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So you went to law school. Didn't we warn you about that? All joking aside, what's done is done. Right now, you have to stop beating yourself up over making the decision to attend law school. Whether you're paying sticker at a TTTT or attending a T14 with a named scholarship, this is not the time to focus on what else you could've done with your life besides hating your life in law school. This is a time for the following things that I will outline and talk about below:
1) Reflection on your law school experience
2) Deciding whether or not you will drop out
3) If yes, what steps to take personally and financially
4) Acceptance
5) Moving on
You may recognize some of these as being similar to the stages of grief. Well, for many of you considering dropping out, law school was not a decision you made hastily. The dream of becoming a lawyer is not something that I am asking you to casually throw out the window. Take a second and 1) Reflect on your law school experience.
1) Reflection on your law school experience
What are some things you enjoyed about law school? Did you enjoy meeting new people who you shared a common goal with? Did you become a more outgoing person through networking and attending bar review? Have you found a new personal mission by studying inequalities in the law that affect the homeless? Write these things down. They are important, and you have gained something from these experiences. As you move forward, remind yourself that just because law school was not right for you, you now know some things that will make a job or program of study one that will captivate and enrich you.
Now write down why you are thinking about leaving your law school. Are you dissatisfied with your grades or job prospects? Has a family member become ill, leaving the burden of their care on your shoulders? Has your financial situation changed? If you have a spouse or family member that you trust, you may want to bring these things to their attention. However, keep in mind that they may not understand the legal market. Do not hold this against them.
I would also like to take this moment to advocate seeing a therapist. Your school should provide someone to talk to, and there is almost certainly someone in your area who will see you at little to no cost. The stress brought on by this decision can be life-altering. Talk to nearly any student who has ever been in this situation and they will tell you that until they talked to someone, they didn't realize how much stress they were carrying on their shoulders. Talking to someone can help you see this decision in a different light, or make your desire to go with an option even stronger.
2) Deciding whether or not you will drop out
After you've talked to someone you trust (and hopefully a therapist) and reflected on how you've changed over your time in law school, it's time to 2) decide whether or not you will drop out. People may give differing advice on this, but in my opinion, once you make a decision, stick with it. Waffling and making the decision seem reversible will torture you and those you care about. Be firm, and take that time to reflect on your experience to make this decision truly final.
Some people you might want to consult include the Dean of Students at your school, who can help you decide whether a leave of absence or complete withdrawal is best for you. Don't be shy - the person in this position has spoken to many students in this situation before. While you don't have to pour your heart out to them, they might be able to give you some clarity in your decision-making process. You also might want to speak with Career Services. Career Services can be a great resource for not only talking about what you can do with your law degree if you're feeling discouraged, but also for tips if you decide to pursue non-legal jobs. You might even find that talking to someone in Career Services, if you have developed a relationship with them, is easier than speaking with the Dean of Students right away.
3) Steps to take personally and financially
From here, I'm going to focus on those that have decided to drop out of law school and 3) what steps to take personally and financially. First, you're going to need to talk to your school's Dean of Students and fill out some withdrawal paperwork. This is surprisingly painless and efficient. Just schedule a meeting, fill it out, and be on your way. You don't have to give them too much detail. Next, you should let the people who are most important and supportive in your life know what's up. You don't have to tell your facebook friends, your distant great uncle, or everyone at your law school. It's like if you have to cancel your wedding - let people who are not in your inner circle find out from word of mouth. You don't, and shouldn't have to deal with them face to face. Now is the time to surround yourself with people who love you no matter what your decision.
In the financial sense, here's what you need to know. Scholarships and grants do not need to be paid back. You may even be eligible to receive a full refund of loans you were using for the semester if you dropped out early enough. Contact your financial aid department for more information on your school's stance on that, because it can vary from school to school.
You're like, come on, tell me about my private and or Grad PLUS loans! You're probably stressing about your loans, right? Don't panic. Those loans aren't going to come due right away. You have about 6 months to a year after leaving school before they will require some sort of payment. This website will have every federal loan in your name: https://www.nslds.ed.gov/nslds_SA/. It shows when you took them out, when they will be due - everything. It may take some time for it to update after you make it clear to your school that you will not be returning. If it does not update, you should call and inform them of your situation - you're not "lucky you don't have to pay on time" - there may be another issue, such as multiple records of your address of even someone using your social security number. Make sure you ask about consolidating your federal loans if your balance is especially high.
As for those pesky private loans (if you have any) you'll want to check out your interest rate. Some of your private loans will likely have higher interest rates than your federal loans, and so you may want to consider paying those off more quickly.
Are you in a situation where paying your loans at all will be a financial burden/impossibility? Don't forget about deferment. You can defer payment for several reasons. The period of deferment varies from lender to lender, but you can defer up to three years for unemployment, underemployment, continued education or military service. Just remember that deferment isn't a permanent solution, and try to avoid forbearance at all costs. Forbearance can keep you from owning a home and maintaining good credit.
4) Acceptance
Now that we've navigated what for many of you has been the scary stuff, here's what was hardest for me. 4) Acceptance.
You have to accept that this part of your life journey is now over. Law school didn't work out for you. At first, I didn't struggle with the decision much. My grades were average at a T1, I hated law school, and I had a couple job leads (that worked out in the end, if you're wondering, dear reader - there is hope) so I knew I couldn't stay. But when I started saying goodbye to the friends I'd made, and made arrangements to move out of my cozy 1L apartment, I panicked.
What comes next? What do I tell people about the year I've spent reading case law and figuring out how to do things that I will now never do? Will my friends make fun of me? Will I ever find work I love? Am I a failure?
You are not a failure. For someone like you, reader, who has been successful and smart all their life, this is probably what you feel like. But you're not a failure. You tried something, and it just wasn't for you. Or maybe it is for you, but it's not financially feasible right now, or your family needs your attention. This is not the end of the road.
TLS folks will be mad that I am saying this, but you are special. You are special, and you are loved by those around you. No one will give up on you because of this. And you shouldn't give up, either. You must accept that this is a chapter in your life that has to close for right now, but that a new one is beginning. Remember that therapist I told you to talk to? Get in touch with them and get those fears and feelings out in the open.
None of us really knows what we're doing. Adulthood is full of figuring out what you want out of life. It's full of struggle but also full of hope. Keep that hope with you. The negativity of law school might've made hope seem a little cliche, but we all need hope. Hope is that thing that makes us get up and look forward to a new day. Put that hope in your heart and look to it when you're having trouble facing the world after law school. It will help you find acceptance.
5) Moving on
You know what, fellow drop out? I'm so proud of you. And why am I so proud of you? Because you're 5) moving on.
Whether you move on physically, like to a new city or new job, or not, you're moving on. Each day you get further away from the stress and burden you felt as a law student. Moving on is like the last step of a 12 step program - it never really ends. I'm still moving on. You might have days where you feel a pang of regret. You might have days where you wonder why you didn't leave sooner. Acknowledge that thought, and release it to the universe.
So you're thinking, okay, I'm sick of your hippie bullshit about therapy and acceptance and the universe. What if I really regret this decision and want to go back someday? Well, as it turns out when you start law school, you have 7 years total to finish. So if you drop out having completed 1L, you have 6 years to complete 2L and 3L. You can't start 2L in that last year, though, because you won't have time to complete the degree. See: --LinkRemoved-- "Standard 304(c) A law school shall require that the course of study for the J.D. degree be completed no earlier than 24 months and no later than 84 months after a student has commenced law study at the law school or a law school from which the school has accepted transfer credit."
Dear friend, I hope this has helped you make a healthy decision about your law school career. Please PM me with any questions you might have, or comment below. Also, if there is something specific you feel I should address, I am open to suggestions and edits.
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I have been vegan for many years now, and have been forced, like many other vegetarians and vegans, to deal with the many falsehoods and myths surrounding plant-based diets. The first question I usually get is "But where do you get your protein?" The idea of a vegetarian not getting enough protein or having to combine proteins has been outdated for many years! Plant foods are incredibly high in amino acids, the building blocks of all proteins. Some plant foods, such as hemp seeds, are even complete proteins and contain the all essential amino acids needed by humans. The proteins found in meat and dairy products are often indigestible after being cooked and can sit inside of the intestines and putrefy. A diet too high in animal proteins can also prevent the absorption and assimilation of necessary vitamins and minerals, including Calcium (1). It seems paradoxical then, that we are led to believe that cow's milk is a good source of calcium. This also explains why the countries with the highest levels of dairy consumption - the United States, Denmark, Norway, Holland and Sweden - also have the highest rates of osteoporosis, bone disease, heart disease, and breast cancer while in the countries with the lowest dairy consumption, rates of these diseases are much lower (1).
The next question I get from people is "What about vitamin B12?" I have to admit, when I first decided to be vegan, this one got to me a little. So I did some research into vitamin B12 deficiencies, and I was very surprised with what I found. On the surface, everything you find is about vegans and how if you don't eat any animal products, you won't get any B12. But if you look a little deeper (or happen to take a college level anatomy class) you learn a little more about B12, what it is, and where it actually comes from. "Many people say that the only foods which contain vitamin B12 are animal-derived foods. This also is unundefined. No foods naturally contain vitamin B12 - neither animal or plant foods. Vitamin B12 is a microbe - a bacteria - it is produced by microorganisms," (2). So there you have it, you don't have to eat animal products to get vitamin B12, only have good intestinal health, which unfortunately, most Americans are severely lacking. The bacteria that live inside of your intestines produce B12, which is then absorbed through your digestive tract. However, this cannot happen if your gastro-intestinal tract is not a conducive environment to the growth and spread of friendly flora (probiotics)...or if it is clogged with a thick, sludgy layer of undigested proteins from meat, dairy, and gluten-containing wheat products.
I still wondered how someone like myself, who was eating a very healthy diet of whole, unprocessed raw fruits and vegetables, could in some way be deficient in any vitamin when compared to a SAD (Standard American Diet) meat-eater guzzling french-fries, burgers, and soda. Then I came across this: "The author does not believe that a vitamin B12 deficiency is more widespread in vegans or vegetarians - this is probably just another marketing lie...In fact, contrary to meat and dairy industry propaganda, meat-eaters are known to be more likely to have a vitamin B12 deficiency - this has been known since 1959!" (3). Studies have shown that those on a SAD meat-eating diet actually require more B12 than those eating a plant-based diet (3). As vitamin B12 actually comes from a microbe living on the foods we eat that would be killed when a product is cooked/irradiated, then a person eating cooked meat and ultra pasteurized dairy products will actually be consuming very little to no B12, while a raw food vegan, consuming fresh, organic raw produce will inevitable be consuming higher amounts of B12. "Animal and dairy produce is a poor source of Vitamin B12 since they are normally cooked and therefore the vitamin is contained in nutrient-deranged foodstuffs which will inevitably destroy the usability of the vitamin," (2). A raw food vegan, vegan, or even a vegetarian will also have a much cleaner digestive tract than a SAD meat-eater, resulting in higher levels of probiotics residing in the intestines and increased B12 absorption and reabsorption.
It is also helpful to understand that "vitamin B12 can be destroyed by...highly acid conditions," (4). This means that the B12 in meat would be destroyed by the increased levels of hydrochloric acid needed in the stomach to digest meat products (4). That is, if the B12 microbes were not already killed by the several rounds of antibiotics given to animals in factory farms. Vegan and raw food vegans, especially, generally have a much more balanced alkaline internal environment than do SAD meat-eaters and vegetarians who consume dairy (both meat and dairy are highly acid forming).
So how can you ensure that your body is getting the Vitamin B12 it needs? Eat a plant-based diet rich in raw foods (at least 50%). "It has also been reported that vitamin B12 is present in wild fruits and wild and home-grown plant foods," (2). Raw food guru and author, David Wolfe, believes that the natural soil microbes and bacteria found on wild plant foods and unwashed garden plants are typically adequate to supply our B12 requirements (5). Also, avoid meat, dairy, and gluten containing products which create an acidic internal environment and effectively line the intestinal walls with a thick layer of mucus, preventing absorption of B12. Buy raw and organic to avoid foods that have been pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized, or irradiated. Include nutrient dense algae, such as Spirulina and Marine Phytoplankton, into your daily diet. Both are part plant, part microbe and contain vitamin B12. Marine phytoplankton also happens to be the original source of omega 3-6-9, is sustainably harvested, and runs no risk of mercury contamination, unlike fish oil. I hope that this has cleared up some of the confusion regarding a popular vegetarian myth, that of B12 deficiency.
1. "Milk, the Deadly Poison", Robert Cohen 2. 'The Vitamin B12 Issue', Dr. Gena Shaw 3. 'Fit for Life', Diamond, H. and M., 1987 4. 'Human Anatomy and Physiology', Marieb 5. Sunfood Diet Success System, Wolfe, David
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I don't only eat bento. Once in a while, I'll actually eat out of actual ceramic bowls.
Pictured above is a delightful watermelon, feta, and tomato salad that my wife had made for dinner. Ever since I have been taking bento lunches to work, my breakfast has been a fairly large meal, typically whatever my wife made the night before for dinner. At work, I eat my bento, and when I get home late at night, I have a bowl of cereal or just a snack.
Since the watermelon salad is fairly light (and quite refreshing on a humid day), I decided to accompany it with some thinly sliced grilled chicken with a garnish of green onions and a few generous drops of garlic chili hot sauce.
Refreshingly light, but fairly balanced meals like this usually make me feel pretty good. Skimping on dairy is probably not a terrible idea, and going light on carbs can definitely help the waistline. While I'll never probably cut carbs out of my diet completely, I do try to go a bit lighter on them.
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As Tableau licensing usually is out of reach for smaller companies, there is a way to have free Tableau implementation with the little trick I describe in this post.
Please note that this concept might be understood by Tableau as EULA infringement. You must read all the license agreements for the software before implementing.
How it's done?
Method described here is fairly simple, however requires basic programming understanding and ETL/Data processing background to run smoothly.
I use Tableau Public to create a .twbx file, refresh it using the Python script and then open it with Tableau Reader. Simple and clean method for free Tableau visualizations.
Required software/accounts
To connect all the pieces in one working mechanism you must have:
- Tableau Public account
- Tableau Reader Software
- Windows server (this is optional – you can ran it locally but remote machine makes it more convenient)
- Python 2.7+ installed
- Tableau Extract API
- MS Access Database (different data source can be used here but this one is most versatile)
All those components are free except for MS Access Database. However, most companies use Office Package so I assume that you have it already. This can be replaced by free alternative as MySQL though..
Tableau Public
Tableau Public is a free edition of the famous Tableau Online which is basically free Tableau Server in the cloud. It allows you to publish you own visualizations based on selected data connectors. You could call it a perfect solution for small business but there's a catch. As name implies, data presented there is shown to the public. However, uploaded viz can be downloaded as .twbx file (ha!). Just go to the public.tableau.com, create account and download software.
Tableau Reader
Tableau Reader is a lite version of free Tableau Desktop designed for read-only operations on .twbx files. This should be used by end-users like Sales representatives, who should only interact with the existing dashboards and not create ones.
Python 2.7+
Python is a widely recognized programming language which is getting more and more attention lately due to it's flexibility and ability to perform on different tasks. It's relatively easy to understand and write so we will use it in our example. Python interpreter must be installed on the machine to run .py scripts. It can be downloaded here https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/. Note that my script uses python 2.x not 3.x. Although, it should work properly in 3.x there are few syntax differences between second and third Python iterations so you might need to rework the .py file on your own.
Tableau Extract API
You can easily download free Tableau Extract API package that allows you to perform number of extract operations on Tableau files. One of them is fetching data from extract which I will be using in this example. Package can be downloaded from here: https://www.tableau.com/data-extract-api
Joining pieces together
Installing Python
Let's start with the most important and most tricky part – installing Python. Run the downloaded installer and follow the steps . Make sure that path where you install Python is relatively simple – it will make your life easier later on. If you are asked to alter PATH definition then definitely do it. In theory everything should work out of the box (but usually doesn't). To check if python is working properly bring up command line and type:
cd c:\your_path_to_python\Python(yourversion)\
when in the installation folder type python.
If you see the Python interpreter then you can safely skip to the next point.
However, in most of the cases instead of interpreter you will get python is not recognized as an internal or external command error. It means that python command cannot be mapped to any program. To fix it,open you start Menu, right click on the Computer and select Properties
Then go to Advanced System Settings and click Environment Variables at the Bottom
Find PATH record on the list in the bottom box and just add your Python installation location after semicolon
After that, you should be able to enter interpreter using python command as above. If it still doesn't work, try typing py instead of python
Installing Tableau Extract API
Unzip downloaded package and copy it's content (with the whole main folder) to c:\yourPythonInstallation\modules\. If there's no modules folder – create it. Now bring up the command line and navigate to the folder with dataextract api and type py setup.py install to install this package for Python to use
Installing Python ODBC connector
To refresh our data we will need to install ODBC connector that Python could use to access and fetch data in extract. This is nothing new to Tableau as it mostly relies on ODBC connectors for main data source as MS Excel or MS Access. There is a chance that proper connector is already installed by we need to make sure. Bring up the command line, navigate to python folder and type:
pip.exe install --upgrade pyodbc py import pyodbc [x for x in pyodbc.drivers() if x.startswith('Microsoft Access Driver')]
if there's proper driver on the list then no action is required. Otherwise you have to install ODBC driver to access data. Follow instructions here [click]
Create Data source for Viz
I've created super simple data source for my viz based on sample MS Access table and saved the whole database as testu1.mdb.
Note that file format (mdb/accdb) defines which odbc connector you would need to access the data. Please refer to the previous point where we installed pyodbc to make sure your connectivity is setup properly. I've made random viz on my newly created datasource and I am ready to start refreshing.
Running the script
Phew! it seems that we have everything setup to start the real thing – running the script! Credits for the original code goes to Jason Lopez. My modifications included Tableau path changes and one small loop which scans for the .tde file so you don't have hard code the name and couple more readability changes.
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Purpose: refresh Tableau packaged workbook file's underlying dataextract file from SQL # Author: jasonlopez01 # Modified by: mlazecki (meowbi.com) # Created: 05/08/2016 # Modified: 28/02/2017 # Note: could also load in from csv, Excel, etc. #------------------------------------------------------------------------------- import pyodbc, os, shutil, zipfile, sys import dataextract as tde import datetime, time import glob t0 = time.time() #helper dictionary for tde API data types tdeTypes = { "<type 'int'>": 7, #integer "<type 'float'>": 10, #double "<type 'bool'>": 11, #boolean "<type 'datetime.date'>": 12, #date "<type 'datetime.datetime'>":13, #datetime "<type 'str'>" : 15, #char string "<type 'unicode'>":16 #unicode string } def add_row(r_ob, DType,col_i,v): #row, data type, col index, value if isinstance(v,int): r_ob.setInteger(col_i,v) elif isinstance(v,float): r_ob.setDouble(col_i,v) elif isinstance(v,datetime.datetime): r_ob.setDateTime(col_i,v.year, v.month, v.day, v.hour, v.minute, v.second, 0) #zero is milliseconds elif isinstance(v,datetime.date): r_ob.setDate(col_i,v.year, v.month, v.day) elif isinstance(v,unicode): r_ob.setString(col_i,v) elif isinstance(v,str): r_ob.setCharString(col_i,v) else: print("data type in add row function issue!" + str(type(v))) #Change variables below to math correct path, filenames, etc. path = 'C:/dev/' dashboard_file = 'refresh_test.twbx' dashboard_file_twb = 'refresh_test.twb' temp_ext = 'tableau_files' #folder to unzip to sqlQuery="SELECT [Sales_table].[Date_field] AS [Date_field], [Sales_table].[ID] AS [ID], [Sales_table].[Sales_value] AS [Sales_value] FROM [Sales_table]" updated_dashboard = dashboard_file[:-5] + str(datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(time.time()).strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S')) + '.twbx' #pull data from warehouse print("connect to mdb") conn_str = ( r'DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)};' r'DBQ=C:\dev\testu1.mdb;' ) cnxn = pyodbc.connect(conn_str) crsr = cnxn.cursor() crsr.execute(sqlQuery) #unzip Packaged Workbook file to new folder zip = zipfile.ZipFile(path + dashboard_file) zip.extractall(path + temp_ext) zip.close() #get tde filename print("looking for tde in: "+path + temp_ext+"/Data/"+dashboard_file_twb +' Files/') tde_files = glob.glob(path + temp_ext+"/Data/"+dashboard_file_twb +' Files/*.tde') tdeName_temp = [os.path.basename(x) for x in tde_files] tdeName= tdeName_temp[0] #remove existing extract file os.remove(path + temp_ext + '/Data/' +dashboard_file_twb +' Files/' + tdeName) #always in /Data/Datasources/extract_name.tde #create new tableau extract w/ orignal name print("create tableau extract") os.chdir(path + temp_ext + '/Data/' +dashboard_file_twb +' Files/') tdefile = tde.Extract(tdeName) #create tde file tableDef = tde.TableDefinition() #create a new table def for column in crsr.description: tableDef.addColumn(column[0],tdeTypes[str(column[1])]) tdetable = tdefile.addTable("Extract",tableDef) #has to be Extract for some reason print("adding rows") for row in crsr.fetchall(): i = 0 newrow = tde.Row(tableDef) while i < len(row): val = row[i] t = type(row[i]) if val == 'None' or val is None: newrow.setNull(i) else: add_row(newrow,t,i,val) i += 1 tdetable.insert(newrow) #insert row into TDE table newrow.close() #close SQL connection and extract file tdefile.close() cnxn.close() #rezip all files and folders, maintains folder structure in zipped workbook def zip_dir(zipname, dir_to_zip): dir_to_zip_len = len(dir_to_zip.rstrip(os.sep)) + 1 with zipfile.ZipFile(zipname, mode='w', compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED) as zf: for dirname, subdirs, files in os.walk(dir_to_zip): for filename in files: path = os.path.join(dirname, filename) entry = path[dir_to_zip_len:] zf.write(path, entry) print("repackaging Tableau workbook") zip_dir(path + updated_dashboard, path + temp_ext) os.chdir(path) shutil.rmtree(path + temp_ext) print(round((time.time() - t0)/60,2), ' min process time')
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There are few things going on here.
First of all, file paths are added to the variables.
Make sure you folder / file structure is properly described and defined:
path = 'C:/dev/' dashboard_file = 'refresh_test.twbx' dashboard_file_twb = 'refresh_test.twb'
Secondly, the query is being executed:
sqlQuery="SELECT [Sales_table].[Date_field] AS [Date_field], [Sales_table].[ID] AS [ID], [Sales_table].[Sales_value] AS [Sales_value] FROM [Sales_table]"
This query can be accessed via Tableau Public in edit Datasource tab > Data > Convert to Custom SQL
And lastly, there's a connection string that will fetch new data:
conn_str = ( r'DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)};' r'DBQ=C:\dev\testu1.mdb;' )
You need to pay attention here. Driver variable needs to be setup carefully depending on the data source. This is the same name you should see in the pyodbc.drivers() function print.
Make sure you copy the script to c:\yourpythoninstallation\scripts\ folder
Let's run it!
Bring up the command prompt and navigate to python\scripts folder and type
py twbx_refresh_meowbi_com.py
where twbx_refresh_meowbi_com.py is the filename for the script above. If everything is ok, you should see newly created .twbx file with current timestamp and refreshed data. And this is how free Tableau data refresh works!
Next actions
This is just the framework but with proper scheduling and .twbx files distribution you can have free Tableau access. This method has it's limitations. You have to remember to remove initial viz from Public as soon as possible (or design viz on empty database) and you are limited only to few connectors. On top of that, freshness of your data relies on how often you run the script. However, it's a great start to convince supervisor to invest from free Tableau workaround to full-blown Tableau solution.


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Conductor, composer, educator, media phenomenon, Leonard Bernstein was a cultural force without precedent, and without any remotely comparable successor.
He was the first American-born conductor to head a top-tier orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and to have a major career in Europe. Arriving on the scene with the then-new medium of television, he used it to brilliant effect in the music-appreciation programs Omnibus and Young People's Concerts. Craggily handsome, with a gift of gab, he made classical music sexy as well as intellectually engaging. The best of his compositions, concert music as well as scores for musicals and ballets, remain fresh and compelling.
Joining a nationwide observance of the Bernstein centenary, this week's Dallas Symphony Orchestra pops concerts, led by principal pops conductor Jeff Tyzik, feature selections from Bernstein's music for the stage: the ballet Fancy Free; the musicals On the Town, West Side Story and 1600 Pennsylvania; and the operetta Candide.
"What I love about Bernstein is what I love about Gershwin," Tyzik says. "He never had walls in music. Both he and Gershwin wrote what they felt, in whatever style. In addition to writing great classical pieces, they also included jazz and Latin.
"And both of them were great songwriters. Every song in Porgy and Bess and West Side Story is a hit."
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For over a decade, the Crack Pie from pastry chef Christina Tosi's famed New York-based bakery Milk Bar has been one of the city's most beloved desserts. But its name has garnered some backlash because of its percieved insensitivity, and earlier this week Tosi posted a letter on the bakery's website announcing a name change: It will now be called Milk Bar Pie, though it will be made with the same classic recipe.
Milk Bar, which was founded by James Beard Award-winning Tosi in 2008 (and since expanded to 15 locations in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Boston and Toronto), is known for its many dessert innovations, including its cereal milk-flavored ice cream.
Crack Pie was one of the eatery's first famous desserts, a buttery pie with an oat-based crust. When the treat was created as part of the opening menu, Tosi and company probably didn't consider that jokingly comparing an "addictive" food to crack cocaine might be considered insensitive. But recently Milk Bar has been criticized for being blithe in equating a sugary sweet with a deadly drug.
On March 19, for instance, The Boston Globe published a thorough criticism of the pie's name. In it, staff writer Devra First called to mind the tragic epidemic of crack cocaine in the 1980s, which mostly affected poor, African American communities — "not the people who were heading to the East Village to spend $5 on a slice of pie," she wrote.
The drug epidemic of the present is opioids. First wrote, "A bakery would never try to market something called Fentanyl Cake, and the name Crack Pie feels offensively off-key."
Other publications have issued criticisms as well, including Slate, Vice's Munchies and New York-based Grub Street. And though this isn't the first time a chain has ruffled feathers with the naming of a popular product — and other restaurants have certainly used drug-based metaphors on menus — Tosi says it's important to put company values over monikers.
"While change is never easy, we feel this is the right decision," Tosi wrote. "Our mission, after all, is to spread joy and inspire celebration. The name Crack Pie falls short of this mission."
The name change is going into effect immediately and will be reflected both in stores and online. If you search Google for "Crack Pie," the Milk Bar website still shows up; but when you click the link, the title of the page is "Milk Bar Pie."
"If you'd like to talk to me directly about the change, don't hesitate to reach out. I am here for you," Tosi assures in her note. Never fear. Despite the name change, the taste and reputation of Milk Bar Pie is expected to stay the same. It will likely remain one of the most iconic regional desserts in America.


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Throughout my research on SIDS this week, I came across an article on a Seattle Doctor, Daniel Rubens. Rubens is an anesthesiologist at Seattle Children's and he believes that after 10 years of research, he is close to finding the cause of SIDS.
Interestingly, Rubens, hypothesizes that the root cause of SIDS is an inner ear issue. His research points to the idea that SIDS could be related to an undetected, inner-ear dysfunction that makes it difficult for a baby to automatically wake or re-position itself when it is having trouble breathing. He suggests that because of this, they don't have the natural alert system that tells them to move and access the fresh air they need, so they just stop breathing. They suffocate.
Studies have found that in a test group of 31 babies who died from SIDS, all scored lower across three different sound frequencies in the right ear. Additionally, postmortem review of babies who died from SIDS found that all had bleeding and extensive damage in their inner ear
Ruben, who heads the SIDS Research Guild, wants to complete more research, resulting in a hearing test performed on babies within 48 hours of birth. The intent would be that the screening would detect the specific hearing dysfunction that puts babies at risk for SIDS and thus be able to refer those children to more through clinical trials to avoid the tragedy.