Salt Lake City, May 22, 2017 – Great Basin Scientific, Inc. (OTCQB: GBSN), a molecular diagnostic company, today reported operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017.
Total revenues for the first quarter of 2017 increased 14% to $830,800 from $731,400 in the first quarter of 2016, and marked the Company's first quarter recognizing revenues from five assays. Sales of Group B Strep tests increased 82% during the comparable first quarter, primarily due to the addition of new customers, including two large reference laboratories. Sales of diff tests declined 5% from the first quarter of 2016 due to reduced patient C. diff infection rates at customer sites, along with the Company's decision to resign small accounts unlikely to become profitable. The decline in C. diff sales was partially offset by sales of new products. Sales of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli test (STEC) and Staph ID/R Blood Culture Panel (SIDR), which became commercially available in late 2016, increased 47% from the fourth quarter of 2016. Great Basin also recognized revenues in the first quarter from discounted "Investigational Use Only" versions of its new Stool Bacterial Pathogens Panel, in anticipation of FDA clearance in 2017. First quarter 2017 revenues were down 2.5% from the fourth quarter of 2016 due to the impacts of C. diff sales as described above.
Annualized revenue per active instrument (RPAI) was $6,866 in the first quarter of 2017 compared with $6,353 a year ago, representing an 8% improvement. During the quarter, the Company removed analyzers from smaller customer sites that are unlikely to be profitable even with an expanded product menu, resulting in a 5% reduction in installed analyzers to 470. The Company expects a greater focus on RPAI throughout 2017 coinciding with the expansion of its product menu.
Gross margin improved by 16 basis points in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the first quarter of 2016 and by 14 basis points compared to the fourth quarter of 2016. The margin improvement in both cases was primarily due to a change in analyzer depreciation expense, where the Company determined the actual life of analyzers at customer sites was longer than the estimated life used for depreciation purposes. Without this adjustment to depreciation, gross margin in the first quarter of 2017 would have been essentially flat compared to the period a year ago and the fourth quarter. The Company expects greater gross margin improvements in the second half of 2017 as sales volumes increase and it records greater sales volumes from higher-priced products, such as SIDR and SBPP.
Total operating expenses for the first quarter of 2017 were $5,297,800, an 11% decrease from the first quarter of 2016 and a 30% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2016. The Company recorded net decreases in R&D and selling and marketing expenses during the first quarter of 2017, due primarily to the reduction of internal costs associated with the completion of clinical trials and commercial launch of new products and the restructuring and reduction in force we implemented in mid-February.
Net cash used in operations was $4,049,400 for the first quarter of 2017, compared to $8,150,100 in the first quarter a year ago and $7,516,300 in the fourth quarter. The sequential quarterly decrease was primarily due to reduced R&D spending as the Company completed two clinical trials in late 2016 and in the first quarter of 2017. Refer to Table 4 for a reconciliation of non-GAAP loss to net cash used in operations.
Net income for the first quarter of 2017 was $21,503,600 compared with a net loss of $33,652,500 in the first quarter of 2016 and a net loss of $6,171,000 in the fourth quarter of 2016. Non-GAAP net loss of $5,908,300 in the first quarter of 2017 was a 10% improvement over non-GAAP net loss of $6,552,400 in the first quarter of 2016, and a 27% improvement over non-GAAP net loss of $8,040,000 in the fourth quarter of 2016. Refer to Table 3 and its corresponding footnote and the section entitled, "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" for more information on non-cash expenses included in non-GAAP net loss.
This press release includes "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The presentation of this financial information, which is not prepared under any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles, is not intended to be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). For a reconciliation of this Non-GAAP Financial Measure to the nearest comparable GAAP measure, see "Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measure" below.
The Company excludes certain non-cash and other financing-related income and expense items in calculating non-GAAP net loss because it believes this non-GAAP financial measure provides meaningful supplemental information regarding performance of the Company's core operations. The Company further believes that this measure is useful to investors in that it allows for greater transparency to certain line items in its financial statements and may facilitate comparisons to the operating results of peer companies.
The Company's 2016 Convertible Notes contained a conversion feature whereby installment payments could be made by the Company by issuing shares of common stock to noteholders. Because this feature was separate from the note itself, when such conversions occurred, they were deemed extinguishments of debt for accounting purposes. During the first three months of 2017, approximately $3.9 million of installment payments were made through conversions of 762,672 shares of common stock. Also during the first quarter of 2017, the Company and the noteholders agreed to $38.9 million in redemptions of the 2016 Note and a corresponding amount of restricted cash was returned to the noteholders. Accordingly, a significant portion of the 2016 note's principal amount and derivative liability was extinguished. A total gain on the extinguishment of debt in the amount of $602,600 was recorded to account for these transactions. The gain amount was equal to the fair market values of the common shares issued and the principal amounts of the notes either paid down or extinguished, partially offset by the related remaining debt discount associated with the extinguished principal amounts, the related derivative liability amounts also reduced, and the accrued underwriting fees eliminated.
The change in fair value of the derivative liability resulted in a net gain in earnings of $38.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, compared to a net loss in earnings of $20.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. During the first quarter of 2017, the Company had a $4.1 million decrease in the fair value of its common stock purchase warrants, due to the decrease in the value of its common stock during the period. The Company also had a $40.3 million decrease in the fair value of the embedded conversion feature of its 2016 Convertible Notes attributable to the decrease in the value of its common stock during the period. These decreases in fair values were partially offset by a $5.5 million increase in the fair value of Series F Preferred Stock accounted for as a liability. The increase in the fair value of the Series F Preferred stock was the result of a reset in the fixed conversion price during the quarter as a result of certain conversions of the 2016 Notes and such fixed conversion rate was significantly lower than the value of the stock at the measurement date of period end.
During the three months ended March 31, 2016, Great Basin had an increase in the fair value of its Series E Warrants and embedded conversion feature on convertible notes in the amount of $25.4 million, which was partially offset by the reduction in the fair value of its Series D Warrants and other derivative securities in the amount of $5.2 million.
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding events, trends and business prospects, which may affect future operating results and financial position, including but not limited to statements regarding the potential future commercial success of the Company's assays, the Company's continued revenue growth, adding the Company's systems to larger hospitals and labs, expanding assays at existing customers, investments yielding higher revenue per customer, expanded customer base and new assays in the future, building the Company's total revenue base, increasing sales per instrument, and reducing seasonality in the Company's revenue stream. Forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially, and reported results should not be considered an indication of future performance. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: (i) our limited operating history and history of losses; (ii) our ability to develop and commercialize new products and the timing of commercialization; (iii) our ability to obtain capital when needed; and (iv) other risks set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risks set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 and Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2017. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and Great Basin Scientific specifically disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.


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Prior to co-founding River Road in 2005, Mr. Shircliff served as EVP, Portfolio Manager and Director of Research for SMC Capital Inc. (Commonwealth SMC), a registered investment advisor and affiliate of Commonwealth Trust Co. Mr. Shircliff began his career in 1973 as Research Analyst for First Kentucky Trust, where he later served as Director of Research. In 1983, he joined Oppenheimer Management Co. as Special Situations Analyst and, later, Oppenheimer's Target Fund as Portfolio Manager. In 1986, Mr. Shircliff joined Southeastern Asset Management (Longleaf Funds) as Partner, Portfolio Manager and Director of Research. In 1997, he joined SMC Capital Inc., where he launched River Road's Small Cap Value and Dividend All-Cap Value Portfolios. Mr. Shircliff graduated from the University of Louisville with a B.S. in Finance. He earned the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation in 1978 and is a member of the CFA® Institute and CFA® Society Louisville.
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This computer came in for "no power." The tech opened up the power supply, thinking maybe it was just a blown fuse, and saw the badly fried chips shown in this photo.
From 1994 to 2002 Rod Shelley worked as a PC technician at a major computer retail store in the US. After seeing all kinds of wacky, operator-induced computer issues, Shelley decided to start documenting them--including the pictures in this gallery.
Rod has graciously allowed TechRepublic to republish his photos. Check out our "Computer bloopers and blunders from the technically clueless" for more photos from Shelly.
You can also learn more about Rod and read his musings about photography, technology, and computer repair on his Web site--Rod's Lair.
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All About Louis Ortiz, the "Bronx Obama" – Video Blog (The Audacity of Louis Ortiz)
What if one day you looked in the mirror and saw the most powerful man in the world staring back at you? In this Op-Doc video, we meet Louis Ortiz, an unemployed Puerto Rican man from the Bronx, whose life turned upside down when he discovered his uncanny resemblance to President Obama.
The first time I talked to Mr. Ortiz on the phone he said, "I'm so glad you called. I've been living in the Twilight Zone for the past three years." That was the spring of 2011. In the week between that call and when we met in person, Osama bin Laden was killed. When I went to the Bronx to meet Mr. Ortiz, people were high-fiving and congratulating him. I knew instantly I had to drop everything else and follow him around.
Mr. Ortiz is a walking, talking image of Barack Obama. When people encounter him, they see the version of Mr. Obama they want to see. And when Mr. Ortiz looks in the mirror, so does he.
Ryan Murdock is a filmmaker who has produced for PBS's show "Nova" and recorded more than 300 oral histories for NPR's StoryCorps. This video is adapted from his forthcoming documentary "The Audacity of Louis Ortiz" and a recent episode of "This American Life."
Source: New York Times
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While Democrats across the country are hoping for another White House victory in 2012, come November there will be one man from the Bronx hoping to see Obama keep his job even more, as his own livelihood directly depends on it.
Without a steady job and no health insurance to help with his multiple sclerosis, Louis Ortiz is "that guy" politicians are always promising to help find a better life.
But as filmmaker Ryan Murdock puts it, Ortiz also just happens to look like the most powerful person on the planet, President Obama, and since 2008 he's been making the most of what he has to get the bills paid as a professional impersonator.
This American Life featured Oritz's journey, which began with a young man floundering in mounting bills and playing in neighborhood pool tournaments to try and make ends meet. Then one day, friends pointed to a Daily News cover with Obama on the front, or as Ortiz describes a "dude with big ears" and suggested Ortiz capitalize on his uncanny resemblance to the presidential hopeful. After much contemplation, Ortiz shaved off his facial hair and coveted goatee and his extraordinary story took off.
As the one-time former field technician for Verizon who was struggling to find work, Ortiz told The New York Post, "Never in a million years could I imagine I could look like not just someone famous, but THE someone. It's Obama. It's history. The first African American president of the United States – and I'm a part of it."
Murdock has been filming Ortiz's story since May 2011 and has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help finance his film, "The Audacity Of Louis Oritz" to document Ortiz's unique story of what it's like to struggle in America, as he continues to parallel the real Obama's battle for the White House in the crucial months ahead.
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Source: Huffington Post
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Posted by Josh Martin on April 29, 2013 in art, current events, Uncategorized, Video Blog
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The History of Easter, the Easter bunny, and Easter eggs- Video Blog
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The Easter Bunny or Easter Rabbit is a character depicted as a rabbit bringing Easter eggs. The Easter Bunny is sometimes depicted with clothes. In legend, the creature carries colored eggs in his basket, candy and sometimes also toys to the homes of children, and as such shows similarities to Santa Claus, as they both bring gifts to children on the night before their respective holiday. It was first mentioned in Georg Franck von Frankenau's De ovis paschalibus (About Easter Eggs) in 1682 referring to an Alsace tradition of an Easter Hare bringing Easter Eggs.
Rabbits and hares
The hare was a popular motif in medieval church art. In ancient times it was widely believed (as by Pliny, Plutarch, Philostratus and Aelian) that the hare was a hermaphrodite. The idea that a hare could reproduce without loss of virginity led to an association with the Virgin Mary, with hares sometimes occurring in illuminated manuscripts and Northern European paintings of the Virgin and Christ Child. It may also have been associated with the Holy Trinity, as in the three hares motif,representing the "One in Three and Three in One" of which the triangle or three interlocking shapes such as rings are common symbols. In England, this motif usually appears in a prominent place in the church, such as the central rib of the chancel roof, or on a central rib of the nave. This suggests that the symbol held significance to the church, and casts doubt on the theory that they may have been masons' or carpenters' signature marks.
Eggs, like rabbits and hares, are fertility symbols of antiquity. Since birds lay eggs and rabbits and hares give birth to large litters in the early spring, these became symbols of the rising fertility of the earth at the March Equinox.
Rabbits and hares are both prolific breeders. Female hares can conceive a second litter of offspring while still pregnant with the first. This phenomenon is known as superfetation. Lagomorphs mature sexually at an early age and can give birth to several litters a year (hence the saying, "to breed like bunnies"). It is therefore not surprising that rabbits and hares should become fertility symbols, or that their springtime mating antics should enter into Easter folklore.
The precise origin of the ancient custom of decorating eggs is not known, although evidently the blooming of many flowers in spring coincides with the use of the fertility symbol of eggs—and eggs boiled with some flowers change their color, bringing the spring into the homes. Many Christians of the Eastern Orthodox Church to this day typically dye their Easter eggs red, the color of blood, in recognition of the blood of the sacrificed Christ (and, of the renewal of life in springtime). Some also use the color green, in honor of the new foliage emerging after the long dead time of winter.
German Protestants wanted to retain the Catholic custom of eating colored eggs for Easter, but did not want to introduce their children to the Catholic rite of fasting. Eggs were forbidden to Catholics during the fast of Lent, which was the reason for the abundance of eggs at Easter time.
The idea of an egg-laying bunny came to the U.S. in the 18th century. German immigrants in the Pennsylvania Dutch area told their children about the "Osterhase" (sometimes spelled "Oschter Haws"). "Hase" means "hare", not rabbit, and in Northwest European folklore the "Easter Bunny" indeed is a hare, not a rabbit. According to the legend, only good children received gifts of colored eggs in the nests that they made in their caps and bonnets before Easter.In 1835, Jakob Grimm wrote of long-standing similar myths in Germany itself. Grimm suggested that these derived from legends of the reconstructed continental Germanic goddess *Ostara
Theological significance
The New Testament teaches that the resurrection of Jesus, which Easter celebrates, is a foundation of the Christian faith. The resurrection established Jesus as the powerful Son of God and is cited as proof that God will judge the world in righteousness. God has given Christians "a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead". Christians, through faith in the working of God are spiritually resurrected with Jesus so that they may walk in a new way of life.
Easter is linked to the Passover and Exodus from Egypt recorded in the Old Testament through the Last Supper and crucifixion that preceded the resurrection.According to the New Testament, Jesus gave the Passover meal a new meaning, as he prepared himself and his disciples for his death in the upper room during the Last Supper.He identified the matzah and cup of wine as his body soon to be sacrificed and his blood soon to be shed. Paul states, "Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed";this refers to the Passover requirement to have no yeast in the house and to the allegory of Jesus as the Paschal lamb.
One interpretation of the Gospel of John is that Jesus, as the Passover lamb, was crucified at roughly the same time as the Passover lambs were being slain in the temple, on the afternoon of Nisan 14. The scriptural instructions specify that the lamb is to be slain "between the two evenings", that is, at twilight. By the Roman period, however, the sacrifices were performed in the mid-afternoon. Josephus, Jewish War 6.10.1/423 ("They sacrifice from the ninth to the eleventh hour"). Philo, Special Laws 2.27/145 ("Many myriads of victims from noon till eventide are offered by the whole people"). This interpretation, however, is inconsistent with the chronology in the Synoptic Gospels. It assumes that text literally translated "the preparation of the passover" in John 19:14 refers to Nisan 14 (Preparation Day for the Passover) and not necessarily to Yom Shishi (Friday, Preparation Day for Sabbath) and that the priests' desire to be ritually pure in order to "eat the passover" refers to eating the Passover lamb, not to the public offerings made during the days of Unleavened Bread.
In the Early Church
The first Christians, Jewish and Gentile, were certainly aware of the Hebrew calendar, but there is no direct evidence that they celebrated any specifically Christian annual festivals.Christians of Jewish origin were the first to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Since the date of the resurrection was close the timing of Passover, they likely celebrated the resurrection as a new facet of the Passover festival.
Direct evidence for the Easter festival begins to appear in the mid-second century. Perhaps the earliest extant primary source referencing Easter is a mid-second-century Paschal homily attributed to Melito of Sardis, which characterizes the celebration as a well-established one. Evidence for another kind of annual Christian festival, the commemoration of martyrs, begins to appear at about the same time as evidence for the celebration of Easter. But while martyrs' days (usually the individual dates of martyrdom) were celebrated on fixed dates in the local solar calendar, the date of Easter was fixed by means of the local Jewish lunisolar calendar. This is consistent with the celebration of Easter having entered Christianity during its earliest, Jewish period, but does not leave the question free of doubt.
The ecclesiastical historian Socrates Scholasticus attributes the observance of Easter by the church to the perpetuation of its custom, "just as many other customs have been established," stating that neither Jesus nor his Apostles enjoined the keeping of this or any other festival. Although he describes the details of the Easter celebration as deriving from local custom, he insists the feast itself is universally observed.
The White House Easter Egg Roll
Since 1878, American presidents and their families have celebrated Easter Monday by hosting an 'egg roll' party. Held on the South Lawn, it is one of the oldest annual events in White House history. Some historians note that First Lady Dolley Madison originally suggested the idea of a public egg roll, while others tell stories of informal egg-rolling parties at the White House dating back to President Lincoln's administration. Beginning in the 1870s, Washingtonians from all social levels celebrated Easter Monday on the west grounds of the U.S. Capitol. Children rolled brilliantly dyed hard-boiled eggs down the terraced lawn.
Soon a concern for the landscape led to a bill that banned the rolling of eggs on Capitol grounds. In 1876, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill into law. The new edict went unchallenged in 1877, as rain cancelled all the day's activities, but egg rollers who came in 1878 were ejected by Capitol Hill police.
Source: White House.org
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Posted by Josh Martin on March 26, 2013 in current events, History, Holiday Articles, Uncategorized, Video Blog
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History of Valentine's Day – Video Blog
History of Valentine's Day
Saint Valentine's Day, commonly known as Valentine's Day, or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is observed on February 14 each year. Today Valentine's Day is celebrated in many countries around the world, mostly in the West, although it remains a working day in many of them.
St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyrology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire; during his imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer Asterius. Legend states that before his execution he wrote "from your Valentine" as a farewell to her. Today, Saint Valentine's Day is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion, as well as in the Lutheran Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrates Saint Valentine's Day, albeit on July 6th and July 30th, the former date in honor of the Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and the latter date in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna.
The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. By the 15th century, it had evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.
Shrine of St. Valentine in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland
Numerous early Christian martyrs were named Valentine. The Valentines honored on February 14 are Valentine of Rome (Valentinus presb. m. Romae) and Valentine of Terni (Valentinus ep. Interamnensis m. Romae).[13] Valentine of Rome was a priest in Rome who was martyred about AD 269 and was buried on the Via Flaminia. The flower crowned skull of St Valentine is exhibited in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome. Other relics are found in the Basilica of Santa Prassede, also in Rome, as well as at Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland.
Valentine of Terni became bishop of Interamna (modern Terni) about AD 197 and is said to have been martyred during the persecution under Emperor Aurelian. He is also buried on the Via Flaminia, but in a different location than Valentine of Rome. His relics are at the Basilica of Saint Valentine in Terni (Basilica di San Valentino).
The Catholic Encyclopedia also speaks of a third saint named Valentine who was mentioned in early martyrologies under date of February 14. He was martyred in Africa with a number of companions, but nothing more is known about him. Saint Valentine's head was preserved in the abbey of New Minster, Winchester and venerated.
February 14 is celebrated as St Valentine's Day in various Christian denominations; it has, for example, the rank of 'commemoration' in the calendar of saints in the Anglican Communion. In addition, the feast day of Saint Valentine is also given in the calendar of saints of the Lutheran Church. However, in the 1969 revision of the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, the feast day of Saint Valentine on February 14 was removed from the General Roman Calendar and relegated to particular (local or even national) calendars for the following reason: "Though the memorial of Saint Valentine is ancient, it is left to particular calendars, since, apart from his name, nothing is known of Saint Valentine except that he was buried on the Via Flaminia on February 14." The feast day is still celebrated in Balzan (Malta) where relics of the saint are claimed to be found, and also throughout the world by Traditionalist Catholics who follow the older, pre-Second Vatican Council calendar. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, St. Valentine's Day is celebrated on July 6th, in which Saint Valentine, the Roman presbyter, is honoured; furthermore, the Eastern Orthodox Church obsesrves the feast of Hieromartyr Valentine, Bishop of Interamna, on July 30th.
Posted by Josh Martin on January 26, 2013 in History, Holiday Articles, Uncategorized, Video Blog
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Are you concerned about osteoporosis? An early stage of bone loss is called Osteopenia. Once a person has lost approximately 30% of their bone density it is called Osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis can occur in both men and women however women are at greater risk due to a lower bone density prior to age forty. Bone loss is usually greatest in the spine, hips, and ribs.
Commonly a bone density test called a DEXA scan, which measures the density of the hip and the lumbar spine is used to assess bone loss. Osteoporosis is a preventable illness provided certain dietary and lifestyle measures are followed. Calcium intake is usually recommended however there are more minerals and nutrients that play a preventative role.
The big question here is, "Why aren't my bones strong?" or "Why is my body not willing to allocate nutrients toward strong bones?". Do you think your body has more important things to do with those nutrients? Maybe there is some more important internal function that needs the extra nutrients right now and the body is not going to waste those valuable nutrients on non-essential tissue. Yes, your bones are non-essential to the body. Your body needs to make sure your liver function, kidney function, immune system, etc are optimized and as a result it will break down your muscles and bones to free up nutrients to be used for more important bodily function! So, if you're not getting the nutrients your body needs from your diet, guess what's going to happen! That's right, Osteoporosis may develop or other conditions. But, how do you know which nutrients you're deficient in?
Suggested causes of Osteoporosis include low calcium, low vitamin D, low phosphorus intake, high protein diets, high salt intake, trace mineral deficiencies, and even increased soft drink consumption. Proper testing will identify major and minor key elements of imbalance and deficiency, environmental toxicities, stress and physical structure, abnormal organ functions, digestive disorders, and much more. Through careful examination and analysis, we can help you determine your risk and determine what lifestyle changes you need to make in order for your body to heal itself, build bone mass and restore your health.


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Canada Research Chairs just keep coming
Supporting research into addiction and stress
By Russ Cooper
Psychology Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Neurobiology of Drug Use Uri Shalev.
Three Concordia researchers have been reconfirmed as Canada Research Chairs (CRC), as announced March 26 by the Hon. Gary Goodyear, Minister of State, Science and Technology.
Psychology Professor Uri Shalev is reconfirmed as Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Neurobiology of Drug Use; Professor Vincent Martin as the CRC (Tier 2) in Microbial Genomics and Engineering; and Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Chris Wilds as the CRC (Tier 2) in Biological Chemistry.
Over their renewed five-year terms, each researcher will receive $100 000 annually, injecting a total $1.5 million in research funding to Concordia.
"It's really meaningful to have the Chair," says Shalev. "I guess there's a kind of recognition for what you have done. So, not surprisingly, it feels nice."
Since last reporting on his research (see Thursday Report, May 15, 2005), Shalev, who came to Concordia in 2004 for his first term as a CRC, has continued examining the environmental and psychological conditions that trigger drug abuse relapse. Specifically, he's focused on the effects of food deprivation as a source of stress.
"I know where in the brain I want to look, but now I want to look at particular neurons and their pathways," he says. "If we know that, we can come up with ways to interfere with those pathways, and that might allow us to modify behaviour.
"This renewal will allow me to get to the next phase."
The shift from lab rats to human subjects in his research is one Shalev is eager to further in his renewed CRC term. Utilizing a method he began using six months ago, Shalev will continue using functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) on the human brain – a technique which creates an image of the live human brain while it's working.
"With prolonged restriction, the brain and body adapt. People who are dieting go on long restrictions," Shalev says. "During which time, there are all sorts of signals that go back and forth between the brain and the body, something I'm really interested in. By doing this, we're opening a whole new area to look into."
In one of his most recent experiments, he's been using the FMRI technology to examine the brains of smokers who are subjected to a regulated and reduced diet, scrutinizing the difference in nicotine cravings after eating versus while hungry. "This will allow us a peek into the brain of hungry addicts," he says.
His research isn't directly related to developing treatment. Rather, he is providing the scientific information for industry to potentially create treatment – a dynamic he knows well. Before coming to Concordia, Shalev was head of the behavioural laboratory in a pharmaceutical company in his native Israel.
"When you're in basic research, you never know what it will take for someone to catch onto something you've found and come up with a real world treatment."
He says a "magic pill" to cure relapse behaviour is still elusive, if possible at all, as he's finding the interactions between physiological and neurological systems are more complex than previously understood. He questions the moral and social implications of a treatment to make a person 'unaddicted.'
"It would be great to have a 'magic pill', but we're finding triggers have different neurochemical systems for relapse. If you're treating stress risk, you may not be protected from re-exposure to drugs."
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With carried over funding from FY10, SCMS will continue to provide technical assistance to LifeGap project's decentralized procurement system to supply OI drugs to PEPFAR and non-PEPFAR supported sites upon PEPFAR's request.
SCMS will use $200,000 to continue procuring Amphotericin B on to PEPFAR sites.
SCMS will use $100,000 as Emergency OI Procurement Fund to fill in interruption of OI supply in case LifeGap project fails to supply OI drugs in a timely manner to PEPFAR-supported sites.
SCMS will use $200,000 to procure therapeutic foods for HIV adult and pediatric patients: There is currently no therapeutic or supplementary feeding for PLHIV in clinical care in Vietnam. Based on the result of RUTF acceptability study and SAM/MAM prevalence study, AED/FANTA-2 will provide technical assistance to PEPFAR/Vietnam to identify appropriate therapeutic and supplementary food products and calculate the amounts needed to meet energy requirement of malnourished adults and children living with HIV.
As part of the PEPFAR program and in support of the uninterrupted treatment and care of those living with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam, SCMS will continue to fund and improve quantification, procurement, storage and distribution of HIV related medicines, lab supplies and other commodities supported through PEPFAR.
Building on the activities started in FY2010 in ARVs in FY 2011 SCMS activities will focus on transfer of capacity to PAC or other appropriate Government staff to manage dispensers and stock managers at the site level. SCMS will work closely with the VAAC in ensuring the appropriate staff is identified; that they are aware that this is their mandate and that the appropriate training and mentoring is provided.
? Continue to support the provision of ARV drugs to PEPFAR-supported out-patient clinics and other non-PEPFAR supported sites depending upon PEPFAR's programming with Vietnam Administration for AIDS Control (VAAC).
? To sustain the ARV supply chain in Vietnam and build capacity for PAC staff, plan join site visits with PAC staff to transfer knowledge and skills in the areas of ARV dispensing and counseling, verifying stock, stock conditions and expiry dates and general problem solving.
? Train PAC staff to use self learning curriculum for new dispensers developed in FY10 so that PACs can provide effective coaching and site supervision.
? In support of the Government of Vietnam's HIV/AIDS National Strategy, SCMS will assist the Government of Vietnam to design and implement a long-term strategy for developing a more efficient, effective national supply chain system for the distribution of HIV related medicines, lab supplies and commodities.
? Focus on health systems strengthening through supporting the Government of Vietnam's new initiative to develop a single National Distribution System for ARVs and other HIV/AIDS commodities that will be managed by the VAAC and PACs. By merging the three existing ARV supply chains into a single national system under the management of the VAAC the sustainability of distribution of these life saving drugs will be increased.
? Building on the activities started in FY2010 in ARVs in FY 2011 SCMS activities will focus on transfer of capacity to PAC or other appropriate Government staff to manage dispensers and stock managers at the site level in the areas of Methadone and Laboratory. SCMS will work closely with the VAAC in ensuring the appropriate staff is identified; that they are aware that this is their mandate and that the appropriate training and mentoring is provided.
? Support the MOH's development of needed Circulars and Decrees in order to provide the legal authority to implement a National Distribution System.
? Work with the GVN to implement a paper based LMIS.
? Institute national forecasting and procurement planning for ARVs on a quarterly basis.
? Support the NTP to develop a distribution strategy and planning for MDR drugs at a national level.
Provide safe, secure, timely, and cost-effective delivery of methadone from their point of origin to the final client destination. Out of this total, $2,000,000 will be used for methadone procurement.
Provide in-country commodity strategic planning coordination to improve commodity availability, transparency, data-driven decision making and resource management by all organizations and institutions.
Support the Government of Vietnam to develop sustainable narcotics supply chain management to meet the requirement of methadone program scale up.
- Continue to support the provision of ARV drugs for PMTCT ARV prophylaxis to PEPFAR-supported sites and other non-PEPFAR supported sites depending upon PEPFAR's programming with Vietnam Administration for AIDS Control (VAAC).
- To sustain the ARV supply chain in Vietnam and build capacity for PAC staff, plan join site visits with PAC staff to transfer knowledge and skills in the areas of ARV dispensing and counseling, verifying stock, stock conditions and expiry dates and general problem solving.
-Train PAC staff to use self learning curriculum for new dispensers developed in FY10 so that PACs can provide effective coaching and site supervision.
? Support HIV laboratories by procuring and delivering best-value, appropriate-quality CD4 reagents in a timely manner to 20 laboratory sites including 13 BD machines and 7 Cyflow machines.
? Support CD4 testing for approximately 17,000 pre-ART patients and 48,000 ART patients supported by PEPFAR and 19,300 pre-ART and 4,700 ART patients in Global Fund-supported and National Program-supported sites.
? Provide hands-on technical assistance to supported laboratories by paying regular visits. It is required that PEPFAR will transition out of Global Fund-supported sites, so Global Fund project's lab staff need to accompany SCMS staff in order to learn and take over SCMS work after three years.
? SCMS will provide a cost-effective in-country and international procurement service to support PEPFAR supply chain in delivering best-value, appropriate- quality products in timely manner that avoids stock-outs of vital ARV drugs.


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Our massage therapists have unmatched skills and experience in a wide array of advanced massage techniques. Collectively, we have thousands of hours of training. On average, our massage therapists have twelve years' experience, with some as many as twenty years.
After years of intense training and competition, I decided it was time to do some serious massage to get myself back into training again. I was in constant low grade pain throughout my back. Since my massages with several of the therapists at East Bridge, I have surpassed what I thought my body was able to overcome. I have never had this kind of deep tissue massage and it truly changed the direction of my life. I am completely out of pain and able to compete again. This is a rare find as it is more of a group practice, the owner is a massage therapist that works alongside the other therapists and is so passionate about making sure that everyone is getting the best massage in Portland.
I have had treatments all over the world but no one compares to East Bridge, it's my go-to facility for deep tissue massage, rehabilitation and overall wellness.
In 2011 I was in a major car accident which eventually led me to have two low back surgeries and left me unable to play music. East Bridge was key in freeing up the muscles that had become inactive, stuck and atrophied, now I'm back to full force playing, recording and touring!
But, they are not just about the bodywork. All the therapists at EB are caring, attentive, interactive, and compassionate. They listen to your needs and tailor your massages so you out get the most out your time with them.
I always leave my sessions lighter, more relaxed and happy with the overall feeling I've done something really beneficial and healing for my body!
I highly recommend Clare for both relaxation-oriented massage or to address a specific injury. I was lucky enough to get referred to Clare just before I got into a car accident. Clare was incredibly supportive to me during my recovery – she gave me fantastic massages, addressing my issues as they arose and modifying her techniques as my healing progressed. Clare also gave me awesome advice on vitamins as well as referrals to other health practitioners who share her (and my) philosophies. Another plus is her skill/willingness to deal with insurance issues, should you need it. Yet another plus is that Clare is just plain awesome and it's always a pleasure to be around her in her comfortable and peaceful space. I suggest you visit her right away!
I was referred to Clare by a pain clinic in 2011. I had tried everything (or so I thought) and they had recommended surgery for my neck. I could not believe but after the first treatment I felt a difference but by the third I felt better than I had since my chronic pain started 5 years ago! It is almost unbelievable at times. I no longer need or would ever consider surgery. I send all of my employees and family to her as well. Now I only go to see Clare whenever I need a tune up or just want an amazing massage. She has truly changed my life.
I finally found the best deep tissue massage I have ever had! I have looked for 15 years and am so thrilled with the treatment I have received. She is skilled and artistic in her approach. She is an athletes herself and really understands pain and is sensitive to people who have a lot of challenging issues. My wife does not like deep pressure and Clare is one of the few therapists who can accommodate all styles.
I have never met a massage therapist who cared so much! She has worked with so many types of health care providers that she understands how to approach each person differently. Each massage experience is unique and she works so hard to get you better quickly. I told my doctor about her and now she refers patients to her for all kinds of muscular related issues. She is the best !
When I refer to Clare Katner I refer to her as my soul masseuse. Before being massaged by her I had never felt transported by a massage. After her massage I was in such a deeply relaxed state that I had to briefly postpone driving!!
But it isn't just the bliss of such a centering massage experience that makes her such a remarkably competent massage therapist, she is also a very knowledgeable practitioner and is able to identify exactly what the body needs during a massage. The best way to describe her ability is to say she is the most informed and intuitive health care provider I have ever worked with.
We call Clare, "Dr. Clare Medicine Woman". She has worked with our entire family and we all go to her when we have a problem. She even has worked on our grandparents and they love her too! She adjusts her style to match each of us.
Clare, thank you for your support over the past two years in helping me create a healthy child after all of our struggles. I really believe that my work with you made such a huge difference in my health and ability to have such a peaceful and smooth birth experience. I will be forever grateful.
Clare really knows what she is doing. She has the ability to make you feel incredibly relaxed from the onset of your session, be it hypnosis or massage. By the end, you will feel calm but revived! Her methods are most effective. She is someone that you can trust. Oh, and the real benefit…Clare LISTENS to you and is always willing to go that extra mile to help you.
This place is absolutely amazing. I wasn't just a "client" or a "patient" I was a person. They listened to my needs and exceeded all of them. It is so refreshing to be treated for my necessities and not proposed a bunch of costly services I don't need. This group is not just a business, they are true healers that care and want to make you not just feel better, but be better. I have found my holistic home!
I have been getting massage therapy here for almost a year after a car accident. The first therapist I saw was Andrea and I left feeling like my pain went from a 5 to a 2. I have seen nearly all the therapist here now, they are all fantastic with their own unique styles. I recommend trying them all out to see who fits you best. It was Cranial Sacral therapy that left me feeling out of this world–truly, it is an indescribable feeling that I have never felt until coming here. It takes a lot for me to relax but after a session i'm on cloud nine, totally zonked in my relaxation realm. The space is very clean and welcoming. They instantly made me feel like part of the fam and are always eager to fit me in wherever they can even though they book up fast.
The Eastbridge Wellness experience is top notch due to the remarkably high level of skill and experience that each massage therapist has. They offer many specialty areas including shiatsu, cranial sacral, deep tissue as well as injury recovery 7 days a week. They accept my health insurance plan when most places will simply not take any insurance for massage.
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May 15, 2020 at 5:43 am Updated May 19, 2020 at 9:06 pm
LAURAN NEERGAARD
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed to use "every plane, truck and soldier" to distribute COVID-19 vaccines he hopes will be ready by year's end — even as the country's top scientists gear up for a master experiment to rapidly tell if any really work.
Trump on Friday declared the vaccine program he calls "Operation Warp Speed" will be "unlike anything our country has seen since the Manhattan Project."
The goal is to have 300 million doses in stock by January, a huge gamble since a vaccine never has been created from scratch so fast — and one that could waste millions if shots chosen for the production line don't pan out. As the manufacturing side gets into place, the National Institutes of Health is working in parallel to speed the science.
At least four or five possible vaccines "look pretty promising" and one or two will be ready to begin large-scale testing by July with others to follow soon, NIH Director Francis Collins told The Associated Press.
"The big challenge now is to go big and everybody is about ready for that. And we want to be sure that happens in a coordinated way," Collins said.
That year-end goal is a "very bold plan … a stretch goal if there ever was one," he said in an interview late Thursday.
Worldwide, about a dozen vaccine candidates are in the first stages of testing or poised to begin, small safety studies in people to look for obvious problems and whether the shots rev up the immune system. Among those getting the most attention are one created by the NIH and Moderna Inc., and a different type created by Britain's Oxford University.
Current tests "are looking pretty good," Collins said. "But until you put it into the real world and check it out you don't really know. You can't skip over that really, really hard part of testing this in thousands and thousands of people."
For those next-step studies, NIH is working with some of the world's largest pharmaceutical firms to create a master plan so each potential vaccine is tested the same way, using the same database, instead of each company devising its own methods. That partnership — called ACTIV or Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines — is like an umbrella where vaccine makers can sign on when they're ready to start enrolling.
Some key questions are how those at highest risk from COVID-19, such as older adults and people with chronic health problems, will respond to the shots.
"If you had a vaccine that only worked for 20-year-olds and didn't work for 70-year-olds, that would not be a success," Collins said.
While Collins' team musters the needed science, Trump on Friday appointed Moncef Slaoui, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive, to lead the broader warp-speed project, along with Army Gen. Gustave Perna, the commander of United States Army Materiel Command.
The project also will work on new treatment and testing options, but vaccines are a priority.
"When a vaccine is ready, the U.S. government will deploy every plane, truck and soldier required to help distribute it to the American people as quickly as possible," Trump said in a Rose Garden event.
The World Health Organization and global health leaders have made clear that any vaccine must be shared equally between rich and poor countries. Trump said the U.S. would work with other countries, no matter who found a vaccine first.
"We have no ego when it comes to this," he said. He later added, "the last thing anybody's looking for is profit."
Slaoui, a veteran vaccine developer, said the goals are "very credible," but added, "I also believe they are extremely challenging."
Some groups are questioning Slaoui's financial conflicts of interest; he has resigned from Moderna's board.
In recent weeks, senior White House officials and allies have thrown their support behind "Operation Warp Speed" amid concerns that the economic rebound the president is betting his reelection on will require a reliable vaccine. Still, Trump was insistent that the U.S. would reopen regardless of the success of the effort.
"Vaccine or no vaccine, we're back," Trump said, as states begin to reopen despite fears of a second wave of the virus.
Despite all the emphasis on speed, Collins stressed that "no corners are going to be cut" on safety and scientists will be carefully looking for side effects.
But he added: "If we can get this vaccine out there even a day sooner than otherwise we might have, that's going to matter to somebody."
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I am very happy today to share one activity I did during my blog crash last two days. As I share previously about the end of year closing and the start of the year activity, planning has played a very great role in my life for this last three years.
It will make my life more meaningful as I have more sensible goals to achieve step by step. Having a dream is great for everyone, but having the dream comes true is much greater. Using planning we can get dream more achievable by defining the steps how to achieve it.
We have 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week, and 52 weeks in a year. What make the new year resolution happens is built up from each minutes in an a hour, each hour in a day, each day in a week, each week in a month and each month in a year. Building our step from the each time we have is much more sense rather than talking only. Planning like counting the smaller things to make bigger goals.
Buying instant planner is the easiest way to do, but will it fulfil all that I need above? All planner should have its own purpose depending on the role that we have. The common sold planner that really good to fulfil what I need should be very expensive. Making my own planner, on the other hand, will also be a waste of time. I should invest a lot of time to make page by page of it. Therefore, I have made quite big but meaningful investment in planning. Compared to the goals or the results desired from planning, that investment will cost nothing. Having more meaningful life is much more expensive rather than the planner itself.
I am as a child of God, which include all of my quiet time activities and ministry.
I made each of those categories into separated binders as I don't want holding a heavy and thick binder of planner everywhere.
This year, I try a new set of planner made by Kathy Gossen published by Cornerstone Confessions combined with Momstoolbelt made by Debra Reed. I adopt and combine the best from them. Both of them are awesome.
I use the planning system explained by Debra in Momstoolbelts. It looks very complicated and takes a lot of time to start, but once it is settled I can drive well.
Set 3 pcs of 25mm 3 ring binder with pocket for the cover and spine for Homemaking Planner, Quiet Time Planner, and Blogging Planner.
1 pc of 30mm 3 ring binder for Homeschooling Planner. As I use an electronic planner, I just need the folder for documentation, not for planner.
Cover pages and spines are taken from Momstoolbelts.
Area 2: The agenda based on the month, each consists of monthly calendar, weekly calendar, monthly goal setting.
Area 3: Family, Homeschooling, Homemaking, Financial, Ministry, Personal, Business, Meals and Recipe. I just use this part a bit here and there as I separated the homeschooling, business, and ministry. Even I don't use the meal and recipe one.
I separated the 3 areas with separator made from folder cards.
The smaller parts I use plastic pockets labeled with label cards which is attached to the pocket with plastic tape. The plastic pockets can be used for keeping small paper or any invoice and receipt.
For homeschooling planner, I don't really do it manually this year as I am using my >" target="itunes_store">OLLY for iPad which have included everything inside. I just need to print weekly planner for our bulletin board and the government requirement. However, if your would like to use a manual planner, please visit my posting: Our Homeschool Planner. Before I use the electronic planner, I used Momstoolbelts homeschooling planner.
Anyway, there are a lot of things that we cannot coupe with electronic tools. Therefore, I still use manual planner.
What make next year planner different is that I put our weekly and monthly pages on the bulletin board so I can see them more frequently. It also makes the planners more trackable.
We can plan as beautiful as we want, but the most important thing is the consistency of the planning.
How do you love planner?
Do you use to have planner?
You're so organised!Great ideas here and good presentation!
What a great idea! As always, I love seeing all about your curriculum!
You really are quite an amazing woman Adelien! And you've inspired me to work on becoming more organized in the coming year. Excellent post. I'm pinning this.
I agree that we need to have lots of plans. I would have the same categories as you do! I'm sure the goals are so important to all of us. Having a planner would make it easier to make it through the year and be successful.
Thanks for all these resources. I'm going to pin them for later!
I am amazed at how organized you are! I have never been that organized, but this inspires me to take a closer look at what I want to achieve. Putting it down in words, I imagine, makes it a lot easier to accomplish what you want.
Organizing goals, planning, and evaluating needs a lot of thinking, recalling, and self control. It is also a mental and physical exercise.
I used to have great organization skills, it seems the older I get, the less organized I become. Plus… I don't care as much as I used to.
If you become any more organized…. you won't know what to do with all your extra time.
You must be a perfect organizer when you are younger so that it has been recorded permanently in your head. Even when you are older, you won't ever forget it. That's why I give a lot of respect to the older people as they have something that the younger cannot either buy or have. It is experience.


Deanna is the Director of Administration, and has been a part of our Cornerstone family for 8 years now. She handles all things finance-related for the clinic as well as keeping our computers and equipment running smoothly. Deanna graduated high school in Canada but came to the U.S. to attend Texas A&M. She and her family settled in Erath County in 1988 and have spent most of the last 30 years living in the area. Outside of work she enjoys her three grandkids, watercolor painting and taking long country walks with her dogs.
Mackenzie has been with our Cornerstone family for 4.5 years now. She is our Director of Operations, which keeps our hospital and staff flowing smoothly! And, she still handles technician duties, and runs a majority of our social media. Mackenzie is from Virginia, but went to high school and college in Texas. She enjoys working her horses, cooking, traveling, and keeping up with all of her animals in her free time!
Natalie is our receptionist and has been with us since Day 1! Natalie handles most of our busy schedule, phone calls, inventory, and international health certificates. She is a Texas native, and enjoys spending time with her family, going to the beach and loving on her cats.
Taylor has been with us for a little over 2 years now! She is cross trained in many areas of the hospital, handling reception, assistant, technician and kennel duties. Taylor is attending TSU and is majoring in biomedical science or Pre Vet. She plans on attending vet school one day, but wants to continue her education as a technician until then!
Kirsten is a veterinary technician at the clinic. She learned the bible of an outdoor enthusiast growing up on the coast of Corpus Christi, Texas. Her passions include hunting, fishing, hiking, and photography with the undeniable love of animals and nature. She has three horses and three Australian Shepherds!
Tanner has been with us for 1.5 years now. He is Mr. T's main caretaker, as well as helping out with kennel duties and assisting in other areas of the clinic. Tanner is going to Tarleton for his degree in wildlife, and hopes to become a wildlife biologist or work in fisheries one day!
Laura has been with Cornerstone since 2011 – starting as a receptionist, then a kennel technician, and soon worked her way up to Kennel Manger. These days, Laura oversees our kennel staff and the animals that stay overnight in our kennel area. She has tremendous compassion for both animals and people and we love having her as part of our Cornerstone family.
Madison is a kennel technician at the clinic. She is from Port Arthur, Texas and is currently attending Tarleton State to achieve her Bachelors of Science in Pre-Veterinary Studies. She loves anything with fur and hopes to own her very own clinic one day!
Maison is a kennel technician at the clinic. She is an Animal Science Pre Vet major and Presidential Honors member at Tarleton and would like to go to A&M for vet school. If she's not at work or school, she is either riding, playing fiddle, playing with her dogs, or traveling.


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We're playing the waiting game in Buffalo, knowing any moment our total number of Peregrine falcons will increase! While the status of the Grand Island Bridge nests, the gain elevator and the Niagara gorge are in question, we know we can count on the Statler, UB and Central Terminal, although only UB has a cam monitoring their nest.
and St Gudula Cathedral and it already seems to be a tight fit!
Two eggs hatched on 4/18 and the bottom shot is 4/29 showing all five!
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It's the most exciting event in the whole of the horse racing calendar and while it can also be the most unpredictable, the Grand National gives punters a great opportunity to land a high priced winner. Aurora's Encore took the race twelve months ago at 66/1 and that followed Neptune Collonges' win at 33/1 back in 2012 so how do you pick a winner from this strong field?
Tea for Three is the favourite ahead of April's showcase event and the Rebecca Curtis trained 10 year old is available at 10/1 with most bookies including bet365 and Coral. In 21 races, the Gelding has won four times and while that may not sound completely conclusive, the horse has a good record over the big jumps.
However, Tea for Three finished in a disappointing eight position in the Cheltenham Gold Cup and while he wasn't fancied much at pre-race odds of 33/1, is his record good enough to attract such a relatively low price for Aintree?
The familiar Long Run is second in the betting with most bookies and is at 16/1 with Ladbrokes although Tidal Bay can also be picked up at 16/1 with bet365 and others. Nicky Henderson's horse has a good record in the big events, having won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2011 and is something of a punters' favourite so if you do feel like backing the nine year old, our advice is to get on early before those odds drop.
Tidal Bay is another horse for the big occasion but age is against him. We haven't seen a 13 year old take the National since Sergeant Murphy in 1923 so at first glance, those odds of 16/1 with bet365 may seem a little too short.
Recent form is good however with a third place in the Welsh Grand National and a second last time out so Paul Nicholls' runner looks a good prospect for an each way bet at least.
Elsewhere, Lion Na Bearnai is being talked of as a possible contender and currently, the Thomas Gibney trained 12 year old is way out at 50/1 with William Hill. Age is another concern but Lion Na has a great overall record that includes a win in the 2012 Irish National. Winners of that event are tipped to perform well at Aintree so don't rule this veteran out.
Coming back to the lower priced options and it's interesting to note that Colbert Station has drifted from his starting price of 12/1 in 2013 to 25/1 with most horse racing bookies and a mighty 50/1 with 888sport. Tony McCoy is believed to be riding Colbert again and that's also interesting when you read the jockey's assessment of last year's race.
McCoy sensed that his ride was nervous and those nerves led to the first fall of the horse's career – at the Chair. This time around, form isn't so good but could horse and jockey learn from that previous experience and climb into the places?
Soll is another horse with a decent National Pedigree and after finishing seventh in 2013, the 9 year old Gelding came in in an identical position in a recent National trial at Haydock. The secret to Soll's potential success lies in a massive frame and a sound jumping technique that should see him stay on his feet and that will always give him a chance at Each Way odds of 50/1 with bet365.
It's going to be another classic race and while the Grand National is as tough to predict as it's always been, we've identified two good value options in the lead up to the big event.
Long Run to win at 16/1 with bet365.
Soll Each Way at 50/1 with bet365.


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Because sometimes you want to pretend to be healthy, the new menu also includes three chicken melts: The Bird (Fontina, pickled onions, spinach, and Caesar dressing on a wheat bun... pictured!); The 'Shroom (Monterey Jack, mushrooms, grilled onions, spinach, and spicy brown mustard on a wheat bun); and The Buffalo (Jack & blue, celery, lettuce, and hot sauce on a potato bun). All of them are under $7.
Grab a fork and dig in because, even though you're probably going to order these fries with creamy aged cheddar, Fontina, Jack, crumbled bacon, and crispy onions to share, you're not reallllllly going to want to share all that many of them. For $3.95, you can totally afford to get your own. Just sayin'.
Do you like your mac & cheese with creamy aged cheddar, Fontina, Jack, and crispy onions, or would you prefer it with truffle, Fontina, Provolone, mushrooms, and Parmesan? Oh, and it's considered a "side dish", so maybe pair one with a Caesar or field greens salad. That way you can totally say you had a salad for lunch?
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Locust Street Festival 2016: A minute-by-minute recap
Bayshore iPic, restaurant, and bowling alley are closing
190 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: State Fair Inn
Surprise! Dave Chappelle will play four shows at Pabst Theater March 10-11
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A really cool art/music installation begins tonight on Wisconsin Avenue
Nobody cares what you think about Ryan Braun
My First Band: Steve Gunn
Lion's Tooth: How to make it to the other side of 2020 while selling books in Milwaukee
Cris Siqueira
By Cris Siqueira and Shelly McClone-Carriere of Lion's Tooth
In mid-March, just days after the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, we got a package in the mail filled with gorgeous handmade cards that said "Lion's Tooth survived coronavirus." This was a gift from our friends at Pataphor Press, in Chicago. They had sent us amazing art before, like linocut prints of Franz Kafka and Chico Marx, but the cards took us aback. It was the first time we considered the virus in terms of survival. At that point we were still actively looking for a location for our brick-and-mortar bookstore, intent to open our doors in June, in time for the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee.
We started planning Lion's Tooth in the beginning of 2019. In July we established the LLC, and by fall we were making appearances around town. We launched a book and graphic novel subscription service and held pop-ups with book clubs, readings and bands at the Sugar Maple. We had just launched an Indiegogo campaign when the virus hit. One potential building for the store was shown by our realtor with gloves and then online. It took us a second, but it eventually sank in that Lion's Tooth had been inexorably interrupted by COVID.
Like you, for the last few months we've been trying to comprehend the magnitude of the pain and loss of life caused by the coronavirus. The numbers are staggering. The scope of this crisis is unlike anything we have experienced in our lifetimes. You would have to be made of stone not to be profoundly touched and changed by 2020.
On a personal level we've been trying to find ways to protect our families. Our constant mindset is "We're f*cked, our friends are f*cked, people aren't wearing masks, no one is social-distancing as they should, we're all gonna die." Like many of you, we can't sleep at night because our brains are stuck on gloom and doom mode. We feel paranoid, overcautious, and then news hit about someone close who got COVID, or let's say 1,300 people dying yesterday in the U.S.—almost half the number of 9/11 victims IN A DAY, every day, give or take.
And of course we are engaged with the nationwide (and global) civil rights movement. Milwaukee is most infamous for being segregated, but it has many more skeletons in its racist closet to reckon with. We stand with Black and Brown folks, and will break our self-imposed quarantine rules to show solidarity in the streets. In our view, Black Lives Matter and ending police brutality is as much of an emergency as the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, The New York Times tells us the best way to sell a book right now is to put it near the toilet paper. Apparently, book sales have gone up considerably at big box retailers like Target and Costco, while general book sales (which includes indie bookstores) are down almost 60% in May compared to 2019. Amazon's #Beelzebezos' fortune has skyrocketed by unknown/disputed figures, and judging by the stock market, rich people have gotten richer regardless of (and perhaps fueled by) this global catastrophe. If you want to feel especially small check out this jaw-dropping demonstration of wealth inequality.
After Lion's Tooth was forced to give up opening a physical location this year we decided to focus on our online presence. We launched a revamped website with a curated selection of books, zines and art, and we now have a Bookshop.org page where you can order any titles your heart desires. Books ordered through Bookshop are sent straight from the distributor, but the indie bookstores keep the proceeds. That's right, you don't need to buy books from Amazon ever again.
In addition, we are proudly promoting the new book by Milwaukee's own Tea Krulos, American Madness: The Story Of The Phantom Patriot And How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked American Consciousness. If you pre-order it from us you'll get a limited-edition comic book plus a surprise treat from publisher Feral House.
Our subscription service grows stronger every day. We've featured some awesome artists and small presses since January. August selections include an exclusive zine and enamel pin by dwellephant, one of Milwaukee's most beloved illustrators. Adult graphic novel packages will get Adrian Tomine's The Loneliness Of The Long-Distance Cartoonist, with a special treat from publisher Drawn & Quarterly. And the "little kids" packages (up to 7 years old) will include Nietzsche In Shapes And Colors, published by Pataphor, the people who send us all the wonderful art. (This is a gift to the parents as much as the kids.) All of these offerings are available while supplies last, so sign up ASAP. Getting a subscription is the best way to support us, full stop.
Finally, we are restarting the "20 Years Later" series of interviews with some of the world's best cartoonists. Next up is Joe Sacco, whose new book Paying The Land came out earlier this month. Also watch this space for conversations with Kaz, Megan Kelso and Jaime Hernandez, and a tribute to Richard Sala, who tragically passed away in May, just as we were starting an interview by email. This brutal year is truly unrelenting.
On a lighter note, we are inspired by the resilience of other Milwaukee small businesses and their ability to reinvent themselves and adapt to these extraordinary circumstances. Please show some love for our established indie bookstores, like Boswell, Woodland Pattern, and Voyageur, and catch the brand new (and Black-owned) Niche Book Bar. Whatever you do, don't buy books from Amazon or at Target. The big guys are thriving during this crisis, and the little guys need you more than ever.
So, is Lion's Tooth surviving the coronavirus? We sure hope so, but we need your help to get there. We've been holding on to the cards we got from Pataphor as omens of good luck, betting that our dream will outlast the end of times. When it is all over, we will frame one of these beauties and proudly display it along with Kafka and Chico, on the walls of our physical location. There will be drinks and snacks, and events for kids and adults. We'll serve you a beer or glass of wine while you dive into a new book and your children listen to storytime. We've come a long way and found a nice place online, but our wish is still to be Milwaukee's next brick-and-mortar bookstore.
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Cris Siqueira is the co-owner of Lion's Tooth, a graphic novel subscription program and upcoming bookstore in Milwaukee.


Films suggesting journeys independently travelled and intimately filmed. Tonight's programme brings a variety of ideas and expressions unique to each individual filmmaker's experience, on the theme of a personal journey.
Shot on super 8 in and around a busy intersection. Journeys traced in light, puncturing the dark.
The film begins with a stream of traffic emphasized by the soundtrack like river flowing. Images of plastered poster walls by the side of the roads and arches under a train bridge. The occasional cars are secondary to the visual melody of lines on the streets.
Lights from the street lamps and vehicles come alive in the film. It is as if they scratch over the soundtrack, creating delays and stretching it.
Simple gestures, motion of the train, an enclosed setting, repetition - all contribute to a rich sensibility. As the viewer, we may envisage a space we're invited to share, we may feel a closeness with the protaganists. Or we may be wary of the film's gaze, as unobstrusive as that may be, we may desire a more cynical point of view.
To run after that which one cannot catch up with.
The fantomatic presence of the absent one.
To be fulled by silences and quietly.
To be empty of other's presence.
To be fulled up by absences.
The absence of the other which gave meanings of the everyday life.
The absence of the other that give meanings of the everyday life.
The impossibility of the mourning.
"happy birthday to you, the one I loved (my fantom) happy birthday to you, the one I love (my sorrow)"
Shot on Super 8 film in subtle greys, black and white. We are on a train crossing Charing Cross railway bridge. Steel girders flash by in dynamic rhythm; it¹s a journey that London commuters make every day. The film also repeats - each time with variations: a heavy barge moves slowly upstream, a patch of sun lights up the carriage, we glimpse a reflection of the filmmaker.
There are similarities in train and film. The carriage window is the frame. Marks and scratches on the glass are also on the film surface. Huge girders shut out our view, releasing patches of river, and we have to construct its image from fragments.
The film looks at both the interior and exterior of the train car, sometimes existing together in reflections. Scenes from the windows pass through plains, trees, train stops, commuters, conductors, roads, traffic, towns and villages of Malaysia before we arrive at the familiar skyline of Kuala Lumpur.
he 'narrative' of this piece seems to embody the linear logic of train travel itself. The detail; reflections in the windows, a train attendant in the corridor, people in the carriage, and the varied landscape are a counterpoint to the lingering, almost dreamy focus on the filmmaker's 'subject'; who is quietly observed, absorbed in her journey.
The journey plays with a sense of real time although we know that time has been subtly adjusted only by the various changes in Loo's observed 'subject'. We watch the film maker observe the details of a time spent on a train from Singapore to Malaysia, in which her focal character, gazes from the window, or sleeps, or reads. Is this an hommage, an older Asian woman, so rarely a focal figure in western cinema, a woman who is silently immersed in her own world, her voice replaced by the mundane train announcement that seems ceaseless?
Set in New York and London, 50/50 is about a relationship.
A reflection on love gone wrong and dual responsibility; an argument, a separation and the nature of love are explored in images and text. Set to two themes from Thelonious Monk.
50 / 50 chronicles a journey from London into New York City with the voice-over narration of a failed relationship: "You weren't good to me, but then I wasn't good to you, if I remember rightly, if I remember at all ". After brief views of leaving London and the flight we see views of New York from the car ride into the city: bridges, buildings, trucks, shadows all in a rhythmic sequence. Interspersed we see the two lovers, in the street, on the subway, close up.
Over the film the narrator tells of their relationship: "we got into whether you were pushed or whether you jumped or who pushed who first, if there ever is a first, if it isn't always 50-50". It's a dual responsibility."I wasn't so good to you, but then you weren't so sweet to me".
From an interview: " Dies Irae - is part of a requiem prayer. I used it because this text is about destruction, the end of the world. The one who prays ask to another one (god) to rescue him or if not to remember him. It's for that I used it, because this movie is about destruction, death, and the need to remember. I used the first sentence, an extract of the prayer because it contains two people: the one who asks to remember his death and the one who has to remember.