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In Singapore, Chinese New Year Is Greeted With a Toss
At Lunar New Year, Chinese restaurants in Singapore and Malaysia are packed with diners shouting and throwing food. It's not a product of pre-holiday stress, but a ritual associated with the consumption of yu sheng (Mandarin for "raw fish"), a sweet-and-sour m[eacute]lange of sliced raw fish, shredded vegetables, citrus peel or leaves, pomelo, preserved fruits, nuts and colorful fried dough crisps dressed with spices and plum sauce.
The dish is a New Year requisite because of both its name (a homonym for words that also mean abundance and long life) and how it is served: A platter is placed in the middle of the table and a waiter adds ingredients, one at a time, while reciting lucky phrases such as "feng sheng shui qi" (prosperity in business) and "qing chun chang zhu" (eternal youth). Diners mix the lot with chopsticks, lifting ingredients high and crying "lo hei!," Cantonese for "tossing luck."
The History
Singaporean-Malaysian yu sheng has roots in China, where raw fish is eaten in coastal provinces as far north as Liaoning. Anecdotal evidence suggests the dish is an elaboration of a Cantonese raw fish salad that includes vegetables, peanuts and deep-fried wonton skins. Chinese-American Camilla Jung remembers her Guangzhou-born mother and grandmother seasoning the salad with cinnamon and lemon juice. A similar preparation is found in Shunde, a Guangdong province river town famous for its freshwater fish, says Singaporean food and wine enthusiast Keith Kuo. "It's likely that most southern towns with access to good fish have their own version," he says.
The New Year dish, which never became popular in Hong Kong, was introduced in Singapore in 1963 by four former colleagues of the swanky Cathay restaurant, which still exists at another location. By that year, each of the chefs -- referred to collectively in local newspapers as the 'Heavenly Kings' -- had left to open his own restaurant, but they teamed together to introduce this dish simultaneously at all four establishments. They gussied up the basic yu sheng that was then served at some of the city-state's street stalls (sliced fish dressed with oil, vinegar and sugar) with gold and red-colored crisps and other ingredients, and promoted it as a must-have seasonal item named "Lucky Raw Fish."
The dish caught on and migrated north to Malaysia. "We began serving yu sheng in the early sixties," recalls a waiter at Sek Yuen, a longtime stalwart of Kuala Lumpur's Chinese dining scene. "A neighboring restaurant was doing a good business serving it at New Year's, so we copied."
The original dish was made with grass carp. "When I was a kid," recalls Singaporean writer, photographer and food-stylist Christopher Tan, "you'd walk into small mom-and-pop restaurants during Chinese New Year and see ikan parang (the fish's Malay name) fillets hanging to dry so they'd be easier to cut." Nowadays salmon is often substituted for carp.
The Setting
Yu sheng's numerous ingredients and labor-intensive preparation make it primarily restaurant fare, although some establishments offer take-out platters. Grocery stores even sell do-it-yourself kits of presliced ingredients.
Wherever it is served, what's most important is the spirit in which the dish is eaten. "I most enjoy the dish when it's eaten as a celebration of ties that bind, as opposed to just because it's a Chinese New Year dish," says Mr. Tan. "It's a social, communal dish, to be tossed and eaten with jollity and high spirits." Sometimes the gaiety gets out of hand: "I have many memories of the dining table 'decorated' by over-zealous yu sheng tossing."
The Judgment
Enthusiasts agree that an exemplary yu sheng is made with spanking fresh fish. Crisp, evenly sliced vegetables are another key component. "The water in the radish and carrot must be removed as much as possible," says K.K. Chee, a Singapore-based general manager. Fresh and preserved ingredients and sweet-and-sour should be in balance, but equilibrium is in the eye of the beholder. Old-style restaurants tend to emphasize vegetables, but that doesn't sit well with some. Says Siew Lee Chua, a Malaysian corporate finance manager, "Crunchies (fried dough) are more important than vegetables."
Mr. Tan deplores too many candied items that overwhelm vegetables in a "sugary grunge," he says. "One should not feel jelak (torpid or sated) after eating it!" And he bemoans restaurants that downplay the dish's rites of service. "Some waitstaff don't bother to properly recite the sayings that accompany the adding of each ingredient, which takes some of the fun out of it."
Mr. Kuo agrees. "When you hear those sayings you feel good, " he says. "If the waitstaff has done the recitation properly, we always give them a (tip of a) hong bao (red envelope)."
The Sources
Most restaurants begin serving yu sheng about 10 days before Chinese New Year; call ahead to ensure availability. Daily market prices determine cost, so prices below are approximate.
Crystal Jade Palace
This upscale Cantonese restaurant offers a choice of grass carp or salmon (more expensive) yu sheng, dressed with a sauce that isn't overly sweet.
391 Orchard Rd., No. 04-19 Ngee Ann City. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. 65-6735-2399. US$22 to US$27 for a two-to-four-person serving.
Dragon Phoenix Restaurant
This restaurant was one of the four to debut Chinese New Year yu sheng in 1963. It serves grass carp and salmon yu sheng.
177A River Valley Rd., Novotel Clarke Quay. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. 65-6339-3368. US$23 to US$25 for a two-to-four-person serving.
Sek Yuen Restoran
This atmospheric Cantonese restaurant is famous for its yu sheng made with copious vegetables and grass carp. Skip the air-conditioned annex and sit in the fan-cooled original dining room for a taste of old Kuala Lumpur.
313-315 Jalan Pudu, Kuala Lumpur. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.; closed Monday. 60-3-9222-9457. US$9 for a two-to-four-person serving.
Restoran Greenview
Located in a suburb about 15 minutes south of downtown, this seafood restaurant is worth the drive not only for its yu sheng but for crab prepared various ways and sang har meen, giant prawns stir-fried and served over noodles.
6-8 Jalan 19/3, Petaling Jaya. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. 60-3-7954-9263. US$9 to US$10.50 for a two-to-four-person serving.


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MRC Units are not eligible to apply. Core supported programme/group leaders from University Units and the Francis Crick Institute may only apply in exceptional circumstances with prior agreement from MRC Head Office.
FAQ: Can a Principal Investigator hold more than one programme grant at a time?
A: Only in exceptional circumstances. We would not normally expect anyone to be the PI on more than one MRC programme grant, this includes programme leaders at MRC units, university units and institutes.
FAQ: Can my application include an industry partner(s)?
A: Yes, the MRC recognises the value that such partnerships can bring. For more information please refer to our guidance on MRC Industry Collaboration Agreement (MICAs).
FAQ: As principal investigator I am planning to submit an application for a programme grant but I am due to retire during the tenure of the grant. What do I need to do?
A: Where a PI is due to retire before the grant has ended the grant must also include details of a replacement for the remaining period and costs included for them for the required period. For more information please refer to section 18.104.22.168 of the MRC guidance for applicants.
3. Financial support
Under the programme grant scheme you may request support for a period of five years, which can include:
- A portion of the salaries of the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigators
- Additional posts (research and technical)
- Consumables
- Equipment
- Travel costs
- Data preservation, data sharing and dissemination costs
Following standard practice, the MRC will fund on the basis of 80 per cent of the full economic cost of your research to your institution. Your proposal must show 100 per cent of the full economic cost throughout. Please note guidance on funding for capital equipment in section 22.214.171.124 of the MRC guidance for applicants.
Costs for PhD studentships cannot be requested within MRC programme grants. The MRC only funds postgraduate research training through doctoral training grants and strategic competitions to Higher Education Institutes. Please refer to our pages on studentships for further information.
4. How to apply
The standard for programme grants is extremely competitive and it is important that applicants discuss their proposals with appropriate staff at MRC Head Office.
Outline applications are no longer necessary but you must contact the Programme Manager of the relevant MRC research board to confirm whether your application fits the scheme. This mandatory step applies to all new programme grant applications and must be completed at least 6 weeks before the submission deadline.
Please select the appropriate Board to navigate to the correct remit and scope page:
- Infections & Immunity
- Molecular & Cellular Medicine
- Neurosciences & Mental Health
- Population & Systems Medicine.
When contacting the Programme Manager we ask that you send the following three things by email:
1. Case
(maximum 2 pages, plus 1 page of references)
Applicants are required to submit a case containing a brief description of their proposal. Please include:
- The title of potential MRC programme
- A list of the PI and Co-Is and their affiliations
- A list of collaborators (if known at this stage)
The case at this stage should address each question in section 1 of the assessment criteria (see below). The MRC does not expect the initial case to contain detailed research proposals, however this scheme does require that the applicant states clearly the aims of the proposal.
2. Resources
Please provide a high level indication of the likely cost to the MRC.
3. CV for lead and co-investigators
(maximum 2 pages, plus 1 page for key publications)
Applicants should attach a CV containing key publications. In addition they should also attach a succinct summary of funding history. Attention will be paid to the PI's track record of research and potential to successfully manage and deliver a major research programme.
Applicants wishing to renew their programme grant should contact the Programme Manager of the relevant MRC research board during year 4 of the programme to discuss this further (see below for more information on renewing programme grants).
New applications should include a cover letter that confirms the name of the Programme Manager who agreed that an application could be submitted; for renewals the cover letter should confirm the details of the original award.
5. New applications and renewals
5.1 Case for support
The case for support should be a self-contained description of the proposed work with relevant background, and should not depend on additional information. The guidelines below list general points that should be addressed when writing the case for support. However, each proposal is unique, and it is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that all the reasonable questions that the referees and MRC research boards need to address are answered in the proposal, especially if the plan or resources are unusual or complex. This guidance should be read in conjunction with the information on the assessment criteria (see below), which provides detailed information on what referees and research boards are looking for.
The case for support for full applications should consist of no more than 12 pages, including references, and should be completed in Arial 11 pt typescript with a 2cm margin on all sides.
5.2 Areas to be covered in the case for support:
The title of potential MRC programme
- State the aims of the programme
- Justification as to why the elements of support requested cannot be met through other means
- Explain why establishing a programme is appropriate in this scientific area
- Explain how establishing a programme will facilitate the work of the applicants, in order to
- Increase productivity and create added value
- Indicate the significance of the programme for this area(s) of research
- Explain how a programme will improve the UK's international standing in this area
Scientific potential
- Participants in the programme and existing funding
- Brief report on the progress of participants' recent research, including any preliminary data relevant to the programme
- Scale of support provided (not in detail eg number of post-docs and/or technicians supported together with the total amount of consumables and equipment provided over the course of the grant will suffice)
- Environment
- Describe the environment(s) in which the programme will take place
- If the proposal is for shared equipment or expertise, describe where this will be sited and how it will be supported by the host research organisation(s). Also describe the management arrangements for ensuring equity of access.
- Describe the host research organisation(s) support for the programme
- Research plans
- Give details of the general experimental approaches, study designs, and techniques that will be used. It is not necessary to describe each experiment, but give enough detail to show why the research is likely to be competitive in its field. For example:
- Highlight plans which are particularly original or unique
- Describe all foreseeable human studies and animal experiments (in as much detail as possible at this stage)
- Explain in greater detail how new techniques, or particularly difficult or risky studies, will be tackled, and alternative approaches should these fail
- Identify facilities or resources you will need to access
- Give sufficient detail to justify the resources requested
- Explain opportunities or plans for pursuing commercial exploitation
Ethics and research governance
- Describe briefly the ethical issues arising from any involvement of people, human samples or personal data in the research proposal. Please give details of how any specific risks to human participants will be controlled, and of any new animal research the MRC would be supporting. Please refer to section 5 of the MRC guidance for applicants for further guidance.
- Describe the ethical review and research governance arrangements that would apply to the work done
Exploitation and dissemination
- Is the proposed research likely to generate commercially exploitable results?
- What arrangements and experience does the research group or the host research organisation have to take forward the commercial exploitation of research in this area?
- Other than publication in peer reviewed journals, indicate how any results arising from the research will be disseminated so as to promote or facilitate take up by users in the health services
- Provide a simple explanation of how the programme will be managed
5.3 Other attachments
CVs and Publications
These should be included for the PI and all named research staff on the application.
Papers recently submitted for publication are not allowed as these represent non-peer reviewed and essentially preliminary data. The office can alert referees/board & panel members to papers in press/accepted that cannot be accessed. These can be lodged with the office and provided on request.
Data Management Plan
This is mandatory for all applications and applicants will need to comply with MRC guidance on data management stated in section 2.9 of the MRC guidance for applicants.
Programmes reliant on sharing and re-use of research data need to include a brief summary of how access to existing data will be managed and how newly generated data will be accessed and preserved.
Justification of Resources
Please follow the guidance in section 2.5 of the MRC guidance for applicants.
Pathways to Impact
Describe the specific actions the programme will undertake to ensure that the potential beneficiaries identified in the 'Impact Summary' on the proposal form have the opportunity to benefit from the research.
5.4 Programme Grant renewals: additional requirements
Renewal applications must be accompanied with a progress report. This report should be structured using a defined set of headings and completed in Arial 11 pt typescript with a 2cm margin on all sides.
- Title
- Summary (not exceeding 250 words)
- Progress (no more than five pages)
- Describe progress made against original aims and objectives since the grant was awarded/since the last report
- Please note any unpublished data must be included in the case for support
- Publications
- Include a list of publications resulting from the work carried out during the tenure of the grant with web links to those papers if available
- The office can alert referees/board & panel members to papers in press/accepted that cannot be accessed. These can be lodged with the office and provided on request.
- Papers recently submitted for publication are not allowed as these represent non-peer reviewed and essentially preliminary data
- Staff
- List of staff employed on the grant during its present tenure
Please attach a PDF file of the progress report to your Je-S application as a 'Final/Interim Report' type of attachment.
6. Assessment
The programme grant application will be judged on the need to pursue the proposed research using a programmatic approach, the strategic fit it provides to MRC strategy, and the financial aspects of the grant.
For more information on MRC's assessment procedure see our peer review pages.
6.1 Summary of assessment
- Overall, what is the quality of the proposal?
- How significant is the proposed programme in terms of its potential impact?
- To what extent will it extend the base of knowledge relevant to improving human health?
6.2 Assessment criteria
Before applying for a programme grant, consider each of the specific criteria below to ensure that your application fully addresses each of these areas. Consider whether you, your co-applicants and your research environment fulfil the required criteria before deciding to apply.
Please note that failure to address any of the criteria sufficiently in your application could result in an early stage rejection.
1. Suitability for a programme grant, strategic fit and case for a major investment
- Is the proposed work a "programme" ie a coordinated and coherent group of related projects which may be to answer an interrelated set of questions on a broad format?
- Does the work require long term and extensive support?
- Is the proposed work in an MRC area of high strategic priority?
- Is there a case for a major investment in the context of the Board portfolio and budget?
- From the applicant's track record of research, do they have the potential to successfully manage and deliver a major research programme?
2. Detail of the proposed programme
- Is it important to pursue this topic now?
- Is the proposal realistic in its timeframes and proposed resources?
- How convincing and coherent is the overall proposed approach?
- How original or innovative are the proposals?
- Has the work already been done or is it being done elsewhere?
- How good is the prospect for significant scientific advance?
3. People
- What is the track record and standing in the field of the named applicants?
- How appropriate is the expertise of the applicants to the proposed work?
- Is the applicants' stated time commitment to the work appropriate and sufficient?
- Where MRC is being asked to fund personal salaries, are the requests in each case reasonable?
4. Environment
- Is the proposed environment(s) suitable and does it have the variety of expertise and disciplines to support a programme?
- Has the host institution(s) demonstrated a clear commitment to the proposed programme for the duration of the grant?
- Are any collaborators well chosen?
- Does the environment provide appropriate opportunities for training and career development of personnel supported on the grant?
- Are there any dependencies on other organisations or funding of which MRC should be made aware?
5. Value for money
- Does the proposal represent good value for money in respect of the resources being requested from the MRC?
- Are the proposed resources fully justified in terms of the science proposed?
- Will the expected benefits of the research justify its cost to the MRC?
6. Ethical and other implications
- Is the work ethically acceptable?
- Where applicable, is the use of animals appropriate and in line with MRC guidelines?
- Where applicable, is the use of human participants or human tissue appropriate and in line with MRC guidelines?
- Are there any other implications which could put the MRC Council, participants in the research, or the applicants at risk?
- Are there any risks which MRC should take into account when deciding whether to fund this research?
7. External communications and commercial exploitation
- Are the proposed arrangements for the public understanding of this work appropriate and sufficient?
- Are the proposed plans for disseminating the results of the research appropriate and adequate?
- Are the proposed arrangements for the commercial development of any intellectual property arising from the research appropriate and adequate?
7. Creating the application form on Je-S
Login to your Je-S account via the Je-S login page using the username and password you have previously chosen. If you do not have a Je-S account, or have forgotten your password, please contact the Je-S Helpdesk (or see below for contact details).
- In the Je-S account home page, select the 'Documents' option near the top of the menu options on the left hand side of your home page. Then select the 'New Document' option with the 'Functions/Create' section near the top of your Je-S documents page and follow the steps outlined below.
- Select MRC from the available drop down list of Research Councils
- Select Standard Proposal from the list of document types
- Select the current call: Research Boards (month/month) Year Submissions
- Select Research Grant from the available list of MRC Je-S Schemes
- Select 'Create Document' option (below the optional Call option), which will create your new application and immediately open the new form you have created
- Use the navigation bar adjacent to the Blue Icons (blue question mark icons link to the help and guidance provided to applicants by MRC) and navigate to the 'Grant Type' section within the 'Classifications' section of the application 'Document Menu' list
- Select 'Programme Grant' as the 'Grant Type' and then select the 'Save' option near the top of the electronic application form
Please note that the vast majority of the electronic fields cannot be completed without the completion of the Project Details section of the application, however, this section cannot be completed until the call is available. We recommend that if you wish to start the application off line, that you download an electronic print of the Word or Open Document. You can then copy and paste the text sections form the document to the Je-S form when the call becomes available. Please also note that the Je-S text sections will only accept 'Plain Text'.
It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure they apply to the correct call and that their application is submitted with adequate time to allow their research organisation to complete necessary checks and complete the final submission (through Je-S) to the MRC by 16:00 (GMT/BST) on the relevant Research Board's advertised deadline date.
If you require assistance either accessing Je-S or completing the Je-S application, please contact the Je-S Helpdesk, which is the first point of contact for the Research Councils UK.
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Job Overview
About the Position:
This is an exciting time to be part of the Army Acquisition Corps (AAC). We are experiencing growth in the contracting arena while simultaneously developing, fielding and sustaining every system a soldier wears rides, flies or employs. Your skills and experience can add greatly to the collective ability the AAC needs to ensure that soldiers have all the capabilities required to succeed wherever and whenever called upon.
Who May Apply:
- Applications will be accepted only from current DoD competitive civil service Federal employees who are civilian DoD Acquisition Corps members serving on Career/Career Conditional appointments.
- DoD employees who are Acquisition Corps members eligible for promotion/re-promotion to GS15 or equivalent broadband converted grade.
- DoD employees who are Acquisition Corps Members interested in lateral to GS15 or change to lower grade from an equivalent broadband converted grade or SES.
- May be required to travel to overseas locations.
- Applicants are subject to background investigation screening prior to being selected for, or assigned to, this position.
Additional Site(s) to be determined after selection is made. However, duty locations are NOT negotiable.
(1) Key Billet Project Managers are chartered to provide materiel capabilities to Army or Joint customers. Project Managers are allocated resources to develop materiel solutions which achieve user requirements. They lead, direct and control the overall planning and execution of the work and resources required to develop, produce and sustain the programs, systems and associated products.
(2) Key Billet Directors are leaders of a major acquisition contracting or testing organizations. Contracting organizations may be either a TDA organization with facilities responsible for producing materiel and services for Army and Joint customers, or an MTOE unit responsible for deploying within a theater of operations in order to procure and contract goods and services for an Army or Joint command. Testing organizations are responsible for providing and operating facilities in order to conduct tests which ensure materiel solutions meet program or end user requirements.
Major Duties:
Responsible for all matters relating to cost, schedule and performance for assigned program/system. Exercises technical and administrative program control and authority through various phases of systems development. Manages long range planning activities that include multi-year work plans. Exercises discretional authority to approve the allocation and distribution of funds within the organization's budget to best meet the program's objectives. Manages programs with risks and complexities characterized by compelling and conflicting requirements. Manages long range activities that include multi-year work plans that are products of subordinate organizational managers.
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Paramount finally released the first 'Jack Ryan' poster with Chris Pine today
This entire film baffles me.
When "The Hunt For Red October" was published, what turned that book from a small press specialty fetish item into an international blockbuster was the dense wall of technospeak that Tom Clancy threw at readers.
I've always loved the way Clancy's story unfolded in real life. He couldn't get anyone to see past the curtain of detail that made it feel like he lived and breathed military technology, and so he ended up publishing the book through The Naval Institute Press. Ronald Reagan was the one who mentioned it during a press conference, immediately sending it onto reading lists around the world, and it launched Clancy's career in a major way as a result, eventually spawning a movie franchise. It was like when JFK admitted that he was a fan of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. It was the ultimate dream of what an endorsement can do, and the entire industry that was built around Clancy wouldn't have happened if Reagan had not read the book.
Even in that first book, though, the thing that stands out about it is not that Jack Ryan is a particularly great or interesting character. He's a stock type, and he's fine. Alec Baldwin made a solid Ryan in the first film, and I liked that they played up just how unfamiliar he was with field work, which seems like a totally different continuity than we'll see in these new films. As they filled in his background, he became more interesting, and Harrison Ford ended up playing the character twice times before handing off the franchise to Ben Affleck. Since the release of "The Sum Of All Fears" eleven years ago, there hasn't been a new Jack Ryan film. This new movie that is set for Christmas, though? That's meant to be ground zero for a whole new series, with Chris Pine stepping in to play the part, and it's going to reset the entire continuity and tell the story a different way.
I get it when it's a character like Batman or Superman or Sherlock Holmes, a character whose every trait has become iconic and mannered at this point. You want to mix it up. You want to bend the details to see what happens. You can do something like the way they handled Batman in "The Flashpoint Paradox," one of the recent DC animated films, a spin I hadn't seen before that I thought was really well-explored. You can have two totally different TV shows based on Sherlock doing two very different things on opposite sides of the Atlantic, and it's fine. People get it.
But Jack Ryan has always seemed to me to be a bland central character. The story has to be great, because I don't really care about Ryan as the recurring lead. He's not Jack Reacher. He's not Travis McGee. He's not what I want to read. It's the political and military nightmare scenarios that Clancy created that made him such a giant name.
I have nothing but respect for the empire he managed to build and manage as an author, but I don't know anyone who is clamoring for brand-new Jack Ryan movie stories. It feels more like Paramount pushing forward with something simply because it's a recognizable brand, not because anyone specifically wants to see this.
Maybe I'm wrong. I would love to be wrong. I would love for Kenneth Branagh to turn in a final cut that makes Ryan compelling, that nails all the big action beats in the script, and that makes the Cold War setting feel more interesting than it does in the script. I think financial thrillers are tough because there's no real rooting interest. It tends to be rich people fighting other rich people over who has more money, and that's hard to do if you expect the audience to feel any sympathy at all.
Here's the full-size one-sheet:
The trailer should make an appearance on Yahoo! later today, and we'll make sure to bring that to you just as soon as it goes live.
"Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" is in theaters Christmas Day.


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These are not engagement pictures. However…
The next time you see these two here on the blog, they will be!
My firstborn son is ENGAGED!!! He and I went ring shopping about a month ago, and I've been biting my tongue ever since, trying not to accidentally spill the beans before he could seek parental permission and, of course, ask her personally. And then they got officially engaged but I had to wait EVEN LONGER (OK, a mere 3 days…) to share still, because many people needed to be told outside of the Internet world. But now? I get to scream and dance about it and share these pictures, whether Kara likes it or not (seriously, girl — if you're going to be in this family, you're going to have to love having your picture taken, or at least put up with it!).
These two, so gorgeous (says the totally unbiased mom) –
Y'all, SERIOUSLY! This girl? Will be my daughter (in-law)! Oh, I can't even begin to tell you how much we love and adore her!
Oh, and lest anyone think my kid didn't give me a hard time with pictures (he is one of the most difficult clients, after all), I also got these –
We are so excited and so very blessed!
Skydive the Rockies! – Colorado Photography
For my son's 21st birthday, I wanted it to be awesome. I'd known for over 6 months what I wanted to do, but when it came down to it, I knew I'd better ask first. A surprise skydiving trip might not turn out to be as fun as one might have hoped if certain birthday people have changed their minds about what they once wanted to do.
The morning of his birthday, we had to be there early. I was told the process would be several hours and that he had to be there earlier to be trained, etc. Training, apparently, only consisted of watching a video and signing away his life. So while we were on the road, he called to tell me he was stalling them because they were already about to board the plane. What was supposed to be hours turned into just 15 minutes, and it looked like I was going to miss it. ARG!
So, I concentrated on the road and getting the camera ready while the husband drove
This was the first shot I fired off as I jumped out of the car (not nearly as exciting as jumping out of a plane, by the way). It was a bad first shot, but I had to get a picture of my son, Scott, and his best friend, Steffen, before.
I didn't realize, of course, there'd be more walking around and then standing there waiting.
This is where we voted as a family that Scott was now nervous. He claims he wasn't, but you can't go against the family vote.
Once the turny-thingy started, I knew this was for real. FO-RIZZLE!
My baby boy and another mommy's baby boy…there they go!
So, yeah, I'm taking pictures of my son and his best friend, and for whatever reason, this guy decides he should also wave. And by wave, it's obvious it was a personal attack on my getting a shot of my boy!
I had to settle for this one.
And then they were gone, off into the big sky.
So, there was more stand around and wait time.
It didn't make me nervous at all to see these guys just push this plane around like it weighed nothing. My precious tiny baby boy was in a plane just like it!
Finally, when I was sure we had missed the whole thing, they loaded us up and took us out to the drop point.
Apparently they were going to land in this area, but I didn't get the memo.
There was much staring up into the beautiful blue sky and very little seeing anything but blue. But finally…
And we saw the very tiniest hints of color.
Not having a clue which color was my child (note to self: next time a kidling jumps from a plane, find out the color of the parachute), I just kept shooting them both. It's not that I didn't care to have pictures of my son's best friend, but I wanted to be SURE I was getting some good ones of my son. It was his birthday, after all. I wound up with more shots of the green and white, which worked out since that was him!
I went blind after the last shot, so the rest turned out to be just lucky shots. By the way, shooting straight up into the sky with a new, heavy lens and trying NOT to look at the sun? Not easy. Not easy at all.
In so many of the shots of Scott, he's just looking around, taking in the view. I love that.
Time to come in for a landing. Landing gear up! Which is obviously different than a plane landing.
And my boy is safe. He's on the ground. He made it. Whew!
I tried to make him run into my arms and assure me he was all in one piece, but he just wanted to watch his friend. Selfish.
Steffen's landing was slightly bumpier than Scott's. I felt the owie. (I was also clued in now as to where the landing was taking place instead of turning into Crazy Photographer Mother Lady Person and yelling for people to move as I ran to catch my son's landing. Not that that's what happened.)
Then I said, "Hey man, thanks for not killing my son!" I don't know if he heard me.
Didn't matter. My son was in one piece.
So was Steffen. (This shot reminds of a movie scene. It's like he just survived something crazy. Because he did.)
Whew…we did it!
And that's my 21-year-old itsy bitsy tiny infant baby boy…
After seeing how much fun they had, I decided to jump after all. I'm waving at you!
No, that IS me. Seriously. Why don't you believe me?
OK, fine. But if I were going to jump, that would be the parachute I'd choose. So, same thing.
Jumping out of planes. Do I recommend it? I dunno. Ask these guys!


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Residents work closely with their preceptors to develop a strong background in critical care pharmacotherapy.
The PGY2 Critical Care residency program at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital places emphasis on the development of a pharmacist with expertise in critical care pharmacotherapy. The graduates of our program will be prepared to practice as a clinical specialist in critical care and serve as a clinical preceptor for residents and students. Residents will have the opportunity to continue to build their clinical and leadership skills, and to assist in precepting both students and PGY1 residents.
The resident will progress through a series of customized five-week focused learning experiences in addition to longitudinal learning experiences during the 12-month period. Rotation options include:
- Acute Cardiac Care
- Cardiac Surgery ICU
- Clinical Toxicology (as available through Virginia Commonwealth University)
- Emergency Medicine I & II
- Infectious Diseases
- Medical Critical Care I & II
- Neonatalology
- Nutrition
- Orientation
- Surgery Critical Care I & II
- Longitudinal
- Hospital Pharmacy Practice
- Leadership
- Medication Use
- Professional Presentations/Teaching Certificate
- Research project
- Shared Chief Resident responsibilities
Residents will have a service commitment of every 3rd weekend.
- Yearly stipend of $47,000
- Insurance (Health, Dental, Life, Disability)
- Health Insurance effective within the first week of the program
- Paid leave
- Travel allowance
- Opportunity to participate in 403B retirement plan
- Relocation assistance (as available)
- Resident office, laptop computer, and mobile phone
We participate in the PhORCAS (Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service) residency application process. PhORCAS is the result of a partnership between the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and Liaison International. It also incorporates registration with the NMS (National Matching Service). Our PGY-2 Critical Care Residency NMS program code is 673452.
Our application for the PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency program requires submission of the following information through PhORCAS:
- Letter of Intent
- This letter must be personalized to Carilion and include answers to the following two questions.
- Why do you want to complete a PGY2 Residency in Critical Care?
- Why do you want to complete your residency training at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital?
- This letter must be personalized to Carilion and include answers to the following two questions.
- Curriculum vitae
- A minimum of three (3) references submitted through PhORCAS
- Academic transcripts
Completed applications are due by January 3, 2016. Residency applicants will be notified by January 23, 2016, regarding an offer for an on-site interview.
Pharmacy Residency Program Director
Please feel free to contact Corey Goodwin, PGY-2 Critical Care Residency Program Director with any questions related to our program and/or the application process.
Corey Goodwin, PharmD, BCPS
PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program Director
(540) 853-0134
Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
P.O. Box 13367
Department of Pharmacy
Roanoke, VA 24033-3367
Carilion is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
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The Oregon Senate voted today to require restaurants run by public entities to undergo routine health inspections.
The 29-0 vote eliminates the inspection exception for publicly-run restaurants. The legislation comes on the heels of reporting by WW in December that revealed the Oregon Zoo had not been inspected by Multnomah County since 2006. Earlier that month, 135 people were sickened by norovirus at the zoo restaurant, run by Metro, the area's regional government.
State laws require privately-run restaurants to obtain a license and undergo inspections every six months. but as WW reported, public agencies operated under a loophole.
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Filed under: Stress
Different people react differently to stress, especially when it comes to food, and depending on the cause, intensity, and duration of stress. Whereas some people lose their appetite and skip meals in response to stress, others either overeat or eat unhealthy foods. Under stress, people tend to choose snack-type foods that are high in fat and sugar instead of meal-type foods such as meats, fruits, and vegetables.
Stress isn't necessarily a bad thing. In fact, it's essential to survival and part of being a Warfighter. The key is learning how to manage your stress. December is the Military Health System's Stress Management Month, which is especially appropriate for most of us during the holiday season. Here are some tips to help you reduce your stress and the likelihood of overeating:
- Engage in physical activity most days of the week, and try stress-relieving exercises such as yoga and meditation. Or find other hobbies that you enjoy and that help you feel relaxed.
- If you're finding it difficult to stop reaching for the kitchen cupboard or refrigerator, make sure you stock your shelves with healthy snacks such as fresh fruit, cut-up veggie sticks, and air-popped popcorn (without the butter).
- Try to keep a food diary to understand the connection between your mood and your food. Keep track of what you eat, when you eat, and your emotions at the times you want to eat.
Learning how to manage your stress can be beneficial in more ways than one. For more information on stress and your health, read the National Institute of Mental Health's factsheet on adult stress and HPRC's resources for stress management.
If you've ever gotten up to speak in front of a crowd or waited to take a test, you're already aware of how your thoughts, bodily sensations, and emotions can overcome you if you're not aware of them or if you try to erase them. These are obvious examples, but this "mind-body interaction" is at work all the time, often in subtle ways. Thoughts can impact your emotions, how you feel physically, and even how you behave.
Here's an example: You test for the APRT on a day when you're sick and score worse than your previous time. You could possibly think, "I stink," and feel defeated and worse than you did before the test, subsequently putting less effort into the next one. Or you could think, "Not bad for being sick; let's see what I'm made of next time!" and likely feel excited and more energized to put in necessary training. The list of possible thoughts in response to this event is endless, and each thought has a different emotion, body feeling, and behavior attached to it.
When you're not aware of what your internal experiences are to begin with, thoughts, moods, signals from your body, and your behavior can come together to form the "perfect storm" of stress, which can impact immediate and future performances. By being aware of each thought, mood, sensation, and behavior, you can slow the storm down and have more influence over what you do and how you perform. Avoid running on autopilot.
The "Mind-Body ABCs" is a technique that can help. Pay attention to some situations where performance matters, and log the following:
"A" stands for Activating Event—the event or situation you're currently in (or looking at afterwards) that triggers subtle responses from your mind and body.
"B" represents Belief—your thoughts about that situation. Imagine yourself as a cartoon in the Sunday comics with a thought bubble over your head. Your "belief" about the situation you're in is represented by what's written or drawn in the bubble.
"C" is for Consequences—how your thoughts affect your mood, body sensations, and behaviors. Notice the specific emotion you're feeling (such as fear, anger, or even happiness), what's happening in your body (such as butterflies, tensing up, or letting go), and what you feel pulled to do (such as hiding from the situation, arguing, or giving your best effort).
For each ABC, try to tune into one Activating event, one Belief, and a short list of Consequences (emotions, body feelings, and behaviors). Rather than trying to log all this in your head, use HPRC's new Mind-Body ABCs Worksheet or make a similar chart in a journal and practice tracking your own ABCs (and alternative responses to the same A) every day.
When performance matters, it's common to feel amped up—your heart beats faster, for example. How you interpret these physical sensations can change how you feel emotionally, including your overall mindset, and ultimately make a difference in how you perform. Recent research into performance anxiety over tasks such as singing, public speaking, and math gives us some insights about performance anxiety in general.
It's normal to interpret some physical signs as performance anxiety. When you feel amped up, it may be difficult—or even impossible—to simply "decide" to feel calmer, because it isn't consistent with what is happening in your body. And trying to pretend you're calm can actually make you feel more anxious. But because your body has some of the same reactions—increased heart rate, "butterflies," etc.—when you're excited, you can actually feel excitement and anxiety at the same time by simply saying "I'm excited!" or deciding to feel excited. This doesn't make the anxiety go away, but adding a layer of excitement over it can be valuable to how you think and ultimately perform..
Excitement feels good and puts your mind on a different track. When you're excited, it's easier to become aware of opportunities instead of potential threats. And this "opportunity mindset" leads to better performance.
So when you feel anxious about performing on the PRT, with marksmanship, or for any other task, remember that it's normal. Convince yourself to feel excited. Allow yourself to see the opportunities. And in turn, enjoy better performance.
Money issues tend to be a major source of stress for Americans, and military families are no exception. Financial stress can increase your risk for poor health and have a negative impact on productivity and mood. Stress over money can reverberate through your relationships too. For example, couples who are under financial stress are more likely to be hostile and aggressive with each other and less secure and happy in their relationships. So what can you do to reduce your stress over money?
Here are some tips from Building Resilience in the Military Family:
- Have each family member discuss his/her financial dreams, how to make money decisions, and who will manage the money. (If there are differences, try the tips on HPRC's "Making Decisions" card)
- Save at least $1,000 for unexpected expenses and, ideally, six months of your total monthly expenses.
- Work on paying off debt. Figure out a plan to pay off your debts, no matter how long it will take to get rid of them.
- Create and use a budget. This planning tool from Military OneSource can help you make a financial management plan.
- Save for retirement. A good rule is to save 10–15% of your gross income in retirement accounts annually.
- Check your credit. Knowing your credit history and credit number can help you spot identity theft and/or motivate you to stay (or become) responsible.
- Create a will. Setting up a will is important no matter your age.
Think about whether you have the insurance your family needs. Do you have health insurance, auto insurance, home/renters insurance, and life insurance?
The term "mental toughness" is often tossed about, but what is it really? And do you have it? Mental toughness is important to the success of Warfighters, athletes, business people, and others who have to overcome adversity to be successful.
Sport psychologists and others interested in optimal performance talk a lot about mental toughness, but it's a bit complex, so it's often misunderstood. Mental toughness is not just one trait; it's a mixture of them.
Boiling it down, mental toughness is a strong belief in yourself and an unshakable faith that you control your own destiny. If you're mentally tough, you can remain undaunted by adversity.
If you have these 4 Cs, you're mentally tough:
1) Control: You feel in control of your emotions and influential with the people in your life.
2) Commitment: You embrace difficulty rather than running from it.
3) Challenge: You believe that life is full of opportunities, not threats.
4) Confidence: You know you have what it takes to be successful.
Mental toughness is a psychological edge that some are born with and others develop. It allows you to consistently cope with training and lifestyle demands better than those who don't have it.
You can develop mental toughness through a long-term process of developing mental skills. Leaders can promote mental toughness by creating a learning environment centered on the mastery of those skills (listed above) and by being generally supportive, encouraging Warfighters to maintain positive relationships. Over the long haul, to maintain your mental toughness, you need to continue honing mental skills, and you need a self-driven, insatiable desire to succeed.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can tear apart your sense of what is safe and of what is good.
Part of the diagnosis of PTSD is exposure to a traumatic event: death, serious injury, sexual violence, or the threat of any of these. PTSD symptoms such as intrusive memories, avoidance of situations or feelings, problems in thinking or mood, and feeling overly amped up are common reactions to abnormal circumstances. Think of PTSD symptoms as self-preservation instincts gone haywire. One theory holds that, because you nearly died or experienced something awful or could picture it because it happened to someone close to you, your mind/body tries to sound the alarm bells to keep you safe. But the alarm bells sound at the wrong times and in the wrong ways.
However, PTSD symptoms can come from sources other than fear of bodily harm. They also can arise from inner conflict, when emotions trigger feelings such shame and guilt or when you question fundamental beliefs (such as "the world is basically good"). Witnessing or experiencing betrayal (especially by a leader in a high-stakes situation), within-ranks violence, extreme violence, and incidents involving civilians are some of what can disrupt your world view. It isn't just an event but the interpretation of an event that causes Warfighters to experience "moral injury."
If you suffer moral injury as part of PTSD, you start believing you live in an immoral world, or you view yourself as immoral, irredeemable, and defective. If you're a Warfighter experiencing these feelings, you not only feel lousy, but you are more likely to isolate yourself just when you need others more than ever. Isolation can lead to self-handicapping or self-destructive behaviors.
So how do you save yourself from experiencing moral injury as a part of PTSD? Having a healthy sense of self-esteem can be one of your best protectors. There are no quick fixes. But forgiveness—of others and of yourself—can help you to let go of moral injury. With the help of a psychotherapist, you can begin to wrap your heart and mind around what happened. And pursuing positive interactions, such as getting involved with charitable groups, can give you opportunities to relearn that you are good and the other people in the world are generally good too. Last but not least, connecting with your spirituality—in whatever way is comfortable to you—can help you navigate this difficult journey.
Stress isn't an isolated event. It can infiltrate your life in many ways. A survey of more than 12,000 military personnel across the services revealed the impact of stress levels on Warfighter performance. Compared with those with low stress, Warfighters with high stress were much more likely to be late for work, leave work early, get hurt on the job, or miss work altogether because of illness or injury. These trends were especially strong among a smaller subset of personnel who had recently needed a mental health evaluation. Other research suggests that stress can combine with a person's (often unknown) predispositions, sometimes triggering mental health issues.
Depending on the severity of mental health concerns, focus on performance can take a back seat. So stress, mental health, and performance often go hand in hand. Stress-management techniques and proactive approaches to mental health can help stressed Warfighters perform their best.
Everyone experiences stress, but how you interpret stress determines how stressed you feel. This process is often referred to as the "ABCs of stress":
Activating event + Beliefs = Consequences
When you experience an event, you interpret that "Activating event" according to your "Beliefs"—the lens through which you view the world. Generally, your interpretation is what causes your feelings of stress—that is, the "Consequences." This is why two people can go through the same event and be affected in very different ways. If your interpretation of events leads to high levels of stress, you can manage your stress by finding ways to reframe your interpretation.
Afterdeployment.org suggests making a "Stress Toolkit" in which you identify helpful coping strategies. These could be strategies that ignite your relaxation response or reframe your thinking (see above) and/or behavioral methods such as deep breathing.
Another way to help you manage stress is to think through future stressful situations to be better prepared. Afterdeployment.org suggests: 1. Visualize potential stressful situations. 2. Determine how much of the situation you can control. 3. Problem-solve what you can control (using coping methods that work for you), and 4. Remember to lean on your friends and family for support.
For more information and ideas, visit HPRC's Stress Management section.
The American Psychological Association just released an article suggesting that trial judges make better decisions when they do "STOP" meditations:
- Stop what you are doing
- Take a few deep breaths and focus on the experience of breathing
- Observe your thoughts, feelings, and actions
- Proceed with new awareness
Like Warfighters, judges make very important decisions that affect peoples' lives, but judges also are not immune to impacts of stress. Like everyone else under stress, they can thoughtlessly make quick decisions based on "rules of thumb," but because we are human biases creep in, sometimes leading to bad decisions.
So, the STOP technique can be important too for Warfighters, spouses, parents, or anyone else looking to make good decisions when it matters. STOP-ping allows you to monitor and adjust your current stress in order to make good decisions.
Think of stress as a balance scale. All the situations you find stressful are heaped up on one side. How you deal with them is on the other side. The trick is learning to balance the two sides (or even better, having your coping resources outweigh the causes of your stress).
Everyone feels overloaded at times, when stress seems too much to handle. This can be compounded with multiple family demands—from finances, children's needs, managing work and family demands, and fostering your relationships. Here are two suggestions to help you find balance:
- Find out what practical needs are causing your stress and come up with possible ways to address them using HPRC's problem-solving tips. For example, you know that you need seven to eight hours of sleep a night, but you and your partner seem to manage only five hours or so. So discuss possible solutions with your partner. For example, set a bedtime and stick to it no matter what chores aren't done; put the kids to bed at an earlier time; create a wind-down routine 30 minutes before bedtime in order to get that eight hours—and stick to it! Then pick one of these possible solutions, try it out for a week, and then re-assess. If it doesn't work, pick another; or if it does work, maybe tweak it a little to make it even better.
- Once you have plans to deal with the sources of your stress, then you can focus on managing your stressful feelings. There's no need to continue feeling stressed out while you put your plan into action. Try some of the "behavioral strategies" in HPRC's Managing Emotions that you can do anywhere with minimum fuss, such as deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, or other relaxation strategies. You can even teach them your children and do them together as a family. Learn how in "Calming & Grounding Activities" from the FOCUS Family Resiliency Training Manual, which describes several shared activities.
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The Feuerle Collection is a new private art museum in Berlin Kreuzberg dedicated to Désiré Feuerle's collection which juxtaposes international contemporary artists with Imperial Chinese furniture and Southeast Asian sculptures.
Located in a former Second World War telecommunications bunker renovated by the British architect John Pawson, the museum encourages a conversation between different periods and cultures offering an alternative perception of ancient art and creates a new perspective on the works, leading viewers through a synesthetic experience.
The collection brings together international contemporary art, Imperial Chinese lacquer and stone furniture, Chinese wood and stone Scholar Furniture from the Han Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, from 200 BC to the 18th century, and Khmer sculptures from the 7th to the 13th century.
The visitor enters into a sophisticated and sensual world that puts these refined cultures and elegant pieces into a new light.
Désiré Feuerle, who comes from a contemporary art background, owned a gallery in the nineties in Cologne, Germany, where he pioneered juxtaposing ancient art with contemporary and modern art, as well as re-looking at antiques from a contemporary perspective.
A visit to The Feuerle Collection can be arranged by appointment only. If you are interested in booking a visit, please follow this link to our online booking system.
Please note that a visit to The Feuerle Collection is suitable only for adults and children aged 16 and over.
"I find beauty whether in the first century or in the twenty-first century"
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"To me, all these pieces of furniture are sculpture"
Désiré Feuerle
"To the modern eye Khmer sculpture seems to present simplified form, arising out of a vision that links modernity with an ancient, perhaps even archaic, past. One imagines a link that stretches directly up to Brancusi and beyond."
Anish Kapoor
The incense ceremony shows the high level of sophistication that Chinese culture arrived to.
Being one of China's oldest traditions, dating back over 2,000 years to the Han Dynasty, it is a spiritual discipline where, by absorbing the energy from the good scents, one observes one's body and mind.
This tradition reached its height during the Song Dynasty, when rooms were built specifically for this purpose.
The Incense Room at The Feuerle Collection is the first one in a museum worldwide and its aim is to emphasize the significance of this ancient and refined Chinese ceremony.
Désiré Feuerle was invited to take part in incense ceremonies in China and Taiwan and he was greatly impressed, so he thought about finding a way to introduce and share this experience – once only exclusive to Emperors, very high monks and dignitaries of the court – to the West.
The set of the incense table and the stools have been specifically designed by John Pawson following the assessment of scholar Jerry Chen and respecting the Chinese essential forms, with the craftsmanship of the last company to master traditional Chinese furniture.
Please note that the entrance to the Incense Room is not part of the regular accompanied visit to The Feuerle Collection. Incense Ceremony by appointment only from the first half of 2017 on.
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6350 square meter exhibition space in a former telecommunications bunker from the Second World War.
The architect John Pawson, a master in minimalist architecture, known for his serene and sensitive approach to existing buildings, has worked on the rehabilitation of the building and on the transformation into a museum.
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