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Peoples Church has a long history here in Cincinnati. Founded in 1906 by a small group of people who met at Fourth and John St. to celebrate God, it was first called “Christian Catholic Apostolic Church.” The people’s passion exploded in 1907 when Nancy Starret, a member, visited the Azusa Street revival in Los Angeles, California and experienced the power of the Holy Spirit and brought back the Pentecostal teaching to the church. They changed their name to “Christian Assembly.”
In 1933 the church joined the Assemblies of God and adopted the name First Christian Assembly of God (FCA). The 1970’s ignited a new passion in the church through the Charismatic renewal as FCA’s doors were opened to a new generation of people. Healings and Salvations took place and the barriers of race and class were being removed. Under the leadership of Pastor Clyde Miller, the church remained in the heart of the city, a decision that has had significant impact in the kingdom of God and for the city. In 2001, Chris Beard became FCA’s lead pastor. Rocked by an article in the Cincinnati Enquirer titled, “A City Divided by Race,” and convinced by the Holy Spirit that God’s will is for churches to look like heaven on earth, Chris and the church staff began to pray that God would help them reach this vision.
The church grew from a 98% white commuter church into a church that is approximately 25% African American and 25% International. The staff, board and leadership teams are racially diverse and are continuing to learn what it means to be a reconciling church. In 2012, the church voted to change the name of the church to Peoples Church. A name that reflects the thirty plus nationalities worshipping and working together in God’s mosaic. Everything we do, and all that we are, is moving us toward a greater understanding of God’s purpose; to be one reconciled church, a church that worships and prays together, a church which is racially and generationally rich, a church who loves God and all peoples wholeheartedly, and passionately contributes to growing God’s Kingdom.

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October 3rd, Beat Kitchen Chicago
In the 1990’s, punk and hardcore started to fray into two very distinct categories — “mainstream” and “underground.” As much of an oxymoron as “mainstream punk” might be, it became a reality with the increasing popularity of bands like Green Day, Rancid, Blink 182 and several others whose wallets and fan base swelled. Through the 1980’s and early 1990’s, punk bands really had no idea that there was money to be made playing punk rock, which allowed a lot of freedom and creativity, giving us a scene that was diverse and interesting; limiting any stylistic choke holds and horrible “post” this and “proto” that genre titles. There was basically punk, hardcore and everything else.
While the Green Days and Offsprings basked in mainstream MTV adoration, bands like MK Ultra, Charles Bronson, Los Crudos (all who shared members at one point or another), Pretentious Assholes, Billy Builders and countless other punk bands around Chicago (and the country really) were continuing to write songs that were far too extreme for mainstream rock radio. The scene was the most outspoken the punk scene had ever been, commenting the political as well as social.
Recently, in celebration of the release of their discography, MK Ultra reunited for one night at Chicago’s Beat Kitchen. With support from another “one time only” reunion band, Pretentious Assholes, east coasters Failures, Milwaukee’s Herds and locals Harms Way, they proved that their music is still vital nine years after their break up.
Up first was Harms Way, which features members of Weekend Nachos and Convicted as well as ex-members of countless Chicago hardcore mainstays and favorites. They play metal influenced hardcore that sits somewhere between Infest and Cannibal Corpse, delivered at both, break neck speed and down tempo sludge. Saturday night was no exception. I listened to their set, bobbing my head while perusing the Residue Records distro table.
Herds, from Milwaukee Wisconsin delivered a thrashy hardcore punk attack that would be most comfortable in a musty basement. Reminiscent of many of the bands coming out on No Way Records and Fashionable Idiots (who coincidentally is their label). What makes them stand out is they’re a bit noisier and unlike some of their contemporaries, their songs break from the formula of fast and loud, introducing tempo changes and breakdowns without delving into the cliched “hardcore breakdown” territory.
Filling out the middle of the bill was Chicago’s Pretentious Assholes, whose punk pedigree is as impressive as their ability to meld styles. Featuring members and ex-members of Charles Bronson, Dischrist, No Slogan and the Repos, they brought a healthy combination of crust, grind and good ol’ fashion hardcore to the show. Musically, these guys would have fit just as well on the Apocalypticrust Fest that was going on at the Black Hole that same night, but I was grateful they played this show instead. Unfortunately, there’s no link on line for this band. To find like minded bands, check out their pedigree.
Following P.A. was NYC’s Failures. The one thing I can say about the midwest, specifically the greater Chicagoland area is that the last of the real maniacs and mongoloids reside within it’s scene (and I say that with nothing but love and adoration.) As soon as Failures started, there was a mass wave of bodies ramming into one another, jumping from the stage and trying to take the mic from the singer. This is why I love punk rock. None of it was contrived or postured. There was no sense of irony to the mosh or the stage dives. It was pure and youthful; a lack of concern for your own well being. With the exception of some technical problems caused by a couple destroyed microphone cables, Failures tore through a thirty minute set in roughly twenty minutes with no pause or acknowledgment of the audience. If you’re a fan of raging, tribal, breakneck speed hardcore, be sure to check out their full length and 7”. Neither will disappoint.
Finally, ending the night was a set from one of my favorite Chicago hardcore bands, MK Ultra. At one point in the 90’s, indie rock heart throb John Vanderslice played in a band of the same name, issuing a cease and desist order on the locals, despite the fact that the audiences didn’t really overlap. MK Ultra reclaimed the name and spent their set Saturday night picking exactly where they left off in 2000. It felt as if they never lost a step and played with the same vigor and energy that they did in their “heyday.”
Unlike the 1990’s incarnation of the band, there was very little political banter between songs and was replaced with genuine appreciation for the audience attending and a call to the punk scene to start talking about issues on stage between songs. Something that was time honored in the 90’s, replaced by either apathy, or an understanding that everyone in attendance operates on the same page.
The discography is now available on two LP’s, along with a digital download coupon, on Youth Attack records.
I feel like I’m living in a really strange era of music right now. I also feel like I’m living in a really strange period in pop culture/time right now. The 80s are retro and I’m not that old, you know? I feel like so many things that happened when I was a kid are coming back around or something … basically, they are probably coming back to people who are a little older than I was then, but because I was so aware and precocious* at even 6, 8, 10 years old, it doesn’t matter. I still thought then like I do now and remember them like it was yesterday.
I was driving to a friend’s photography show a year or so ago and heard this song (I didn’t know the name) — Welcome To The Black Parade. Because of how the chorus kicked in, I knew it was a modern band that was probably popular with the kids. but as the song continued to progress, I just pulled back and heard all the guitars and whatnot, and I thought … this was our Poison, cause it was pretty metal. And what I mean by that is not “It was pretty metal,” as in fairly metal, but it was “pretty” metal, as in shiny metal. Fluffy. Wanker lite. When I was a kid, I thought that Poison and Winger and Cinderella and Warrant and all those bands were metal. They weren’t. They were pop. But I didn’t know that then. And that’s what this song is — pop. With lots of guitars and posturing.
As I continued home, I heard this song — Sweet Escape. Let me tell you. I had NO CLUE who this was. Not one single clue until I looked it up when I got home. I heard this one and I thought, this could have come straight out of 1985. Seriously. I would have been all over this song then. It would have been a Top 40 #1. I nearly fell down when I saw it was Gwen Stefani. (Sidenote: is she going to lose those harajuku girls or what?) It just seemed so unlike her. No bad girl here. Straight popalicious. Not a hard edge to be found. I guess it features Akon, but I didn’t catch any of that on the radio.
(I love that I can type “bad girl escape sweet” and “carry on marching band” into google and get the names of these two songs, and then go to you tube and find the videos.)
Then, as if i needed the 80’s deal sealed, they went into With or Without You, for an authentic 80s classic. It’s funny. There was so much different stuff on Top 40 radio back in the 80s, and the things that lasted are now our classic rock. This would be one of them, I suppose.
The whole night kicked off with hearing Johnny Mars back on the air for the first time in over five years, which was really a treat. What comes around goes around.
*To illustrate: I’ve always remembered that one of my favorite songs was Separate Lives, a song by Phil Collins with Marilyn Martin from the movie White Nights. Before you roll up with peals of hysterical laughter, let me at least tell the story. I always loved love songs and songs of romance and all that stuff. Whitney Houston, Phil Collins, Chicago featuring the lovely Peter Cetera, you name it, I was there.
But the reason I use “Separate Lives” to illustrate my point is this — “White Nights” came out in 1985. I was ELEVEN years old. Never kissed, much less had any sort of romantic relationship. Yet, I distinctly and VERY clearly remember loving that song and KNOWING what the words meant. Singing along with heartfelt emotion as Phil Collins sings: “ooh, so typical, love leads to isolation/so you build that wall (build that wall)/and you make it stronger…”
WHAT? How can an 11 yr. old comprehend that? But I loved the song and I loved the crescendos and the key change and the whole feel of it. That they were together and now apart, and how dare they look at each other like that now that they couldn’t have each other, but … maybe… someday, but for now, they’d go on living separate lives… and… CUT.
Wow. So dramatic and emotional for a pre-teen. Obviously worth pulling out the boombox to tape it on.
This originally appeared at Smussyolay in March ’07, but is still completely relevant 2 and a half years later.
Pulling up rather late to the Subterranean, fighting off the cold-death-rain as I ran from the ATM around the corner, I was over joyed by being inside. I handed my ID to door guy, followed by ten bucks and ran up the stairs, hearing the last few notes of Big Knife’s set. This was my second biggest regret of the night. My first being that I missed the opening band, Duress‘ set.
Fronted by local zinester and defender of the stage dive, Matt Rolland (Mindless Mutant zine), Duress features current members of other local straight edge bands One Foot in the Grave and Poison Planet. Duress brings a fast, abrasive and short brand of hardcore to the party, which sits somewhere between Minor Threat and SS Decontrol.
Getting their start by handing out demo tapes at local hardcore shows, they’ve built their own mini hype machine on the local hardcore message board, along side regular shows around the Chicago and Northwest Indiana area. I was disappointed that I missed their set, but being a local band, I’m sure I’ll cross paths with them in the near future.
You can download their demo for free at the Myspace profile.
Chicago’s Big Knife, who describe themselves as “the new wave of Hell Yeah Metal,” play thrashy lo-fi alcohol fueled garage punk with heavy elements of stoner rock and healthy doses of New Wave of British Heavy Metal thrown in for flavor. Beyond hearing the songs on their Myspace, I honestly don’t know much about them, which adds to the sadness of catching the last few chords of their set.
No Slogan, hailing from Chicago’s south side hit the stage third. These Chicago punk veterans have been heavily active in the Southkore records scene, as well as socially active in the Pilsen and Little Village communities. Their style of socio-political punk rock brings to mind the sound of classic Chicago punks such as the Bhopal Stiffs and the Effigies, while their punk rock ethics come straight out of the DIY scene.
I’ve seen No Slogan more times than I can honestly remember and over the last two years, they’ve been getting consistently better. Where their first two 7” were good, their latest album, Aversion Therapy (Residue Records) ups the bar quite a bit. Their set last night was honestly the best I’ve ever seen them play. Fast, tight, aggressive and completely in sync with one another.
Hjertestop, from Copenhagen, Denmark took the stage next. Their sound is similar to the obscure sounds found on the classic Killed By Death compilations. With a definite slant towards European squatter punk and an obvious early 80’s East Bay vibe propelling them, Hjertestop manage to create a sound that’s familiar, yet unique. Their set was fun and high energy, in a way that only a Euro-punk band can execute. The band is made up of ex-members of the Young Wasterners and Incontrollados and their sound is equally reminiscent of both bands. They execute with early 80’s street punk smarts, skillful knowledge of their instruments and a friendly tip of the hat to their influences.
Hjertestop will be returning to Chicago on May 2nd with Crude, Unit 21 and Closing in at the Beat Kitchen. Catch them while they’re still state side.
Last up was Masshysteri, who features ex-members of International Noise Conspiracy, the Viscous, the Regulations and countless other Swedish punk bands. Masshysteri seemingly draws influence from early 80’s punk bands such as the Avengers and the Mutants, while tying in aspects of American garage rock and hints of the arty early Los Angeles punk bands such as the Weridos and X.
The set was a lot shorter than I expected, but covered a great deal of ground, including ending the show with a cover of the Chuck Berry classic, Johnny B. Goode, sparking the most dancing of the entire night. Most of the songs were executing at slightly below break neck speed, with clean almost jangly guitars acting as the motor that propelled the simple, yet effective drumming. The way the guitar tones played off of one another almost made me think that I heard a keyboard, even though there was a definite absence of keys.
Masshysteri reminds me of everything that I like about early 80’s punk without sounding like a nostalgia act. They borrow enough from their influences to keep things sounding familiar and rooted within the scene, but still manage to make things interesting by combining well executing male/female vocals with well written, high energy guitar playing. This all seems to be evidence that the members of this band took away some important positive aspects from their previous bands. They have a solid understanding that good musicianship can be executing effectively by keeping things simple and that over complicating things isn’t always necessary. They also give their style of punk some hips, allowing it to be as equally dancable as it is welcoming of the pogo.
Masshysteri’s full length LP, which is available stateside via Feral Ward records ([url=http://www.feralward.com/home.html]http://www.feralward.com/home.html[/url]), is a well produced piece of punk rock, without sounding glossy and still manages to capture the vibe and energy of their live performance. Unfortunately, Masshysteri will not be returning to Chicago on this tour, so you’ll have to just take my word for it and give the LP a few spins while stage diving from your bed. The only other option would be a trip to Sweden.
Last night, I stood outside the Beat Kitchen, as I have many times before, waiting for my best beer-hero buddy John Duggan to ride up Belmont Avenue. It was already a good night, because any night that starts with a can of Hamm’s is going to be special. Tonight we were seeing the much-hyped (with good reason) Minneapolis punk band, Off With Their Heads.
Off With Their Heads is a project based around Ryan Young, whose songs covers familiar topics, such as heartbreak, depression and drug used, but manages to tackle it all in a fresh and self deprecating manner. Unlike other bands that can be classified as “pop punk” or “beard punk,” Off With Their Heads comes out swinging with a “no bullshit,” dark and often times unsettling set of punches, to the tune of familiar pop hooks. The lazy comparison would be to call them the middle ground between Rivithead and J Church. I tend to see them as the band that makes depression fun again.
The show started off with Mundelein Illinois’ young upstarts, the Please and Thank Yous, who whether they know it or not were playing chords straight from the handbook written by Cringer and Jawbreaker. This isn’t a bad thing by any means, as these are two of my all time favorite bands. Their set was short and favorably rough around the edges, just the way any young punk band should be.
Following them was the Vicelords (not to be confused with the Chicago street gang of the same name), which was an all-star band of sorts. Featuring members of current Chicago punk bands Vacation Bible School and the Brokedowns and fronted by veteran Chicago punk front man and ex-Apocalypse Hoboken singer, Todd Pot. Their sound was equal parts Easy Instructions for Complex Machinery era Apocalypse Hoboken and drugged out psych-punk. This was my first time seeing these guys and I was equally impressed and left wanting a few more songs. Todd Pot still has one of the best, most unique voices in punk rock.
Finally, rounding out the evening was Off With Their Heads. They played a healthy blend of older songs and newer songs, mixing in limited witty banter and beer soaked sing-a-longs. What I found most surprising about the show is that their Chicago following has grown a bit since last I saw them. Previously, I saw them at the same venue playing with semi-known locals, but ended up playing to a room that was only a quarter full. The audience this time around was far more receptive and slightly younger. The space was a little over half full, so roughly a hundred heads in the room. It felt good seeing them receive a positive response here, as often bands of their size, regardless of how much a Chicago audience likes a band, will simply fold their arms, bob their heads and politely clap at the end of the song. Seeing the Beat Kitchen transformed into a “moshitorium” for a band that isn’t a local hardcore band was refreshing.
I think what strikes me the most about Off With Their Heads lyrics is that Young says (and quite possibly acts out) things we’ve all felt, but rarely had the courage to say out loud. We’ve all been through break ups where we thought that maybe putting a brick through your ex’s window would be a good idea, but better judgment kicks in and instead you throw yourself a one person pity-party and listen to Morrissey all night. Young straight up says it in their song Horse Pills and the Apartment Lobby, leaving you under the impression that there’s a pretty good chance that the content of the song actually happened. The honest lyrics are really only part of the equation though.
Although their songs are based off of the rudimentary punk rock formula, they do what great pop song writers have been doing for years. They take a familiar formula and reinvent it in a new and interesting way. Darker, high gain guitar tones similar to their fellow Minneapolis punks, Dillinger Four and Rivithead, recorded to sound like Sorry Ma era Replacements, tossing in the honesty of Jawbreaker and using the chord progressions made famous by bands like the Ramones and Dead Boys. Not that this is a hard-fact formula, because listening to their first record, Hospitals and then comparing it to their most recent album, From the Bottom, you see a progression of a band who might show its influences, but just as soon tears them down.
Off With Their Heads is one of the best things going in punk rock right now, so if you haven’t gotten on board yet, you probably should. They’re currently embarking on a European tour, but will be back in Chicago April 1st at Ronny’s.
A week after the Inauguration I’ve warmed up from the seven hours spent standing on the National Mall in front of a jumbo-tron—not nearly as cold as my recently adopted Windy City, but you stand in place on cold ground for any length of time and you’re bound to get chilled—but the high of last week’s Inaugural Day has not quite worn off. It’s a feeling I hope we can bottle and sell and look back on the way people talk about JFK.
There were a lot of festivities that weekend besides the main event (or the surreal musical stylings of Garth Brooks and Beyonce at the concert on the Mall Sunday). Having had an opportunity to buy tickets for the Midwest Ball, I opted instead for the Hideout Big Shoulders Inaugural Ball last Monday night at the Black Cat—located on 14th Street near the U Street corridor in Washington, DC. The night brought a lineup of eight, mostly Chicago-based, bands and full coolers of Goose Island to our nation’s capitol. And for me, it brought my two favorite venues—from my new city and my old home—together for one night. A strange collision of hang-outs in honor of our new president.
U Street was awash with crowds lining up at Ben’s Chili Bowl (no chance of a half-smoke unless you were willing to stand in a line stretching down to 12th street, thanks to Obama and Mayor Fenty’s TV appearance the week prior), but down the block the folks from the Hideout had managed to give the Black Cat the intimacy of its own gigs. The upstairs’ stage was festooned with streamers, bunting, Chicago flags, and the iconic Obama print that a few weeks earlier had hung from outside the Hideout itself. Tim Tuten held forth from a podium, delivering the characteristic introductions as Freakwater, Ken Vandermark, Tortoise, Andrew Byrd, and the Waco Brothers, among others, all took their turn at the Chicago talent show. Thomas Frank, author of “What’s the Matter With Kansas?,” led the crowd in singing “Solidarity Forever” along with Jon Langford of the Waco Brothers. There was vintage “thrift store” fashion, traditional black tie ball attire, and the rest of us hipsters who preferred to stay warm in our jeans.
It was a great night for music—this was the eve of not just the Inauguration, but of Andrew Byrd’s new release as well—but the music was secondary. The night fit seamlessly into a weekend of almost unfamiliar good will. Tourists and locals alike walked around for four days smiling to one another and starting conversations in shopping lines and on the metro. Across town my hosts for the weekend were at an Inauguration party for a group of musicians—composers, National opera types, and others—wondering who would be selected for National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities chairmanships, while bemused that they’d never felt compelled to hang a flag from their house until this night. At the Black Cat, a number of fine musicians brought their best, but the crowd was really waiting through the jazz and fancy whistle tricks for a party. Icy Demons and Waco Brothers were high points, in my view the epitomizing party bands of the night. Jon Langford introduced his mates as a protest band that had very little to protest that night. When they played “I Fought the Law” it seemed that for this night WE had won. The Wacos—three Yanks, a Welshman and an Englishman, based in Chicago, doing coordinated kicks and guitar windmills couldn’t have expressed our feelings better. For one night indie irony and cynicism was dead.

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Double Chocolate Creme Brulee
Bring out the big guns for your next elegant dessert! These double chocolate creme brulee are EASY to make, while their presentation makes them look like you took hours. Don’t be fooled. Slightly sweet, and impossibly creamy, these will win over anyone you serve!
Dish Count :: Ramekins, 1 saucepan, 1 13×9 pan
Hello, Week 18! Wait. One Eight? This is rolling straight into the halfway point soon. It doesn’t seem like it? I will however count myself obscenely lucky for that, since it means I passed by the first bits of pregnancy that usually render women completely miserable. If the worst thing about this pregnancy was that a strong breeze against my boobs would make me cry the first few weeks, then yes – I am lucky.
And this weekend I got my first taste of what it was like dealing with someone completely helpless – Ben, dealing with a head cold.
Thursday afternoon I was picking up the Man Cold Starter Pack at the store – Top Ramen, Gatorade, Chips to scratch an itchy throat, and cheap grocery store Chinese take out. By Friday… it went up another level.
I chalked it up to the usual man cold, but realized soon after, it was a real thing. In eight years of us being together, he’s never called into work sick two days in a row. This was serious. I lost count of the number of boxes of tissues, cough drops, and naps that were had – but it was many. And we made it through roughly half of the Harry Potter series to boot. But on Sunday when I asked if he needed to go see his doctor – he told me he doesn’t have one. A nurse that doesn’t have a doctor. *facepalm*.
This about summed up everything going through my head this weekend.
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But then, even with my sighs, I remember what good care he has taken of me when I’ve been sick, or had one of my knock-down-drag-out migraines. He does it without complaint, kisses me, and lets me cry it out. For that, I am forever thankful.
So, one four day man cold? I can do handle that, gladly.
In the middle of everything else, and probably about the time we reached Harry Potter number 6, I decided to make these double chocolate creme brulee to commemorate Chip’s roll into week 18. To be fair, I didn’t have the shallow fluted ramekins that really showcase his real size, but if the app says he’s the size of a creme brulee I will find a way to make a creme brulee.
I went straight for ATK’s classic creme brulee recipe, and then upped its game with chopped semi sweet chocolate and a little extra Dutch red cocoa powder. Ohhhh me oh, oh my oh! *Falls over dead* I can safely count these as the best creme brulee I have ever had in my life. No, that is not hyperbolic. And they are supremely easy for an elegant dessert. Give them a try. Please. And thank you.
Ingredients for Double Chocolate Creme Brulee
- Heavy Whipping Cream
- Egg Yolks
- High Quality Cocoa Powder
- Finely Chopped Semi Sweet Chocolate
- Vanilla Bean Extract
- Turbinado or Demerara Sugar*
If you want to catch up on the rest of Chip’s progress through utero, read through the last few weeks!
Inspired Homemade Recipes To Try
Week 16 – Vanilla Almond Poached Pears
You can get the original recipe for this Classic Creme Brulee from America’s Test Kitchen’s Cooking School Cookbook. It’s a PERFECT base recipe for this double chocolate creme brulee I made today!
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These double chocolate creme brulee are EASY to make, while their presentation makes them look like you took hours. Don’t be fooled. Slightly sweet, and impossibly creamy, these will win over anyone you serve!
- 2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream
- 6 Egg Yolks
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1 Tbsp High Quality Cocoa Powder
- 4 ounces Finely Chopped Semi Sweet Chocolate
- 2 tsp Vanilla Bean Extract
- 4–6 teaspoons of Turbinado or Demerara Sugar*
Place the oven rack on the lower-middle rack, and preheat oven to 300 degrees. Fill a small saucepan with water and bring it to a boil.
Place cream, and sugar into a different, medium sized saucepan and bring the mixture to a rolling simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally. While the mixture is heating up, crack the eggs and separate the yolks from the whites. Discard the whites or use them for another recipe. Whisk the eggs in a bowl until they are light and fluffy yellow.
When the cream is simmering, turn off the heat, and remove the cream from the stove. Stir in the vanilla extract, chopped chocolate, and cocoa powder. Stir the mixture until the chopped chocolate has melted completely. Return to the heat if there are a few chunks that just won’t melt.
Slowly pour 1/2 cup of the cream mixture into the egg yolks while whisking them continuously to temper the eggs. Repeat this process until you have whisked in all the cream mixture. Distribute amongst the ramekins. Place the filled ramekins into a 13×9 inch baking pan, and place them into the oven. With the boiling water you prepared earlier, gently pour the water into the bottom of the 13×9 inch pan, until it reaches about 2/3 of the way up the sides of the ramekins. Gently push the rack into the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until the temperature of the custard reaches 175 degrees.
Gently remove the ramekins from the oven and place them on a wire rack to cool for at least one hour. Cover with plastic wrap and place the custards into the fridge to chill for at least 3 hours. Blot away any condensation with a paper towel prior to torching the sugar on top and serving.
Torch the top of the creme brulees until the sugar melts and becomes crispy and caramel colored. Serve immediately.

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WASHINGTON — With D.C.'s continual reopening amid fewer COVID-19 restrictions, many have started to question what will happen to the city's strEATeries. One neighborhood thinks it has the answer.
Some DuPont Circle neighbors noticed construction cones replacing strEATeries along 17th Street, Northwest, last week, and grew concerned they were gone for good.
Community leaders were quick to assure them that instead — they're getting a more permanent spot.
DDOT is currently installing some traffic calming measures in the corridor, like protected bike lanes, reducing the two-lane street to one and parking spaces on the road that make room for the popular strEATeries.
“The main positive externality about this is the strEATeries you know, the realization that people eating and enjoying, you know, great local food and supporting the local economy," managing partner of Duke's Grocery, Daniel Kramer said. “That's a lot more important than three cars sitting there doing nothing, except maybe getting a parking ticket or two.”
Other owners agree with Kramer.
A DDOT released survey results in March said 89% of the businesses that participated supported a permanent strEATery program.
Mayor Bowser has also been pushing the council to pass the Reopen D.C. Alcohol Act. One provision would allow owners to pay a fee to set up a strEATery from May to Oct. in 2022 and 2023.
“Because of the pandemic, I think we're really considering how we use our shared public space," former Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for the area, Randy Downs said. "This design, I think, will be a model for the rest of the city.”
Downs and fellow former ANC Aaron Landry have been working with the city for years to make 17th Street in DuPont Circle safer for cyclists and pedestrians.
They're excited to see their advocacy come to fruition in a way that preserves many diners' favorite pandemic innovation.
“I got to ride on it last night and just felt safer," Landry said. "The traffic is calmer. I think when this is done, people from around the District are going to come to 17th Street and see how they can apply this to their neighborhood.”
Landry said he has heard concerns from residents about the project impeding loading zones for businesses and ride-share drivers, but he, Downs, and Kramer all agree it's worth it.
“We're proud to be the trendsetter," Kramer said.
Downs anticipates the section between P and R streets to be finished by the end of the week.


The demand for electricity has been on the rise in the past few years. The higher demand alongside natural disasters overwhelms the municipal grid forcing it to collapse. At times, the failure can last for days.
You don’t want to be in darkness for all these days. Fortunately, a backup diesel generator prevents this from happening. It’ll cater to the electrical needs in your home’s electrical needs.
These standby generators will either use diesel or natural gas as the source of fuel. So, which among the two will you choose?
How Does a Diesel Generator Work?
In the present day, the fuel prices are spiraling due to high demand and declining supply. Therefore, you need to select a cost-effective method to power your generators. Getting a diesel generator isn’t only profitable but also highly efficient.
Other than the prices, diesel has a higher energy density than natural fuel. With this, a higher amount of energy can be extracted from diesel fuel as compared to the same volume in natural gas. But that’s not all; diesel is also heavier and oilier than natural gas with a boiling point higher than that of water.
Unlike natural gas, the engine doesn’t spark ignition. Instead, it applies a compression-ignition to ignite the fuel. Here the air is drawn into the engine, subjected to high compression, thus heating the air, doing so results into a higher temperature that ignites any diesel fuel that’s being let into the engine.
Why Invest In Diesel Generators
Most homeowners and business people prefer to invest in diesel generators. First, because the generator starts within seconds of a power blackout. But that’s not all; diesel is way cheaper than natural gas, making the installation, running, and maintenance to be cost-friendly.
You can buy your ideal diesel generator at https://www.ablesales.com.au/diesel-generators-perth-melbourne-brisbane/diesel-generator/. That’s the only way you’ll enjoy these benefits.
- Supply Electricity during Power Outages
An accident may occur in your locality, causing a power outage. Alternatively, the power supply company might shut off the main supply for routine maintenance and repair services.
However, this happens when you’re in the middle of the project, and time is running out. Maybe you don’t want the food in your food to go bad. It’s even worse if the outage takes longer than you expect.
Having a diesel generator will sustain these needs and many more. Even better, the generator will start immediately the automatic switch detects a power outage. The generator takes a maximum period of 10 seconds to get to full power.
With this, the damage from the power disruption will be kept at a minimum.
- Generate Power for Construction Projects
Are you erecting a new house? Maybe you want to upgrade or install extensions in your home.
Using a generator saves you on construction costs. It helps you operate nail guns and spray guns during the painting exercise.
- Provide Power Backup during Emergencies
When disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, and tsunamis occur, there’s a probability they’ll interfere with the mains supply. Further, they cause untold effects necessitating the need for emergency centers to help the victims.
Due to this disaster, the mains repair exercise might take days or weeks. A backup generator ensures that humanitarian services do not stop during this exercise.
- Helps with Farming
A diesel home generator is a necessity for people living in the countryside. Yes, it plays a crucial role in maintaining your farm during a natural calamity or disaster.
But that’s not all! You can use the generator around your garden to perform daily chores. Such may include food preservation, lighting, and operating electrical farm tools and appliances.
- Maintains Productivity
A power outage might paralyze your business until the main supply is restored. The reason being, most modern companies rely on electricity at one point in their process.
If this happens, your business might end up taking a substantial financial hit. Productivity will also drop to zero.
So, do you want to shield your business from this loss? Invest in a high-efficiency generator to provide backup when the mains collapse.
Then invest in a reliable, robust, and high-efficiency fuel generator. It will ensure you have the power to run your business operations at all times.
- Keep Product Safe and Fresh
As a farmer or a hotelier, the food in your fridge might go bad at any time. If this happens, you’ll incur a lot of costs.
The last thing you want is a power blackout when you don’t have any backup plan to power your fridge. Don’t let this happen.
Make sure you have a backup diesel generator to keep your foodstuffs safe and fresh in the fridge.
- Be Entertained
Being stuck in your home due to bad weather isn’t fun. It’s even worse when a storm is followed by landslides or other disasters responsible for killing people.
At this point, you need encouragement that all will be well. But that’s not possible in a power blackout. But not for long!
Investing in a power backup generator ensures there’s the power to start and run your appliances. Other than entertaining your family, it’ll provide hope that professional help is on the way.
- Keep Security Systems on At All Times
In the event of a blackout, the security systems that rely on power will also go out. That’s a significant risk as thieves and burglars can take advantage of this situation.
However, criminals will not have a field day in your business once you install a backup generator. It’ll jumpstart the security system in minutes.
Buy a Backup Generator Today
A backup generator functions like an insurance policy. You cannot accurately predict when or if you need to buy one or not.
The decision is dependent on your tolerance to power interruptions, personal situation, and available budget. For instance, if you rely on electricity to power medical equipment, then you should invest in a backup generator. The same happens when you live in areas with frequent but prolonged blackouts.
Having a backup generator is also ideal for people who work from home or who want a peace of mind. It’ll ensure you’re prepared for any unexpected situation.Tags: generator


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Matthew Spry, a senior director at consultancy Lichfields, was speaking yesterday at Planning's conference in central London in a session on closing the gap between housing allocations, permissions and completions.
Spry said that Lichfields research had shown that larger sites deliver more homes per year than smaller sites, while greenfield sites deliver on average 40 per cent faster than the equivalent brownfield sites.
Other factors include sites containing more developers offering a greater range of housing products, which means a higher sales rate, he said.
The research also found that sites with higher levels of affordable housing delivered more units per year.
He added: "Although affordable housing is sometimes seen as a drain on the scheme, it actually does increase the rate of development."
Spry said this was due to the developer being able to sell on the affordable housing units quickly to housing associations.
But he warned that council housebuilding, though helpful, would not in itself deliver a step change in boosting delivery.
A number of authorities, including Birmingham City Council and the London Borough of Croydon, have set up their own companies or created programmes to build affordable homes.
RTPI research earlier this year found a sharp rise in councils directly building their own homes.
But Spry pointed out that the number of homes being built, even by large authorities, was always likely to be limited in scale.
Referring to Birmingham Council, claiming at the conference that it had built about 3,000 units over 10 years, he said: "[It's] by no means an insignificant number but in terms of Birmingham's housing challenge it's still quite modest in scale.
"These measures on their own won't sweep up housing delivery."
He also warned that faster delivery may not always mean better quality.
"Some of the schemes that are held up as examplars are actually built out incredibly slowly," he said.
"So Poundbury, a successful mixed-use urban extension, is built out at a glacial rate. It got permission in 1993 and is still only about two-thirds complete, a site of 2,000 homes. Are there trade-offs in terms of quality and the actual rate of development?"
He went on to say: "It's really important to get a better mix of housing on sites. Lots of local plans have policies to promote better mix of housing on sites."
He cited the National Planning Policy Framework's paragraph 61, which requires planning policies on the "size, type and tenure of housing" to reflect the needs of "different groups in the community", such as those needing affordable housing, students, older people and those who rent.
Spry concluded that while there was a gap between permissions and output it was "not a systemic problem".
Any potential solution to the issue of slow housing delivery "should be proportionate", he said, adding that there was a "broad consensus" that local plans were the right tools for authorities to speed up delivery.


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UNITED KINGDOM – A pet cat decided to wish his owner a Merry Christmas – by bringing home a live fish as a gift.
Holly Hudson was just sitting on her sofa at her home in Greengate, near Littleborough, Rochdale, when Freddie the cat arrived and planted the unexpected gift at her feet.
Terrified and panicking-stricken at first, the 22-year-old began to scream before calling her friend and dad for help.
Her father told her to pick up the fish – which is believed to be a koi carp – and put it in water in case it was still alive.
Holly explained to the M.E.N: “I was just sitting there on the sofa and the next thing I know there’s a fish in front of me!
“I started screaming and jumped on top of the coach. I rang my friend and then my dad and he told me I needed to do something with it – if it was alive I couldn’t leave it there.”
“I got some rubber gloves and a vase and managed to pick it up. It started flopping around and I screamed even more. I panicked and ran to the bath and started to run it and just put the fish in it. It was just swimming around.”
Holly states that the fish was a koi carp, around five to six inches long.
She went on to add: “I don’t know where it came from, Freddie has only ever brought a mouse in before and it was alive, we were looking for it for ages. It’s like he brings in live animals because he thinks we need more pets! Or it was an early Christmas present for us.”
Holly posted a Snapchat video of the fish on her Facebook page noting: “Okay so most cats bring home mice, but mine has brought us a living koi carp. As far as we know there aren’t any ponds near our house so we have no idea where it came from. Does anyone have any idea what we should do?”
The story met with amusement by many, with some branding it ‘the best post of the year’.
Others readers, however, said things like ‘it’s time to stop carping around’.
Thankfully, the people of Littleborough came to the rescue and the koi carp since has been rehomed and is actually doing quite well.
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Resopnding to the Morrison Government's announcement on DV and family violence today, Greens spokesperson for women, Senator Larissa Waters said:
"Six months into the job, the Prime Minister has finally mentioned domestic violence. However the paltry amount of funding announced shows he still doesn’t understand the seriousness of the issue and still hasn’t realised that the real terror threat and national security crisis is against women in their homes.
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"What Australian women need to be safe is paid DV leave, a massive funding boost for frontline DV crisis services so no woman is turned away, leadership to drive cultural change, and decent funding for primary prevention of DV.
"Today’s announcement of $78m of funding comes after the Coalition’s massive cuts to frontline services and falls well short of what is actually needed.
"The Greens have renewed their commitment from last election to budget for a $5 billion DV package over 10 years, to give frontline response services, prevention programs and research the long term funding certainty they need.
"We can afford to do this, and with six women killed already this year, we can’t afford not to."

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In a bid to develop synthetic molecules and materials that are capable of mimicking biological recognition and function, intensive research in the fields of synthetic receptor technologies, smart materials, synthetic biology and smart indicators has been under way for the past 20-30 years. The development of synthetic receptors continues to grow rapidly. Novel molecular architectures, with ever improving selective binding properties are constantly being described, and in some cases providing much-needed physical insights into the nature of non-covalent interactions and molecular recognition. Such receptor systems are finding increasingly esoteric applications and this book captures the key developments at the synthetic receptor/biology/detection science interface.
The editor has extensive experience in applying smart materials and synthetic receptors to the development of biosensors. Reddy has developed smart, permselective and biocompatible molecularly imprinted polymers and membrane materials for the sensor/sample interface and the advancement of smart materials-based electrochemical, quartz crystal and optical sensors for medical, food and environmental applications.
Chapters demonstrate how growing disciplines such as biomimetics, synthetic receptor technologies, pattern recognition and nanotechnology are being used to develop new smart materials for diagnostic sensor and biosensor applications. Postgraduate students and researchers in academia and industry will benefit from this resourceful handbook.
About the Author
Dr. Sub Reddy (C.Chem. MRSC) obtained his first class degree in Chemistry from the University of Manchester. He received his Ph.D. in Membrane-based Electrochemical Biosensing from the same University (1996). His post-doctoral research interests have included the development of quartz crystal-based biosensors, operating in the liquid phase (University of Wales, Bangor; 1994-1997) and the development of application-specific odour sensors (UMIST, Manchester; 1997-1998).
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Advanced Synthetic Materials in Detection Science
By Subrayal Reddy
The Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright © 2014 The Royal Society of Chemistry
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Biomimicry and Materials in Medicine
LARISA-EMILIA CHERAN, ALIN CHERAN AND MICHAEL THOMPSON
Past generations have attempted to tame, harness and conquer nature, and bring her to her knees. Such efforts have transformed over the years into a wiser, enthusiastic pursuit to unravel her secrets and copy the "engineering" afforded by nature. Implicit in this is the recognition that literally billions of years of evolution have resulted in the refining of biological structures at the macro- and nano-scales.
A living cell that grows and multiplies looks much like a robot that has learned to build itself. We are still not sure exactly how this machine was first assembled and programmed. In comparison, strident announcements with respect to scientists "creating life" in the lab are only lame self-promoting marketing strategies. The reality is that there is a failure to acknowledge the fact that the inception of such efforts were initiated with existing living cells before any major manipulations were made inside the cells. There is no clear definition of life; we even struggle to ascertain the difference between a living cell and a dead one. All the chemicals and physical properties are essentially identical, with the most remarkable feature being the inefiable force that controls those 100 000 chemical reactions in each second, in each living cell. For that matter, we are required to recognize that we do not even have a real definition of reality, only hypotheses which contradict the Copenhagen interpretation because of the need of an observer, explicitly the multiverse theory, Bohm's implicate order, Everett's parallel universes, and orchestrated quantum coherence. Troublesome as it is, we do not have a definition of time either, since the vibrations of the cesium atoms and quartz crystals only measure something that does not exist when we dream, for example; something that expands exasperatedly when we are bored and contracts when we are in the flow.
Leaving such big questions under the rug of modern science, where they belong, we turn to the somewhat more uncomplicated quest of mimicking nature by creating synthetic materials capable of both detecting biochemical and biophysical changes at the molecular level that reflect sensory mechanisms. Additionally, synthetic materials can replace natural biological components for medical corrective procedures and/or healing. Such activities are often characterized as being incorporated in the relatively new field of "biomimicry", a word coined by Schmitt some years ago.
1.2 Advanced Synthetic Materials
New materials which have features that can be modified under specific conditions are pushing forward the frontiers of scientific and technological capabilities. Synthetic materials designed to change their size or shape when exposed to heat, change from a liquid to a solid in magnetic fields, or dramatically change their volume, viscosity, conductivity, work function, etc., will allow new and interesting applications to emerge, not only for sensing and detection purposes, but also for everyday use. Smart materials with piezoelectric, magneto-rheostatic, electro-rheostatic, and memory hysteresis are already used in cars, coffee pots, glasses, or in space missions. Relevant to this chapter, intelligent biomaterials that respond to biological signals show great promise in regenerative medicine, diagnostics, and drug delivery.
Common examples include piezoelectric materials which produce a charge under mechanical stress and, conversely, contact or expand when a voltage is applied. In shape-memory alloys and polymers, large deformations can be induced and recovered by temperature changes or stress changes. This pseudoelasticity is the result of martensitic phase changes. In magnetostrictive materials, changes in shape can be instigated by magnetic fields; on the other hand, these materials also exhibit changes in magnetization under mechanical stress. Magnetic-shape memory alloys change their shape when under a magnetic field, and pH-sensitive polymers change in volume when exposed to alterations in the pH of the solution in which they are immersed. Halochromic materials change their color as a result of change in acidity; they are very suitable detection materials for applications such as corrosion detection. Chromogenic materials change color as a response to electrical, thermal, or optical changes. When an electric voltage is applied, electrochromic materials change their color or opacity, as in liquid crystal displays. Thermochromic materials change in color depending on temperature changes and photochromic materials respond to light changes (used in light-sensitive sunglasses which darken when exposed to bright sunlight). Photomechanical materials change shape when exposed to light. Dielectric elastomers produce large strains under external electrical fields. Magnetocaloric materials change reversibly in temperature under a changing magnetic field. Thermoelectric materials convert temperature differences into electricity. Such active materials are ideal for sensor devices and for such applications as resorbable bioceramics, adaptive bioglasses, biomimetic polymers and gels, active nanoparticles, smart textiles, and active optical fibers. Manipulation of material properties at the atomic and molecular scale is leading to self-assembling materials, nanolithography, DNA-based technologies (such as DNA computing), nano- and micro-engineered devices for diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, therapies, drug delivery systems, biocompatible implants and prostheses, and bio-functional systems.
We now turn to the employment of new materials in a plethora of applications in biology and medicine.
1.2.1 Nitinol and Memory Metals
A shape memory transformation was first observed in 1932 in an alloy of gold and cadmium, and then later in brass in 1938. The shape memory effect was seen in the gold–cadmium alloy in 1951, but this was of little use. Some 10 years later, in 1962, an equiatomic alloy of titanium and nickel was found to exhibit a significant shape memory effect and Nitinol (so named because it is made from nickel and titanium and its properties were discovered at the Naval Ordinance Laboratories) has become the most common shape memory alloy (SMA). Other SMAs include those based on copper (in particular CuZnAl), NiAl, and FeMnSi, although it should be noted that the NiW alloy has by far the most superior properties.
Metal alloys of nickel and titanium have the remarkable properties of remembering the shape by undergoing a phase change in which atoms are shifting their position in response to a specific stimulus, such as temperature or stress. The phase change temperature can be tuned by varying the ratio of nickel to titanium. The resulting structure has a highly symmetrical cube structure called austenite at temperatures above the phase change temperature and a much less symmetrical structure at temperatures below the phase change temperature, called the martensite state. In the latter state the material is very elastic, but the austenite state is rigid. The modification of the crystal lattice during the transformation can be carefully controlled. The shape change may exhibit itself as either an expansion or contraction. The transformation temperature can be tuned to within a couple of degrees by changing the alloy composition. Nitinol can be made with a transformation temperature anywhere between -100 °C and +100 °C, which makes it very versatile.
The memory mechanism is based on the thermal energy acquired by the sample through heating, providing the energy necessary for the atoms to return to their original positions so the sample regains its original shape. Springs made of such alloys return to their original shape in warm water or in streams of hot air. Nitinol and superelastic materials made of shape memory alloys of gold–cadmium, copper–aluminum–nickel, copper–zinc–aluminum, and iron–manganese–silicon are used today in medical applications, aerospace, and the leisure industry, namely in vascular stents, for anchors attaching tendons to bones, medical guidewires, medical guidepins, root canal fillings, bendable surgical tools, cardiac catheters, orthodontic wires, flexible eyeglass frames, etc.
Still many years away is the use of SMAs as artificial muscles, i.e. simulating the expansion and contraction of human muscles. This process will utilize a piece of SMA wire in place of a muscle on the finger of a robotic hand. When it is heated, by passing an electrical current through it, the material expands and extends the joint; on cooling, the wire contracts again, flexing the finger. In reality this is incredibly difficult to achieve since complex software and surrounding systems are also required. NASA has been researching the use of SMA muscles in robots which walk, fly, and swim.
SMA tubes can be used as couplings for connecting two tubes. The coupling diameter is made slightly smaller than the tubes it is to join. The coupling is deformed such that it slips over the tube ends and the temperature changed to activate the memory. The coupling tube shrinks to hold the two ends together but can never fully transform so it exerts a constant force on the joined tubes.
In addition to the shape memory effect, SMAs are also known to be very flexible or superelastic, which arises from the structure of the martensite. This property of SMAs has also been exploited in mobile phone aerials, spectacle frames, and underwires in bras. The kink resistance of the wires makes them useful in percutaneous angioplasty, a surgical procedure requiring catheters which need to remain straight as they are passed through the body. Nitinol can be bent significantly further than stainless steel without suffering permanent deformation.
1.2.2 Smart Ceramics
Ceramics are more chemically stable and inert than metals. They can be classified into three distinct categories:
1. Oxides such alumina, beryllia, zirconia, and ceria
2. Non-oxides such as carbide, boride, nitride, and silicide
3. Composite materials such as particular reinforced fibers or combinations of oxides and non-oxides
Ceramics are used in numerous technical applications. Since ceramics are so much more biocompatible when used inside the human body, they play a major role as synthetic biomaterials that can be part of the systems which treat or replace a living tissue or lost function. Depending on the particular application, the major requirements beside biocompatibility are resistance to abrasion and wear, fatigue, strength, durability, and resistance to corrosion, especially when they are used as an implant material. The most common materials are alumina, zirconia, bioglass, hydroxyapatite, and tricalcium phosphate. Not only they are inert, but they are also resorbable. They can dissolve and integrate actively in physiological processes such as bone healing. Hydroxyapatite can be actually found in the human body, in teeth and bones. The synthetic material is commonly used as a filler to replace amputated bone or as a coating to promote bone ingrowth into prosthetic implants. Natural coral skeletons can be transformed into hydroxyapatite at high temperatures. Their porous structure encourages the rapid ingrowths of bones. The high-temperature treatment destroys any organic molecules such as proteins, thus preventing immune rejection.
Zirconia is used on the artificial femoral heads employed in hip replacements. It gives strength to the structure, so its dimensions can be smaller and less traumatic for the patient. It is also used in shoulder, knee, spinal implants, and phalangeal joints. In dentistry, it is used with increased frequency for crowns, bridges, and implant abutments. Crystal zirconia is a modern dental ceramic replacement for the metal substructures used under porcelain crowns and bridges. It is translucent, thus giving the overlaid porcelain a brighter and more natural look. It is biocompatible and, unlike amalgams and metal alloys, does not generate adverse reactions or allergies. It is virtually unbreakable, so the dental work can last for a lifetime.
Finally, a particularly interesting application of ceramic materials is their use in the treatment of cancer, through hyperthermia and radiotherapy. In the quest to avoid the devastating effects of chemotherapy, glass microspheres are inserted into the tumor using a catheter and the radiation is focused on the tumor, similar to brachytherapy for prostate cancer. This causes minimal damage to the surrounding tissue. It is a simple treatment that can be performed on an outpatient basis.
1.2.3 Smart Polymers
Smart polymers are used for industrial purposes, in medicine, sports, and agriculture due to their inert or bioactive properties. Biodegradability is also a great advantage of such polymers. High-performance polyethylene is used in medicine for total or partial joint replacement of hip, knee, or intervertebral implants due to its high impact strength given by extremely long chains. It is highly resistant to corrosion, has very low moisture absorption and a very low friction coefficient. It is self-lubricating and highly resistant to abrasion, more resistant than carbon steel.
Hydrogels, networks of hydrophilic polymer chains in colloidal gels, with water as the dispersion medium, are highly absorbent materials; they possess a high degree of flexibility, very similar to natural tissue, due to their significant water content. Smart gels contain fluids, usually water in a matrix of large, complex polymers. These polymers are unique in that they respond to stimuli in an advanced way. Types of stimuli that affect smart gels are physical and chemical factors. Temperature, light, electric forces, magnetic forces, and mechanical forces are types of physical interactions on the gel that will precipitate a reaction. Chemical stimuli are usually pH changes or solvent exchanges. The reaction of the smart gel is always an expansion or contraction within milliseconds upon stimulation. When a gel swells, it absorbs additional fluid into it. When it deflates, it expels this fluid out of its membrane. The expansion and contraction are usually caused by a change in the polymer; the stimulus alters the polymer by making it more or less hydrophilic. For example, a significant pH decrease will neutralize ions in the gel, precipitating the polymers to be less hydrophilic and causing the gel to contract.
The effects of such synthetic gels are greatly aided by using nanoparticles. While microparticles usually allow the gel to function properly, smaller particles at the nanoscale increase intended effects dramatically. A great example of this is in the use of ferromagnetic particles. Ferromagnets are tiny particles that act as little bar magnets; applying a magnetic field on a smart gel encourages the ferromagnets to move. This movement raises the temperature of the gel and consequently causes the gel to expand. While microparticles of iron still allow the gel to expand, nanoparticles make the gel more responsive to the magnetic field.
Gels are used as scaffolds in tissue engineering to support living cells for tissue repair, as coatings of wells for cell cultures. Smart hydrogels use their environmental sensitivity to detect changes in pH, temperature, or concentration. They are also used in drug delivery systems, as biosensors, contact lenses (silicone hydrogels), EEG and ECG electrodes, and for dressings used in the healing of burns or hard-to-heal wounds.
Applications of smart gels permeate into various fields, including both medical and industrial. The two main applications for smart gels are in artificial muscle fabrication and drug release. In drug release, a smart gel containing the desired water-soluble drug is injected into the patient. After receiving a certain stimulus (usually temperature or pH), a hydrogel will expand by allowing the water and salt in the blood to enter the gel. The drug will be released from the gel in the desired environment. This concept can be used to release drugs to attack tumors or aid specific areas of the body (i.e. eye drops for the eye). This concept is beneficial because the area, duration, and speed of the release can be better controlled with a smart gel. Nanoparticles will help this medical technology by increasing the effectiveness of the gel by increasing the surface area of its constituents.
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Biomimicry and Materials in Medicine; Biomimetic Materials and Surfaces in Detection; Hydrogel-based Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Biological Detection; Nanoparticle Technologies in Detection Science; Smart Indicator Technologies for Chemical and Biochemical Detection; Supramolecular Chemistry: Calixpyrroles; Macrocyclics; Ion and molecularly selective electrodes; Application of Pattern Recognition Techniques in the Development of Electronic Tongues

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Introduction: DIY Persistence of Vision Game Display
Are you bored of your regular displays? Have you got a innovative idea for a game? Have you got a soldering station
or somebody to help you with one? Well you are in luck, because with this instructable you will know the basics of the Basys. More precisely this tutorial shall provide a general idea on how you can build your very own POV, that's Persistence Of Vision, and game in VHDL.
How does a POV work?
Persistence of vision is just a fancy name for optical illusion. It mainly consists out of a strip of LEDs sticked onto a fan blade. The LEDs are programmed to blink or change colors on specific moments, in order to obtain parts of the picture we want to display. Due to the speed of the switching when the propeller is in motion the leds will display the entire picture.
Why use a POV?
Because we can make a nice display with a low budget, because it will be made with your own hands and because it looks cool.
What should I program my game on?
What ever your kind hearth desires and is capable to transmit Bluetooth signals. For this instance we used a Basys3.
What if I can't do it?
What's there to be done? Just follow the steps, measure twice and be creative. Heck, it's so simple, even I can do it.
PS: the project is still under construction, so we will provide updates as the work progresses
Step 1: Hardware Requirements
This project consists of two parts: the logic part (on which the game is implemented) and the functional part (the actual POV).
The logic part consists of components received from Digilent:
- Basys3 FPGA board
- PModBT2 - Bluetooth Module for the FPGA
The functional part uses:
- Arduino Nano
- HC-05 Bluetooth Module
- 4-wire PWM controlled computer fan
- 7805 voltage regulator + 2 35V 10uF electrolytic capacitors
- WS2812 addressable RGB LED strip, 144LEDs/m
- a 9V battery
Other tools and accessories:
- hot glue gun
- soldering station
- wires, connectors, PCB boards, pin headers
- cable ties
- a plastic bowl and a plastic ruler (30cm length)
Remark: other hardware may be used, the ones we chose were the most convenient for us.
Step 2: Hardware Implementation
For the logic part, the Bluetooth module is inserted in the Pmod socket A of the FPGA board. The board is also connected to the PWM and Tachometer pins of the fan, in order to provide a speed control (I will come back with updates after its implementation).
For the functional part, we have the electronic and mechanical implementation.
For the electronics, we provided a 9V battery as a supply source. After passing through a voltage regulator, the regulated 5V will supply the LEDs, the Arduino and the Bluetooth module. WARNING: a LED at full power consumes 60mA. If possible, try not to light too many LEDs at the same time (or do it at lower power), as the 7805 provides a maximum of 1A, otherwise there may not be enough power for the Arduino.
The Arduino and Bluetooth module are mounted on a custom-made PCB, with connectors and pin headers used for convenience.
For the mechanical part, we "transformed" a computer fan into a... ruler fan. On the ruler we mounted the electronics using a hot glue gun. Take care, as the ruler has to have the center of mass close to the center of rotation, else strong vibrations will occur. This can be tweaked by gluing counterweights.
Step 3: Logic Part Software
Using the Vivado IDE, we implemented a simple snake game in VHDL. The snake moves around using the buttons on the Basys. As it eats the food, it increases in size. When hitting the edge, the snake will come back from the other side. If it hits itself, it's game over.
The positions of the snake body and the food are transmitted via Bluetooth to the Arduino. Therefore, the baud rate of both modules must have the same value (9600 in this case). Jumper 4 on the PmodBT will be shorted to ensure this. The module will also work as a slave (awaiting connections), with the HC-05 being the master (actively connect to the slave).
In parallel, the motor control is also implemented (not just yet, I'll provide updates after we finish working on it). The Tachometer provides 2 signals per rotation. By measuring the time between each signal, one is able to find the rotational speed. Modifying the PWM duty ratio, one is able to obtain a constant velocity of the motor.
Step 4: Functional Part Software
As the LEDs spin, they must be turned on and off such that an optical illusion occurs, and the viewer has the impression that he looks at a static image. Arduino receives via Bluetooth the positions of the snake body and the food and decodes the data (resulting in a number between 1 and board size squared).
The HC-05 has to be set into the Master mode, in order to automatically connect to the PmodBT module. The instructions on how to do this is described in depth here. Note that the baud rate has to be set to 9600 (same as the FPGA Bluetooth module).
Next, a mapping is done : each square in the original grid corresponds to a LED (magnitude) and fan position (phase). For simplicity, we used a polar grid, as seen in the above picture. In order to ensure that the fan is in the correct position when blinking a LED, we issued interrupts every PERIOD/SIZE milliseconds, where PERIOD is the rotation period of the fan (because of the motor controller, this is more or less constant) and SIZE is the desired board size (for simplicity, we considered it square - a 21x21 grid).
For controlling the LEDs, we used the Adafruit NeoPixel library (which can be found in the Arduino Library Manager or on Github).

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