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Rioja: At the Crossroads of Ancient and Modern
by Kristen Bieler
Owner, Maria Jose Lopez de Heredia
As if it weren't creepy enough, ambling through López de Heredia damp, catacomb-like cellars, Mercedes López de Heredia insists we do it in near pitch-black darkness. "The lights disturb the spiders," she explains. It so happens that spiders are her most effective line of defense against cork-chewing moths—the mortal enemy of long-aging wine, which is the specialty of this 136-year old Rioja winery.
Most winemakers brag about the cleanliness of their facilities—immaculate tank rooms, barrel cellars with floors one could eat off of—yet Mercedes is proudly showing off her mold, huge sheets of which carpet the walls of wine down here, clinging to every bin and growing increasingly thick as the vintages climb back in time. Enthusiastically she points out signs of new mold growth like one would admire a thriving tomato plant or a rose bush. It's not for show: Mercedes is convinced that her cellar conditions—the spiders, the mold, the air quality—contribute to the taste of her wines, which spend an unusually long time down here before they are released for sale.
Mercedes doesn't seem to need light as she navigates the underground tunnels packed with tens of thousands of label-less bottles. Heading straight for a bin containing 40-year old Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva white, she peels back an impressive coating of cobwebby mold and extracts a bottle. (López de Heredia is even more famous for its whites than its reds—an anomaly in red wine-centric Rioja.)
Back upstairs in the tasting room, once she has fought her way through the wax seal, she pours us each a glass. The color of pure gold, it has the subtly oxidative flavors you would expect from a beautifully made old white—sherry-like nuttiness, marzipan, orange peel—as well as a surprising freshness that is sort of unbelievable, considering its age. It's hands-down the coolest, most interesting white wine I've ever tasted, and easily one of the most delicious.
No one in the world makes wines like this anymore. López de Heredia is among the most traditional wineries in the world and clings to the past with a fierceness that borders on religious zeal. Not much has changed here since Mercedes' great-grandfather founded the winery in 1877: The family still farms their vines in the old-fashioned bush-vine style, harvests grapes by hand, eschews modern yeasts and maintains one of the only working cooperages in the world to craft their own barrels.
López de Heredia is a proud holdout in Rioja, an ancient winemaking region swept up in a fever of modernization in recent decades. The battle lines are drawn like this: Traditionalists (who learned their trade from the French in the 19th century) adhere to the old-school practice of aging their wines for many years in large, neutral casks made of American oak. They define quality by time spent in barrel and bottle before release, which is reflected in labeling hierarchy (in ascending order: Crianza = 2 years of age; Reserva = 3 years; Gran Reserva = 5 years). The new school ages its wines for shorter time periods in smaller, French oak barrels to achieve denser, riper, fruitier wines—in short, wines with more global sex appeal. Many of these modern wines forgo age statements altogether.
Long aging imparts leathery, earthy flavors, a lighter texture and an overall elegance. It subdues some freshness, power and bold fruit flavors—the holy trinity of today's international palate and influential critics. (This partly explains why Rioja, though still the most recognized brand name from Spain, has lost ground to some of the country's flashier up-and-coming regions, such as Priorat and Ribera del Duero.)
You don't even need to taste the wines to get a sense of the dichotomy at play in Rioja. Some of the most architecturally modern winery structures in the world have been built in here in recent memory, the most famous of which is Frank Gehry's multi-colored, titanium-topped hotel at the 155-year old Marques de Riscal winery.
Equally avant garde is Ysios, designed by the acclaimed architect Santiago Calatrava. The winery's undulating rooftop, made of aluminum sheeting and Scandinavian wood beams, makes a dramatic sight, situated at the base of the Sierra de Cantabria mountains. Ysios' wines are similarly unbound by tradition. Dinastia Vivanco is another newcomer with a sparkling contemporary structure, and crafts wines that pack a more full-throttle punch than most of their predecessors (yet Vivanco pays homage to the past with an impressive on-site the wine museum).
Quite a few of the old guard have also embraced modern winemaking technology and wine styles. López de Heredia's neighbor, the 81-year old Bodegas Muga, crafts most of their wines in the traditional fashion, yet its Torres cuvee introduced 20 years ago is made with riper grapes and new French oak. CVNE, one of Spain's oldest bodegas, maintains their original 1890 CVNE winery as well as a new wine barrel-shaped winery designed by the famous French architect, Philippe Mazieres, which features the highest-tech winery tools available.
Marqués de Murrieta, one of Rioja's most revered estates (which also boasts a Frank Gehry-designed hotel on-premise) makes a modern, French oak-aged wine called Dalmau, which is darker, more concentrated and riper—and extraordinarily delicious, though their traditional wines are my favorites. (Though many accuse Murrietta of shifting their style across the board, opting for riper flavors and less aging).
In certain circles of the wine world, it's been fashionable to criticize the new style of Rioja wines. Too much French oak, too much alcohol, too much ripe fruit—wines so characterless you couldn't peg them as Rioja in a lineup. There has certainly been truth to this claim. But with roughly three decades of experience under their belts, many in this new generation have found their stride, expertly straddling tradition and modernity and making extraordinary wines that are undeniably Spanish in character.
Take Bodegas Roda, just down the road from Lopez de Heredia. A baby by the region's standards at just 30-years old, Roda was founded by Mario Rotllant and Carmen Daurella at the vanguard of the modernist movement, and the winery remains at the cutting edge of wine research and technology. One of my favorite producers of this style, Roda makes wines that are big, bold and graphite-laced—a combination of earthy minerality and ripe, clean fruit. Their current releases are stunning, and at a recent tasting in New York I was able to taste their older vintages, which are balanced, ripe yet bone dry reds, proving they, too, have the ability to weather the test of time.
While Roda seems to be on one end of the spectrum and Lopez Heredia on the other—and stylistically, their wines do taste quite different—these wineries have a lot more in common than not. Both are passionately committed to owning and managing their vines (true also of newcomers Dinastia Vivanco, Ysios, Finca Allende and others), they hand-pick their grapes, which are handled gently in the winery. They place a premium on old vines and low yields. They are committed to show the very best of the land and a real taste of place in their wines.
It turns out that in Rioja, as is in wine regions the world over, the building blocks of truly great wine aren't all that disparate.
New York-based Kristen Bieler has been writing about wine, spirits and food for more than 15 years. A senior editor at Beverage Media, she's also edited the Food & Wine Magazine Wine Guide for the past seven years.
Watch video Interviews from the Rioja wineries: Lopez de Heredia, Bodegas Bilbainas, Marques de Riscal, CVNE Bodegas Muga


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John Thomas "Jack" Callahan (December 14, 1888 – August 24, 1954), was a noted cartoonist during the early decades of the 20th century, being also credited for drawing the diagram for the first American crossword.

Biography

Apart from growing up in Brooklyn, New York, little else is known about his early life. In the early 1910s he began working for the New York World, first at the art department before becoming the paper's "crossword artist". By the middle of the decade he was doing editorial cartoons and a handful of comic strips such as Flivvers  and When You Were a Boy, both running between 1916 and 1917.

During 1917 he moved to the Hearst organization, where he worked until 1940. That year he started the comic strip Over Here, which described common situations from different points of view. By 1918, the initially sparse collection of characters was settled on the Piffles, which were a typical American family of the time. Among them were "Calamity Jane", who was permanently pessimistic; "Comedian", who had a penchant for bad jokes; "Willie" the trouble-making kid, and love-struck couple "Hon" and "Dearie", who became the feature's titular characters between 1919 and 1921, when it became The Piffle Family.

Callahan's other strip beginning around 1922 was Freddie, the Sheik, centering on a young college graduate and his attempts to court women and make money. This quickly became Callahan's most successful work: By 1923–24, the strip merged with The Piffle Family and gained a Sunday page, being also featured in some Wrigley's chewing gum ads with other popular King Features characters. In spite of Freddie'''s popularity, in 1928-29 Callahan replaced it with Clarabelle's Cousin in order to cash in with the "pretty girl" melodrama strip boom. By late 1930 however it became a crime-adventure strip for a few months until ending in early 1931. Both strips' Sunday editions ran a topper called Dizzy's Eating House, about a low-rate diner and its scheming owner.

Chic Young briefly worked for Callahan as an assistant around 1923 after being hired by KFS. Callahan's style proved influential on Young, who further developed it with his own strips Dumb Dora and Blondie.

After a stint as an editorial cartoonist, Callahan revived the Piffle family format with Home, Sweet Home, which ran between 1935 and 1940. After a period as a freelance artist, he found employment in the comic book industry for Dell Publishing (where he worked on Tillie the Toiler'' stories) and DC Comics.

Callahan died in 1954 of a heart attack while playing tennis. He was survived by his wife Helen Carr (m. 1926) a former showgirl who performed diving stunts.

References

External links
 Comic book credits for Jack Callahan

1888 births
1954 deaths
American comic strip cartoonists
Artists from New York City

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January 29, 2023 | Researchers Have Discovered a Novel Quantum State
Home Health News
Staying Home, Limiting Contagion Hubs – Including Hospitals, Schools, and Workplaces – May Curb COVID-19 Deaths
TOPICS:COVID-19Infectious DiseasesMortalityPenn State UniversityPublic Health
By Penn State University August 30, 2021
A new study explores why the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic was so much more intense in some regions of Italy than others. The graph depicts mortality in each of 20 Italian regions over time, aligned to account for outbreaks beginning on different dates. Credit: Penn State
New study uses novel statistics to understand why some regions in Italy were hit harder than others during the first wave of the pandemic.
Staying home and limiting local travel, supporting access to primary care, and limiting contacts in contagion hubs — including hospitals, schools, and workplaces — are strategies that might help reduce COVID-19-related deaths, according to new research. The research team, by statisticians at Penn State, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy, and Université Laval in Quebec, Canada, used novel statistical approaches to compare the first wave of the epidemic across 20 regions in Italy and identify factors that contributed to mortality.
"The first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic took very different paths in different regions, with some areas being hit especially hard while others fared much better," said Francesca Chiaromonte, leader of the research team, who is a professor of statistics and the holder of the Lloyd and Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair in Statistics for the Life Sciences at Penn State, and the scientific coordinator of the EMbeDS department of excellence at the Sant'Anna School. "We wanted to understand why some regions were hit so much harder than others, so we used both vetted and newly developed techniques in a field of statistics called functional data analysis to compare how the first wave progressed in different regions in Italy."
Rather than focusing on models for predicting epidemic trajectories, the study used functional data analysis techniques to gather information from the shapes of mortality curves over time, providing a sensitive way to capture associations and patterns from data. The researchers compared mortality curves during the first wave of the epidemic across 20 regions in Italy. After clustering and aligning the curves, to characterize their shapes and account for outbreaks beginning on different dates, the researchers could evaluate factors that might contribute to their differences. Their results appear August 30 in the journal Scientific Reports.
The researchers found that local mobility — how much people moved around their local areas — was strongly associated with COVID mortality. Specifically, they used data from Google's "grocery and pharmacy" category, which reflects mobility linked to acquiring necessities such as food and medicine. During a national lock-down which started in March 2020, these mobility levels dropped drastically in Italy, roughly by 30% just in the first week of lockdown and then further by as much as 60% during weekdays and almost 100% during weekends in March and April.
"Early on in the epidemic, there were a lot of questions about whether mobility restrictions would really work; our results add to the mounting evidence that they do," said Chiaromonte. "We see the effect with a lag, but when people reduced their mobility, we saw fewer COVID-related deaths. And we aren't the only ones to document this, so when we're told to stay home as a mitigation measure, we should stay home!"
The rates of positive COVID tests and mortality were also associated with each other with a lag, according to the study, reaffirming that positivity is a useful measure to include in disease models.
The research team also investigated several demographic, socio-economic, infrastructural, and environmental factors one at a time to see if they could further explain patterns in mortality. These included factors such as the percent of the population over 65, prevalence of pre-existing conditions such as diabetes and allergies, accessibility of primary care and ICU beds, and factors that might increase contact rates, such as the number of beds in a hospital or nursing home and the number of students per classroom.
"Based on the associations captured by our statistical techniques, what reduces mortality may not be so much having big fancy hospitals with lots of ICU beds, but rather having good access to primary care doctors," said Chiaromonte. "In fact, having big hospitals may have backfired because they acted as contagion hubs. The places where you have more beds per hospital, more beds per nursing home, more pupils per classroom, and more employees per firm are where epidemics were the strongest."
With additional research to confirm these trends, these results could inform decision making, for example encouraging short- and medium-term investments to boost distributed primary health care and to limit contacts in contagion hubs. Schools and workplaces could encourage pods, where students and employees see only a limited group of individuals, and hospitals could segment sections to reduce contacts.
"Importantly though, even controlling for these factors in our statistical analyses, mobility still remains a very strong lagged predictor of mortality," said Chiaromonte. "And even accounting for mobility, positivity rates, and the other factors we considered, we still can't fully explain why the epidemic was so much more intense in Lombardia, a northern industrialized region that includes Milan, compared to the rest of the country. They are still an outlier relative to what our models can explain. Increasing access to accurate, timely and high geographic resolution data might allow us and other researchers to validate results and improve our ability to explain the most extreme trajectories — such as those observed in Lombardia during the first wave of COVID-19."
Limited data availability and accuracy posed several challenges for this study. For example, official death counts reflected serious underreporting early in the epidemic, so the research team also integrated information on differential mortality—differences in overall deaths in 2020 compared to the average death rate over the previous five years. However, more accurate information on deaths, as well as cases and hospitalizations, at a finer geographic scale, and possibly partitioned by sex, age, pre-existing conditions, and other characteristics would allow the team to improve their models. Additionally, demographic, socio-economic, infrastructural and environmental data are frequently reported at coarse geographic scale and are often multiple years out of date.
"Some progress has been made since the beginning of the pandemic, but we hope that going forward governmental agencies, statistical offices and other groups will really prioritize data collection, integration and availability to qualified researchers," said Chiaromonte. "All the ambiguity and questions we had early on, and still have in some cases, about where contagions occur, whether the virus is spreading in restaurants or gyms or on public transport, or if certain mitigation measures work—we could answer these questions much more effectively with good data. We are already trying to capitalize on the progress — for instance, Google has made their measures for mobility available at a finer geographic resolution, and we are using them to analyze the second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy. But we cannot stress enough how important it is to have access to accurate, fine-grained and current information on the epidemic and on the many variables that may contribute to aggravating or mitigating it."
Reference: "Functional data analysis characterizes the shapes of the first COVID-19 epidemic wave in Italy" by Tobia Boschi, Jacopo Di Iorio, Lorenzo Testa, Marzia A. Cremona and Francesca Chiaromonte, 30 August 2021, Scientific Reports.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95866-y
In addition to Chiaromonte, the research team includes Tobia Boschi, a graduate student in statistics at Penn State; Jacopo Di Iorio, who was a postdoc at the Sant'Anna School and will soon become an Eberly Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Penn State; Lorenzo Testa, a graduate student at the Sant'Anna School who is currently a Penn State visiting scholar; and Marzia Cremona, a former Bruce Lindsay Visiting Assistant Professor in the statistics department at Penn State, who is now an assistant professor in Data Science at the Université Laval in Quebec, Canada.
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Q: LinqPAD doesn't show the SQL query when using mysql I am using latest linqPad 4.43.05 and connecting to Entity Framework POCO assmebly.
everything works great but the SQL tab doesnt show me the SQL Syntax
How can i make it work?

A: You can output the SQL in LINQ Pad using the following the ToTraceString method:
var q = (the linq query);

((ObjectQuery)q).ToTraceString().Dump();

A: Entity Framework itself provides no hooks for obtaining SQL traces, so LINQPad patches the standard DbProvider for SQL Server in memory to work around this. If you're not using a standard SQL connection string, or if you're instantiating the SQLConnection yourself, this feature will be bypassed.

A: you can get the last query executed via the mysql log.
It's a little tricky, but it works, look at this:
How to show the last queries executed on MySQL?

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War is a horrible, terrifying thing which, unfortunately, is an ever present evil in the affairs of man. Throughout history, man has developed new weapons and new techniques for delivering those weapons in conflicts over land, money, power, women, and sometimes completely ridiculous causes.
Valentine's Day has an interesting history, which predates many other holidays. Its first establishment can be traced to a proclamation by Pope Gelasius I in A.D. 496. Its purpose has always been focused upon a time of affection and gift giving between those in relationships. It is called a day of love, although this focus is primarily upon romance.


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Workforce & Professional Development
Why YOU Should Consider a Career in Public Health Laboratory Science
By Laura Siegel, Specialist, National Center for Public Health Laboratory Leadership, APHL
Did you know that public health laboratory staff protect the nation from emerging infectious diseases, foodborne illness outbreaks, agents of bioterrorism and environmental contaminants?
If the answer is "no," don't feel bad because I had no idea either! Prior to working at APHL, I couldn't tell you what a public health laboratory does or even realize why I should know. I didn't know a thing about public health. If I had known, though, I might have looked into it as a career option.
Early in my undergraduate career, I was in a phase of career exploration, and there was a brief period when I really wanted to be a nurse. I enjoyed a lot of science classes in school, but I also enjoyed writing. So I sought an opportunity where I could get a taste for both.
I got an internship in the communications department of a nearby hospital. While I was there, a news channel arrived to interview a physician about a hot new procedure. I only heard half the interview because I woke up on the floor, having fainted halfway through the presentation. At that moment I realized maybe nursing wasn't for me.
But, before my brief fantasy where I become a nurse and saved hundreds of lives, I was aware of the nation's severe nursing shortage (one of the reasons why I looked into the field). I could even rattle off the talking points about the reasons for the shortage: an aging population, fewer people entering the field, not enough instructors and degree programs. I saw advertisements about it on the Metro, in the newspaper and even on Facebook.
Now I find myself wondering, Why wasn't I also aware of the severe shortage of public health workers? I had no idea there were career options for science-minded students in public health laboratories. I had no idea that the need for public health laboratory scientists is just as great, if not greater, than the need for nurses. I had no idea that I could make a living running around like Kate Winslet in Contagion.
Now, almost four years later, I find myself in a position where IT'S MY JOB to tell people about careers in public health. I work for APHL's National Center for Public Health Laboratory Leadership, (NCPHLL – APHL loves long acronyms), promoting careers in public health laboratory science. Via this post, (and many more to come), I'm hoping to reach students who are still searching for their path as I was.
My Top 10 Reasons Why Public Health Laboratory Careers are so Rewarding, Appealing, Awesome and Should Not be Overlooked:
Public health is trendy: the top universities in the country all have recently added public health undergraduate programs.
Public health could save a life…or protect a whole community: newborn screening; Anthrax; stopping a deadly foodborne illness outbreak .
You get to wear a lab coat. Extremely flattering.
Medical laboratory scientist jobs will be among the fastest growing jobs in the next decade.
Your vocabulary will improve in an almost Star Wars-esque way. You will routinely impress people by throwing around words like Non-O157 STEC and Chikungunya fever.
Demand – Public health laboratories are facing a workforce shortage which means you will be saving a crucial service to the community.
Your mom/significant other/dad/cousin will be proud and ridiculously impressed.
You can work in any state in the nation: Every US state, territory and the District of Columbia has a public health laboratory… even Hawaii and Puerto Rico!
Scientists are cool! Look at Bill Nye and Mr. Wizard! Those are some cool dudes.
The people in the workforce are awesome, and the job satisfaction cannot be beat. Hear it from current public health lab scientists:
– Phil Lee from the Florida public health lab talks about identifying the index case of Anthrax in 2001
– A. Christian Whalen, director of the Hawaii state public health lab, talks about landing the best job in the state
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Nicole Patterson says:
So I just want you to know that this article is awesome and that it hit home for me. Since my Sophmore year in high school I have focused on becoming a nurse, I had the vision of saving hundreds of people and traveling the world with "healing hands". I never really considered any other career and no one really pushed me to think about other options. My parents were just relieved I picked a major with job security.
Now I am currently a pre-nursing student at Salisbury University in Maryland, in my Microbiology class this semester my teacher mentioned career option in public health, specifically epidemiology. Ever since that lecture I have been scavenging for any and all information I could find about public health careers. Today I actually just met with one of the department heads for community health at my school and am so excited to start in some classes next semester.
On the bus home I happened to look up health science careers on Pinterest, low and behold I found this article. I am honestly so happy that someone else is confident in this career choice and that it really will pay off.
So I thank you for taking the time to write this article, because really it has made a difference in my life and it has inspired me to pursue a career in public health. I will save the world and I will love my job.
Thank you again,
Nicole Patterson
If you could contact me further with any advise or just so I can ask you a few more questions the email I listed is the best mean for communication. I look forward to hearing from you.
APHL says:
Wow, thank you for your comment Nicole! We are so glad we could help. If you're interested in learning more about public health careers feel free to contact us. My info is here: http://www.aphl.org/media Best of luck to you!
Eric Okereke says:
Thanks a lot Laura.
i'm actually a medical lab. scientist with a masters degree in public health. i'm seriously interested in doing a Ph.D program in public health laboratory. My constrain here in nigeria is that there is no institution/facility in pub. health lab. Pls i need ur advice. ERIC.
I graduated with my bachelor's in biology in 2009 and began my master's last year in forensic science. I really want a career in a public health lab but I have no experience outside of school and I don't know where/how to get started. I currently work full time as an Industrial Hygienist so I have a background in public health with a focus on occupational safety and health. What do you suggest?
The best place to get started is to look at the website for your local or state public health laboratory (PHL), and check what job, internship or volunteer opportunities they have. If you're interested in working at the federal level, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC), is another great resource for public health related job information.
The Association of Public Health Laboratories, (APHL), in partnership with the CDC, has a fellowship program designed for bachelors and masters level graduates. The fellowship places individuals in 1 to 2 year positions in PHLs across the country. The application information for next year's class, (2016 – 2017), will be available on our website later this fall. The CDC also offers a wide variety of fellowships that may interest you.
I also recommend following APHL's blog, which frequently features career stories of individuals who currently work in PHLs. Within a PHL there are many different kinds of jobs and areas of specialization, so reading some of these stories may give you an idea of what type of position would interest you most. Thatssick.org, a website produced by a group within APHL, is another resource for PHL career stories.
The Association of Schools of Public Health and the American Public Health Association are also great resources for information on public health careers.
If you have any more questions, feel free to contact me directly at laura.siegel@aphl.org.
Tamiko says:
I am so happy I saw this. I have a Bachelors degree in Biology and I was just accepted into the MPH program and I would love a career working in a public health lab. I am trying to find as much info as possible to make my dreams come through.
Thanks for your comment! We're so glad to hear you're interested in a public health laboratory career. Members of APHL's Emerging Leaders Program have put together a website dedicated to public health lab careers — check it out! http://www.thatssick.org/careers-in-public-health.html Let us know if you have any other questions!
Are the requirements to become a public health scientist the same as the requirements to become a clinical lab technician or technologist? Do you have to attain a license or is the MPH degree enough?
While having a master's degree may help you advance in the field, it is certainly not required in order to start working at a public health lab. In fact, may entry-level laboratory positions are looking for individuals with a Bachelor's degree. Here is a great resource with info on different types of public health lab jobs: http://www.thatssick.org/careers-in-public-health.html
Nkiru Cynthia says:
Thanks a lot for this.
I have a BSc in Microbiology, and I want to further. I am a bit confused, should I go for a Masters in Medical LaboratoryScience or Masters in Public health.
I want a career in Public health Laboratory.
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Graduate Students Awarded Record Number of Scholarships
A record of 24 scholarships worth more than $26,000 has been awarded to graduate students at School of Library and Information Science at San José State University (SJSU) in recognition of their outstanding performance during the 2013-2014 academic year.
According to Dr. Anthony Bernier, chair of the Student Awards and Scholarship Committee, "The committee was very pleased to be recognizing the excellent academic progress of our current students." Bernier added that this year was especially competitive with more than 500 qualified nominations, which made the "committee's choices all the more difficult."
The total amount of scholarship dollars awarded this year more than doubled that of last year's scholarships and included three new scholarship categories, one of which is specifically for graduate students in the Master of Archives and Records Administration (MARA) program.
In partnership with ARMA International chapters in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area (ARMA Golden Gate), the SJSU information school established for the first time a new category of scholarships for MARA students, which awards four individual scholarships each spring. The ARMA Silicon Valley Scholarships, each worth $500, were awarded to MARA students Susan D. Haigh and Desiree Wallen. The ARMA Golden Gate Scholarships went to MARA students Anne Musella ($1,000 scholarship) and Eileen Hansen ($500 scholarship).
New this year, students interested in a career in special libraries could apply for a $1,000 scholarship established by the Silicon Valley chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). Corinne Laurence, a student in the Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) program, received the first-ever SLA scholarship.
Among the many scholarships awarded each spring, several are in honor of former faculty members. The Connie Constantino Scholarships, which are worth $1,000 each and commemorate the work of the former faculty member in the areas of library education and library services, went to Scott Boyd and Heather Lanctot. The $1,000 Terry Crowley Scholarship, which is given in memory of the former faculty member who specialized in reference and information services, was awarded to Jessica Bowman. The Robert Ellett Scholarships, established by alumna Janice Wakimoto in admiration for her cataloging professor, is awarded in both spring and fall to students who have completed a cataloging class. The first two students to receive the Ellett scholarships are Angela Di Tommaso and Darnell Melvin.
Lisa Cheby and Tara Million are both recipients of Alumni and Friends Scholarships, which are endowed by the Alumni Association. Each award is worth $2,000 and is based on academic merit. Samantha Hein has been chosen by the scholarship committee to receive the $1,000 Faculty Scholarship endowed by faculty at the SJSU information school. Two Graduate Scholarships of $2,000 each were awarded to Janine de Manda and Ian Matzen this year. The funds for the two scholarships awarded each spring come from donations to the school.
Two H.W. Wilson Foundation Scholarships of $1,000 each were awarded to Darren Ilett and Simon Lum. This year's Librarian Opportunity Scholarship, endowed by Diana Lee Morabito and Keith Ball and worth $1,000, went to Nicole Patch. Morabito and Ball created this scholarship in honor of the important role libraries played in their life and education.
Barbara Delawska-Elliot received the $1,000 Kaiser Permanente Medical Librarianship Scholarship, which supports students pursuing careers in medical librarianship and health informatics. Two $1,000 scholarships provided by NewsBank for students interested in NewsBank-related fields, such as information retrieval and digital information resources, were awarded to Stephanie Routhier Perry and Laura Gleason.
Jenny Yap was chosen as the recipient of the $1,000 Ruth Finegold Scholarship for MLIS students in Northern California wishing to pursue a career in public librarianship. Two Southern California MLIS students interested in public librarianship have been chosen to receive the Friends of the Leisure World Library Scholarships worth $2,000 each. This year's winners are Kristin Peers and Gilliland Kristie.
The scholarship committee accepts applications for scholarships for continuing graduate students in the spring, and the recipients are announced in April. Most scholarships are awarded based on academic merit. The school congratulates this year's recipients on their record achievement!
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Be instruments of God's love, couples told at World Forum on Marriage
A panel discussion at the World Forum on Marriage.
Around the world, the traditional notion of marriage is under siege.
Against this bleak backdrop, Catholic couples are being called to live out their sacramental vows and serve as a beacon of hope.
"One reality today is that marriage is not so hot an item in the minds of many people," Msgr Ambrose Vaz, vicar general, said in his keynote address at the World Forum on Marriage 2016.
The inaugural event took place on Jan 16 at Catholic Junior College.
Drawing on key points raised at the Synod on the Family held last October in Rome, he outlined various threats to the sanctity of marriage.
These include the declining role of religion in society, growing pressure to recognise same-sex marriages and "exaggerated individualism", where people now focus on the "I" and "me" instead of the "we" and "us".
But Msgr Vaz had a clear message for his 210-strong audience: "You are very important people. Don't believe the world when it says marriage is no longer something relevant, no longer something we should be aiming for, let's just do what we like."
The mission of the family is to be signs and instruments of God's love and grace, he stressed.
"Remember, you make a difference... We are proclaiming, through our marriages and our families, the unity and love, the joy and mercy of God."
The forum on marriage was the first ever by the Worldwide Marriage Encounter (WWME).
It was held in conjunction with the Worldwide Marriage Encounter World Council Meeting, which Singapore last hosted in 1990.
This time, the WWME World Council Leaders meeting was hosted by ME Singapore from Jan 14-20. Daniel and Shelley Ee from Singapore, together with Fr Nathaniel Gomez from the Philippines are the International Ecclesial team leaders.
This year's meeting drew 21 delegates from six continents, who lead the worldwide movement to foster strong marriages through retreats, workshops and other activities.
Same-sex marriage was a hot topic at the Jan 16 forum, with seven participants submitting questions related to it during a question-and-answer session.
The insights gleaned from the forum have inspired Mr Eric Loh, 38, to serve in the ME community.
"One of the speakers said we are the eyes, hands and body of Christ. We are doing His work. The thought of being able to help one married couple at a time, one parish, one nation and then the whole world motivates me," said the sales representative.
For senior IT consultant Joy Abaja, 39, the call to be a living example of God's love struck a chord with her.
The mother of four said: "Our most helpful takeaway is that long-lasting marriages start within the family. By showing our kids how we respect and treat each other, they would want to do the same in their own relationships."
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Young couples will soon get help to weather storms in the crucial early years of their marriage.
The Archdiocesan Commission for the Family (ACF) will launch an initiative in June that pairs engaged and newly wed couples with mentor couples.
This was announced at the recent World Forum on Marriage, where several participants pointed out the gap between the Marriage Preparation Course, which targets couples planning to get married, and Marriage Encounter, which usually draws couples who have clocked at least a few years of marriage.
Details of the programme are still being worked out. More details will be released in due course after meetings with parish priests.
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You may be cursing the harsh cold of winter, but roboticists at the University of Michigan are capitalizing on the cold temperatures. A team working on the development of Cassie the Robot took advantage of the recent cold snap to perform testing. Read how Cassie performed in this article from Wired.
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The Future of Food Safety: Bacterial Detection through a Smartphone
Researchers at MIT and the Max Planck Institute have developed a method for quick, on-site E. coli detection in food. While current food safety testing either requires days to complete or expensive equipment, this new method, paired with a smartphone and QR code, will make testing inexpensive and portable. The new detection process uses Janus emulsions, droplets consisting of two hemispheres of different densities. In water, the less dense, hydrocarbon hemisphere sits above the denser hemisphere
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Q: Working with very large Javascript array or objects Currently I'm working on a script where I've got to store more than 1,250,000 objects. I'm using the push() function in a jQuery each() loop like this:
words.push({
  "page": pagenumber,
  "content": word,
  "hpos": $(this).attr("HPOS"),
  "vpos": $(this).attr("VPOS"),
  "width": $(this).attr("WIDTH"),
  "height": $(this).attr("HEIGHT")
});

In Chrome it goes quit fast, between 30 and 40 seconds, but in Internet Explorer it can take up to 360 seconds.
It's for a project where old newspapers are loaded and you can search the text from those newspapers. The newspapers are in a directory and are loaded dynamically. In this test I'm doing I'm using newspapers from october 1926, containing 308 pages and over 1.250.000 words.
Is there a better/faster way to achieve this?

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Is there a better/faster way to achieve this?

Yes: Do it on a server, not in the browser. This also has the advantage that you can do it once and reuse the information.
But assuming for some reason that's not possible:
The first thing you can do is stop making several million unnecessary function calls by only doing $(this) once per loop:
.....each(function () {
    var $this = $(this);
    words.push({
        "page": pagenumber,
        "content": word,
        "hpos": $this.attr("HPOS"),
        "vpos": $this.attr("VPOS"),
        "width": $this.attr("WIDTH"),
        "height": $this.attr("HEIGHT")
    });
});

Normally repeatedly doing that isn't a big deal (though I'd avoid it anyway), but if you're doing this one and a quarter million times...
And if all of those attributes really are attributes, you can avoid the call entirely by cutting jQuery out of the middle:
.....each(function () {
    words.push({
        "page": pagenumber,
        "content": word,
        "hpos": this.getAttribute("HPOS"),
        "vpos": this.getAttribute("VPOS"),
        "width": this.getAttribute("WIDTH"),
        "height": this.getAttribute("HEIGHT")
    });
});

jQuery's attr function is great and smooths over all sorts of cross-browser hassles with certain attributes, but I don't think any of those four needs special handling, not even on IE, so you can just use DOM's getAttribute directly.
The next thing is that some JavaScript engines execute push more slowly than assigning to the end of the array. These two statements do the same thing:
myarray.push(entry);
// and
myarray[myarray.length] = entry;

But other engines process push as fast or faster than the assignment (it is, after all, a ripe target for optimization). So you might look at whether IE does push more slowly and, if so, switch to using assignment instead.


Whereas the Bargaining Agent and the Employer agree that some of the positions currently classified under the SR Occupational Group may be better aligned with positions classified in other occupational groups in the Core Public Administration, including with those within the Scientific Regulation (SG) Group.
1. The Employer is committed to working in collaboration with the Bargaining Agent in completion of a fulsome review of the Regulatory Science (SR) Occupational Group.
2. By January 31, 2019, the Parties will commence a review process of the existing SR Occupational Group and the positions classified within, as well as considerations regarding whether certain SR positions may be better aligned with positions classified in the Scientific Regulation (SG) Group or other occupational groups in the Core Public Administration. This will be established through the development of a Joint Consultation Committee comprised of an equal number of both Employer and Bargaining Agent representatives, which will complete its Terms of Reference by mutual agreement by February 15, 2019.
3. Collaboration will include meaningful participation of both the Employer and the Bargaining Agent in discussions on the current occupational group classification standard, the content of the SR work descriptions (also referred to as role descriptors) and considerations regarding the group allocation. It will also include consultation by the Employer with the Bargaining Agent on the development of updated work descriptions which will be developed in accordance with work description writing guidelines and classification standard(s).
4. Notwithstanding that classification is under the Employer's exclusive authority as recognized in the Financial Administration Act, the Employer is committed to engaging in meaningful consultation with the Bargaining Agent with respect to the review of the SR Occupational Group and the positions classified within. In that regard, the Parties commit to meaningful consultation regarding the proposed updated work descriptions to be developed through the process outlined in this Agreement.
a. If a majority of the Joint Consultation Committee cannot agree to the job content of the work description, it will be remitted to a mutually agreeable third party for mediation and/or adjudication. In the event that the Parties cannot agree on an objective third party, the determination of a third party mediator/adjudicator will be remitted to the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board Mediation and Dispute Resolution Services for resolution.
b. The Parties understand that this unique process is specific to the current SR review, is intended to expedite the finalization of all work descriptions and their evaluation/classification by December 31, 2019.
6. The Parties acknowledge that the finalized work descriptions will be evaluated and classified by a CFIA classification committee in accordance with the established process. The evaluation and classification process may happen concurrently to the work of the Joint Consultation Committee.
7. The Bargaining Agent agrees that job content developed wholly as a result of the process outlined in this Agreement for the SR work descriptions shall not be grieved. If the job content is modified unilaterally by the Employer or external to the process defined by this Agreement, it shall be subject to the regular grievance process.
8. The Parties agree that responsibilities for evaluating and rating positions rest solely with the Employer. The Parties agree to consult regarding the methodology to be used for the evaluation of work descriptions developed and updated through the process outlined in this Agreement.
9. The collaborative and consultative work outlined in this Agreement may take place in a variety of ways between the Bargaining Agent and the Employer, including the formation of the Joint Consultation Committee referenced in Paragraph 2.
10. All reasonable time spent by employees in support of the Joint Consultation Committee shall be deemed to be leave with pay for union activities.
11. All current SR classification and job content grievances shall be placed in abeyance until the completion of the process agreed to in the Agreement.
12. The Bargaining Agent agrees not to undertake any further classification grievances relating to the SR classification until the evaluation process for the position is complete. This is without prejudice to an employee's right to file a grievance related to matters beyond the scope of this Agreement.
13. The Parties agree that they are entering into this process in good faith.
14. The Parties agree that the terms of this Agreement arise from the unique circumstances relating to the SR Occupational Group and are without prejudice or precedent to any other similar or related matter that may arise between them.
The Parties agree that this Memorandum of Agreement shall not form part of the Collective Agreement.


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Tenellia phoenix is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.

Distribution
This species was described from La Jolla, California, United States. It has been reported from Monterey Bay to Mission Bay (San Diego), California and Costa Rica.

Description
Tenellia phoenix is a small translucent aeolid with swollen cerata and a visible central line of digestive gland which shows through the skin. It is reminiscent of Tergipes tergipes or Eubranchus rupium but intermediate between these species in the number and arrangement of its cerata. The oral tentacles and rhinophores are suffused with brown pigment.

References

Fionidae
Gastropods described in 1981


A student is placed at Whitlock Flexible Learning Center through a referral process initiated by the student's home school. Each student must be approved by the home school's district level official prior to attending.
Once the referral is processed by the home school administration and district, it is sent to the FLEX Center for further processing. The registrar will telephone parents to inform them that their child's referral has been received and advise them of the time and place for orientation. Orientation will be scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at 2:45 pm, and the student will start school on the following Monday.
The purpose of our Wednesday afternoon enrollment/orientation program is to ensure that all parents and students understand the function of the Flex Center. All policies and procedures are explained along with specific curriculum opportunities which promote academic success. We answer all questions and provide time for parents to meet administrators, counselors, teachers, attendance clerk, nurse and school resource officer. Attending orientation is mandatory for both parent and student.
Because of the number of students that are referred each week, our administrators and counselors spend Thursday and Friday designing a prescriptive program of study which will ensure success and a return to the home school. Transcripts, IEP's and test scores are examined for proper placement. (Students are given an excused absence on these days.) Whitlock has averaged serving approximately 550 students each year.
It is our duty to ensure a smooth transition for each student and home school. If a student is unable to attend a specific orientation, we will communicate with that student and their respective district representatives. If a student with an IEP is unable to attend orientation, Whitlock and the respective district will work together to make adequate accommodations to ensure compliance with the IEP. This may include homebound, study hall at the home school and/or special orientations by the Whitlock resource teachers.
The Whitlock faculty and staff is devoted to ensuring all students continue to progress toward high school graduation. The success of these students is our reward.
Before students attend classes at Whitlock, they participate in a behavior modification program for the first three days. Students will be provided with behavior interventions and character building activities. During this time students will become acclimated to the policies and producers of the FLEX Center. Students will also take a diagnostic test before entering class on Thursdays.


As etnies' best-selling shoe, the Jameson 2 Eco Kids is part of the brand?s Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree reforestation program. The low-top canvas shoe, made using recycled rubber in the outsole and recycled plastic in the creation of the PET shoe laces, features a faux-vulc cupsole construction and a thinly padded tongue and collar for protection and added comfort so it looks like a vulc, but rides like a cupsole. The Jameson 2 Eco Kids includes cork-lined OrthoLite STI Foam Lite level 1 footbeds, and the extra plus is these shoes are also vegan. Want to plant more than one tree? Check out the entire etnies Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree collection.
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London Buses Limited
1985 London Transport set up a subsidiary known as London Buses Limited (LBL) to run its bus services.
In preparation for privatisation, London Buses Limited was divided the company into 13 geographical subsidiary companies.
In 1992 the government announced that the subsidiaries would be sold to the private sector
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While the Food Network has brought fame to many of the chefs featured in its programming, perhaps one of its best-known figures is Alton Brown. With 20 years of experience working for Food Network, Brown became one of the channel's most renowned celebrity chefs, with two James Beard Awards and a Peabody to his name, per Food Network. A large amount of his prestige comes from his time working on his culinary education show "Good Eats" that blended recipes with food history, science, and Brown's unique sense of humor.
But Brown may be best known for his time hosting culinary competition shows on the network, including his own "Cutthroat Kitchen," but especially the show "Iron Chef America." The cooking competition is based on the Japanese show "Iron Chef," created by Takeshi Kaga, who was the chairman of the original show during its run from 1993-2002 (via Pogogi). The "Iron Chef America" variant had its own chairman, Mark Dacascos, who hosted the show alongside Brown since its first season in 2004. But now, after 20 years, Alton Brown has left the Food Network behind.
Why Alton Brown left the Food Network
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In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Alton Brown revealed why he left Food Network: to join Netflix as they launched their own version of "Iron Chef." Brown will be taking up a similar position as a commentator and host, this time with co-host Kristen Kish, who won "Top Chef" season 10. Brown told Entertainment Weekly that it "would have broken my heart" for Netflix to try and take on "Iron Chef" without him. Brown also mentioned he doesn't consider his leap to Netflix a proper goodbye, saying that would be too "final."
Netflix's new show, titled "Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend," doesn't just have Brown returning, either. He's joined again by Dacascos and a new roster of Iron Chefs — the Chicago Sun Times reports that the chefs in competition will include Curtis Stone, Dominique Crenn, Gabriela Cámara, Marcus Samuelsson and Ming Tsai. While speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Brown mentioned that he believed the new show is going to have a much stronger story arc thanks to the freedom that comes from a Netflix production — "a much deeper dive than we have ever been able to do before."


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Флеймінг-Гордж () — переписна місцевість (CDP) в США, в окрузі Даггетт штату Юта. Населення — 83 особи (2010).

Географія
Флеймінг-Гордж розташований за координатами  (40.889150, -109.475931). За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році переписна місцевість мала площу 5,93 км², з яких 5,91 км² — суходіл та 0,02 км² — водойми.

Клімат
Селище знаходиться у зоні, котра характеризується кліматом тропічних степів. Найтепліший місяць — липень із середньою температурою 20.1 °C (68.2 °F). Найхолодніший місяць — січень, із середньою температурою -5.3 °С (22.4 °F).

Демографія
Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у переписній місцевості мешкали 83 особи в 32 домогосподарствах у складі 24 родин. Густота населення становила 14 осіб/км². Було 109 помешкань (18/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 1,2 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 4,8 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 34,9 % — особи молодші 18 років, 51,8 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 13,3 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 29,3 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у переписній місцевості припадало 93,0 чоловіків; на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 86,2 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство становив  долари США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  доларів (медіана — ). За межею бідності перебувало 5,6 % осіб, у тому числі 0,0 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 0,0 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 19 осіб. Основні галузі зайнятості: роздрібна торгівля — 21,1 %, мистецтво, розваги та відпочинок — 21,1 %, публічна адміністрація — 15,8 %, науковці, спеціалісти, менеджери — 15,8 %.

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Take a break, it's OK to not be doing anything.
Now that the school year is in full swing, I can say that my life has never been busier. Juggling school, extracurriculars, jobs, etc. it can be really hard to just step back and take a much-needed break.
In college, there is this unspoken assumption that busyness means that you are a thriving, social, and healthy individual. More often than not, people, including myself, are eager to rattle off to their friends how many things they have going on in their life. While at face value this seems great, truthfully it's not always a walk in the park.
Busyness can be toxic. It can be used to fill voids of loneliness; it can be used to distract us from real problems that are occurring in our lives. While being active can be therapeutic and healing at times, it is easy for that line between being busy and being overwhelming to become blurred.
In order for this line to be clear in your life, be wise about what you fill your time with. Make sure you are filling it with things that you love to do, rather than things that you are not truly passionate about. In addition to this, put up boundaries as to how much time you spend towards something. Do not let it impose on schoolwork or self-care time.
The most important way to keep yourself from being overwhelmed is to block out specific times in your schedule to take a break. This looks different for everyone. For some, it could be unplugging from the world and taking a nap. For others, it could be going to the gym or going on a hike. For me personally, I love to unwind by reading a book or watching a movie or going for a walk by myself. Whatever it may be for you, make sure that this is your top priority.
Taking a break from life is surprisingly relaxing. At first, it may seem like you are wasting precious time to get work done but in the end, it is worth it. It is a more productive use of your time to be well rested and relaxed before tackling your busy schedule rather than being tired all the time.
This is something that I am DEFINITELY trying to work on this year. Even though I do not succeed all the time, I really do value the quiet moments that I can take for myself. I hope that you will challenge yourself to take a break from life and press pause once in a while.


The human body has a wonderful system to deal with extreme stress effect. The body prepares itself by increasing the heart rate, dilating the lungs, redirection the blood flow from the digestive organs to the larger muscles. This is supposed to be short-lived and pass as soon as the danger is over.
It is unfortunate that in today's "hurly-burly" society, we are constantly bombarded with stress, and this system springs forth, never relaxing completely. Thus, even when we aren't aware of it, stress is putting pressure on all our organs. The results of this are often misdiagnosed and the symptoms instead of the cause are treated. Some of these can be life-altering. Do you have any of these symptoms?
Headaches, feeling wound up all the time, fearful without knowing why, always on edge, responding to sudden stimulus in an angry manner, dreading common tasks, unable to concentrate, increase in frustration, palpitations, and shortness of breath, easily fatigued and without appetite, diarrhea, hyperventilation, insomnia, heartburn, chest pain, sexual issues.
Do I wake in the morning hating to face the day? At work, do I have friction with any co-workers? Is my work satisfactory and fulfilling? Is there anything in the work place that upsets me?
Is there a constant conflict with someone in my household? Is there a problem with money, or the lack of it? When I get home can I relax, are there demands on my time?
Am I tired, sad, disturbed most of the time? Do I wonder if the "rat race" is worth it?
(d) Other stress relieving techniques and changing your assumptions and the way you approach life.
Each person must choose how and why they choose to deal with the problem. The important thing is for you to create an "oasis of tranquility" where your mind and body can readjust and turn away life-threatening stress.
After recognizing the symptoms of stress it is important that you take steps to understand how it works and begin to avoid stress-producing stimuli. You can do this by finding new ways to work, change jobs or your attitude to the job, recognizing forces that are beyond your control and accepting that which cannot be changed.
Understanding what is behind the pressure, knowing how long it will last, and talking to a friend about the issue. It is always helpful to ask for and get help. Don't be afraid to loaf a little if you are tired, make sure you can ear and get enough sleep. It would pay to balance your work time with playtime. Don't put pressure on those around you but you can ask for help if needed.
Very important is learning deep relaxation techniques. You can start for an hour daily and learn to do some guided imagery meditation. This can be done at home, perhaps twice a day. After you learn the techniques it is possible you can relax anywhere, at home, at work, whenever you feel stress. It can be only two or three minutes of deep meditation and you will be ready for the important meeting, that presentation, for the daily grind. If you could do the relaxation on your lunch hour it will renew your energy and mental well being for the rest of the workday.
There have been many tapes and books written on this subject. It is important that you choose the one that will work for you. Perhaps you could combine two types, but it is important to start today, stress will only get worse, and along with it, your quality of life.
—-Meditation: Taking time to tune into yourself, to relax completely from stress effect.
—Bio-feedback: This tunes into your sub-conscious allowing your mind to heal your body.
—Self-hypnosis: Much like biofeedback, but adding your ability to change your outlook on life, to convince yourself you can have a good quality of life.
—Yoga: A form of relaxation and exercise that tunes in to your inner self.
Thus, even when we aren't aware of it, stress is putting pressure on all our organs. The results of this are often misdiagnosed and the symptoms instead of the cause are treated. Some of these can be life-altering. Do you have any of these symptoms?


The career of our American master violinist, Maud Powell, has been followed with increasing admiration by all who have watched it in the spirit of sympathetic interest. Memory goes back to student days in Berlin, when the pretty little American girl, with her long dark curls and her bright face, appeared one day at the Hoch Schule and was admitted at once to Professor Joachim's class. During a brief lull in her present strenuous tour, Mme. Powell was recalling those days reminiscently.
"I had met Prof. Joachim in London, and he had told me to come to him in Berlin and he would see that I was placed in his class. When I arrived that day at the Schule, I found a number of girls and young women assembled in the waiting-room. They had all made application for an audience, which I had not yet done, and had been waiting, some of them, an hour at least. When the Professor sent for us I was the first called to go to him; needless to say I gained what I had come for, the opportunity to study with him.
"I began music study in my home town, Aurora, Ill., when I was seven, not with the violin, but with the piano: I always had a predilection for the piano; I love it and it has retained a little place in my musical life. I must always have my piano near me; a room or a house without a piano is sadly incomplete. One feels lost without that instrument; how immeasurably our homes would lose if pianos should be absent!
"About six months after beginning piano, the violin was started. My parents were not musicians, but my father was deeply interested in music, and, of course, in my progress. He watched it carefully, especially from the mental side; he saw to it that I understood what I was doing, that I learned how to memorize and had incentives to do it. After I returned from a lesson he would ask, 'Well, what did you do today?' 'Oh, I have a new piece, or a concerto,' as the case might be. 'Are you going to learn it by heart?' 'I don't know, maybe.' 'Well, if you learn it by Christmas you'll get a five dollar bill.' That was only a few weeks away, but I made it a point to be ready at the appointed day to play that concerto from memory to my father and so secure the coveted reward.
The artist was seated in a great comfortable chair in the studio of her artistic New York home. There stood her favorite piano, everywhere were books, music, pictures. Above all absolute quiet reigned. "I must have it," she said; "I can work here without being disturbed by sounds from without, and that means much in this great city.
"But oh, the summer--then I can work unrestrained. Up in the White Mountains, in our bungalow, I spend several months of the year. The joy of it, to be in the heart of nature, surrounded by all her loveliness, with time for work. I love it. When there, I can really work, with my mind fully on what I am doing. One can accomplish so much more under such conditions. I work four days a week there, not whole days of course, but perhaps from nine until one or two. I prepare the concert and recital programs for the coming season, though I generally have them pretty well laid out in mind before I go to the mountains, in order to know just what music to take with me.
"Do I always play the piece the same way? No, I do not, never twice in just the same way. How is it possible? The environment is always different, so am I, so are the people, the weather, my mood; the violin, too, has moods sometimes. So you see how impossible for a violinist, above all others, to play twice in exactly the same way. This does not mean I have no plan of interpretation, for of course I have; everything is carefully thought out. When that is all done there is still leeway for variety and the unforeseen.
"Am I conscious of the audience? Yes, very much so; I do not see how it is possible for an artist not to be, if he is awake to the conditions and influences that surround him. So much depends on the audience. Some sit perfectly still, like wooden images; you feel as though you were playing to a stone wall, so unresponsive are they. Such an audience is a great strain on the player; it takes so much out of him. I feel perfectly exhausted after encountering this kind. On the other hand, a receptive audience never wearies me; I could play twice a day to such houses and never feel the effort. It is unexplainable, this mysterious rapport between player and listener. Two or three receptive ones in an audience help the player amazingly; they are able, sometimes, to enthuse a non-responsive crowd. Especially so if they sit near the front and have sympathy and knowledge. If they know when the piece is well played they show their appreciation by some demonstration at the close. The stolid people about them may look and wonder why they are clapping; but if they keep it up this very fact may arouse the others. Hand clapping is one way in which an audience can show its appreciation, one way in which it can respond and give out. That is what we musicians want, to take the people out of their self consciousness, to call forth response to what we ourselves are giving out to our listeners. Viewed in this light, applause has a deeper meaning than is sometimes considered.
"I like to feel the pulse of a town where I am to play, even if it be quite a small place. How can this be done when one remains but a few hours or a day? It is not so difficult. Soon after I arrive, I go for a walk, for I need fresh air after a night of railway travel. I explore the little town, its shop windows and principal streets. I drop into the music store, too, get acquainted with the proprietors, tell them who I am, ask about the victrola and the records. Then I meet the club people and others whom it is necessary for me to know. By the time the concert is to begin, I have a pretty good idea of the temper of that town and its people. When I go before them, I play as though that were the one concert of my life. The next night I play somewhere else and have almost forgotten the former town and the people I saw, even the very name of the hotel where I stayed the day before.


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Assistant Professor Melanie Matchett Wood's favorite part of math is talking about the subject—and working through problems—with other people. That passion, which ignited when she began participating in math competitions in 7th grade, continues to drive her as she blazes trails in the field.
In her noteworthy career, Wood has already achieved many mathematical firsts, including being named the first female recipient of the Morgan Prize, the nation's top honor in math for undergraduate research. Her current work focuses on the interplay between number theory and algebraic geometry.
At Stanford, Wood spends much of her day doing research, working on problems that no one has solved or knows how to solve. To her, the key to finding answers is not merely technical skill but also creativity and the ability to imagine and pursue new ideas when others fail.
That philosophy extends not only to Wood's spirited exchanges with fellow mathematicians, but also to her teaching. Whether leading an undergraduate class in linear algebra or discussing research with a graduate student, she always encourages her students to think outside the box and relentlessly approach a question from all angles.
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History: My passion for food began when I was at school working in my own time at a rugby club in Chatswood in Sydney just to get some exposure into the industry. This confirmed that I would leave school and get a job at the Manly Pacific Park Royal to start my apprenticeship, after 2 years I moved onto restaurant CBD which was my first real taste of fine dining, it was awarded one hat, I was then hooked immediately! I stayed at Merivale for 2 years and was part of the team that opened est in Melbourne, after 2 years I moved onto Quay with Peter Gilmore who had just started, Quay was soon awarded 3 hats and restaurant of the year a short time later, after 18 months I decided to travel to the UK where I started working for Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's, my first look at Michelin star dining, this venture provided me my first Pastry experience and shortly after I was head Pastry Chef. After working in this section and learning for 2 years I saw the need for change. Mark Sergeant the head chef asked me if I would ever consider the middle east and in particular Dubai! Without knowing any more than the name I was off to Gordon's Dubai flagship Verre where I stayed for almost 4 years, then moved to the Seychelles working for a boutique Hilton with 40 rooms which gave me a lot of creative liberty to develop my style, 18 months later I got a call asking me if I would like to run Maze by Gordon Ramsay in Qatar! After Maze unfortunately closed due to the alcohol ban, I worked as part of a hospitality company in Qatar before returning home to start a family, I now have commenced as Chef de Cuisine at the highly regarded Videre Restaurant at the RACV Royal Pines.
Yes, ever since I was big enough to hold a spoon I have always wanted to get in and help Mum in the kitchen, cooking just made sense to me.
My style is defined by my experiences and I always try to pay a bit of a homage in my dishes to my mentors and the places that I have been lucky enough to visit and be part of.
Trying to develop a dish further and further, sometimes I will pull out 20 plates and try to find the best way to showcase an ingredient. The presentation can change many times before I find something I'm happy with presenting.
Peter Gilmore would definitely be my greatest inspiration and influence, he taught me how to be a Chef and show how passion and energy was needed to be truly good at your job. He always took the time to teach and mentor the staff, always treating everyone with the utmost respect. Peter always came back from his days off with new ingredients, some he had travelled hours to get and he would go through this incredible process trying new application's and uses to these now mainstream ingredients. Peter was the first Chef I had encountered that truly was lost in his own world of food and it was contagious!
The challenges, every day is different and there is always something new to see and to master.
Salt, its presence changes everything, without it, food can't be manipulated to where we want a flavour to go to.
Our Chocolate Brule with 30 year old Muscat Ice cream, some people can't believe that we would put such a treasure into an ice cream but it works with the Brule and is awesome!!!!
This is a tough one as I believe chefs should not choose their signature dishes ,this is dictated by the quests in a dish that many come back for time and time again, as for my favourite dish, I put so much time into all my food it's hard to choose favourites.


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