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23 September, 2013
Another potential 'bomb' exploded recently, with the online publication of a study which showed that common therapies for controlling blood pressure may have an effect on the risk for breast cancer [1]. The study, which was observational and retrospective, was based on interviews with breast cancer patients and comparable healthy controls in Seattle, USA. Women were asked whether they used antihypertensive medications and, if they did, what type, when, and for how long. The cohort included 880 women with invasive ductal breast cancer, 1027 women with invasive lobular breast cancer, and 856 women with no cancer who served as controls. Results showed that those currently taking calcium-channel blockers for more than 10 years had about 2.5 times the risk for breast cancer (both ductal and lobular) compared to healthy women, whereas the use of angiotensin II antagonists was associated with a non-significant decrease in risk, and diuretics or beta-blockers were neutral in this respect. Shorter periods of use were not associated with a change in breast cancer risk.
I am certain that this news will catch the headlines, since it involves two major diseases of mid-age and beyond. However, as in many other similar scenarios, one should read the manuscript as a whole rather than only the title and abstract. There are many issues to deal with before embracing the data as they are. First, the cohort was perhaps not large enough, and the study was based on interviews/self-report, subject to people's memory. Second, some interesting questions such as doses of medications taken were not recorded and analyzed. Third, there is still no plausible explanation for this association between cancer and anti-hypertension treatment. Some researchers have hypothesized that calcium-channel blockers may inhibit apoptosis through increasing intracellular calcium levels, although evidence supporting this effect is lacking. Fourth, the Discussion section of the article brings information from previous relevant studies, which showed inconsistent results.
The California Teachers Study cohort found that diuretic use for 10 years or longer was associated with a 16% increased risk for breast cancer, while use of calcium-channel blockers and ACE inhibitors was not [2]. A case-control analysis derived from the United Kingdom-based General Practice Research Database found no disease associations with ever-use of ACE inhibitors, calcium-channel blockers, or β-blockers for 5 or more years [3]. The same Seattle research group conducted an earlier population-based case-control study (completely separate from the present study) and found that current use of thiazide and potassium-sparing diuretics was associated with 40% and 60% increases in risk of breast cancer, respectively (duration of use among current users was not assessed) [4]. All in all, of the 12 studies that have evaluated at least one class of antihypertensive agent, results are somewhat inconsistent: four studies found that use of calcium-channel blockers or diuretics is positively associated with breast cancer risk, but eight studies reported no associations. To note that these studies varied in their methodology and the parameters analyzed. Li and colleagues believe that the quality of their current data is sufficient enough to establish a reasonable conclusion that long-term use of calcium-channel blockers may increase breast cancer risk. However, the investigators say that confirmation of the study results is needed before making any clinical recommendations. An Editorial by Coogan at the same JAMA issue supports this conclusion [5]. Dr Coogan is not recommending the discontinuation of therapy at 10 years of use because the data are from an observational study, which cannot prove causality and by itself cannot make a case for change in clinical practice.
The best way to develop better human biology might be evolution-nature's trial-and-error model, where only the strongest survive, but this evolution takes millions of years. Modern medicine has changed this situation dramatically and brought longevity close to 100 years by active manipulations of human physiology. Nevertheless, the appearance of unexpected adverse effects and risks should always be expected during prolonged pharmacological treatment. Nothing in medicine is purely optimal and, therefore, the balance between the upside and the downside of therapy is what matters. Whether or not this study would have an impact on prescription habits of antihypertensive medications remains to be seen.
Amos Pines
Department of Medicine 'T', Ichilov Hospital, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1. Li CI, Daling JR, Tang MT, et al. Use of antihypertensive medications and breast cancer risk among women aged 55 to 74 years. JAMA Intern Med 2013 August 5. Epub ahead of print
2. Largent JA, Bernstein L, Horn-Ross PL, et al. Hypertension, antihypertensive medication use, and breast cancer risk in the California Teachers Study cohort. Cancer Causes Control 2010;21:1615-24.
3. Meier CR, Derby LE, Jick SS, Jick H. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, and breast cancer. Arch Intern Med 2000;160:349-53.
4. Li CI, Malone KE, Weiss NS, et al. Relation between use of antihypertensive medications and risk of breast carcinoma among women ages 65-79 years. Cancer 2003;98:1504-13.
5. Coogan PF. Calcium-channel blockers and breast cancer. A hypothesis revived. JAMA Intern Med 2013 August 5. Epub ahead of print.


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A new study exploring the effectiveness of virtual health follow-ups using home-monitoring devices and mobile technology is currently being conducted by the Dubai Diabetes Centre (DDC) with the support of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) in the United Arab Emirates.
Running until the end of December, the study is being carried out in collaboration with Cognitive Healthcare International (CHI), a local partner that has designed the devices and software being used based on the DDC's requirements.
The aim is to use the technology to track daily patient data and "plan interventional strategies in real-time to avoid complications of the disease," the centre said.
"Diabetes is a chronic disease, one that needs regular follow-up to avoid complications. In general, over time, patient compliance reduces and they tend to miss follow-up appointments, and healthcare providers need to constantly remind patients to adhere to their follow-up schedule," said M Hamed Farooqi, director of the DDC. "Even a gap of three to six months of no follow-up can be severely detrimental to diabetic patients."
Detailing the study, Farooqi added that 40 patients have been provided with four home-monitoring devices for blood pressure, blood glucose, heart rate, and pulse and oxygen saturation. They have also been given a smart tablet box that beeps every day at the time any medication is required to be taken. Should a dose be missed, that data is immediately shared with the DDC team leading the research.
Patients will also be required to use a special smartphone throughout.
"The mobile [phone] has the software which captures all the patient data and automatically sends it to our centre. In the data room, the data gets automatically triaged as green, yellow and red based on artificial intelligence," said Farooqi, adding that green represented good results, yellow meant readings are "slightly abnormal", and red indicated results "that the patient needs intervention."
He continued: "If the data falls under the yellow category, the patient is automatically sent a push notification, which informs him that the results are slightly abnormal, and therefore the patient needs to take the necessary measures as already advised by healthcare providers.
"If the data falls under the red category, the patient gets a call from DDC and the healthcare provider can provide a phone consultation or request them to visit the centre for further consultation. At the end of every week, the doctor receives a weekly patient report for each patient."
"At the DHA, we aim to continue employing various technologies that fit the nuances of the healthcare landscape in the emirate to empower patients by providing them with timely assistance and follow-up and thus leading to improved personalised patient care," said Humaid Al Qutami, director-general of the DHA. "We are keen to continue medical research especially in the field of healthcare and technology to help empower patients and further improve patient care and compliance."
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- Poetry and Wisdom(OT)     Job 1:1~42:16
May the Name of the Lord Be Praised
Job 1-2, 42
Key Verse: 1:21
"and said: 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.'"
1. Read verses 1-5. How is Job described in verse 1? What seems to be the core of his faith? How had God blessed him? (2--3) What kind of father was he? (4-5)
2. What happened unbeknownst to Job in verses 6-12? How is Satan described? (6-7, 1 Pet 5:8, Rev 12:10) What about Job did the Lord make note of? (8) What questions and accusations did Satan have about the Lord? About Job's faith? What did he try to incite God to do? (11) What restriction did the Lord put on Satan? (12)
3. What four-fold tragedy struck Job? (13--19) How would most people react to such an overwhelming personal disaster? What did Job do first? (20) Next? (21) What was the basis of his faith in God?
4. How did the Lord praise Job? (2:1-3) What did Satan want to take away from Job this time? (4--5) What did God allow Satan to do? (6) How was Job afflicted? (7-8, 3:1, 3:26, 6:2-3, 30:15-17) What did Job's wife advise? (9) How did Job answer? (10) What does this show about Job's faith in God?
5. Who were Job's friends? (11-13) How did they react to his suffering and try to comfort him initially? When they later tried to counsel him, what kinds of things did they say to him? (Eliphaz: 4:8-9,15:5, 22:5, Bildad: 8:4,18:21, Zophar: 11:3, 20:29) What did Job eventually think of his "comforters"? (13:4-5, 16:2-3, 19:2, 21:34, 26:3) What faith did Job maintain? (13:15-16, 14:14, 19:25-27)
6. Turn to chapter 42. Why did Job repent? (1-6, 38:1-4, 40:2, 41:34) What discovery had he made? (5) Why did the Lord rebuke Job's three friends? (7) Why did the Lord ask Job to pray for them? How did the Lord bless Job after this?
7. What can we learn about God's faithfulness? What can we learn here about praising and thanking God? (1Th 5:16--18; Hab 3:17--18) Why is it so important to accept God's sovereignty and goodness?
Job 1-2, 42
Key Verse: 1:21
by Dr. Alan Wolff
"and said: 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.'"
Happy Thanksgiving! We thank and praise God that he has been with us and has done mighty work among us. There are many things to be thankful for. In fact, Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, ""Be joyful always, pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." According to the Bible, we should be thankful in all circumstances. However, the problem is that it is hard to always be thankful, especially when we suffer. But God has provided a lot of help for us to be thankful in all circumstances. One of them is by putting the book of Job in the Bible, which has become known as one of the most profound books ever written that addresses the problem of human suffering. Oftentimes when people face suffering, they ask "why me?" and think that God might be punishing them for something they did. But we learn today from the God of Job that he is not at all like that. Through this passage, may God dispel all complaints from our hearts and plant a spirit of deep thanksgiving to him in all circumstances.
I. May the name of the Lord be praised (1:1-21)
Look at verses 1-5. This prologue gives us background information about Job. He was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. He was wealthy, had a large family and verse 3 describes him as "the greatest man among all the people of the East." While Job had attained status in the world, he did not love the things of the world more than God. He kept his relationship with God as of first priority and was very concerned about the spiritual life of his children, sacrificing burnt offerings for each of them regularly and praying for them. Job seems to be the perfect person and blessed in every way. But in the verses that follow, he is attacked and loses everything. Let's see how all of this can possibly be God's great love for him and how the sufferings in our lives can also be God's great love for us.
While Job was innocently going about his life, there was something going on behind the scenes. Look at verses 6-12. The Lord called together a staff meeting among his angels in the heavenly realms. At that time, Satan, the fallen angel, also slithered in. When the Lord saw that Satan snuck in, he asked, "Where did you come from?" Satan responded, "From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it." The name Satan comes from the Hebrew "to wander" and alternatively "to accuse." 1 Peter 5:9b says, "Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." He is prowling around to accuse, plant fear and tempt to sin. He is a very formidable adversary, but is a created being that is ultimately subject to the Lord.
When the Lord saw Satan, he boasted about Job. Verse 8 says, "Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil." God loved Job very much. Job was like the spiritual valedictorian among all people. But Satan, was skeptical. He charged that it was easy for Job to be blameless and upright because God had given him so many good things. He also accused God that he had bribed Job into obedience. These allegations were absolutely false, but God in his mysterious sovereignty allows free will and for things to be played out in the world. God respects and empowers human beings to make choices in life and sometimes allows Satan to test us. It is somewhat frightening, but this enables us to put our personal stamp on our lives and to make conscious decisions to love God, if that is what we decide to do.
What happened to Job next? Look at verses 13-19. A series of tragic events suddenly happened. Essentially Job lost everything that might have made him to be considered the "greatest man of the East." All at once, Job's successful business was destroyed and he lost all of his possessions. Many of his employees, colleagues and friends were lost also. It was a catastrophic blow. Then in verses 18-19 he got the last in the series of dreadful news. In a sudden accident, all of his children died at the house of one his sons. Losing one's job and the associated financial problems are difficult to bear. As bad as that is, it pales in comparison to losing a loved one, especially a child. And Job did not just lose one of his children, he lost all of them. What a terrible disaster to happen to a man who feared God and shunned evil!
How did Job cope with this overwhelming tragedy? Look at verse 20. After hearing the news, Job came to God with his grief, falling to the ground in worship. The meaning of the word "worship" is "to adore." Job expressed his continuing love relationship with God by worshipping him at this moment. He did not understand why these things happened, but had a trust in God's sovereignty and unconditional love. According to the Bible, the fundamental way Satan attacks people is by planting doubt in the love of God. In Genesis 3, Adam and Eve were eventually enticed to sin by the serpent's implications that God was keeping something good from them and did not really love them absolutely. But God does love us absolutely at all times. The apostle Paul was a great servant of God but he faced constant trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, and danger in his life. Still he confessed in Romans 8:37-38, "...in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Missionary Daniel Shim has been a faithful servant of God, but he was diagnosed with a serious immune system problem that resulted in loss of work and financial difficulty. Even so, he never complained about it, accepted God's sovereignty and he never doubted the love of God. Instead he continued to read the Bible and pray even more knowing the love of God better in the midst of his difficulty.
What did Job say while worshipping God? Let's read verse 21, "and said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised." Job had no sense of entitlement before God. He knew that he came into the world naked and that he would leave the world naked. Life in itself was a blessing and anything else beyond that was an even greater blessing. He knew that his business, his possessions, his friends and even his children did not belong to him but they belonged to God, were God's blessing to him and he was a steward of those blessings. Since everything belongs to the Lord, he felt that the Lord also had the right to take whatever he gave too. So Job said, "may the name of the Lord be praised."
We can be abundantly thankful when we realize that God made us to be stewards of life and the things he gave us. God gave us so many good things but they are on loan from God to use for his purpose until he wants them back. Our lives here are summarized well by Jesus in the parable of the talents with the words "put this money to work until I come back." (Lk 19:13b) The mistake though of many people is that they forget that they are stewards and try to usurp ownership of what God gave them. They love the God's blessings more than God himself who is the source of blessing. This leads to unnecessary struggle, greed and unthankfulness. But let's be thankful to God for what He gave us and who is he is while living as his stewards in the world.
One person lost his dad at a very young age. Initially he asked, "Why did this happen?" but then came to God with his problem and trusted God's love. He accepted that God gave him a wonderful father from whom he received a lot of love and learned a lot of things from and then God took him on his own time. Since then he became a fruitful steward of things God gave him; God has blessed and he has been a blessing.
II. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble? (2:1-13)
Even though Job suffered much, he praised the name of the Lord. Satan was proved wrong and God was glorified. However, Satan was upset and snuck into another staff meeting between God and his angels. Look at 2:1-6. Satan challenged God that if in addition to the troubles he had, Job lost his health he would surely curse God. Again, God allowed this to happen with the stipulation that Job's life be spared. So Job became afflicted with painful sores over his whole body. In the subsequent chapters, Job indicated that they caused intense pain all over, fever, and he couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, he was itching, weeping, became depressed and even wanted to die. Job did what he could do about it, but as he scratched the uncontrollable itch and pain, it became even worse. Job's wife must have tried to comfort him and when Job couldn't sleep she also could not sleep because of his groaning. She saw Job's pain and thought it might be better for him to get it over with. She said to him, "Curse God and die!" Mrs. Job was bearing a lot of burdens herself, because of financial problems, losing her children, and her husband's serious health problem. So she could not help it. As a result, not only was Job mourning for the disasters that had befallen him and not only was he in great pain physically, but now he was alone in the midst of the suffering. Satan was trying to attack his marriage. The marriage relationship is the closest relationship on earth, so Job could have felt betrayed and could have fallen into complete despair. But what did Job say?
Look at verse 10. He replied, "'You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?' In all this, Job did not sin in what he said." Job gently rebuked his wife. He had his own personal faith in spite of his Mrs. Job's sharp words. Again Job showed his strong trust in God's sovereign control that just as we accept good from him so we should accept trouble. Accepting trouble from the Lord is not so easy but those who do show that they have genuine faith. James 1:3-4 says, "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." While we may be suffering outwardly, when we persevere we can find great comfort that God is molding us more into the person he wants us to be.
When Job's friends had heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they visited Job to sympathize with him and comfort him. They were Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. Look at verses 12-13. These men must have been good friends. They took off work and left their homes to stay with Job for one week. When they saw him, they wept aloud and sat with him to participate in his sufferings. Most of all, they did not say a word. They were caring men who quietly prayed for their friend. But later they made one big mistake: they opened their mouths to speak.
Chapters 3-31 of Job are a conversation between Job and the 3 friends, written as Hebrew poetry. Job cried out about his suffering while his 3 friends all counseled him with the best of intentions. The friends all had a cause and effect perspective on sufferings. They thought that fundamentally his suffering was because of some secret sin that he committed and that God was punishing him for it. Although their speeches seemed very correct theologically to them, their words must have hurt Job even more deeply because they did not really understand him. So Job cried out about his friends saying that they were "worthless physicians." (13:4-5)
Although Job had little human comfort, he found comfort in God. Amazingly he expressed faith in a Savior and in the resurrection. Right in the middle of the book, in Job 19:25-26 he says, "I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God." Although Job suffered, he was not without hope because he knew that he had a personal Redeemer. Here by Redeemer Job means one who would defend his cause and bring vindication to him. Job found that there was no one who understood him, not his friends and not even Ms. Job. But he believed that there was a living redeemer who would win the victory in the end. He did not realize it completely at the time, but his words are a prophecy of the Risen Savior, Jesus Christ. We cannot see God because of our sins, but our Redeemer Jesus Christ lives and mediates between God and man. Job suffered much, but his suffering was nothing in comparison to the suffering Jesus went through on the cross for the sins of all mankind. As good as Job was, he also needed a redeemer and Jesus retroactively paid the price for his sin as well as ours through his intense suffering, death and resurrection. Praise God that in spite of our difficulties and sins, we have a Redeemer in Jesus who will give us each complete victory in the end.
III. But now my eyes have seen you (Chapters 38-42)
After Job and his three friends argued for 29 chapters, a young man named Elihu counseled Job in chapters 32-37. Then in chapter 38, the Lord himself interrupted everyone and answered Job out of a storm. He rebuked Job saying, "Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge? ...Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand..." The Lord described his greatness to Job based on his being Creator God and His infiniteness compared to the limitations of man in time, knowledge, and ability. God is so awesome that human beings cannot fully fathom his greatness. God works in mysterious ways for his own purposes that are not immediately obvious. When the apostle Paul meditated on God's ways he said "Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!" (Rom 11:33)
What was Job's reaction when God rebuked him? Turn to Chapter 42. Look at verses 1-6. In the previous chapters while Job maintained his faith in the Lord, he did have some complaints. But in verse 3, Job confessed, "Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know." After hearing God speak, Job came back to a humble state of contentment, accepting that there were some things he just could not know or understand about God and his ways of working. He also made another confession. Look at verses 5-6. "My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes." Here Job says that before he had only heard about God, but now through this suffering he had actually met God face to face. Seeing and meeting the awesomeness of the Lord caused him repent in dust and ashes. Perhaps Job repented his pride, self-righteousness, complaints, despair and self-centeredness. He into came to a deeper love relationship with God and began to experience the greatest blessing anyone can experience, that of meeting God personally. Among all of the blessings Job ever had in his life, this blessing is greater than all of them. Through all of his suffering, he put his hope in God and then actually met the Lord face to face. This is possibly one hidden blessing in the trials we face. God often uses trials to bring us to know him personally.
According to the Bible, trials come so that through them we can have the greatest blessing of life. There are 3 basic types of sufferings. The first suffering is because of one's own sins. In that situation we can humbly come to God, repent and accept the grace of forgiveness in Jesus Christ. The second kind suffering is because of other peoples' sins, like when we are persecuted. In that case, we should remember how Jesus suffered, praise God that we participate in the sufferings of Christ and sincerely pray for those who wronged us. The third kind of suffering comes from bad things that seem to be no one's fault such as when Jesus saw a man born blind and said, "Neither this man sinned but this happened that the work of God may be displayed in his life." (John 9:3) This is the kind of suffering that Job went through. Most of the sufferings in my life have been the first kind, because of my sins. I got kicked out of Northwestern because of bad grades, but that actually turned out to be the greatest blessing in my life because through that I could repent my sins and meet Jesus. Other people have met Jesus in their storm. Jacob was a man who had only sought human blessings, but when he faced a severe trial in his life, he struggled with the Lord all night and met him deeply, having his name changed to Israel, the patriarch of a spiritual nation. Mother Barry was a Chemistry major in college, but when she took Organic Chemistry, she faced a storm of life, met Jesus very personally and became a devoted missionary.
Look at the epilogue of Job in 42:7-16. After Job repented, the Lord rebuked Job's friends for not speaking what was right and he asked Job to pray for them. God helped Job love his friends again and planted respect for Job in his friends' hearts again, and the Lord accepted Job's prayer. The Lord then blessed the latter part of Job's life twice as much as the first. Job became twice as prosperous as was before and Job forgave Mrs. Job, and Job loved his wife very much for sticking with him. Mrs. Job became really great and they had 7 more sons and 3 daughters. Moreover, Job's daughters were the most women in all the land and they got an inheritance along with their brothers. Finally Job passed away, a blessed man full of years and then he went into the presence of the Lord for eternity. God worked for the good in Job's life and all of misery turned into blessing. What happened in Job's life reminds us of the Bible verse, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." (Rom 8:28)
Based on the study of Job, let's be thankful to our sovereign God for everything we have- possessions, friends, family, privileges, and God's wonderful grace in Jesus who died for our sins. Let's also be thankful for our sufferings, past and present, because often through those the best blessings in life come to us. May we come to know our awesome and loving God more deeply and be thankful in all circumstances this Thanksgiving time. Amen.


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Washington: NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is set to become the first Black woman to serve as an International Space Station (ISS) crew member after the US space agency assigned her to a 2021 mission aboard Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.
Epps will join NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Josh Cassada for a six-month expedition to the orbiting space laboratory, the US space agency said on Tuesday.
The first operational crewed flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft planned for 2021 will follow NASA certification after a successful uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 and Crew Flight Test with astronauts.
The spaceflight will be the first for Epps, who earned a bachelor's degree in physics in 1992 from LeMoyne College in her hometown of Syracuse, New York.
Epps was originally supposed to fly into orbit aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft two years ago which would have made her the first Black astronaut to serve as ISS crew member.
However, she was removed from the assignment at the last minute without an explanation.
NASA astronaut Victor Glover could become the first Black astronaut to serve as a crew member of the International Space Station as he is assigned to the SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft's first operational mission to the ISS planned for later this year.
NASA assigned Cassada and Williams and to the Starliner-1 mission in August 2018.
The spaceflight will be the first for Cassada and third for Indian-origin Williams, who spent long-duration stays aboard the space station on Expeditions 14/15 and 32/33.


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On October 10, World Mental Health Day, sf.citi and Pinterest hosted an important conversation about workplace mental health at "Burnout: How to Survive (and Thrive) in the Always On Culture." Over 130 guests gathered at Pinterest headquarters in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood to discuss and learn about burnout from four experts on the subject.
A founding member of sf.citi's One City Forum, Pinterest has demonstrated leadership in addressing mental health on both its platform and in its workplace. Charlie Hale, Head of Public Policy and Social Impact for Pinterest, told attendees about Pinterest's recently launched Compassionate Search. Developed in partnership with the Stanford Lab for Mental Health Innovation, Vibrant Emotional Health, and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Compassionate Search is a collection of emotional well-being resources and activities people can access through the Pinterest app. He also described how the company supports its employees, notably by offering Pinterest employees 12 free sessions with a licensed psychologist.
Our entire mission to give people inspiration; to create a life they love … Recently, people come to Pinterest for inspiration to get through tough challenges in their life.
— Charlie Hale, Head of Public Policy and Social Impact, Pinterest
Before starting off the speaking portion of the evening, Dr. Clare Purvis, Director of Behavioral Science for mindfulness app Headspace, set the mood by leading attendees in a guided meditation. Shorter than the mindfulness exercises typically offered through Headspace, the three-minute meditation served as an example of how we can practice mindfulness on a regular basis. "We don't necessarily need to meditate for an hour if the goal is to engage in self-care," explained Dr. Purvis in a one-on-one conversation with sf.citi Executive Director Jennifer Stojkovic.
Our conversation continued with three more mental health leaders. The evening's moderator, Bob Boorstin, has spent much of his career in the wonderful, yet stressful, worlds of government and tech. Now the Senior Vice President of consulting firm Albright Stonebridge Group, Boorstin previously worked as a speechwriter under the Clinton administration, as well as the Director of Public Policy for Google. During our discussion, Boorstin revealed that he was diagnosed with manic depression in 1987. Not only has he learned how to handle stress, but Boorstin has also become something of a coach and mentor to many people trying to navigate mental health in high-pressure work environments.
You have to carve out time for yourself every day to do that one thing that you know you really need to do.
— Bob Boorstin, Senior Vice President, Albright Stonebridge Group
We also heard from Dr. Christina Maslach, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the namesake behind the Maslach Burnout Inventory, or the first widely used tool to measure burnout. While burnout is not a new phenomenon, Dr. Maslach told us that the term "burnout shop"—referring to a model of work that requires years of self-sacrifice—originated in Silicon Valley in the sixties and seventies. She also shared six predictors of burnout at work:
- Workload
- Amount of autonomy
- Rewards and recognition
- Workplace community
- Fairness
- Values and meaning
Finally, we were joined by Kelly Greenwood, Founder and CEO of Mind Share Partners, a nonprofit committed to driving culture change around workplace mental health. Offering corporate training and advising services to all kinds of businesses and organizations, Greenwood said companies, especially those competing for talent in the Bay Area, are well aware that they need to create a positive work culture. Mind Share Partners helps make that happen.
The prevalence of mental health conditions is the same all the way from the C-suite to the frontlines.
— Kelly Greenwood, Founder and CEO, Mind Share Partners
After sharing insights into the causes of and remedies for burnout, our speakers answered audience questions, the first of which asked about tips for managers to better support employees dealing with mental health challenges. Here were our panelists' rapid-fire responses:
- Show your own vulnerability (Kelly Greenwood)
- Listen (Dr. Christina Maslach)
- Change the way human resources reviews the work process (Bob Boorstin)
- Model taking good care of yourself (Dr. Clare Purvis)
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- How young is too young to start? How old is too old?
Through a creative, intuitive, and highly personalized mix of techniques found both in the Suzuki method and various Traditional methods, I have taught children as young as two years old the basics of playing the violin. The essentials of music can be introduced to children even younger than that by immersing them in a nurturing environment of music and by making it a regular, fun part of their lives. Likewise, you are never too old to start learning to play the violin; you can talk to your private teacher about the demands in your life and see if he/she can arrange lessons with those obligations in mind. Playing music is a physical activity that, with proper training, our bodies will still be able to do long into the future, and it is something that one can only get better at as they grow older. Additionally, delving deeper and deeper into musical knowledge improves thinking skills and brain function, and not just for the left- or right-hemisphere, but all throughout! Yes, there is an amount of commitment that comes with violin playing, but as adults we have all experienced the excitement of working whole-heartedly at something and then reaping the rewards of improvement in that area of our lives.
- Where can I find a violin outfit to rent or purchase?
Violinist.com offers an excellent Directory of Luthiers — violin makers/dealers. Check out this page from Music Education Online for helpful tips, too. Also, online, Shar, Woodwind Brasswind, and Southwest Strings are good places to start. And, check out your local listings; most decent music shops have a reasonable selection of violins to try out, and I've known some (including myself!) who were successful in locating decent violins through pawn shops and Pennysaver ads. You may find it helpful to read this article about buying violins. Update: I recently purchased a brand new violin on eBay from violinist Mary Anne Wilson of the Belri Music Store, and I adore it! I have played on it for several concerts now, and I am always complimented on this violin's sound. It is everything I have been looking for in my violin's sound! And Mary Anne's prices simply cannot be beat for the tremendous quality she offers!
- What size instrument does my child need?
Owning a violin is a very personal experience, and, for your child to have the best experience possible, it is important that he/she is comfortable on the instrument. Size is not only about the length of the arm, but may also involve the size and stretch of the fingers, and any luthier or decent music store should have someone there to help fit your child with the perfect size instrument. To offer a reasonable estimate, however, according to a sizing stick by Knilling, measuring from the child's neck, across the fully extended left arm, to the middle of the palm, sizes can be determined (approximately) as follows:
- 14 to 15-and-1/4 inches = 1/16 size
- 15-and-1/4 to 16-and-3/4 inches = 1/10 size
- 16-and-3/4 to 18-and-1/2 inches = 1/8 size
- 18-and-1/2 to 20-and-3/8 inches = 1/4 size
- 20-and-3/8 to 22-and-1/4 inches = 1/2 size
- 22-and-1/4 to 23-and-5/8 inches = 3/4 size
- 23-and-5/8 inches and greater = 4/4 or Full size
- Will I need to keep purchasing violin outfits as my child grows?
Most dealers have some kind of a trade-in option, where you may trade in the smaller size to get a discount off of the larger size. Check with your local dealer to make sure!
- Okay. I've got the instrument. What else do I need?
You'll have to inquire of your teacher to be sure you're getting what he/she requires. You may take a look at my article, Important Purchases for Students, to give you an idea of what additional items may be beneficial for musical development, and links to where you may purchase said items online at very decent prices.
- What are the basic parts of the instrument called?
The online version of the 1980 book The Violin Close Up is a charming, beautiful introduction to the violin and its parts. You can also check out these Wikipedia articles, for brief descriptions of the parts of both the violin and the bow.
- What are the 8 steps to playing position? (Click here to see detailed instructions!)


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Dr. Linda Hsu: Helping Patients See Their Best
I have been in practice at Brookside for more than 30 years, along with my husband and partner Dr. Kurt Skinner. The most meaningful part of my work are the relationships I have developed with my patients throughout my practice.
I enjoy the daily interaction with my patients and hearing about what is going on in their lives when they visit the office for their annual eye exams. Many of my patients struggle with the same vision issues I have, both near and distance vision issues. Today, there are many contact lens solutions available for near and far viewing, and I try to impart these new discoveries to my patients.
With an extremely high myopic correction myself, I understand how blurry the world can appear. I still remember when I received my first pair of glasses at age 8 and could finally see the leaves on the trees! When my school age patients receive their glasses and are excited that they can also see the leaves on the trees, those experiences bring me back to why I became an optometrist in the first place—to help people see better and enjoy all that life has to offer.
In addition to my work at Brookside, I work at Zeiter Eye Medical Group, an ophthalmological practice in Stockton that concentrates on eye surgery. My schedule is busy with full time work, and when I'm away from the office, I am usually volunteering at Lincoln High School, where my youngest son attends. Most of my free time is filled with marching band competitions and Senior Grad Night planning.
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Premier League Preview: Huddersfield Town vs. Liverpool
- Huddersfield last beat Liverpool in 1959
- Reds won both 3-0 last season
- Liverpool winless in four across all comps
- Reds also unbeaten on PL season
There are few endeavors in which the following sentence can accurately describe time: It's been both a bit more than 675 minutes and also 56 years since Huddersfield Town last scored a goal against Liverpool.
The Terriers will try to change that, of course, when injury-hit Liverpool visits the John Smith's Stadium on Saturday (Watch live at 12:30 p.m. ET and online via NBCSports.com).
[ MORE: JPW's Premier League picks ]
The exhaustive web site LFChistory.net tells us that Huddersfield Town carried a 1-0 lead into halftime at Anfield on April 7, 1962, only to see Bill Shankly's home side equalize and earn a draw.
Since then, the Terriers and Reds have squared off just seven times, and Liverpool has kept its sheets clean (aside from the dust of age). The scores over the ensuing half century-plus? 4-0, 0-0, 2-0, 0-1, 0-2, 3-0, and 3-0.
The good news for the Terriers is there have only been two of those matches in the 21st century, though they were both last season.
The other good news is that the international break was especially menacing to Liverpool, as Virgil van Dijk, Naby Keita, Mohamed Salah, and Sadio Mane were all injured and only Salah and Van Dijk trained on Thursday.
The bad news is seemingly everything else. The Terriers have not looked much like the side that impressed in last season's return to the Premier League.
David Wagner's men are winless through eight matches and have managed a joint-worst four goals while allowing the second-most goals in the Premier League (17).
What they're saying
Huddersfield Town's Erik Durm on Jurgen Klopp's role in his development: "Jürgen had a big influence on me; he was the first one who told me to start in a defending position because I was a striker before. He came into training and told me 'I want you to be a defender, left or right-back', so he had a big influence on my career. I'm very happy that he made this solution and that he saw that I could play in this position."
Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp on rarely used, $57 million Fabinho: "Everyone asks you constantly, why doesn't he play? There's one reason, no other. Another player fits better in the slot. As long as there's a player ahead who is fresh then it's about the new player to close the gap. It always took time. When you do close the gap, go and make us better. That's the plan."
This one is way trickier than you'd think. On a normal "Welcome back from international break," I'd advocate expecting Huddersfield Town to keep it close and maybe even squeeze a point out of it. But Liverpool has been itching to get back on the field, and a bunch of players will see this as an opportunity to make a statement. Reds 3-0 (again).


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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
An Invitation to Spiritual Combat
This Saturday Fr Serafino Lanzetta FFI is leading a Lenten day of prayer on 'Spiritual Combat' in our parish, it is open to anyone who wants to attend, There are fast trains from London,,,,,
The day starts with Mass at 10.00am (in the OF).
10.30am Talk
11:00am Rosary
11.30am Coffee and Q and A sesssion
12.30pm Lunch and time for conversation
1.30pm Exposition and Benediction
2.30pm Talk
3.00pm Divine Mercy
3.30pm Coffee and Conversation
4.00pm Finish
Bring something to share for lunch
Fr Serafino has been described as one of the most brilliant young theologians of his generation, He is very much wthin the Franciscan tradition that has cme to us through St Maximllian Kolbe and St Pio, with a good shot of Ratzingerian hermeneutics. Fr Serafino was of course very much part of that Roman Conferencee that took such a dim view of Karl Rahner and earned the displeasure of many influential Jsuits.
I can well understand why Bishop Egan invited him to come Portsmouth and to bring a community. When I visit him and the community in Gosport, I was impressed by both by their youth and their gentleness and humility. They sang Sext in a whisper, how six brothers and two priests managed to fit into a presbytery that formerly was occupied by a solitary secular priest I don't know. In order to talk Fr Serafino and I had to go to the parish hall. Encountering Franciscan poverty is a good beginning to Lent. I was touched by their insistance that they eat well and 'we don't eat food that is out of date'. They seemed to have the same air about them that I enconter with other refugees, a sense of deep gratitude that they have found someone who will welcome them and somewher to rest but with a deep sense of loss and a fear that they simply did not know what the future might bring.
Come on Saturday if you can, but remember the friars and sisters, there is also a commnity of sister in Gosport, in your prayers.
5 comments:
- Pelerin said...
Glad you've moved on to another post Father as each time I saw the heading 'Walls' visions of pork sausages and ice cream came to mind and made me reach for the biscuit tin! Thank you for organising the day of prayer and hope to attend.
- 23/2/16 4:46 pm
- Gerald said...
Thank you for letting me know about this, Father. I think I'll come down there from Cambridge if I can get an early enough train. As it happens I've just begun reading Dom Scupoli's 'Spiritual Combat', and I've always wanted to meet Fr Lanzetta's community (Gosport, alas, is a bit too far).
- 23/2/16 6:20 pm
- Woody said...
Could someone please record the meditations for the rest of us who would love to be there but are too far away (in my case, over the Pond) and post them to your blog site, Father? Or alternatively, if they are written, even better to post the written versions.
- 23/2/16 8:57 pm
- JARay said...
I echo "Pelerin" but I cannot attend although I would love to do so. 12,000 miles is a bit too far to come for a day.
- 23/2/16 10:46 pm
- trimtummum said...
Dear Father, slightly off topic but I have the exact same Our Lady statue as the one in the picture. Except mine has had several house moves and I have children and she is a little chipped. I would like a new statue but I have searched a lot and the faces are not quite right. I brought her in Gozo, Malta. Do you know where the statue in the picture comes from? I would love to purchase one.
Thank you.
- 24/2/16 7:23 pm
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For anyone bitten by the genealogy bug, there has never been a better time to delve deep into your own family's history. Columbia is rich in resources to make your journey of discovery a rewarding one.
"As a researcher of over 35 years — since I was 16 — I am still finding new ancestors," says Tim Dollens, circulation supervisor at the Columbia Public Library. Tim is also the president of the Missouri State Genealogical Association.
Tim shares his passion in genealogy with library patrons through a variety of free classes. He is also generous in explaining the vast library holdings that are go-to resources for Columbia area genealogists and those ready to get started.
"For the person who believes that they want to pursue their genealogy for years to come, I can't stress enough that they do the following: 1) join a local genealogical society to network with other genealogists — even if your ancestors aren't from where you live. You could also join the genealogical and historical societies where your ancestors lived. 2) Check out the software on the market that helps you keep track of your research and organize your family tree. This could include: Family Tree Maker, Legacy or RootsMagic. All offer free versions you can download on your computer," Tim says.
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"Technology has made a significant difference in how we find the missing branches of our family trees," Tim says. He recommends attending one of his free monthly genealogy classes at the library. He also gives quarterly presentations on "Genealogical Research Using Heritage Quest" and "Genealogical Research Using Ancestry.com Library Edition."
But Tim offers a warning to those doing their research online. "You can't trust everything you see on the internet," he says. "Always look for documented research. Original documents are the best."
Columbia Public Library
The Columbia Public Library should be the first stop. An extensive collection of books on local history, directories, cemetery logs and other resources are sure to spark a connection.
"Most records are not on the internet and you will need to visit the original origins for specific information about an ancestor," Tim says. "For example, you will need to visit the cemetery and read the headstone or gain access to the burial information from the sextant."
Clergy and church staff generally have the church records, which could include baptismal records, marriage records, death and funeral records and even tithing records.
Courthouses across the country have all kinds of records from land records, wills, probate records, civil disputes, divorce proceedings, tax and voter records. And of course, libraries and archives often have original and transcribed copies of records that would or could have information about your ancestors.
"I always say that your ancestors are waiting for you to find them," says Janie Smith, a Columbia genealogist and co-owner of R&J Jukeboxes in Rocheport. She is quick to share her passion for genealogical research but adds, "It looks so easy on that PBS show, but it does require time and effort. Yes it is much easier to do than ever before, but it is not easy."
As a way to get started, Janie suggests taking Tim's free genealogy classes at the library. She also recommends that new researchers consider logging into Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.com from the library. This allows you to try the online resources without having to pay subscription fees (which have already been paid by the library). You can sign up for free classes that walk you through how to use these websites.
"How you begin your search depends on each individual," Janie says. "Maybe you're starting with parents or grandparents … If your parents or grandparents were in Boone or Callaway counties, we may have some things in print, cemetery records and things like that.
"The first thing you want to know is the date of death of, say your grandparents. If they lived in Boone or Callaway, get an obituary if you know the date. You can search the Columbia Tribune microfilm, which began in September of 1901, for all of those obituaries or death notices.
"When doing genealogy research, never take things on a website like Ancestry.com as proven. You definitely have to have proof of family lines through primary resources, such as books, land records, and most importantly birth, marriage, and death certificates," Janie says. Here are some of her favorite resources for genealogy research.
Digital Heritage website
In addition to online resources, Janie recommends searching historic newspapers on the Missouri Digital Heritage website: www.sos.mo.gov/mdh. The site is sponsored by the State Archives. It also includes collections of magazines, including the Conservation Department's Conservationist magazine.
Newspaper Archives
For those searching in nearby Callaway County, the Callaway County Public Library has microfilm for older Callaway newspapers. Also, most libraries have cemetery transcriptions, where someone would go write down all the names in local cemeteries and index it.
City Directories
"City Directories are very helpful," Janie says. "They provide an alphabetical list of names by address. This is an old resource, but the older ones gave where the person worked and their spouse's name, which can be a really key thing."
Local Historical Societies
Janie is big on networking with genealogy groups and historical societies. "Be sure to connect with local historical societies," she says. "We have the Historical Society of Missouri and the Boone County Historical Society right here. You would also be amazed at the genealogy connections you can make by branching out into other areas, too."
Janie belongs to 14, including Magna Charta Dames and Barons, Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1565-1861, Jamestowne Society and New England Women.


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Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have become a popular topic for research in recent years. A BCI is a communication device which allows people to control applications through direct measures of their brain activity. A BNCI (brain/neuronal computer interaction) system extends a BCI by including other physiological measures such as muscle or eye movement signals. The number of BCI research groups around the world, peer-reviewed journal articles, conference abstracts, and attendance at relevant conferences are indicators of the rapid growth of this field. With dozens of companies and research groups actively participating in the development of BCIs and related technologies, collaboration, a common terminology, and a clear roadmap have become important topics. To provide a solution to these issues, the European Commission (EC) funded the coordination action Future BNCI in 2010/2011. This project, led by TUG, was the first effort to foster collaboration and communication among key stakeholders. This proposal, BNCI Horizon 2020, aims to continue and improve upon the efforts initiated by Future BNCI. Our consortium includes eight major European BCI research institutions, three industrial partners, and two end user organizations (one of which is also a research partner). A main result of BNCI Horizon 2020 will be a clear and concise roadmap to support the EC in their funding decisions for the new framework program Horizon 2020. More specifically, we will focus on consolidating recent results in BNCI research and on investigating new BNCI activities and synergies with relevant fields. We will discuss potential new applications leading to the enhancement of functions for people with motor, sensory, cognitive and mental disabilities. Furthermore, we will elaborate on key technological advancements necessary to achieve future goals, and we will touch upon other key topics including ethics, societal needs for and acceptance of BNCI systems, user-centered approaches, evaluation metrics, and the transfer of technology from research labs to the market. BNCI Horizon 2020 will foster communication, collaboration, and dissemination of information; create public awareness of BNCIs by organizing a retreat-style conference specifically for companies and end users; create and maintain a website for researchers, reviewers, the industry, end users, and the general public; and involve both academic and industrial key stakeholders as well as end users and end user associations. All these areas are important to further advance this still young and growing research field into a full-fledged major research discipline. A clear and comprehensive roadmap produced by BNCI Horizon 2020 will lay the foundations for, and impact on, a (continued) dominance and clear visibility of European research groups in the future. In addition, the roadmap will display opportunities, but also limitations and constraints, for the industrialization and commercialization of BNCIs.
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From an Interview Secured Expressly for The Etude,
with the Most Successful Composer of Songs of the Present Day
[Mrs. Carrie Jacobs-Bond was born at Janesville, Wisconsin, and was educated in music in that city under Professor C. G. Titcomb and Professor J. W. Bischoff, the celebrated blind composer, later of Washington, D. C. At the age of four she commenced to improvise at the piano in a way that attracted the serious attention of many. She has the remarkable gift of repeating by ear almost anything she has heard. Her story of how she became a composer and how she entered the publishing business is extraordinary in many ways. This is the first time that it has been given from this standpoint in its completeness. Combined with her balance of business ability and wholesome sanity she has as well a broad, kindly, human outlook upon men, women and affairs. This, together with great energy and pluck, has made Mrs. Bond a success where thousands have failed. Only a woman endowed with diverse and versatile gifts could expect to achieve such a success. When Mrs. Bond heard that Helen Keller had been persuaded to appear in vaudeville for the season she decided that one of the very best ways in which she, too, can reach that public is by accepting proposals from well-known managers for a tour of the larger vaudeville houses that will take her work to those with whom she could not possibly come in contact otherwise.—Editor's Note.]
"Imagine a little girl with a tiny dog as her only confidant—a small, silky skye terrier, his bright eyes half hidden under a fringe of fluffy hair, an animal intelligence that seemed to know and understand all that I said to him and a faithful little heart that never failed in sympathy. His name was Schneider, and many thousands saw and knew him, for he was none other than the very dog that Joseph Jefferson used at one time in his famous play, Rip Van Winkle. Jefferson came to Janesville and made a great friend of my grandfather, G. H. Davis. I fell in love with the tiny dog, and when Jefferson left he gave the little creature to me.
"It was to Schneider that I first told my ambitions to become a song writer. He, and he alone, knew at first how I longed and longed to bring music to the world, that would sing in the hearts and souls of men and women who need music in their daily lives.
"Schneider was my friend, companion and confidant for five years. Then he died. We found him frozen in the snow. I hope those who do not love dogs will not smile at this incident, for it was one of the tragedies of my childhood. Every day until spring I went out in the yard to the tomb I had made in the snow for poor Schneider and combed the silky coat of my little friend until my mother forced me to bury him, which I did with my own hands. This was my first great grief, and it made a lasting impression upon me.
"Music was a matter of the deepest concern to me, but I scarcely believe that my parents ever dreamed that I would devote my life to it. I was to be—like thousands and thousands of other women—a good wife, a good mother and a good housekeeper, etc. I knew I could be all these and something besides, for that something was a vital part of me.
Blind Tom's Visit
"One day when I was about eight years old, Blind Tom came to town. It was a feature of his program to play a piece from memory after it had been performed for him just once. In order that there might be no mistake, my teacher, Professor Titcomb, played an original composition which Blind Tom could not possibly have heard before that time. He played it in fine fashion after once hearing it. Then someone said, 'We have a little girl in our town who can do that, too.' I was brought forward, and Blind Tom played an original march of his own, which I promptly repeated, to great applause. I was put down as a genius and was given the very best instruction the town afforded.
"Years passed like a panorama. Many beautiful and many terrible things happened. After the death of my husband, Dr. Frank Lewis Bond, at Iron River, I moved to Chicago with my son, ready to do anything to earn a living. At the time of my husband's death I had a lovely home, but with his passing everything changed and I found myself, as more than one doctor's wife has found herself, with very little. In leaving Michigan I lost my dower right to my home also, but I had been able to keep the furnishings which I took to Chicago, and there rented an apartment large enough to sublet and in this way earned barely enough to support myself and boy for the first year. I managed to keep out of debt and now I scarcely know how I did it. The report that I was a seamstress is not altogether true. I really had not been practically educated in anything, but, like many other women twenty-five years ago, I knew how to make my own clothes. I did sew for some of my relatives and did a week's sewing in the house of a friend in return for an advertisement in her musical magazine. I think those hours in the six days that I sewed for her, trying to make myself believe that I was earning the money, were the longest hours of my life.
"I also did china painting and was very successful at it—so successful, indeed, that it was later a question whether I would take up a musical career or make china painting my means of subsistence. As things turned out, the china painting went hand-in-hand with my music. For many years I designed and painted the covers for my songs with wild roses, the flower I took for my trade-mark, as it was the flower I loved the best. The past few years I have been too much occupied with other things to paint, but I always design the titles and have been very successful in finding artists who have painted more beautifully than I.
"Perhaps you know, to begin with, I was too poor to hire anyone to write my verses or draw my title pages, so I had to do it all myself.
"The first song that I ever wrote was a child's song, which I sold many years ago, but the first song that I published was I Love You Truly. As I look back now I wish I could feel once more the thrill that came over me when my good friend, Mr. Nelson, who printed my songs whether I had the money to pay him or not (and who believed in me) handed me the first copy of I Love You Truly, and I realized that I had written the words and music, that I had drawn the title page, and that I believed, even though I could not sing, that I could go out into the world and make somebody buy that song. Well, I did this with many songs; in fact, my songs were given their publicity by my singing them in homes of my good friends. They generally paid me $10 for my services, which I presume now was a pretty big price for the way I did my work. My first recital was given in the home of Mrs. Henry J. Howe, Marshalltown, Iowa, in which city I often hear that I was born.
Hardships, Humiliations, Cold and Hunger
"My musical work was not altogether unknown in Chicago. Two publishers had accepted and issued some of my songs. However, I realized that if they were to pay me the amount I must have, the promotion that these publishers were giving the works and the returns therefrom were entirely inadequate. A song is like any other piece of merchandise when you consider it from the commercial standpoint. Write the best song in the world and lock it up, and it is a dead issue. I had always desired to be in business, and accordingly I decided to publish my own songs. My son was growing up and I realized that in him I would have a fine aide in the matter of business details later.
"Had I known then what I know now—had I ever imagined the terrible hardships, humiliations—yes, even cold and hunger—I do not believe that I would have had the courage to make a start. Let me give you one little example. When I had published about twenty five songs I showed them to Mr. David Bispham (always a noble friend to ambitious and deserving workers), who was to give a great recital at the leading hall in Chicago. The songs pleased him and he agreed to put them on his program. The manager of the concert thought it suicidal. He begged Mr. Bispham to change his plans—to put anything on his program but the works of an unknown composer, and a woman at that! However, Mr. Bispham, with his mind once set, was not easy to move and he determined to carry out the idea. And, as a further assurance of his belief in my songs, he invited me to accompany him in this group.
"The songs were more than cordially received. I was so overcome with the applause that I forgot to even turn to look at the audience or Mr. Bispham until he came to the piano and touched my shoulder and asked me to acknowledge with him the reception that my songs were receiving. It was the longest applause I had ever happened to hear and, though I do not suppose it was more than half a minute, I lived years in that first recognition which Mr. David Bispham gave me the opportunity to enjoy. I wish to say here that this was the second public appearance 'on any stage' for me, and may I please tell you the story of the first one?
"In a well-known piano company of Chicago I found a friend who recognized my talent as a song writer and whose sympathy and encouragement meant more than anything else to me at that time, Mr. Carl Bronson, now living in Los Angeles, through whose influence this company offered to pay all expenses for a public recital for me, furnishing hall, program and advertising and, at the concert I was assisted by Jessie Bartlett Davis. Mr. Paul Schossling, former 'cellist of the Theodore Thomas Orchestra, Mr. Charles W. Clark, the singer, and a little girl whose name I do not now recall. The concert dress that I wore that night was made out of one the lace curtains which had been in my former home, and I could never tell you how many yards of feather-stitching and French knots put on—little bands of satin which I appliqued on to this lace so it would not show that it had ever hung in anybody's window! It was finished just a few moments before it was time for me to get into the cab which was drawn by a pair of tired old horses. The people were so kind and my musicians were so splendid that it was another red-letter day in my life and through the interest which the piano company created for me I found myself the possessor of $300.00. This amount was the beginning of my business which I started at that time in a little hall bedroom, 8 x 10 feet, with a closet just the depth of a sheet of music. I had written at that time about twenty-five songs. This constituted the stock. It seems to me that, at that time, I saw myself with shelves and shelves of music in the downstairs of a house that I had earned myself; that I should live upstairs, but that there would be a little bell on the door (such as there are in the little shops in England) and when anybody opened the door, I would rush madly down and wait upon the customer—but that never happened. What really did happen was that I moved into a larger apartment. The business was now large enough to occupy the dining room, about 14 feet square, with shelves extending around the room. We used the dining-room table for a music table between meals. I now had a son who had the ability and a desire to be of service to his mother, who came into the little shop. The shop outgrew the dining room and finally owned the whole house. From that time on, it is a very simple story. 'Nothing succeeds like success,' and the wheels had started to go around on a chariot that pulled my music down to Michigan Avenue in the business district."
"It Looks So Easy"
"To see the results, it all looks so easy and pleasant that many will, I am sure, feel that they might do likewise. Alas! no one ever hears of the failures, and for one success there are perhaps a thousand tragedies. Nobody ever hears of the poor wretches who virtually sell their health, minds and souls to do what I have been so blessed in doing. If you think it is easy, all I have to say is, 'Try it!' Many a time I have spent my last nickel to go down town in Chicago to meet some successful publisher, wait outside of his door possibly an hour or more, and then be told to 'call to-morrow.'
"Of course, one of the things a woman has to encounter, or had to encounter a few years ago, was the idea that she should only be a home-maker and that she could not possibly do anything else, that that would occupy her entire time. This idea has passed and the world is beginning to see that a woman can be the best kind of home-maker and mother and at the same time a successful professional woman. In fact, we all know and still believe that the best place on earth is home, and that the woman who does make of herself a real home-maker and a mother who has the entire confidence of her children is the one most capable and efficient in going into the world as a professional woman. I believe that anyone who has the ability to truly understand the heart of a child has the gift of helping humanity.
"In regard to women's clubs—personally I owe them a debt. I do not know for how many I have sung in the last twenty years, nor of how many I am an honorary member, but through this experience I have found that my simple home songs have made an appeal. These women know that the heart of a song is melody. A song without an appeal is dead. It must have the human touch. Why is it you sing a simple song or whistle a familiar tune? Most often it is to cheer yourself, sometimes because you are especially happy, but if the little song brings a picture to your memory, of an incident, then it has found its mission. Most people feel instinctively that music is the natural source of expression. The result is song. If you are musical and know how, you can perhaps preserve the sentiment and the melody of your own thoughts; and this is the basis of the highest composition, whether you are a McDowell or Stephen Foster. The multitude needs music—perhaps more than the cultured few. This inference has been the working principle of my life, to supply that need out of my own heart and now I feel that if I were given my choice, I would say, 'let me write the simple songs for the people rather than the intricate and curious pieces which only the critics extol for their eccentricities.' John Howard Payne, whose cousinship I claim, wrote 'Home, Sweet Home.' I am sure that even one of the great musicians would have been proud to contribute to the world the comfort that simple song has given.
The Human Message
"Americans may well be proud of the high technical attainments of our composers. All they need is the encouragement of the great music producers, and they should be kindly criticized where criticism is needed. But some of our very greatest American works have touched only the thin veneer of our great American public. They are prone to write themselves above their hearts. The real problem is, how to reach the masses with a broad, human message, and I believe the way to do this is to get their interest in simple understandable ways.
"Would it not be splendid if the great symphony orchestras would give, occasionally during each season, programs of simple music with admission within the reach of all. Would it not be wonderful if, every little while, the seats downstairs for grand opera could be sold at a nominal sum within the reach of the poor and tired who take almost their very last dollar and almost their last bit of strength, and climb to the topmost gallery to refresh their souls. They are the real music lovers, so why not give them a chance more often than we do to enjoy in comfort the music that they starve to hear. If we really want the masses to understand the best in music these things will have to be done for them. The wonderful education given by the phonograph and the elevation that these instruments have produced in the minds of the people should be proof enough to great musical organizations that they can help advance the higher class of music in our country if they would only begin. We must get out and preach the gospel of everything in a loving and understanding way, not with condemnation, but with sympathy.
The Importance of Good Friends
"Often one hears the story of a 'self-made man' or woman. Of course, you have to be a worker for yourself, you have to get up earlier and go to bed later and keep yourself constantly thinking in order to succeed, no matter how many good friends you have, because, unless you prove to your friends that you are in earnest, they will not and cannot give their time to helping you. I have found the most wonderful friends, and I am quite sure they have befriended me because they knew I was willing to befriend myself. Nobody in the world is just 'self-made.' Good friends are the greatest asset. I do not mean that they should give you money or that they should give you a position, but that, if you are worthy, they will make it possible for you to help yourself. I wish I could have the time and space to enumerate all of the good friends that I have had. That would be impossible, but I must say a few words for those great artists who came to my rescue at the beginning of my career.
"The one who came to my assistance first was Jessie Bartlett Davis. It was she who loaned me $250, and it was this money that made it possible for me to publish my first little book, called Seven Songs. It was a long time before I was able to return that loan, but it was given to me in such a manner that I knew I never had to worry about it. You know there is a great deal in the way you help a person. I know many who have been helped, but who have also heard of it many times from their helpers. A grateful person is glad to tell the world of the kind things that have been done for them, but it certainly hurts to have it told about you and 'rubbed in.' The next great person to help me was Mr. David Bispham, who sang my songs, as you have been told in the former part of this article. Then came Madame Schumann-Heink who, for many years has been my good friend, singing my songs as only she could sing them. I have spoken of these artists especially because they were the first people to help me.
"And then, after I had gained some confidence in myself, I was asked to sing for Miss Margaret Anglin (who later proved to be one of my greatest friends. She immediately said, 'If you will come to New York you shall have the use of my little theatre (which was the Bijou, situated on Broadway), and give some matinées.' For three matinées she came to personally direct the setting of the little stage for my recitals. She sent word to three charitable associations offering to give them a percentage of the receipts if they would allow their names to be used. This was very clever advertising as I was absolutely unknown in New York City. Out of these recitals I cleared several hundred dollars. It always seemed to me that these 'several hundred dollars' were offered to me when I most needed them. You may not know that I was desperately poor for seven years and at that time almost an invalid.
Some Principles of Success
"This is a day when magazines are flooded with prescriptions for success. I am frequently asked the source of power which has brought success to me. Of course, success is never to be attributed to any one thing but to a great many things, all backed by hard work, patience, tact, etc. However, though all of these may be in your possession, you will never be a success in music or anything else, unless you have the one important thing, spirit, for, after all, the one thing for which you deserve credit is the gift of the spirit of truth which is active within you. If, in your soul, you are free from guile, jealousy, false pride and hate, and if you work to do good for the greatest number of your fellow-beings, this will be reflected in everything you undertake.
"This article might not be considered complete unless I said a word for the song that has proven my greatest success, A Perfect Day. So many wild stories have been told about this simple song, which was truly written for a place card at a dinner which was given upon the return from my first visit to Mt. Rubidoux, where I saw the sunset from that lovely California mountain for the first time. This little verse, which was written at the Mission Inn, Riverside, in about five minutes, was put away with many other rhymes I had written, and it was some months before I ever thought of it again. The music came to me as I was driving across the Mojave desert in the moonlight, with another party of nature-loving friends. I began to hum the verse of A Perfect Day to the original tune and one of my friends said, 'Is that a new song?' And I said 'maybe it is.' I completed the song before I went to sleep that night, and from the very first, as I sang it, I was confident of its appeal and that thousands of other people besides myself had had at least one 'Perfect Day.'
"And now to tell you the really greatest of all things to come to me through A Perfect Day. On November 11th, 1918, the day the Armistice was signed, my son was in New York City, standing at the head of Central Park, when four men put their arms around each other's waists and began marching and singing A Perfect Day. My son joined them and they gathered singing men until they landed down at Madison Square with over 5,000 in that serpentine line all singing my song. When my son telegraphed me this news I said, 'This is the end of A Perfect Day for me.'"


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Casey Anthony to Publish Better-Parenting Book
(ACPA-Orlando) Exonerated and liberated, one-time mother Casey Anthony is set to shake the staid world of parenting books with her magnum opus, "Casey's Guide to Better Child Rearing." The book will be filled with Casey's tried and tested methods that make life easier for stressed out parents.
Tips include:
- when beating your child with a poker, make sure you cover the handle with cloth, otherwise the impact can cause wrist pain
- best wilderness parks for taking your child on that long secluded walk
- clever tips on how to get free babysitting while you go partying
- for road trips, Casey explains where to place the car seat so the child's whining doesn't distract you during your favorite radio shows
- great locations for swimming, and where to get metal floaties
- tips for dealing with crying: Casey suggests you just sit there and cry with them. "It's ok for grown-ups to cry too," writes Casey, "cry for hours if you have to, just make sure you cry longer than the little bastard, that way you win."
- and of course, helpful cleaning tips for when they make that very big mess
Casey suggests Chinese-American parents read the book in a Chinglish accent to see if they are already familiar with these tactics: "Load tlip? Ahhh, load tlip! I put baby seat tlunk, yes?"
But not everyone is supporting Casey's efforts to build a new life. CNN's Nancy Grace said, "Friends, did you know I used to be a prosecutor, but now I have a TV show, a very special TV show. But I used to be a prosecutor, did I tell you that already?"
The book will be published next week and Headline News is assembling a team of the most passionate experts they can find on the subject to provide 24/7 coverage of the book launch, the preparations for the book launch, the aftermath of the book launch and whatever other related events they can think of to fill a few hours of airtime. "We're going to put our best people on this," said an executive of the channel, "we'll have Charlie from cleaning, and Louise from advertising sales - she has such strong opinions on this case, you have to hear them."
Casey's next project will be to secure a permanent writing job. "With several vacancies opening up at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, I'm going to apply," she said. "I'm well suited, I don't have empathy for other human beings either."
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Invisible DPI Projector Illuminates Massive Screen in Award-Winning Private Home Theater
At the heart is a 3-chip DLP projector
Pelham, New York's Advanced Home Environments (AHE), a custom technology integrator specializing in modern home entertainment, control and communication systems, recently completed a private home theater that delivers large-scale visual impact with hidden hardware. Aided by Acoustic Smart, a New York-based home theater fabrication and design company, the award-winning 17' wide by 24' long dedicated theater contains a remarkable amount of advanced audio-video solutions, all tastefully concealed within a stylish theater design. At the heart of this 10-seat theater dwells a 3-chip DLP projector, delivering dazzling imagery to a 143" diagonal Stewart screen.
A high-contrast HIGHlite projector from Digital Projection International (DPI) was specifically chosen to drive the theater's visual impact. "The projector's quality, reliability and selection of interchangeable focal length lenses made it an easy decision," stated Peter Sherman, owner of AHE. As the projector needed to be hidden from view, the diversity of lens choices allowed Sherman to hide the projector within a closet behind the rear wall of the theater without compromising the image quality. Complementing the HIGHlite is a 143" diagonal Stewart Filmscreen Cinecurve screen.
In regards to content, a combination of HD DVR cable boxes, Kaleidescape players, security cameras and an internet-enabled Samsung Blu-ray player handle most of the visuals in the theater and beyond. Winner of a 2013 Crestron Integration award, a Crestron whole-home entertainment and control system automates the key systems throughout. The theater also boasts a state-of-the-art Meridian surround sound system with a Meridian 861 Surround Sound Processor and a Meridian 7.2 channel digital DSP speaker system with all of the speakers completely concealed. Sherman made a point to comment on his experience with DPI, saying, "DPI provided us with excellent tech support, both in helping us select the right equipment and during the installation process." Congratulations to Advanced Home Environments on creating this distinct, impactful theater experience for their elated client.
Founded in 1989, Digital Projection International (DPI) has been instrumental in the development and application of Digital Light Processing™ technology by Texas Instruments for projection systems. DPI introduced the world's first 3-chip DLP® projector in 1997, and has since delivered expert system engineering and world-class customer services, thus maintaining its position as a digital imaging pioneer.
DPI's groundbreaking projection research and development has garnered the admiration of industry professionals around the world. This has earned the company many awards, including two Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. DPI remains the first and only projector manufacturer to win the coveted award.
Today, DPI manufactures and distributes an extensive line of ultra high-performance 3-chip and single-chip DLP® projection systems. These projectors are the reference standard for demanding applications such as large-venue, live-event staging, fortune 5000, education, medical and scientific research, command and control, digital cinema, commercial entertainment, worship and elite home cinema.