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FINALISTS: 2015 Nebula Awards (With FREE FICTION Links)
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the 2015 Nebula Awards nominees (presented in 2016), nominees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation, and the nominees for the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy.
- Raising Caine, Charles E. Gannon (Baen)
- The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
- The Grace of Kings, Ken Liu (Saga)
- Uprooted, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
- Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard, Lawrence M. Schoen (Tor)
- Updraft, Fran Wilde (Tor)
- Wings of Sorrow and Bone, Beth Cato (Harper Voyager Impulse)
- "The Bone Swans of Amandale", C.S.E. Cooney (Bone Swans)
- "The New Mother", Eugene Fischer (Asimov's 4-5/15)
- "The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn", Usman T. Malik (Tor.com 4/22/15)
- Binti, Nnedi Okorafor (Tor.com)
- "Waters of Versailles", Kelly Robson (Tor.com 6/10/15)
- "Rattlesnakes and Men", Michael Bishop (Asimov's 2/15)
- "And You Shall Know Her by the Trail of Dead", Brooke Bolander (Lightspeed 2/15)
- "Grandmother-nai-Leylit's Cloth of Winds", Rose Lemberg (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/11/15)
- "The Ladies' Aquatic Gardening Society", Henry Lien (Asimov's 6/15)
- "The Deepwater Bride", Tamsyn Muir (F&SF 7-8/15)
- "Our Lady of the Open Road", Sarah Pinsker (Asimov's 6/15)
- "Madeleine", Amal El-Mohtar (Lightspeed 6/15)
- "Cat Pictures Please", Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld 1/15)
- "Damage", David D. Levine (Tor.com 1/21/15)
- "When Your Child Strays From God", Sam J. Miller (Clarkesworld 7/15)
- "Today I Am Paul", Martin L. Shoemaker (Clarkesworld 8/15)
- "Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers", Alyssa Wong (Nightmare 10/15)
- Ex Machina, Written by Alex Garland
- Inside Out, Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original Story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
- Jessica Jones: AKA Smile, Teleplay by Scott Reynolds & Melissa Rosenberg; Story by Jamie King & Scott Reynolds
- Mad Max: Fury Road, Written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris
- The Martian, Screenplay by Drew Goddard
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Written by Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt
- Seriously Wicked, Tina Connolly (Tor Teen)
- Court of Fives, Kate Elliott (Little, Brown)
- Cuckoo Song, Frances Hardinge (Macmillan UK 5/14; Amulet)
- Archivist Wasp, Nicole Kornher-Stace (Big Mouth House)
- Zeroboxer, Fonda Lee (Flux)
- Shadowshaper, Daniel José Older (Levine)
- Bone Gap, Laura Ruby (Balzer + Bray)
- Nimona, Noelle Stevenson (HarperTeen)
- Updraft, Fran Wilde (Tor)
Congratulations to all the nominees!
About the Nebula Awards
Voting is open from March 1 to March 30, 11:59pm PDT. Active and Lifetime Active members will receive an email containing instructions on accessing the ballot.
About the Nebula Awards Weekend
SFWA members and other individuals who are interested in the field of science fiction and fantasy are welcome to attend SFWA's Nebula Conference. Attendees may participate in workshops, programming and special events throughout the weekend.
Focusing on three tracks relevant to professionals in the genre, attendees will be able to choose from career management, professional development, and expert knowledge panels and workshops throughout the weekend.
Our conference will also feature the prestigious 50th Annual Nebula Awards hosted by comedian John Hodgman and banquet along with exciting tours of the City Winery and Northern Illinois University. Receptions honoring SFWA's newest Grand Master and the Nebula Award nominees will take place throughout the weekend along with a mass autographing session.
The SFWA Nebula Awards Banquet will take place on May 14th, 2016 at the Palmer House Hilton hotel. You may purchase a ticket on your registration form under "add-ons."
The cost of the banquet will be $120.00. This ticket includes a seat at the prestigious Nebula Awards banquet and awards ceremony. A three course meal will be prepared by the chefs at the historic Palmer House Hilton. You may choose from a Stuffed Acorn Squash – Vegan, Grass-fed filet, or Frenched Chicken . Ability to list food allergies will be on the registration form.
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2017 Journal News/lohud girls soccer all-stars
F — Katie Dorn, Croton-Harmon: A five-year varsity veteran, the senior was one of the top scorers in the section (35 goals) and nearly doubled her career total of 36 goals entering the season. Dorn recorded seven hat tricks this year.
F — Allison Portera, Valhalla: The sophomore standout was a beacon of light for the Vikings this year, netting 23 goals and dishing off seven assists. Portera is a born finisher who will be one of the top scorers in the section the rest of her career.
F — Carly Steinberg, Mahopac: Another sophomore sensation, Steinberg lifted the seventh-seeded Indians to an upset win in the Section 1 Class AA quarterfinals after manufacturing both goals in the 2-1 win at No. 2 North Rockland. Steinberg finished with 20 goals and nine assists on the year.
WESTCHESTER-PUTNAM POY:Irvington's Zoe Maxwell has 'unforgettable' final season
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ROCKLAND PLAYER OF YEAR:Pearl River's Cate Feerick gets her perfect ending
MF — Sara DeGraw, Rye: The junior was the driving force behind a prolific Garnets offense that scored over 50 goals this season, racking up a team-high 15 assists. Rye head coach Rich Savage called DeGraw "the most effective marking back in the section" due to her speed.
MF — Zoe Maxwell, Irvington: Journal News/lohud player of the year
MF — Rachael Peacock, Bronxville: The junior Elite 11 selection was an offensive weapon for one of the best Class B teams in the state, scoring 12 goals and assisting another 13 this season. Peacock was named the League III-B player of the year for her efforts.
MF — Stella Schwartz, Horace Greeley: The UMass-bound senior showed why she was a preseason Elite 11 selection, finishing as one of the top assists leaders in the section. Quakers head coach Erin Tracy said Schwartz "brings intangibles to her team that can't be recorded by stats."
D — Molly Broderick, Rye: The junior anchored an impressive defensive line for Rye, which allowed less than one goal per game this season. Savage called Broderick "the staple" of the team's defense.
D — Ailis Martin, Mahopac: Although officially listed as midfielder, the Rider-bound senior was summoned to various positions during the season, depending on the opponent. "Ailis will excel anywhere on the field and will always put the success of the team first," Indians head coach Ross Fumusa said of Martin, who finished with 13 goals and five assists this year.
D — Claire Mensi, Somers: The Bucknell-bound senior finished with eight goals and five assists despite moving from midfield to defense. Tuskers head coach Paul Saia described his 6-foot captain as "incredibly versatile" and an "intimidating figure" on the pitch.
GK — Hannah Friedrich, Rye: The senior was sensational between the pipes this season, posting more shutouts (13) than goals allowed (12) on the year. Friedrich's play in the four-overtime Section 1 Class A final against eventual state champions Pearl River drew overwhelming praise from both teams.
Coach of the year
Rich Savage, Rye — Aside from taking eventual state champs Pearl River to four overtimes in the section final, Savage had all 24 of his players score a non-penalty kick goal during the season – including both of his goalkeepers.
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F – Reese Cohen, So., Solomon Schechter
F – Talia Rubino, Sr., Ardsley
MF – Ruby Hastie, Sr., New Rochelle
MF – Cecilia Martinez, Sr., Port Chester
MF – Allison Stafford, Jr., Scarsdale
MF – Erin Walsh, Jr., John Jay-Cross River
D – Avery David, Jr., John Jay-Cross River
D – Lily Flynn, Jr., Ursuline
D – Megan Klein, Sr., Horace Greeley
GK – LiliAnna Khosrowshahi, Sr., Hackley
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Ashley Acevedo, Lakeland, Sr., D; Gillian Capichioni, Panas, Sr., D; Madelyn Deegan, Putnam Valley, Sr., F; Lily Epstein, Sr., Mamaroneck Miranda Farman, Irvington, Jr., F; Catherine Faville, Bronxville, Jr., F; Tatiana Fernandez, Rye Country Day, Sr., MF; Amy Fetterolf, North Salem, Sr., D; Sammi Forster, Horace Greeley, So., F; Alix Goldman, Somers, Jr., D; Jessica Greene, Irvington, Sr., D; Laura Holland, Bronxville, Sr., MF; Skylar Iosepovic, Hastings, Sr., D; Isabella Ippolito, Ossining, Sr., D; Joanna Kaizer, Edgemont, Sr., D; Kayley Mattos, Mahopac, Sr., MF; Emily Metz, Yorktown, Sr., MF; Lyndsey Minerva, Pleasantville, Jr., MF; Lina Montes, Yonkers, Sr., MF; Maeve Parmelee, Pelham, So., F; Jamie Rosh, Byram Hills, Sr., F; Carly Rubin, Scarsdale, Sr., MF; Sabrina Salov, New Rochelle, Sr., MF; Izzy Tola, Briarcliff, Jr., F; Cara Traficante, Harrison, Jr., MF; Jade Villella, Haldane, So., F; Meaghan Walsh, Croton-Harmon, Sr., GK; Morgan Winogradoff, Putnam Valley, Sr., MF
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What is Elasticsearch, you ask? Elasticsearch is a distributed document-oriented search engine, designed to store, retrieve, and manage structured, semi-structured, unstructured, textual, numerical, and geospatial data.
For a better understanding, let's take a look at the basics first.
For your business to provide superior customer service, your customers need to be able to search quickly for their preferred product/service from your enormous product base. For your organization to run effectively, you need to be able to access data and analytics from your enormous database seamlessly. Easy handling of data and serving information faster form the backbone of an efficient and successful organization.
Delay in retrieving information leads to poor customer service and you might end up losing a potential customer. This lag in search is attributed to the relational database used for the product design, where the data is scattered among multiple tables, and retrieval of meaningful user information requires fetching the data from them.
Why Elasticsearch?
Relational Database works comparatively slow when it comes to huge data sets, leading to slower fetching of search results through queries from the database. Of course, RDBMS can be optimized but that also brings with it a set of limitations like, every field cannot be indexed, and updating rows to heavily indexed tables is a lengthy and excruciating process.
Businesses nowadays are looking for alternate ways where the data is stored in a manner that the retrieval is quick. This can be achieved by adopting NoSQL rather than RDBMS for storing data. Elasticsearch is one such NoSQL distributed database. Elasticsearch relies on flexible data models to build and update visitors' profiles to meet the demanding workload and low latency required for real-time engagement.
What is Elasticsearch?
Let's understand what makes Elasticsearch the obvious choice. Elasticsearch (ES) is a document-oriented search engine, designed to store, retrieve and manage document-oriented, structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data. Elasticsearch uses Lucene StandardAnalyzer for indexing for automatic type guessing and more precision. When you use Elasticsearch you store data in JSON document form. Then you query them for retrieval. It is schema-less, using some defaults to index the data unless you provide mapping as per your need.
Every feature of Elasticsearch is exposed as a REST API:
- Index API – Used to document the Index
- Get API – Used to retrieve the document
- Search API – Used to submit your query and get the result
- Put Mapping API – Used to override default choices and define our own mapping
Elasticsearch has its own Query Domain Specific Language, where you specify the query in JSON format. Other queries can also be nested based on your need. Real projects require search on different fields by applying some conditions, different weights, recent documents, values of some predefined fields, and so on. All such complexity can be expressed through a single query. The query DSL is powerful and designed to handle the real world query complexity through a single query. Elasticsearch APIs are directly related to Lucene. Query DSL also uses the Lucene TermQuery to execute it.
The below figure shows how the Elasticsearch query works.
Basic Concepts Of Elasticsearch
Let us have a look at the important concepts of Elasticsearch:
- Cluster: A cluster is a collection of one or more servers that together hold entire data. It gives federated indexing and search capabilities across all the servers. For Relational Database, the node is a DB instance. There can be N nodes with the same cluster name.
- NRT (Near Real-Time): Elasticsearch is a near real-time search platform. There is a slight from the time you index a document until the time it becomes searchable.
- Index: Index is a collection of documents that have similar characteristics. For example, we can have an index for customer data and another one for product information.
An index is identified by a unique name that refers to the index when performing indexing search, updates, and deletes operations. In a single cluster, we can define as many indexes as we want.
Index = Database Schema in RDBMS (Relational Database Management system). Similar to a database, or schema. Consider it a set of tables with some logical grouping.
In Elasticsearch terms, Index = Database, Type = Table, Document = Row.
- Node: A single server that holds some data and participates on the cluster's indexing and querying is called node. A node can be configured to join a specific cluster by the particular cluster name.
A single cluster can have as many nodes as we want. A node is simply one Elasticsearch instance. Consider this a running instance of MySQL. There is one MySQL instance running per machine on a different port. While in Elasticsearch generally, one Elasticsearch instance runs per machine. Elasticsearch uses distributed computing so having separate machines would help as there would be more hardware resources.
- Shards: Shard is a subset of Documents of an Index. An index can be divided into many shards, or to put it in a different way, an index is a group of shards.
ElasticSearch uses document definitions that act as tables. If you PUT ("Index") a document in ElasticSearch, you will notice that it automatically tries to determine the property types. This is like inserting a JSON blob in MySQL, and MySQL determining the number of columns and column types, as it creates the Database table.
What Is Elasticsearch Used For?
So far, we have understood the answer to the question: 'what is Elasticsearch?' and the basic concepts associated with Elasticsearch. But it is equally important to know when to use Elasticsearch. Let us have a look at what Elasticsearch is used for.
- Textual Search (searching for pure text) – Elasticsearch is primarily used where there is lots of text and we want to search any data for the best match with a specific phrase.
- Product Search – Elasticsearch is used to facilitate faster product search using properties and name (textual search and structured data).
- Data Aggregation – The aggregation's framework helps provide aggregated data based on a search query. It is based on simple building blocks called aggregations, that can be composed in order to build complex summaries of the data. An aggregation can be seen as a unit-of-work that builds analytic information over a set of documents. The context of the execution defines what this document set is (e.g. a top-level aggregation executes within the context of the executed query/filters of the search request).
- JSON Document Storage – A JSON object with some data. It's the basic information unit in ES. The document is a basic information unit that can be indexed.
- Geo-Search – Elasticsearch can be used to geo-localized any product. For example, the search query: 'all the restaurants that serve pizza within 30 minutes' can use Elasticsearch to display information of the relevant pizzerias instantly.
- Auto-Suggest – It allows the user to start typing a few characters and receive a list of suggested queries as they type.
- Auto-Complete – Elasticsearch database helps in autocompleting the search query by completing a search box on partially-typed words, based on the previous searches.
- Metrics & Analytics – Elasticsearch analyzes a ton of dashboards consisting of several emails, logs, databases, and syslogs, to help businesses make sense of their data and provide actionable insights.
Elasticsearch users have delightfully diverse use cases, ranging from appending tiny log-line documents to indexing web-scale collections of large documents and maximizing indexing throughput is often a common and important goal.
Benefits Of Using Elasticsearch
The growing popularity of Elasticsearch within small and huge corporations alike testifies the huge number of benefits it brings to the table. Let us have a look at some of the key benefits of using Elasticsearch
- Direct, Easy, and Fast access: Documents are stored in close proximity to the corresponding metadata in the index. This reduces the number of data reads and as a result increases the search result response.
- Manages huge amounts of data: As a comparison to the traditional SQL database management systems that take more than 10 seconds to fetch required search query data, Elasticsearch can do that within a few microseconds (10, to be exact).
- Scalability of the search engine: As Elasticsearch has a distributed architecture it enables us to scale up to thousands of servers and accommodate petabytes of data. The customers then need not manage the complexity of distributed design as it has been done automatically.
Sometimes we have more than one way to index some documents or query them and with the help of Elasticsearch, we can do it better. Elasticsearch is not new but it's evolving rapidly, new features are getting added. But the core is consistent and can help achieve faster performance with search results for your search engine.
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Blepharitis Market Insights report from DelveInsight provides a thorough understanding of the Blepharitis Market size by treatment, epidemiology, emerging therapies, market share of the various therapies, and the current and forecasted Blepharitis Market size from 2019 to 2032 divided into the 7MM (the USA, EU5 (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the UK), and Japan) regions.
Blepharitis Overview
Blepharitis is an inflammation of the eyelids in which they become red, irritated, itchy, and dandruff-like scales form on the eyelashes. It is a chronic external eye disorder resulting in red, burning, and irritated eyes which does not cause serious damage to the eyes, but it can be very uncomfortable. It can be caused by either bacteria or a skin condition, such as dandruff of the scalp or rosacea.
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Key highlights of the Blepharitis Market Report
Blepharitis Epidemiology Insights
In a survey conducted by Duncanet al., (2015), in the United States, 37% to 47% of patients seen by respondents were diagnosed with blepharitis. In a 2009 US survey, 37% of patients seen by an ophthalmologist and 47% of patients seen by an optometrist had signs of blepharitis (NIH).
Blepharitis Epidemiology Segmentation in the 7MM
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Blepharitis Market Insights
Blepharitis is a long-term (chronic) condition, it cannot usually be cured, but the symptoms can be controlled with good eyelid hygiene. Depending on the severity of the disease, one or multiple therapeutic treatments are utilized. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment can prevent disfigurement and may be lifesaving for this condition. A paradigm shift appears to be occurring in the treatment of Blepharitis. Whereas traditionally warm compress therapy and antibiotic ointment application have been the mainstays of treatment, however, many clinicians are now using prescription antibiotic therapy, as a treatment foundation. Targeting the important pathologic factors- bacteria, inflammation, and meibomian gland dysfunction- is critical to the successful management of Blepharitis.
Blepharitis Treatment Market
The first line of treatment generally includes warm compresses, eyelid cleansing, antibiotics (topical, systemic), and topical anti-inflammatory agents (e.g. corticosteroids, cyclosporine), etc. These treatments are also used in combination. Topical antibiotics like bacitracin or erythromycin have been shown to provide symptomatic relief, and they have been effective in decreasing bacteria from the eyelid margin in the cases of anterior blepharitis. Corticosteroid eye drops or ointments are typically applied several times daily to the eyelids or ocular surface to reduce inflammation.
Blepharitis Therapeutics Market
The Blepharitis therapeutics market dynamics is further expected to increase by the major drivers such as rising prevalent population, technological advancements, and upcoming therapies in the forecast period [2019-2032].
Blepharitis Market Size
The Total Market Size of Blepharitis will include the Market Size of both the potential upcoming therapies along with current treatment regimens in the seven major markets. The market size is expected to increase during the forecast period due to the rise in prevalent population and emergence of novel therapies.
Blepharitis Emerging Therapies
There are few potential emerging therapies currently in development for blepharitis, the key players include Tarsus Pharmaceuticals (TP-03), AXR-159 (AxeroVision), which are in phase II developmental trial.
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1. Key Insights
2. Blepharitis Executive Summary
3. Blepharitis Competitive Intelligence Analysis
4. Blepharitis: Market Overview at a Glance
5. Blepharitis: Disease Background and Overview
6. Blepharitis Patient Journey
7. Blepharitis Epidemiology and Patient Population
8. Treatment Algorithm, Current Treatment, and Medical Practices
9. Blepharitis Unmet Needs
10. Key Endpoints of Blepharitis Treatment
11. Blepharitis Marketed Products
12. Blepharitis Emerging Therapies
13. Blepharitis: Seven Major Market Analysis
14. Attribute analysis
15. 7MM: Blepharitis Market Outlook
16. Access and Reimbursement Overview
17. KOL Views
18. Blepharitis Market Drivers
19. Blepharitis Market Barriers
20. Appendix
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22. Disclaimer
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Chicago private eye V.I. ("Vic") Warshawski needs all her strength and ingenuity to deal with the tragic effects of discrimination past and present in this riveting exploration of guilt and fear, the 12th installment in Paretsky's stellar series. Longtime client Darraugh Graham asks Vic to investigate his mother Geraldine's suspicion that trespassers are living in the empty mansion her father built in the suburban Chicago enclave where she has spent most of her life. Vic literally tumbles into trouble when, upon falling into a pond on the property, she comes up clutching the hand of a dead man. He is identified as Marcus Whitby, a young African-American journalist who was writing about members of the 1930s Federal Negro Theater Project—especially a beautiful Negro dancer—once championed by local liberals and blacklisted during the Communist witch hunt. Hired by Marcus's sister to look into his death, Vic spans cultures and generations in her investigation. Is Benji, the young Arab student sheltered in the mansion's attic by 16-year-old Catherine Bayard (whose politically daring publisher grandfather Calvin was once Vic's hero), somehow connected? Whether or not he has terrorist ties, Benji is at risk, so after Vic finds him she persuades Father Lou, a tough but caring community activist, to hide him in spite of post-9/11 dictums. Digging deeper, Vic must face disturbing allegations about Calvin Bayard and the likelihood that her lover, Morrell, on assignment in Afghanistan, is in danger. Paretsky reminds us that although victims change, prejudice is still alive and all too well. With this top-notch offering, she earns another vote of confidence for V.I.
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Between David Tennant, Community's Danny Pudi, the hope of new footage, and the immense amount of nostalgia has for the beloved Disney cartoon, the DuckTales panel at San Diego Comic-Con was packed. And boy, did Disney XD make it worth their while.
It wasn't just that a bunch of concept art was "accidentally" shown—featuring Gizmoduck, Megavolt, the Beagle Boys, Magica De Spell, Negaduck, Quackerjack, and, to rapturous cheers, Darkwing Duck—it was the whole experience. Throughout the whole thing, you saw how excited and in love with the show everyone was. And if anyone had any doubt that the people making it were fans, co-producer and story editor Francisco Angones made a nod to the famous theme song with, "The writers are not allowed to use the word airplane, I always change it it aeroplane"—just as it's pronounced in the original theme song.
When a fan question asked for Tennant to do a patented Scrooge McDuck freakout, the writers scrambled to write one down (which they called "The Comic-Con Debacle") on scrap paper and then handed to Tennant. It was delightful, and even watching video of it doesn't do justice to the energy in the room.
Ben Schwartz (Dewey) followed that up with a request for a scene where Dewey reads all of War and Peace, out loud, from memory. He was dutifully handed a piece of paper and read out "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Ugh, this book is the worst of times." We will forgive them for going with a Tale of Two Cities quote instead, as it was very last second and the moment itself was so much fun it is beyond nitpick.
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Asked which actor and character pairs would make a good team on an adventure, a few people got giant laughs. Schwartz said he and Dewey would "be a disaster. Dewey Duck and me is basically someone going after adventure and a Jewish muppet following him, puppeteered by someone who does not know how to." Beck Bennet only had to say he and Launchpad would be a "huge success" which got laughs.
This was a panel that had everything: clips, news (DARKWING), moments that you had to be there for, and a cast and crew deeply in love with the material. The passion and affection drove the room and reminded people why, as grueling as it is, it's worth getting in line.


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Experienced blockchain advisor and business developer. Hands-on experience with blockchain strategy, blockchain lab and proof of concepts within Payments, Identity and Supply Chain. 30 years software industry experience in complex technologies, business development, consulting and management, within Digital Workplace, Digital Transformation and Blockchain".


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If you've been on a zoom call with me this pandemic, or indeed seen one of the interviews I've done recently, then you'll have noticed a large stretched quilt behind my head. That was my first go at this technique more than a decade ago – so much wrong with that one, and yet not enough to make me take it down and redo it.
In the last year or so I've been inspired to refine my process and develop something that doesn't look like my seams are going to pop any minute! Stretching a quilt takes some practice, so please don't start with your favourite, soon-to-be-exhibited work. Start small, with something not too precious and take your time.
My next tip is not to make your quilt to fit your stretcher bars, order your stretcher bars to fit your quilt. You'll get a much better fit this way. I order my stretcher bars already assembled and fractionally smaller than the finished interior dimensions (seam line to seam line where the borders will be attached).
- Quilt top and fabric for a border
- Muslin or calico for backing
- Wadding
- Stretcher bars
- Cutting mat, ruler and blade
- Sewing machine
- Hand quilting needle and thread (if tying the quilt)
- Pins
- Fabric scissors
- Pen or pencil
- Iron (and a tailor's ham if you have one)
- Staple gun or glue – my staple gun is electric which really gives it that extra bit of power
Before we quilt, the first thing to do is cut back the same size as your quilt top. We need enough so the edges are hidden behind the stretcher bars, but not so much that it adds bulk to the corners, so matching it to your quilt top is perfect. The easiest way is to lie the quilt top (or flimsy) face up on your backing and cut around it.
Now we can get onto quilting. I don't want my quilting to show here so I'm going to tie it. You can quilt your piece as normal if you like but don't order your stretcher bars until after you've quilted as the quilt will shrink.
Make sure you have enough wadding around the edges of your work to allow for the width of your stretcher bar and then some. I'm just allowing an extra half an inch in addition to my stretcher bar width, but if you're working with a larger quilt it would be hard to centre it in such a small measurement, so give yourself extra room.
Next, baste the quilt. I've spray basted, but you could also thread or pin baste. Remember though, that pin basting may leave pinholes and you won't be able to wash the quilt to remove them with this technique.
I've just tied my quilt with standard sewing thread in the same colour as the block I'm going to be stitching through. Stitching in the ditch will mean your quilting will be invisible.
Be like Goldilocks with your tying – not too loose and not too tight, but just right! If the tying is too loose the quilt face can slip or puckers and if the tying is too tight it drags on the stitches when you're stretching over the frame and they become visible.
Now we're going to remove some of the wadding bulk, first from the corners. With your ruler overlapping your quilt edge by 1/4" (ie where the border will be sewn on) draw lines out beyond the quilt at either edge of the wadding.
Next, trim the wadding down so it will stretch down the side of the stretcher bars, but not around to the back. I prefer not to have my wadding go around the back of the quilt as it adds extra bulk and makes the corners trickier. However, it does make it easier to remove the staples if you need to, as you can get a flat screwdriver under the wadding more easily.
The distance to measure is the exact depth of the stretcher bars, with the frame sitting 1/4" in from the edge of the quilt – allowing for the seam allowance where the border will be attached. Basically, sit your stretcher bars along the edge of the wadding that's been trimmed from the corner (as shown below). If you want to have the wadding go around the back of the frame and not just around the sides, add an extra 3/8–1/2".
Back and borders
This is not the normal way of things with a quilt, but it's now that the borders are attached.
First pin the back to the wadding, lining it up at the visible corners of the front. Place the pins away from the edges as they'll stay in place while the borders are sewn on the other side. You could spray baste (or thread tack) your backing in place if you prefer and that might be preferable on a larger quilt.
I'm attaching my top and bottom borders first but it doesn't matter if you start with the sides. The border top and bottom are the same length as the existing flimsy and the width is:
1/4" + the depth of stretcher bars + 5/8"
Attach them with a 1/4" seam, then before pressing open, clip the corners on both the front and the back of the quilt.
|Left: Pinning top and bottom borders to the quilt. Right: trimming corners at the front and back after sewing borders.
Iron the borders back and then top stitch. Now iron the border and wadding to the back to create the crease line for framing.
|Left: top stitching. Right: Ironing borders over.
Flatten out the quilt again and attach the side borders. They should be as long as the flimsy plus top and bottom borders and again the width will be:
1/4" + the depth of stretcher bars + 5/8"
Iron the border back, top stitch and then iron the border and wadding back to create the crease line.
The next step I do is to sign the back of my quilt. It's too hard to do once the quilt is framed. Just remember to allow for the width of your stretcher bars when signing. Note how the back looks on each edge – a row of stitching to attach the border and a row of top stitching.
|Left: Sides pinned ready for sewing, pressing, top stitching and pressing back with wadding. Right: Signed back.
Creating the frame nest
This is the last step before stapling (or gluing) and it's here we're removing the bulk in the corners so there's no awkward folding later.
Working your way around each corner, with right sides of the border fabric together and the border seam line facing you, feel to line up the wadding edges on either side and pin. The reason you want the seam line facing you is that we'll be sewing just inside that line so the border seam won't be visible on the right side. This will mean that for two of the corners you'll be sewing from the corner to the edge and for the other two, from the edge to the corner. Reinforce the stitching at either end as this seam comes under the most pressure.
|Left: Pin corner fabric right sides together. Right: Sew just inside the seam line as marked.
When you turn your corners out the other way they should look like this.
Now it's time for stapling or gluing. Stapling requires a fair bit of effort and pressure, so if your hands and arms aren't up to it, gluing might be a better option. In that case glue the wadding to the frame first, stretching it and then clamping it in place as you go. Clamps can be removed after the glue is dry and then the borders can be glued down and clamped.
Either way, look on the front side first and make sure your frame is sitting evenly in the nest. Stretch the work as you go and keep checking the front as you work. If stapling, first place a staple in the centre of each side of the piece.
Hopefully after stapling the back looks something like this. I'm slowly getting neater each time I try this technique – practice makes perfect!
And there you have it! I'd love to hear how you go with this technique. There are plenty of tutorials online and I've just taken what works for me. Definitely get in touch in the comments if you have questions, or even letting us know how you stretch quilted works if you have additional tips.


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Jenna Ladd | March 9, 2017
The Lake Michigan Ozone Study 2017, a collaborative research campaign designed to better understand ozone levels around the lake, will begin this May.
The communities around Lake Michigan frequently experience an overabundance of surface-level ozone, which can cause respiratory problems for humans and harm plant life. Through the study, scientists are working to generate new information about how ozone in the area is formed and transported above the lake.
Brad Pierce is NOAA Advanced Satellite Products Branch scientist stationed at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He said, "There are these sites along the lake… that are in violation, and they're not really areas that have a whole lot of industry." Pierce added, "The sense is that a lot of this has to do with lake breeze circulations. We want to go out and measure the lake breeze circulation and the transport of ozone precursors – the emissions that end up producing ozone – in the springtime when this lake breeze is most dominant."
Since the study was commissioned last year, it has received additional support from the scientific community. Dr. Charles Stanier is a CGRER member and UI professor of chemical and biochemical engineering. He said, "We've expanded from one aircraft and two [air quality monitoring] ground sites to two aircrafts and seven ground sites. We've got extensive measurements that will start in May and continue into June and then extensive computer simulations that will help make sense of what we see."
The collaborative field campaign consists of scientists from several universities such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Iowa, and many more as well as professionals from the agencies like the Lake Michigan Air Directors Consortium (LADCO) and NASA.
Dr. Stanier provides more information about the study's goals and primary research questions below.


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This past Tuesday I visited County Wicklow with my friend Sheila. She graciously offered to drive and this was much better than being stuck on a tour bus for most of the day! We started our day at Wicklow Mountains National Park with a walk along the Upper Lake. We also wandered around an abandoned mining village and monastic city in the park.
If you plan on visiting this park, know that the cost of entry is €4 and they only take cash. Fortunately, the car park attendant let us in since neither of us came prepared with cash. The car park had toilets as well as several food and café stalls. Bring cash for snacks or pack your own lunch (as we did).
Next, we visited the largest waterfall in Ireland, the Powerscourt waterfall! This is a short drive away from Wicklow Mountains National Park and costs €6 per person to enter. (They take cards.) The waterfall is a short walk from the car park but don't expect to get too close to the top. You can walk close to the base but we didn't find any trails taking us higher. We traversed some of the trails nearby but didn't spend too much time here. It's a nice park to visit, though I preferred the other park over this one. Not only is the entry fee for Wicklow Mountains National Park cheaper, the scenery is more impressive.
We ended our day at Avoca Café in the Powerscourt Estate (a short drive from the waterfall). As the sun was setting and we didn't want to pay any more entry fees, we didn't visit the gardens here but Sheila recommends them. According to the Powerscourt website, their gardens were voted #3 in the world by National Geographic.
I had so much fun that day! Wicklow Mountains National Park is definitely my favourite location in Ireland so far. I wish I had more time for proper hikes. Maybe I'll have to return to Ireland after this trip, just not during the winter!


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Is this just a coincidence, or a sign of the low imagination levels of tv writers when it comes to scripting women …
One of my wife's favorite programs, NCIS, kicked off with a Secret Service agent having an affair. At the end of the first episode, she joins the NCIS team. I recall a family favorite, Warehouse 13, same thing with the female lead. I've been watching some of the series Fringe, and after the pilot episode, something seemed too familiar. Sexual affair with a colleague. Colleague dies. Woman becomes strong and independent in the realization of the series.
Fringe came before the Warehouse so bad on the copycats at SyFy.
That's my main problem with television–it strikes me as a wholly derivative medium. And tv writers seem rather impoverished when it comes to the skill of telling good stories. Oh, there are exceptions. I would love to enjoy a sf tv series with the writing quality of NCIS.
Fringe had a clear step up from most anything else I've seen on tv, science fiction. Comic relief, but not too much silliness. Good character development and a slow release of an interesting story arc, at least through the middle of season 2.


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2015 has been a big year for gay and lesbian sportspeople, with a number of high profile professionals taking the step to be open about their sexuality.
Let's round up a some of the big names who have stepped out of the closet and on to the sports field in 2015.
Gus Kenworthy
Kenworthy won the silver medal for Men's freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. He came out via Twitter in October with the simple tweet of: "I am gay. Today is the first day of the rest of my life."
In subsequent interviews Kenworthy explained that he had got to the point where it had become painful to keep up the facade of being straight, constantly lying, avoiding questions, and dodging answers.
Tom Bosworth
Britain's leading race walker used a television interview in October to announce that he was gay.
Bosworth explained that his family, friends, team-mates, and competitors had all known that he was gay for a number of years, but that he wanted to talk about it publicly to avoid any confusion.
Keegan Hirst
Hirst is a professional rugby league player for English club Batley Bulldogs. Although previously married (to a woman) with two children, in August he revealed that he was gay.
Keegan has revealed in interviews that he knew that he had to be honest after he realised that his wife blamed herself for their marriage break-up.
Caitlyn Jenner
In April, former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner revealed that he is a trans woman and is now known as Caitlyn Jenner.
Already high-profile through his involvement in the Kardashian family's reality TV shows, Jenner (now with her own reality show) has become one of the higher Trans spokespeople in the world.
Sam Stanley
In August, Sam Stanley became the first English rugby union star to publicly come out while still playing.
Twenty-three year old Stanley revealed that had contemplated suicide to end his pain and worry that he wouldn't be accepted by the world of rugby if he was open about his sexuality.
Premier League Football
There have been a couple of false alarms this year in relation to Premier League footballers. Perhaps causing the biggest stir, it was in October that media outlets reported excitedly that two top level footballers were about to come out as gay.
It was the Daily Mirror who broke the story and claimed that the two players – reportedly including an England international – had told family and friends and were supported by their clubs and the Football Association.
Manchester United's Luke Shaw was quick to take to Twitter to deny that he was about to come out, and the Premier League remains a little unique in not having any openly gay players within its ranks.
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(redacted on 9/13/2012 per request )The founder of Camden County's only suburban charter school has been accused of attempting to defraud the school in an indictment handed down Wednesday by the state grand jury following an investigation by the state Attorney General Office's Division of Criminal Justice...In January 2010, the [the state Department of Education's Office of Fiscal Accountability and Compliance] released its findings, listing allegations of misuse of funds and governance practices. It concluded that most of the allegations were out of its jurisdiction and forwarded them to the Attorney General's Office, noting specifically that the fictitious invoice "may constitute a violation of the School Ethics Act and criminal statute."…The OFAC's review also found that staff members observed [name omitted] and another board member going through student files, that board members regularly visited the school unannounced, that [name omitted] routinely borrowed money from staff members and that she used the school copy machine to run off fliers for a private tattoo party...
A compilation of news articles about charter schools which have been charged with, or are highly suspected of, tampering with admissions, grades, attendance and testing; misuse of funds and embezzlement; engaging in nepotism and conflicts of interest; engaging in complicated and shady real estate deals; and/or have been engaging in other questionable, unethical, borderline-legal, or illegal activities. This is also a record of charter school instability and other unsavory tidbits.
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- Gulen-linked charter school enrollment in 2014-2015
- List of Gulen-linked charter schools in 2016-2017
- Texas Gulen charter schools 2017-2018
The Institute for Excellence Charter School
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Wow, this is the first time I have heard about this. I wonder how many parents of the students currently enrolled at this school are aware of this. My children do not go to this school but I do know people who send there children here. What does this mean for this charter school and it's future existence in Winslow Township?
- August 3, 2011 at 1:37 PM
- Mort T said...
This doesn't mean very much to the current students, parents or Winslow Township taxpayers. Clemmons has been out of the picture since before the start of the 2010-11 school year. She was, indeed, the founder but unfortunately didn't realize that such a position did not come with any special privileges. Too bad, she had a vision and made it a reality but got caught up believing that she was entitled to "special perks."
- August 31, 2011 at 1:34 PM
You must not be familiar with the whole story. Mrs. Clemons took nothing from the school. The invoice was something the board and the administration knew about as they were discussing an income for Mrs. Clemons. When it was decided that there was no way for her to get paid for helping create 3rd grade, the issue was dropped, the invoice destroyed BUT one person who was determined to destroy Mrs. Clemons made a complaint that the invoice was submitted for payment. Which it was not. The state suggested a program rather than have Mrs. Clemons go througha trial. I believe Mrs. Clemons said she wanted a trial because the board and the board attorney knew about the invoice. Money was a deciding issue and the state program was without cost. She was given one year off the board and 50 hours community service without the cost of going to trial. The person who instigated the charge has been fired by the board. Mrs. Clemons never acted as if she felt entitled to perks. It is a payless and thankless job she did. I know her and support her. The school will be better once her influence is once again invloved.
- October 26, 2011 at 12:20 PM
- Karen said...
I did not mean for thst to be an anonymous entry. My name is Karen Brooker. My grandchildren attend TIFECS. I am proud of the school and of mrs. Clemons and not ashamed to say it.
- October 26, 2011 at 5:01 PM
This is why I don't believe in charter schools. They are in it for the money. All students should attend the public schools.
- February 23, 2012 at 7:31 PM
Please be aware that charter schools are public schools. They are just a non-traditional form of public schools. Charter schools are expected to do more with far less money than traditional public schools. I have been an educator for 14 years and worked in both types of schools. Personally, I like traditional public schools because they have greater resources, professional development, and benefits. However, charter schools embrace "out of the box" thinking which when done correctly,enhances student learning.
- February 25, 2013 at 4:10 AM
This school has been told to cease operating by the NJ education department at the end of the school year June 2013.
- March 25, 2013 at 5:41 PM


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Christmas Beer Cheers
No sooner had I posted my Weekend Hitlist featuring the Anchor Steam Christmas Ale, than I picked up the new edition of Chronogram magazine and found a feature entitled Hoppy Holidays.
"In present-day America,"
writes Eric Steinman,
"the holiday brew furor really began in earnest in 1975 at Anchor Brewery in San Francisco. Known for their heralded and patented "steam beer" technique, Anchor owner Fritz Maytag decided to brew something different for winter, which had been considered the slower season for beer consumption. As a sort of one off, he brewed the now-famous and widely sought after Anchor Christmas Ale, and the rest is beer history."
It's a good feature all round, with lots of information about Christmas Beers from both near and far. (But mainly from near.) And it's the second excellent piece I've read by Eric Steinman in Chronogram. The first was entitled Living La Vida Locavore, in which he attempted to follow the ethos of those who "consume only what has been created within a 100-mile radius of where they live." That's not too hard to achieve in the fertile Hudson Valley, at least not until Steinman started to figure from where hailed his morning coffee. I particularly liked the following detour:
"Into my second week of locavoring, I hit a major obstacle. My wife went into early labor with our first child, and we were immediately uprooted to clinical hospital life for nearly four days. While enormously happy with my firstborn, I was exceedingly anxious that my endurance project was blown. As my son happily nourished himself with mother's milk (possibly the most local food there is), I harangued the hospital staff about how to get answers about the terroir of their served food. I was suddenly channeling my sister's panicked neurosis, and trying to get definitive assurance that their mashed potatoes and mystery meat were not only local, but edible. Utter futility. I wound up making a few mad dashes to the local health food store, but, ultimately, I broke the rules with two slices of limp toast and a paper-thin cheese omelet (origin unknown)."
Though it publishes more than its fair share of hippy nonsense, Chronogram is generally an excellent magazine, delivering 140 pages (about half of them advertising that pays for the rest) in the December issue. Even better, the whole magazine is available online. Start your reading here.


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We currently find ourselves at a very important time in the Jewish Calendar, that of the transition from the intensive period of mourning the destruction of the Temple, the very sundering of the relationship between God and the Jewish people, and the time period of rebuilding that relationship, the Month of Elul, which will begin next week, which is a time of deep soul searching, and self-improvement.
During this time, we read the Parsha of Re'eh, which is the upcoming Torah portion. Parshat Re'eh speaks about many topics such as Kashrut (Dietary Laws), Tzedakah (Charity), and the three Pilgrimage festivals. But the most profound aspect of Parshat Re'eh comes at the very beginning of the Parsha – with the opening verse: "See, this day I set before you a blessing and a curse."
In the simple understanding of this verse, and the continuing section, God says to the Jewish people – if you follow my commandments, all will be well, and if you do not, you will be punished.
Maimonides, in his Laws of Repentance, an apt text for this time of year, uses this verse as a proof text for one of the most fundamental and critical aspects of Jewish theology – that of freedom of choice. Maimonides states in Chapter 5 Halacha 3 "Any deed which a person desires to do, he may, whether good or evil" In other words, the power to do good or evil acts is completely in our hand; God does not interfere in the choices of humans.
This is the very basis of the relationship between the human and the divine, that the Divine allows the human to choose, to reach and strive for connection with the good, and the Divine, and that by definition the human will fail, and at times choose incorrectly. The power is given to the human, to make choices, decisions, and even to fail.
But, many times in our lives, we are unsure what the decision should be, or even what the in our lives is "good" and "evil". I would like to suggest, that that is why the verse begins with the word "Re'eh" see or behold. That part of what the verse is trying to teach us is that it is upon us to see the difference between good and evil, it is not simply that we are given free will to choose between good and evil, but in fact, that we are given the ability and the power to choose how we perceive what is good, and what is evil.
What that means in effect, is that the power of perception is in our hands. Often, the same situation can be seen as a blessing, and as a curse. It is up to us to choose to see our situation in a positive light, to choose the constructive, to choose the good.
Viktor Frankl, in his seminal work, Man's Search for Meaning states, "Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."
As we find ourselves at this critical juncture between destruction and rebuilding, Re'eh comes to remind us to choose to rebuild ourselves, our relationships with each other, and with God. But the power of seeing the good, and choosing to see our lives and situations in the most positive light, is an essential first step towards that rebuilding.


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I believe that one never knows how profoundly their simple generosity affects others.
It was a beautiful summer day, just the perfect balance between warm heat and cool breeze. I arrived at work in the afternoon, put on my apron and received my section assignment.
As I brewed coffee and got out the lemon wedges, my first table was sat. He was an older man, probably in his seventies, dining alone. I quickly poured a glass of water and approached the table.
"Hi there, how are you?" I asked smiling as I set the glass of water down on the table.
"Oh, I'm doing fine" he said without hesitation. "Now, I don't want to be in the way, but I'd really like to have a nice dinner this evening. I don't want to be rushed, is that okay?"
"Absolutely," I said nodding my head. "May I bring you something to drink?"
He ordered a gin martini. I went to the bar, retrieved his martini and in no time was back at the table. As I set down the martini he asked
"What do you suggest?"
"Well, what are you in the mood for tonight?"
"Oh, I just want something that tastes good" he shrugged.
I described and pointed to my favorite dish, an Alaskan sockeye salmon filet. He ordered it with a small Caesar and asked me to give him some time before I brought anything.
"Of course!" I told him my name and to "just give me a wave" when he was ready.
After bringing his next martini he told me that he was ready. I paced him along for the rest of the meal, delivering the entrée just after he finished his salad, refilling his water only once. We didn't speak much during this time. Just when he was about to finish his entrée he asked
"So what's for dessert?"
I went through the list of desserts orally and he settled on the crème brulee. I made the dessert and took it to the table with a cup of coffee.
"Thank you so much" he said "sorry if I caused you any problem."
"You're not a problem at all" I winked.
"You know, I want to tell you that you've done a wonderful job tonight. I had a hard day. I…" he paused. After only a second, I noticed that he was starting to cry. "I had to bury my wife today. We were married over forty years."
"Oh my gosh," I said, my smile fading "I'm so sorry. I know that doesn't help, but…"
"No you've been just wonderful." He said regaining his composure. "I was having such a hard day and didn't even remember that I hadn't eaten…"
I can honestly say that no one has affected me as that man did. In a time where it almost seems that being self-absorbed is not only mainstream but celebrated, my experience with this man teaches me that generosity affects us both uncertainly and profoundly.
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Shame's Songs of Praise is pretty damn praise-worthy
"How does it feel? Would you rather it's real? Or would you rather it's fake?" Charlie Steen would like to know. The lead singer of Shame, a new post-punk band out of South London, spends his band's debut album, Songs of Praise (2018), trying to


text: Hungry children, youth, adults, seniors and families living throughout Saskatchewan receive much-needed protein from beef cattle produced by Farmland Legacies near Wynyard. In 2016, the charity donated over 30,000 servings of quality fresh frozen ground beef to Saskatchewan Food Banks and the Saskatoon Friendship inn. Farmland Legacies is working to increase to 125,000 servings over the next five years.http://www.farmlandlegacies.org


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Good friend of this organ, Brian Hartzer, CEO of Wokepac, hasn't had the greatest of weeks.
It turns out that, while he was spending much of his working life making diversity hires, virtue signalling with drag queens and using shareholder value to project pretty coloured lights on the HQ for whatever victimhood day it happens to be, he took his eye off the less important part of his job description; running a bank.
Don't worry, nothing bad happened, just a few illegal international money transfers in breach of the anti-laundering laws.
How many, you ask?
Oh, just 23 million.
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It's no surprise that Dallas lacks in the French pastry department. The involved, highly-technical processes of making macarons, croissants, and other French baked goods just isn't practical for today's high-volume, birthday-cake-and-cookies kind of bakery.
Samantha Rush of Rush Patisserie in Oak Cliff, though, prefers to keep things old school. Her technical background and global experience in pastry has helped her produce some of the finest baked goods in the city, but not without a lot of really hard work. I sat down with Rush to talk about her extensive training in French pastry, Dallas' lack of quality baked goods, and why you won't see gluten-free goods on her menu any time soon.
I see a very large wall of degrees and certificates proclaiming your pastry excellence on the wall. Can you tell me a little bit about your education and training as a pastry chef?
I went to culinary school in France for pastry at Le Cordon Bleu. I studied cuisine before that at California Culinary Academy in San Francisco, and that's really where I fell in love with pastry. I didn't set out to be a baker by any stretch of the imagination. Before going into the industry, I was an accountant for about ten years before that. I kind of left my career to go to culinary school for cuisine, and it was in my first pastry class that I realized that I enjoyed it.
I hadn't done a whole lot of baking before that, and during that program I had two classes in pastry and as we were getting ready to graduate, I was looking to stay in San Francisco to do their pastry program. But then some of my instructors suggested that I pursue going to France because they thought it was my niche. If I really wanted to do it, I needed to do it the old school way.
I'm a horrible baker. No matter what I do, I can't seem to get any recipe just right. What do you think it takes, skills and personality-wise, to make a good baker?
Because I didn't start out with a baker, I always heard these stories about how bakers are extremely anal-retentive. The souffle falls and they're trying to slit their wrists. My instructor told me that he actually liked teaching culinary students to do pastry more than just pastry students because they're a little bit more resilient, and I think that's true. I guess I'm kind of a non-classical pastry person, so I'm not extremely anal. I was an accountant before, so I was to a point, but not really.
My baking training gives me options. If something's going wrong, a lot of times I can fix it. I don't just throw my hands up, but a lot of bakers do. Sometimes it's really gone, but you've got to figure out how to bring things back together. No kitchen is a perfect world. I don't care what you see on TV, but it's not perfect ever. A lot of things go wrong all the time, so you have to be a little bit resilient. Honestly, and I think this goes for cuisine in general, you have to have a passion for it. This is a blue-collar job in a white coat. Despite what you see, this is hard work, and it's work that you have to do every day. You really have to be up for that challenge, and really be passionate about it. If not, it will burn you out very quickly. You also probably need to have an experimental side. I'm a classic person, but I like to use new flavors and techniques. If you're going to work in a true bakery, you're also going to have to wake up early. That's the thing that kills most people. Restaurant life normally starts around 9 or 10 am, but bakery life starts way earlier. We're talking in the 2 to 4 am range, so you have to be able to wake up and function at those odd hours.
Studying pastry in France sounds like an incredible experience.
Le Cordon Bleu there, at the time that I went, it was very traditional. We weren't even allowed to touch a KitchenAid mixer until we were in Superieure class. Everything had to be done by hand. If you don't know the feel of it by hand, how are you going to know when to stop a machine? It was very old school, but it was very good. It was getting back to basics.
Do you think that more bakers who are trying to sell French pastry would benefit by going to France and studying? There are a lot of croissants or macaron or whatever that don't really resemble what you would see there.
I don't even think they have to go to France in particular, but you gain so much knowledge by traveling. I trained in France, but I have been all over Europe, gone to Africa, China, Thailand, eating across the world. I love to travel, and I think it helps you with the development of your cuisine. You see different spins on traditional things, and you see where people in other places of the world are using that traditional methodology to produce different things. It's hard to be in this industry and produce if you're not a person who likes to get out and travel and taste a lot of different foods.
How has going to all these places across the world affected your own cuisine and the pastry you're creating now?
Sometimes, it manifests just in a different flavor profile. Something that's more Asian than French. I was telling some friends recently that when I went to Thailand, I stood in this long line in the mall for some toast. But it was this milk bread that had been toasted, buttered, and with peanut butter. You think it's just toast, but it was so good. Now, if I'm making a bread pudding for friends in New Orleans, I'm toasting the bread because it adds this different dimension of flavor.
What are some of your other favorite French and global flavors that you've picked up throughout your travels?
I'm very into classic flavors, but I don't like lackluster flavor. They've got to be bold. If I am eating a raspberry truffle, I want it to taste like the best raspberry I've ever put in my mouth. I don't want a hint of raspberry. If you're calling it raspberry, I want to taste raspberry. I like a lot of bold flavors, like passionfruit. That is something that's very popular in Europe and Asia, but not popular at all here in Texas. But it is such a bold and wonderful flavor. I love salted caramel, and I don't want a salt brine in my mouth, but I want those salt crystals to hit your tongue when you're eating that a caramel. Right now, I'm doing a salted chocolate chip cookie, and people really love that salty-sweet mix.
I'm a big coconut person, and I'm starting to get into florals. I was very anti-floral for a very long time, at least anti-rose. It always just tasted like perfume. When I started trying to find out that it was all in the oils and the extraction of the rose that you were using that made all the difference. Now, I'm using jasmine, violet, rose, lavender, and I like to mix those a lot now with fruit. Like a raspberry lavender, or apricot jasmine, we've done both of those recently.
Is it kind of hard to convince people that floral flavors are good? They're not particularly common in the States.
It's just not very common here. It's funny, because I was in Williams Sonoma, and a customer told me that she felt like she had eaten a bar of soap, and I thought that was really funny. Florals are hard to do, so you have to make sure that a bakery knows what they're doing before you load up on floral flavors. But, when she tried one of my rose macarons, she thought it was way better than her previous experience.
Macarons are hard to find in this city. Why do you think it's so hard for bakeries to put out macarons and do a good job?
For one, macaron is a skill. Not everybody can make them, and you can't think that you've got them figured out right out of the gate. A French chef told me one time that it takes ten years to perfect making macarons, and I would probably agree with that. It takes years of practice. I find them very difficult because there are so many other factors involved. It's not about having a good recipe. You can have a good recipe, but you can screw them up. Sometimes it's not even just about the technique. You've got to have the mixing, baking, and all the other factors that go into making macarons down.
People think it's like a cake, just mix-and-go, and that's not how it is. With a macaron, you have a sixteenth of an inch to deliver your message, and that is the most perfect statement for a macaron. You have to get the right texture, but you also better know what you're putting in the middle of that. This crap cupcake icing that people are putting in there is not what is meant to be in a macaron. You've got to develop this wonderful, intense flavor in order to make that macaron worth eating. I don't want to eat something that's kinda, maybe pistachio. What's the point of that?
Does it drive you crazy to see see half-ass versions floating around?
It does annoy me, but it annoys me more because I think the market is still really trying to figure out what macarons are. I hate that so many people are eating bad macarons for their first experience. They either hate them, or love them, but they really don't know what they are. They're learning on a mediocre product, and that's what annoys me more than anything. There has to be an appreciation for the craft, and I think some of that's been lost in pursuit of a macaron craze.
Speaking of crazes, do you feel like you have to make gluten-free dishes?
No, I don't. The only gluten-free product that I make is a product that is naturally gluten free, which is the French macaron. People tell me all the time that French macaron have flour in them, and they're hearing from other bakers that there's wheat flour in the recipe. If there's flour in there, you're not eating macaron. We may also do some kind of berry or fruit verrine with a Bavarian cream or creme brulee or something, but that's pretty much it. Gluten-free is not my thing.
That's kind of an important stand to take, I think. It's better to say no rather than make a bunch of crappy gluten-free baked goods, right?
I agree. I get that all the time, really, especially being right next to Spiral Diner. People tell me that gluten-free is where it's at, but I tell them that I have not personally been able to make a gluten-free product that I would make myself or that I would pay to purchase. Until I can do that, I'm not making anything gluten-free.
Have you eaten any other baked goods that were gluten-free that you really liked?
Nope, not really.
We all know that food trends are cyclical, and it seems like French food is on the downswing right now. This lighter, more modern "new American" cuisine is huge now, and I just wonder how something as classical as pastry continues to be a part of that?
I think pastry is also cyclical. Everything goes through it's turn. It's cupcakes, then cake balls, then donuts. We don't have the same sort of appreciation for pastry as a normal, everyday product that is present in other cultures. I grew up in New York City, there's a bakery on every corner. Coming from a place like that, bakeries are entrenched in the culture. When I was a kid, they didn't sell cake in the grocery store. If you wanted cake, you went to a bakery. As a result of that, we operate on trends. Do I think that macarons are going to be forever and long-lasting? No, it'll fizzle. And then we'll have the year of the eclair or whatever.
A lot of us grew up on supermarket cake and white bread, and we don't know any better. Do you think that also has something to do with the dearth of good pastry?
Cake to me is not pastry. Pastry is more of a European style product, but I think that going to a bakery every day just isn't something that is going to happen here. When I wanted black and white cookies as a kid, we would go get one almost every day. Crumb buns, the New York breakfast of champions, were something that you bought one at a time. You didn't go and buy a loaf of it and take it home for the next week and a half, you bought one. Because if you wanted another one, you just go back to the bakery tomorrow. People don't really walk here, so that's part of that. You can't get 20 feet without passing a bakery in New York or Paris, and that's hard to walk by. It's just a cultural thing.
After living and cooking in Paris and San Francisco and New York, how did you end up in Dallas?
I had lived in Dallas before when I was working as an accountant, and I still had friends here. At the time, I was a chef in Las Vegas and I was looking to open my own business when I came back to visit a friend here. Dallas was very different from the Dallas that I had experienced ten years before. Dallas also didn't have any bakeries at that time, and they still really don't. There isn't a lot of European-style pastry. I guess I just figured I would try my hand and see what happened here.
It seems like it's not hard to get people to eat good pastry. If you put the good stuff in front of them, do they change their minds?
Oh yeah, you can convert people. You really can. I've converted a lot of people, just on a croissant. The problem is that people aren't really exposed to pastry so they don't know that things are sometimes, so you have to get them to taste it. You have to show what a good croissant that is made out of butter and baked properly looks like. Once they eat it, then they start searching these things out. We're also getting such an influx in Dallas of transplants. You've got people who are from New York or California who are used to going to bakeries, and they're looking for those goods.
I've talked to a lot of chefs in this interview series, but you're the first one who focuses exclusively on pastry. That kind of made me think that pastry chefs might be a little overlooked. What do you think?
We are so under-appreciated. I hate to get on my soapbox, but pastry chefs make executive chefs look so good all the time. We are like miracle workers sometimes. I know that I work a lot of miracles all the time, you wouldn't believe the kinds of crazy requests we get. Pastry chefs really are the unsung heroes of the kitchen, and I really think we don't get our due in Dallas. People are all focused on the food.
Speaking of crazy requests, any really memorable ones that come to mind?
The thing that really surprises me about Dallas is how everybody wants everything on-demand. I don't think people really have a concept of how much time goes into making pastry and how long this process takes. It doesn't just happen I have people ask me all the time if I just have something "lying around," and I think that's really weird. Would you want something that I just had "lying around?"
Do you think the amount of time that goes into baking good pastry is why a lot of it isn't very good? Bakeries want to cut corners or rush along the process?
Bakeries definitely want to crank things out. I really feel that time is always a big thing for most bakeries. I know that most people's gripe with me is that we run out of things. People will walk into the store at 9:55 when we close at 10, and look in the case and say "is that all you have?"
If I did have a full case at 9:55, what that's telling you is that I'm not selling enough pastry, and that as a businessperson, do you really think I'm going to throw out a whole case of pastry? Economically that doesn't work. So yeah, we sell out. We sell out to ensure that you're getting the freshest, best quality product. These things don't have a good shelf life. Two days, they're on the way out. I'm chucking them if they're not good.
Quality seems really, really important to you.
It is. If it's not good or not up to my standards, I'm not going to sell it. I just refuse to do it. I'm not putting something in the case to sell that just isn't good. If I'm trying something out, I'm not going to put it out until it's great. Recently, I was making Kouign-amman, and it was my first pass in a long time, so it was good, but it wasn't great. I just gave it away to people, because it wasn't something I could sell.
That sounds like a very French mentality, this commitment to perfection over profits and convenience.
Maybe it is. Whether it's good for the business or bad, I'm not going to be putting out crap.