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(lubavitch.com) For the last few years of his life, actor Tony Curtis enjoyed a close relationship with Rabbi Mendy Harlig at Chabad Green Valley, in Henderson, NV, where he lived. The famous film star passed away on September 29 at the age of 85.
Rabbi Mendy first met Tony Curtis after receiving a call from his daughter Allegra Curtis. She felt that it would be good for her father to have some spirituality in his life. Both New York Jews, the actor and the rabbi quickly developed a great rapport.
"Tony shared a lot about his childhood with me," Rabbi Mendy recalled. "He told me much about growing up in poverty, the many challenges that he faced, and how he set out to overcome them." Mr. Curtis also shared his paintings with Rabbi Mendy and gave him an autograhped copy of his book, American Prince, with his own drawing of a mezuzah alongside the inscription.
Rabbi Mendy's five children sometimes accompanied him on his visits. "Tony always welcomed my children. They made him laugh and he made them laugh," said the rabbi.
Over the years Rabbi Mendy visited Mr. Curtis at his home many times, delivering honeycake, shaloch manos, matzah. And sometimes, just to chat.
Two years ago, Chabad of Green Valley honored Mr. Curtis with the lighting of the menorah at its public Chanukah ceremony at The District at Green Valley Ranch Hotel. Over five hundred people were delighted at the opportunity to get up close and personal with the beloved star, and he was equally happy to express his Jewish pride at the event. Although it was difficult for him to get around, when the time came to get up on the stage and light menorah, he refused any help that was offered to him.
On October 4, 2010 Rabbi Mendy attended Tony's funeral, staying behind after the burial to help in filling the grave with earth.
"We will sorely miss Tony. He was a proud Jew, a wonderful person and a great friend.
Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year--the day on which we are closest to G‑d and to the quintessence of our own souls. It is the Day of Atonement -- "For on this day He will forgive you, to purify you, that you be cleansed from all your sins before G‑d" (Leviticus 16:30).
For twenty-six hours--from several minutes before sunset on Tishrei 9 to after night fall on Tishrei 10--we "afflict our souls": we abstain from food and drink, do not wash or anoint our bodies, do not wear leather footwear, and abstain from marital relations.
Before Yom Kippur we request and receive honey cake, in acknowledgement that we are all recipients in G-d's world and in prayerful hope for a sweet and abundant year; eat a festive meal, and give extra charity. Late afternoon we eat the pre-fast meal, following which we bless our children, light a memorial candle as well as the holiday candles, and go to the synagogue for Kol Nidrei services.
In the course of Yom Kippur we hold five prayer services: Maariv, with its solemn Kol Nidrei service, on the eve of Yom Kippur; Shacharit--the morning prayer; Musaf, which includes a detailed account of the Yom Kippur Temple service; Minchah, which includes the reading of the Book of Jonah; and Ne'illah, the "closing of the gates" service at sunset. We say the Al Chet confession of sins eight times in the course of Yom Kippur, and recite Psalms every available moment.
Rubashkin - Why should you care?
My Plea to the Jewish community of Guam!
I don't like to get involved in such matters as this but seeing what is happening to a Jewish man who has a family and is being treated the way he is for a crime that none has ever gotten punished this harshly before, It is my duty to send you this email.
Now he needs our help, the Jewish communities around the world.
Please if you can take 2 minutes of your time and please write a letter and sign the petition for Rabbi Sholom it will show the great unity of the Jewish people.
Below is letter from the Jewish Leaders.
With the hope and prayer for only good news.
Supporters of Sholom Rubashkin are being urged to sign an online petition at the "Justice for Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin" Web page at justiceforsholom.organd call or e-mail Department of Justice Office of Intergovernmental and Public Liaison (202-514-3465 ; oipl@usdoj.gov and cc pr@justiceforsholom.org), to protest the recommendations of life in prison for Sholom Rubashkin.
Two rabbis sponsored by the Chabad of Hawaii are going to ensure Jews on Guam don't pass the chance to celebrate Passover in the traditional way.
This year, Guam will be hosting a Passover Seder.
Passover is the time when Jews celebrate their ancestors' miraculous freedom from slavery in Egypt, said Rabbi Levi Groner.
Jews typically gather together with family and friends, and in the course of a celebratory meal called a "seder," eat matzah and drink four cups of wine symbolizing freedom, a press release from Groner stated.
It is a holiday tradition to eat unleavened bread called matzah, just as the ancient Israelites ate matzah while hastily leaving Egypt.
But even for the Jew some thousands of miles away from home, the Seder, one of about 2,000 communal seders around the world being conducted by the Chabad-Lubavitch organization, will be conducted by rabbis Groner and Israel Majeski.
The two are sponsored by Chabad of Hawaii, a branch of the Chabad organization based out of Brooklyn, New York.
"Everyone is welcome to the seder," says Groner, 24, of Melbourne, Australia. "Passover is a time to leave our own little Egypt, too, to tap into our soul, and that's where we're all united."
Majeski, 24, of Brooklyn, will be visiting Guam for a few weeks.
"Besides for Passover items, we're also bringing religious items that Jews on the island can't necessarily get. I'm sure we're also going to be getting a lot of questions, too, but that's what Passover is all about."
The four questions that Majeski was referring to are traditionally asked by the children at the seder, who wonder out loud about the curious customs and traditions Passover holds, the release stated.
"Our goal is to provide a warm, Passover experience for every Jew in Guam," said Majeski. "We're really looking forward to meeting everyone with a smile."
Anyone interested in participating can RSVP or get more information by e-mailing Groner at JewishGuam@gmail.com, or calling 671-838-0914.
The event is tonight at 6:30 at Top of the Mar at Nimitz Hill.
Rabbis from Brooklyn, NY will be visiting Guam this Passover holiday to bring the holiday spirit to the island. They will be hosting the Seder (Passover meal) and visiting Jewish Military and locals on island. More information will be posted once it becomes available. For questions please email JewishGuam@gmail.com.
Marblehead - Let's just get the formalities out of the way: I'm a Reformed Jew, and so is my husband Dave. And so, consequently, are our children. We're also part of the Chabad community. Sounds like a dichotomy, I know. After all, how could Reformed Jews worship, educate their children and feel connected to a branch of Judaism that's so steeped in tradition and ultra-Orthodox? It's easier than you think.
Yes, it's absolutely true that the Chabad movement is a branch of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the Torah and its laws. So if you had told us seven years ago that our daughter would be bat mitzvahed at Chabad, we would have laughed in your face. We're Reformed and Chabad is Orthodox. Apples and oranges. Theoretically, yes. Empirically, no. Despite the way we observe and practice, all Jews, in our own way, subscribe to the Ten Commandments. You know: Do unto others, honor thy father and mother, you shall not steal or murder. The basics. We all just adhere to those law and traditions differently.
The fact is, Dave and I are far more spiritual than we are religious. We understand the core beliefs that make us Jews and we choose to practice and express them in our own way. We've educated our children and carried on Jewish practices and traditions in a way that suits us and our family. And we're definitely, in every sense of the term, Reformed.
So when we started looking into Hebrew schools for our kids, Chabad wasn't even on the radar because of this underlying misconception that you have to be Hasidic to be affiliated. Wrong, wrong, wrong. We learned, almost immediately (through a friend who was, and still is, affiliated with Chabad), that the Hebrew school and the shul are mutually exclusive. You don't have to be "members" of Chabad to enroll your children in the Hebrew school. We also learned, through the same friend, that children actually love going to Hebrew school at Chabad. They learn, they're engaged, they're challenged, and they're embraced. Sold.
So we enrolled our then-6-year-old daughter in Hebrew school and never looked back. Three years later, we did the same with our youngest daughter. And in the seven years that our children have studied at Chabad, they never once balked at going to Hebrew school. Our children were welcomed and nurtured and have thrived as a result.
We actually just celebrated our daughter Riley's bat mitzvah at Chabad with an intimate and uniquely beautiful Shabbat service followed by a Havdalah service that we tailored specifically to our family and the way we observe. Rabbi Yossi Lipsker and his wife Layah (the director of the Hebrew school) helped us make to make it traditional, modern and, most importantly, meaningful. Yet never once was there an expectation that we "join" the shul or alter our family's belief system. Yossi and Layah genuinely and unconditionally accepted our family and the degree to which we practice. Even though they are devoutly Orthodox, Yossi and Layah received us openly and fully.
I have to be totally honest when I say I never saw it coming either. As liberal and open-minded as I am, I supposed I still assumed that a belief system that was so vastly different from my own could unconsciously stifle a person's ability to reach out and fully connect. I was probably as naïve as most people are when they come in contact with something or someone different — we assume that just because there are surface differences it will be challenging to fully mesh. Maybe it's that unconscious notion that many Reformed Jews have: that we won't be perceived as "real" Jews by more pious branches because we're not as devout. Who knows?
What I do know is that even though Dave and I don't attend the High Holiday services we've found other ways to feel connected to Chabad as a place of worship. And Yossi and Layah have gone out of their way to offer us creative ways to feel connected to their shul. Our kids attend Hebrew school, holiday parties and youth groups. And now, we've taken part in a Family High Holiday Service on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 20 that the Lipskers created specifically to accommodate families like ours who want to connect to the shul in a deeper way than just through Hebrew school. There was another Family High Holiday Service at Chabad for Yom Kippur Monday, Sept. 28.
Bottom line is, we were caught completely and wonderfully off guard at how uniquely and satisfyingly we fit in to the Chabad community. Even more importantly, we consider Yossi and Layah (and their children) close friends. We have a mutual respect and a genuine fondness for each other that transcends the kind of Jews we are. Without even trying, the Lipskers draw you in simply because of who they are. And whoever you are and however you practice they have a place for you.
Lisa Sugarman and her family are Marblehead residents.
16-year-old Ethan Berg never imagined he would celebrate his bar mitzvah with two New York rabbis inside the walls of a military chapel on Guam. "It was very meaningful. I've never had that. Interesting experience. It was so beautiful," he said.
A local chapel was dedicated to members of Jewish faith by the US Navy and the Air Force in 1976. Now the two Rabbis that are here today from Brooklyn, New York are hoping to infuse some fire and a little spark into the Jewish community on base locally.
"In many places you see a rabbi every week, maybe even daily, but here when you have a rabbi once twice maybe three times a year, everybody comes out. People come out of the woodwork for this because it's so big," said LTJG Greg Touchton.
Rabbi Chesky Klein and Rabbi David Loksen represent the more orthodox sect of the Jewish faith, known, as the Chabad Movement, visibly distinguished by dark suits and long beards. During their three-week visit as emissaries to Guam where there is no permanent rabbi, the two rabbis hope to promote Judaism all over the island.
Klein said, "Chabad actually has a branch, which sends out young rabbis over the summer time and that sends Jewish people into far off communities for just a short period of time in order to bring Judaism to everyone. We are part of this program. We've been sent to Guam."
Although Guam boasts a small community of approximately 150 Jews on the island, the military reports that there are fifty practicing Jews currently serving here on Guam. The rabbis have made their presence known by holding events on and off the base and encourage all denominations to come to them with any questions.
Said Loksen, "The doors are always open. They are always welcome. Please whoever is out there in Guam or whatever it may be, please if you see us passing on the street, just wave and say hello or say 'Hey rabbi, can I ask you a few questions?'"
From performing mazuza ceremonies to various blessings like wrapping the tifilin and holding a ceremonial bar mitzvah for those of age, the rabbis hope to help the Jewish community in Guam keep the faith.
Two young Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis are visiting Guam from July 28 to Aug. 17 as part of a community outreach program.
Rabbis Chesky Klein and David Loksen will be distributing videos, brochures, books, Shabbat candles, mezuzahs (a religious scroll placed on doorways) and will be working closely with the local Jewish community, according to a news release. The pair will teach classes, including one on Kabbalah, and host Shabbat dinners.
The two rabbis are part of a worldwide program sometimes referred to as "the Lubavitch Summer Peace Corps," in which some 400 young rabbis and senior rabbinical students visit thousands of locations worldwide, including countries like Bolivia, Bosnia, Cambodia, Croatia, Fiji, Guadeloupe, Ireland, Portugal, Sri Lanka and Uruguay.
The Guam Jewish community is receiving a visit from two rabbis.
Rabbi David Loksen and Rabbi Shmulie Hecht, of the Brooklyn, New York-based Chabad Lubavitch Jewish Community Enrichment Program, are currently volunteers with Chabad Hawaii, which sponsored their visit to the island.
Rabbi Loksen said the goal of the organization is to reach out to Jewish communities across the globe.
The rabbis arrived July 22 and will be leaving Aug. 12.
Loksen said the rabbis have been doing house visits so far.
"We've been putting up mezuzahs, what you call a 'Jewish security system,'" he said.
A mezuzah is a scroll placed on the door frame of a home containing verses from the Old Testament. The article serves as a reminder of the lamb's blood Jews in ancient Egypt used to mark their doors for protection.
"There's been a lot of discussion, a lot of shmoozing," said Hecht.
The rabbis held a Sabbath service Friday at the Pacific Islands Club Resort.
Dr. Joel Joseph, a Jewish community leader on Guam, said there are currently no rabbis on island to tend to the needs of the Jewish community.
"Hopefully, we're going to have a naming ceremony or two," said Joseph, who said the ceremonies entail religious services relating to newborn children.
With no resident rabbis on island, Joseph said he's acted as a community stand-in since his arrival.
Our beautiful Synagogue in Guam!
We would like to thanks Bart Jackson ad the PIC hotel for the beautiful Shul that we had and for everything else he did for us!


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What Does "Blood is Thicker Than Water" Really Mean?
You remember that one time when you really wanted to spend Friday night with your friends, staying up late, watching terrible movies and just blowing off steam from the stress of the week, but you were told in no uncertain terms that you were going to your sister's recital. No matter what logical arguments you could come up with as to why you should be excused from this family outing (you being there won't make the music any better, you've already heard the performance dozens of times thanks to her incessant practicing, your sister actually swore a vow to kill you the next time she saw you), the elders probably intoned some version of the phrase, "blood is thicker than water," to still any further protestations you were going to make.
Eventually you stopped arguing, put on your suit, and went to the recital. Even though you knew as soon as she was done playing, you'd have to duel with Margaret because she never breaks a vow. We get it. Friends come and go, and the people we're related to (for better or worse) are going to be a part of our lives for a long, long time. So, when push comes to shove, you have to stand with your clan because that's the way it's always been.
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Particularly if your family happens to be members of the Mafia.
Or has it?
Not really. You see, our modern use of the phrase "blood is thicker than water" is likely connected to a fuller, earlier proverb which says, "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb." It's a little medieval in the way it's phrased, but what it has to say is actually pretty straightforward. In short, it means that the relationships you choose will be more important to you, and that shared experiences will bring you closer than the happenstance that made you a part of a particular family.
The idea of covenants being bloody isn't a metaphor, either.
People who have shed blood together, particularly in a literal sense, develop powerful bonds. For soldiers who served together, particularly when the spear and the sword were standard-issue weapons, this meant you probably walked away from the battlefield covered in your own blood, the enemy's blood, and the blood of your comrades. Even if you were an archer, facing that danger together meant you were now more than friends with those who stood beside you.
There was also the particularly savage practice of physically mixing your blood with another's to seal a friendship or an alliance. Often you would cut your hand, the other person would cut his, and then you would clasp hands. Your blood would mix, and seal the bond between you.
This is how your great-grandparents knew they were best friends with someone.
It says a lot when you choose the people who are important to you. Whether you do it for the right reasons or the wrong ones, though, the point that our ancestors understood was that someone you'd shed blood for was likely to be more important than someone you may have bunked with in the womb.
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While 2012 brought many trends we've since grown tired of, the Year of the Dragon also brought a few that we're just now starting to really take notice of. Among these is the emerging and most likeley soon-to-be-mainstream street or ghetto goth look propelled to the forefront by rappers like A$AP Rocky. Other rappers and celebrities have incorporated various parts of the look, too, thanks to recent pieces by designers like Raf Simons and Rick Owens.
In short, the style consists of dark, minimalist clothing cut in modern ways and finished with premium materials like leather. References to past styles are common too, most notably late 80s/early 90s hip-hop and grunge. However, since there's a bit more to it than that we've decided to take a closer look at the individual pieces that make up the style. Take a look below for a thorough dissection of the unique look.
For simplicity's sake we'll begin from the top down. First up then is the head. While it's not necessary to top the head with anything at all, caps and beanies are often worn and are almost exclusively black. White lettering of varying size and font are typical features, which isn't surprising given the look's simplistic color scheme. An interesting feature of embroidered caps and beanies though, is the cryptic lettering used like on BLVCK SCVLE's x A$AP Rocky's VSVP strapback. The "V"s clearly represent "A"s but the dot above both "V"s creates an aesthetic unknowable to those outside the proverbial sphere.
As mentioned earlier, leather is a common material used throughout the look and often makes an appearance on caps. The unmistakable sheen of real, premium leather adds a layer of texture that cotton simply can't. Thus, leather black caps with or without lettering are a common addition.
Next up are jackets which end up playing just one layer in the different types of tops used throughout the style. The F/W 12 Varsity Jacket from Alexander Wang is a great example with its leather sleeves and clean silhouette. When fitted correctly, the jacket stops right where the torso ends allowing for extra layers to appear from underneath.
Simple, black hoodies are common as well, allowing for easy and visible layering. All different styles are applicable from classic zip-up hoodies to edgy sleeveless ones.
Below the jacket, an oversized black t-shirt is common as are t-shirts with religious iconography. En Noir is a heavy hitter in this department with garments favored by Pusha T and Big Sean among many others. In both cases, t-shirts tend to extend past the waist creating the illusion of a longer torso. On the other hand, it's not uncommon to sport a slightly shorter t-shirt with another layer underneath. Rick Owens has practically made the oversized white t-shirt a signature of his, once again messing with proportion and the illusion of layers.
The grunge staple of tying a shirt around the waist is a common feature, too, covered at least partially by the layer above. Fear of God Los Angeles has a solid grip on the throwback style while infusing it with a contemporary edge for the ghetto goths of 2013.
Heading below the belt we arrive at the legs. Slim, black bottoms are common in most outfits as are looser bottoms made of other materials. With a non-leather top, fitted leather pants or waxed denim jeans are often chosen for their natural luster. The result is an outfit that, while mostly one color, takes advantage of each fabric's unique properties. Throughout 2012 Kanye West could be spotted wearing unisex leather bottoms from En Noir and even wore them in the music video "Birthday Song".
For waxed denim, both Balenciaga and Balmain released pairs that were quickly adopted by sartorialists of all types. For something a bit more relaxed and of a different material, Lanvin offers cotton lounge pants that come tapered at the ankle for that contemporary street goth look.
Last but certainly not least are the shoes. There's a bit more flexibility here although thick hi-tops are usually favored. These days even high-end designers are rolling out sneakers with brands like Lanvin and Margiela leading the way. Of course classic streetwear and basketball hi-tops are an option too, especially vintage adidas and all-black Air Force 1s. Air Jordan IV's are no stranger to the look either and have ended up on the feet of countless celebrities since their release.
So to sum up, the look combines the dark aesthetics of contemporary gothic fashion with the attitude and design of past music movements. Hints of late 80s and early 90s hip-hop can be seen as can traces of the Pacific Northwest's grunge scene. With high-end fashion designers blurring the line between the streets and the runway, it's not surprising to see the trend being adopted by musicians and athletes. To put together your own outfit check out what our dashing editor Fritz Radtke has come up with.


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Michael Light's aerial photography looks at the luxury and ruins of Lake Las Vegas and Black Mountain
"Sun City" Hiking Trail Looking Southeast, Unbuilt "Ascaya" Lots and Black Mountain Beyond, Henderson, NV; 2010.
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Just when it had seemed that life couldn't get any more bizarre in the Las Vegas Valley, someone built a 320-acre artificial lake on top of a wash and created a Tuscan/Mediterranean pop-up community. It was an effort so far removed from the reality of the Mojave Desert that for some of us living here it became another laughable element added to the punch line that is Las Vegas.
Though plans for Lake Las Vegas had been carved out in the late 1960s, it wasn't until the arrival of houses and casinos in the late '90s and early 2000s that praise and admonishment were thrown at the project that confirmed the permeation of the Strip's European themes into the rest of the Valley—all in the name of the luxurious, attainable dream. But the housing bubble engulfing the Valley burst, Lake Las Vegas filed for bankruptcy and homes there were abandoned. Black Mountain—blasted away, leveled and scraped to insert the luxury community Ascaya—was left with nothing to cover its scars.
Unbuilt "Ascaya" Development Looking Southeast; $250 Million In Mountaintop Removal and Terracing, Henderson, NV; 2012.
It was during this halted construction that San Francisco-based photographer Michael Light—whose interest is in American culture's relationship to the landscape—began taking aerial images of the area, illustrating through these communities the "aspiration and collapse" of the American Dream.
Shot mostly from a helicopter (occasionally a small fixed-wing plane) Light's work is among the most compelling and awe-inducing visual representations speaking to the audacity of the Valley's famous building boom. The images, published in Light's Lake Las Vegas/Black Mountain, are accompanied by essays written by Rebecca Solnit and Lucy Lippard. Light doesn't offer his own commentary because, as he explains, the pictures "do the heavy lifting here." The unfinished Ascaya, carved into the already harsh landscape, looks much like an abandoned space station on another planet in the large-scale, hardbound book (10.5 by 16.5 inches) with color images. Terracing, extracting and removing topsoil made for an easy comparison to mining communities.
Looking East Over Unbuilt "Ascaya" Lots, Black Mountain Beyond, Henderson, NV; 2010.
And Light's vantage point over Lake Las Vegas, combined with his experienced eye, allows for a broader view, highlighting the sudden and abrupt extravagance in an environment of limited resources, while emphasizing the very fine line between fiction and reality. Here, the little mansions are placed within the gouged and altered landscape, decorated to give the illusion of elsewhere, and accented by lumpy green golf courses where blankets of sod and pine trees speak an entirely different language than the host environment.
The lighting—early morning and late afternoon—enhances the dimensions of the subjects on the landscape, adding a physical depth.
We may grimace at the idea of limiting all of Las Vegas to the negative perspective of corporate sprawl and excess, but there's no telling the whole story without it. And Light has echoed the sentiment that Las Vegas is not so much an isolated entity, but a representation of America. Here, that story is told through images that are as disturbing as they are beautiful.
Michael Light: Lake Las Vegas/Black Mountain Radiusbooks.org, $60
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A while ago, I blogged about a patient led and patient authored series on BMJ called What Your Patient Is Thinking. I am so proud to read a piece published in this series by my good friend and past president of the International Diabetes Federation's Young Leaders in Diabetes programme Alex Silverstein. His topic was on what people with diabetes need to manage self-care and he pretty much nailed it.
Diabetes self-management is more than just regular medical appointments and discussing numbers. It's more than providing people with diabetes with a blood glucose meter, tablets and insulin. People living with chronic conditions, such as diabetes, need emotional support alongside medical advice. This is no secret with plenty of literature within literature supporting this. The biggest factor in diabetes self-management lies within the person. And what better way to engage a person with diabetes that to empower them in their self-management.
I have heard too many stories of healthcare professionals who insist on maintaining an authoritative relationship with patients. This traditional viewpoint results in healthcare professionals prescribing solutions to patients with minimal consideration of other circumstances. For the management of a chronic condition such as diabetes, where a multitude of factors impact daily management, this automatically set patients up for failure. As a result, patients are labelled as 'non-compliant', or 'in denial' and often made to feel guilty for not achieving their health targets.
Patient empowerment talks about changing that power dynamic between healthcare professionals and patients. Healthcare professionals acknowledge that patients are experts in their medical condition in relation to their life and help patients make informed decisions about their condition by providing expert medical advice. Patients work with their healthcare professional to set achievable targets and strategies around their life circumstance. This partnership sees both the healthcare professional and patient as equals and collaborators towards a shared goal. By listening to the needs of their patients, healthcare professionals can direct their efforts and time to the best way to help their patients.
Some healthcare professionals and patients alike may disagree with this. And that's absolutely fine. It's all about finding what works best for both parties. Even the simple acknowledgment that what works for one person may not work for another is an important milestone in healthcare.
Quality of life should not be the focus only in hospitals and palliative care. For those living with chronic conditions, quality of life extends to so much more. It becomes the ability to allow individuals to live lives to their potential with minimal interruptions from health demands.
Thank you Alex for contributing to BMJ on this important topic. I'm glad and excited to see topics like these become more prominent on social media and in emerging research. I am certainly looking forward to the day where I stop hearing horror stories about healthcare professionals being portrayed as bullies and hearing more stories of them being valued for their amazing work.
Read Alex's piece published in the BMJ series: What I Need To Self Manage My Care.
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Q: Java ForkJoinPool with non-recursive tasks, does work-stealing work? I want to submit Runnable tasks into ForkJoinPool via a method:
forkJoinPool.submit(Runnable task)

Note, I use JDK 7.
Under the hood, they are transformed into ForkJoinTask objects.
I know that ForkJoinPool is efficient when a task is split into smaller ones recursively.
Question:
Does work-stealing still work in the ForkJoinPool if there is no recursion?
Is it worth it in this case?
Update 1:
Tasks are small and can be unbalanced. Even for strictly equal tasks, such things like context switching, thread scheduling, parking, pages misses etc. get in the way leading to the imbalance.
Update 2:
Doug Lea wrote in the Concurrency JSR-166 Interest group, by giving a hint on this:

This also greatly improves throughput when all tasks are async and
  submitted to the pool rather than forked, which becomes a reasonable
  way to structure actor frameworks, as well as many plain services that
  you might otherwise use ThreadPoolExecutor for.

I presume, when it comes to reasonably small CPU-bound tasks, ForkJoinPool is the way to go, thanks to this optimization. The main point is that these tasks are already small and needn't a recursive decomposition. Work-stealing works, regardless whether it is a big or small task - tasks can be grabbed by another free worker from the Deque's tail of a busy worker.
Update 3:
Scalability of ForkJoinPool - benchmarking by Akka team of ping-pong shows great results.
Despite this, to apply ForkJoinPool more efficiently requires performance tuning.

A: ForkJoinPool source code has a nice section called "Implementation Overview", read up for an ultimate truth. The explanation below is my understanding for JDK 8u40.
Since day one, ForkJoinPool had a work queue per worker thread (let's call them "worker queues"). The forked tasks are pushed into the local worker queue, ready to be popped by the worker again and be executed -- in other words, it looks like a stack from worker thread perspective. When a worker depletes its worker queue, it goes around and tries to steal the tasks from other worker queues. That is "work stealing".
Now, before (IIRC) JDK 7u12, ForkJoinPool had a single global submission queue. When worker threads ran out of local tasks, as well the tasks to steal, they got there and tried to see if external work is available. In this design, there is no advantage against a regular, say, ThreadPoolExecutor backed by ArrayBlockingQueue.
It changed significantly after then. After this submission queue was identified as the serious performance bottleneck, Doug Lea et al. striped the submission queues as well. In hindsight, that is an obvious idea: you can reuse most of the mechanics available for worker queues. You can even loosely distribute these submission queues per worker threads. Now, the external submission goes into one of the submission queues. Then, workers that have no work to munch on, can first look into the submission queue associated with a particular worker, and then wander around looking into the submission queues of others. One can call that "work stealing" too.
I have seen many workloads benefiting from this. This particular design advantage of ForkJoinPool even for plain non-recursive tasks was recognized a long ago. Many users at concurrency-interest@ asked for a simple work-stealing executor without all the ForkJoinPool arcanery.  This is one of the reasons, why we have Executors.newWorkStealingPool() in JDK 8 onward -- currently delegating to ForkJoinPool, but open for providing a simpler implementation.

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The common treatment methods for GERD try to address the production of too much digestive acid, and decrease the amount of reflux and the damage to the esophagus lining from refluxed materials.
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Medications to stop or inhibit acid production. Drugs described as 'Proton Pump Inhibitors' were developed and are being prescribed to stop the production of acid. Prevacid, Nexium, Prilosec, Zoton and Losec are common examples of this type of drugs. Another group of drugs called 'H2 Blockers' are also recommended to reduce acid in the stomach for digestion.
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avoiding foods and beverages that have been identified to weaken the lower esophageal sphincter including fried fatty foods, chocolate, peppermint, alcoholic beverages and coffee.
avoiding foods and beverages known to cause irritation to the damaged lining of the esophagus including citrus fruits, citrus juices, pepper and tomato products.
eating dinner at least two hours before bedtime to help lessen reflux, allow the gastric acid to decrease and let the stomach to partially empty.
decreasing the size of food portions every mealtime.
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Chiropractic care offers a natural, drug-free and non-invasive approach to treating GERD.
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Discover if your immigrant ancestor naturalized by looking in these records.
US census records, 1870 and 1900 to 1940: These have a column for citizenship. Na doesn't mean "not applicable." Rather, it stands for "naturalized." Al means "alien." The 1920 census also includes a column for the year of naturalization (the census taker didn't ask for proof and the respondent's memory might be fuzzy, so it's possible the year is off). Find census records on major genealogy websites including FamilySearch, Ancestry.com and MyHeritage.
20th-century passenger lists: These records may have notations or numbers made later, when the passenger's citizenship application was being processed. Find a web page describing notations and their meanings at JewishGen.
Land entry case files: Laws governing public land distribution, including the Homestead Act of 1862, required noncitizen land applicants to have filed at least a declaration of intent to naturalize ("first papers"). Find digitized land entry case files for several states at Ancestry.com. Learn more about these records.
Passports and voting registers: Only US citizens could register to vote or obtain passports (which, except for times of war, weren't required for foreign travel until the 1950s), so immigrants' records may note naturalization. FamilySearch and Ancestry.com have passport applications for 1795 to 1925. Old voting registers are less likely to have survived; look for them among local government records or in library collections.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) records: Citizenship was required for participating in this enormous Depression-era federal jobs program. Learn more about available records.
A version of this article originally appeared in the July/August 2017 issue of Family Tree Magazine.
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An early outburst portends a star's imminent death
Scientists spotted the first early warning sign of a standard type of supernova
Scientists observed the last gasp of a type of star called a red supergiant (illustrated). The star brightened before exploding, probably signaling that it had cast off some of its outer layers.
W.M. Keck Observatory, Adam Makarenko
By Emily Conover
A star's death usually comes without warning. But an early sign of one star's imminent demise hints at what happens before some stellar explosions.
In a last hurrah before exploding, a star brightened, suggesting that it blasted some of its outer layers into space. It's the first time scientists have spotted a pre-explosion outburst from a run-of-the-mill type of exploding star, or supernova, researchers report in the Jan. 1 Astrophysical Journal.
Scientists have previously seen harbingers of unusual types of supernovas. But "what's nice about this one is it's a much more normal, vanilla … supernova that's showing this eruption before explosion," says astronomer Mansi Kasliwal of Caltech, who was not involved with the research.
On September 16, 2020, scientists discovered the explosion of a star roughly 10 times as massive as the sun, located about 120 million light-years away. Thankfully, telescopes that regularly survey a swath of the sky, as part of an effort called the Young Supernova Experiment, had been observing the star well before it detonated. About 130 days before the explosion, the star brightened, the researchers found, the start of a pre-explosion eruption.
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The final explosion was a commonplace type of stellar detonation called a type 2 supernova, which occurs when the core of an aging star collapses. Precursors to such explosions probably hadn't been seen before because the early eruptions are faint. For this supernova, scientists had observations of the star sensitive enough to pick up the relatively weak eruption.
Previous post-explosion observations of such supernovas have hinted that the stars slough off layers before death. In 2021, astronomers reported signs of a supernova's shock wave plowing into material that the star had expelled (SN: 11/2/21). A similar sign of cast-off stellar material was also found in the new study.
Scientists aren't sure exactly what causes such early outbursts. They could be the result of events happening deep within a star, for example, as the star burns different types of fuel as it nears death. If more such events are found, scientists may eventually be able to predict which stars will go boom, and when.
Precursor outbursts are a sign that stars experience inner turmoil before exploding, says study coauthor Raffaella Margutti, an astrophysicist at the University of California, Berkeley. "The main message that we are getting from the universe is that these stars are really knowing that the end is coming."
A version of this article appears in the February 12, 2022 issue of Science News.
W.V. Jacobson-Galán et al. Final moments. I. Precursor emission, envelope inflation, and enhanced mass loss preceding the luminous type II supernova 2020tlf. Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 924, January 1, 2022, p. 15. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac3f3a.
About Emily Conover
Physics writer Emily Conover has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago. She is a two-time winner of the D.C. Science Writers' Association Newsbrief award.
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I've seen/ heard quite a few rescue helicopters today and ive been on the verge of a panic attack. I went to find a picture of one for this post, but after a few seconds, i freaked out and couldn't cope. I nearly started screaming.
Yesterday I consumed 70 calories, but didn't exercise. Today so far I have had 1 – coke zero, and I hope that thats all I have to have. Mums out for the day, and Im going swimming this evening with a friend so I can skip dinner.
I was thinking about getting some diet pills, but im not sure how compatable they are with sertraline or quetiapine. Does anyone know?
Last night i was feeling a bit depressed and had some ptsd triggers. Even watching the bubbles in my coke set me off!! It was the first time in a while that I thought about cutting myself. I imagined that feeling of release, pure, and clean. I wanted it. But i didnt, i stopped myself. Yay? I think thats a good thing.
Im so cold. One of the down sides of not eating. I get cold easily anyway… now im just plain freezing all the time! I should get off my lazy arse and do some exercise to warm me up. Actually, im supposed to be packing. But packing to leave home is such a mission. Calculating calorie defecits and posting on here is so much more interesting!
The other thing is.. I have way too many clothes, and I am not sure how many i will fit in a few months anyway if i continue the way I am. But then, knowing me, i will start eating at some point, or someone will make me, and i will get back to my set point. So what clothes do I pack???? Someone give me advice please! I dont WANT to be fat and ugly ever again, but then… i dont know.
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In the debate between competing truth claims, the crux of the matter fell upon the authority of the church. No one on any side questioned that the truth was what Jesus taught and lived. They disagreed over the content of Jesus' teaching and life. Apostolic succession becomes important here.
Paul wrote to churches in order to address particular situations that those churches were facing. The Apologists wrote specifically to combat misunderstanding of Christianity by the state and to make it sound credible by aligning it with the philosophy of the day.
The heresies of the second century required a response. Here we get the great teachers of the church. Their task was to give systematic expression to the Christian faith in response to the system of doctrine developed by the heretics. They tried to give a complete exposition of the Christian faith.
While the church faced persecution in the first half of the second century, in the last years the church had enjoyed relative peace. This was true because the Roman Empire was starting to fall apart. Between civil war and invasions from Germanic peoples (whom the Romans called "Barbarians"), the Roman government had its hands full. They did not have time to worry about Christians.
In the third century things changed. The emperor Septimus Severus put an end to civil war. This did not mean that the problems of the empire were finished. The barbarians still threatened and the empire was hardly unified. Septimus Severus believed that the way to unity and strengthen the empire was through religious unity. He began to promote syncretism throughout the empire.
His plan was to bring all religious beliefs under the worship of the unconquered Sun-- Sol Invictus. "All gods were to be accepted, as long as one acknowledged the Sun that reigned above." (Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity, I, 83). Of course, it was the Jews and the Christians who refused to go along with such a policy. Septimus Severus decided to wipe out both religions (A.D. 202) All conversions to either religions were outlawed, under penalty of death. Irenaeus and Origin's father may have suffered martyrdom during this persecution.
This persecution was short-lived. It was not generally enforced throughout the empire. Could it be that the people were getting more comfortable with Christianity?


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Lewisville ISD board calls for rejection of accountability system
The Lewisville ISD Board of Trustees on Monday approved a resolution calling on the Texas legislature to repeal the proposed A-F school ranking system.
The proposed rating system utilizing A through F grades for schools and districts includes five domains and numerous unrelated indicators selected by the Texas Commissioner of Education to determine a single grade, leaving the public with an invalid, disconnected reflection of school quality, officials said.
The resolution follows LISD Superintendent Dr. Kevin Rogers' recent public rejection of the Texas Education Agency Ratings requesting the community to follow suit. Read Dr. Rogers' rejection letter here.
"Nowhere do we focus on the state accountability system, or the ratings based on STAAR tests, which were recently handed down by TEA," Dr. Rogers said. "Any system that grades schools based on one standardized test taken on one day of the school year disregards the important work of our teachers and students happening each and every day."
LISD's Board is calling on the Texas Legislature to repeal the rating system and instead to develop a community-based system that empowers school districts to design their own internal systems of assessment and accountability.
Board secretary Kristi Hassett spoke about the mathematical flaws in the A-F system, particularly the Texas Education Administration's decision to weigh "passed," "post-secondary" and "advanced" scores evenly.
"What this really and truly means is, if every single student in that school happens to pass the STAAR test, and they only pass it, they don't go to post-secondary or advanced but they do pass it, and they meet the state standards that they have provided, the school can fail. The school can get an 'F' rating in domain 1 if every single student passes the test," she said. "That's bogus."
Some of the information in this article was provided by The Lewisville Texan Journal.
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Радиообсерватория Двингело (, ) — радиотелескоп в городе  Двингело на северо-востоке Нидерландов. Строительство обсерватории началось в 1954 году, создание телескопа завершилось в 1956 году. Диаметр радиотелескопа составляет 25 метров, на момент создания он являлся крупнейшим радиотелескопом в мире.

По состоянию на 2000 год телескоп официально не использовался. С августа 2009 года радиотелескоп  является объектом национального достояния (). В июне 2012 года антенна радиотелескопа была снята для реставрации. Реставрацию осуществляла организация  "C.A. Muller Radio Astronomy Station" ("CAMRAS"). Антенна была возвращена на телескоп в ноябре 2012 года.

Пол Бовен (, JIVE, CAMRAS) наряду с радиолюбителями и астрономами-любителями использовал телескоп в рамках проектов, одним из которых является EME (от  – «Земля–Луна–Земля»), позволяющий людям в различных точках на поверхности Земли осуществлять коммуникацию с помощью Луны. В данном методе радиосигнал, испущенный из одной точки на Земле, отражается от поверхности Луны и попадает на антенну в другой точке на Земле.

Радиотелескоп принадлежит ASTRON, институту радиоастрономии Нидерландов. Радиообсерватория Двингело также является местом расположения большей части сотрудников ASTRON и местом тестирования радиоинтерферометра LOFAR.

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Lake Ridge es un lugar designado por el censo en el  Condado de Prince William, Virginia  (Estados Unidos). Según el censo de 2010 tenía una población de 41058 habitantes.

Demografía
Según el censo del 2000, Lake Ridge tenía 30404 habitantes, 10980 viviendas, y 8103 familias. La densidad de población era de 1.424,6 habitantes por km².

De las 10980 viviendas en un 42,6%  vivían niños de menos de 18 años, en un 58,9%  vivían parejas casadas, en un 11,4% mujeres solteras, y en un 26,2% no eran unidades familiares. En el 20,1% de las viviendas  vivían personas solas el 4% de las cuales correspondía a personas de 65 años o más que vivían solas. El número medio de personas viviendo en cada vivienda era de 2,76 y el número medio de personas que vivían en cada familia era de 3,21.

Por edades la población se repartía de la siguiente manera: un 29,5% tenía menos de 18 años, un 7,5% entre 18 y 24, un 34,4% entre 25 y 44, un 23,6% de 45 a 60 y un 5% 65 años o más.

La edad media era de 34 años. Por cada 100 mujeres de 18 o más años  había 88,4 hombres.

La renta media por vivienda era de 71458$ y la renta media por familia de 80998$. Los hombres tenían una renta media de 55182$ mientras que las mujeres 36726$. La renta per cápita de la población era de 30506$. En torno al 1,7% de las familias y el 2,3% de la población estaban por debajo del umbral de pobreza.

Localidades adyacentes
El siguiente diagrama muestra a las localidades más próximas a Lake Ridge.

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Localidades del condado de Prince William
Lugares designados por el censo en Virginia


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Kevin buys a magic urn from street vendor, and trying to clean it, summons forth the genie of the urn, a giant floating fish. Or, more precisely, a giant floating fish occupied by Manly Druthers, the former host of the 1940's radio show, "Chandler's Mints Presents Men of Tomorrow!" He grants Kevin a wish that is immediately inflicted upon Tony. Meanwhile, the episode segments proceed: SkyHighMan returns, aided/interfered with by Lester Bellamy, Underappreciated Adolescent, in an effort to rescue employees from a burning bank. Sadly, SkyHighMan is all tangled up in his cables, and Mrs. Helicopter Pilot is drunk. Next we hear from another member of the New America brand of products and services, "Home Rhinoplasty." Isn't it time you trimmed your nose down to size—in the safety of your own home? Finally, Roger Basement interviews the world's youngest astronomer, who's once again, Lester Bellamy, Underappreciated Adolescent, there to discuss the search for subpar alien intelligence.


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They entered the woods, and bidding adieu to the river for a while, ascended some of the higher grounds; when, in spots where the opening of the trees gave the eye power to wander, were many charming views of the valley, the opposite hills, with the long range of woods overspreading many, and occasionally part of the stream. Mr. Gardiner expressed a wish of going round the whole park, but feared it might be beyond a walk. With a triumphant smile they were told that it was ten miles round. It settled the matter; and they pursued the accustomed circuit; which brought them again, after some time, in a descent among hanging woods, to the edge of the water, and one of its narrowest parts. They crossed it by a simple bridge, in character with the general air of the scene; it was a spot less adorned than any they had yet visited; and the valley, here contracted into a glen, allowed room only for the stream, and a narrow walk amidst the rough coppice-wood which bordered it. Elizabeth longed to explore its windings; but when they had crossed the bridge, and perceived their distance from the house, Mrs. Gardiner, who was not a great walker, could go no farther, and thought only of returning to the carriage as quickly as possible. Her niece was, therefore, obliged to submit, and they took their way towards the house on the opposite side of the river, in the nearest direction; but their progress was slow, for Mr. Gardiner, though seldom able to indulge the taste, was very fond of fishing, and was so much engaged in watching the occasional appearance of some trout in the water, and talking to the man about them, that he advanced but little. Whilst wandering on in this slow manner, they were again surprised, and Elizabeth's astonishment was quite equal to what it had been at first, by the sight of Mr. Darcy approaching them, and at no great distance. The walk here being here less sheltered than on the other side, allowed them to see him before they met. Elizabeth, however astonished, was at least more prepared for an interview than before, and resolved to appear and to speak with calmness, if he really intended to meet them. For a few moments, indeed, she felt that he would probably strike into some other path. The idea lasted while a turning in the walk concealed him from their view; the turning past, he was immediately before them. With a glance, she saw that he had lost none of his recent civility; and, to imitate his politeness, she began, as they met, to admire the beauty of the place; but she had not got beyond the words "delightful," and "charming," when some unlucky recollections obtruded, and she fancied that praise of Pemberley from her might be mischievously construed. Her colour changed, and she said no more.


Aromatherapy involves the use of therapeutic essences extracted from plant sources in order to promote health, balance and well being. These plant essences are known as essential oils and may be massaged into the skin, added to a bath, inhaled directly or diffused to scent an entire room.
Modern day life with its pressures from work, home and family life, often presents situation upon situation in which the possibility of becoming stressed is ever present. It is long-term stress which can be harmful to our bodies. Aromatherapy is a useful therapeutic technique, which helps de-stress the body. Lowering stress helps the body function better, which often leads to an increased level of self-awareness and an ability to cope.
Aromatherapy in the form of a massage helps to improve circulatory and lymphatic flow within the body. Each essential oil has its unique therapeutic effect. During the massage, the therapeutic essential oils enter the blood via the skin and help according to their unique therapeutic properties. For example, lavender essential oil helps muscles and nerves relax. It is analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-viral. An aormatherapy massage incorporating lavender essential oil can therefore help to ease issues like aches, pains by helping muscles and nerves to relax and improving blood flow.
Aromatherapy is safe for most people. It is important to discuss any relevant medical history with your therapist as certain health conditions may be either unsuitable for treatment or the treatment may need to be adjusted.
What happens during an Aromatherapy Massage session?
An initial consultation including a medical history is taken. For an aromatherapy massage treatment, the most suitable essential oil(s) for the client will be mixed in a carrier oil and applied directly to the skin. The massage techniques used are extremely gentle and promote a deep level of relaxation.
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