? Is your landscaping surrounded by dyed wood chips? Do you lack mature trees? If so, you are not supporting an ecosystem. In a healthy ecosystem, there are checks and balances. Don't give in to the temptation to "spray away" problems. The idea that spraying poison on our food is even remotely "ok" is insane. Practice natural controls and work on turning your yard into a non-toxic ecosystem that's a safe place for your food and for you.
- Harvest! Do a little online sleuthing of what you planted to know when to pick if you aren't sure. Don't wait too long to pick items like green beans and zucchini. They grow fast! At the height of the season, a max of 48 hours elapses between my harvests.
Tools? You notice I didn't mention any. You won't need many. I actually taught kids gardening for 4 years and never had tools beyond a shovel. Here are the tools I think are worth the investment.
- A shovel. You need to be able to move that great soil into your raised bed.
- Gloves. Honestly, this is optional. I almost always wear gloves. I do almost everything with my hands and that means they need a little protection. These gloves are essential to me. They offer some protection without getting in the way. They allow me complete dexterity and I can even answer my phone wearing them.
- CobraHead weeder. This is hands-down my favorite tool (after my actual hands that is.) I use it to break up soil, weed, plant, help dig up root crops, spread mulch, and even to help fill my TubTrug with soil or compost. This is the one tool I use constantly and it's the perfect tool for someone with a first garden.
- TubTrug–I use these to move plants, carry soil/compost, hold my harvest, and even to carry water sometimes. They are strong, easy to clean, come in myriad sizes, and are easy to carry. For your first garden, 1 is plenty.
Finally, enjoy your bounty. The produce you have grown toxin-free in your own back yard is superior to any other.


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I mentioned before that I was interviewed on Doc Kennedy's podcast, The Dream Warriors Podcast. Well, I'm excited to tell you that the episode is now live. I would highly recommend that you also subscribe to his podcast and listen to every episode! You can listen to it and leave comments here:
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I'm sure a lot of you are reading this while trying to stay up until midnight to see the new year! I know I'm writing this partially to the time until 12 am. This isn't the only reason I'm writing though. You see, I thought I'd share a little bit of what's been going on. What my family has accomplished in the past year, and what I personally hope to accomplish in 2018. As some of you know, my family has been through a LOT, and I do mean a LOT in the past year. The beginning of last year my father was struggling through a horrible time at his previous job. His boss was completely unfair and the workplace corrupt. At the end of January, he lost his job. Luckily he had been in contact with a group here in our current town and was able to get a loan to start his own business. The problem? Our old house was over an hour away. We had no practical choice but to sell the house we built ourselves and had happily lived in for 9 years, and move. Of course with my dad not having a job at the time, the finances were limited, and we were afraid moving would be downgrading a lot. God blessed us though by giving us the perfect house that we never thought we could afford. He granted us an impossible blessing. After purchasing the new house we had less than a week to get out of the old one and into the new one. Again, God provided, sending us friends and family to help. We made it. On top of everything else, unpacking, new furniture, decorating, losing old friends, joining a new church and all of that, we are homeschooled, and my mom had to prepare the curriculum and the classroom by August. She was amazing, and we were able to start school and keep on track! After this and several financial and academic challenges, we realize my dad's business is not capable of fully supporting us yet, and he needs a job. After weeks of searching and applying everywhere, God yet again provides and answers our prayers. My dad gets a job! And a good one too, one he enjoys. I am so, so thankful for all that God has gotten us through this year. So thankful. Now, to go into what I hope to achieve personally in 2018. I really just want to figure out what God has planned, and follow it with everything I am. I am His. I want Him to work through me in 2018. I pray that you feel the same. God is good. He is so, so good. Happy New Year Y'all!!!
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Phased Preservation & Adaptation
Location: Moorhead, MN
Contact: Brenda Norris
By incorporating sustainable building materials, enhanced energy-efficient natural and artificial lighting, and attractive finishes, Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) has transformed the interior of Lommen Hall into a unique new venue for service and education while maintaining the timelessness of the building's original design. The redesign of the building also incorporated exterior enhancements including window replacement, roof replacement, foundation waterproofing, masonry restoration, and a new handicapped accessible south entrance that enhances, rather than competes with, the charm of the building.
The 83,000 square foot building comprises 76 offices, 15 classrooms, 2 computer labs, several seminar and conference rooms, a daycare facility, and numerous other student oriented areas. The project cost just under $15.2 million and was a two phase renovation to allow partial occupancy for classes and use of the MSUM Early Education facilities.
Phase One of the project included the 1954 addition at the west end of the building and holds MSUM's Early Education department, classrooms, computer lab, the student Writing Center and a large student commons area. Construction of this phase began in April of 2009 and was completed in January of 2010.
Construction on Phase Two included the original 1931 building, began upon the conclusion of Phase One and continued until its completion in January of 2011. This phase included the largest area of remodeling, and is comprised of 76 individual offices which constitute MSUM's Education, Social Work and Counseling, and Sociology/Criminal Justice departments, classrooms, seminar rooms, and another computer lab.
The design team consisted of: Foss Architecture and Interiors; Heyer Engineering, structural engineer; Obermiller Nelson Engineering, mechanical engineer; and Ulteig Engineering, electrical engineer. CPMI was the Owner's Representative for the project and also produced the original Predesign Report required for State bond funding. CPMI worked closely with the design team and the general contractor, Roers' Construction, to achieve a very successful project.


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Dear Family and Friends,
After twenty one years of writing this Letter from Zimbabwe, at first every week and then every fortnight, I find the words come harder and harder as the heart grows weak at describing our decades of pain, injustice and suffering and, when writing about it, self censorship is always uppermost. Despite freedom of speech and expression being enshrined in our 2013 Constitution, they are far from being guaranteed in the reality of our daily lives.
A fortnight ago freelance journalist Hopewell Chin'ono, Advocate Fadzayi Mahere and lawyer Job Sikhala were arrested in connection with a tweet that falsely reported the death of a child after an assault by police. Charged with publishing or communicating falsehoods, Chin'ono and Sikhala remain in prison two weeks later while Advocate Mahere has been released on bail. All three have been arrested before, incarcerated before and continue to find the courage to stand up, speak out and expose injustice, corruption and oppression.
Publisher Trevor Ncube said that the incarceration of the three was an attack on freedom of expression by the state. "That the three have been charged under a law that was struck down by the Constitutional Court in 2014 makes the violation of their rights to free speech even more pernicious…. Muzzling those who call for state accountability is a cynical abuse of power."
On her release on bail Advocate Mahere wrote about her experience, words that filled us with shame and sadness and made us laugh and cry; here are some extracts which so beautifully portray the real spirit of the Zimbabwe that awaits:
"Courage does not mean you aren't afraid, it means you act in spite of your fear….
"I was thrown into the all familiar lice-infested police cell with a drop toilet. The proverbial puddle of urine from last time and all the times before greeted me. Rather, it slapped my face. I was barefoot, having signed my shoes in upon entry as per procedure. There was no sanitizer, no facility to flush the loo, no sink and tap, no toilet paper and no sanitary bin. The blankets smelt of old urine. …
"The events of the previous two days had frozen my legal brain as I watched constitutional rights bludgeoned and the Supreme Law rendered a lifeless museum piece…. I resolved that the only way to make it through this ordeal was to embrace it, follow all orders including the illegal ones and then just make the most of it. "Behave with beauty and dignity at all times," is the best advice I received that week.
"We knelt before the prison wardens whom we called "Mbuya". We had to kneel when talking to them. That was the rule. …The concrete floor was our mattress. We had to make our beds out of old, dirty, torn, smelly blankets stamped "Parirenyatwa Hospital.
"We went round the room sharing the charges that had brought us in. Curious, I saved my story till last. Murder, murder, murder, murder, armed robbery, theft, armed robbery, lockdown, curfew, lockdown then "tweeting." They laughed. So did I. … I made many friends because humanity is wired towards positivity. People in distress tend to make the most of tough situations.
"Every day at lock-up time, I sat at my window and watched the skyline change from blue to a beautiful golden-peachy hue. The quiet beauty of the setting sun descending below the horizon was a peaceful reminder that the whole thing would eventually end. At least I hoped. … I also remain hopeful that one day, the sun will set on injustice and repression. Until then, I will always choose courage over inaction. I will never stop imagining that Zimbabwe will one day be free."
"Ours must always be a story of hope. Of citizens who, knowing how ruthless and repressive this regime is, chose courage over inaction."
Advocate Fadzayi Mahere, Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and Lawyer Job Sikhala consistently show us the Zimbabwe that we can be. Until next time, thanks for reading this Letter From Zimbabwe, now in its 21st year, and my books about life in Zimbabwe, a country in waiting, love cathy 22 January 2021. Copyright © Cathy Buckle. https://cathybuckle.co.zw/
For information on my books about Zimbabwe and my Beautiful Zimbabwe 2021 calendar please visit my website https://cathybuckle.co.zw/books/


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Closure slab i.e. plaque from the barrier of the presbyterium or templon screen that separated the sanctuary or presbytery, the holiest part of the church and intended for the clergy and the celebration of the sacrament of the Divine Eucharist, from the rest of the church. The marble architectural sculpture has inscriptions and relief decoration. The panel comes from the Church of Hagios Ioannis Magoutis in Attica. Fragments of a calligraphic verse inscription on the band at the edge of this panel (and of the panel no BXM 01050 coming from the same barrier) refers to the renovation of the templon by members of the Athenian Sporgitis family. The inscription has been dated to the 12th century and the panel in 11th or 12th.
- Collection: Sculpture
- Origin: Church of Hagios Ioannes Magoutis, Athens
- Measurement: 78 x 82 x 9 cm
- Exhibit Number: ΒΧΜ 01049
- Appears in: II.5. ATTICA: A BYZANTINE PROVINCE


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Rise of the Critters
By: Kati Trottier
In the middle of March, I was working away, swearing at my computer. A typical Tuesday. And my friend Sarah, turns to me and says, "Look at Critical Role's Kickstarter campaign!" I turn around, because she knows cool nerd stuff, so it's worth paying attention to. It was the first day of the campaign, they'd already blown through their goal and were rocketing into the stratosphere of nerddom. I had no idea what Critical Role was and I had no inkling that I was going to spend the foreseeable future (Campaign 1, episode 48 as I write this), listening to a group of "nerdy-ass voice actors" play D&D.
I have been sucked into the world of Vox Machina thoroughly. I followed the Kickstarter, donated a fair amount of cash to it, and opened it each day to watch the amount continue counting up. I downloaded the theme song and listened to it at top volume in my car on repeat. Every day, I hope I don't have to write too much, so I can keep listening to episodes. Netflix has been forgotten about. Hulu? What's that? The only characters I pay attention to are Vax, Vex, Grog, Scanlan, Percy, Keyleth, and Pike. And Victor. I freaking love Victor. I learned quickly, although not quickly enough, that I shouldn't Google any of the characters to know more about them because… spoilers. Oops.
I both look forward to Campaign 2 and think I'll miss Vox Machina horribly at the same time. I couldn't wait to get to the Briarwood arc because I knew that's what they're using for the animated series.
I played D&D with some friends years ago and enjoyed it, but had forgotten a lot about what was involved. I was reintroduced to the skills and presented with how much fun it could be with professional voice actors playing the game. I love how quickly they can all improv and how GOOD they are at it. I see their world unfold and have saved a map, so I follow along with where they are in Exandria.
I found the podcast and thought about listening that way, but I need to see them. I need to see Liam flop over backwards and disappear when Sam does something ridiculous. I need to see them throw their arms around each other and the looks on their faces when a situation goes south. I need to see them hiding behind each other when they can't contain their laughter.
In June, I'm going to be on my first panel at any sort of convention, and it's going to be a Critical Role panel. I'm both excited to nerd out about it with a room full of Critters and also a little terrified, but that's the introvert in me talking. I can't get enough of their ability to paint the picture of the world in my head and make me feel for their characters. It's like the best kind of audio book that evolves as you listen to it. I never know when someone might turn into a triceratops, or something.
Some things I vaguely know about, but haven't gotten to yet? Keyleth turning into a goldfish. Bidet. The beginning of Talks Machina.
The final nail in the coffin? I carry a set of dice in my purse now, despite the fact that I haven't played D&D in ages, in case I need to roll for initiative.
Stay tuned for coverage from Denver Pop Culture Con featuring the Cast and fans of Critical Role.


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I hope Evans officials to us when we play A&m.
- he seems like the type to need attention, and he won't be able to get as much on the Notre Dame game because of all the recruits that will be there.
- He can see us demolish the only other team he is really considering at that time
SoFL_Dawg Posts: 11,084 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Yeah, there's levels to these recruits. He's on that top level. Evans, Sewell, Washington, and Burch (should he OV) would get their QT.
Still would be nice to have him witness a beat down to his hometown team between the hedges. Similar to how LSU beat us in front of John emery and his parents
christopherules Posts: 14,083 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
@SoFlaDAWG Well, this certainly is a game of really, really high stakes poker, now isn't it???
EvilSamPittman Posts: 789 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Always seemed like UGA thought of Bigsby like that girl that gets the midnight booty call as opposed to the girl you would date in the light of day. Cannot really be mad at Tank that he will be committing elsewhere on Thursday.
JeffSentell Posts: 8,432 admin
Pattern is already revealed.
I think UGAs best shot is Evans followed by Lloyd then Chaney.
I think Diaz and Enos are both going to be able to sell Chaney on the future of Miami like Kirby sold the future of UGA.
Lloyd can enjoy the star factor of USC but he is pretty close to Kendall and knew of the school choice before alot of people.
Evans seems to be in between Bama (already taken Williams BUT will probably only have Sanders and Ford, maybe Robinson), TA&M (they are building something and Jimbo has a NC as well I think if he looks at last year at A&M and Jimbo's past they don't rotate too much), UGA (deep depth chart and the furthest from home but has history of success for RBs and friendship with Milton)...
razorachilles Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
I'm curious as to whether a UoSC commitment for Bigsby would make it more likely or less likely for a potential Lloyd flip to UGA later in the event Evans commits elsewhere (?)
Wonder who this is about?
texdawg Posts: 11,553 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Go all in for Evans - swing for the fences - if we strike out - the RB room is still in great shape.
(Assuming everyone finishes 2019 healthy)
2020 we would have Zeus, Cook, Mac and Milton.
Would mean we would definitely need 2 quality backs in the 2021 class.
As it stands right now UGA's RB room is great for 2020 - another great back would just be gravy.
judasdurant Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Who's next?
I think UGA has one good target next year. But next year is a weaker class than 2020 at RB. So 2 would be ideal for them.
Man, these guys like to tease more than my High School girlfriend.
BarkingDawg Posts: 2,395 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Yeah but which Pattern
Now this
jtdawg2020 Posts: 126 ✭✭✭ Junior
Just saw this on Evans IG. Soon after these tweets from Lindberg and Milton.....
Ok, I'm trying not to read between the lines of Tank's announced commitment date but it's getting really, really hard at this point.
RPMdawg Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Something in the works for tonite? Surprise commitment?
Denmen185 Posts: 7,223 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Ricks would be my guess
AugDawg69 Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
Surprise Evans commitment minutes before Tank?


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First Watch has announced plans to open its first restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky, in the fall of 2012. The new 3,500-square-foot restaurant will be located at 3071 Richmond Road, on the corner of Man O' War Boulevard, in the Kroger shopping plaza.
The First Watch restaurant will be operated by the Holland Rosen Group, LLC as part of a multi-unit franchise agreement to open eight restaurants throughout Lexington and Louisville over the next five years. Each restaurant is expected to employ about 25 local employees.
"We have been very fortunate to align ourselves with excellent restaurant concepts, and First Watch is no exception," says Gary Holland of Holland Rosen Group, LLC. "We are excited to be able to share the innovative concept of First Watch with the community of Lexington through both employment and a tasty selection of freshly prepared offerings."
"We are thrilled with the opportunity to introduce our concept for the first time to the Lexington market," says Chris Tomasso, chief marketing officer for First Watch. "We are equally excited to partner with proven operators like Gary and Ron and are confident that First Watch will be as well received as it has been in so many communities for nearly 30 years."
The restaurant will feature a new interior design concept known as "Connect." Unveiled in the fall of 2011, it "connects" traditional First Watch design elements with contemporary executions by maximizing natural light provided during the restaurant's daytime hours, and incorporating color tones intended to convey the warm and inviting personality of the First Watch brand.
The design also accentuates an open-kitchen concept, which reinforces First Watch's honest approach to fresh food preparation.